Primordial Expanse: I have the Strongest Talent!

Chapter 262: Bad news

The moment Alex read the headline on the screen, he couldn't help but feel dread.

He had been afraid that the war between the Red Demon race and the Human race would start prematurely, but this was even earlier than he could have ever predicted.

He at least thought they'd start the war a few years after Zorath's declaration of war, but it had only been 6 months or so!?

Just what was the Red Demon race up to…

Not only this, but Alex couldn't help but feel a little bit of fear when he saw the number of ships that had all come to attack the federation at once.

Over a hundred million…

It seemed like such a far fetched number, yet it was real, and it was encroaching onto the human territory faster than they could defend it.

If the higher ups didn't sort out the defences quickly, then things could look really bad for the human race.

'Perhaps this is the springboard I needed to regain my old levelling speed…'

But Alex also felt a little bit of anticipation.

This was because of one fact.

It was a few weeks ago.

In a lonely corner of his inventory, sat two soul orbs.

Neither of which came from any beasts…

Alex was shocked and confused at first when he saw them in there.

Alex had originally planned on checking his inventory to check how many beast cores he had left.

They were his main source of currency.

Even though he still had a lot of credits to his name, there were many transactions he couldn't make with credits alone.

Many people only accepted trade through barter or beast cores rather than through credits.

Credits were more the common man's currency, while beast cores were the Awakened currency.

But back to the topic at hand, Alex was shocked when he picked up one of those beast cores.

Because it belonged to a Kree…

Specifically, the one he picked up belonged to none other than Yaron, the captain of the Blood Night pirates.

The other one belonged to a random unnamed Kree, one of the other 20 he had killed on that ship.

Of course, Alex was very happy with gaining two extra soul orbs, especially since they were both Mutant class, and he absorbed them both, bringing his progress towards D+ rank another 12% closer.

But he was still left with endless questions.

Firstly, he could gain beast cores from sentient life forms??

But he had never gained one from any human he had killed.

And he had killed a lot more humans than he did Kree, and the fact that he had gained soul orbs from the Kree must have meant that he must not be able to gain them from humans for some reason.

Alex didn't like this fact at all.

He didn't know if he could gain the Soul cores of the Kree if he dug through their bodies to find them, but since he had gained some of their soul orbs, he assumed that might be the case.

And if it was the case, then it basically meant that the human race, and every other race in the universe could never be friends or allies with one another.

The System behind the Primordial Expanse was essentially pitting each and every sentient race in the universe against one another by having this barbaric system in place.

It also explained why the Red Demon race were so bloodthirsty and eager to attack and wipe out the human race.

Around 10% of all humans were awakened, so assuming there was a population of 10 quintillion humans in the milky way galaxy, this left 1 quintillion awakened that could possibly give a soul core each to the Red Demon race, when they were killed and their corpses desecrated.

It was essentially a quick way to progress their race as a whole, compared to the slow method of entering the Primordial Expanse of their own accord and killing the beasts in there to gain their beast cores.

It was fucked up, and it made Alex realise why there was a 200 year protection period in place for newly awakened civilisations.

'We really might have royally fucked up with this one…'

Alex almost cursed humanity's greed for more power and resources, as that was what led Captain Ciril and the Pioneer expedition group to venture out of the Milky way to explore what was outside.

It was because of them that the human race's protection period ended 100 years early, and it was because of them that the human race faced the very real threat of extinction right now.

But Alex couldn't do anything about it other than complain.

Looking around, all of the students eventually had the same expression as the news quickly spread between each and every one of them.

Many of them were even experiencing panic attacks in real time, as the reality of this threat dawned upon them.

Many of them burst into tears on the spot, as their home planet was among those that the Red Demon race had already rained destruction on and wiped all life out.

'Why do you have to be so fucked up, System!?'

Alex asked, but all he received was radio silence.

The System liked to tease him whenever he directed his anger towards it.

But not this time.

"Alex. Alex!"

Coming out of his thoughts, Alex turned to his left and looked at Mira, who had been calling out to him.

"I was calling your name for 10 seconds, jeez!"

Mira exclaimed and sighed.

"The Principal just sent out an announcement to everyone's communicator, you should check yours."

Alex did as Mira said, his mind still lingering on the existential threat they were facing.

[This is an announcement to all students.

Regardless of whether you are on a mission, in class or just relaxing at home, you are all required to attend an emergency meeting, the same as last time with Zorath's declaration of war.

Everyone, from 1st to 4th year, must attend this meeting.

Anyone who doesn't show up will be expelled, no exceptions. It doesn't matter if you are first place on the overall rankings, or if you are about to graduate in a few days.

All students are required to attend.]

'We're going to get conscripted…'

Alex could tell immediately what this meeting was going to be about.