Chapter 74: Collapse

This warehouse appeared to cover a land area of about tens of thousands of square meters. Army green boxes of varying sizes were neatly stacked all around him, and there were even two small shuttles and a small transport spaceship here.

A medium particle accelerator! Xia Fei walked over to one of the boxes and read what was written on it. These are all weapons and arms! Phantom, were rich!

Phantom swept a glance around with indifference. What rich? All this stuff around us; its still nothing compared to that ring youve got in your hand.

Speaking of the ring, Xia Fei suddenly remembered what the short-haired Monastic had said. He reached his hand into the ring to check, and his expression immediately turned into one of disgust.

What? Whats inside the ring? curiously asked Phantom.

Xia Fei sighed and emptied everything out from the ring. See for yourself.

Right before Phantoms eyes, a pile of shiny items appeared, and he could not help but raise his eyebrows and sighed.

Everything in front of his eyes was nothing but human feet! Womens feet!

Every foot had been neatly cut from their calf and was preserved using a crystal wrap to ensure none would rot or deteriorate.

Phantom was speechless. So Old K turns out to be a pervert. Who knows how many women that man ruined to assemble his collection.

Xia Fei only felt a wave of revulsion wash over him as he turned his body away, no longer looking at the feet of these pitiful women. What made Xia Fei even angrier was the fact that there was actually nothing valuable in the ring.

Another huge explosion could be heard from the surface above, and the lights in the warehouse first dimmed and started flickering. Dust and dirt were also shaken loose from the ceiling as a result, slowly falling onto this place.

Several seconds later, the lights steadied. Xia Fei looked up at the ceiling and saw that this warehouse was a fairly resilient concrete structure; even a big explosion might not damage its foundations.

Phantom, what were those beads and the black sphere? Why would it cause such powerful explosions? asked Xia Fei.

That was the Eighteen Stars of Nocturnal Disaster and the Eighteen Stars of Blood Grievance. Phantom exhaled a sigh full of lamentations. In the planets beyond the Pan-Human Alliance, there are still plenty of strange lifeforms. These two weapons were invented by the species called Demon.

Xia Fei sat down on a box, lit a cigarette, and listened raptly to Phantom.

Its said that the creation of the Eighteen Stars of Nocturnal Disaster requires a suitable family, one that has nine sons and nine daughtersno more, no less. After a complex process, on a particular night, these eighteen children will have to murder their parents with their hands, and each knife used must be stabbed in a particular position at a specific moment.

I dont know how this method works myself, but I do know that the first eight stabs wont kill the parents, and it must be the final knife, right into the heart, that should end the lives of the parents. If they die before the ninth stab, it means that the creation process fails, and those people will be thrown into a volcano as sacrifices to the gods.

By the time these children kill their parents, their eyes will have turned black, and thats when they need to gouge their left eyes, hand them over to the priest. No one else can interfere, and these children must all be willing in order for this to work.

The priest will also retrieve the left eye of the father and right eye of the mother, merging them to form one parent orb, while the eighteen eyes from the children will be protection orbs. The person holding the parent orb needs to use their mind to control the eighteen protection orbs; overall, its a sort of psionic weapon.

The destructive power of such a weapon is extremely potent. The Alliance has long since banned its use, and even more scary is the fact that anyone using such a weapon will be shrouded in abysmal luck, either ending up dead or losing their minds, becoming no better than a walking corpse.

Xia Fei could only feel his scalp go numb as a creeping tingle made its way up to his back. To think that there would actually be such an evil weapon He truly had no idea why that Monastic would risk everything just to get hold of it.

Without even realizing, the burning ashes of his cigarette touched his finger, and Xia Fei hurriedly threw the butt to the ground and extinguished it with a stomp.

*Boom!*

That was when another huge detonation rumbled, and the lights in this ammunition warehouse went out for several seconds before lighting up again.

