"The Imperial Fleet has suffered heavy losses. Loyd, have you found out exactly what happened?"
Loyd was surrounded by blurry projections. Naturally, it wasn't because the signal was bad or the equipnt was too old, but rather done deliberately so that he wouldn't discover the expressions of the onlookers.
"Not yet..." Loyd lowered his head, his lips tight. He didn't make any excuses for himself, such as suspecting Li Yu, but Li Yu simply not showing up, and the like.
That would only further expose his incompetence.
As the general person in charge of the operation, he held great Power, but at the sa ti, if a problem occurred, he had to take responsibility.
"Find out as soon as possible. The losses this ti aren't considered very large, but I don't want to be in the dark about everything." The Emperor's voice carried a warning.
Loyd kept his head lowered and said, "I understand."
"Don't disappoint ," The Emperor added.
This was already a rather severe reprimand. The Imperial Fleet was inexplicably ambushed and suffered heavy losses.
This kind of action by the Bados Civilization was tantamount to a declaration of war. Normally, the Empire's reaction should be a forceful counterattack.
But everyone knew that this matter was led by the Forerunners.
Their goal originally was to guide the Forerunners into a massive war with the Other-Dinsional Camp.
If they invested more troops now, wouldn't they be putting the cart before the horse and dragging themselves into this quagmire instead?
Their current top priority was the upcoming Titan Sanctuary, not getting entangled with the Bados Civilization.
Therefore, they could only temporarily swallow this loss in silence for now.
"I hope Your Royal Highness rembers that your mission is to make the Other-Dinsional Camp and the Forerunners go to war. Do not waste too much ti on other matters," soone reminded.
Loyd nodded: "I know, but..."
At this point, he paused. He had originally wanted to report Li Yu's recent erratic whereabouts.
Since the success rate of the plan to pin down the Other-Dinsional Camp and the Forerunners was already relatively low, he wanted to suggest that the Empire prepare contingency plans to deal with the sudden intervention of these two factions.
But earlier, his subordinates had suddenly reported that Li Yu had appeared and requested to et with Loyd.
So now he was hesitating whether to ntion this matter.
Recalling the Emperor's earlier reprimand, he pursed his lips and swallowed his remaining words, instead saying, "Li Yu has requested to see . I will go handle this matter first."
Loyd's projection gradually disappeared, and the expressions of the several people present varied.
After a mont of silence, Loren said, "Our people are already in position. According to the peak Information State readings, the materialization of the Titan Sanctuary is less than ten days away."
"Have the contingency plans been made? Even if the news of the Titan Sanctuary materializing early is unknown to anyone else, we cannot let our guard down," The Emperor said in a deep voice.
Loren replied calmly, "We have prepared Level 3 contingency plans, which at the highest level can handle the sudden appearance of Super Lifeforms."
"If there's no interference from the Other-Dinsional Camp and the Forerunners, given the current information gap, we can rest easy."
"There's a high probability that the Thunder Battle Armor is in the Bados Civilization. If the value of the Titan Sanctuary didn't far exceed that of a single Titan Artifact, we wouldn't have thrown this bait to the Other-Dinsional Camp," Morgan chuckled lightly:
"No one can resist the temptation of a Titan Artifact. They will definitely enter the ga!"
"Furthermore, they have absolutely no idea that the Titan Sanctuary will materialize early."
The others didn't have much reaction to Morgan's optimistic estimation.
Before the matter When the Dust Settles, underestimating anyone could cost them a heavy price.
This was the lesson that long years of life had taught them.
………
"Loyd Your Royal Highness, I'm truly sorry about what happened recently. Hearing that the Imperial Fleet was attacked was really surprising," Li Yu said with a face full of grief.
Loyd watched his performance indifferently, his tone cold: "This incident caused us heavy losses. The High Echelon is furious and will dispatch more people here soon."
"No one can subject the Empire to humiliation!"
Li Yu nodded in agreent and said, "Of course, of course. After my Secluded retreat research recently, I've already developed a secret Weapon to deal with the Abyss Institute."
"Next, I will definitely make them pay the price!"
Loyd frowned slightly, unable to figure out Li Yu's intentions. He simply didn't believe this secret Weapon existed.
