Thor reactivated his invisibility and soared into the sky.
Lan Jue's relieved laughter followed. "Oh, I almost forgot. You're the Epochrion. You have plenty of room for these people.
But will your temporary space be enough to keep them alive? "
"You have to trust the professionals," the Wine Master said proudly.
"Then why didn't you think of something like this?" Lan Jue asked.
The Wine Master shrugged helplessly. "I've never done it before. Of course I wouldn't have thought of it.
In that case, we can go save people.
The temporary space I've created can hold ten thousand people without a problem.
If we go all out, we can hold even more.
We'll bring back the mutated humans for research as well. "
"Alright!"
Lan Jue had been in a terrible mood. He'd watched his people being killed, mutated, and yet he couldn't save them. His heart was filled with kindness and integrity, and he couldn't accept it.
Now they were at the end of their rope, but at the end of the tunnel there was a glimmer of hope.
The Wine Master's Discipline was extremely useful in a situation like this.
Just now, they had saved more than a thousand people. Although most of them were genetically mutated, there was a chance that they could recover after being saved!
Thor took to the skies, and sure enough, a horde of aliens was closing in on them from every direction. However, there weren't many of them on the ground, and they weren't enough to pose a threat to them.
But Lan Jue wasn't in the mood to fight. To him, it was more important to save as many people as possible.
So he didn't linger. Instead, he soared into the sky and steered Thor away. At the same time, he turned on his radar and continued to search for signs of life.
There were so many people on a planet. If the aliens wanted to use them for research, they wouldn't have left so many alive.
From what they'd seen, the mutated humans had lost their minds. But their instincts were still there, and they were aggressive and destructive.
Their bodies, however, were intact. There were no other mutations. Their bodies had only grown stronger, as if they'd awakened their potential.
They'd have to get the Keeper, Bookworm, and the other scientists to study them.
As they flew, Lan Jue quickly found another group of humans in the middle of an experiment.
Lan Jue acted decisively again and saved a group of people.
This batch's situation was even better. Many of them had not mutated.
The Wine Master's pocket dimension couldn't hold any more people after the third time.
At this time, Lan Jue discovered that in a huge square, there were tens of thousands of people crowded together. None of them had undergone mutation.
Because of their previous actions, the aliens were alerted. A large number of them descended from the sky, searching for their tracks.
"Jewelry Master, I can't do this anymore. I've reached my limit.
You should know that there are at least a billion people on this planet.
There are so many people, we can't save them all.
Unless we can take this planet back. "The Wine Master's voice was low.
Lan Jue was silent. He knew the Wine Master was right.
The aliens wouldn't just stand by and watch as they tried to save their people. They'd succeeded because they'd kept an eye on the skies. Now that their mission was over, they'd have to keep a closer eye on the ground.
At least they'd proven that many people were still alive. That was enough. More importantly, they had to complete their mission.
Only by regaining control of the planet could they truly save their compatriots.
Lan Jue's stubbornness eased. She took a deep breath. "Let's continue."
Thor became a beam of light that shot through the sky. He killed the closest aliens, then stealthed himself and shot off into the distance.
Their investigation of the planet's surface was almost complete. There were still many people alive, and they were sure the planet was under alien control.
Their first priority now was to find out where the alien planets were, and what their goal was.
They had to go to the far side of the planet.
Lan Jue had just picked up speed when the sky darkened. Something large dropped from the sky, landing not far in front of them.
What Lan Jue saw next shocked him to his very core.
It was an umbrella-shaped alien descending from the sky.
It was enormous, but it had no fighting ability. All it had was a powerful scouting ability.
They'd been discovered.
But that wasn't what shocked him. Mechas began to emerge from the umbrella-shaped alien. Each one was shrouded in a crimson glow as they flew through the air to surround Thor.
With Lan Jue's experience as a military commander, he could tell at a glance that these were Western mechas. The only difference was that they were slightly different in color, and carried with them an air of evil.
Lan Jue's voice was low. "It looks like the infected have retained their instincts, even their intelligence. They're just being controlled.
If that's the case, then it's more likely they'll recover. "
"Let's go!" He didn't want to fight his own kind.
Thor's speed was incredible. He transformed into a bolt of lightning and vanished without a trace.
The pursuit of the mechas was futile.
This was why Lan Jue had insisted on bringing Thor with them.
Thor's attack power was no longer of much help to him. However, in terms of speed, when combined with his special ability, he could reach an extremely terrifying level. He could even instantly move at the speed of light.
The aliens could do this in space, but not on a planet's surface.
Catching him at a distance would not be easy.
Other than the likes of the Violet Prince and Princess, Lan Jue had no fear of ordinary aliens.
However, they soon ran into trouble. More and more aliens were descending from the sky.
In the face of so many aliens, invisibility wasn't going to be as useful.
In front of them, a strange, bird-like creature raced toward them. It was as fast as Thor.
With an ear-piercing whistling sound, its wings slashed straight at Thor.
It was three times the size of Thor, and its purple wings shone with a metallic sheen.
"Hmph!"
The Pharmacist huffed. There was a flash of white light, and where it passed, it was as if seven stars were twinkling in the sky.
The bird shrieked in agony as its body was sliced in two. The pieces flew by Thor's side.
In the face of the Occisus, the ordinary marauders were nothing.
The Pharmacist slowly lifted Thor's head and stood on his shoulder. There was a flash of white light, and Occisus appeared in her right hand.
"You control the flight. Leave the rest to me." The Wine Master heard the Pharmacist's calm voice, but it was a domineering one.
The Occisus Faerie was getting stronger and stronger.
Captus pointed forward, and a beam of white light shot through the air. It didn't just shoot forward, it caught Thor and the Wine Master in its wake.
It was one with the mecha.
Thor continued to fly forward. Just as the Pharmacist had said, Lan Jue only had to control Thor's flight.
Wherever the white light passed, everything in its path was destroyed.
Not a single one of them stood a chance.
One by one, the aliens were torn to shreds. Not even their bones were left.
The Wine Master was the perfect scavenger. He waved his scepter, not allowing a single vital crystal to go to waste. He collected them all into his pocket dimension.
White light filled the sky. Just like that, he continued flying in the direction he had chosen. He had no intention of stopping, nor did he encounter any obstruction.
The Pharmacist's tyrannical strength made it impossible for the aliens to defend themselves.
Just then, one by one, aliens over a thousand meters long began to descend from the sky.
They were a thousand meters long, and as strong as a ninth-ranked Adept. Their energy reserves were enormous.
At the very least, they were equivalent to battleships.
Some of the more powerful ones could rival capital ships.
The Pharmacist didn't seem to notice. Her white light continued onward, as if she hadn't noticed.
The first alien, over a thousand meters long, descended from the sky. It looked like a crocodile. Its mouth opened wide, and a dark purple light spat out.
The air around them became thick and viscous, as if a swamp had suddenly appeared.
But it was useless!
The white light was gone.
Viscous, obstructive, swamp-like – in the face of this unparalleled white light, were of no use.
Like a piece of bubble gum blocking a heated sharp blade, it pierced through in an instant.
The crocodile's body froze in midair, and the white light burst from its body.
The Wine Master, perched on Thor's shoulder, smiled merrily as he played with a fist-sized vital crystal in his hand. It glowed with a faint purple light. "Good stuff, really good stuff!" he exclaimed in admiration.
A Vital Crystal of this level would be of some use to a powerhouse of his level.
The crocodile's body split in two and fell to the ground.