Monsters Are Coming

Chapter 1506 - 388: Suppression Martial Arts Arena

[Earth United News Agency: Special Emergency Report.]On camera, the host wore a professional smile, but deep in her eyes there was still a faint trace of lingering shock:

"Good evening everyone, and welcome to this special episode of ’Horizon’. In the past 24 hours, the shadow of an alien fleet invasion hanging over the entire globe has terrified us all. That steel tide that blotted out the sky once forced our near-Earth orbit defense system to light up its highest-level red alert..."

On the holographic screen behind her, footage supplied by the Earth Joint Operations Command showed the Mechanical Army fleet.

But it quickly switched to the now tranquil starry sky.

The metallic dust that had once encircled Earth like a Star Ring had also vanished without a trace.

There was a note of confusion in the host’s voice:

"What we find incredible is that this crisis, which looked like it could bring devastating disaster, has once again ended in utter silence."

"Yes, once again," she emphasized.

She tapped her finger lightly, calling up the footage from the previous Spirit Breath Clan invasion, showing the floating giant beast, and began to give an in-depth explanation of what had happened at the time.

After finishing the discussion of that sudden, quickly quelled abnormal incursion (the Spirit Breath invasion), the host continued:

"As we can see, for the various member races of the Earth Alliance, the descent and invasion of external forces has long ceased to be news. It happens several times almost every year, and small-scale clashes are downright routine. We went from the initial panic to today’s numb familiarity. There’s even a running joke inside the Alliance about a ’monthly invasion quota.’"

"But an invasion is never a game. We’re very fortunate to have dodged a catastrophe this time."

The feed cut to random man-on-the-street interviews.

A Magic Ring Clan member with both hands shaped like octopus-like tentacles spoke lightly to the camera:

"Oh, you’re asking about yesterday’s descent crisis? I heard the formation was pretty big, but I spent the whole time watching the Monster World stream and didn’t take it seriously at all. I mean, it’s not like I could change anything anyway, right... Fortunately nothing happened in the end. I suspect it was just some ’damn outsiders’ making a transit jump while rushing through Space, dropping by Earth and then Tearing Space to leave again, with zero interest in Earth." As he spoke, he started laughing at his own words:

"It’s also possible they did come to invade, then took one look at how poor Earth’s resources are and left in disgust."

The screen jumped again. A member of the Breaking Clan faced the interview with a fanatical look in his eyes:

"I’m sure it was the Moon Eclipse Clan who stepped in. Only the Moon Eclipse Clan has that kind of great might, to so swiftly drive off the invading force. They absolutely have that level of Strength... Just as I’ve always said: the air on the Moon is sweeter than on Earth, and you all know the Moon Eclipse Clan’s war tech..."

As the live feed kept hopping, people from different cities and different races voiced their own takes on this invasion incident.

When the feed cut back to the news studio, the scholars invited to the show were in the middle of discussing the incident.

The judgment of a Green Wood Clan natural Energy scholar sounded far more rigorous than the interviews:

"The Energy readings shot up to an unprecedented peak in an extremely short time, then eerily plummeted and vanished. That’s clearly abnormal. Judging from the Energy Fluctuation, it looked more like they were about to launch an Attack on Earth, but it seems some external force intervened and they abruptly backed off. The Moon Eclipse Clan has not disclosed any concrete information. There must have been things happening behind the scenes that we don’t know about."

Beside the Green Wood Clan scholar, a Tianyu Clan expert in descent research picked up the thread:

"Since the footage from outer Space was cut off, that proves the Moon Eclipse Clan is definitely hiding some secret they won’t let us know. But we have no means of Counterattack against the Moon Eclipse Clan. I think we should lodge a diplomatic protest and attempt to obtain the specifics of what happened at the time. The various races of the Earth Alliance are entitled to the right to know..."

Over the scholars’ debate, the shot finally returned to the host, whose expression remained grave:

"Although citizens in the major cities have long grown accustomed to descent incidents, this sudden situation was different from the past and left many unsolved mysteries. Whether the Moon Eclipse Clan will disclose the truth remains unknown for now. Next, we will closely track follow-up developments, attempt to make contact with the Moon Eclipsing side, and find out why the descending force suddenly closed in on Earth—only to suddenly lose all signals. With no reports of any intense engagement, how did they end up vanishing as if they had evaporated?"

"Now, on behalf of Earth’s Combat Command, we announce to all citizens of the Earth Alliance that the current descent crisis has been lifted. We ask the people of the Earth Alliance to remain calm and to trust the Alliance’s external defense capabilities."

"Whatever the ultimate truth may be, ’Horizon’ will continue to follow the story. Thank you for watching."

The report ended, but discussions about that fleet which had appeared and disappeared so mysteriously—and the truth behind it—were raging in every corner of the net.

Three hours later.

The Moon Eclipse Clan Governor held a briefing.

The message conveyed boiled down to one thing: a branch force of the Moon Eclipse Clan had, under the leadership of an Intelligent Brain, returned to the main bloodline and officially joined the Earth Alliance. However, only the Intelligent Brain and the Intelligent Mechanism Army had come back; all branch clansmen had perished in the long cross-Space war. Going forward, the Moon Eclipse Clan would use the resources and technology brought back by this branch to provide support for the development of Earth’s various races.

...

Qi Sheng had been following Earth’s sudden crisis the whole time.

In his eyes, the appearance and disappearance of the Central Brain would in no way affect the development of the Player Faction.