Shi Lang did not have the luxury to doubt and immediately relayed the order to Darcx. The people on the ground were confused, but since it was a direct command. Darcx did not have much choice. He told Minax about the situation.
At this moment, Minax was already holding a meeting and told everyone about the situation. The council of the family understood what was going on, and they were surprised that some of the main family people had fallen so low in their greed for power that they sold their conscience to the demons.
After listening to the various incidents, the council decided to pardon Minax as he worked for the family's welfare. Darcx came to Minax and told him that Shi Lang asked them to evacuate the planet immediately. The council was shocked. The old people raised a ruckus, and Darcx said, "I have no idea how to explain to you, but my Boss is not some whistle-blower. You can leave if you want to, or you can stay here to try your lucks. We both know how things have been for you all after this fiasco.
As for you, Young Master Minax, please think if you want to stake your mother's life for this gamble."
Darcx knew which buttons to push to get Minax to work his way around. The young man looked at everyone, then stood up after taking a deep breath. He said, "Elders, I apologize. I have never had a good life in the family, but I still had the blood course through my veins. My mother is why I decided to stay here and did all I could when I discovered things were going askew. However, I will not risk the life of my mother. So forgive me for leaving."
He did not even wait for the old people or the few young elites to speak up and turned around to leave with a strong back. However, from the corner of his eye, he did gaze at a young lady for a moment, but he still left.
Darcx sighed at this and, with a shake of his head. He wanted to help the young man chase the lady. However, the distance between the two people was too wide. So he did not say anything and followed Minax.
The lady closed her eyes after the young man left, and after a few seconds, she said, "I would like to withdraw from the council. Again, though, my vote goes to Young Master Escola."
Her reaction was typical. She was not known to be very social and had been living as a hermit. She left the council hall, and the meeting continued. The people just brushed away the warning like it was nothing.
Darcx and Minax rushed to pick up the latter's mother. The lady was confused, but Darcx only told her to believe in him, and that was all. The lady trusted Darcx more than her son because her son changed for the better ever since Darcx met him. The lady followed Darcx and Minax to the latter's villa.
On the way, they saw the young lady from the council hall. She was also with her family, and Minax wanted to call her when his mother interrupted him and shouted, "Sister Prim, where are you going?"
Sister Prim seemed to be the mother of the young lady. She replied, "Ma-li, we are going to the spaceport."
Minax took the queue and said, "Aunt Prim, do you also intend to leave the planet, just to be sure?"
The lady nodded, and Minax gazed at the young lady and said, "You can follow us. I have a faster method of getting off the planet."
The people were surprised, but Darcx said, "You can just see what is happening and then go to the spaceport. It will not take long. So now pick up the pace."
Darcx and Minax led people to the small villa and then to the teleportation formation.
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Shi Lang waited anxiously on the ship and walked around the containment area. The rest of the team was with him, and Tex was left to mind the natives. Shi Lang was kind and told the people to evacuate their families, and they had already made arrangements. Well, after seeing the abilities of these people, they all did what they were told.
Amelia frowned and asked, "What is taking him so long?"
Shi Lang cast her a gaze and said, "Do not talk about it. I am getting anxious."
Unity sighed and said, "I can open a void tunnel directly at his location, but the rest of the people with him might not be able to survive traveling through the void tunnels."
Shi Lang shook his head and said, "He will be here soon."
Suddenly, the teleportation formation worked, and two people appeared inside the array circle. Shi Lang snapped and said, "Marly, reset it quickly."
Marly moved, and she replaced all the spirit stones, and Shi Lang contacted Darcx. However, he did not wait for the other party to answer and asked, "Can you stop wasting time selecting whom to send first? Just send them quickly. I am getting angry, you bastard."
Darcx replied, "Yes, boss."
The two people were Ma-li and Prim. Amelia greeted them and took them to the side, and a few moments later, more people arrived. Only after ten rounds did Darcx appear on the spot, and the next moment, Shi Lang punched him in the face and said, "Can you not be so lax when your life is on the line, you mother fucker. I will send you to Nestia with a nerve block, and you will feel what I was going through just now."
Darcx did not say anything and was shocked. Then, Jenkins appeared, held Shi Lang in his grip, and said, "Boss, we have guests."
Shi Lang shrugged him off and said, "I am not blaming them, but this guy is so slow."
Then he recalled something and vanished from his place. He appeared at the control bridge and said, "Move it, collect your family members quickly, and get us away from here."
The native crew reacted and began to control the ship's movement. Finally, Shi Lang returned to the containment area and said, "I am heading out."
Amelia asked, "Why?"
She was surprised by this sudden decision, and Shi Lang said, "The fucking planet is about to go supernova. I need to carve some defense arrays on the ship."
Then he vanished from his spot, and everyone was shocked. At the same time, the newcomers did not understand what was going on. The team turned to look at Unity in askance. Finally, the sword spirit said, "It is true. The demon must have arranged this as a fail-safe. In case someone was to attack the planet."
Minax looked at Darcx and asked, "There are so many lives down there. Can we do nothing about it?"
Unity butted in and said, "You gave them a choice, and this is their choice. Be glad that you all are safe. Let us go to the command center and see how it goes there."
Darcx had the elders on the ship buckle in while Minax and the young lady followed the rest inside the command bridge. Unity asked, "Tex, what is going on here?"
Tex said, "Elder, the planet is emitting strong vitality."
Unity clicked her tongue as she looked at the scene outside. She then asked the crew members if they could finish the pick-ups within seven minutes. The people responded positively.
Minax asked, "Where is Captain Shi Lang?"
Tex replied, "He is outside, carving a formation on the ship's surface."
Then Allandale quickly manipulated the monitoring system to display the ship's surface, leaving Minax and the young lady shocked. Darcx entered the bridge at this moment and gasped, "What in the world?"
Amelia sighed and said, "Yeah, What in the world?"
They all saw Shi Lang running wild on the ship's surface with his sword dragging behind him. The young man was carving a major defense formation on the surface. He was also stopping occasionally and embedding spirit stones inside the shell.
Unity communicated with him telepathically and said, "You have five minutes."
Shi Lang was seen nodding, and then he increased the speed. Marly stood up from her control panel with her eyes widened. Hayley asked, "Is everything alright?"
Marley gulped and said, "Boss, he is arranging the highest level of spirit array at this speed. If he is more than a millimeter wrong, it will explode, and we will die."
The people were surprised but they did not have a better idea. Unity said, "This is the situation we are in. Remember this moment, and engrave it in your souls. The enemy we are facing is just this strong. This guy made us feel so helpless that we can do nothing but bet our life on whims and impulses."
The people all clenched their jaws when they heard this statement, however, no matter how they wanted to deny it, they could not.
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