Starting from the Planetary Governor Chapter 1097: 599, Conjecture

Chapter 1097: Chapter 599, Conjecture

Humphrey Paolo led his troops, not to attack Holy Terra, but to expand towards the Magrey Cosmic Domain, which left Gu Hang sowhat puzzled about the reason.

It didn’t quite make sense.

Humphrey Paolo might also be considering that after defeating the Phoenix, his troops were not lightly damaged. Not to ntion troop restocking, even the logistics of ammunition resupply after a major battle needed to be replenished ship by ship, requiring ti to rest and recover combat effectiveness.

Colliding with the more heavily defended Central Territory with weakened forces would indeed be very difficult.

From this perspective, if Paul chose to pause, recuperate, or turn to deal with northern and southern threats, it would all be within Gu Hang’s understanding.

But attacking the entire Magrey Cosmic Domain seed a bit baffling.

What’s the point of attacking the Magrey Cosmic Domain?

This domain almost poses no threat anymore, as the main military forces have basically been wiped out before.

While it’s easy to conquer, it’s not so undefended. After all, the Native Defense Forces of various planets still exist, and though ard rchant ships enlisted from the Empire Comrce Guild are not at the sa level as the regular navy, they can still put up so resistance.

If Paul were to attack, he would surely succeed, but as those on Holy Terra might think, it would only slow down the progress of the Iron Armor Battle Group. With hundreds of worlds in the domain, even capturing ten a day would take over a year, and the forces would be incredibly dispersed, perfectly aligning with Holy Terra’s strategy of trading space for ti.

Larger, wider, and deeper frontlines would drag the Iron Armor into a quagmire.

And the benefits? To digest an entire cosmic domain, assimilating resources for war potential or converting them into actual combat power is not sothing that can be achieved overnight.

Hundreds of worlds need to be pacified, rebuilt, and establish administrative systems to gather resources and restart industries… It’s a massive undertaking, testing administrative capability.

In this aspect, Humphrey Paolo perford well, but compared to the Alliance, which is establishing rule and policies in the newly occupied Proudclaw Cosmos, where production recovery and resource supply quotas are just average.

The Alliance’s process of digesting new territories is only at this level, and Gu Hang doesn’t believe the Iron Armor is stronger than himself.

Even if we optimistically estimate that the Iron Armor’s level matches the Alliance, digesting the Magrey Cosmic Domain would take a very long ti and couldn’t be quickly converted into their own strength.

On the contrary, these places might beco continuous bleeding points. Planetary resistance, entanglent of various political and interest groups, would significantly slow down efficiency. They wouldn’t make money in the short term and might incur more costs to suppress these.

Humphrey Paolo shouldn’t be unaware of these.

According to Gu Hang’s understanding of this Iron Armor leader, he is no fool and wouldn’t make such decisions.

Is there sothing he’s overlooking? Gu Hang couldn’t help but ask himself.

He began to ponder.

The sudden appearance of the large Insect Swarm on the North Line, with no evidence of being under Iron Armor’s control, and even observed attacking Iron Armor’s territories and troops, seed too coincidental in timing, aiding Iron Armor in fending off the northern forces;

The biggest trouble on the Southern Line against the Alfonso Fleet stemd from the Brain Bug Tyrant they were controlling;

The West Line had claims that the last straw that broke the Phoenix Legion ca from a force that seed mortal, yet not human…

Connecting these pieces of information and reconsidering Iron Armor’s comprehensive occupation of the Magrey Cosmic Domain, if it’s to increase war potential, perhaps their thod isn’t what Gu Hang previously thought.

However, this speculation gave Gu Hang a chill!

Did Iron Armor fall to the Insect Race?

If this speculation holds, then the issue is significant.

Their fiery invasion of Magrey wasn’t to seize manpower and resources? Instead, did they intend to transform thousands of planets into enormous Insect Race hatcheries? With thousands of worlds, possibly housing trillions of people, and the native ecosystem of these planets… If all turned into Insect Race nutrients, what kind of massive Insect Race army could be bred?

The thought alone was bone-chilling.

In fact, Gu Hang was instinctively reluctant to believe his own speculation.

Although there were various clues, none were decisive or could definitively explain the matter.

Because there are still many unsolved mysteries.

How did the Interstellar Warriors get corrupted? There was previously no record of a precedent within the Empire.

If the Iron Armor is corrupted, why doesn’t the associated Fury Fla Battle Group show any signs of corruption?

Corruption isn’t a one-day affair, but if even the Iron Armor were corrupted, how did the normally ravenous and reproductive Insect Swarm restrain themselves and feign plays with Iron Armor in the Princess Star Domain? Shouldn’t they have long since devoured the entire domain to nothing? How could they hold back?

Gu Hang rare fell into a state of doubt.

After thinking for a long ti without understanding, he decided to set this matter aside.

The existing information is still too chaotic and unclear. Under such circumstances, making an accurate judgnt or affirming speculation is too difficult.

However, in preparing for the worst-case scenario, it’s never a mistake.

He quickly issued a few directives:

1. Have the Alliance’s intelligence departnt expedite the information gathering on the current situation in the West Line, and analyze and verify based on the premise of ‘Iron Armor possibly corrupted by aliens.’

2. Invite Flash Judgent Court to join forces with the Alliance’s internal intelligence departnt to thoroughly investigate any potential alien corruption in the Proudclaw Cosmos.

3. Send a warning to the Central Empire, suggesting the existence of this possibility.

4. Communicate with Galaraldo, urging the United Fleet being established by the Central Empire not to hide within the Skywatch Starfield, but to quickly open lines with the Magrey Cosmic Domain and control the situation there.

5. Prepare the Alliance for full-scale war. But this point is actually aningless, as the Alliance has never relented, and he only demonstrates resolve within.

After doing all this, Gu Hang remained uneasy.

But regarding the Western battlefield and the current state of the Magrey Cosmic Domain, he truly felt helpless.

Galaraldo replied to his ssage.

He took Gu Hang’s words seriously and even ntioned that the Empire wasn’t devoid of conjectures in this regard, claiming to encourage actions from the Imperial Legion.

However, he also subtly conveyed that the formation of the coalition was still slow, and the Star Realm Tunnel between Magrey and Skywatch was controlled by Iron Armor, making tackling this tough nut difficult.

Gu Hang was helpless, now left to truly rely on the Imperial coalition.

Unless he was willing to send troops to the Thistle Muster Star Field now, and whether advancing to the Iron Armor’s stronghold in the Princess Star Domain or clearing the path west to the Magrey Starfield, both were options.

But that would put himself in trendous danger.

Would he do all this for an unverified guess?

It was hard to decide.

However, an incident at the Wenchi-Wuchi line pushed Gu Hang to make a decision.

The Alliance rescued a Sect of chanics’ vessel from the Alfonso Star Domain there.