Chapter 590: The Cross-Realm Archdemon
“Don’t you know about the cross-boundary great demons?” the street vendor asked in surprise, as this was common knowledge.
Jiang Li replied calmly, “We’re conducting interviews to survey the public’s understanding of common knowledge.”
“Cross-boundary great demons are enemies that come to our world from other worlds. They randomly descend to any location in the universe, engaging in mass slaughter and attacking nearby planets.”
“Every four to five hundred years, a cross-boundary great demon appears. Their forms vary, as if pieced together from several different species.”
“Cross-boundary great demons possess formidable strength, and the aura they release can be sensed throughout the entire universe. Only the three Sovereigns, leading dozens of Unity Stage experts and interstellar soldiers, can gather the world’s collective strength to confront them.”
“The three Sovereigns?”
“They’re the Eternal Sovereigns who guard the three Mother Stars. Is this also an interview question?” The street vendor looked suspiciously at Jiang Li and his two companions. This was common knowledge even children knew – could it really be used as interview questions?
Could they be fake reporters trying to scam me after the interview? The vendor recalled recent news reports he’d seen.
Jiang Li calmly put away his microphone and signaled Bai Hongtu and Yu Yin to withdraw.
“Hello, we’re reporters from Nine Provinces News. Could we interview you with some questions?”
Suspicion wasn’t a major problem; they just needed to find another interview subject.
Jiang Li and Bai Hongtu played their reporter roles perfectly, subtly probing this world’s history through their interviews.
“After all that hard interviewing, we finally figured out the situation with the three Sovereigns and the cross-boundary great demons.”
Yu Yin waved the history book in her hand: “Wouldn’t it be better to just read this directly?”
Jiang Li and Bai Hongtu expressed dissatisfaction with Yu Yin’s shortcut approach: “Do you think we didn’t consider that method? The process, what matters is the process.”
Yu Yin rolled her eyes and ignored these two clowns.
After more than five hundred years of interaction, she had long understood one principle: you can’t reason with fools.
Especially two fools.
Yu Yin cleared her throat and said, “Let me briefly summarize this world.”
“Nine thousand years have passed in the Nine Provinces World, while six thousand years have passed in the Observer World.”
“And the observation habit didn’t form during these six thousand years – records show this world has enjoyed observing all things since ten thousand years ago.”
“Six thousand years ago, the first cross-boundary great demon appeared. The authorities claimed this was the ultimate weapon created by another world trying to invade the Observer World.”
“To resist the invasion, the three Sovereigns led the entire civilization to confront the cross-boundary great demons.”
“The three Sovereigns were born seven thousand years ago, with strength surpassing the Unity Stage where the four fundamental forces unify. Although we don’t know how strong this so-called Unity Stage actually is, the three Sovereigns’ cultivation level should be at the Tribulation Transcendence Stage. However, judging from the performances recorded in the book, these three aren’t known for their combat prowess. Each time, they get beaten to near death by the cross-boundary great demons, almost unable to fight back, before turning defeat into victory and repelling the cross-boundary great demons.”
“Cross-boundary great demons come every four to five hundred years. It’s been four hundred years since the last great demon crossed boundaries, so within the next hundred years, another cross-boundary great demon incident should occur.”
“If the cross-boundary great demons are the Fallen Immortals, then these three Sovereigns should have methods to confront the Fallen Immortals.”
The trio hadn’t found anything resembling national fortune on the Ninth Mother Star.
Forget national fortune – they hadn’t even discovered anything related to cultivation.
Jiang Li said, “It’s normal they have such methods. Their technological level shouldn’t be underestimated. Observers… perhaps this world knows some things we don’t.”
Jiang Li suddenly smiled: “Have you used your spiritual sense to observe this planet itself?”
“Hmm?”
Upon hearing this, Bai Hongtu immediately expanded his spiritual sense.
Only then did he discover that this Ninth Mother Star was entirely made of steel, with only a thin layer of soil tens of thousands of meters thick on the surface.
“Rather than saying it’s made of steel, it’s more accurate to call it a weapon,” Yu Yin murmured to herself.
Hollowing out a planet, replacing it with metal, and creating a weapon – how powerful would such a weapon be?
If this were an uninhabited planet, the three would genuinely want to transform this planet into weapon form, block it against a cannon muzzle, and test its power.
“But if this planet transforms into weapon form, could the people on the planet survive?”
Holding this thought, Jiang Li asked the people around him, but those around him didn’t know that the planet beneath their feet was no longer the original Ninth Mother Star, but rather an extremely destructive weapon.
“Perhaps the stellar weapon is one of the three Sovereigns’ methods.”
“Have you noticed? The history book says ‘repel the cross-boundary great demons,’ not ‘kill the cross-boundary great demons.’ Could it be that the Fallen Immortals would retreat when realizing they can’t win?” The three felt puzzled – in the history of the Nine Provinces, there had never been an example of Outer Realm Demons voluntarily leaving.
Outer Realm Demons that came to the Nine Provinces had only one fate: death.
“Strange indeed.”
It had to be said that the Observer World had captured the trio’s interest.
Suddenly, noisy sounds interrupted their conversation.
“We strongly demand that Meteor Group disclose the truth and explain why the planet is a weapon!”
Hundreds of people gathered at the entrance of Meteor Group, making a commotion.
Meteor Group seemed accustomed to this and directly dispatched security guards to disperse these people.
“Excuse me, you just said the planet is actually a weapon – why is that?” Jiang Li had asked many people, but none knew the Ninth Mother Star was a weapon.
That person looked very pleased to see Jiang Li’s trio. Having people show interest in this matter was good – their alliance would grow stronger.
Seeing Jiang Li about to speak further, that person realized this wasn’t the right place for conversation.
“Follow me.”
That person left the main group and brought the three to a coffee shop.
“Are you three interested in our protest earlier?”
“We’re somewhat interested,” Jiang Li nodded.
“Let me introduce myself – I’m Kong Yi from the Truth Alliance. Everyone at Meteor Group’s entrance earlier were alliance members.”
“What is the Truth Alliance?”
“Nothing in this world should be secret. The Truth Alliance was established to uncover the truth.”
Kong Yi said mysteriously: “We suspect the conglomerates and government are hiding the truth. For example, one of our members works at Meteor Group and accidentally learned a classified secret during work – this planet is a weapon.”
“This weapon has tremendous destructive power. Once activated, no one on the entire planet will survive!”
“The planet we’ve been living on all along has become a weapon, and nobody knows about it. There must be a huge conspiracy behind this. Meteor Group definitely knows something – they might even be behind it. I even suspect the government has become Meteor Group’s puppet.”
“Why don’t you publicize this online?” Jiang Li asked.
“We did publicize it, but it got quickly deleted by either the conglomerates or the government. As a last resort, we can only protest everywhere, urging everyone to be more vigilant about Meteor Group.”
“Fortunately, our protests are effective too. See, we’ve attracted you three companions.”
“Are you three willing to join us in uncovering the truth?”