106: Chapter 106 The Human Race's Situation

For the next three days, Su Yu did not step out of his door.

During this time, he had been constantly stabilizing his Realm!

"Hoo——"

Su Yu slowly exhaled a breath of stale Qi.

"Beep——!"

The smart bracelet on his wrist suddenly emitted a crisp beep.

Following that, a light blue holographic projection screen popped up directly in front of Su Yu, with a line of bold text jumping on it:

[Notice: The fourth-year graduation ceremony is about to begin. All grade-level Seed students must arrive at Planet Two · Starry Sky Cathedral on time within one hour!]

"Graduation ceremony?"

Su Yu looked at the words on the light screen, his eyebrows slightly raised.

He remembered.

A few days ago, his exclusive mentor, Du Dong, had indeed mentioned it to him in passing, telling him not to go into deep seclusion recently as there would be an extremely important all-academy gathering soon.

At Aolan Academy, graduation was not an ordinary matter.

The graduation rate here was shockingly low! Those who could make it to the fourth year and successfully graduate were all Geniuses among Geniuses!

The fourth-year graduation ceremony not only signified the end of these students' academic careers but also indicated that they would be officially incorporated into the major legions on the front lines of the Star Domain to guard the borders for the Human Race, shedding their blood and sacrificing their lives!

This was a farewell feast for an expedition! It was worth the entire Aolan Academy seeing them off!

Su Yu did not delay.

He changed into the black uniform with gold trim that represented an official student of Aolan Academy, pushed the door open, and strode towards the central teleportation plaza on Planet Five.

Along the way, the crowd was surging.

These students were all in a hurry, just like Su Yu.

The arrogant Seed Geniuses who usually refused to submit to anyone had all reined in their haughtiness, replaced by a heartfelt sense of awe and solemnity.

Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!

The teleportation array's light flickered continuously.

...

Planet Two.

Compared to the youthful vitality of Planet Five, the gravity on this planet was even more terrifying.

When Su Yu arrived at the "Starry Sky Cathedral", tens of thousands of students from various grades had already gathered, creating a sea of people.

"Su Yu."

Just as Su Yu stood still, an extremely deep and familiar voice came from behind him on the right.

Su Yu turned around.

He saw a burly middle-aged man with a square face striding towards him.

It was none other than Su Yu's mentor at Aolan Academy—Du Dong! A genuine powerhouse at the Peak of the Star Saint Realm!

"Mentor."

Su Yu straightened his expression, immediately bowed slightly, cupped his hands, and performed a Junior's salute decisively.

"Hmm."

Du Dong patted Su Yu's shoulder and said in a deep voice:

"Your Realm Breakthrough is good, but do not be arrogant or impatient. After the ceremony ends later, don't rush back to Planet Five; wait for me here. I have an extremely important matter to entrust to you alone."

"Yes, Mentor." Su Yu nodded decisively.

Du Dong didn't say anything more and turned to walk towards the viewing area reserved for mentors.

Another half hour or so passed.

Su Yu had arrived in the middle of the first-year formation.

His gaze fell upon the hundred or so figures standing on the high-up core ceremonial platform at the very front of the hall!

Those were over a hundred young people dressed in uniform dark red battle robes.

They stood there quietly, not releasing any aura.

However!

An indescribable, terrifying sense of oppression, like facing the abyss of the boundless Universe, crushed towards the tens of thousands of students behind them like a physical force!

That was pure Evil Qi and pressure!

"So strong..."

Envy flashed in Su Yu's eyes.

His Divine Thought could clearly sense that the aura on each of those hundred or so people was like a supernova about to erupt!

That was—the Star Saint Realm!

And they were peerless powerhouses who had reached the ninth rank of the Star Saint Realm, only one step away from the legendary Domain Lord Realm!

"To have absolute say in this Universe, I am still far too lacking..." Su Yu licked his lips, the arrogance in his heart completely reined in.

Just at this moment.

"Quiet!"

