Silence.
Across the various base cities on Earth, countless people became quiet.
Paris Base City within the territory of the European Union.
A group of protestors looked up at the screen with hopeful expressions. Yes, they had indeed been protesting because they believed the higher-ups had abandoned them. They demanded that Earth’s authorities choose to cooperate with the “Nolan Mountain Family” from the universe.
But that was because…
Earth had no way to resist the Nolan Mountain Family!
No one wanted to become a slave or servant unless they were mentally abnormal.
These protesting people did not want to become slaves either. If there was a way to avoid submitting to the Nolan Mountain Family and still preserve their freedom and lives, they would naturally be willing.
“Luo Feng!”
“It is actually Luo Feng. Looking at this video, it seems that these aliens, the Nolan Mountain Family, are also part of the Black Dragon Mountain Empire.”
“Is this Black Dragon Mountain Empire a nation in the universe?”
“Luo Feng is an Earthling. How did he become the planet lord of a cosmic nation? And the lord of our Earth?”
“Who knows.”
In terms of intelligence, Earth humans were not foolish.
From Luo Feng’s speech during the global broadcast, they could easily determine that the Black Dragon Mountain Empire was a powerful cosmic nation, far stronger than the seemingly invincible Nolan Mountain Family.
And Earth’s pride, Luo Feng, had become the planet lord of the Black Dragon Mountain Empire.
Joy!
If Earth was going to integrate into the universe and someone had to become Earth’s planet lord, the people of Earth naturally hoped it would be a native Earth human.
Moreover, Luo Feng, Hong, and Thunder God had already been almost deified. If any one of the three became Earth’s planet lord, Earth humans would have little resistance.
“I wonder if Luo Feng’s words will work.”
“I wonder if the Nolan Mountain Family will retreat.”
People waited anxiously.
…
The six major survival bases on Earth.
“Does Luo Feng’s identity as planet lord actually work?”
“A cosmic nation and Earth cannot possibly operate exactly the same way. It is hard to say.”
“Just wait. We will know the result soon.”
…
On Earth, whether ordinary people or the higher authorities, everyone was waiting, waiting to see the Nolan Mountain Family’s response.
The spaceship carrying Luo Feng and the others continued rapidly through the Dark Universe.
Virtual Universe, Black Dragon Mountain Island.
Inside the restaurant private room.
Luo Feng, Hong, and Thunder God looked at the screen floating before them, maintaining communication with Xu Xin.
“Xu Xin, how is it now?” Luo Feng asked urgently. “What reaction did the Nolan Mountain Family have? Have they retreated?”
“The satellite monitoring shows that the two battleships are still parked above the Pacific Ocean. They have not moved,” Xu Xin said anxiously. “The Nolan Mountain Family is probably discussing it.”
“They have not moved?”
Luo Feng frowned.
“They don’t dare not leave.” Thunder God’s eyes lit up. “If they refuse to leave, we can record their actions and send them to the empire headquarters. They can directly be classified as space pirates. The Black Dragon Mountain Empire is a powerful middle-level cosmic civilisation. It absolutely will not allow such a family to escape punishment!”
“If they were a super powerful family, it would be hard to say.”
“But the Nolan Mountain Family is a difficult opponent for empires like the Silver Blue Empire. However, to the Black Dragon Mountain Empire, they are just ants!” Thunder God said confidently.
These words also made Hong and Luo Feng nod slightly.
“Talking more is useless.” Luo Feng frowned. “Let’s see what choice they make.”
The three maintained their connection with Earth and silently waited for news.
…
Earth, above the Pacific Ocean.
Two huge interstellar battleships hovered in the air. Inside one of the battleships, in the control room, the eight direct disciples stood there. The atmosphere was extremely tense.
The shock and excitement from discovering the strange giant sphere had long been forgotten. Now, their hearts were filled with frustration.
“Earth’s planet lord?”
“Earth actually has a lord?”
“What should we do now?”
The atmosphere was extremely heavy.
Everyone knew that once the Nolan Mountain Family refused to withdraw from Earth, it would become a serious crime.
Earth had a planet lord. Therefore, Earth was someone else’s private property and territory.
Invading a territory and recklessly looting within it was absolutely forbidden by the empire’s constitution. They would be directly classified as “space pirates”.
Space pirates, meaning interstellar bandits, were hated by every major empire and were always eliminated.
“Come with me to see the clan leader,” Pra said in a low voice.
“Yes.”
The other seven people responded.
This matter could only be decided by the clan leader.
Only half a minute later.
Virtual Universe, Black Dragon Mountain Island.
Inside a luxurious mansion hall, the eight direct disciples stood in a row. A screen appeared in front of them, showing two people.
They were the current clan leader, Yu Ke Nolan Mountain, and the old clan leader, Dewen Nolan Mountain.
