<h4>Chapter 1137 Die! Mechanic Emperor!</h4>
It was as if a tide of sacrificial spirit was sweeping across the ck Star Army yers.
As the Character Summon Card was proved to be real, the forums temporarily became the intelligence center of Operation Saving ck Star. Many army yers gathered in groups and expanded their teams here, making posts under Fly Free’s Operation Command Center.
Many senior yers who had yed since Version 1.0 had a sense of responsibility and faith; they felt they had to do something to solve the crisis of the army falling into the hands of the Mechanic Emperor. Crowds gathered, and even some professional yers such as Frenzied Sword and Maple Moon took part. Operation Saving ck Star had be arge event held by the army yers themselves.
Of course, there were also those with other motives among the participants. Some just wanted to make the news bigger, some wanted to show their loyalty so ck Star would notice them after ‘returning’, and some wanted to try to trigger hidden missions. The atmosphere on the forums was like a war was going on. Everyone thought they were making a difference. However, the majority were just rubbernecking and adding spices. There were not only Chinese yers in the army anymore. There were also a ton of international yers who joined only in Version 4.0. Most of them were just watching with excitement.
Even among the Chinese yers, there were also some who did not think it was worth risking the time and effort they had spent in the ck Star Army and did not take part.
Everything happening on the forums over the past three days was witnessed by Han Xiao. Operation Saving ck Star had absolutely no secrets to him.
Although these yers were nning on how to backstab him the next day, not only did Han Xiao feel angry about it, but he even found it interesting
At this time, Phillip popped out and said, “Master, hum... There are a few Immortals who want to see you. They said they have found out that the Immortals are nning a mutiny, so they want to report it to you.”
“Oh?” Han Xiao’s eyes sparkled.
Traitors?
Hmm,e to think of it, since they’re yers, it’d be weird to not have traitors.
“Tell them toe here,” Han Xiao ordered.
After staying for a while in the office, a few yers in shy armor came in. They were clearly foreign yers judging from their IDs. “Yo, armymander.” An Ice Demon Race yer who seemed like their leader greeted Han Xiao in a very hip-pop style.
Han Xiao acted like he had no idea. He looked confused and asked, “You said that the Immortals are nning on a mutiny? Tell me, what is this about?”
“Yo, here’s what it is. We’re all good people, but some Immortals are ambitious people. They’re not happy with your ruling now, so they n to use a ridiculous excuse to incite the army. Wow. At tomorrow’s award ceremony, they’ll attack you definitely.” Han Xiao rose his brows. “What excuse?”
“From what I heard, they said you’re the Mechanic Emperor in disguise. Ain’t that funny? Hahaha.”
“Interesting.” Han Xiao sized him up, smiled, and said, “Got it, I’ll investigate the matter. If it’s true, you’ll all be given rewards.”
“Hehe, I’d like more Contribution Points.” This person was very straight forward.
Han Xiao acted as if he did not hear them. He waved and told them to leave. This time, Phillip reported again, saying there were more people who wanted to see him.
He did not reject any of them and patiently spoke to one group of traitors after another. Most of them were foreign yers, and what they said was mostly the same, exposing Fly Free and the others’ n and twisting their motive, iming the motive of the mutiny was ambition. After sending off thest group of them, Han Xiao smiled.
“Some of these are pure opportunists, but the rest are probably the spies the foreign professional guilds have ced inside the army. Hehe, they’re trying to cause more problems.”
He had always known that there were spies of foreign guilds in the army, and this was unavoidable. The motive behind Fly Free and the other senior yers’ actions was positive, but these spies definitely did not have positive motives.
Han Xiao knew instantly that these spies were trying to make the situation worse. On one hand, they wanted the Chinese yers to be heavily punished, so the Chinese guilds would be affected too. On the other hand, they also wanted to reduce his trust in the Immortals so that the army yers would receive fewer benefits.
Clearly, the foreign yers did not care if he was really the Mechanic Emperor or ck Star. If he was the Mechanic Emperor, he would be rmed, discover the mutiny in advance, and take action. If this was all a misunderstanding and he was still ck Star, reporting the mutiny to him would also be an act of loyalty. They thought they were killing two birds with one stone.
