Chapter 783 - Celebrities of the Future (1/2)
All the new non-Calamity Grade members gathered in the main hall of the headquarters. It was filled with people.
The roof of the hall suddenly opened. The army officers descended from the sky and landed on the most conspicuous stage in the hall. They stood in a row and looked around at the millions of new members below.
“That’s the army’s Chief Administrative Official, Sylvia. Beside her is the Fleet Chief Commander, Herlous. They’re both seniors under Black Star’s command.”
“That’s the army’s Vice-Captain Lagi. They say he’s the strongest person under Black Star’s command.”
“Hadavy became one of Black Star’s guards some time ago. He should be the strongest.”
“Why aren’t the Black Star Guards here?”
In the many years of fighting the secret war, the various officers of the Black Star had earned a name for themselves. The new members in the hall all recognized these officers.
This time, a flash of light appeared on the stage. Han Xiao walked out of the Void Dimension and nodded at the millions of new members.
The people under the stage focused. Facing a Beyond Grade A, most people were both excited and nervous.
“Welcome to the Black Star Army…”
Han Xiao scanned through the hall filled with people and started his speech while his thoughts drifted to the three unwelcome guests. While presenting his welcome speech, he watched the images on the surveillance cameras and focused on the whereabouts of those three people at the same time.
They had already found Rossellin.
…
Rossellin was special among the army officers. She was the Cultural Instructor. Due to her unique ability, she rarely appeared in public and usually gave people lessons in the army training camp.
After returning with the fleet, she did not follow Han Xiao to show herself in front of the new members but directly returned to her room in the training camp in the headquarters. However, on her way, she was stopped by three people.
“What do you want?” Rossellin slightly raised her brow.
Rossellin sized up the silver-skinned man, the man covered in dragon scales, and the four-armed man.
“Let me introduce myself. My name is Edmond, and these two are my friends. The buff one is Kayde, and the four-armed one is Haywal,” The silver-skinned Edmond said.
The man covered in dragon scales, Kayde, nodded as a greeting. The four-armed Haywal waved his hands.
Rossellin narrowed her eyes and suddenly said, “You’re not members of the army, are you?”
“Yes, but we mean no harm. We just hope to have a talk with you.” Edmond lowered his voice. “You’ll definitely be interested.”
After a period of silence, when Edmond felt a little anxious, Rossellin slowly nodded. “Okay, follow me.”
Then, she turned around and led the way. Delighted, Edmond took his two friends and followed behind.
When they came to a corner with no one around, Rossellin stopped and turned around.
“Tell me, what do you want to talk to me about?”
“The three of us are from the Sea of Star Spirits. We’re planning to build a career, and we hope to invite you to join us.” Edmond got straight to the point.
“Interesting. You came to the Black Star Army’s headquarters and tried to recruit a Beyond Grade A’s officer. You have some guts,” Rossellin mocked. “Tell me about your so-called career. Don’t disappoint me.”
Edmond licked his lips, lowered his voice, and said, “We want to overthrow the three Universal Civilizations.”
Rossellin’s smile stiffened.
“…Allow me to confirm something.” Rossellin’s lips twitched. “You’re not mental, are you?”
“I know this sounds unbelievable, but this is indeed my aspiration.” Edmond’s tone started to get a little elevated. “The three Universal Civilizations have ruled the galaxy for way too long. In order to maintain their ruling position, they toy with the rules that they set under the name of maintaining order, eliminating the future of countless races.”
Rossellin frowned. “But it’s also thanks to those rules made by the three Universal Civilizations that the universe is as peaceful as it is today. If they disappear, countless civilizations will start a war to become the ruler that will spread across the entire universe. Quintillions of lives will be lost in the flames of war, only for new rulers similar to the three Universal Civilizations to be born in the end. What’s even worse is that maybe all civilizations will be destroyed. Don’t you know that?”
“I do. This is the price for overthrowing the current rules, but…” Edmond took a deep breath. “That’s what a revolution is.”
“A revolution is to create a better era, but the era now is peaceful—lives are decent. Since people can still live well, why do you want to revolutionize? If… and I mean if, you really overthrow the three civilizations, can you promise the future will be better than now?”
“No one can promise what will happen in the future. Whether a revolution will create a better era or not, I don’t know. But I’m not willing to deliberately ignore the problems of today because I can’t let go of the peace and watch the wrong things continue to exist without doing anything.” Edmond shook his head. “In this era, resources are rich—more than enough to feed everyone even if they choose to do nothing in life, have no motivation, act like walking bags of meat… The basic resources are no longer our reason to start a revolution.”
Rossellin narrowed his eyes. “Then what do you fight for? For those races you said are oppressed? Or for your own ambition?”
Edmond shook his head. “Neither… revolution itself is my aspiration.”
Rossellin sized up Edmond carefully again. He looked ordinary, but his guts were anything but ordinary. With the three Universal Civilizations’ position, this was equivalent to going against the gods!
“If the revolution succeeds, what will you do? Take over the three civilizations?”
“I don’t know,” Edmond answered truthfully.
“… Why me?”
“In order to overthrow the authority that the three civilizations have in the hearts of countless people, we need your ability. Furthermore, we heard about what you did,” Edmond said softly. “You were once a reformer with great aspirations, too, weren’t you?”
Rossellin closed her eyes and did not speak.
After a long silence, she reopened her eyes and slowly asked, “How many of you are there now?”
“Just the three of us.”
“You haven’t even built your organization, and you already want to recruit me‽”
Rossellin’s tone was filled with disbelief.
Edmond bowed and said with a sincere tone, “Yes, but my sincerity is true in every sense. I hope to gather those with the same aspirations and beliefs and create something together. Rossellin, I hope you can consider my request.”
This time, it was as if Rossellin saw Black Star’s shadow on Edmond.
Both were big swindlers!
“I will consider it. Give me your communicator number.”
After a lot of hesitation, Rossellin did not make a decision instantly.
After exchanging communicator numbers, Edmond’s face was filled with joy. This time, Kayde, who never interrupted, suddenly spoke.
“Since the matter is settled, we should quickly leave the Black Star Army headquarters and not let ourselves get discovered.”
Edmond nodded continuously. He bade farewell to Rossellin and hastily left with the other two.
Rossellin opened her mouth, but in the end, still did not tell the three of them. They thought that they had snuck in here, but Black Star Army’s surveillance system had undoubtedly discovered the three of them long ago. In the headquarters, nothing could be hidden from Black Star.