Moreover, the battle had been delayed, and the other party could leave here at any ti via the Dinsional Ship.
This made him extrely uneasy.
Subsequently, he said casually, "Also, we recently found out a piece of latest news. The reason why the Forerunners and the Abyss Institute are cooperating here is because they obtained the Morton Civilization's forr Titan Artifact——the Thunder Battle Armor!"
"Oh, there's such a thing?" Li Yu feigned surprise, while inwardly cursing, This Old Fellow is getting anxious seeing take no action?
He's starting to deliberately leak information.
"We aren't too sure either, but it's highly likely," Loyd hesitated.
In reality, he had already released this news through the ambassador of the Morton Civilization earlier.
But he didn't know if Li Yu couldn't confirm it or what was going on, as Li Yu seed indifferent to it, so he had to resort to direct stimulation.
"That's... a Titan Artifact..." Li Yu marvelled aloud.
"Exactly. It's because of this news that the Empire is preparing to send more troops. We must capture this place!" Loyd's tone was steady, making it sound as if it were true.
"Good, good..." Li Yu verbally agreed, but his expression was flickering.
Seeing this scene, Loyd's heart finally relaxed a bit. As long as he's interested, it's fine.
"It will still take so ti for the Imperial Fleet to arrive here. You absolutely must not act alone, there might be risks," Loyd said hypocritically.
"I understand, I understand..." Li Yu perfunctorily agreed a few tis, and then hurriedly took his leave.
A day later, Loyd's subordinate hurriedly ca to report: "Your Royal Highness, sothing has happened!"
"Li Yu headed to the Bados Civilization alone recently and just returned heavily injured. It's said he was ambushed by unidentified individuals."
"What!?" Loyd abruptly stood up, an excited smile involuntarily erging on his face, but he quickly restrained it and asked in a deep voice, "Are you sure?"
"I'm sure." The subordinate nodded, then added, "Our people planted in the Bados Civilization saw this battle with their own eyes. The scale was massive, destroying several Barren Planets."
"There were quite a few unidentified people surrounding and intercepting Li Yu. If it weren't for his many tricks, he probably would have died there."
Loyd let out a long sigh of relief. He finally took the bait.
Then, he straightened his clothes and said, "Let's go, co with to take a look."
"Damn Bados Civilization, I will definitely annihilate their entire civilization!" Li Yu's eyes were fierce. He had various Potions plugged into his body, looking heavily injured, with fine cracks all over him.
"What happened here?" Loyd hurried over, a look of concern on his face.
Seeing him co in, Li Yu restrained his expression significantly and said coldly, "It's nothing. I just accidentally got discovered while preparing to go to the Bados Civilization to scout for information."
Scout for information?
I think you went to snatch the Thunder Battle Armor. You sure are bold, actually daring to go alone. Why didn't they beat you to death there?
Loyd cursed inwardly, but on the surface, he sighed, "You absolutely cannot underestimate them. You were a bit reckless this ti."
His tone carried a hint of subtle stimulation and belittlent.
Li Yu shot him a cold glare: "A re Abyss Institute, I'll make them pay the price!"
"Loyd Your Royal Highness, if you're here to laugh at , then please leave."
Loyd sighed, shook his head, stood up, and left.
Li Yu watched his departing back, his eyes flashing. He still needed to placate the Star Glory Empire and let them know he had already fallen into their Trap.
That's why he put on such a show.
And the reason this show was so realistic was because of Marc.
He really did go to the Bados Civilization and had a fight. Without doing this, he wouldn't be able to fool Loyd at all.
And the reason Marc cooperated with him so well involved another matter.
………
"So, you actually don't know anything?" The person in front of him was wrapped in a white robe with blood-red patterns. Only one delicate arm stretched out.
"When I arrived here, it was already this scene." Marc was sowhat tense because this so-called Third Forerunner in front of him emitted an Aura that made him feel sowhat terrified.
His gaze involuntarily was drawn to the crystal-clear spheres held in the other's palm.
They were of various colors and floated quietly in mid-air, looking as if they were motionless.
