I, from the Celestial Empire, have parachuted into Teyvat.

"Do not."

Ivan shook his head: "This outfit suits you very well, it makes you look dashing."

Qin said, "I thought you were going to say it was good again."

Qin's words instantly reminded Ivan of the first time he brought Qin and the others to China, when they went shopping for clothes at a mall in Qindao City. At that time, his repeated "not bad" really left everyone speechless. His lack of descriptive vocabulary didn't change much even when he came to Inazuma. This has become a joke that people who are familiar with Ivan often use to tease him.

Ivan chuckled lightly: "It seems I've made some progress in my vocabulary of compliments."

Qin smiled back and turned to sit down next to Ivan.

"You looked preoccupied just now. What were you thinking about?"

Ivan sighed, his gaze seemingly piercing through the protective shield of the Qianhai base and the seawater, looking into the distance.

"I'm wondering why Arrogance hasn't launched a second round of missile attacks yet."

Jean and the others already knew about the situation on Blue Star before they came to provide support, so they also felt that something was wrong with Ivan's question.

"It's been an hour or two since the first attack, and it's really strange that a second attack hasn't been launched for so long. Normally, if Pride were to destroy Earth, the attacks would be very frequent."

"Yes."

Ivan nodded: "If I were arrogant, even if I wanted to use the aura of destruction to create more destructive consciousness for myself to devour and restore my most powerful weapons, I would definitely have missiles carrying the Stone of Destruction bombard all parts of the Earth continuously to spread more destructive aura, instead of suddenly going quiet after the first round of attacks, as is the case now."

Qin tilted her head and looked at Ivan, asking, "So?"

“So…” Ivan paused, “I think either Pride has other plans or is plotting something else. Unfortunately, the red fog that Pride released an hour ago to surround the Presidential Palace has blocked the signal from the listening devices that our intelligence personnel sent into the Presidential Palace, so we can’t hear anything for the time being.”

"Of course, aside from the two situations mentioned above, there is another possibility: arrogance, as its name suggests, is an arrogant provocation against us Blue Star people by not launching continuous attacks. After all, the destruction of living beings is born from the emotional transformation of all living things driven by the aura of destruction."

"Anyway, I hope I'm just overthinking it..."

......

M Country, Huacheng, Presidential Office of the Presidential Palace.

Pride, now possessing Spencer's body, sat quietly in the leather chair behind the desk, eyes closed. Yeruvich and the others remained standing to the side, too afraid to move under the guns of the security personnel controlled by Pride. The sudden stillness of Pride prompted Yeruvich and the others to wonder: even the destruction of life needs rest?

Arrogance's tightly closed eyes were not, as Yeruvich and others had guessed, a sign that he was resting. At this moment, his consciousness had temporarily drifted away, descending into the depths of the Blue Star world.

At this moment, Pride is in a spiritual state. His consciousness has transformed into a blurry human figure. In front of him is a chaotic space, and Pride floats in this chaos.

Suddenly, the chaotic space in front of them began to writhe, and then the phantom of a large golden-green tree began to appear and disappear in the chaos as the space writhed.

This towering tree was lush and verdant, its roots and trunks intertwined and extended infinitely in all directions, disappearing into the chaos. The shadow conjured by arrogance appeared as small as an ant before this tree.

This giant tree is the physical manifestation of the World Tree of the Blue Star world.

Blue Star also has a World Tree and ley lines. This was discovered by Han Jie and others when they first researched space teleportation technology. This is also why space teleportation technology based on the characteristics of the World Tree and ley lines can be used on Blue Star.

The overheard speech by Arrogance in the presidential palace further explains why Earth also possesses a World Tree, since Earth and Teyvat are both worlds on the branches of the Imaginary Tree.

Looking at the phantom of the towering tree before him, he sneered arrogantly, "It really is a healthy World Tree. It seems that the selection mechanism of the Imaginary Tree is far from appearing here."

"Indeed, only the destruction of such a world would bring me pleasure."

As soon as he finished speaking, Arrogant waved his hand and threw out a drop of red liquid. The drop of red liquid quickly flew towards the World Tree of Blue Star and then drilled into the roots of the World Tree.

This drop of red liquid is the original source of the aura of destruction, containing the purest form of annihilation. It is the most deadly virus for all worlds atop the Tree of Imaginary Numbers.

As the Primarch entered the World Tree of Earth, parts of the World Tree's roots turned a glaring crimson red, and this crimson color was spreading visibly to the trunk and other roots of the World Tree.

At this moment, the figure conjured by arrogance also revealed a contemptuous smile.

Ivan's earlier prediction was correct. Pride stopped after the first round of missile attacks. Although it was indeed due to the arrogance of looking down on the creatures of Earth, the main reason was to find the origin of the World Tree of Earth.

To destroy something, one must thoroughly destroy it from the inside out.

Everything on Blue Star is the surface of the Blue Star world, while the World Tree of the Blue Star world is the interior of this world, its core.

Destroying the World Tree cuts off the path for the Imaginary Tree to supply nutrients to the "leaf" where this world is located, which is equivalent to directly pulling this "leaf" off the Imaginary Tree.