“Teacher, old clan leader, this is the video that was publicly broadcast on Earth earlier,” Pra said respectfully.
The video immediately began playing.
When the two clan leaders saw the proof of Earth’s ownership issued by the Black Dragon Mountain Empire, their expressions became extremely ugly.
Especially when Luo Feng brought out the empire’s constitution and read it, their anger became even stronger.
“Leave my territory immediately! Otherwise, your Nolan Mountain Family will be treated as space pirates and face the Black Dragon Mountain Empire’s military campaign!”
The final sentence of the video left the two clan leaders unable to respond for a moment.
The huge treasure on Earth had suddenly become someone else’s territory.
“Earth is this Luo Feng’s territory?” Yu Ke Nolan Mountain asked in disbelief.
“Yes, teacher. I have just checked. The empire’s records do indeed show this. Luo Feng should have only become Earth’s planet lord today,” Pra added.
“Bastard!”
Yu Ke Nolan Mountain gritted his teeth in anger.
“Who is this Luo Feng? Which family does he belong to?” the old clan leader asked unhappily.
“He is one of the three strongest humans on Earth. He should currently be a ninth rank Planetary-level expert,” Pra replied respectfully.
“What? An Earth human?”
The old clan leader widened his eyes.
An Earth human?
A native from a primitive planet had suddenly become Earth’s planet lord?
To buy a planet, even if someone discovered a planet, they could only purchase it at a discounted price. However, for a life planet of Earth’s highest standard, buying it still required three trillion Black Dragon Coins.
It was absolutely not something an ordinary person could afford. That was why he asked which family Luo Feng belonged to.
“Yes, he is an Earth human,” Pra nodded. “He probably obtained some treasure on Earth, sold it, and earned the money.”
“Earth’s treasure?”
The moment the two clan leaders thought of that mechanical race spaceship, their hearts ached.
That was a spaceship of the mechanical race, at least a D-class spaceship.
It was far more expensive than the entire wealth of the Nolan Mountain Family.
To activate and conquer such a spaceship, judging from the attack at the entrance, at least a fifth or sixth rank Universe-level expert would have a chance.
“Teacher, what should we do? Retreat or not?” Pra asked anxiously.
“Old clan leader, should we retreat or not?” The other direct disciples were also extremely anxious.
“We cannot hesitate for too long. Remaining on Earth for too long will also result in being classified as space pirates,” Pra said urgently.
Clan leader Yu Ke Nolan Mountain gritted his teeth.
“Bastard! I will kill that Luo Feng!”
“Retreat!”
The old clan leader’s expression became fierce as he spoke coldly.
The eight direct disciples were stunned.
“Old clan leader!” Yu Ke Nolan Mountain looked at him in shock. “Are we just giving up like this?”
The old clan leader shouted angrily.
“Yu Ke, has your brain stopped working? What happens if we do not give up? Even if that mechanical race spaceship is extremely valuable, so what? Once we are classified as space pirates, the empire’s army could destroy our Nolan Mountain Family effortlessly. Are you willing to sacrifice our entire family because of Earth’s treasure?”
“We, we…” Yu Ke Nolan Mountain hesitated.
“Yes, we can escape. But the entire Nolan Mountain Family was created through the hard work of the clan ancestor over countless years. Do you want all of his efforts to be wasted?” the old clan leader shouted.
Yu Ke Nolan Mountain became silent.
That was true.
Back then, the clan ancestor, the founder of the family, Nolan Mountain, had built the Nolan Mountain Family from nothing.
Using his own name as the family surname, after tens of thousands of years of growth and expansion, the family had finally reached its current prosperous state.
“Retreat!” the old clan leader ordered.
Yu Ke Nolan Mountain let out a sigh.
Pra and the other seven direct disciples looked at the two clan leaders, then respectfully replied:
“Yes!”
On Earth, after Pra and the other seven disciples gave the order, the Nolan Mountain Family members scattered across Earth quickly gathered towards the two fleets.
Regarding the fleet withdrawal, since they were leaving, the Nolan Mountain Family naturally did not hide it.
Instead, they openly displayed it, ensuring that the Earth planet lord would have no excuse to sue them before the cosmic empire court.
The six major survival bases.
Through satellite monitoring, Earth’s higher authorities clearly saw that a large number of Nolan Mountain Family members were rapidly gathering towards the fleets.
“Haha, they retreated.”
“They really retreated!”
“They are already gathering their people.”
“They are entering the battleships one by one.”
“We won!”
“We won!”
“We achieved victory!”
The excited Earth leaders shouted wildly, expressing their joy.
This news was quickly transmitted through Xu Xin, allowing Luo Feng and the others, who were far away in the Dark Universe, to learn of the good news.
…
Luo Feng, Hong, and Thunder God watched the video showing the Nolan Mountain Family members gathering from all directions and entering the battleships.
