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Jing Yuan looked at Bai Yuekui and said hurriedly, "Let the villagers of Dragon Bone Village board the Lighthouse!"

Bai Yuekui was startled. The Lighthouse had been floating in the sky for decades, and though its system was disgusting, it was an excellent choice for refuge!

Seeing that Bai Yuekui had not responded for a while, Jing Yuan quickly asked, "What are you hesitating for?"

Bai Yuekui took out her communicator and immediately said, "Notify everyone in the village to evacuate to the Lighthouse!"

Jing Yuan also connected to the Lighthouse's communication system and contacted Mark.

Jing Yuan briefly explained the current situation. Although Mark was still reeling from the shock of his own origins, the lives of everyone were at stake, so he immediately pulled himself together and prepared to navigate the Lighthouse to the entrance of Dragon Bone Village.

But the next scene left everyone stunned.

The Lighthouse could not move!

Chapter 186: Fleeing to the Lighthouse for Refuge

Inside the Lighthouse's Navigation Control Room, no one had yet recovered from the shock of the rebellion.

Many of them had friends who had died because of the rebellion.

A sorrowful atmosphere permeated the Lighthouse.

When Jing Yuan was communicating with Mark, he also connected to Jing Nan.

After all, Jing Nan had always been in charge of the Navigation Control Room.

Mark and Jing Nan met in front of the Navigation Control Room's door.

Jing Nan said, "A large number of Phage Beasts have suddenly gathered on the ground. It seems Dragon Bone Village isn't entirely safe either!"

"Without clearing the mana ecology, there is no safe place on this planet."

Jing Nan said with some concern, "According to our Lighthouse's containment regulations, batch containment is prohibited."

Mark looked at Jing Nan; what she wanted to express wasn't just a matter of regulations.

If the Phage Beasts below continued to linger on the ground, the people of Dragon Bone Village would have to live on the Lighthouse.

Previously, the cooperation between the two sides was based on the premise of not interfering with each other's lives.

Now that everyone had to live together, many problems would surely erupt.

Mark was silent for a moment before saying, "Saving people is the priority right now. We'll talk about other things later."

The two walked into the Navigation Control Room, and Jing Nan immediately ordered to advance toward Dragon Bone Village.

The control personnel operated the system for a while only to find that it was unresponsive.

After several repeated attempts, the system still did not respond.

"Commander-in-Chief, the system is not responding!"

Jing Nan frowned. "What do you mean by the system not responding?"

Another control operator reported, "The system is locked by the highest authority; we cannot operate it!"

"Unlock it!"

"Your authority is insufficient!"

Jing Nan was stunned. She was the Navigation Commander-in-Chief, yet even her authority was insufficient!

Mark stepped forward. "Use my authority!"

"City Lord Mark, your authority is also insufficient!"

Jing Nan asked in confusion, "Then whose authority is needed? City Lord Morgan's?"

"No!" Mark suddenly remembered what Morgan had told him. "He doesn't have the Lighthouse's highest authority either! The highest authority is with clotho!"

"clotho?"

Not just Jing Nan, but Jing Yuan, who was at the edge of the shielding zone, was also stunned when he heard this news!

Why would the Lighthouse's highest authority be with clotho?

That was the brain of the mana primordial body!

Facing everyone's confusion, it was instead Bai Yuekui who provided the answer for them: "When Ash entered the giant brain back then, he was the one controlling it. Giving the Lighthouse's authority to the giant brain was actually giving it to a super artificial intelligence."

"But after Ash merged with other consciousnesses, didn't he become Master Lai? So who exactly is in control inside clotho now?"

"Perhaps... it's the consciousness of the mana primordial body itself!"

Jing Yuan looked down; a succession of many Phage Beasts had already rushed into the shielding zone.

Now was not the time to study who was controlling clotho; they had to find a way to resolve the current situation.

Once the Phage Beasts rushed in—although there were Awakened Practitioners in Dragon Bone Village, most were the elderly and children.

Awakened Practitioners could evade the Phage Beasts, but what about the elderly and children?

"Jing Yuan, tell Bai Yuekui to notify the villagers to head toward the Lighthouse!" Mark's voice came through the communicator.

Jing Yuan quickly relayed this to Bai Yuekui. Although the Lighthouse could not move now, the Lighthouse hovering in the air was still the best shelter.

However, compared to the Lighthouse going there directly, having the villagers come over themselves would take a lot of time.

In the Navigation Control Room, Mark connected to the Armament Preparation Depot via the communication frequency and told them to prepare all the Lighthouse's vehicles.

Currently, there were only a few Wasteland Hunters left on the Lighthouse; all the others had been killed by the rebels.

Meanwhile, the other surviving Wasteland Hunters were still at Dragon Bone Village.

At the moment, they didn't have time for grief; the remaining people quickly prepared the vehicles.

Due to the shortage of personnel, Mark and Ran Bing went down to The Surface together and acted as drivers.

The lift platform descended to the ground, where Penny, Wine Song, Amur, and others who had arrived from the Ecological Base were waiting nearby.

Since there weren't enough vehicle drivers, everyone had to pitch in.

There were only eight vehicles in total on the Lighthouse, and they all set off toward Dragon Bone Village in a grand procession.

At the edge of the shielding zone.

Jing Yuan looked at Bai Yuekui and said, "Boss Bai, you can't fight; just drive the spaceship back to save the people!"

"And what about you?"

"I'll block these Phage Beasts!"

"Even if you can use telekinesis, you can't block this many Phage Beasts!"

"Even buying a little time is good!"

The reason Jing Yuan dared to face the Phage Beast swarm alone was entirely because he could rely on controlling objects to fly.

The worst-case scenario would just be escaping!

Bai Yuekui hesitated for a moment. She gestured with her hand, and the spaceship's hull opened. A rectangular object flew out and landed in Bai Yuekui's hand.

Jing Yuan was startled and smiled. "You can use telekinesis too?"

"This isn't telekinesis. This is my potential; it's controlling objects through light." Bai Yuekui didn't explain much but instead opened the rectangular object in her hand.

It was a box containing three palm-sized, white triangular objects.

Bai Yuekui said, "These are laser weapons. They can counter Phage Beast swarms, but their energy is limited, so use them sparingly!"

With a thought, Jing Yuan used telekinesis to bring the box into his hand.

Bai Yuekui gestured toward the hull again. The hull opened, and a hexagonal shield flew out, heading straight for Jing Yuan.

Jing Yuan smiled slightly, controlled the shield to his feet, and flew out of the spaceship while stepping on the shield.

Bai Yuekui turned and sat back in the pilot's seat, driving the spaceship to Master Lai's side.

"Master Lai, leave this place to Jing Yuan! Come with me to protect the villagers as they transfer to the Lighthouse."

Master Lai hesitated, but he knew he couldn't block many Phage Beasts here either. "Can he manage alone?"

"Don't worry! His ability to escape is stronger than any of ours!"

After Master Lai boarded the spaceship, Bai Yuekui drove the swift back.

Jing Yuan stepped on the shield and hovered in the air one meter above the ground.

At this moment, the Phage Beasts that had broken into the shielding zone were still very confused.

After Master Lai left, the pressure he exerted on them disappeared.

The Phage Beasts gradually recovered and began to explore the shielding zone.

Jing Yuan stood in mid-air ahead, motionless.

He maintained the Returning to Origin state, so the Phage Beasts hadn't discovered him.

He didn't plan on making a move yet either.

What they needed now was time.

If the Phage Beasts didn't move, he wouldn't move.

Sure enough, after a long time, one Phage Beast suddenly sensed something and bolted toward the Lighthouse!