Chapter 463 - Pulling Through A Crisis (1/2)
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Two more days passed.
The public opinion continued to ferment and the clamor to punish the Chen family increased.
There were even a small number of Protoss practitioners who had gathered near the Chen family’s fortress. They were only waiting for an opportune moment where they could have sufficient advantage to launch an attack.
They planned to take advantage of the crisis.
But on the morning of this particular day, the few media outlets under the Chen family’s control released some videos on several platforms in rapid succession.
“Our secret weapon – the weapon used to kill the strongest from the Shenguang Order effectively.”
“The naga bio-mecha, the magical object that we have refined through 30 years of hard work, the last thing the Chen family is counting on.”
“We’ll use this to talk reason. The Chen family will not be sheep to the slaughter. We want to survive.”
The style of the videos was either full of industrial style graphics, or solemn and heart-stirring. They very clearly showed the attitude of the Chen family.
That was, they had “magical and effective military weapons.” They had the right to survive and fight.
If the enemy insisted on being overbearing and aggressive; wanting to devour the Chen family, then they could only continue to battle it out.
And after these videos made apparent their stance was released.
Once again, public opinion was in a furor, eliciting countless heated debates.
Of course, most of the comments were ones expressing their dislike and discontent.
“Chens, what do you mean by this?”
“Do they plan to resist to the very end until both Protoss and humans are dead?”
“Heh, it is quite courageous. As Protoss, we respect the strong and were unreasonable. If you win the fight, we’ll respect you. If you don’t, we’ll behead all of you. But the Chen family has overestimated themselves in challenging tens of billions of Protoss. They are simply courting death!”
“Motherfucker, the Chen family is too arrogant. Everyone, let’s contribute the manpower and effort to exterminate this family!”
“The prestige and dignity of the Protoss is not something that you can trample on!”
“The naga bio-mecha that can surpass the ranks to kill practitioners from the Shenguang order, what kind of joke is this. You think you can scare us with this?”
“Even if the naga bio-mecha is somewhat powerful, there are tens of billions of Protoss. The Chen family would drown if every one of us were to spit on them. They act so recklessly!”
However, there was also a minority who wanted to understand more the naga bio-mecha.
“Is the naga bio-mecha really so powerful?”
“Their cultivation level is more or less on par with those at the Jiedan phase. With help from the celestial sniper cannons, it can kill the ancient freaks of the Shenguang order. this means that they’ve skipped over three or four major levels?”
“If your bragging is too ridiculous, you may hold your tongue. Can the masters of the Shenguang order be killed so easily? This is fake. The Chen family is deliberately scaring us! If it’s true, wouldn’t 800 units of naga bio-mechas be equivalent to 800 of the strongest practitioners from the Shenguang order? Besides the Sages, which forces can withstand this level of power?”
“The above comment speaks about the naga bio-mecha in a rather inferior way. The Chen’s propaganda may be exaggerated, but the naga bio-mecha really cannot be underestimated. Otherwise, there is no explanation for the fall of the Shenguang masters from the Tongguang and Mugu clans. Perhaps it does have a small portion of the ability shown in the propaganda videos.”
As humans only had 20 to 30 years in the field of cultivation, even the most genius of humans that would make the Heavens proud had only achieved the initial stage of the Yuanying phase. They could never be taken seriously by the Protoss.
And in the face of the strongest from the Shenguang order, those of the Yuanying order were like young and tender babies. They could kill a dozen of them easily with a lift of their fingers. No matter how far human practitioners deviate from justice and pursue evil to get more power, but they were still ants, albeit stronger ants. They were unable to cause much harm to those of the Shenguang order.
Therefore, when the Protoss who were saner reflected on the reasons why the six Shenguang practitioners died in the Chen family fortress, they would not think about the strength of the human practitioners, instead, they would think that the Chen family had scraped by their victory with the support of a powerful defensive spell formation or a mysterious magical weapon.
Contrary to expectations, the Chen family ‘s initiative to announce the naga bio-mecha was a logical answer.
But…
If that was the case if the naga bio-mecha did have the ability to kill the strongest Shenguang practitioners…
Rumble~
Two days later.
Public opinion underwent tremendous change again.
“Chen family, hand over the manufacturing technology for the naga bio-mecha!”
“Although the Chen family is guilty as sin and deserves to die, we can spare your lives against our will if you hand over the mecha technology.”
“Be sensible and surrender the mecha immediately. Resistance is death.”
“Eighteen clans, including the Tianji and Xuanfei clans have officially joined forces today to go to the Chen’s fortress to crusade against these criminals. We demand that the Chen family hand over this technology that represents a great threat to the Protoss. If you don’t agree, your fortress will be reduced to powder!”
There were many voices across the various social platforms calling for the Chen family to surrender the technology.
In private, the clans saw great interests and profits to be gained. They joined forces in succession and drafted their most capable troops, gathering them under the walls of the Chen family’s fortress wall. In just one to two days, more than 100,000 practitioners had gathered.
Up in the sky, there were also several strong practitioners of the Shenguang order, who were releasing a forcefield of universal consciousness and scanning the movements inside the fortress.
If not for the defensive spell formation that was always activated, the interior of the fortress would probably have been infiltrated by the countless Protoss masters like it was transparent.
Huge pressure was exerted on the Chen family.
Perhaps as long as there was a suitable opportunity, countless greedy maws would descend to frantically tear at the Chen family.
In such a tense atmosphere, on the fifth day, the Chen family held a press conference. Invitations were issued. A group of Protoss representatives whose cultivation levels were not particularly high, but whose status were not low either, were invited into the fortress. At the venue, they participated in the introduction to the product functions and exhibition of the naga bio-mecha.
At the press conference, they witnessed the fierce and powerful performance of the Naga bio-mecha which left a deep impression on all the forces present.
Some major announcements were made at the end of the conference.
“The Chen family intends to sell the naga bio-mecha! We have no intention of hoarding it all to ourselves. As long as you pay, all Protoss forces can buy this product!”
“There is no need to worry about the price. Most clans can afford it. It’s only 120 million for one unit! The manufacturing cost is more than 100 million.
It’s about small profits and large sales quantities. We do not hope to gain huge profits from this.”
“Technological upgrades, maintenance, and modification services will be provided later to ensure that the products will always be advanced and easy to use.”
“The Chen family guarantees that as long as you do not harbor the idea of damaging our family’s interests and have no intention of taking over our fortress, we are willing to be friends with all the friendly Protoss. We’ll share our interests and profits, enlarge the pie, and coexist peacefully!”
“This is the wish of the Chen family. It is an earnest wish. There is nothing to be gained from fighting, but everything to be gained for everyone from ordinary business.”
“…”
After a speech that was rather long-winded but filled with meaningful and heartfelt.
The forces that were hostile to the Chen family had been significantly reduced. Their thoughts about the Chen family had become a little gentler and more moderate.
However, the struggle for interests and profits always tended to be cold and cruel. With the Chen family’s childish declaration of their stance and their naive wishes, they suffered a warning in the form of an ultimatum from a large number of powerful clans the next day.
“No matter how cheap it is, we don’t want to pay for the naga bio-mecha! Hand over the technology right away!”
“Stop being so slippery! Don’t think that we don’t know what kind of trick you’re trying to pull. You still want to conduct business normally and maintain friendly exchanges after committing such a heinous crime? You’re daydreaming. If you’re sensible, you’ll quickly hand over the mecha technology. This is the only way to save your lives!”
“We don’t want the completed mecha, we only want the manufacturing technology!”