King of Assassins-Chapter 686 - 514: Admit Defeat

In front of the massive space battleship, the silver-robed sword-wielding figure was as tiny as dust.
The bright sword edge descended, and the enormous space battleship was split in two by the sword light. Then, the main power reactor exploded, tearing the split carrier into countless fragments.
Once the blazing white light dissipated, only that ethereal silver-robed sword-wielding figure remained in the vast starry sky.
The footage on the light screen ended there.
Qin Yuan watched the footage on the light screen, unable to calm down for a long time.
Qin Yuan was a resident of the Seventh Administrative Star under the Three Rivers Star Realm, which belonged to the Jiuding Star Realm, thirty-one years old this year.
Although he also had the surname Qin, he was from a side branch of a side branch of the Qin Family. Even so, due to his background, he became an official member of the Celestial Net Information Control Department of the Seventh Administrative Star at a young age.
This department belonged to the military, offering leisurely work and a high income. It mainly dealt with reviewing various information on the Celestial Net to ensure network information security.
Super intelligent light computers can actually automatically identify all harmful information. However, for various needs, manual checks are required for the final program review.
After all, the super intelligent light computer is just a tool; you can't let a tool make decisions.
Qin Yuan's work was also very relaxed, only needing to manually review the special information filtered out by the light computer.
Humans can make mistakes, but light computers do not make mistakes—as long as it is within its logical scope.
Qin Yuan was also used to the sluggish work pace, spending his workdays playing games, chatting with online friends, and so on.
To him, life was that leisurely and relaxed. He didn't worry about making a living and had no upward drive, just waiting for a suitable beautiful woman to marry and have children with.
Recently, the Celestial Net has been lively with discussions about the so-called "first demon in history, Demon Gao Xuan," and Qin Yuan was merely watching the fuss.
As a member of the Information Control Department, he naturally understood the real meaning behind such public opinion guidance.
As for Gao Xuan wiping out the Black Banner Alliance, he actually didn't believe it. He thought there must be a lot of conspiracies behind it.
Even with the great upheaval in the Augustus Clan, Qin Yuan felt a sense of conspiracy there as well. It might be related to Gao Xuan, but Gao Xuan certainly wasn't the mastermind.
This viewpoint was quite popular among his group; they all knew some insider information and looked down on those foolishly stirred up by the chaos on the Celestial Net.
However, what they knew was just that much.
Qin Yuan didn't really care. What about Gao Xuan, or the Augustus Clan—they were all too far away from him. Entirely different worlds.
All their connections were just to watch the show through the Celestial Net, nothing more.
Recently, he heard that the Jin Family in the Thousand Mechanism Star Realm had encountered troubles again.
The Jin Family was also a Golden Family, with a few famous large Alliance brands in daily chemical products, clothing, and other fields. For instance, Brocade Hall.
Qin Yuan had bought a Brocade Hall Hanfu, spending one and a half months' salary. Super expensive, but the clothes were indeed very good. That kind of special material had a very strong texture, distinctly different from ordinary clothes.
This was actually Qin Yuan's only impression of the Jin Family. So, hearing about the Jin Family's troubles, he had no particular feeling.
It could be internal strife within the Jin Family, actions from other noble families, or whatever other messy reasons. Anyway, it wasn't surprising for a second-tier family like the Jin Family to encounter changes.
Even though Qin Yuan was only from a side branch of a side branch of the Qin Family, he had a very strong sense of belonging and identification with the Qin Family.
In his view, the Qin Family was the world's number one. Other Golden Families were just numbers.
Sooner or later, the Qin Family would unite the Alliance.
In fact, most Qin Family members held this view. This superiority complex was also prevalent among the residents of the Jiuding Star Realm.
However, with the consecutive incidents involving the Augustus and Jin families, the Qin Family had noticeably paid more attention.
Especially the Information Control Department, ordered to closely monitor Celestial Net information, requiring everyone to work overtime.
Fortunately, they could all work from home, so the impact was minimal, and the workload was light.
Qin Yuan's life wasn't much affected; he was playing games at home when he received the audit request from the light computer and opened the video in a split screen.
After watching the video, Qin Yuan was stunned for over ten seconds.
As a seasoned gamer, he had seen too many cool scenes in games, including CGI animations showing the destruction of the cosmos with one sword strike.
Cutting apart a space battleship with one sword was just a small scene.
The problem was that this video was completely real!
The computing speed of a super light computer is too fast for any fake video to fool it.
To require manual audit meant this video had passed four different light computer reviews, confirming it posed a serious information hazard.
The footage wasn't clear, and the face of the sword-wielding person was indistinguishable. But just from the ethereal posture of the figure, Qin Yuan recognized him: Gao Xuan.
Whether Gao Xuan was the first demon in history was debatable, but he was certainly the most handsome man existing in humanity. To be precise, the most handsome human.
Qin Yuan also found it strange; everyone has different aesthetics. Some like femininity, some masculineness, some prefer gloominess, others prefer cheerfulness...
However, with Gao Xuan, human aesthetics reached unity. Qin Yuan somewhat disliked Gao Xuan but had to admit, Gao Xuan was just handsome.
