Chapter 898 - - 606 Burn the boats_2

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“Kaska, does your spaceship have the capability to broadcast externally?” Duge asked.

“Yes, it’s an essential feature for every spaceship. If compromised in the universe, we can send out coordinates for rescue,” Kaska replied.

“We’ll broadcast to everyone that the Origin of Mankind of the Thorne Divine Tribe is on Emperor Star. Possessing the Origin of Mankind can recreate a Divine Race.” Duge smiled and said, “As long as we get there before the Thorne Divine Tribe, we can hand over the Origin of Mankind to him.”

Such a familiar scheme.

Jannie remembered the story of Selma desperately seeking a child and quietly sighed, her true intentions finally revealed.

“You plan to give away the Origin of Mankind? It’s a Divine Artifact!” Kaska exclaimed, eyes wide.

“What else?” Duge smiled and said, “Do you really plan to defeat the Thorne Divine Tribe with just the three of us? That might be brave, but it’s pointless beyond needless sacrifice, and the Origin of Mankind would still end up with the Thorne Divine Tribe, and the people in the universe might not even know the Thorne Divine Tribe had ever come.”

“…” Kaska fell into silence.

“Kaska, my goal is to protect Emperor Star; as long as we achieve that, it’s enough,” Duge said. “Do you know why no one will help you fight the Thorne Divine Tribe? Because helping you brings nothing but trouble.”

Having the Origin of Mankind as bait changes things. Those civilizations qualified to contend with the Thorne Divine Tribe, or the enemies of the Thorne Divine Tribe, will all be drawn in. You’ve been using the wrong approach."

“What if we hand over the Origin of Mankind to another civilization?” Kaska, long accustomed to Duge pointing out his mistakes, frowned and said, “Our actions will still anger the Thorne Divine Tribe. If they don’t get the Origin of Mankind, they will vent their fury on us, and the people of Emperor Star will still not survive.”

“Kaska, we can use the Origin of Mankind to get other planets’ people to take us off this planet,” Jannie said.

“Abandon the people of Emperor Star?” Kaska asked, “How is that different from when we originally fled? Plus, they might not accept us…”

“No, we are not leaving,” Duge shook his head and said, “We can broadcast in a month, then tell everyone that the Thorne Divine Tribe will arrive at Emperor Star in three months.”

Jannie’s eyes suddenly widened.

“What do you mean?” Kaska was dizzy with confusion.

“It means we want to orchestrate the fleets of other civilizations and those of the Thorne civilization to arrive at Emperor Star at just the right time, or around the same time,” Duge smiled and said, “Just getting them to clash would naturally give us allies.”

“How is that possible?” Kaska’s eyebrows knitted tightly together, “How could we possibly have allies?”

“Idiot,” Jannie said, “because the broadcast we send will also be received by the Thorne Divine Tribe. At that time, everyone coming to Emperor Star will be targeting the Origin of Mankind, and the Thorne Divine Tribe will naturally consider them enemies.”

“…” Kaska’s eyes widened in shock, “My God, this plan is simply perfect. I thought for a moment we had to fight the Thorne Divine Tribe with just the three of us!”

“Good, now let’s figure out the time it would take for those advanced civilizations to arrive at Emperor Star,” Duge looked back at the Star Map, “Let’s refine our plan, making sure those advanced civilizations all make it to the excitement…”

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The Star Map was ready, and spatial nodes were easy to calculate. It didn’t take long for Duge to devise a very perfect bait plan.

In this plan, as long as two or three civilizations took the bait, Duge would be able to contend against the Thorne Divine Tribe.

Duge was best at Blitzkrieg, next was creating Chaos, and then succeeding amidst chaos.

The keyword Chaos seemed tailor-made for him.

“Kou Nan, you are a sage. If only you had been on our planet then,” Kaska looked at Duge with admiration and said sadly, “then, perhaps our planet would not have been destroyed.”

