Chapter 179 Cooperation

An incredibly powerful and rich energy surged towards him.

In Li Tianran's sight, the black dot in the sky grew larger and larger. Accompanied by a gust of wind, the black dot gradually revealed the silhouette of a figure with wings on its back.

In the blink of an eye, the Gale Apostle was above the cargo ship!

"Huff..."

Facing an apostle at close range, Li Tianran felt as if a giant rock was pressing down on his chest, making it difficult to breathe, as if he was carrying a mountain on his back!

The Gale Apostle stood high above, like a god, wantonly displaying its aura.

But soon, its gaze fell on Hanhan, who was fishing in a corner of the cargo ship's deck. Its pupils suddenly constricted, and the wanton, unrestrained aura rapidly dissolved like snow meeting the sun, ultimately fading into nothingness.

Thud!

The Gale Apostle slowly landed on the cargo ship. It first looked deeply at Hanhan's back, its eyes flashing with incredibly complex emotions. Then, its gaze swept over Tang Su, Yuan Wen, and the others, finally landing on Li Tianran directly in front.

"I didn't expect you to really come," the Gale Apostle said. It didn't waste any words, but went straight to the point: "It seems my guess was right, you are also very interested in cooperation!"

"I'm interested in the core crystal," Li Tianran said, looking at the Gale Apostle. He wanted to see something in the other's expression, but he failed. The Gale Apostle's face didn't reveal any emotion, making it impossible to guess what it was thinking. "I'm very curious, what exactly happened to you that made you willing to extend an invitation to me?"

"Could it be that you are already in a difficult situation within the ancient civilization?"

Li Tianran revealed a hint of a smile and said in a very relaxed tone: "Let me guess, you are willing to put aside your hatred and risk being killed by appearing in front of me, you must have encountered a more difficult situation."

"You are an apostle, even if you have lost the Miracle Building, you are still among the strongest creatures on Blue Star, so the only thing that can make you feel pressure is the other apostles..."

"It seems that there is infighting among the ancient civilizations, and your strength is the weakest, so you have to find a new way out in advance, right?"

Although Li Tianran couldn't see any useful information from the Gale Apostle's expression, he pieced together the truth of the matter based on various signs. As Li Tianran said this, the Gale Apostle's originally calm expression became somewhat gloomy.

"It seems my guess was right," Li Tianran took a deep breath.

"This is all thanks to you!" The Gale Apostle gritted its teeth, squeezing out a hateful sentence.

"Tch, everything is your own fault," Li Tianran shrugged his shoulders: "War is a matter of life and death!"

The Gale Apostle was silent for a long time. Finally, it lost interest in continuing to argue with Li Tianran about this issue and said very bluntly, "Let's talk about serious business!"

"I can extend an invitation to you, which means I need your help! And you can come here, which means my bargaining chips are also attractive to you."

"In that case, let's get straight to the point! I can give you all the Babel Tower wreckage energy core crystals, and I can even help you complete the construction of that submarine warship!"

"In return, I want you to provide shelter for my tribe!"

Hearing the Gale Apostle's words, Li Tianran raised his eyebrows in surprise.

He originally thought that the Gale Apostle would make more demanding requests, such as helping it collect materials to rebuild the Miracle Building in the future, providing them with technical support, or directly demanding to divide the command of the Gonggong Battleship or Sky Citadel...

But he didn't expect the Gale Apostle's request to be so... low!

"Just provide shelter for you?" Li Tianran was stunned for a moment, and asked again in disbelief, "Is it that simple?"

"..." The Gale Apostle glanced at Li Tianran and revealed a confident smile: "Yes! I only need you to temporarily provide shelter for my tribe. Other than that, you don't need to do anything else!"

Li Tianran suddenly realized.

Standing in front of him was an old monster who had survived for countless years. It and its followers were all powerful species after secondary evolution. Although they had lost the Miracle Building and become weaker, they possessed the technology and experience accumulated over countless years of survival.

As long as they survived this difficult period of weakness and were not eliminated by other apostles and Li Tianran, they would soon seize every opportunity to become powerful again!

"..." Li Tianran lowered his head and fell into thought.

"This is a win-win situation, you should have no reason to refuse..." The Gale Apostle asked when it saw this, "What are you considering?"

Li Tianran turned around and walked to the edge of the deck, looking at the endless sea, and said very seriously: "I'm considering whether I should just kill you now!"

Although the Gale Apostle was a secondary evolved creature, there was a stronger existence next to it, and the Kunlun Giant Ship was waiting in Li Tianran's system storage space. If he wanted to kill the Gale Apostle at all costs, the success rate would be at least 80%!

"..." The Gale Apostle heard this, and the terrifying genetic pressure that it had suppressed spread out again.

As one of the most powerful creatures on Blue Star, the Gale Apostle had never been threatened with death by a low-level creature. It sneered and said: "To be honest, I'm also thinking... how high is the success rate of forcibly killing you now and seizing the Sky Citadel's authority!"

Li Tianran and the Gale Apostle looked at each other, and a huge aura spread around, and the entire sea surface began to vibrate slightly.

"The fish are scared away." At this moment, Hanhan suddenly said calmly: "Be quiet."

As soon as these words came out, the Gale Apostle's increasingly rising pressure suddenly disappeared again. It took a deep breath, gave up its unrealistic idea. In front of the Earth Apostle, it couldn't kill Li Tianran by force at all.

"You can kill me, but if you do... you may suffer huge losses and not get any benefits! Because I, who have lost the Miracle Building, no longer pose a great threat to human civilization or to you!" The Gale Apostle put down its dignity and said very bluntly: "You can only get the empty title of [killing an apostle again]."

"And if you accept my invitation to cooperate, you can not only get all the core crystals for manufacturing the planetary engine, but also get our technical support."

"Even in the future, we can completely become allies with you and fight together!"