Without the forums, Han Xiao might have fallen for it. However, Han Xiao already knew everything about this through the forums, so he easily saw through these spies’ n to use him.
Looking at these traitors’ satisfied expressions thinking their n had worked, Han Xiao looked normal but wasughing inside.
I’ll let you guysugh for a while and deal with you after the ceremony.
Han Xiao tapped the table and ordered, “Phillip, secretly dispatch the mechanical soldiers in the warehouse and put them around the venue, especially the VIP area, audience seats, and the news stand. The moment anyone attacks the guests tomorrow, arrest them immediately.”
This order was not targeted at Fly Free and the others. Their target was only him, and their motive was to protect the ck Star Army, so their n did not consist of hurting the innocents.
However, there would most likely be some people who would use this opportunity to cause problems, damaging the army’s reputation by hurting the audience. Han Xiao was quite sure that only those foreign pro guilds would do something like this.
Han Xiao did not want to stop Fly Free and the others from ‘expressing their loyalty’, but he was not going to watch people with ulterior motives damage the army.
Speaking of which, Version 4.0 is in its middle stages now, about to step into thete stage. The national war will probably ur the same time as the Super Star Cluster Alliance battle, just like my previous life. I wonder if those alliances formed by yer organizations will still be founded.
Three days passed very quickly. Thepetition had already been turned into an open stadium for the award ceremony.
The main stage was arge floating tform. Only the most important guests were sitting there. It was surrounded by many smaller tforms, where the audience, media, and the winners of various items were seated.
Spherical shields shrouded the venue, blocking the cold wind in the sky and unrted people from disrupting the closing ceremony. The inside of the shield had a virtual screen that made the venue look like a closed theater.
All kinds of spaceships floated in the exterior atmosphere. The formally dressed spectators, guests, and contestants arrived at the venue on the carriers provided by the army, found their seats, and sat down. Very soon, the venue became crowded. It was a true festival.
Fly Free and his team sat in the contestant seats, looked around, and asionally exchanged looks with the yers on the same floating tform.
Fly Free’s shoulder was tapped. He turned around and realized it was the Rivervale team’s captain, Frenzied Sword.
“When do we move?” Frenzied Sword lowered his voice. As a real loyal follower of ck Star, he also took part in the operation.
“It’s still early. No hurry. Just like the n, when it’s our turn to receive the reward, everyone just wait for my signal and move at the same time,” Fly Free said quietly. “How many people do you think will be with US?”
“Although a lot of people signed up on the forums, it’ll be amazing if even one tenth of them actually do carry out the n.” Fly Free shook his head.
“Okay, we’ll be waiting for your signal.”
The yers who were taking part in the Saving ck Star Operationmunicated privately. On the other side, there was also another group of people nning for a different operation.
On a floating audience stand, a yer with the ID of ‘Winter Wolf’ asked his friend beside him through a private channel, “Are our men scattered out yet?”
“Yeah, don’t worry. Our men are scattered throughout the tforms. Some are very close to the celebrity guest seats. When those Chinese make a move, we’ll be able to act in the midst of all the chaos. We’ll definitely cause quite a lot of destruction.”
“Good.” Winter Wolf nodded and said with a low voice, “The ck Star Army faction is too strong. We have to weaken it. This is the first field operation our Northern Battlefront has carried out since its secret founding. We have to make it count to open the path for our national war ns.”
“Understood.”
At the same time, Han Xiao was weing the Beyond Grade A remote projections at the VIP seats on the main stage.
With his position and reputation, almost seventy percent of all Beyond Grade A members of the development union came to watch the event. They all sat at the frontmost seats. Han Xiao casually chattered andughed with them.
As the seats at the venue were fully upied, all the lights gradually dimmed, only leaving the main stage brightly illuminated.
Seeing this, the noisy venue quietened down. Everyone’s eyes were on the main stage.
Sylvia walked up onto the stage. She was not in her uniform, instead wearing an expensive and elegant purple bare-back dress. She wore light makeup, making her face even more exquisite and beautiful than normal. Her hair was tied up, showing her long and snow-white neck. Her silver earrings swayed lightly, reflecting light from the venue. The bright but not blinding light colored her stunning and marvelous.
