It was done just to make him an example for everybody else!
Everyone was shocked by Su Pingâs intimidating and blunt declaration. Su Ping only killed Hei Huang to threaten us?
They suddenly felt that Hei Huang didnât deserve to die.
However, on second thought, they probably wouldâve tried to establish dominance too if it were them. Hei Huang, being the rebel, was undoubtedly a suitable choice.
Han Jiâs eyes were wide as saucers when he heard that, overwhelmed by disbelief.
Master was killed just to threaten others?
To think that a Celestial expert had died such a worthless death. He felt miserable; the whole thing was absurd to him. Also, he was terrified of Su Ping.
After that, Su Ping looked at the silent conference room and said coldly again, âWho elseâs got a problem?â
Everybody looked at each other in bewilderment. They were still shaken by how Su Ping killed Hei Huang; none of them dared to speak recklessly.
The Celestial experts who had previously acted angrily were at the moment showing normal expressions. Even their eyes glittered; it was as if they had never been enraged.
âIf you have a problem, just say it. If you donât, do as I say. Since youâre here, my master, Chi Huo and Xu Kong will make arrangements for you. You can discuss matters with us, but weâll have the final say. Understand?â said Su Ping.
Everybody felt gloomy. One of the Celestials said, âArenât ten days a little bit hasty? We are a huge star zone with countless planets and solar systems. We canât leave anyone behind; itâll take more than ten people to evacuate them all!â
âItâll certainly take much longer if they are to travel on their own. But who says youâre just going to stand by and watch?â Su Ping looked at them coldly. âConsidering your capabilities, it shouldnât be hard to concentrate the people in your star zone and help them migrate here, right? The small world of an Ascendant is already enough to accommodate the population of a planet. I didnât ask you to move all the habitable planets here!â
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âBut if thatâs the case, there will be people unwilling to come. After all, many peopleâs assets are in real estate back on their planetsâŠâ said someone in a low voice.
Su Ping chuckled and said, âYouâre talking about assets in a moment like this? Everything will be reshuffled after the catastrophe, including the rigid social classes on those planets. Try to compensate for those assets. Youâve made enough profits before; isnât it time to give something back?
âAlso, you must ensure that everybody in your star zone is safely evacuated. If I find out that you abandon large groups of ordinary people and only keep the elites, you will certainly regret it.â
Everybody looked somber after hearing Su Pingâs threat. A Celestial said, âThose useless people should be abandoned at times like this. Food will be a major problem for us if they all move here. We are indeed able to make stuff out of nothing with laws, but that will consume our power. Itâs not like we can produce food for them like cows every day.â
âEven if weâre willing, we wonât be able to make enough food for such a population. Famine will strike!â
âIndeed. Thatâs truly going to be a problem.â
The other Celestials nodded in agreement.
All of them had tacitly accepted Su Pingâs demand to join forces in ten days.
It was a foregone conclusion in any case; nobody was willing to take the risk. If Su Ping could kill Hei Huang, he could naturally kill them too. In particular, Su Ping was so arrogant that they didnât feel important or rare in his eyes. It seemed that he didnât need them at all.
âWe have food. Itâs possible to turn those worms into our food,â said Su Ping with a frown.
âThe worms weâve hunted are not enough. Besides, their bodies arenât edible, more so if youâre trying to feed the ordinary people,â said one of them.
Shen Huang and Chi Huo also frowned. So far, they had been considering how to establish the alliance. Since everybody had accepted it under Su Pingâs threat, they had to consider the real problems after the alliance was established; food was definitely the primary topic. All of them found it challenging. Without sacrificing some civilians, since a lot of soil and fertile planets would be abandoned, it would be impossible to sustain all the population of the universe with the local food produced by the Celestial Court.
Su Ping suggested his idea, âWe can change the wormsâ bodies with laws and make them edible. However, itâll be quite troublesome.â He, too, knew that food and resources were among the greatest problems during war. However, it was inevitable; such problems wouldnât go away even if they were to fight separately.
â It was all because every star zone would shrink their defense lines, abandoning a huge amount of territory and planets. By then, they would have to cope with food shortages.
Since the population would be concentrated in one spot, the problem would take place even sooner.
However, the good thing about the concentration was that the sacrifices would be reduced and the odds of resisting the worms would be higher.
âThis is a good idea. However, even the normal Ascendants may not be able to transform the bodies; weâll have to do it ourselves. Transforming with laws should be easier than making food out of nothing. We canât enter the battlefield because of the alien hiding among the worms, but we canât let the guys who are weaker than us to protect us either. We must do something.â