Star Odyssey

he would have reached in the future, but he had died here.

However, although Lu Yin felt a bit sad at hearing Bu Kong’s passing, he did not feel much regret.

Despite his own nonchalance, Lu Yin could imagine the anger of the Progenitor of Secret Arts.

“Not only was Bu Kong killed, but Wu Taibai was also attacked and seriously injured.
It’s unknown if Wang Yi is dead or alive,” Highsage Grandmaster continued in a rather despondent tone.

Lu Yin frowned.
“So the Neohuman Alliance deliberately sent the Seven Skygods to attack us first in order to lower the Sixth Mainland’s vigilance.
Their real target was always the Sixth Mainland.”

Highsage Grandmaster shook his head.
“Their true target is all of humanity, not a particular mainland.
After all these years, we have grasped a good understanding of the Neohuman Alliance.
We already knew that they would target you and Qiu Shi, but neither of those attacks were likely to succeed, as a few of us old ones would definitely be protecting you.
Given the situation, they were only able to focus on the Sixth Mainland.”

“So they’ll just pick us off one by one, huh?” Lu Yin asked.

Highsage Grandmaster nodded, but he stared off into space with a complicated expression.
“Only by joining forces can you have any real hope, and that hope lessens with every death.
Fortunately, there are many talented youths in your generation, and even if Bu Kong has been lost, the Sixth Mainland can replace him with Zhi Yi.”

“What about Wang Yi?” Lu Yin asked.

Highsage Grandmaster shook his head.
“I don't know if he’s dead or not.
If he can’t make it to the Neoverse by the appointed time, then he can only be replaced.”

After Lu Yin heard this explanation, he suddenly looked over at Highsage Grandmaster.
This was not good.
If both he and Highsage Grandmaster could think of such possibilities, then how could it have not occurred to the Neohuman Alliance?

The current younger generation was shining too brightly, and it had caused the Hall of Honor to ignore the possibility that other people would also be attacked.
It had to be admitted that, while Yōu Qi, Liu Tianmu, Unseen Light, and Starsibyl had not qualified to enter ZENITH’s top ten, they had not lost by much.
All of them were fully qualified to replace Wang Yi or any of the others in this opportunity to compete to change their destiny.

The Neohuman Alliance might have already made a move.

However, the situation regarding the others had little to do with Lu Yin, and he did not have the luxury to worry about others.

Before long, another call came through, and Lu Yin immediately accepted.
An absolutely stunning woman appeared on his screen.
She was Fei Liu, the captain of one of the seven crews under Leon’s Armada.
Lu Yin had met this captain once before, and he had been told to call her Sister Fei.

“Little Lu, I still can't find out who was behind that bookkeeper,” Sister Fei said.

Lu Yin's heart fell.
“How much of the payout was left behind?”

“I got there in time to find almost 360 million star essence still there,” Sister Fei said.

After ZENITH started, Lu Yin had called Leon’s Armada and asked Highsage Leon to send someone to find the largest bookkeeper for him to place his bets.
He had specifically gone through Leon’s Armada, as he had been afraid that the bookkeeper would take off without paying if Lu Yin won his bet.

His worries had proven true, and Leon’s Armada had moved quickly.
They had located the bookkeeper during ZENITH, and Sister Fei had personally kept an eye on them.

However, they had still been one step behind.
The bookkeeper had already transferred the majority of the funds, and if Sister Fei had not acted as quickly as she had, then not even 300 million star essence would have been left over.

“Sister Fei, can you really not find out who’s behind that bookkeeper?” Lu Yin was not willing to accept this loss.
He had bet 100 million star essence on himself at ten to one odds, which meant that he should have won a billion star essence.
However, all he had ended up with was 300 million left.
On top of that, he could not even claim the entire 300 million, as Leon’s Armada had been the one to locate the money, which meant that they were entitled to at least half and likely more.

There were still many accounts to settle.
Besides that, Leon’s Armada was a band of pirates, and Highsage Leon himself was the Pirate King.

Sister Fei rolled her eyes.
“I want to find them even more than you.
Do you think that you’re the only one who placed bets with them? A lot of people have lost their money.”

Lu Yin frowned.
The reason why this bookkeeper had been regarded as the largest and most trustworthy was that the gambling funds had been directly deposited into the Mavis Bank, and a full one billion star essence had been borrowed from the Mavis Bank.

This billion star essence had been what the bookkeeper had used as a guarantee to reassure people into placing bets.
As long as anyone had proof of their bet and winnings, they would be able to collect their winnings straight from the Mavis Bank itself.
It was very simple.

Since the betting had been done in such an open manner, there was essentially no risk of reneging.
However, nobody had expected Lu Yin to bet so much and even win.
He had actually won a billion star essence! Thus, the loan was only enough to pay just him back, and there were many others who also needed to be paid.
The bookkeeper had taken a terrible loss, and they had naturally not been willing to accept it.

Without Lu Yin's wager, the billion star essence would have been more than plenty to pay off all of the other winners.
Even after paying off the interest on the Mavis Bank loan, the bookkeeper would have been sitting on a few hundred million or more in profit without any issue.

But Lu Yin had won.

The people behind the bookkeeper had simply fled.
As for the billion star essence held by the Mavis Bank, no one was able to touch it without proof of their wagers from the bookkeeper.
The bookkeeper had to pay the bank yearly interest on the loan, but the wagers that they had collected were enough to pay the interest fees for countless years.

The unlucky ones were those who had placed bets and won, as all of their money was gone without their initial bet being paid back.
More importantly, no one knew who was behind the bookkeeper.

Lu Yin called Lulu Mavis, hoping to use his relationship with her to get access to some of the Mavis Bank’s internal records, but he was quickly told that that was impossible.
The Mavis Bank had to maintain their clients’ confidentiality no matter what.
Besides, the Mavis Bank had not suffered a loss in this situation, as they would still collect annual interest on that billion star essence loan, which was a substantial amount of money.

Having to eat the loss of hundreds of millions of star essence, Lu Yin felt frustrated to the point where he wanted to vomit blood.

All the money that Lu Yin had earned over these many years could not amount to what he had lost in this incident.
No—he had to find out who had stolen from him.
No matter what it took, he would get his billion star essence back, even if he had to take it from the Mavis Bank itself.
Lu Yin would not accept anything less.