She took one look around and said, “Guests, contestants, and viewers behind screens, wee to the closing ceremony of the first ck Star Cup. I’m the army’s Chief Administrative Official, Sylvia.”
Then, Sylvia paused as stated in the script. Han Xiao smiled and apuded her. The people around followed his lead. Very soon, the venue was filled with roaring apuse.
Seeing this, Sylvia then said, “As the army expands, the number of members continues to grow. The initial purpose of the ck Star Cup was to select the elites of the various professions inside the army so that the new members who are capable but not senior enough can have an extra path to rise up. At the same time, it gives the older members a chance to improve themselves. Now, the ck Star Cup hase to a fulfilling end. To our pleasant surprise, we realized just how many elites the army has in various professions...”
Sylvia started reading the script. The image was broadcast to the entire universe through the media cameras present. Of course, the ck Star Cup closing ceremony did not consist of only giving out the reward. The detailed order of the ceremony went Sylvia’s speech; the ck Star Cup organizingmittee’s speech; the winners of various items going up onto the stage to ept their reward and each giving a speech; thenst but not least, the armymander’s concluding speech. There were also a lot of performances and shows in between.
The army had invited many gctic celebrities, such as singers, actors, and the like. All those invited were extremely famous.
Usually, normal events would be honored to be able to invite just one of those celebrities, given how famous they were. However, the ck Star Cup was way too high ss. These celebrities were the ones feeling honored to take part in the closing ceremony. This was an entertainment event hosted by a universal-level warlord, so it was an extremely excellent opportunity to build connections with people at the highest level of the society. In order to obtain a spot in the performances, thepanies behind many celebrities even had intense fights.
Han Xiao was invited to the stage very soon to give the awards to the winners personally along with some words of encouragement. The remote projections of the two Vice Commanders, Lagi and H, stood beside him. They did not speak and only nodded at the contestants to show encouragement.
However, the reasons behind the two of them not speaking were different. H did not like talking, so she did not speak, while Lagi’s voicemunication function was cut off by Han Xiao so that he could not speak.
The award ceremony had breaks, which were filled by the celebrity performances. As the closing ceremony was about halfway through, Han Xiao felt as if his face was twitching from smiling too much, and the spectators’ palms were also getting red from pping too much. Finally, it was time to give the award to the outstanding contestants of the Immortals’ Square Scrimmage.
Here it is... Han Xiao focused.
The people walked onto the stage. Fly Free clenched his teeth and walked up. His back gave off a vibe as if he was walking up to an execution ground.
“Congrattions, you’re all talents of the army...”
Han Xiao read the script once more, gave Fly Free a nce, smiled in his brain, and took two steps back, giving the stage to the contestants to speak.
No one on the stage stepped forward; they all looked at Fly Free.
Fly Free nodded at everyone and walked to the lectern with heavy steps. The entire venue was extremely quiet. Everyone’s eyes were on him, waiting for his speech.
The yers all subconsciously straightened their backs and became nervous, paying attention to every movement of Fly Free.
Fly Free took a deep breath, prepared himself mentally, and spoke. “I’m very proud to have achieved good results in the ck Star Cup, but that’s not what I’m going to talk about today... Just a few days ago, we discovered a shocking secret—the armymander who’s standing on this stage now is not ck Star! He’s someone else in disguise!”
Hu!
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It was like bombs were being set off everywhere.
All the spectators, army officers, guests, celebrities, and even the Beyond Grade As present werepletely startled by this sudden change. They looked at this guy and could not respond.
W-what’s going on?
“I’m a member of the ck Star Army. This is my home. I will only ever recognize ck Star as our armymander. I won’t allow anyone to disguise as our dear armymander to control the army!” Fly Free’s tone became firm as he yelled, “Today, right here, I’m going to use my life to expose this guy’s conspiracy to the entire universe! Save our leader!”
As soon as he said that, Fly Free turned around, mes erupted all over his body as he charged toward Han Xiao, screaming at the top of his lungs, “Mechanic Emperor! Die!”
At the same time, in a secret base at an unknown location, Manison’s hands trembled, and popcorn sshed all over the floor.