Chapter 378 Invisible Empire

Chapter 378 Invisible Empire

Chapter 378 Invisible Empire
Aizen really didn't expect Lu Li to suddenly take out such a thing. After Lu Li told him about the situation of the Spirit King, he started to look for it.

But how could the Spirit King's body tissue be so easy to find? He mobilized all kinds of forces, but had no clue. He had already prepared to search for more than a hundred years, but then Lu Li suddenly took out a fingertip of the Spirit King.

"Sosuke, do you remember the Quincy I fought before?"

Lu Li explained, "After I defeated him, I found something on him. I didn't know what it was for at the time, but when I took it out after returning to Soul Society, I accidentally discovered that it was always flashing, just like a radar."

As Lu Li spoke, he took out the Spirit King component radar that Mandala gave him and placed it on the table.

It would be difficult for him to explain the origin of this thing, so he might as well attribute it to the Soul Singer. Anyway, it wasn't surprising for him, as a Quincy, to have such a thing.

"Oh? It seems that the skills of the Quincies should not be underestimated."

After taking the device, Aizen was thoughtful. As a technician, he could see how ingeniously designed this thing was.

Not only does it contain some elements of future technology, it also incorporates the power of ghosts and a trace of the Spirit King. It uses the power of the Spirit King as a trigger for searches, and the ability to attract each other can lock onto some of the Spirit King's body tissues that are not too far away.

It can be said that this is a completely epoch-making invention, which cannot be made with the current technology of the God of Death. Even if he gets the sample now, it will be difficult to replicate it.

When we think about the previous Quincy War, in which the star emblems used by the Quincies could even seize the Shinigami's Bankai, we can only say that their technical level was beyond the Shinigami's imagination.

What makes people feel strange is that the Quincies in this world are traditional and conservative, and it is difficult for them to have a good development environment in this world. How on earth do they create these things?

"Sosuke is wondering about the technical level of this thing?"

Lu Li seemed to see what Aizen was thinking and spoke.

Aizen nodded. "I don't think the current Quincy can make these things. If you want to develop these high-tech things, you must have cutting-edge instruments and research personnel, as well as innovative power, which the current Quincy does not have."

"As expected of you, Sosuke, you analyzed the truth easily."

Lu Li smiled and said, "These things were not made by the Quincy that attacked us, but were developed by the Quincy of the Invisible Empire."

Lu Li also told the Invisible Empire the origin of the Soul King Parts Radar. Anyway, the other party probably had similar means of finding Soul King Parts, otherwise Yhwach's army would not have been able to gather so many talents with Soul King limbs.

"The Invisible Empire..."

Aizen chewed on the word, "I once sneaked into the Great Spiritual Book Corridor. When I was looking up information inside, I saw that the country of the Quincies eight hundred years ago was called the Empire of Light. Is the so-called Invisible Empire their descendant?"

"You are really brave... The Great Spiritual Book Corridor is guarded by the Tsunayashiro family, right? There are many experts there."

Lu Li sighed and said, since Sosuke said it was in the past, it must have been within seventy years, and the opponent's strength was not very strong back then.

"It's just a helpless move to get some information. Mr. Lu hasn't answered my question yet."

Aizen asked curiously. He had long discovered that although Lu Jun didn't look very smart, he always had some advanced information from unknown sources.

"It's a bit inaccurate to call them descendants. After all, the master of the empire has not been replaced. Eight hundred years ago, Mr. Yamamoto led the first generation of the Gotei 13 to fight a bloody battle with the king of the Empire of Light. Although they won in the end, they did not actually kill the master of the Empire of Light."

Lu Li explained, "Youhabach is actually still alive, and his followers are hiding with him, so the Empire of Light has turned into an Invisible Empire, just waiting for their ancestor Youhabach to revive, and then they will start a war again."

Aizen was not very surprised after hearing this. Compared to ordinary Shinigami, he knew a lot of old things because he had visited the Great Spirit Book Corridor.

He also knew about the battle eight hundred years ago, but in the historical records, a lot of space was devoted to exaggerating the victory of the Gotei 13 and the achievements of Captain-General Yamamoto, but there was no detailed description of what happened to the Quincy afterwards.

