I Pick Up Talents on the Interstellar Battlefield

Chapter 862: Chapter 583: The Crisis at Ice Extreme Pass, Qin Tian’s Return

Pluto, Ice Fortress Council Hall.

The hall is brightly lit, and all the core high-level members of the Ice Fortress are gathered in full. The atmosphere is silent, and a heavy oppressive air weighs on everyone’s heart.

In the central position, Robert sits upright.

This member, who joined the Ice Fortress the most recently, has won everyone’s respect and trust in a short period of time with Tier Seven’s formidable strength, vast knowledge reserves like the sea, and extremely meticulous action style. With Qin Tian’s authorization, he is now the de facto interim leader of the Ice Fortress, coordinating all affairs, big and small.

On either side of him, sit the new and old core members of the Ice Fortress

The Shadow Division Leader Li Qi

The Shadow Division Deputy Leader and External Liaison Minister Elder Ghost

Lingfeng Trading Company General Manager Poisonous Widow Barbarian Race Leader Terreda

Barbarian Legion Deputy Leader Xiong

White Tiger Legion Leader Ran Tu

General Staff Department Chief Zhou Ziming

Ice Fortress Chief Instructor Xue Wuyang

Phoenix Mercenary Corps Leader Kane

In addition, the leaders of the first to fifth battalion of the Ice Fortress and all the brigadiers of the White Tiger Legion, the main leaders, were also present, lined up on both sides. It can be said that at this moment in the council hall, all the core figures who can stand alone in the Ice Fortress were gathered, and everyone’s face showed a difficult-to-hide solemnity.

“Xiong, Terreda, how are your injuries?”

Xue Wuyang was the first to speak, his gaze falling on Xiong, his voice full of concern.

This half beastman, usually as burly as a mountain, now looks emaciated, a layer of inescapable dark blue aura shrouded on his rough face, his lips unnaturally pale, even his breathing was somewhat heavy, his state was extremely poor.

Terreda’s condition next to him wasn’t much better, his face was pale, a ferocious wound stretched from his collarbone down to his waist and abdomen, the wound had not healed, instead, it showed signs of opening, the surface shrouded in a faint gray-white aura, from time to time, dark pus flowed down, exuding a pungent smell, every movement accompanied by heart-wrenching pain.

“I’m okay.”

Xiong nodded slowly, his voice dull and hoarse, as if squeezed out from deep within his throat.

“I’m not okay!”

Before Xiong’s words fell, Terreda clenched his fists suddenly, nails deeply embedded in his palms, his eyes bloodshot, his voice fierce like an injured fierce beast, “Those bastards killed so many of my brothers, I will definitely slaughter them myself!”

Hearing this, a tinge of anger appeared in the eyes of everyone present.

During the days when the Military Lord was absent, Ice Fortress did not fall into panic due to losing its core, on the contrary, everyone performed their duties, cooperating with each other, doing their utmost to accelerate the construction pace of Ice Fortress

The main combat units actively cleared snow beasts outside to eliminate safety hazards for the construction of the new city

Robert took up the duties of the administrator, assisted by Zhou Ziming, leading the construction team to gradually build the satellite city step by step following the pre-established lotus-shaped city planning

The remaining members were bustling around, bringing in investments from various places, searching for talents, everyone was sparing no effort for the Pluto development plan, just to live up to the Military Lord’s entrustment.

But as everything was steadily advancing, troubles came one after another

The reconnaissance teams were inexplicably attacked, went missing, even their remains couldn’t be found; materials stored in the new city were violently damaged; merchants heading to Ice Fortress for trading were threatened by unknown forces, scared away one by one… each case lay like ominous clouds over Ice Fortress, plunging the entire Ice Fortress into a tense and oppressive atmosphere.

Later, Li Qi led The Shadow Division to set up an inescapable net, finally capturing several perpetrators, and forced out the true mastermind from their mouths.

But when they learned the true identity of the opponent, everyone’s mood became more solemn—those targeting Ice Fortress were unexpectedly the two Holy Blood Clans,

Luoho Clan and Shinguji Clan.

The involvement of Luoho Clan didn’t surprise everyone.

After all, Ice Fortress and Inzaghi Luoho’s Rift Soul Ice Valley had longstanding grievances, the overt and covert battles between the two never ceased, only since the arrival of the Military Lord, Ice Fortress had been suppressing the Rift Soul Ice Valley, causing Inzaghi Luoho heavy losses, once a front-ranked Rift Soul Ice Valley on Pluto, had fallen into oblivion, becoming neglected.

Therefore, the Luoho Clan’s retaliatory actions were within reason, even the absence of the Military Lord, there was no fear in confronting the Rift Soul Ice Valley.

But the participation of the Shinguji Clan completely led the situation to an extremely unfavorable situation for Ice Fortress.

They knew very well that the Shinguji Clan took action because the Military Lord had slain two direct lineage descendants of the Shinguji Clan in the Ice God relic

Since then, the Military Lord became famous in one battle, his proud achievements also became a reason for many forces to remember him.

Now, the Shinguji Clan was obviously taking revenge at the opportunity.

Perhaps considering the severe impact on the Pluto development plan, the two Holy Blood Clans did not directly dispatch Holy Blood Descendants, but the Holy Blood Clans’ subordinates are numerous, the collaboration of the two still caused great trouble for Ice Fortress.

Especially a few days ago, The Shadow Division members accidentally discovered a hidden Spirit Pool while investigating outside.

The Spirit Pool was tightly encapsulated by thick layers of ice, if not for The Shadow Division members possessing the Night Demon Bloodline, with keen thermal sensing abilities, they could not have detected the anomaly beneath the ice.

Subsequently, the Ice Fortress mobilized Barbarian Warriors to fully excavate the ice, allowing the Spirit Pool to see the light of day again.