Icaroia soon reached the end of the factory. A dark black door, a thousand meters high, stood before her, the entire surface engraved with bizarre mechanical patterns.

At the top of the door, a peculiar progress bar floated.

It displayed 99%.

Icaroia stood still, her icy eyes fixed on the progress bar, a rare hint of excitement showing within.

"Lady Icaroia, once the progress is complete, no one in the vast Negative Universe will be your match. No one will be able to stop you," Agaka said, bowing obsequiously. Though he didn't know what Icaroia planned to do next, Agaka knew very well that she had spent and waited too long for this moment.

"Agaka, keep a close watch here. I will not tolerate any accidents, understand?"

Icaroia quickly regained her composure and issued the order with utter indifference.

"Yes!"

Agaka replied in a deep voice.

...

Laurel Kingdom, interstellar airport.

A white Star Destroyer slowly descended.

Queen Heiwenny and her subordinates were already waiting.

At this moment, the Star Destroyer's exit opened.

Golie led the way down, followed by Su Mo and the others.

After attending Herbert's memorial service, Su Mo simply followed Golie to the Laurel Kingdom to attend Bagg's memorial service.

To be honest, Su Mo's biggest feeling after attending Herbert's memorial service was one of melancholy. But attending Bagg's memorial service in the Laurel Kingdom filled him with more sadness.

Within the Royal Knights, he was only really close to Bagg and Xia Weiya.

He never expected him to die like that.

Queen Heiwenny stepped forward and greeted Golie with a weary expression.

"Lord Golie, you've arrived."

"Yes, my condolences!"

"Lord Golie, this way please, the memorial service is about to begin."

Queen Heiwenny replied with a wry smile.

"Alright!"

Golie replied simply.

"Lord Su Mo, this way as well."

Queen Heiwenny then said politely to Su Mo.

Su Mo nodded slightly and quietly followed behind Golie.

A moment later, they followed Heiwenny to the Laurel Kingdom's Royal Cemetery.

They saw Laurel Kingdom soldiers, dressed in uniform white ceremonial uniforms, standing quietly on both sides with their heads bowed in silent mourning.

Inside the inner area, the Laurel Kingdom had built a sea of flowers using pure white blossoms.

In the middle of the flower sea was a black and white electronic photo frame of Bagg.

All those who came to mourn stood in front of the flower sea, with their hands clasped and lowered, silently paying their respects.

There were many people mourning, almost all the nobles and officers of the Laurel Kingdom were present.

Standing in the front row, apart from Bagg's family, were Xia Weiya and Loren.

A trace of haggardness showed on Xia Weiya's fair face. She, Bagg, and Loren had fought side by side for so many years. Although she had long expected that one day someone would sacrifice themselves.

But she never expected this day to come so quickly.

"Lord Golie, Lord Su Mo... arriving!"

The master of ceremonies, responsible for introductions, called out in a deep voice.

Xia Weiya and the others turned their heads and saw Queen Heiwenny leading Golie, Su Mo, and the others in, all holding a bouquet of pure white flowers in their hands.

The crowd parted to make way.

Su Mo followed Golie to the front of the flower sea, and they bowed deeply three times before Bagg's portrait.

Sobbing sounds could not help but be heard on the scene.

Su Mo felt a pang in his heart as he listened to the sobs, and memories of his time with Bagg flooded his mind.

After bowing, Golie placed the flowers in her hand into the sea of flowers.

She turned to the crowd and said, "Regarding Bagg's sacrifice, please accept my condolences. As one of the Twelve Knights of the Royal Knights, Bagg has made many contributions to the City of Star Ring. However, he died in a despicable ambush by the Eternal Sleeper race. Rest assured, the City of Star Ring will certainly avenge this blood debt for him."

Hearing Golie's words, the people of the Laurel Kingdom said with excitement.

"Thank you, Lord Golie!"

"That's great, I knew the City of Star Ring would not sit idly by."

...

Seeing this, Queen Heiwenny took the opportunity to appease the crowd. "Everyone has heard Lord Golie's words. We must have confidence in the City of Star Ring, in Lady Icaroia."

"Yes."

Many people present echoed.

In fact, Queen Heiwenny had been working hard recently to quell the unrest below.

At this time, Su Mo, who had finished mourning, bowed to Bagg's family on the side.

"My condolences. Although Bagg is gone, if there is anything you need help with, you can come to me."

"Thank you."

Bagg's many relatives replied with red eyes.

"Ah!"

Su Mo sighed slightly and didn't say anything more. He walked towards Xia Weiya and Loren.

Seeing Su Mo approaching, Xia Weiya and Loren said in a low voice.

"You're here."

"Yes, Bagg's sacrifice was too sudden. Please accept my condolences."

Su Mo said to Xia Weiya and Loren.

"We will find a chance to avenge this debt in the future."

Xia Weiya clenched her fists, her knuckles cracking.

"Yes, we must avenge it, but we must not be impulsive now. This is obviously a carefully designed counterattack by the Eternal Sleeper race, aimed at us. Even I was ambushed and almost suffered a great loss!"

Su Mo advised Xia Weiya and Loren.

"You were also ambushed?"

Xia Weiya was slightly stunned.

"Yes, I was ambushed by four deputy patriarchs of the Eternal Sleeper race."

Su Mo nodded in response.

"Four? Did you say four?"

Loren's expression froze, revealing an unbelievable look.

Xia Weiya was also shocked and kept sizing up Su Mo.

"Ahem, don't look at me like that, would I lie to you just to show off? It really was four, led by that Emperor-class Brunahn, plus Mogasi, and two unknown Type VI Spirit Touchers, one black and one white."

Su Mo felt uncomfortable under the gaze of Xia Weiya and Loren, and explained.

Xia Weiya and Loren looked at each other, their expressions even more astonished. They both suddenly realized.

It turned out that the Eternal Sleeper race's forces that were chasing them ran into Su Mo halfway.

No wonder they let them go.

That explained everything.

"What's wrong with you? Don't look at me like that, would I lie to you?"

Su Mo asked with a wry smile, seeing that Xia Weiya and Loren had been silent for a long time.

Xia Weiya didn't know how to explain it to Su Mo at this time.

How could she tell him that he took the blame for herself and Loren?

She coughed awkwardly and asked, "Are you alright after running into the four deputy patriarchs? Were there heavy casualties?"

"Oh, that's nothing. It just took a little effort to get rid of them."

Su Mo said casually, feeling inexplicably guilty for some reason.

"It's good that you're alright."

Xia Weiya forced a smile.

"What's wrong with you?"

Su Mo scratched his head, feeling that something was not right? Could it be due to excessive grief?