167: Chapter 167 Song Shou Entrusts His Son to Someone Else?

The warship door opened, and Chairman Song Shou, wearing a white combat suit, flew out.

"Xiao Yuan, long time no see."

Chairman Song Shou said with a faint smile.

"Chairman Song!"

In front of the headquarters building, the ministers of the six departments and the managers all bowed and called out.

"Everyone, go back to your work."

Chairman Song Shou waved his hand and then added, "Minister Chu Jiang, go call Fang Zhuo and have him come to my office."

"Yes, Chairman Song."

Minister Chu Jiang gave Manager Jiang Zhou a look, ordering Manager Jiang Zhou to take him along, and they personally went to the door of Fang Zhuo's training room.

"Minister?"

After Fang Zhuo opened the door, he looked at the two people outside with some surprise.

As the minister of the Supervision Department, Minister Chu Jiang was known as the Blue Moon Federation's number one Flying Martial Artist with outstanding combat power, but unfortunately, he was too old and did not meet the requirements for the Civilization Assessment.

For the Universe Civilization Assessment, apart from the assessment of top-tier combat power which had no age limit, other categories like the Transcendental Battle and the Flying Battle had strict age restrictions for Martial Artists.

The requirement... under 35 years old!

"Hmm, training? Stop for a moment. Chairman Song Shou is back, and he wants to see you now," Minister Chu Jiang said succinctly.

"Chairman Song is here?"

Fang Zhuo quickly said, "Alright, I'll head over right now."

As he spoke, he hurriedly changed into clean clothes.

Starry Sky Group headquarters, 209th floor.

Inside Chairman Song Shou's office.

Director Xiao Yuan, who had been discussing something with Chairman Song Shou, walked out looking disgruntled, just in time to bump into the approaching Fang Zhuo.

"Go in, Chairman Song is waiting for you."

Director Xiao Yuan said with a forced smile.

"Chairman Xiao."

Fang Zhuo called out, then pushed the door open and entered.

The room was quite sparsely furnished, with just an office desk and chair, a bookshelf behind it, and nothing else.

Chairman Song Shou was sitting quietly at the desk.

"Fang Zhuo."

"Chairman Song."

Fang Zhuo walked up and respectfully saluted.

Chairman Song Shou, the first Cosmic Martial Artist of the Blue Moon Federation, was also the founder of the Starry Sky Group and the creator of the Secret Manual "Thunder Fire Blade".

To Fang Zhuo now, he was not just his biggest superior, but also like a mentor.

In the year and more since joining the group, over hundreds of days and nights, every time before practicing the Thunder Fire Blade, Fang Zhuo would put on his VR glasses to watch the instructional video of Chairman Song Shou demonstrating the Thunder Fire Blade several times.

Chairman Song Shou... to him, was both familiar and unfamiliar.

"How has your training been lately?"

Chairman Song Shou smiled gently.

"Reporting to Chairman Song, it has been going quite smoothly."

Fang Zhuo thought back to his hard training over the past nine months. In terms of the Secret Manual, with the help of the thunder-fire source crystal and the Martial Arts Arena, he had mastered the seventh level of the Thunder Fire Blade.

This was a Move at the Flying Sky level.

Mastering it early at the Transcendental stage gave him a strong sense of feedback, both in terms of Body Control and psychological confidence.

For the condensation of his Advanced Life Core, he had already condensed forty-nine of the eighty-one required Source Pattern Flowers.

The three Divine Abilities granted by his Martial Aspect had also been fully developed, and their effects had reached a new level.

It could be said that he had gained a lot!

"That's good. I heard that you have already mastered the seventh level of the Thunder Fire Blade, which is a Secret Manual Move corresponding to the Flying Sky level."

Chairman Song Shou nodded slightly. "I thought it would be very difficult for any Genius in our Blue Moon Federation to master it at the Transcendental stage. I didn't expect that not only did you master it, but you did so surprisingly quickly."

"I was lucky, and the New Moon Group's Martial Arts Arena was also a great help."

Fang Zhuo said with a smile.

"No need to be modest."

Chairman Song Shou waved his hand. "As a Transcendental seed for our civilization, your chances of winning the Transcendental Battle in the Civilization Assessment are very high!"