There is no record of Youhabach's whereabouts or the life or death of his remaining followers.

It is conceivable that the victory of the God of Death in that battle might not have been glorious or comprehensive, but it was just a matter of victors taking all. Therefore, history books would of course go to great lengths to exaggerate the power and justice of the God of Death's side.

If we look at this war from an objective perspective and based on common sense, perhaps the Quincy side is the one that holds the true righteousness.

The true situation of the battle may be that Yhwach was not completely defeated, and even his core troops were intact, and they retreated in a planned and organized manner.

For eight hundred years, the gods of death had not even learned about this part of history in their textbooks. Apparently, the Central Forty-Six Chambers and the noble high-ranking officials were quite taboo about this matter.

Moreover, after so many years, even though the God of Death has become the winner of the war, he has not significantly reduced the power of the Quincy. It even evolved into the battle a few days ago. This is enough to show that the God of Death still has a certain fear of the Quincy camp after the war that year.

So what are the Shinigami afraid of? Perhaps if they ask Captain Yamamoto, they will get a clear answer.

Aizen believed that the biggest possibility was that not only was Yhwach not dead, but he might return at any time, and that the high-level forces of the Quincy army had never been damaged.

Hearing Lu Li's words at this time, he further confirmed his guess, but he couldn't figure out where the Invisible Empire was hiding.

"Mr. Lu said that Yhwach will be resurrected. Where is the Invisible Empire lurking now?"

Aizen asked naturally, without any reason. He just intuitively felt that Lu Li actually knew the answer to this question.

Hearing this, Lu Li pointed to the ground below him and said, "It's inside the Seireitei. I don't know how they did it, but they hid in the shadow of the Seireitei, so they call themselves the Invisible Empire."

Aizen was surprised for a moment after hearing this answer, but he quickly accepted the fact. After pondering for a moment, he said, "In that case, can they still monitor the actions of the Shinigami in the Soul Society? Or even invade and attack here at any time?"

"That's right. They should have watched the war a few days ago from the shadows. They just didn't take any action and just watched the traditional old Quincy die in the world."

Lu Li said sarcastically, "Why don't the Death Gods feel strange? There were only a few Quincy before the emergence of the world, but a large number of them suddenly emerged in recent years, madly hunting Hollows. Doesn't everyone wonder where they came from?" "Now that Mr. Lu mentioned it, it's true..."

Aizen pondered, "The large number of Quincies appearing is an anomaly, which means that they actually came from the Invisible Empire. Why? Are the Quincies also fighting among themselves?"

He doesn't like asking other people questions, because the answers he gets from others are often not necessarily true.

But facing the man in front of him, he felt that it would be okay to use the answer he gave as a reference and believe that a few points would be fine.

"It's not an internal fight, just a difference of opinion. Remember the Cantot I fought with? The form he displayed after entering Hueco Mundo, the spiritual pressure Sosuke should have felt, that was different from the state after taking off the spirit gloves, it doesn't cost much to use, and it is called the Perfect Holy Body by the Quincies."

Lu Li explained, "The Quincies who came to the human world did not want to accept this new technology, and they had a conflict of opinion with the mainstream of the Invisible Empire, so they left the Invisible Empire and went to the human world."

"A traditional Quincy... foolish but with respectable persistence."

Aizen also sighed. He probably understood why those Quincies were unwilling to accept the Complete Holy Body. From the perspective of the long-term development of the group, the traditional Quincies were right.

But if we simply look at it from the perspective of a war, Perfect Body is obviously an excellent technology. After all, it allows the Quincy to gain powerful strength without much training, and the benefits are much higher than traditional high-risk methods.

The only thing that the traditional Quincies did wrong was that they did not restrain themselves in the real world, and showed off their strength and frequently hunted Hollows, which intensified the conflict between them and the Shinigami.

It’s not that the God of Death didn’t want to control the Quincies over the years, it’s just that after the war eight hundred years ago, most of the Quincies disappeared, and the large number of Quincies that suddenly appeared this time became targets.

As for maintaining the balance of the three realms, I'm afraid Captain-General Yamamoto is the only one among the top leaders who thinks this way. No matter whether these Quincies are honest or not, the Central Forty-six will not let them live.

