Under the impact of the chain explosions, the signal tower, bereft of its underground support, finally could not hold out any longer. Like a severed tree, it toppled toward the south and, when it crashed into the ground, it let out a thunderous roar and kicked up a dust cloud that lingered for a long time.
The collapse of the signal tower heralded the official end of the control that the Council of Seven and the aliens standing behind them had over the Sea Capital, an enormous settlement established in the wasteland.
Where something perished, something new would rise.
The signal tower fell, raising dust, but with the downfall of the Council of Seven and Shattered Star, Bai Fu undoubtedly rose to stand tall.
Bai Fu stood atop a massive, tilted slab of stone, holding a black scepter in her hand. Although she did not wear the crown that symbolized authority on her head, the icy aura emanating from her and the faint vortex of the superpower field forming around her body underscored her fearsome power.
The Crownless Queen indeed.
Whether it was the superpower users hiding in the shadows, afraid to show their faces, or the civilians who had just been evacuated under the cover of the players, when they saw Bai Fu's slightly blurry figure in the dust, a similar thought popped into their minds.
First to cut down the Truth Society, then to take on the Genetic Primordial, Bai Fu used her superhuman combat record and those Undying People who heeded her commands to tell everyone on Ancestral Origin Star—
The times have changed, my lord!
The falling leaves brought news that, on Ancestral Origin Star, Bai Fu ascended the throne, and the people embraced the new era belonging to Bai Fu!
Although the former five major powers still had three active, everyone believed it would be difficult for those three, even if they united closely together, to defeat Bai Fu.
No, those hidden advanced superpower users felt they should be bolder in their statement, thinking, "It would be very difficult for those three powers combined to withstand Bai Fu's assault."
Who made Bai Fu so terrifyingly strong?
Before Bai Fu emerged, some believed the Truth Society Chairman might well be the strongest individual in Ancestral Origin Star's history, of course, this was not widely accepted.
But now, the situation was different. Anyone with a modicum of training understood Bai Fu was unquestionably the number one superpower user throughout the ages of Ancestral Origin Star!
She might have already broken a certain limit, and if she were to harden her heart, on Ancestral Origin Star, no one could guarantee their survival under her assassination.
In this epoch of the wasteland, lacking weapons of mass destruction, she was a walking nuclear weapon!
"I just knew Satorri and his lot couldn't hold out, so I didn't bother with Pangbadun. Now it seems, as expected, the machinery that Satorri's lot moved down from the spaceship and Shattered Star's immunity to damage were hardly enough in Bai Fu's eyes."
"That's right, if the Truth Society Chairman wasn't a Mutant enhanced by technology provided by Shattered Star, there would have been no need for Bai Fu to step in, the Truth Society's previous attack would have been enough to doom Satorri and his people."
Satorri was indeed powerful, holding a middle position among the advanced superpower users, but he fell short when compared to the Truth Society Chairman. That he won was entirely due to him grasping the Chairman's physical weakness.
Faced with Bai Fu, who was without flaw and dubbed "Ancestral Origin Star's Destructor Dragon," anyone could guess Satorri's fate.
"The Railroad Guild must have received the news by now, right? I wonder what they're thinking. Having a Crownless Queen suddenly emerge over their heads must feel quite uncomfortable, even if this queen is very attractive."
A high-level superpower user from the Fun-Seeker group, not closely associated with the Genetic Primordial, could not help but burst into laughter.
In reality, the Railroad Guild was much calmer than he imagined.
This was mainly because the Railroad Guild had already cooperated with Bai Fu quite a bit previously. To achieve cooperation, they had even agreed to Bai Fu's demand to allow the inexperienced Su Li to climb to the position of department head.
Moreover, before Bai Fu breached the Sea Capital, they had sent people to contact the movie company where Igor was and obtained a lot of information from him.
For instance, Bai Fu was planning to make a documentary with Igor, Bai Fu had vaguely hinted at organizing the Undying People to explore the polluted world, and Bai Fu was actually a bit of an otaku, liking nothing more than to stay home and avoid fighting whenever possible.
Taking these pieces of information together, the Railroad Guild felt that even if Bai Fu were truly raised to the throne of Ancestral Origin Star, it wouldn't necessarily be bad for them.
Being an otaku was good; it meant Bai Fu would delegate power.
Organizing the Undying People to explore the polluted world was even better. The Undying People wouldn't truly die; they would merely weaken after death. Sending them to venture into the polluted world seemed the most suitable use for them, to avoid scaring children by their mere presence on the streets.
Furthermore, if this plan was successfully implemented, Ancestral Origin Star might indeed have a chance to return to its pre-Great Catastrophe state.
With this in mind, even though they had a Fu Queen over their heads, since they would manage larger territories, they actually profited.
Thinking this, they immediately called Su Li over after finishing their conversation with Igor.
"Can Bai Fu win against the Genetic Primordial?"
Su Li was full of confidence in Bai Fu.
The Railroad Guild's higher-ups tentatively believed her but, to show goodwill, they still dispatched a squad of ace agents first thing, instructing them to take a tour around the Genetic Primordial border.
Upon receiving the news that Bai Fu had successfully taken out the aliens, the high echelons of the Railroad Guild were thrilled, feeling they had bet correctly and were about to soar.