Chapter 75
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Chapter 75: The Conflicted Burton
In the human federation, at the military headquarters, two Eight-Star Generals and twelve Seven-Star Generals stared intently at Marshal Iron Blood. They had just gathered for an emergency military meeting a little over two hours ago. Their eyes sparkled with uncontainable excitement and anticipation.
“I’ve called this meeting again to ask if your respective districts have created their reformation plans yet?” Marshal Iron Blood spoke calmly.
“……”
All the military leaders looked at Marshal Iron Blood in speechless silence.
In just two or three hours, how could they possibly have detailed reformation plans ready?
They first needed to convene analysts and think tanks to draft a rough plan, then gather the senior military officials in their jurisdictions to discuss the feasibility of the plan.
These high-ranking officials would have to call together their respective commanders to deliberate on the plan’s viability.
Once confirmed, they would provide layered feedback of various information and opinions to refine the complete plan.
Additionally, the military headquarters needed to communicate with the governors of the major planets to ensure their cooperation before implementing the entire plan.
“If there’s nothing, this meeting is adjourned. Find a way to speed up the process!” Marshal Iron Blood expressionlessly pressed the communicator beside him and decisively ended the video meeting.
“……”
The fourteen military leaders were left utterly bewildered.
They had thought that Marshal Iron Blood wanted to discuss some plan to enhance the entire military due to Yi Chen’s new skill that could control natural laws.
Instead, he was merely asking about the progress of military reforms!
They all felt they had wasted their excitement for nothing.
Little did they know that the reason Marshal Iron Blood called this military meeting was entirely due to witnessing Yi Chen’s new skill and sensing a new development opportunity for humanity.
Subconsciously, he had called this video meeting.
But upon seeing all the military leaders at the conference table, he realized.
In the previous meeting, they had already reached a consensus to reform the military at full speed.
No matter how fast they tried to advance, they couldn’t directly elevate infantry combat to the level of space battleships, right?
After all, according to analysts, for the next ten thousand years, as generations of geniuses stand on Yi Chen’s shoulders, pushing the cultivation methods to unimaginable heights, space battleships would still be humanity’s most formidable weapon of war.
Of course, he would never admit that he had been overly excited and hastily convened this military meeting out of a moment of heat.
He could only find some excuse to brush it off.
……
In the Angelic Galaxy, on Klai Planet, the two-winged golden angel Burton looked extremely troubled as he reviewed the footage and materials sent by the agent responsible for humanity’s infiltration.
“Damn it, how can such a genius emerge among a lowly humanity that only knows how to create trivial things?” Burton felt a severe headache. He was deeply conflicted.
Just a few hours ago, he had made up his mind not to report to the Leader of the Angelic Beings, but now he began to hesitate again.
Having reported the genius from humanity to the Leader twice already, he had already caused significant dissatisfaction.
If he did it again and the Leader still did not take the greatest genius in human history seriously, he could face severe punishment.
Yet, if the Leader deemed this matter important and he chose to conceal it, he would also face harsh consequences.
Whether the Leader truly valued the greatest genius in human history was the key issue.
Had it been Burton, he would have recognized Yi Chen’s potential when he created the Cloud Treading Technique, believing this person could very well change all of humanity and pose a considerable threat to the Angelic Beings.
It was precisely for this reason that he reported Yi Chen’s creations, the Chaos Technique, Cloud Treading Technique, and later the Heaven-Slashing Technique, to the Leader twice.
“Ultimately, humanity’s average talent is just too weak, entirely incomparable to our Angelic Beings.”
“It is precisely because of this that the Leader thinks that after the rise of that human genius, humanity’s attempt to change their development direction and pursue personal cultivation poses little threat.”
“At most, with their realm improvement, their reaction and speed may lead to more agility in their space battleships.”
“In terms of personal strength, even if all of humanity reaches their talent limit, it still amounts to nothing in front of the Angelic Beings.”
“Normally, that would indeed be the case. But the development of humanity cannot be measured by normal standards.”
“Thousands of years ago, no one in the entire Angelic race would have thought that humanity, confined to a humble corner of Blue Star, could unify the entire galaxy in just a few thousand years and even defeat the Angelic race, slaughtering billions of Angelic beings.”
“Now, with all the resources of the galaxy at their disposal, humanity’s strength, backed by technological power, surpasses that of the Angelic Beings.”
“In terms of personal strength, limited by talent, they truly don’t amount to much. What concerns me is that as their personal strength improves, their long-stalled technological level could also achieve a breakthrough.”
“After all, an increase in personal strength would grant those top human scientists a much longer lifespan.”
“With humanity’s peculiar creative talent, it’s hard to say they won’t find a way to gradually enhance the average talent over generations.”
Burton felt an overwhelming headache.
These were merely his personal speculations.
They were mixed with his premonitions, leaning fully toward the worst-case scenario.
If he analyzed it to the Leader, he would only get criticized for being frightened by humanity.
But the reality proved that his pessimism was not without basis.
That greatest genius in human history, with a single feat, had repeatedly paved the way for the entire humanity’s cultivation to unimaginable heights.
The Chaos Technique granted humanity the eligibility for collective cultivation.
The Flying Blade Technique was unremarkable, but that human genius merely considered it a preliminary means of self-preservation, not paying much heed to it.
The Cloud Treading Technique opened up a direction to enhance speed for humanity.
The Heaven-Slashing Technique paved a way to increase attack for humanity.
The flying capabilities of the new skill opened up thoughts for space combat.
The ability of the new skill to create earthen walls, though seemingly ordinary, taught humanity a new defensive method.
But the fact that the new skill can both fly and create earthen walls was what terrified Burton the most.
Because this meant the greatest genius in human history had discovered how to manipulate the power of the laws.
“I wonder where Lie Bo is right now and when he will be able to eliminate that human genius!” Burton felt somewhat frustrated.
Lie Bo decided to erase all his cultivation and infiltrate the exile planet to assassinate the human genius. To ensure his safety, he wiped out all records and traces related to his infiltration.
Even Burton, his direct superior, and those human traitors, had no idea what Lie Bo looked like after his disguise or where he was randomly dropped on the exile planet.
Naturally, they also had no knowledge of the progress of Lie Bo’s assassination plan against the human genius.
“That human genius likely still doesn’t realize he has discovered how to manipulate the power of the laws. Humanity certainly cannot be aware of the immense strength of the law’s power; flight technique and earthen walls are merely the tip of the iceberg.”
“Furthermore, with the creative talent of the human genius nearing its limit, before the next new skill is born, Lie Bo’s intelligence and abilities will surely lead him to eliminate that genius!”
After thinking it over, Burton decided not to report to the Leader for now.
“With the blessings of the past Leaders, I’m willing to trade a hundred thousand years of my lifespan for this human genius to not create any more problems…”