Gao Xuan's outfits were openly imitated by countless young people.
Actually, Gao Xuan's dress style was quite ordinary, yet he unknowingly became a fashion idol of the Alliance.
Qin Yuan found it amusing; Gao Xuan was handsome simply because he was naturally handsome, unrelated to what he wore. Even in a sack, he'd still be handsome.
Have to say, Gao Xuan has a kind of transcendent demeanor. Others can mimic his facial features and physique, but no one can replicate his unparalleled and ethereal aura.
Qin Yuan watched the video and immediately recognized it was Gao Xuan. Even if he couldn't see the other person's facial features.
The analysis result of the Light Computer also supported his intuition. The video protagonist has a 99.9999% probability of being Gao Xuan.
Although Qin Yuan is a laid-back person, he still possesses basic political awareness, and he surely understands the significance of this video.
Space battleships have always been considered the strongest human war weapon.
Gao Xuan, with one sword, endured the main cannon of the space battleship and then cut through it with another strike.
This video will overturn ordinary people's understanding of the real world.
Not to mention ordinary people, even Qin Yuan was stunned. At that moment after watching the video, he felt the world turned upside down.
Half a minute later, Qin Yuan immediately reacted; this video was too important, he had to it immediately.
Qin Yuan immediately ed it to the chief, and a minute later, this video was passed to a higher level.
Twenty minutes later, the video was played in front of Qin Fei.
After viewing this urgently delivered video, Qin Family Patriarch Qin Fei also remained silent for quite a while.
Ordinary people find this scene shocking, but as a Golden Upper-tier Powerhouse, Qin Fei was even more shocked.
Because he understands how terrifying this single strike is. Even with the Cosmic Blade in his hand, he couldn't achieve this.
Qin Fei thought for a while, and still contacted Qin Wu.
After watching the video, Heaven-Reaching Sword Qin Wu also remained silent for a long time. He said, "Is there any possibility it's fake?"
"Not likely to be fake."
Qin Fei, being well-versed in modern technology, said, "Any fake video can't fool the Light Computer. Moreover, this video has been verified by several super Light Computers."
"This Gao Xuan, having reached such prowess. No wonder he was able to destroy the Augustus and Jin Family."
Qin Wu couldn't help but sigh deeply, his old face showing deep worry, "I just regret being one step too slow back then. Song Town's old fool didn't cooperate, and now see the result, Gao Xuan took a tour in the Celestial Battle Realm and obtained some exotic treasure, now it's beyond suppression!"
He sneered again, "Song Town must be regretting now too. Gao Xuan is ruthless and holds a deep prejudice against noble families. From his looks, he intends to destroy all noble families together. Truly a demon!"
Qin Wu now truly regrets not pursuing Gao Xuan into the Celestial Battle Realm back then.
As a result, with a lenient attitude, Gao Xuan has now grown to an unimaginable height.
Especially since Gao Xuan is ruthless, the mid and high levels of the Augustus and Jin Families are almost completely destroyed.
Such a person is the sworn enemy of noble families; both sides can no longer coexist.
Qin Fei said after a pause, "Now we can only consult with our ancestor."
"That's the only way." Qin Wu nodded heavily.
Gao Xuan has become so powerful, Qin Wu and Qin Fei have completely lost control of the situation. There's no way, but to consult with Ten Thousand Worlds Sword Qin Shiyue.
Qin Fei and Qin Wu descended from the Hidden Dragon Pavilion, arriving at an underground palace two thousand kilometers below.
This underground palace is isolated from the outside, with no accessible passageways.
Though called an underground palace, it's actually the interior space of a massive Three-legged Bronze Cauldron.
This space is half located in the material world, half in a special Source Power level.
The entire space spans hundreds of thousands of square kilometers, even having a vast blue sea inside. There's a sky as blue as a mirror, fluffy white clouds, shining sunshine, and birds soaring freely between the sky and sea.
On the sea, there is a luxury yacht, where a bald, white-bearded elder, wearing only a pair of knee-length beach shorts,
The elder with numerous wrinkles on his face had a robust frame with bronze skin. He was smoking a cigar, sitting on the deck fishing, while a group of bikini-clad beauties frolicked in the yacht's pool.
As soon as Qin Wu and Qin Fei got on the boat, lightly dressed beauties served them drinks.
Though they weren't in the mood to drink, they accepted it casually, as they knew Qin Shiyue's temperament, it was best to ease up a bit at this moment.
"You came over with gloomy faces, surely no good news."
Qin Shiyue didn't look at them, but squinted at the float on the sea surface and said, "Is it Gao Xuan again?"
"Ancestor, please watch this video."
Qin Fei opened the Light Computer and projected the screen, playing the video of Gao Xuan cutting the space battleship.
Qin Shiyue squinted his eyes and watched the video, but remained noncommittal.
Helplessly, Qin Fei mustered up the courage to ask, "Old master, do you have any thoughts?"
"What thoughts can I have? This boy is impressive indeed."
Qin Shiyue shook his head, "If you can't defeat him, surrender and admit defeat."
"Huh?"
Qin Fei and Qin Wu were both stunned. Is the old man's suggestion serious?