The Professional Rankings, in twelve volumes, each bearing the name of my lord.

At this moment, Gundam's weapon was still pointed at the island in the middle of the lake. Only after confirming that the four sacred artifacts had escaped to a distance where they would not be easily caught did Leon's proud voice ring out.

"Chairman Deng, you made a wise decision."

Jiangnan City is too large, so it has no city walls.

The wide buffer zone on the outside is very effective in preventing monsters, but it's troublesome to stop a few people who want to escape because the density of the barriers is too low.

Leon believed that as long as they escaped from the Heart Lake, the Dark Artifacts would reach a safe place safely.

Deng Liduo stared at Gao Da with a livid face.

"It must have taken a lot of effort for your GD to pass through the atmosphere. Instead of hiding properly, you showed up to help the Dark Star forces. You'll regret this!"

Leon burst into laughter.

"Hahaha! You two are nothing to me! I have no interest in fighting you today, I'm leaving!"

Suddenly, from the distance, a golden spear shot towards them like a missile.

"You can't leave!!"

Gundam's eyes instantly turned red, and it emitted an alarm.

"Warning! Warning! Imminent hit! Imminent hit!"

"Thump!!"

Gundam's feet quickly transformed into jet nozzles, spewing out blue-purple light and propelling the behemoth into the air.

Clearly, in humanoid robot mode, the acceleration and deceleration performance is not as good as in fighter jet mode.

The flying golden spear made a sharp turn, maintaining its speed, and leaped straight up.

"Bang!!"

With a loud bang, the golden spear pierced through the Gundam's lower leg, and some mechanical fragments fell down, hitting the water and splashing up a lot of water.

"Mythical Scroll - Black Tortoise Barrier!"

An old man appeared in the sky above the island in the middle of the lake.

He raised his hand and threw out five reels, which flew in five different directions.

These five glittering golden scrolls transformed into five interconnected, enormous golden barriers, protecting all the islands in the lake.

With a spin of the Dumbledore, a hundred ghosts parade, unleashing all sorts of demonic and monster skills at the Gundam!

"Let's see what you have to threaten me with now!"

Gundam raised his hand to counterattack, and a laser cannon instantly aimed at Dumbledore, firing without charging.

"Sizzle—"

"Buzz!!"

A huge, colorful shield blocked Deng Liduo's way.

"Ultimate Technique: Rainbow Defense!"

The large, colorful shield completely blocked the laser cannon.

A woman holding a large shield appeared on the shore of the Heart Lake, riding a leopard-like mount.

The golden spear that had just pierced Gao Da's calf spun in the air once before flying into the hand of a middle-aged man.

The man had disheveled hair, dark skin, a full beard, a burly build, and an imposing presence.

"Chairman Deng! We're late!"

More people are appearing from all directions.

They work in groups of five to ten, both in the air and on the ground.

Those in the sky are either using skills to fly, riding flying mounts, or using some kind of flying item.

Those on the ground were all riding their own mounts, speeding across mountains and valleys.

All of these people have completed three rounds of promotion!

Judging from their uniforms, some were from the Special Affairs Bureau, some from the City Defense Army, some from the Professionals Association, and some were even high-ranking officials from the Public Security Bureau.

The number exceeds fifty and continues to increase.

These people are the backbone of Jiangnan City's high-end combat force.

If the four Dark Relics had been a moment later, they would have certainly perished here without fighting desperately.

Leon looked at the island group protected by the Xuanwu Barrier.

"Fuck..."

That trick won't work anymore. To save this machine, we have to break through the encirclement.

The two sides immediately engaged in a fierce battle.

Song Gua kept track of the situation at the scene through the memories of Guazi Ge, who was still watching the show.

High-tech combat professionals.

Laser railguns and elemental magic clashed.

The electronic magnetic sword clashed with the Dragon-Slaying Saber.

Song Gua called it magical.

"This world is just too fucking crazy..."

Song Gua has already brought back the body of the deceased photographer by exchanging locations.

He gestured to Brother Huozi and ordered him to be cremated.

Everyone observes three seconds of silence.

"It's a good hobby of the photography guy. We need to keep records in our daily lives, and we can make PPTs when necessary."

As he spoke, Song Gua pointed to a clone wearing a seven-tube hood.

"You've read all of the photographer's memories, and from now on you'll be the photographer."

Seven of Bamboo made an "OK" gesture.

Before Miss Butterfly could hang up, Song Gua picked up the phone.

At this moment, the person is at the bandit headquarters, not at Heart Lake, so the Bluetooth connection is naturally lost, and Song Gua and Miss Butterfly's conversation will not appear on the Gundam's speakerphone.

"What's wrong with you celestials? You asked me to find the Dark Artifacts, and now that I have, your people want to let them go. This puts me in a difficult position."

There was the sound of keyboard typing on Miss Butterfly's end. After a moment of silence, she replied.

"We have two factions, and our political views are not aligned."

"I don't care. Your request was for me to find the Dark Pocket Watch. I found it, but your own people let it go. It's not my problem. You still have to pay me the reward as usual."

"no problem."

Double.

"?"

"Your men killed one of my brothers, shouldn't you give him some compensation?"

"(╬￣皿￣)=○……Okay!"

"Also, I was supposed to get four Dark Artifacts this time, but because of you Celestials, I lost everything. You have to compensate me, right?"

"This is none of my business, is it?"

"Are you from heaven?"

"Yes."

"Was it a celestial being who released the Dark Artifact?"

"Yes."

"Is it any of your business?"

"Your logic is unparalleled."

"How will you compensate me?"

Miss Butterfly sat in the computer room, tapping her fingers on the table, a smile playing on her lips.

"When you have a lot of money, it's just a number. I think you might need some things that money can't buy."

"for example?"

"The Illusionary Divine Stele, are you interested?"

Song Gua stood up excitedly. "Godfather, no, Miss Butterfly, where is the Divine Stele?"

Dark artifacts are just for fun; the real power that belongs to you is the evolution of your clone ability by clearing the illusion realm!

"Go find Zhao Wuji. The Zhao family has an Illusionary Divine Stele. They used it to conduct experiments in their research institute before."

How did you know?

"I have informants in the research institute."

"So you've always known about Project Sky Soldiers."

"Um."

The Song hexagram remains silent.

He didn't understand what Miss Butterfly's confusing actions were trying to achieve before, but now he seems to understand a little.

They just want to stir up trouble!

The wise man said, "Miss Butterfly is the villain. The Heavenly Soldiers' Plan is so heinous, and she didn't stop it even though she knew about it."

Song Gua glanced at him.

"Isn't that obvious? She's from heaven, not from Earth. How saintly do you have to be to care about the life or death of a non-human?"

Are the people in the sky aliens?

"Anyway, they are not on the same path as the Earthlings; they are obviously more reliant on technology."

Dark Star, Blue Star, and Celestial Beings—these three parties wield three different powers, seemingly locked in a three-way power struggle, much like the Three Kingdoms period.

The fact that the celestial beings helped Dark Star doesn't necessarily mean they were friends with Dark Star; it could just be a temporary alliance between Sun Quan and Liu Bei.

"So, which side are we on?"

"We are neither side, we are... the Fourth Calamity!"

[End of the second volume]