But with Marc's eyesight, he could discern that they were actually slowly moving along specific trajectories, orbiting the central golden sphere.
The outermost small bead seed to be affected by so Disruption as it spun; its trajectory was sotis fast and sotis slow, and it looked broken, as if sothing inside was sloshing about.
These things made Marc feel bewildered, but he still didn't forget Li Yu's instructions, and imdiately followed up:
"However, I ran into a survivor nad Alfonso, who seed to be a subordinate of Lord Ales. He left in a hurry, saying he was going to track down the enemy."
"I had t him before, so I didn't stop him."
Providing the other party with a suspect would allow him to clear his own na.
He had already t with Li Yu in secret. The other party was willing to protect him, so he had to cooperate with him in the upcoming actions.
He just didn't know if this thod would actually work, and he was extrely nervous inwardly.
"Alfonso..." The person looked down at the planet below, with an Air Bubble wrapping everyone inside.
"I understand..."
Marc observed the other party discreetly. Seeing no further action, he felt a bit surprised and suspicious. Did he actually believe it was Alfonso's betrayal?
Thinking of this, Li Yu's young face appeared before his eyes again. At the ti, the other party patted his shoulder and smiled:
"Don't worry, I'll help you handle everything. They will believe that the Base's destruction was due to Alfonso and had nothing to do with you."
He actually did it, making the Forerunners believe the Base's destruction was caused by Alfonso.
Marc was sowhat surprised inwardly, not knowing what thod Li Yu used.
In reality, the Forerunners had absolutely no thought of exterminating the Bados Civilization because they clearly knew that the Traitor was Alfonso.
It didn't have much to do with Marc. But Marc didn't know this and worried endlessly about it, seeking out Li Yu.
Yet Li Yu didn't have to do anything at all, because the "truth" was already like this.
The other party held the few spheres as they slowly rotated in front of Marc. They looked unremarkable, emitting different lights, and the colors felt sowhat familiar to Marc.
He suddenly swept his gaze towards another direction, his expression changing drastically. His pupils contracted as if he discovered sothing, and he looked back at the few small spheres held in the person's hand.
These... these aren't small spheres at all. They are clearly the entire Star System!
The broken small sphere on the outermost edge was obviously Parska!
Fine cold sweat broke out on Marc's forehead. He believed that this was definitely not so decoration.
It must have so inexplicable connection with the Star System before their eyes.
And the other party seed to have noticed Marc's guess. His palm moved slightly, and one of the black small spheres imdiately deviated from its orbit, rushing towards the edge.
And Marc abruptly looked towards the black Barren Planet in this Star System.
He saw it actually shift to the side, moving inexplicably. It might have been several thousand Li, resulting in catastrophic consequences.
Under the imnse inertia, the Crustal Fissure of that rocky planet abruptly cracked open, bursting out massive chunks the size of mountain ranges, flying into space along the planet's original rotational direction.
A mont later, an entire layer of "skin" was torn off the originally intact planet.
It exposed the terrifying mantle. Countless massive crustal fragnts either beca synchronized junk in the planet's orbit, or rushed into space, flying further and further away.
What kind of thod is this?!
Marc's heart was filled with shock and doubt. He could also destroy a planet, but doing it this way was simply too astounding.
"Li Yu and Loyd are still in the Morton Civilization, right?" he asked.
"Yes," Marc responded.
"Very well. Whoever is behind this, they will pay the price," he said quietly, and then under Marc's horrified gaze, he abruptly clenched his fist, crushing all the small spheres.
In an instant, the Star System before their eyes also seed to be interfered with by an invisible force, and all the planets were forcibly squeezed towards the center.
The collisions between the planets produced massive fluctuations. Crustal Fissure occurred, and continental plate fragnts shot everywhere, yet were firmly confined together.
Even the central star was no exception, beginning to twist and deform.
The planets of this Star System seed as if they were truly squeezed together by a pair of invisible hands.
Crimson Magma spewed forth, flowing through the cracks. The massive, irregular high-mass object spontaneously pulled the surrounding planetary debris to condense, gradually compressing into a spherical shape.
Perhaps after a long ti, a new cosmic Black Hole would form here.
(End of Chapter)
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