After all, there are too many Quincy members in this group, and they cannot be controlled on such a scale. Once they are determined to start a war, they will pose a threat to Soul Society, just like a few days ago.

Therefore, this battle was unavoidable from the beginning and was bound to be fought.

From the perspective of the God of Death, the current result is certainly a good thing. Even if Lu Jun doesn't say it today, as time goes by, the God of Death will slowly come to his senses and realize the origins of this group of Quincy.

By then, the hidden advantages of the Invisible Empire will gradually disappear, but it is difficult for the God of Death to guess that the Invisible Empire is right under their feet.

"Even if we are talking now, they may be watching us, so I have been using my spiritual pressure to shield myself in the house recently before discussing sensitive topics with Sosuke."

Lu Li said, "After all, I performed very well in the previous battle. They should want to collect intelligence on me. Sosuke, you should also be targeted."

The so-called special combat power is judged by the Invisible Empire through long-term observation. Lu Li doesn’t know whether he is on this list now, but he is definitely under observation.

"Let them see it if they want to. But then again, since Mr. Lu knows all this, why doesn't he tell the captain and let him destroy the Invisible Empire?"

Aizen asked with a smile.

Lu Li spread his hands, "The captain will first interrogate me why I know these things, and I can't explain it clearly. He has such a straight-forward character, you know that, Sosuke."

Lu Li was not thinking about coming back next time to conquer the world himself and leaving some prizes, but regarding the matter of Yhwach's Invisible Empire, Squad Zero's position was delicate.

If Hyoshubu Ichibei was willing to take action now, he might be able to kill Yhwach in his dormant state. A world harmony like Haschwater would not be his match.

But if the captain took action, not to mention that Lu Li didn't know how to attack the invisible empire in the shadows, even if he could get in, the captain might not be able to crush everything.

This is under the premise that the Technology Development Bureau can first develop medicine to prevent Bankai from being taken away. If Bankai can also be taken away, then the captain-general may not be able to defeat Haschwalth without Bankai.

In addition, Lu Li was unable to explain the source of the information, so in order to avoid more trouble, he decided to just focus on developing secretly with Aizen. After all, he had the world positioning item obtained from the Nelue mission, so he could come back anytime when he became stronger.

"Mr. Yamamoto is indeed terrifying. When I think about the possibility of having to face him in the future, I get a headache. I can only think of some countermeasures first."

Aizen smiled and said, "The Quincy's star seal gave me some inspiration. If I can seal the captain's Ryujin Jakka, it might be much easier to deal with him."

"Sosuke, you can't kill the old man. He has done me a favor."

Lu Li emphasized.

"Mr. Lu really knows how to make things difficult for me, but since you said so, I'll leave this matter to you to solve when the time comes."

Aizen said helplessly that in his plan list, there were actually many Death God captains that he was not going to touch.

Even if he wants to "rebel" in the future, he will spare the lives of those captains after defeating them, but he cannot easily ask the captain-in-chief to spare his life.

After all, he is the strongest god of death in thousands of years, and this title is not given for nothing. Even if he has grown to the peak of his power, he probably won't be able to withstand it head-on.

Besides, complete hypnosis is actually not effective at all against Ryujin Jakka. As long as the captain-general has no scruples and is aware, he will directly launch AOE on the entire map, and no amount of hypnosis will be of any use.

Aizen picked up the container on the table that sealed the Soul King's fingertips, played with it and observed, "The Quincy's radar can find the Soul King's limbs, which means they are also collecting them. According to my speculation, Youhabach, the ancestor of the Quincy, is probably related to the Soul King. In other words, all Quincies are related to the Soul King."

Lu Li was a little surprised when he heard this, "How did you come to this conclusion?"

As someone who has read the comics, he of course knows that Yhwach is made up of the largest part of the Soul King. He also calls himself the son of the Soul King. There are also many people in the Quincy Legion who have parts of the Soul King, such as arms, hearts, etc.

But Lu Li didn't notice what the relationship was between the Quincy as a whole and the Soul King. Wasn't it just borrowing the power of part of the Soul King's body?
(End of this chapter)