Esper X Family – Chapter 436 – The Conscription Ceremony, Combat Livestream (14/39)

As the “meteors” plunged into the land of the Dragon Country, the battle to defend Bluestar was about to begin.

And above a certain city in the Dragon Country, a gigantic eyeball creature hovered in the air.

Its eerie ice-blue pupil rotated in a full circle, seemingly generating an understanding of everything here.

Architecture, organisms, the ecological environment, history…

An unknown force was enriching its perception of the world.

In just over ten seconds, it had comprehended and absorbed all the information within its consciousness.

At the same time, it had acquired knowledge of a brand new civilization.

Crucial elements like language and writing had all been mastered.

The next second.

The surface of its body wriggled for a moment, then split into hundreds of eyeballs that scattered in all directions.

As one eyeball froze in mid-air, a clear image manifested above the city, like an enormous silver screen.

The personnel in the Countermeasures Bureau were stunned.

The content on the screen was very familiar.

It was clearly the battle footage of Fu Qi fighting the Ruler of Rifts in outer space!

There were even captions!

【Prepared Warrior: Fu Qi

Species: Human

Identity: Director of the Countermeasures Bureau

Possesses the powerful space-type ability “Space-Shattering Flash”, hailed as the “Strongest in History”】

Holy crap! Doxxed!

The Countermeasures Bureau higher-ups were dumbfounded on the spot.

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What’s the meaning of this?

Why make the combat footage public?

How did they obtain Fu Qi’s intelligence?

Is there a mole guiding them?

Some old-timer civil officials were starting to sweat profusely.

Disclosing this kind of information to the general public wasn’t a big deal in itself. Let them know, and it would just make Fu Qi a household name.

But the problem was, he had another identity!

He was Ye Yao’s uncle!

The fact that Fu Qi was the Director was something they hadn’t breathed a single word to her about!

Could it be that Ye Yao saw it too?

Just as the higher-ups of the Countermeasures Bureau feared, Ye Yao was indeed stunned for a moment when she saw the footage.

She had never expected that Fu Qi’s carefully concealed identity would ultimately be exposed by an alien bumpkin.

This Interstellar Conscription Overlord actually had such a doxxing great general under its command.

She had to admit, it was rather amusing!

What it didn’t know, however, was that Ye Yao also had a girl on her side who was even more capable of doxxing.

Just as Ye Yao was focusing intently on the sky screen, a soft voice reached her ears.

“The All-Knowing Demon Eye possesses the ability to perceive information pheromones.

It can capture the mental power emitted by anything and discern the original information attached to that mental power, much like identifying biological pheromones.”

Tu Sheng walked over to Ye Yao’s side.

“And it captured the mental power emitted by Fu Qi in outer space, which was how it discerned his general intelligence.”

“I understand the logic, but what’s the deal with this movie-like display?”

Ye Yao was full of confusion.

Tu Sheng hadn’t told her about these things.

The girl spoke up.

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“This is like a ritual for them. To screen for qualified warriors, factors like pressure, honor, responsibility, and a sense of mission will stimulate one’s potential.”

“If a strong challenger comes forward to challenge them, they will only engage in an all-out decisive battle with that strong individual to determine if their combat power is up to standard.”

“If no strong individual steps forward, they will engage in indiscriminate slaughter, broadcasting scenes of killing until a new strong warrior is forced to emerge.”

A conscription ceremony?

A bit absurd.

But also somewhat intriguing.

Ye Yao watched the footage of Fu Qi struggling bitterly against the mysterious creature and couldn’t help but reveal a subtle expression.

Should she put on an act of shock later, something along the lines of “My uncle is actually the Director of the Countermeasures Bureau”?

Ye Yao took out her phone to check the netizens’ reactions.

“Holy shit! Aliens have really descended!”

“Crap! I was still at work!”

“What does this invader mean? They’re not planning to just annihilate humans directly?”

“This is too sudden! I haven’t even prepared any emergency supplies!”

“So eerie. Is this light screen being shown for us to watch?”

“How do the aliens know our language and writing?”

“Damn it! Everyone shut up! Our Countermeasures Bureau Director is fighting a powerful enemy on the front lines!”

The internet was boiling over.

The Countermeasures Bureau reacted very swiftly, sending evacuation alerts directly to the locals’ phones, telling people to stay away from the area where the unknown creature was located.

Once the battle started, anyone who hadn’t left could die!

Since they had already analyzed the enemy’s behavioral pattern, things were much simpler.

Just concentrate their combat forces and defeat them one by one!

At that moment, inside the dormitory, Ye Yao also received requests from her other companions.

“Mu Luo, are you guys going out to fight the enemy? That’s fine by me, just don’t get one-shotted.”

Mu Luo and the others volunteered for duty.

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Against this kind of enemy threatening all of humanity, Sequence Zero naturally wouldn’t stand idly by.

In just a single minute, a brand new scene appeared on a light screen.

The scorching sun blazed overhead, yet the city seemed to be plunging into the abyss of dusk.

The eyes split from the giant eyeball creature in the sky stared down coldly at the sudden upheaval unfolding below.

And the source of this darkness in broad daylight was none other than Mu Luo of Sequence Zero.

His opponent, a presence suspended amidst distorted light and shadow, was identified only by the title【Light Chaser】.

Its form was like flowing crystalline prisms.

With every rotation, it greedily sucked in the surrounding light, converting the blazing sunlight into raging destructive energy coursing through its body.

Light was its very source of power. The brighter it was, the more arrogant and unstoppable it became.

At this moment, the scorching sun was its perfect stage.

Tu Sheng was beside Ye Yao, remotely providing intelligence to the command center of the Countermeasures Bureau.

“Species: Light Chaser. Mental power…”

While explaining to Ye Yao, she conveniently shared the information with the Countermeasures Bureau.

The opponent’s normal mental power fluctuation was close to ten thousand, and under the sunlight, this aura was soaring even higher.

And the opponent it faced was…

Mu Luo, who possessed the【Dark Erosion】ability.

Ye Yao blinked.

“Who exactly is countering whom here?”

At the same time.

Mu Luo’s figure stood silently atop a towering building.

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There were no exaggerated energy fluctuations around him.

But the vast space beneath his feet, behind him, and within his line of sight was being rapidly devoured by a kind of “darkness” so pure it was palpably terrifying.

It wasn’t the soft twilight of evening, but a living shadow that seemed capable of annihilating every last photon.

His Selfless Form had already been activated silently.

“Light Erosion Domain.”

Mu Luo’s deep voice rang out like an incantation.

As he spread his arms wide, the viscous, ink-like shadows beneath his feet instantly boiled over!

They no longer clung obediently to the building or the ground but surged forth in all directions like a roaring black tide given life.

Wherever the shadow passed, whether it was cement, steel, or glass…

The contours of all matter rapidly faded and blurred within one’s vision.

Even more terrifyingly, the sun hanging high above seemed obscured by an invisible giant hand, and the sunlight cascading down was forcibly “devoured” by the spreading shadows!

This burst of mental power was instantly captured by the All-Knowing Demon Eye, and the information contained within it was identified.

【Prepared Warrior: Mu Luo

Species: Human

Identity: Member of Sequence Zero

A powerful creature that prefers dark places but does not reject light. Possesses the “Dark Erosion” ability that devours everything. Accepted the nickname “mysterious wriggly man” jokingly bestowed by a person he respects.】

Ye Yao: “Pfft!”

Author Note

What a fulfilling day! Other than writing, all I did was write. I didn’t even care if it was a weekend or a weekday.

Text: Is it my fault that I don’t have money?

It’s not like everyone is obligated to give money to me, right??