Chapter 80.1
Editor: Jodi
After watching the thrilling ‘battle’ between the Yuan family and Gu Yun, and witnessing the collapse of the Bidding King and the birth of the ‘King of Jadeites’, the Starnet audience left the live platform feeling completely satisfied.
While some continued to replay the footage of Gu Yun unraveling the rough stone, admiring the 76-kilogram ‘King of Jadeites’, their emotions stirred for a long time.
It was exhilarating!
Whether it was Gu Yun’s rough stone-solving technique or the high-green glass jadeite, both had heightened their sense of excitement.
Not to mention the reward of their bets having doubled, which felt like receiving a substantial amount of money for free, ready for them to spend at will.
And all of this had been brought to them by God Yun!
Following this event, Gu Yun’s fanbase skyrocketed, quickly surpassing the Empire’s only two level-seven Stone Gamblers—Du Feng and Rong Xuan—establishing him as the top figure in the stone gambling world.
In terms of both reputation and skill, he had left everyone else in the stone gambling world far behind, only able to look up to him.
In the rough stone unraveling area of the Sotho Star Planet’s Emporium———:
After witnessing the unraveling of the Bidding King and A02, the stark contrast of a collapse and a rise, as well as seeing the imperial green glass jadeite firsthand, many people were having excited discussions everywhere.
While other families who had acquired rough stones lined up one after another at the No. 2 stone-solving machine that Bai Jing had just left, hoping to catch some of the ‘King of Jadeites’’ luck.
And the moment someone started unraveling a rough stone, a crowd gathered around quickly.
While the rest, having had their fill of excitement, moved towards the exit of the venue slowly.
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Soldiers moved through the crowd, following the Major General’s orders, ensuring everyone kept a certain distance from each other and stayed vigilant to prevent any troublemakers from taking advantage.
Just at this moment, Gu Yuanzhao’s subordinate came to report, “Young Master Gu, we detected the presence of alien beasts about a kilometer away, around dozens of them, heading in this direction. I’ve already sent people to kill them.”
Gu Yuanzhao’s voice was particularly steady, “You’ve done well. Send another team to serve as support, and make sure to take two medical personnel with you.”
“Also, activate the venue’s level-three defense, open the defense shield, activate the fixed-point energy cannons, and evacuate the crowd. Get them on the spaceships and away quickly!”
The officer: “Yes!”
Although he didn’t understand why the Major General was so concerned about this minor issue, he would absolutely obey his orders, as they had never been wrong.
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Everything proceeded in an orderly fashion, with most of the crowd heading towards the exit under the soldiers’ arrangements— no abnormalities had appeared so far.
Gu Yuanzhao glanced at the head of the Yuan family who looked calm and composed, his eyes cold.
Could it be that this, was his trump card?
Just dozens of alien beasts? The moment they encountered the battle-hardened Imperial soldiers, they would be eliminated immediately.
So what else was it that he was relying on?
The head of the Yuan family stopped tapping his fingers, stood up leisurely, then also started moving towards the exit.
However just as he took a few steps, Gu Yuanzhao and his soldiers blocked his path.
The expression on the old man’s face changed, “Young Master Gu, what is the meaning of this?”
Gu Yuanzhao sneered, “Stop pretending.”
“I’ve already had people seize the Yuan family’s laboratory on Capital Star. The entire Yuan family is now under military control, and your eldest son has also been captured. Would you like to see him?”
“…Laboratory?”
The old man squinted, then he let out a strange laugh, “Young Master Gu, that laboratory only contains some ordinary specimens and samples. There’s no danger, it’s merely a little hobby of mine.”
Then seeing Gu Yuanzhao remain unmoved, the old man tapped his cane against the ground fiercely: “What? With this baseless accusation, you intend to arrest the head of one of the Empire’s top five families?”
Gu Yuanzhao looked at him deeply, “The evidence will come soon enough.”
“Take them away!”
This was why he had waited for the other side to make a move first, because the evidence that had been found at the Yuan family’s place wasn’t yet enough to convict them.
Because as one of the Empire’s top five aristocratic families, solid evidence was required to bring them down completely.
Yan Ji, who was following behind the head of the Lei family, was also captured. He had indeed attempted to use mental power to control the head of the Lei family, however his plan was quickly thwarted by Bai Jing, who used his own mental power to swallow the tendrils of his black mental power.
The thin white threads of Bai Jing’s mental power spat a few times in disgust, then sneaked a few sips of grade eight energy fluid to recover.
“Boom—!”
Just as most of the people in the venue neared the exit, a violent tremor shook the ground.
“What‘s going on?”
“Is it an earthquake?”
“Hurry up and help me! I’m about to fall!”
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