“It looks like they are really withdrawing,” Thunder God said excitedly.
“Don’t rush,” Hong stared at the screen. “Wait until the fleet leaves Earth before saying that.”
“We are about to succeed.” Luo Feng also held his breath and waited.
Waiting for the moment when the two battleships took off and left Earth.
“Boom…”
Under the tracking and filming of Earth’s many satellites, the two huge interstellar battleships finally began accelerating upwards and soon entered the atmosphere.
This scene was directly broadcast to every country, every base city, and every household on Earth through televisions and computer screens.
“A day that made us hold our breath, a day that made us terrified, a day that made us despair. We had already lost hope, believing that in the future all of us would be ruled by the Nolan Mountain Family from the universe.
“But when that enormous three-dimensional virtual projection appeared in the sky, when I saw that figure, I thought of the time when he entered the ocean without hesitation and fought the Devouring Beast to the death.
“Yes! I was conquered by him. He is a hero! Yes, a hero!”
On television, the host could not control his tears as they flowed down.
Every television station and every country played the same videos, but narrated them in their own languages.
“We won!”
“We are free!”
“We won!”
“Haha…”
Some people who had been sitting in protest saw the scene of the two huge interstellar battleships leaving through the giant screens in the squares. They jumped up and shouted wildly with excitement.
“Luo Feng, Hong, and Thunder God. Ever since they learned that the Nolan Mountain Family was coming, they ignored the danger to their lives and entered the universe to fight for Earth’s humanity’s final hope. They succeeded. Yes, the three of them succeeded!”
The television also broadcast a video of Luo Feng, Hong, and Thunder God celebrating together with great excitement.
This video was sent by the three of them through the Virtual Universe Network.
“This is too exciting. I am almost going crazy.”
Inside the spaceship control room, Thunder God was extremely excited.
“Really, when I saw the scenes from all over Earth, every base city, every place, countless people cheering, some even kneeling down and kissing the ground, my whole body trembled with excitement.
“I know… this is our race. This is our root. They are all my fellow humans, my fellow humans!”
“Yes, we succeeded, we succeeded.” Even Hong, who was usually calm, had tears in his eyes.
“I cannot even stay in the Virtual Universe Network anymore.” Luo Feng was also extremely emotional. “Seeing the scenes from all over the world sent from Earth, I feel like my head is about to explode from excitement.”
“I want to go home, back to Earth.”
Luo Feng shouted in the spaceship control room.
“I want to return to Earth now!”
“Me too!” Thunder God nodded repeatedly.
“Yes, home.” Hong also nodded.
Extremely excited!
The cosmic adventure spaceship continued moving through the Dark Universe, heading towards the Dark Universe coordinates corresponding to Earth.
Opposite to Earth and Luo Feng.
Inside the two battleships of the Nolan Mountain Family, the atmosphere was extremely gloomy.
In the leading battleship, the eight direct disciples were all in the control room. There was not a trace of a smile on any of their faces.
“Bastard!”
“Trash!”
“How could this happen?”
“How did this Luo Feng become Earth’s planet lord? How did it happen so quickly?”
The cold and oppressive atmosphere was driving everyone mad.
“Beep!”
Pra frowned slightly.
The other direct disciples looked towards him.
Pra said quietly:
“The clan leader wants to see me.”
With that, he immediately walked towards his cabin.
Inside the Virtual Universe Network.
The current clan leader, Yu Ke Nolan Mountain, and the old clan leader, Dewen Nolan Mountain, were standing there respectfully.
Beside them stood a thin man with sharp features, eyes like a poisonous scorpion, and pointed ears.
He wore a dark green combat uniform, and on his chest was a strange giant axe medal.
“For the family?”
“For my sake?”
The man was filled with fury.
“What does the family matter? Back then, I built the family from nothing! In the future, I can create another one!”
“The most important thing is strength! Strength, do you understand?”
“Now I am already a ninth rank Universe-level expert. I am only one step away from becoming a Domain Lord!”
“If I had astonishing wealth and could invite an Immortal expert to guide me, I could cross this threshold.”
“At that time, I would have a lifespan of 100 eras. The future Nolan Mountain Family would become even more glorious!”
“Military campaign? A joke!”
“The family’s elites can simply take spaceships and travel through the universe. At worst, we leave the Black Dragon Mountain Empire!”
“Those planets can simply be abandoned!”
“When I become a Domain Lord in the future, the Nolan Mountain Family will be a hundred times stronger than it is now!”
The man said coldly.
“Besides, plundering Earth would not necessarily destroy the Nolan Mountain Family. After all, we have so many planets and foundations. Throwing them away would only be a waste.”
The two clan leaders did not dare say a single word back in front of the clan ancestor.
“Beep!”
A notification sound rang.
“Oh, the little fellow commanding the fleet has arrived.”
Only then did the man reveal a trace of a cold smile.