Translator: CinderTL
After a brief exchange, Feng Qi found a solution.
He navigated the Main Control Console's screen, exited the authorization command interface, and accessed Star City's data repository. There, he entered his own authorization password.
Immediately, a prompt appeared on the screen: "Highest Authority Over This Control Console Granted."
As Dean of Tiger Soul had explained, Feng Qi possessed Tiger Soul's highest authority, far surpassing Yin Ling's.
By logging in with his password, he could override all existing permissions and assume supreme control.
The Star City Supreme Council had established this protocol precisely to address emergency situations.
As one of the highest-ranking authority holders in Star City, Feng Qi had the right to seize control of any department's permissions when necessary.
Logging back into the Energy Supply Interface, a map of Star City appeared on the screen.
The entire map was bathed in red, indicating that Star City's energy supply had completely collapsed.
Without hesitation, he immediately activated the energy transmission switch.
Green dots gradually appeared on the map, until the areas under the Energy Research Institute's jurisdiction had all turned green.
However, large swathes of red remained on the map, representing the paralyzed zones where energy supply had yet to be restored.
Before searching for the Silver Moon Clan, restoring Star City's energy supply was clearly the top priority.
The Energy Research Institute controlled the energy supply for the northwestern region of Star City. The remaining areas were managed by other energy institutions, such as the Star Energy Research Institute and the Flame Research Institute.
It was clear that these energy research institutions had also been seized by the Silver Moon Clan.
Feng Qi immediately led Mu Qing and the others to the nearest Energy Research Institute.
After a busy morning, Star City's energy supply system was completely restored.
The red areas on the map vanished, replaced by green, and the city fully resumed its operations.
After searching all the Energy Research Institutes in the West District of Star City, Feng Qi found no trace of Yin Ling or any other members of the Silver Moon Clan's vanguard forces.
He had anticipated their escape.
With the Silver Moon Clan defeated, even annihilated, these advance scouts had no reason to remain in Star City.
Their confidence in infiltrating human society stemmed from the backing of the Silver Moon Clan.
Without that support, their own capabilities were clearly insufficient to seize control of Star City.
Their only option now was to flee.
Feng Qi could roughly predict their future paths.
Stripped of the Silver Moon Clan's backing, these fleeing vanguard warriors were like stray dogs, forced to wander aimlessly.
Most would likely settle in other cities, joining the Domain Weakling Alliance there.
Of course, some might follow Old Mist's path, choosing to grow and struggle independently, eventually becoming regional overlords.
But such outcomes were rare.
Many domain races had fallen into decline, but few had managed to rebuild from scratch after losing their clansmen and rise to become future overlords like Old Mist.
Among all the domain creatures Feng Qi had encountered, only Old Mist had achieved such a feat.
The ultimate fate of the Weak Domain Races was likely to be crushed beneath the relentless wheels of history, becoming insignificant handfuls of yellow earth in the annals of time.
After days of searching, Feng Qi abandoned his efforts to find the Silver Moon Clan warriors within Star City.
Most of Star City's combat forces had already been deployed elsewhere.
The remaining personnel tasked with maintaining order were too few to conduct a city-wide search.
More importantly, the Silver Moon Clan had completely lost their chance to turn the tide.
Just as had happened in history, they had been utterly crushed.
The remaining Silver Moon Clan members had been exposed, especially Yin Ling, who could no longer return to the Energy Research Institute.
Even if they were still hiding in Star City, they posed no threat to Feng Qi's strategic layout for this battle line.
As for how to deal with Yin Ling, his counterpart in the main timeline would make that decision, relieving him of any further concern.
Another crucial point was that the Domain Weakling Alliance within Star City remained under his control.
Yin Ling, who had issued the assassination mission, had clearly anticipated this.
Her ability to secretly orchestrate a near-fatal trap against Star City proved she was far from foolish—in fact, she was quite intelligent.
What she hadn't accounted for were the existence of Suction Cup and Tian Shu.
Otherwise, the Silver Moon Clan would undoubtedly have successfully occupied Star City, gaining a massive early advantage.
At that moment, Feng Qi felt certain that Yin Ling had already left Star City.
Even if she still wanted to join the Weakling Clan Alliance, she would choose another city. Remaining in Star City offered only risks, with no opportunities to speak of.
After carefully analyzing the current situation in Star City, Feng Qi convened the Star City Supreme Council with the remaining senior officials.
The meeting's agenda focused on addressing the sudden crisis and all matters related to the ongoing military campaign, including logistical support, energy supplies, and other critical issues.
To prevent future emergencies in Star City, Feng Qi proposed that each department send three managers to the West District to take over the energy facilities and oversee each other's operations.
The meeting lasted three hours.
Afterward, Feng Qi instructed Dean of Tiger Soul to dispatch a transport aircraft.
The unexpected crisis in Star City had halted the normal military advance, leaving the expeditionary forces stranded in the dense forest 230 kilometers northeast of the city.
Now that the situation in Star City had been resolved, the main battle line needed to resume its advance.
After leaving the conference room, Feng Qi led Mu Qing and the others back to the Tiger Soul Research Institute.
Their next objective remained unchanged: Future City.
By then, the Dean of Tiger Soul had already prepared a transport aircraft.
After bidding farewell to the Dean, Feng Qi led Mu Qing and the others toward the flight zone within Tiger Soul Base.
Before departing, he pulled out his communicator and entered a string of code.
After a brief wait, the call connected, and a familiar voice emerged:
"What is it?"
"Uncle Gu, where are you now?" Feng Qi asked immediately.
"We're in Star City, always close by."
The voice on the other end belonged to Gu Ke, captain of the Brain Retrieval Team.
"Come to the Tiger Soul Research Institute. We can all take the transport aircraft back together."
"No need. We have our own transportation. Just proceed as normal and don't worry about us."
After this exchange, Feng Qi reluctantly hung up, disappointed by Gu Ke's refusal.
Upon reflection, he realized how arduous the Brain Retrieval Team's task truly was. In every timeline, they had to follow him around using tracking devices, waiting for the moment of his death to retrieve his brain.
But the situation on this battlefield was particularly precarious.
The battlefield was fraught with danger, and the positioning device could only pinpoint his general location. If he were to die in battle, precisely locating his head amidst the mountains of corpses and seas of blood would be no easy task.
With this thought, Feng Qi turned to Mu Qing beside him.
In the event of an emergency, Mu Qing seemed to be the only one capable of delivering his head back to the Scarlet Research Institute.
Sensing his gaze, Mu Qing turned to him, a hint of confusion in her eyes.
But Feng Qi doubted she would agree to this.
Through her diary, he knew his place in her heart: not family, yet closer than family.
Asking her to carry his head across mountains and rivers would undoubtedly be a form of mental torture.
After much hesitation, he looked at Mu Qing and said in a tentative tone, "Senior Sister, I have a request!"
Seeing the hesitation on Feng Qi's face, Mu Qing instinctively shook her head, then hesitantly nodded.
"Great!"
(End of the Chapter)
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