Chapter 592 - 365: Los Santos Changes Hands, Aerospace Carrier’s Maiden Voyage

Chapter 592: Chapter 365: Los Santos Changes Hands, Aerospace Carrier’s Maiden Voyage

The local white and black residents of Los Santos also began posting comments, congratulating Li Xiang on taking over the city.

The white veteran, "Ranger Mike," posted: "During the last Beast Tide, those politicians in City Hall were the first to run! Now that Saint Li’s Nine-headed Saint Tier Spirit Pet is guarding all the gates, I can finally get a peaceful night’s sleep. By the way: if I join the City Defense Army, do I get an autographed photo of Lord Yao?"

A Black community leader declared in a live broadcast: "We’ve had enough of the unfair treatment! Saint Li’s ’Heart Image Judgment’ executed the former mayor and his gang of vampires. Under the new rules, even janitors can get promoted to management through Cultivation. Now *that’s* real equality! We support Saint Li! We support Lord Yao!"

At the same time, the other major Underground Cities around the world also sent messages of congratulations.

Cape Town Underground City (Southern African Union): "Congratulations to Los Santos on the restoration of order! We are willing to trade our chromium and platinum-group metal veins for the synthetic starch production line technology from City No. 03. Also attached is a handwritten note from the high priest of the Zulu Race: Can His Excellency Li Xiang’s ’Heart Image Judgment’ identify ’Voodoo Puppets’? The tribal alliance urgently needs to purge the Elders who have been spiritually corrupted by Exotic Beasts!"

Vladivostok Underground City (Russian Far East Surviving Area): "Congratulations to Saint Li on taking over Los Santos; you have our full support. Additionally, a suspected Divine King Realm ’Frost Titan’ nest has been discovered in the Siberian Permafrost Zone. The coordinates have been sent via encrypted transmission."

Jerusalem United Underground City (Mediterranean Community): "The religious masters of the three major sects have jointly decreed that the day Lord Yao assumed control will be designated ’Year One of the New Era’."

Berlin Underground City (with an attached German poem): "The Eastern Giant Dragon at last unfurls its wings; may its dawn light break the eternal night. P.S. Can we trade our reserve of valuable beer for a Black Fog Separator?"

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Meanwhile, the revelation of the "Outsiders’" identities sparked heated discussion and imaginative speculation among the public.

For instance, a popular pinned post on the "Dawn Era Forum":

User "Star-Sea Traveler" (Verified Physicist from City No. 03): "Judging from the Star Map fragments the Outsiders were carrying, there are actually unpolluted, habitable human star systems like the Cyan Spirit Star Realm beyond the Black Mist Star Realm! Saint Li’s announced ’Deep Dive Plan’ now includes an ’Interstellar Coordinate Decryption Team.’ Perhaps within a century, we’ll really be able to pilot Aerospace Carriers across the sea of stars!"

Li Xiang had, of course, given the Star Map to Jiang Cai’Er, and she shared it with her entire research team. ’It’s just a Star Map, after all. It’ll boost morale, and if everyone puts their heads together, who knows? Maybe we can really decrypt the coordinates.’

After that, some online analysts began breaking down the combat power and deterrent force of Li Xiang and his Holy Beasts, sending shockwaves around the world.

Internal report from the remnants of the North American government-in-exile (leaked by hackers): "Li Xiang commands over one hundred Saint Tier combatants, including Exotic Beast Legions such as the Star-Eroding Blood Vine and the Black Fire Profound Crow. His personal strength has very likely reached Tier Twenty-Eight."

A South Asian netizen, "Zen Transcendent," commented: "During the last Beast Tide, Saint Li single-handedly swept through Bengal Bay. Now I hear he can even insta-kill an alien Saint Heir? I suggest the Hindu pantheon just go ahead and grant him the title ’God of Destruction and Rebirth’!"

The tactical analysis blogger "Jiang Cai’Er Global Fan Club" released a simulation animation breaking down the battle. It showed how Li Xiang’s team wiped out the Holy Son and Holy Daughter in twenty seconds with a killer combo: "Spatial Imprisonment, followed by the Eclipse Moon Armor’s damage reflection, and finished with the Abyss Evil Bell’s Divine Soul Shock." The animation was magnificent and dazzling, surpassing one billion views.

In truth, it was nothing like the actual battle. After all, neither the blogger nor their team had been present. They didn’t know the details; they were just making wild guesses based on the available information. Even so, it garnered a huge following and sparked countless discussions.

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Li Xiang paid little attention to all this. He was in Los Santos with Zhao Xueqing and Lei Xiaohui, helping Yao Yao manage the city’s affairs.

Li Xiang dispatched three thousand elite Extraordinary Beings of Tier Three or higher from City No. 03 to assist Yao Yao. They were the backbone of the military.

The Nine-headed Saint Tier Spirit Pet was restless, so Li Xiang had it return to escort the troops over.

The three thousand Extraordinary Beings didn’t travel on foot. Instead, each was equipped with a small snowmobile powered by a Nuclear Fuel Cell. They were incredibly powerful and even came with glider wings for short-range, low-altitude flight. Since Earth’s surface was covered in ice and snow, these nuclear-powered snowmobiles were extremely fast.

Plus, with one vehicle per person, they were more mobile and safer. A large transport plane, on the other hand, would be too big a target, and the casualties would be catastrophic if it were shot down.

Three Exotic Beast Armies came with them. First, the Black Fire Profound Crows, led by two Saint Tier beasts, with over twelve thousand more Below the Saint Tier. Second, the Star-Eroding Blood Vines, with one Saint Tier leader and over thirty thousand minions Below the Saint Tier. Third, the Shadowy Abyss Tongue Demons; they were fewer in number, with only one Saint Tier leader and just over a hundred subordinates Below the Saint Tier, but they were exceptionally powerful and ferocious.

After all, the defenses of Los Santos were currently depleted, and it was far away on the North American Continent. Li Xiang couldn’t rest easy leaving Yao Yao there by herself, and he couldn’t stay to hold down the fort with her forever.

Once the situation here stabilized, Li Xiang, Zhao Xueqing, Lei Xiaohui, and the Nine-headed Saint Tier Spirit Pet would all be heading back.

Los Santos had once been a megacity with a population of over eighteen million. But after repeated Exotic Beast invasions, wars, and civil strife, order had collapsed. People had either died or fled, and the current population was only around three million. Li Xiang re-registered every Extraordinary Being in the city—a total of over 27,000—and conscripted them all into the army.

As for the various Sects left behind by the former Holy Son and Holy Daughter, they were, of course, all abolished. Members from the same Sect were broken up and assigned to different companies.