Xyrin Empire

Chapter 165: Chapter 165: The Most Embarrassing Landing in History

The sky grew increasingly overcast as if a layer of filthy silt was heavily pressing down. The low, rumbling sound of thunder continually emanated from the clouds, interspersed with bizarre flashes of light behind the dark clouds that further subdued the atmosphere.

The scene was eerily silent except for the faint thunder from the sky and the warriors’ increasingly heavy breathing. Even the nearby ocean waves had mysteriously calmed, adding to the eerie feeling.

By now, Jaina was completely certain that something immensely powerful was approaching this space, as the peculiar changes in the surrounding environment resulted from this energy interference. It made Jaina even more anxious about “them.” How powerful must the force be to manipulate the weather and even calm the entire ocean just with the presence before its arrival?

Of course, she could not know that these abnormal weather conditions were merely the aftermath of a cross-plane spatial jump, the energy of which was so enormous that producing a minor meteorological anomaly was already the result of our deliberate suppression.

Seeing even the most steadfast soldiers waver under the influence of this strange force field, Old Mage Victor had no choice but to wave his hand and release a “Group Mind Soothing” spell to relax the soldiers’ spirits.

Almost the moment the Group Mind Soothing took effect, a surge of energy so intense that even the most powerful space mages were utterly astonished suddenly came from above. Even warriors who knew nothing of magic felt this energy fluctuation and couldn’t help but look up at the still-clouded sky, accompanied by the sound of iron armor rubbing as they involuntarily shifted.

With a faint, deep rumbling sound, streaks of golden light leaked through the clouds. Initially weak, these threads of light quickly intensified, and more vigorous golden rays pierced the dark clouds, casting down upon the earth.

It was like the scene of a Heavenly God’s descent from myth, a boundless radiant miracle that dispersed the deep gloom. A golden beam of light tore through the clouds, leaving a large circular hole that rapidly expanded with the strengthening light, eventually clearing a third of the sky’s dark clouds. Brilliant sunlight streamed through the gap, casting its rays precisely on the island where Jaina resided.

As all the warriors were shaken by such a miracle, even beginning to tremble slightly, the few remaining composed powerhouses finally saw that at the top of the golden beam, a large golden archway had appeared.

The moment the space gate appeared, Jaina finally felt relieved. Although the previous miracle had also shocked her, it was only this space gate, emanating endless Holy Power, that could truly put her at ease. Because space magic, known to be the most difficult spell to control, wouldn’t normally carry any hint of other elemental energies. This confirmed that the massive gate in the sky indeed led to a world filled with divine presence.

In fact, she was mistaken. Behind the space gate was nothing but an Angel Sister being used like a large flashlight and a bunch of Energy Amplifiers labeled as ‘test items’…

Accompanied by the distant tolling of bells from far beyond, the door in the sky slowly opened, and an object radiating holy light… slowly emerged from the gate…

“This is our ou… ahem, our image creation plan, yes, that’s it, our image creation plan!”

It’s common knowledge how important first impressions are. I won’t claim that the scene I’ve designed for the ‘Heavenly Gods Descending’ can compare much with the real Divine Race, but I can assure you, such a dramatic entrance will definitely score us some incredible impression points, especially since our target audience is the natives of a magical world like Azeroth.

Another reason is that the original design of the Faith-class was just too… unappealing. Now don’t get me wrong, it’s not that it isn’t stylish. On the contrary, being a Xyrin Army support spaceship, although not a frontline warship, the Faith-class still possesses a daunting and aggressive design. With its tens of kilometers long black hull and various energy generators, it can certainly be described as formidable. However…we’re not here to wage a war of conquest. What we need to do is assist! It’s easy to understand that a too-intimidating warship might just have the opposite effect. Haven’t you seen those doctors in medicine ads on TV, all looking compassionate and wise like old monks? Even if you can’t find a kind elderly face immediately, at least prepare a gentle and well-mannered young scholar, right? I’ve never heard of any product whose spokesperson is a terrifying figure with a scarred face, bare-chested with swordfish tattoos…

So, we concocted this image creation plan with a clear purpose—to pretend… to pretend to be Saviors! With such a stunning image, we’ll bamboozle most of the humans. We don’t have the time to gradually earn the trust of the locals. Be it deception or trickery, we need to gain the natives’ cooperation as quickly as possible. The Burning Legion isn’t going to give us years to establish revolutionary friendships with Azerothians, so I opted for the most direct method.

Of course, I didn’t choose this method just because it’s cool! Absolutely not!

…Ah well, I don’t even believe myself; I just want to show off, so what! Lin Xue that sharp-tongued girl is already wrapped up like a rice dumpling! Let’s see who can look down on me now!

As the Faith-class, disguised as a Divine Race warship, gradually revealed more of itself, uncontrollable gasps of astonishment began to emerge among the soldiers:

“Holy Light above! What is that!”