The only fate of a world that has broken away from the Tree of Imaginary Numbers is to fall into the Sea of ​​Quanta, be completely annihilated by it, and become an eternal part of it.

The spread of destructive energy across the surface of Earth is equivalent to coating the surface of the Earth World Tree with a virus. Although it will cause damage and impact on the Earth World Tree, it will not necessarily destroy its foundation. As long as the roots of the World Tree remain healthy, there is a possibility of it being resurrected.

However, at the same time, the virus on the surface of the World Tree on Earth triggered its self-immune mechanism, which exposed its true appearance and location. Pride relied on this to locate the World Tree's true form using the first wave of missile attacks. This is a method used when the aura of destruction sweeps across every world, including when Pride invaded Teyvat, where it also used this method to find the Teyvat World Tree.

Pride never expected to face a fierce counterattack from the world of Teyvat. The creatures of Teyvat had somehow discovered the origin of the world and created a technology to reach the roots of the World Tree and find him. In the ensuing chaos, Pride suffered a severe blow from an unknown force and fell into a deep sleep for thousands of years. This defeat was something Pride had never experienced since its birth.

However, for the time being, Arrogance is not worried about the creatures of the Blue Star world finding the location of the World Tree. For it, it is only a matter of time before the aura of destruction completely devours the Blue Star World Tree. After all, not every creature in every world is so lucky as to be able to glimpse the origin of the world. Moreover, after the great war in the Teyvat world thousands of years ago, the race that glimpsed the origin of the world was almost wiped out, and the related technology was basically lost.

Recalling the unexpected failure of that year, the arrogant phantom clenched its fist.

"Power... I can feel you returning. Don't rush, the time to cleanse from failure is fast approaching..."

Chapter 480 Joint Invasion

After nearly three hours of calculation and data entry, with Han Jie leading the effort and the assistance of researchers from the Qianhai base, including Li Guowei, the entire spatial data of Blue Star was finally uploaded into the corresponding spatial coordinate system.

After another half hour of testing, the space teleportation device was ready to teleport, and Ivan and the others were ready.

Before setting off, Han Jie reminded Ivan, "Considering the nature of the mission, this teleportation will be a one-way secret teleportation channel. The characteristic of this type of teleportation channel is that the exit will only open at the corresponding position when an object enters at the entrance, and the exit will close immediately after the object passes through the teleportation channel. In other words, once you go there, you won't be able to come back for a while, so you must be careful."

"Don't worry, Mr. Han."

After organizing their equipment, the action team assembled at the transfer plaza.

Although there were many support personnel from Teyvat, not everyone's Vision ability was suitable for indoor combat. After careful consideration, the final selection was Ivan, Jean, Xiang Feng, Kizawa Nagahiro, Ningguang, Keqing, Kamisato Ayaka, Kaeya, and Abedor, along with six elite members of the Third Special Forces Team of the Former Sea Base, totaling fifteen people to form this joint operation team.

The group quickly assembled, and at the same time, the researchers from the space technology team began operating the space teleportation device in the center of the square. Soon, a black space vortex appeared beneath the mechanical arch of the space teleportation device.

Xiang Feng nodded to the crowd, and the fully armed Xiang Feng and two special forces members stepped into the teleportation channel first. Their mission was to check the condition of the teleportation exit landing point and clear out any enemies that might be near the landing point to ensure the safety of subsequent personnel entering.

Half a minute after the three entered, Ayaka Kamisato, Abedo, Keqing, Kaeya, and four other special forces members also stepped into the teleportation channel, followed by Ivan, Jean, Ningguang, and Nagaki Kizawa.

Before entering the teleportation channel, Ivan nodded to Xu Donghai, who was seeing everyone off, and then stepped into the teleportation channel.

Xu Donghai dialed the Senate's number after Ivan and the others had all entered the teleportation channel.

Inside the Grand Elder's office in Beijing, the Grand Elder put down the phone on his desk, looked up at Zhang Changyun sitting on the sofa opposite him, and said, "Ivan and his men have begun their infiltration."

Zhang Changyun nodded and said, "Then we should also start taking action and attract their attention."

At this moment, the Grand Elder stood up.

"Notify other countries."

On that day, the crew of an ocean-going cargo ship returning to China from another country witnessed a scene that amazed everyone as they passed through the western waters of the First Ocean.

Three of the newest large destroyers of the Southern Fleet of China led the way, followed by two "Hai-class" air defense interceptors and a supply ship, surrounding China's newest Shanhaiguan nuclear-powered aircraft carrier.

Behind the Chinese fleet were four destroyers from Country E. Looking further back, one could also spot varying numbers of ships from Japan, South Korea, and the Southeast Asian Alliance.

All the ships followed the leading fleet of China and E, advancing in a mighty procession towards the eastern waters of the First Ocean—the western coast of M country.

However, this was not the most surprising thing. What surprised the crew even more was that just a few nautical miles away from the route of this joint fleet composed of various countries, in the vicinity of the sea area they had just passed, three M country fleets were quietly watching and watching the entire joint fleet sail towards M country.

The crew members on board were stunned by what they saw.