"But, to be honest with you, at the Flying Sky level, whether it's Wang Jinhua, Takeuchi Reina, or Jiang Chen, the chances of winning the Flying Battle do not exceed forty percent."

"Less than forty percent?"

Fang Zhuo's expression was not very good.

According to Chairman Song Shou's attitude, it was very likely that they would lose the Flying Battle.

And Brother Wang had said that Chairman Song Shou didn't have much confidence in the Cosmic Battle either...

Doesn't this mean that even if he won the Transcendental Battle, it would likely be in vain, and in the end, they would have one win and two losses in the three battles, causing the Blue Moon Federation to be downgraded to a primary first-level civilization?

"I am being optimistic."

Chairman Song Shou looked at Fang Zhuo and continued, "And for the Cosmic Martial Artist battle, my chances of winning also do not exceed forty percent."

Hearing this, Fang Zhuo couldn't help but feel a slight tightening in his heart. It really was...

"This Civilization Assessment is very difficult! The chances of being promoted to a third-level civilization are slim. There is some chance of maintaining our second-level status, but the probability of being downgraded to a first-level civilization is the highest."

Chairman Song Shou's words were pessimistic, but his expression remained calm and indifferent. "But I will fight, and the three of them, Jiang Chen and the others, will also fight to strive for one victory!"

Fang Zhuo nodded.

Chairman Song Shou suddenly changed to a solemn expression and said, "However, as Martial Artists, while we must fight and dare to fight, we cannot rely solely on hot-blooded passion."

"We must also prepare a plan in advance for the worst-case scenario."

"If the Civilization Assessment ultimately results in a downgrade, our Blue Moon Federation needs to preserve a spark, a spark of freedom! In the future, there may be a chance to redeem all seven of the Federation's life planets and become a free civilization again!"

Chairman Song Shou somehow produced a tactical backpack.

He looked at Fang Zhuo and said word for word, "Your talent is the best I have ever seen in the Federation, even better than the three of them, Jiang Chen and the others."

"If the Civilization Assessment fails, you must immediately go to Chuying Star and take a group of people to leave the Blue Moon Federation!"

"Chuying Star?"

Fang Zhuo asked.

"Chuying Star is our Federation's educational planet. It has no industry, no technology, and no resources. In the eyes of powerful beings in the Universe, its value is very low."

Chairman Song Shou explained to Fang Zhuo, "If powerful beings in the Universe come to purchase the Federation's seven life planets, their attention to Chuying Star will be the lowest. I have left a space adventure ship there. You take people to find a desolate planet. I have left resources that are enough for you to train and become a Cosmic Martial Artist. After that, you will have the ability to adventure in the Universe."

After Chairman Song Shou finished speaking, he watched Fang Zhuo quietly.

Fang Zhuo fell silent.

The meaning behind Chairman Song Shou's words was clear: from the plan to escape the Blue Moon Federation to the resources for training to become a Cosmic Martial Artist, everything had been arranged.

After that, it would be up to him, after becoming a Cosmic Martial Artist, to adventure and train in the Universe until he grew into a powerful being in the Universe, then return to the Blue Moon Federation to redeem the seven life planets.

Just thinking about this burden made it feel heavy!

"If it really comes to that... I will do my best!"

Fang Zhuo looked up at Chairman Song Shou and responded with a firm gaze.

"Good!"

Chairman Song Shou nodded and reached out to take out a photo.

In the photo was a child with a somewhat dull gaze, looking about eleven or twelve years old, sitting on a rocking car with a silly smile on his face.

Seeing this, Fang Zhuo's heart stirred, and just as he was about to ask.

Chairman Song Shou took the initiative to explain, "This is my child. His name is Song An. His mother was only an Advanced Martial Artist, and by the time she was pregnant, I was already a Cosmic Martial Artist."

"The ten months of pregnancy consumed too much, and no matter how much we nourished her body, it wasn't enough. In the end, after giving birth to the child, she passed away on the spot."

"When the time comes, someone will take him and wait on the spaceship. Once you reach the desolate planet, please help look after him."

"Alright, I will."

Fang Zhuo solemnly agreed and took the photo and the tactical backpack that Chairman Song Shou handed over.