Redemption of a Born Demon

Chapter 129 - 1129: Great Trend of the World, Myriad Gazes Gather on Donghua (Middle)

Starry Sky Country, Special Affairs Bureau.

The Director’s Office.

A man as tall as a brown bear, with flowing blond hair and a commanding presence, sat in the office. The suit he wore was stretched taut over his brawny muscles, looking as if it might rip apart at any moment.

The man held a wine glass, swirling it gently. The crimson liquid, as red as blood, spun inside the cup.

The office was immense, its decor a blend of the primitive, wild aura of an ancient tribe and the orderly elegance of the modern era.

The room was filled with all sorts of rare animal specimens. Walking inside was like stepping into a museum of fierce beasts.

Two massive elephant tusks, nearly three meters long; the head of a giant lion, its fangs bared ferociously; an enormous tiger pelt that covered almost half a wall; and a massive, taxidermied crocodile nearly eight meters in length...

...down to the world’s fastest peregrine falcon and the most venomous species of snakes and spiders.

When they were alive, every one of these specimens had been a king among its kind, possessing the strongest biological traits.

They weren’t purchased with money; they were all the "trophies" of the man in the office.

Moreover, he was most famous for his habit of defeating and hunting his prey in the very domain where they excelled.

Surrounded by these numerous beasts, the only living man sitting in the room was like the king of all creatures, a being at the absolute pinnacle of Earth’s food chain.

The Director of the Starry Sky Country’s Special Affairs Bureau, Kasey Rich, the man known as the "Beast King."

If any animal rights organizations in the Starry Sky Country were to see this scene, it would undoubtedly cause a massive uproar, and they would tear the Starry Sky Country’s government to shreds.

But unfortunately, the Special Affairs Bureau was a top-secret department. Ordinary people had no right to know any of its details.

KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK!

The office door was knocked upon, and a tall young man with a buzz cut walked into the room.

"Director, the council has approved your plan and will give it their full support."

The young man saluted Kasey and handed him a file.

Kasey took the file but didn’t look at it. Instead, he drained the wine in his glass in one gulp.

"I knew they would support it. If Donghua succeeds, it’ll make things difficult for us."

Kasey said calmly.

This world is vast, but it’s also small. There are only so many resources. Whoever controls their distribution controls the future.

The king of beasts should possess everything and grow ever stronger, while the weak will only sink further into decline.

This is the law of the jungle.

"Then proceed as planned. The other nations are waiting for us to make a move. Since Donghua wants to host a grand event to showcase those extraordinary beings to the world, we’ll just help make it even more of a global spectacle. It’s the perfect opportunity to let the whole world know what conflict in this new era looks like."

"Also, those old geezers in the Secret Organizations probably won’t let this opportunity slip by. The relationship between them and Donghua has always been like fire and water."

Kasey rose slowly from his chair and walked over to a world map, pointing to a spot in East Asia.

"Modu... what a fine hunting ground. A pity I can’t go myself. But our Starry Sky Country has no shortage of people who can suppress anything that comes their way."

Kasey muttered to himself.

「The southern border of the Starry Sky Country.」

Inside the command center of a private satellite launch facility.

"Pioneer III return capsule has entered Earth’s stratosphere. All data is nominal!"

"Life signs from inside the capsule are connected. We are recording real-time data fluctuations."

"Capsule is experiencing minor turbulence! There is a deviation in the landing coordinates! New landing coordinates have been calculated and are being transmitted to the ground recovery team!"

"..."

The staff bustled about, continuously recording all kinds of data.

Meanwhile, with the ground recovery team.

A dozen or so men in black suits and researchers in lab coats stood in front of their vehicles, looking up at the sky.

Far in the distance, high in the boundless sky, a dazzling point of light appeared. Trailing a fiery tail, it rapidly grew larger in their sight.

It was a spacecraft’s return capsule. Under the terrifying acceleration, friction with the air caused the capsule to ignite in bright flames, making it look just like a falling meteor from a distance.

When the capsule descended to a certain altitude, the drogue parachute at its rear suddenly deployed. The capsule’s speed dropped abruptly, and it finally fell slowly to the ground somewhere ahead.

By then, everyone in the ground team was already driving toward the capsule’s landing site.

A staff member in a protective suit immediately went forward, intending to help open the hatch, but the next moment, the heavy door was pushed open from the inside.

Under everyone’s watchful eyes, a tall, blond young man stepped out of the return capsule.

He was bare-chested, revealing sculpted muscles. His skin was as flawless as beautiful jade, his face incredibly handsome, and his pair of azure eyes held a cold detachment, like that of a deity.

Most importantly, he had returned from outer space without wearing any kind of spacesuit or protective gear.

Furthermore, under normal circumstances, even after returning safely to Earth while wearing protective gear, the human body would suffer various adverse symptoms from re-entering a gravity environment. It would be extremely weak and require a long recovery period.

But this man showed no such signs. In fact, he seemed even more normal than an ordinary person just getting off a plane.

Traveling between heaven and earth with only his physical body.

It was an unprecedented miracle.

"Mr. Devi, on behalf of the Special Affairs Bureau, I congratulate you on your safe return to Earth."

A tall, middle-aged man in a suit stepped forward, extending his hand toward the man who had emerged from the capsule.

Devi’s gaze fell upon the middle-aged man.

The next moment—!

BZZZZ!!

The middle-aged man felt the world spin around him. In that instant, he was no longer standing on the ground but in a boundless, starry cosmos.

He couldn’t breathe, as if he were truly in a vacuum. An intense burning sensation washed over his body, and his skin even began to show signs of festering, as if his flesh were directly exposed to the terrifying radiation and energy of space.

He tried to mobilize the immense power within his body, but his equilibrium was completely shattered. It was as if he were in a zero-gravity environment, where even maintaining his balance was incredibly difficult, let alone struggling or launching an attack.

He was a high-ranking member of the Special Affairs Bureau who had undergone Super Warrior modification. Like the Mr. Guo whom Yi Beidou had killed in Northern Myanmar, he was a perfect Super Warrior. Yet in front of this man, he was utterly powerless to fight back.

The young man before him stood amidst the stars, controlling everything like a supreme deity.

"My cultivation has reached a critical stage. I was about to perform the first unassisted spacewalk in human history. You interrupted my cultivation, so this business with Donghua had better be as interesting as you claim."

Devi said calmly.

"You will definitely be interested, because your record has been broken. A younger Saint Realm achiever has appeared in this world—in Donghua!"

The middle-aged man opened his mouth, trying to speak, but as his lips moved, not a single sound came out.

However, Devi already understood what he wanted to say.

’A Saint Realm achiever younger than me?’

A blazing light erupted in Devi’s eyes.

"If that’s the case, then it was indeed worth returning to Earth from space for this."

A soul-capturing smile appeared at the corner of his lips.