“Oh my… what… how big is this thing!”

“This is only a part! My God, it’s not even fully revealed yet!”

“God! This is a weapon of God! I understand now! This is what we are here to welcome today! Lord Jaina has brought us the Divine Weapon!”

Due to various considerations, Jaina hadn’t informed the soldiers what today’s assembly was about until now, only that it was an important “welcome” for a very special group of people. However, the ambiguity of this “welcoming” led to much confusion among the loyal soldiers. If these were allies, such a mass gathering on a deserted island wouldn’t be the way to “welcome” them, and if they were enemies, the upper command had emphatically stressed not to attack unless absolutely necessary—such vague commands obviously baffled these dutiful warriors.

Now, the truth was unveiled: what they were welcoming was not a mortal force, but a God! To welcome a God, of course, was classified as the highest secret, so much so that even the participants couldn’t be informed in advance, obviously because…

Why indeed? Actually, there’s no reason at all…

Such an explanation is quite far-fetched, hardly different from no explanation. Why should the welcome of the Divine Race be kept secret in this way—even from the warriors taking part? What sense does that measure make? Using “welcoming God” as an excuse just doesn’t cut it!

However, in the world of Azeroth, theocratic ideology holds a significant position; some explanations that make no sense become reasonable once connected with the existence of “God.” If one can’t understand, maybe they should consider the expert effect on Earth. Believing in gods is superstition, but what about believing in experts?

That’s even more foolish! At least the former maintains a glorious image, but the latter has almost become a curse on Earth!

Well, now is not the time to discuss this topic…

After a full ten minutes or more, the Faith-class finally emerged completely from the giant archway. Praise advanced holographic projection technology! Such a huge archway was made so realistically that I even worried the spaceship might crash into it—this was purely a reflex, watching a gate barely wider than the spaceship block our view, even knowing it was just a bunch of laser projections made me nervous!

Although ten minutes seemed long, it was an impressive speed when compared to the tens of kilometers long body of the Faith-class.

The gigantic “Divine Weapon” had left the space gate and began descending slowly, letting the humans on the island seriously experience the thrill of a vertical drop of a sky town. However, the huge warship didn’t land directly but stopped a certain height above the ground. Then, a platform extended from below the warship, and a figure in heavy golden armor appeared on it, followed by more figures emerging behind the one in the full-body armor.

Well, one must say, the strength of Azerothians is quite good…

Meanwhile, somewhere in the background, a Prophet, forgotten and even his mouth was stuffed, looked at the holographic scene unfolding before him and couldn’t help but whimper in protest. Well, let me translate, basically it went like this: “Whimper whimper, damn nouveau riche, I despise your blatant showing off! Whimper whimper, at least take me with you… Eh? What’s this… Hahaha, what an idiot! Now you’re screwed! Thank goodness I didn’t go with you to make a fool of myself…”

Jaina was the only one at the scene who remained calm, but now she couldn’t help but think: Is this a God?

At that moment, the figure fully clad in heavy armor slowly scanned the crowd below, and then suddenly jumped down!

That was a height of kilometers! Even the mightiest warriors wouldn’t dare jump from this height without any Fighting Spirit defense, not even the King of Hills!

At that moment, inside the heart of a certain show-off who was addicted to showing off:

Yes! I finally have this kind of opportunity too! I finally get to make an entrance in such a flamboyant way!

From very early on, I, Chen Someone, have admired this way of making an entrance: falling vertically from the sky, creating a ten-meter-wide crater on the ground with a puff of smoke, and then slowly standing up. Now, I finally get to be that cool!

What? Injured? You must be joking, I wouldn’t endure lying in a regeneration chamber for three days just for showing off; don’t underestimate the physical quality I possess now, the continuous enhancement by Xyrin Technology isn’t a joke. Right now, I wouldn’t say I can withstand Doomsday, but I’m not afraid of a little falling damage, especially when I’m wearing this cool armor, the internal stability of the space device can offset any external impact!

With a loud “Thud,” the figure slammed into the ground several hundred meters in front of everyone, accompanied by rising smoke and vibrations in the ground, cracks spread until they stopped right at Jaina’s feet.

And then… all was quiet…

Well, three minutes later, it was still very quiet…

“Eh?” Qianqian, who was still on the landing platform, finally couldn’t resist asking curiously, “Why is there still no movement? Didn’t Ah Jun say that he should slowly stand up, and then the few of us follow him jumping down? If he doesn’t get up, do we not go down?”

Sandora was clearly also curious as to why that stylish figure hadn’t moved yet, so she leaned forward, adjusting her vision to level-one release mode and began observing seriously…

“Um… Pandora, how heavy is that armor approximately?”

“Two hundred and thirty-five kilograms.”

“Very well… It really did smash into the ground… Should we go down and help dig Ah Jun out?”