CHAPTER 32: CHAPTER 32: ARE YOU THINKING OF... SIDING WITH GU QIJUE?

The unusual nature of today’s Deformed Tree made Gu Qijue feel uneasy.

This development is entirely diverging from the trajectory of his past life.

What exactly is going on?

Could it be because he killed Mu Qingxue?

Or is it due to some other reason?

Gu Qijue gazed at the Deformed Tree that was about to grow to a thousand meters, covering several miles of land.

The uncanny fragrance wafted through the entirety of Cloud City.

It spread to Yunjiang, causing countless water creatures to crawl onto land, surging towards the still-growing Deformed Tree.

From a god’s eye view.

At this moment, the Deformed Tree was like a vortex devouring everything, drawing millions of mutant creatures from Cloud City toward it.

However, within the range covered by the Deformed Tree, no mutant creatures dared to approach for the time being; they were all outside fighting fiercely for closer positions.

Hundreds of thousands of water monsters beneath Yunjiang also came in a mighty wave.

If, at this time, dozens of nuclear bombs were dropped here, at least 80 to 90 percent of the monsters in Cloud City could be wiped out.

But, from then on, this place would also become a dead zone.

Among the eighty thousand survivors in the Cloud City Shelter, possibly very few would survive.

As the Deformed Tree grew to 2,500 meters, soaring into the clouds, it gradually stopped growing.

Then, one by one, fruits glittering with starlight began to grow from the branches.

At this moment, the deformed fruit tree seemed to have turned into a Star Tree, with each fruit resembling a star, creating a scene that was both magnificent and spectacular.

The number of Star Fruits was truly immense, estimated to be at least in the hundreds of thousands.

Awooo! Roar roar roar—

As countless Star Fruits took shape, the eerie scent in the air grew more and more intense, spreading ever faster, provoking an unknown number of monsters present to howl at the sky.

"Damn it! These Star Fruits must have a great effect on Super Martial Artists. Although it’s very dangerous, I also want to pick some!"

"Damn, who can lead us to pick them?"

"Look, isn’t that Lord Gu! I’m so envious of the Super Martial Artists behind him..."

"I’m speechless, I want to go too!"

The Super Martial Artists within the Cloud City Shelter watched via livestream projection as tens of thousands of Star Fruits grew on the Star Tree, wanting to go but lacking the elite forces to lead them.

This made them feel very frustrated.

Such fruits, consuming just one might bring tremendous benefits.

"All the Super Martial Artists of Cloud City, if you also want to come pick them, if you want to follow me, bring the sacks and come."

Gu Qijue, knowing that Cloud City must be livestreaming for their internal Super Martial Artists to watch, directly said while looking at the towering giant tree with tens of thousands of Star Fruits.

His intuition told him that once these fruits matured and were picked, there might be terrifying unforeseen changes to come.

If he could seize this opportunity to elevate the strength of all the Super Martial Artists in Cloud City by several levels, they might not be in such a passive state.

Though Gu Qijue had some darkness in his heart, he never intended to be an enemy of humankind.

"Damn it, what does he want to do?"

Seeing this scene, Lin Zhengxiao’s complexion drastically changed.

If all the Super Martial Artists ran over to Gu Qijue’s side, who would guard the eighty thousand survivors here?

The senior officers present remained silent; truth be told, they also wanted Gu Qijue to be here.

All of this was because of Lin Zhengxiao’s machinations.

Otherwise, how could they have become enemies with Gu Qijue?

Deputy War General Ye Zhan Country’s eyes flickered, and then he suddenly rose violently, grabbed the water pot on the table, and with a bang, knocked Lin Zhengxiao out from behind.

"Deputy War General, you..."

When everyone saw this, they were all shocked.

"Gentlemen, I’m sure you all know why I’m doing this, right?"

Ye Zhan Country looked at everyone present and said pointedly.

"Do you intend to... defect to Gu Qijue?"

Everyone was no fool; how could they not know his intentions?

"That’s right, as you’ve seen, he’s very protective of his people, and you’ve witnessed how loyal his subordinates are to him, which indicates he’s very good to his own."

Ye Zhan Country exhaled softly and continued, "The Di Yuan Group may not be reliable, this time I’m siding with Gu Qijue. If we want to survive, we must attach ourselves to a powerful being."

"I agree!"

Minister of the Satellite Department Lin Manjiao was the first to raise her hand.

"This is indeed a good choice."

Minister of Information Li Yue also nodded and raised his hand.

"The Di Yuan Group is indeed unreliable, not even sending a single Grandmaster Level to station here, so let’s have Gu Qijue take the post!"

The Minister of Armaments sneered as he raised his hand.

As each of them stated their positions, the ministers of the bombing department, resource department, collection department, and others all raised their hands in agreement without exception.

The consensus was reached.

The unconscious Lin Zhengxiao was bound up and taken away on Ye Zhan Country’s order.

Then a broadcast began throughout the shelter: "All Super Martial Artists in the shelter, hello, following a unanimous decision by our higher-ups, starting today, this shelter will be headed by Gu Qijue. Once the Deformed Fruit Tree event finishes, we will invite him to take the station; all are welcome to respond to Mr. Gu’s call and join him to pick the Star Fruits."

This broadcast immediately ignited two thousand eager Super Martial Artists within the shelter.

"Good! Excellent! It should be like this!!"

"Brothers, let’s go, support Lord Gu!"

"Yeah! Let’s move it, move it!"

"Haha! With Lord Gu leading us, we’re taking off!!"

At this moment, one Super Martial Artist after another formed groups, donning their Super Martial Armor, and marched mightily toward the main gate.

"War General Ye, since we’ve chosen to side with Gu Qijue, why not... do a nationwide, even global livestream?"

In the command hall, Minister of the Satellite Department Lin Manjiao smiled and said, "Let’s show the survivors nationwide, worldwide, the might of our Lord Gu..."

"Are you sure about doing this?"

Ye Zhan Country sought the other ministers’ opinions.

"Turn on the livestream! Our Cloud City has effectively distanced itself from the Di Yuan Group, it’s time to let the national survivors see that our Cloud City has an exceedingly powerful presence!"

"Indeed, since the Di Yuan Group doesn’t value our Cloud City, we should use Lord Gu to intimidate them a bit!"

Recently, they received news that the Di Yuan Group had dispatched many Grandmaster Martial Artists to other cities to station there.

Yet their Cloud City was neglected, receiving only Innate level officers.

How could those suppress the Super Martial Artists here?

Seeing everyone agree, Ye Zhan Country nodded and said, "Alright! Let’s start the livestream, Minister Lin, it’s up to you."

"Understood! I will immediately upload the satellite projection footage to Hidden Dragon Empire’s largest video platform, Tiger Sound, and the World Union Network!"