“Kaska, we will ultimately defeat the Thorne Divine Tribe and avenge your people,” Duge patted Kaska’s shoulder, “Come, my friend, let’s see what the Origin of Mankind really is?”

“Sure.” Kaska agreed heartily; by this time, he had completely dropped his guard against Duge.

Kaska pressed a few buttons, and the glow hovering over the box of the Origin of Mankind disappeared. The Origin of Mankind slowly settled on the table.

Then, he began to carefully rotate the runes on the box…

Sure enough, there was a mechanism!

Duge derised internally; had he tried to forcibly take it just then, who knows what might have happened!

How could it be possible that Kaska willingly gave him the Origin of Mankind like this…

True heart for true heart, indeed the best way to make friends.

“The Origin of Mankind randomly awakens a superpower in a person,” Kaska said as he was opening the box, “but no one can determine the strength of the power. Members of the Thorne Divine Tribe return to their home planet as adults, touching the Demonic Source to gain this power. The Burning Ray in my eyes was awakened after I obtained the Origin of Mankind…”

“People on Emperor Star didn’t touch the Origin of Mankind and still gained superpowers,” Duge said.

“Not touching it also works, but then the timing of awakening is too random,” Kaska explained, “That’s why mutants continuously appear on Emperor Star every thirty years. Using the method of touching, the timing of awakening becomes uniform…”

“Can everyone awaken?” Duge asked.

“Not everyone,” Kaska shook his head, “There are also many ordinary people in the Thorne Divine Tribe, awakening might depend on luck! We stole the Origin of Mankind, and after escaping, over a hundred of us survived, yet only one in ten of us awakened a superpower.”

“Only a ten percent chance?!” Jannie was somewhat disappointed.

“Ten percent isn’t low,” Duge said, “There are seven billion people on Emperor Star; ten percent awakening would be seven hundred million people, yet there are only over ten million mutants on Emperor Star now.”

At that moment.

The box was opened.

The true face of the Origin of Mankind presented itself before the three of them.

It was a pale green sphere, emitting a soft glow, with wisps of mist flowing inside, giving it a vibrant feel.

“So beautiful,” Jannie exclaimed, turning to ask Duge, “Who goes first?”

“Ladies first,” Duge smiled, gesturing with his hand, “Kaska, does the Origin of Mankind only awaken superpowers?”

“I wouldn’t know, I’m not a member of the Thorne Divine Tribe,” Kaska shook his head, “After we stole the Origin of Mankind, we’ve always kept it locked in the box, never opened it.”

Jannie closed her eyes, clasped her hands together, and prayed for a moment before reverently touching the Origin of Mankind.

Duge watched her movements intently.

The moment her palm touched the Origin of Mankind, Duge faintly saw a wisp of mist penetrate the barrier of the sphere and merge into Jannie’s palm.

Jannie obviously felt the change and opened her eyes immediately, “Kou Nan, I feel something entering my body… Ah!”

A painful scream interrupted her.

Following this.

She clenched her fist tightly, her facial expression contorted with pain.

“Is this normal?” Duge asked.

“It should be, when I was awakened with the Burning Ray, my eyes felt as if they were thrown into molten iron,” Kaska said, “This is part of the awakening process, everyone must endure it…”

Before he could finish.

Jannie had already regained her composure, stretching out her palm.

Then, under the watchful eyes of Duge and others, her whole palm gradually became transparent, disappeared, and then her arm vanished as well.

“Invisibility?” Kaska laughed, “Jannie, you’re quite lucky.”

“It’s not invisibility,” Duge shook his head, his sensing ability was very strong, but within his perception, Jannie’s vanished arm was completely undetectable, as if it had never existed.

“Right, it’s not invisibility, it’s nothingness,” Jannie brought her arm back, smiling, “I can make my body enter a state of nothingness where no one can harm me, but I also can’t attack in this state. This skill is suitable for an assassin, just like having the Stealth skill…”

Stealth keyword, huh?

Duge smiled at Jannie and decisively reached for the Origin of Mankind…

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