The Last Commander of the Red Alert

They saw it—Du Jing's body began to levitate, and a pair of white wings appeared behind her, as if an angel had descended!

This peculiar occurrence persisted for several minutes. During this time, Wu Cheng reached out and touched the white wings—it was real.

After a while, Du Jing's body returned to its original state. They knew that only the two of them were aware of this, but they couldn't be certain whether Du Jing herself knew about it.

Human bodies should not undergo such transformations. Either Du Jing's body had experienced some sort of mutation, or Du Jing was not an Earthling.

Whichever possibility it was, it meant that she was far from ordinary.

"What does this have to do with where she is?" Su Chen couldn't make sense of it.

"If Du Jing wants to destroy humanity, she can only do it with the power of her own race. To achieve this, she needs a massive amount of energy. Back when I was conducting research, I stored a large quantity of her blood."

At this point, Su Chen suddenly understood. The Eastern Emperor's wife must need this blood, or more accurately, the Red Crystal within the blood that hasn't been separated!

"Still, how do you know that Du Jing can contact her own race?" Su Chen found it strange.

"When Les's consciousness took over me, it was as if I had a dream. My mind became mysteriously filled with knowledge, and this was one of the things I learned." Zhu Hui shrugged.

This explanation made sense. Les was a strong figure among the Protoss, and his mind held countless pieces of knowledge. It wasn't surprising that Zhu Hui had been influenced.

Upon further consideration, it seemed that Zhu Hui's possession by Les had turned out to be a stroke of luck.

Now that they knew the Eastern Emperor's wife's purpose, Su Chen and Zhu Hui immediately headed to the research room where the Eastern Front was located and contacted the situation there.

However, it didn't take long for them to receive bad news—the stored blood of Du Jing had been taken, and crucially, no one knew who had done it.

"It was Yuan Yizhong who gave her the portable space isolation device. If we didn't have that, we would have been able to track her movements long ago." Su Chen's expression turned grim.

The two of them still arrived at the research room where a warehouse containing a large amount of blood was stored, all of which belonged to Du Jing, but it had all vanished.

"Your Majesty, our surveillance has been running the whole time, but we haven't seen anyone enter here. The blood bags on top suddenly disappeared." The head of the research room stood nearby.

Su Chen waved his hand, signaling the person to leave.

"She's got what she wanted. Now, we have a problem. Brother, do you know where she might go next?" Su Chen looked at Zhu Hui.

Zhu Hui sighed, "I have no idea about that. If I knew where she was, I would have gone to capture her long ago. By the way, has the Eastern Emperor returned?"

What worried Zhu Hui the most was the Eastern Emperor finding out about this when he returned.

Su Chen shook his head, "He's still needed over at Yan Yun Star to oversee things. I've asked them to stay there for now."

Zhu Hui breathed a sigh of relief. As long as the Eastern Emperor wasn't present, they could handle it. Once they caught Du Jing, they could bring the Eastern Emperor back.

"Now, we have only one option—wait."

The next day, just as everyone was preparing to welcome a new day, a massive pillar of light appeared from somewhere, piercing through the sky and heading somewhere unknown.

"Triggered encounter with the impending Winged Clan. Counterattack and exterminate them completely for a special lottery opportunity and a chance to upgrade Superweapons upon success, with no reward for failure."

System's voice suddenly sounded, and Su Chen's gaze sharpened. He immediately opened the map and pinpointed the location where the pillar of light had appeared.

It was in a deep mountain forest. Du Jing stood within the pillar of light, her appearance now exactly as Zhu Hui had described—she had grown white wings on her back, her eyes seemed to possess a natural dazzling effect, shining brightly, and her body emitted a soft glow.

"Winged Clan, huh? This race can actually cross interstellar space and directly descend upon Earth?" Su Chen inquired of the System.

"This is a unique ability of the Winged Clan. As long as a member of the Winged Clan uses an item infused with immense energy as a sacrifice, they can open a special Space Channel that leads directly to the Winged Clan's homeworld, landing them on that planet. However, this channel is temporary and not permanent. Additionally, the strength of the Winged Clan that can pass through the channel depends on the amount of energy used."

"What a convenient race. Are all interstellar races this peculiar?" Su Chen quipped, summoning Les to gain insights about the cosmic races, as nobody in the entire Base was as knowledgeable as him.

"Do you know about the Winged Clan?" Su Chen got straight to the point.

"I do know about the Winged Clan, but why are you asking?" Les seemed puzzled, but soon he seemed to realize something, and his expression turned odd. "You've encountered the Winged Clan? That can't be right. The Winged Clan is a bunch of lunatics. They didn't summon a massive army?"

Su Chen waved his hand, bringing up an interface in front of Les, displaying Du Jing of the Winged Clan and the pillar of light.

"No hope left, prepare for the worst. Goodbye."

Seeing this scene, Les promptly initiated a three-hit combo.

Su Chen's mouth twitched. What had Les been watching lately to suddenly become so humorous?

"Tell me more about the Winged Clan," Su Chen requested.

Les sighed in exasperation. "The Winged Clan is the race that the Protoss least wants to encounter. Once, the Protoss had a battle with the Winged Clan. Guess what happened?"

"What happened?" Su Chen played along.

"In the end, the Winged Clan, with their crazy actions, forced the Protoss to stop fighting. They actually wanted to drag a Neutron Star on the verge of exploding with them to mutual destruction. Can you imagine a normal race doing something like that?"

Su Chen grinned. Indeed, not just anyone would engage in such actions. Dragging a Neutron Star to mutual destruction was sheer madness!

"Tell me more about their strength and other aspects," Su Chen inquired.

"In terms of strength, the Winged Clan is slightly inferior to us Protoss. Their technological level isn't very high, but they have quite a few individuals with formidable personal strength. I recall the most powerful one was just half a step away from reaching Constellation-level strength. As for the rest, I'm not sure."

"But I can responsibly tell you that the Winged Clan is a race of lunatics. They will stop at nothing to achieve their goals, even if it means sacrificing themselves. The most vexing thing about the Winged Clan is that as long as one member is alive and provided with a significant amount of energy, they can open a temporary Space Channel, allowing the Winged Clan's armies to descend. The only limitation is that if they don't have enough energy, the stronger members of the Winged Clan won't be able to descend."

"Judging by the scale of this pillar of light, the most powerful Winged Clan members that will descend shouldn't exceed the Small Galaxy Ninth Tier. In the past, a sneeze from me would have been enough to take care of them, but now..."

Les shrugged, not believing that Su Chen had the capability to deal with Ninth Tier Small Galaxy opponents. (To be continued)

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