237: Chapter 237 The Moon's Attitude

Mai Gurong was killed so thoroughly that not even his corpse could be found.

When this news spread, some were excited, some were shocked, some were angry, and some were reflective, but Jiang Chen remained expressionless.

Because except for him, with the Dragon God Academy as the center, all microorganisms within a three-mile radius had vanished. Within a five-mile radius, the luckiest creatures had only half their bodies left. Within an eight-mile radius, all buildings had collapsed. Within a ten-mile radius, about a thousand elderly people and children had died, and tens of thousands were injured...

With just this one blast, as many as hundreds of thousands of people were affected, and the entire Capital initiated its highest level of disaster relief.

Preliminary estimates placed the losses starting at a trillion RMB, which was already equivalent to the cost of an interstellar battleship.

This was the result even after Jiang Chen had suppressed himself for several minutes before acting; had he acted even a second earlier, the losses would have been even greater.

Although Jiang Chen had long anticipated that the energy he released would be world-destroying and cause a massive disaster, he still fell silent when he truly saw the scene around him.

Wuuuuu!

In the air, various departments such as the Air Police, Patrol Teams, and Disaster Relief Departments deployed all their personnel, piloting various aircraft to search for the injured.

Looking at the scene that resembled a nuclear explosion and the man slowly walking out from below, they couldn't help but request instructions from their superiors.

[Reporting to command: the guy who wiped out Lord Xinhuo and caused a massive disaster in the Capital has been found. Should we arrest him?]

Upon receiving this news, the heads of various departments fell into deep thought.

How could they arrest him?

From the videos sent back from the scene, this was a confrontation between Earth and Mars.

Jiang Chen represented Earth.

Besides, even the strongest lifeform from the Mars Base had been wiped out with a single slap; how could a group of people with an average level of 0.9 lifeforms arrest him?

[Focus on disaster relief and cordoning off the scene as the main tasks. Do not worry about anything else.]

The department heads issued these orders one after another.

Swoosh, swoosh.

A large number of aircraft flew over Jiang Chen's head, passing by as if they had seen nothing.

After Jiang Chen walked out, Xue Yao rushed forward.

"Husband, are you okay?"

Seeing that Xue Yao saw Jiang Chen showed no joy on his face, she thought he was injured and quickly asked.

Jiang Chen shook his head slightly; he felt this battle had been fought too hastily, to the point that the wrong place had been chosen.

That was why it had caused such a massive impact.

If they had switched to a suburb, the impact might have been much smaller.

He looked up toward a nearby spot where several national-level figures of the Dragon Kingdom stood. They were mid-to-high Level 2 Lifeforms, already among the top tier on Earth.

However.

They were currently looking at Jiang Chen with wary expressions.

They had already learned from Xiao Shuihan and others that Jiang Chen was at least a Level 3 Lifeform.

They also knew of Jiang Chen's stance of siding with Earth.

However.

Phrases like "for the sake of Earth" had been said by those from the Moon and Mars as well.

As a result, they didn't quite believe it anymore.

Jiang Chen naturally saw this; currently, all of humanity on Earth was wary of high-level lifeforms.

Therefore, what he needed to do now was to purge.

Mai Gurong was only the first.

Only by clearing out all those who dreamed of reshaping divine authority would humanity once again trust those standing at the peak of the life pyramid in the future.

Whoosh!

A strong wind blew, carrying a powerful chill.

Everyone looked up to see that the Starship was descending.

It blocked out the sun, casting almost the entire neighborhood into its shadow.

Tie Zhu spread his wings and glided down, reporting, "Master, news has come from the Dragon Emblem. The other ten elders of the Dragon Emblem are requesting a call!"

"Alright."

Jiang Chen flew the small fishing boat into the Starship.

This Starship had only one deck, but its interior was extremely complex with many compartments; if it encountered a devastating blow, it could be separated.

