The Seventh Base

Li Zelong's face turned deathly pale, he knew they had come for him.

He had suggested going to Steel Dome City to seize someone, but had that really brought the starship here?

Why did the other party know it was he who suggested it?

"Li Zelong, why do you persistently seek death?" A cold voice emanated from the carrier, and as the words fell, a palm extended forward, emitting a terrifying suction force. With a bang, Li Zelong's body involuntarily flew towards the carrier, lifted into the air by his neck, and suspended.

"Who in the world are you?" Li Zelong knew he wasn't going to survive and wanted to die with understanding.

"I!"

"Boom..."

A face surged into Li Zelong's mind, causing his expression to turn to shock as if he had witnessed the unbelievable, staring fixedly at the carrier before him.

How could it be him?

"Crack." A sound echoed, and Li Zelong's neck was broken; the carrier then released its grip, tossing his body towards the ground.

Nanming Huowu rushed forward, seeing Li Zelong lying on the ground, her face turned pale.

"Boom." Likewise, a powerful force struck her, and Nanming Huowu's body was lifted into the air, apprehended by Xu Mo. Xu Mo stared into her eyes, seeing the hate within them.

Xu Mo carried her towards the starship, and once they returned aboard, the hatch closed, and the starship opened fire again, targeting the direction of Elder Li's family. Continuous blasts of light annihilated everything, the devastating storm swallowing Elder Li and the others, who met their demise in the terrifying tempest.

The starship soared into the sky, and in the distance, Federation fighter jets approached. Without hesitation, the starship fired, destroying fighter after fighter, before fiercely ascending to the upper atmosphere, becoming a mere speck in an instant.

After the starship disappeared, a large force headed towards the Li family's location, only to find a field of ruins.

The once thriving financial tycoon, the Li family, was no more.

The starship tore through the sky, headed for Steel Dome City. Inside, Nanming Huowu couldn't understand why the other party hadn't killed her but instead took her with them.

"Why?" Nanming Huowu asked the carrier.

The carrier ignored Nanming Huowu and instead asked the others, "Can her cultivation be disabled?"

"It can be done." A figure stepped forward, then slammed a hand onto Nanming Huowu, a cracking sound of shattering resounded as if something had broken, and in an instant, Nanming Huowu screamed, vomiting blood, her body going limp on the ground.

The carrier glanced at her without pity; everyone must pay the price for their actions.

In Nanming Huowu's eyes, hatred brimmed. Why disable her instead of just killing her outright?

The starship's speed was terrifyingly fast, and it wasn't long before it returned to Steel Dome City.

Above Nanming Academy in Steel Dome City, many people discussed the recent news.

Steel Dome City hid a shocking secret—a spacecraft had come to take away the mayor, Sun Youcai, but a starship from an alien origin appeared outside the City Government and intercepted the people.

This incident instantly set off a media frenzy; even without official press coverage, the news spread like wildfire. Whose starship was it?

The students of Nanming Academy were highly interested in all of this, and they buzzed with discussions.

Just then, a sound came from above, the students of Nanming Academy looked up to the sky and saw a colossal starship descending from the heavens, entering the territory of Nanming Academy and heading towards the Nanming Family.

In an instant, Nanming Academy erupted into chaos, countless students scrambled towards the Nanming Family's location, frenzied.

This starship, was it related to the Nanming Family?

The starship hovered above the Nanming Family's property and slowly descended.

The once glorious Nanming Family was now decrepit, devoid of its past splendor, and appeared deserted.

Dean Nanming had been living a retired life for years, no longer concerning himself with worldly affairs and spending his days drinking tea in the garden. Everything that had happened had become the regret of his life.

At that moment, a starship appeared in the sky above, and though Dean Nanming had ceased concerning himself with the outside world, he couldn't help but tremble, gazing up as the starship hovered overhead. He saw two figures emerge from it.

When he saw one of them, Dean Nanming's face instantly paled—it was his granddaughter, Nanming Huowu.

The carrier brought Nanming Huowu down to the ground, and she could never have imagined that the other party would bring her back to the Nanming Family. Seeing the elderly man before her, who had aged considerably, Nanming Huowu bowed her head, momentarily at a loss for words.

All the events that had unfolded in Steel Dome City years ago, she and her father had kept her grandfather in the dark, usurping control of Steel Dome City.

"Huo Wu." The sight of Nanming Huowu in this state caused Dean Nanming's heart to ache.

Nanming Huowu, however, looked towards the carrier, angrily exclaiming, "Why? Why exterminate the Li family, yet not kill me, bringing me here instead?"

"Who exactly are you?" Nanming Huowu glared at the carrier. How did the other party know about her family?

Hearing all this, Dean Nanming also realized what had happened and likewise looked towards the carrier.

The carrier glanced at Nanming Huowu before its helmet slid off, revealing a handsome face. At the sight of that face, Nanming Huowu turned ashen, felt utterly devastated, and collapsed to the ground.

"How is this possible," Nanming Huowu murmured quietly. "How could this be..."

"Everything you and Li Zelong did—I spare you not because of you, but for the Old Dean's sake. From now on, you are forbidden from stepping out of the Nanming Family grounds, lest you die," the carrier said coldly.

Dean Nanming felt as if he were in a surreal dream; could it really be Xu Mo?

"Old Dean, I leave her in your care." Xu Mo said to Dean Nanming, "Take good care of yourself."

Dean Nanming nodded, asking, "Is your teacher well?"

"The teacher is fine," Xu Mo replied, and Dean Nanming was left speechless.

Xu Mo put the helmet back on and then shot up into the sky, returning to the warship, which cleaved through the air and sped off into the distance.

Watching the departing warship, Dean Nanming also collapsed weakly into a chair, feeling utterly drained. He lowered his head and looked at Nanming Huowu on the ground, heaving a gentle sigh, "All these years, everything you've done... what was the meaning of it all?"

Nanming Huowu felt ridiculous, and tears began to flow down her cheeks, all the events of the years passed seemed like a dream.

Now, the dream had ended, and it was shattered.