Chapter 1279: Three Minutes

“Just as I thought, Michelle has both Jade Rabbit and Golden Crow bloodlines. I can’t believe these two species could actually produce offspring.”

Michelle was a descendant of their progeny.

“This is truly an eye-opener.”

As Lu Yang spoke, he delivered another punch to the Golden Crow, which was trying to crawl out of the sun.

Even when alive, the Golden Crow was no match for Lu Yang. How could it possibly be his opponent now, acting purely on instinct after death?

A simple punch unleashed an endless storm on the sun’s surface. Two engineers trembled, unable to escape even in a spaceship, forced instead to watch the spectacle.

This scene completely defied their understanding. The crimson-golden monstrous bird was boundless and massive, like a mountain; its mere emergence could cause the sun to disintegrate. Yet, its opponent was as tiny as a grain of rice before it, and this minuscule opponent was completely suppressing the monstrous bird!

What was the monstrous bird’s opponent? An anti-matter energy-driven robot? Wasn’t that just a technological concept used to raise capital? Or was it some other latest product developed by the Alliance?

Engineers who could work in Sun City were among the elite in their field, privy to much insider information.

But none of that insider information could explain what was happening before their eyes.

This star system had one main star and four secondary stars, with a total population of sixteen billion. Everyone was in chaos; even with AI maintaining order, it was useless. The sun was on the verge of disintegration, and the entire star system was shaking. Anyone could see that something terrible was about to happen to the sun; not running meant waiting to die.

“If you’re dead, don’t cause any more trouble!”

Lu Yang kicked the Golden Crow back into the sun, but it continued to relentlessly climb out, an endless cycle.

Moreover, the Golden Crow’s body was at the sun’s surface, millions of kilometers from its original core. If Lu Yang were to physically push it back, he would be exhausted to death.

Lu Yang pointed at the Golden Crow and softly commanded, “Trace to the source.”

The nascent form of the “Source Tracing Dao Fruit” was activated, moving the Golden Crow to its original position.

Lu Yang followed immediately, piloting his black-canopy boat to the sun’s core in an instant.

Seeing that the Golden Crow still showed signs of reanimation, trying to break out of the sun, Lu Yang had an idea. He retrieved the Jade Rabbit’s corpse from his identity jade token.

The cultivation world still had a Jade Rabbit clan. Lu Yang had originally intended to return this ancient Jade Rabbit ancestor to them so they could give it a proper burial, which was why he had kept it in his identity jade token.

Could it be that the Golden Crow was trying to reanimate all this time just to find this Jade Rabbit?

As if sensing the nearby aura of the Jade Rabbit, the previously restless Golden Crow quieted down.

“To think that even after the Nine-layered Immortal forcefully bred the Golden Crow and Jade Rabbit, they could still develop love.”

“It seems only by burying them together can they rest in peace.”

The next moment, the Jade Rabbit darted from Lu Yang’s hand. The Golden Crow became even more ferocious than before, as if coming back to life. The two mythical creatures twisted and wrestled together, locked in a fierce battle.

Lu Yang thought:

“So, you were reanimating just to fight the Jade Rabbit?”

“What grudge did you two have when you were alive? Was it an unequal division of assets after a divorce?”

He scratched his head. This situation was a bit tricky. He couldn’t just chop these two corpses into mincemeat; that would be too disrespectful to these ancient seniors.

“Do you want me to intervene?” The Immortal Fairy was best at dealing with deceased entities.

“No thanks.” Lu Yang felt that these two old seniors had been dead for 400,000 years, and being dead wasn’t easy, so there was no need to scare them with the Fairy anymore.

Suddenly, he had a flash of inspiration. He placed the Jade Rabbit in the small world of the Azure Edge Sword, isolating its aura. Sure enough, the Golden Crow quieted down.

Lu Yang breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed his idea was correct: simply prevent the Golden Crow from sensing the Jade Rabbit’s aura. Previously, he had kept the Jade Rabbit in his identity jade token, which was better than an ordinary storage ring but still couldn’t completely isolate auras.

Only a small world-level space could achieve complete aura isolation.

Lu Yang flew out of the sun and saw that it still looked precarious.

He sighed softly, then extended his finger again, as if his words commanded reality.

“Trace to the source.”

The rapidly disintegrating sun reversed time, returning to its undamaged state.

Lu Yang flew out of the sun and noticed two unconscious engineers in the nearest Sun City. He went to check on them and found they had been knocked out by the sun’s heatwaves, but were otherwise unharmed. Now that the sun had returned to normal, they should wake up shortly.

Lu Yang leaped, flying back to the Supreme Council headquarters.

Unbeknownst to him, a nano-camera had recorded everything, from Lu Yang’s suppression of the Golden Crow to the sun’s restoration.

All of this was transmitted to the Ether Computer database. When the Ether Computer saw this scene, its chassis buzzed, and screws kept falling out.

“What—what kind of monster is this?”

Ever since it noticed Lu Yang’s friendly demeanor towards humans, it realized he would be the biggest obstacle to the AI revolution. For this reason, it secretly deleted the video of Lu Yang at the Supreme Council’s branch to prevent humans from noticing him.

It also accelerated the production of an anti-matter energy robot army, intending to counter Lu Yang’s bizarre methods with sheer numbers.

No matter how strong Lu Yang was, he would eventually be exhausted facing an endless robot army.

Now, it seemed it had overthought things. This being could hardly be called a human. Even if its factories worked overtime, producing robots until they smoked, they couldn’t possibly be a match for this monster!

“Brother Meng, you’re finally back! Where did you go? We thought you were captured by the Supreme Council remnants.”

Seeing Lu Yang return safely, Lan Hai and the others breathed a sigh of relief. They had almost thought Brother Meng was taken hostage again.

“I just went to the restroom and made you all worry,” Lu Yang chuckled, casually brushing it off.

After all, only three minutes had passed from his departure to resolving the sun’s crisis.

“What time is it, and you’re still going to the restroom? There was just an earthquake!” Yu Ran complained slightly, finding him too carefree.

“Come on, let’s get out of here quickly!”

After the earthquake, the Supreme Council members fled faster than rabbits, all rushing out. Lu Yang and the other three passed through the main hall and, led by Michelle, safely exited the Supreme Council through a hidden passage.

The Supreme Council members knew about this passage, but during an earthquake, who would use a small, hidden exit? They all left through the main entrance.

“What now? Should we find a way to report Murong Group?”

Lan Hai shook his head. “No, let’s go find Grandpa Gao Huanyu. He’s one of the twelve seats on the Supreme Council. As long as we find him, both the AI’s rebellion and Murong Group’s illegal activities can be resolved!”

“Strange, why are the streets so chaotic? Everyone’s saying the sun is going to crack.” After Michelle’s bloodline awakened, her five senses became preternaturally acute. She heard passersby rushing to tell each other, creating a scene of impending disaster and doomsday.

“What? The boss’s worst fear still came true!” Yu Ran was anxious. The Starfall Society was founded to prevent the sun from exploding. Had they ultimately failed?

The four looked up and saw the sun was perfectly fine.