The command center of the Starship, acting as its brain, was also a compartment. It was about two hundred square meters and filled with numerous intelligent mechas, high-level lifeforms, and researchers busy with their tasks.

Holographic projections appeared at many workstations, analyzing models of various data from the scene after the clash between Jiang Chen and Mai Gurong.

It seemed they wanted to accurately assess the combat power of Jiang Chen and Mai Gurong from every angle.

The circular platform at the very front was the communicator for contacting the Lunar Base, where the ten elders of the Dragon Emblem would be projected.

Lunar Base.

Dragon Emblem.

Zhao Yinhu didn't need any analysis; just by looking at the battle scene, he already had a judgment in his heart.

"Five Level 3 Lifeforms have appeared in humanity!"

Of course.

Less than a minute after he learned this, it turned back into four Level 3 Lifeforms.

Harboring a reverence for the difficulty of high-level lifeform evolution, Zhao Yinhu actually felt some regret when he saw his rival Mai Gurong blown to bits and not even a speck of dust could be found.

Earth had spent billions of years to give birth to these five Level 3 Lifeforms, and now one was suddenly gone.

It was truly a pity.

How much longer would it take to produce another Level 3 Lifeform after this?

"Lord Dragon Emblem, what do we do now?"

One elder's mind was already struggling to keep up; just a moment ago he was thinking about the deceased Jiang, and suddenly the deceased became Mai.

The high and mighty Lord Xinhuo was just gone.

To the point that they felt the Mai Gurong who had once flexed his might in front of the Starship was actually a virtual projection.

"It seems this is no longer a matter of recruiting him to the Moon."

"Rather, we should consider the relationship of seniority between Earth and the Moon."

"Mr. Jiang told Mai Gurong that Mars belongs to Earth. Next, he will inevitably claim that the Moon belongs to Earth as well..."

Zhao Yinhu paced back and forth.

From the perspective of power, he was naturally unwilling to easily hand over control of the Moon.

Although he had been low-profile and humble over the years, vigorously bringing people from the Dragon Kingdom into the Lunar Base—with 11 of the 12 Dragon Emblem elders being from the Dragon Kingdom and one being a mecha—

...he still couldn't accept Earth wanting to stand on equal footing with the Moon before.

But now, with the emergence of Jiang Chen's strength, he began to reconsider.

"Should we have the top three at the front of the Earth United Fleet keep him in check?"

A Dragon Emblem elder, unwilling to see their status drop a level, asked tentatively.

Jiang Chen was a Level 3 Lifeform.

The top three on the lifeform rankings were also Level 3 Lifeforms.

Zhao Yinhu shook his head: "When we were fighting with the Lunar Base or even the Xu Family Faction, those three didn't care. Now, if someone is going to take down both the Moon and Mars directly, they probably won't stop it either."

"If those three don't act, then we can only embroider new flags overnight."

Seeing that the tide had turned, the other Dragon Emblem elders could only smile bitterly.

"Contact Mr. Jiang first to express our attitude."

"As for the rest... let's wait and see for now."

Zhao Yinhu's eyes flickered.

Having reached this position, he still had some hidden schemes.

But in the face of absolute strength, he planned to lay low for a while.

An elder sensed the hidden meaning in Zhao Yinhu's words and asked, "He's already a Level 3 Lifeform, what other changes could there be?"

With the top three on the lifeform rankings not interfering, Jiang Chen himself had reached Level 3 and represented Earth.

What variables could there be?

"You don't understand the kind of rule Mai Gurong has implemented on the Mars Base all these years."

"The ten million people over there are still somewhat different from us."

"Now that their supreme ruler is gone... this matter won't end so quickly."

Zhao Yinhu shook his head.

Mai Gurong treated himself as a god and had always promoted himself as such.

And the new generation of Martians at the Mars Base, influenced by what they saw and heard, naturally took pride in him.

Now.

Their god had fallen on the Earth they looked down upon.

"The three major interstellar battleships belonging to the Mars Base will likely make a move soon."