609: Chapter 658 Fama: We've been taken advantage of?

An Ke's move left General Fama and the others completely stunned.

If they hadn't all been wearing masks, the people present from the United Nations would have definitely seen their wide-eyed expressions.

Beside them, the darkness beneath the Chief Steward's robes surged slightly, as if he were showing restraint.

Number 1379 was also showing restraint.

It lowered its head.

In its heart, it was filled with admiration.

He was planning to use Tike, General Fama, and the other Noble Lords to achieve Deterrence against other civilizations.

Although most civilizations didn't recognize Tike and the others.

After all, they hadn't reached that level or stage yet.

However, a small portion of other civilizations knew of the existence of God-level Civilizations.

As long as the photos of the Noble Lords were sent out, no civilization would dare to come.

"An Ke..." General Fama's tone was somewhat low.

"Is it really okay for you to do this?"

"We have not formed an alliance with the Blue Star Civilization."

They were God-level Civilizations!

To have them make an appearance, the appearance fee was very expensive!

An Ke's move was essentially freeloading off them.

How could General Fama and the others be willing?

An Ke waved his hand dismissively and smiled, "Didn't you say you'd assist me before?"

"Assisting you is a different matter from helping Blue Star," Noble Cieno spoke.

"Indeed! Furthermore, what you're doing is a bit inappropriate!" Tike added in agreement.

"The celebrities on your Blue Star—when others use their likeness, they have to pay."

"As god-level beings, shouldn't we be collecting a 'fee' even more?"

And no matter how much they condescended, Blue Star could never afford the "fee."

So, the underlying meaning of the Noble Lords was for An Ke to delete the photos.

Don't use their names to achieve Deterrence against other civilizations.

Elder Li naturally understood what the Noble Lords meant, so he hesitated and didn't send the photos immediately.

However, he still looked at An Ke.

As long as An Ke said to send them, Elder Li would do so even if the Noble Lords were unwilling.

He believed An Ke would definitely have a way.

An Ke raised his hand, signaling Elder Li to send the photos directly.

Then he looked at the Noble Lords and said:

"Our Blue Star indeed has no bargaining chips to pay for using your 'portrait rights'."

"But I do."

An Ke smiled very sincerely, "Have you forgotten?"

"As long as I clear the game, you can continue to be 'gods' in the Known Universe."

"Using this as payment is quite reasonable, isn't it?"

Hearing this, the Noble Lords were amused by An Ke.

On the surface, there seemed to be nothing wrong with that statement.

Using the destruction or survival of the Known Universe as a bargaining chip indeed held immense value.

But the key was, were you, An Ke, so confident that you could clear the game?

Is it reasonable to use an unknown future as a bargaining chip?

What if you don't succeed?

Besides, it was as if An Ke wouldn't try to clear the game if this "payment" wasn't made.

Once the Known Universe disappeared, both An Ke and Blue Star would vanish into nothingness.

So no matter what, An Ke would do it.

In summary, An Ke was still freeloading off their several God-level Civilizations.

General Fama was very displeased: "An Ke, once you clear the game and come out, I must spar with you."

Being freeloaded on for no reason was truly frustrating.

The other Noble Lords shook their heads and chuckled.

One could only say it had to be An Ke who dared to commit such an act of insubordination.

The point was, they couldn't do anything about An Ke.

Elder Li sent the photos.

The comments were originally full of abuse, but then they saw Elder Li post a photo.

After seeing it, viewers from civilizations that didn't recognize God-level Civilizations continued to curse and make various verbal threats.

"What kind of photo is this?"

"What, does this mean you intend to use a photo to threaten us?"

"What the hell are these photos?"

"They're worthy of threatening us?"

"I'm telling you, Blue Star, hurry up and send bullet comments to An Ke, or else in the near future, Blue Star will be greeted by our spaceships."

"No! It should be an interstellar battlefleet!"

"Hilarious, a few people wearing masks and acting mysterious."

"Think you can scare us like this?"

"We weren't born yesterday. If you've got the guts, have the people in the photo come to our civilization.

Let's see how our civilization rips off their masks."

"Haha, do they not even know the simplest interstellar travel?"

"You guys are truly pathetic..."

"..."

Inside the United Nations conference room.

Elder Li and other national leaders remained silent, not looking at the Noble Lords.

Meanwhile, Number 1379 behind them lowered its head.

Mourning for those civilizations.

At the center of the universe, inside the Joint Committee hall.

General Fama looked at all the Noble Lords present and said:

"Everyone, if anyone tries to stop me, I don't mind having a fight."

"Gods must not be insulted!"

Very quickly.

The civilizations in the comment section that had been cursing the most and the loudest began to panic.

They discovered that one of the masked people in the photo actually started moving.

Soon, they appeared above their own planets from the photo.

In the 108 Realms, one civilization in each domain saw a giant looking down upon their planet at that moment.

Soon, those viewers who had been cursing the loudest all disappeared.

After a while, a massive wave of atonement comments flooded the screen.

"We are guilty; we should not have defied the gods."

"We are guilty; we should not have defied the gods."

"We are guilty; we should not have defied the gods."

"..."

This spamming quickly caused the bullet comments from other civilizations to stop.

They watched all this in horror.

What on earth?

Many civilizations remembered that these viewers now spamming about being guilty were the same ones who had been cursing the loudest earlier.

They were also civilizations with relatively high civilization levels.

Now they were saying their civilizations were guilty and they dared not defy the gods.

Where did they defy a god?

Just a moment ago, they were clearly trying to deter Blue Star...

Soon, all the civilizations associated it with the photo sent by Blue Star.

In the next second, the leaders of all the civilizations broke out in a cold sweat.

In other words, those masked individuals in the photo were... m-most likely gods?!

This speculation terrified all the civilizations into silence.

The bullet comment area went silent.

Damn! The Blue Star Civilization has five gods backing them. If they were to hunt them down in person, wouldn't they be the ones who died?

No civilization dared to threaten the Blue Star Civilization again.

Meanwhile, at the Joint Committee hall.

Several Joint Committee Noble Representatives looked curiously at Fama and the other Noble Lords.

"What price did Blue Star pay for you several to be willing to step forward and help them?"

Tike and the others remained silent, not saying a word.

There was no way around it! This question was hard to answer.

Could they say they were being freeloaded on?

They would be mocked by all the other Noble Lords.

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Inside the game.

Under the lead of the three Sages of the 99th Realm, An Ke soon arrived at the nearest Realm Domain Mansion.

However, before they could get close, their path was blocked by several Sages.

The bullet comments from the outside world had already notified them.

They had also prepared themselves long ago.

They must absolutely not let An Ke's group get near the mansion.

"You all, it is impossible to approach further."

The Sages stared intently at An Ke and the army of level 70 players behind him.

In their hearts, they secretly sucked in a breath of cold air...

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