Chapter 81: The Aftermath of the Prison Beast Invasion

Inside Blue Star,

the sudden Prison Beast attack had news media rushing to report.

Online discussions reached an unprecedented fervor, rivaling the initial world-shaking upheaval. After all, this was the first true invasion by an alien “race.”

But unlike the cinematic endings where alien invaders are defeated, humanity’s military suffered a complete rout this time. Without the help of that silver-haired girl, this day might have marked the end of human civilization.

Consequently, many lost faith in the government and military. Boundless panic spread rapidly through human society, severely disrupting public order.

People desperately wanted answers: Was this attack over? Would there be more such assaults in the future?

—

Lin Ling was already aware of all this, but she took no action.

After all, there were things she herself couldn’t answer.

Seated atop the statue on the Empire State Building, Lin Ling listened to Little White’s report while directing her other clones to handle the aftermath—rescuing people, providing disaster relief, clearing the remains of the Prison Beasts,

and searching for the shattered fragments of the Mother Goddess’s barrier. If the barrier could be repaired, that would be ideal; otherwise, being constantly watched by those external consciousnesses felt extremely uncomfortable.

Now,

with the cooperation of Lin Ling’s main body and dozens of clones, all remnants of extraterrestrial creatures on Blue Star had been eliminated, including humans and other animals infected by the outer domain.

But to prevent the situation from worsening, Lin Ling did not operate in the shadows.

Instead, she openly and swiftly eradicated these threats, including the infected humans.

Among them, some still retained their sanity, but for safety, Lin Ling had to eliminate them as well.

This led to a problem that greatly annoyed Lin Ling:

Those ignorant folks took videos of this and added their own embellishments. Coupled with the overflowing sympathy of some sanctimonious people, Lin Ling found herself being criticized by many, completely ignoring the fact that she had eliminated numerous Prison Beasts.

However, what comforted Lin Ling was that once the negative news broke, the people she had previously rescued came forward online to support her, their momentum far surpassing that of the “ignorant” netizens.

Otherwise, Lin Ling might have had to go through the internet to teach them a lesson… Trolls are so annoying!

It seemed that rational people were still the majority, but most still had no idea what had happened. Although Little White had released a large amount of information about the Prison Beasts on the internet, nothing about Lin Ling herself was included.

Thus, her identity and attitude toward humanity remained unknown and somewhat confusing to them.

Too many things had happened in the past six months—too many unbelievable events, enough to completely shatter people’s normal worldview.

From this perspective,

Yefis was right: it was time to tell them what had really happened,

what challenges Blue Star was facing.

With all the previous events and groundwork laid, getting humanity to understand and accept shouldn’t be too difficult.

The key was how to inform them.

It seemed she would have to ask Little White to contact the various nations again, just like before.

Wow…

She hadn’t expected it to be this troublesome.

Honestly, she felt that being the Original Battle Sovereign was a bit miserable—she hadn’t accomplished many of the things she wanted to do, but had a pile of annoying chores.

Just as Lin Ling was thinking, dozens of spiritual clones returned from all over the world, signaling that the mission was over.

Then, under Lin Ling’s control, these clones decomposed back into holy spiritual energy and returned to her body.

Reading the memory feedback brought back by these independently acting clones, Lin Ling gained a deeper understanding of the damage Blue Star had sustained.

A total of 735 Prison Beasts had entered Blue Star, and 2,034 cities had been affected by the battles. The exact number of casualties was still unknown—after all, dying under the claws of Prison Beasts didn’t necessarily leave a complete body. The specific statistics would take time,

but the number was estimated to be substantial.

Sigh, thanks to Little White’s communication with various countries, a large portion of the Prison Beasts had been eliminated before she returned. Otherwise, the number of affected people might have reached an even more terrifying level.

However, another issue had been discovered: humanity’s current weapons were far too inefficient in dealing damage to the Prison Beasts. Without the special spiritual energy left by Lin Ling as bait, the entire air force of E Nation had sacrificed 234 aircraft to kill just two Prison Beasts. Compared to the agile Prison Beasts, humanity’s steel forces seemed incredibly cumbersome.

Even the Prison Beasts attracted by spiritual energy had required hundreds of missiles from I Nation’s military to stop their life activities. The weapons’ power and penetration efficiency were insufficient.

Since she had already informed the countries about the outer domain, she might as well help them upgrade their weapons. Otherwise, when the three-year deadline arrived, Little White’s black technology might not be shareable.

She just hoped they could handle those high-tech weapons

and, more importantly, not use them against their own kind.

Sigh, just in case, she would have to find a way to supervise them.

So exhausting.

—

As for Lin Ling’s acquaintances, thanks to the safeguards she had left in place, even after she unleashed her power, her friends and family were unharmed.

As for those who had learned of Lin Ling’s identity, she had teleported them to the South Sea Villa for education, including her parents and younger brother. She left a clone there to soothe them and, using the method she had discussed with Wu Hang, used spiritual power to introduce them to the incredible things that had happened to her.

But recalling how Aunt Cai and the others trembled with fear when the clone introduced itself, Lin Ling wanted to laugh.

‘Do they think I’m a monster? I’m not that petty.’

‘(For now) I won’t hold grudges against you.’

After explaining some important matters, she sent them back. After everything they had been through, they deserved a good rest.

As for her parents and Lin Hui, she let them rest in the villa for now. It was good to have Little White look after them.

But the little ones weren’t so lucky.

Because the Mother Goddess’s barrier had been breached, creating a huge crack, countless external detection forces poured into Blue Star through it, preventing Biska from moving easily.

As a result, to avoid exposing the fact that Biska and Lin Ling had already made contact, the teleportation arrays inside the ancient giant beasts, which were used for emergency survival, had to be shut down.

Consequently, four giant beasts sacrificed themselves heroically in this extraterrestrial attack. Even Pangolin was severely injured protecting Zhang Shuhan. Fortunately, Sakuragi arrived in time to save Pangolin and protect Zhang Shuhan.

Sigh, if only she had learned to use teleportation magic back then, those little ones wouldn’t have suffered like this.

Unfortunately, there’s no medicine for regret.

—

There were also some things that puzzled Lin Ling: where did this batch of extraterrestrial creatures come from? How did they cross the border defenses to get here?

Lin Ling could confirm that the Prison Beasts she fought were commanded by some kind of power. They didn’t behave as mindlessly as the records Little White provided suggested.

But who was their commander?

Was it Xi Yue? If it was her, why didn’t she show up until the end?

Although Lin Ling deeply longed to see Xi Yue,

she lowered her head and looked at her own palm, recalling the countless Prison Beasts she had eliminated today.

Remembering the uncontrollable killing intent she felt when facing Snake Dragon and Leviathan, a wave of fear washed over her. If she were to meet Xi Yue now, what would happen?

Just then, as if sensing something, Lin Ling stopped thinking and focused her gaze on a road not far away. There, a fully armed convoy was speeding along, apparently protecting a large transport truck in the middle.

Ah…

“They just never learn…”

Lin Ling sighed helplessly.

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