Life at sea is extremely isolated; they haven't been online for almost a month. They are completely unaware of what is happening in the world, and no one can figure out what caused such a surreal scene to occur in reality.

Is this fleet heading to attack the US mainland? Has the US disintegrated? Otherwise, why would several of the US's "colonies" be mixed in with the fleet?

The questions of the crew members on the ocean-going freighter could only be answered after they went ashore.

Just as the combined fleet led by China and Country E was heading towards the west coast of Country M, on the other side, a combined fleet led by the British Empire and the French Empire was also heading towards the east coast of Country M.

This was a consensus reached by various countries at a previous international conference. China would communicate with several fleets in the largest ocean of the United States, and then the fleets of various countries would approach the waters of the United States, blockade the airspace of the United States, and take early warning and interception measures against possible new missile attacks.

Of course, apart from China, other countries were unaware of Ivan's team's intrusion operation, and the Senate had no intention of notifying other countries. After all, once notified, the entangled interests would likely lead to another pointless wrangling.

Just as countless ships were heading towards the east and west coasts of the United States, Ivan also stepped through the teleportation channel and arrived at the Presidential Palace in Huacheng, the capital of the United States, on the other side of the ocean.

Ivan felt a sense of novelty as he "sat" in the teleportation portal for the first time. However, strictly speaking, it wasn't his first time passing through a portal, as the World Gate between Teyvat and Earth was also a teleportation portal. Therefore, the sense of novelty in Ivan's heart rose for a moment and quickly disappeared.

As planned, the landing site was the banquet hall on the first floor of the Presidential Palace, a large space with a domed design.

At this moment, in addition to the fifteen members of the infiltrated team, there were three people lying on the ground in the banquet hall: two men and one woman.

Judging from their attire, the two men were likely security personnel at the Presidential Palace, while the woman was a staff member.

Upon seeing Ivan land, Xiang Feng, who was the first to enter, walked over.

Ivan asked, "How is it?"

Xiang Feng shook his head and said, "We weren't exposed. There were two guards and one staff member in the hall. Judging from their eyes, they were all controlled by the aura of destruction. They didn't notice us when we landed, and we've already put them to sleep with a powerful tranquilizer dart. There were also two cameras nearby, but they were jammed by the jamming devices we carried when we landed, and we've now masked them with fake images."

"Okay, time waits for no one, let's go."

Xiang Feng waved to two special forces soldiers, who together carried the three people lying on the ground to a secluded corner of the banquet hall. At the same time, they used the element compression device to release water and ice elements to temporarily freeze the three people.

Unlike ordinary freezing, the freezing of pure water elements and elements will not harm the human body for a certain period of time. The assault team's only target this time is Pride, and they will try to save the other innocent people controlled by Pride if possible.

The freezing process is to prevent these individuals from causing trouble for the operation once they awaken. Although Ivan's Heart of the Wind God can purify the destructive aura on the controlled individuals, it cannot be done now; that will have to wait until all the operations are over.

After dealing with the situation in the banquet hall, the group went to the exit. At Ivan's signal, Xiang Feng took out a small wired camera from his waist bag and peeked it out through the crack in the lower door...

Chapter 481 Each Displays Their Unique Abilities

As a camera device, no bigger than a little finger, peeked out from the crack in the door, Ivan and the others inside the banquet hall were able to determine the situation on the other side of the door based on the image information provided by the camera.

Seeing the screen pop up on Xiang Feng's device, Ivan lowered his voice and asked, "How's the situation?"

Xiang Feng replied, "Outside the main gate is a T-shaped corridor. At the end of the corridor, there are two routes to the left and right. Three meters directly in front of us, there are two security personnel, both armed. Further ahead at the end of the corridor, there is a guard who has passed by three times, seemingly patrolling back and forth. There are no other security cameras."

On the other side, Kizawa Nagahiro also lowered his voice and leaned over, asking, "Is there any way to take down the two men at the door without the patrolling guards noticing?"

Xiang Feng said in a deep voice, "It's a bit difficult, but we can estimate his patrol distance based on the time it takes for the guard at the end to pass by. We can make our move when he reaches the furthest point, rush out and knock out the two security guards outside the door, and then rush to the end of the corridor and take care of him before the patrolman comes back. However, this plan is still a gamble. We can't guarantee that the noise we make when dealing with the two security guards at the door won't alert the patrolling guard, and we can't be sure if there's only one patrolling person in the corridor at the end."

After listening to Xiang Feng's analysis, Ivan raised an eyebrow and said, "In that case, we can only use another solution."

"Another one?"

Xiang Feng looked at Ivan with some puzzlement, while Ivan turned to look at Ayaka Kamisato behind him and whispered a few words in her ear.

"Rest assured, Your Excellency."

Ayaka Kamisato nodded to everyone, and then suddenly melted into a pile of ice crystals like a snowman under the scorching sun. She then slipped out through the crack in the door.

Seeing this, Xiang Feng's face showed surprise. This was the first time he had seen Ayaka Kamisato's abilities, and he couldn't help but be shocked.

How could the holder of the Eye of God possess such power?