A voice that was not loud, yet exploded directly in the depths of everyone's Soul like the heavenly sound of the Dao, instantly suppressed the clamor of the tens of thousands of people in the hall.

An old man who looked extremely aged and wore a simple gray robe had appeared, as if by teleportation, on the high platform in front of the hundred Star Saint graduates, though no one knew when he had arrived.

The old man's figure looked somewhat hunched.

But as he stood there, the entire colossal Starry Sky Cathedral, and even the laws of heaven and earth of this Planet Two, were in absolute submission to him!

Domain Lord!

Su Yu's heart jumped violently, and he instantly recognized the man's identity.

This was one of the Vice Presidents of Aolan Academy, a powerful Domain Lord Realm expert who enjoyed a fearsome reputation throughout the Aolan Star Domain!

The old man's gaze swept across the audience extremely calmly, yet it carried an unquestionable, supreme majesty.

"Students." The old man's resounding voice, without the use of any amplification equipment, echoed in everyone's ears like rolling thunder:

"Today is the graduation ceremony for our fourth-year students at Aolan Academy!"

"They have already completed the academy's most rigorous assessments, and they will set foot from here onto the very front lines of the starry sky! To fight for the future of the Human Race and for the billions upon billions of our compatriots!"

"This is an honor forged in blood, a moment worthy of being remembered by the entire Human Race!"

"Next, I will represent the Human Federation Supreme Council to award the Star-Slaying Graduation Medal to all graduates!"

There were no tedious formalities.

The old man waved his large hand, and over a hundred dark red medals crafted from the extremely rare "Void Realm Star Meteor Crystal" turned into streams of light, landing with extreme precision on the chests of the hundred Star Saint graduates.

After doing this.

A surge of grief, indignation, and iron-blooded killing intent, which one could not bear to look at directly, suddenly erupted from the old man's originally calm gaze!

"Today, taking advantage of this opportunity."

"As your elder, as the guide for the future of the Human Race, I want to tell you fledglings hiding in the rear some... extremely cruel truths!"

The old man's voice suddenly rose:

"Do you think that we humans are already resting easy in the Universe?"

"Wrong! Dead wrong!"

"Right now! On the extreme border of our Aolan Star Domain! At the border with the Andromeda Galaxy! Our expeditionary force is in a state of extremely tragic and tense confrontation with the rulers of the Andromeda Galaxy—the Rakshasa Clan!"

"The Rakshasa Clan! They are extremely brutal by nature, bloodthirsty, and incredibly greedy for the resources of the Universe! Every moment, like a malignant tumor, they are frantically biting and eroding the territory of our Human Race!"

The old man waved his hand violently.

In the void above the hall, bloody holographic images that made one's eyes split with rage were instantly projected!

Those were countless life-bearing planets that had been completely destroyed.

The once azure planets had turned into dead, scorched earth, and countless human compatriots were being brutally slaughtered and devoured by those alien races with bone spurs and hideous faces! The Human interstellar fleets were being blasted into burning scrap metal in space, layer after layer!

"Wherever they go, not a blade of grass remains! Countless human compatriots have met a tragic end, their homes destroyed, displaced, and reduced to the blood-food and slaves of the alien races!"

The old man's voice carried a hint of unconcealable sorrow and age:

"Children... you do not know. In the ancient times, our Human Race was also one of the overlords of this vast Universe! At that time, the Human Race had many sages and countless powerful experts, possessing dozens of vast galaxies including the Milky Way and the Andromeda Galaxy!"

"But what about now?!"

"The Human Race is in decline! We are lacking in successors! We have retreated again and again, barely able to desperately hold onto this final cradle—the Milky Way! Other galaxies, such as the Andromeda Galaxy, have long been carved up by those jackal- and tiger-like alien races!"

"The Human Race of today, in the competition among the myriad races of the vast Universe, is like a flickering candle in the wind! If we are the slightest bit careless, we could face the catastrophic disaster of species extinction and total annihilation at any moment!"