Xia Fei gritted his teeth. This demon race is far too vicious. To have the children kill their parents just to obtain a weaponits truly shocking to hear.

Thats actually nothing. Given how vast this universe is, there are plenty of things that are far more shocking. Phantom shrugged nonchalantly. Wait till you explore the universe; youll be accustomed to such things then. The madness and gloom of the universe far surpass what you can imagine.

What do people from the Demon race look like? asked Xia Fei.

Its said that they are tall and big with green skin. They enjoy puncturing as many holes as they can on their ears and nose, hanging all sorts of trinkets and adornments on them. A very backward culture.

The Demon race is only a very small lifeform in this universe, already on the verge of extinction. There are plenty of small undiscovered species like it in the universe, so theres nothing too weird about it.

For that species to do such messed up things, it will be a wonder if they arent on the path of extinction. Xia Fei pursed his lips. Anyway, why would there be such an explosion when the red beads touched the black sphere?

The red beads are called Eighteen Stars of Blood Grievance. I have no idea how they are made; all I know is that those things are evil. Both are hostile against each other and must not be placed together. To think that Monastic actually wanted to use the parent orb of the Eighteen Stars of Nocturnal Disaster to control the protection orbs from the Eighteen Stars of Blood Grievance Talk about courting death.

The explosions on the surface were still ongoing, and six explosions had occurred thus far, with each blast sounding frighteningly powerful.

Xia Fei was feeling slightly worried, uncertain if the continuous explosions would affect the ammunition underground.

Xia Fei got up and began to search for valuable ammunition. Since the twenty-cubic-meter spatial ring was now emptied, taking what he could find here was better than leaving without anything.

There was a special silver box in the middle of the warehouse that drew Xia Feis attention. All the other boxes were army green, and this was the only one that was shiny silver, prominently placed in the center to boot.

The square box was intricately made, and the silver melded metal shone ever so slightly. Every corner of it had been carefully polished, and there was even a coded lock attached to it.

Stepping closer to examine the box, all he saw was a huge black mamba snake spray-painted on the box itself, and there was a row of words: Dark Sky Serpent Corporation, model 130 warp engine!

Xia Fei was ecstatic. This was precisely the Black Mamba 130 engine that Old K had confiscated from Xiao Tian. He had never thought that that man would actually put it here!

This was a top-grade engine, which was highly sought after!

It possessed the most advanced technology among warp engines and was extremely precious!

The warship restoration had already been fifty percent complete, and the engine was the biggest headache Xia Fei presently had. With this engine in hand, all that would be left was its installation. Xia Fei could almost see that new spaceship, the naval-issued, Eagle-class frigate that had been fully assembled to the highest specifications, ready for flight.

The most sturdy defense and the strongest firepower, as well as the fastest speed!

It would definitely be a top-tier frigate in the entire universe!

The size of this box was almost twenty cubic meters, perfectly fitting his new spatial ring.

Xia Fei took it out and wore it on his hand. He then lightly tapped the box with his finger to take it into storage.

Great! The Black Mamba engine is back in our hands! excitedly said Xia Fei.

Since this warehouse functioned as a semi-hangar, it must mean that there was an entrance for these transport vessels to enter. The explosions on the surface were becoming stronger, and it was time to consider how he was going to get out of here.

This ammunition could remain here first, returning to transport everything away if the opportunity arose. Considering how many arms were being stored here, Xia Fei was certain that he could earn quite a bit by selling them off.

The wall to the left had a metal box, and Xia Fei strolled over to open it. Inside were buttons with a label each.

Xia Fei pushed the one labeled open tunnel.

The sounds of gears grinding were heard, and the wall in front of him opened, revealing a straight tunnel right before his eyes.

This tunnel was very wide, enough to accommodate two transport vessels flying side by side.

*Boom!*

Another loud blast was heard from the surface, and the lights in the warehouse went out again, but this time, they did not turn back on, most likely because the e