Chapter 432: What to Do When Being Ostracized?

Dark Star hadn't expected that the lifesaving straw he could think of right before his death would actually come from his enemy.

The other party belonged to the Star Glory Empire and definitely wanted to catch Li Yu. This was his last chance.

Hearing Dark Star's shout, the voiceprint line on the Holographic Screen paused for a moment before starting to fluctuate again: "Deal with Li Yu?"

Although his voice had been specially processed, one could still hear the sneer in it.

"Do you know that his current Status and Strength are far beyond what you can contend with?"

"There were several opportunities placed before you, and you didn't finish him off. Now it's already too late."

Do you think I didn't want to?

Dark Star thought to himself. In every single encounter, he had almost never held back, yet Li Yu escaped every time.

"I am very familiar with him, I understand him very well. We have fought several times. I witnessed him go from weak to strong. I am one of the people in this Interstellar who knows him best!"

What he was talking about was that extremely bizarre, unexplainable method that could forcibly elevate his Strength to roughly the same level as Li Yu's.

It's just that saying it out loud now, the other party obviously wouldn't believe it, so he could only stall and say he had a special method.

"A special method?" The other party pressed: "At this point, are you still thinking about Keeping in Suspense?"

"If I said it, I'm afraid you wouldn't believe it..." Seeing the other party pressing, Dark Star could only explain like this, and then added:

"You have absolutely nothing to lose. I am still in your hands. If you catch Li Yu, your harvest will exceed your imagination."

The other party fell silent, not rejecting immediately, but not agreeing either.

Dark Star indeed had been Li Yu's enemy a long time ago. Saying he understood Li Yu was quite credible.

But the special method Dark Star mentioned was worth pondering deeply. Without figuring this out, he obviously wouldn't let Dark Star off easily.

Under the other party's pressing questions, Dark Star could only explain his so-called "special method".

As expected, after he finished speaking, the other party coldly shouted: "Do you take me for a fool? When fighting him, your power will bafflingly increase?"

"Where does this power come from? Conservation of energy, it's impossible for it to appear for no reason."

Dark Star also had no way to explain. How would he know where this power came from?

Also, don't fucking bring up Cosmic Rules like conservation of energy. From his personal experience,

Things like Cosmic Rules had failed on Li Yu an unknown number of times.

"I didn't deceive you. As long as you let me fight him once, you will understand." Dark Star explained: "This is an opportunity, and you don't need to take much risk."

Although Dark Star's words sounded extremely nonsensical, the guy on the other side of the Smart Terminal didn't continue to refute.

As Dark Star said, even if through Dark Star, the value brought by catching that escaping experimental subject couldn't compare to catching Li Yu.

Moreover, Dark Star was always in his hands, so the risk taken was not high.

As long as he used special methods to suppress that long-distance respawning Gene Chain, Dark Star, this weakling, couldn't turn the sky upside down.

Perhaps... he could take a Gamble!

The risk was low, but the return was extremely huge. This already made his heart very moved.

After a long silence, he finally spoke: "Fine, I will give you a chance. If you can assist the Empire in catching Li Yu."

"Even if that experimental subject appears before me again, I won't bother to pay attention."

Hearing this, Dark Star let out a long sigh of relief, simultaneously feeling an extremely absurd sensation.

Being able to deal with the other party today all relied on that special method Li Yu used on him who knows how long ago.

"Ben Niu, send him to the No Man's Land. I will contact those two Legion Commanders." The voice on the Holographic Screen commanded.

"Yes!"

Ben Niu, who was stepping on Dark Star, agreed with a muffled voice, then lifted Dark Star from the ground, casually stuffed him into a nearby Mechanical Restraint, and then headed for another battleship.

............

On the other side, Li Yu sat up straight, simultaneously accessing the remote projection Authority, and a glowing blue light changed the surrounding environment.

Subsequently, his remote projection appeared in Vimala's conference room, with several familiar High Echelon members around.

Several Princes, Titus, Aisel, and Alexei were all present.

However, there weren't many Star System Governors. It was clearly a core-level meeting.

Horus was undergoing treatment and didn't participate in this meeting for the time being.

Activating remote projection instead of a Holographic Screen was enough to prove that Vimala's regard for him had gone up another level.

The crowd cast various strange gazes at him, mixed with exploration and Apprehension.

"Duke Li Yu, you made a tremendous contribution in this battle, reversing a dangerous situation. Returning Star will not treat you unfairly."

Vimala was in a very good mood. Her demeanor looked much gentler, and her tone was no longer cold.

Although she and Klein were extremely similar, due to their completely different temperaments, they could be clearly distinguished.

But now that Vimala's attitude had softened, it made even Li Yu somewhat dazed, as if he were facing Klein.

"This is all what I should do..." Some baffling thoughts surfaced in Li Yu's mind, which he quietly suppressed, and he gave a very beautiful Empty Pleasantries reply.

"As long as one has achieved Merit, they should be rewarded." Vimala said casually, then asked: "Regarding the specific situation of this battle, Horus has already sent over the detailed battle report."

"The High Echelon members are very curious about one thing: what kind of Technology did that Interstellar Fortress that suddenly appeared in The Council's camp use?"

Sure enough, this question was still asked. Li Yu's expression flickered.

The [Death Star] appeared in The Council's camp under the watchful eyes of the masses. Although it Caught The Council off guard,

The nearly million battleships around also all faithfully recorded the process of the [Death Star]'s appearance.

These were the Interstellar Society's various high-end battlefield detection and Recording devices. Not only could they record the images clearly, but they could also slow them down countless times for detailed examination.

And exactly because of such examination, many factions discovered a problem.

That was, this Interstellar Fortress wasn't teleported out, but rather looked more like it was built on site, just that this speed was shortened countless times.

Alexei chuckled and spoke up: "I asked Your Excellency the Duke earlier what he was collecting Military-grade alloy for, and Your Excellency the Duke was quite mysterious at the time."

Li Yu glanced at this Chaos Enjoyer. Alexei was clearly mingling soft knives within his teasing.

This was reminding everyone that Li Yu collecting Military-grade alloy was very likely funding the Dimensional Camp.

However, the effect of this sentence wasn't too great. Everyone present understood that building an Interstellar Fortress wasn't a matter of a single day and night.

Even if the Recording showed that Interstellar Fortress seemed to be temporarily constructed, everyone believed it was a Technology they didn't understand.

Building a fortress on the spot, wasn't that nonsense?

Vimala's eyes flashed slightly, and she said: "Logically speaking, we have no right to question the Military-grade alloys Duke Li Yu traded with Returning Star, but we are somewhat curious, I wonder if you could explain a bit."

You all better keep in mind, that was what Li Yu exchanged for with his own things, not what Returning Star rewarded him with. Don't use this matter to target my person.

Li Yu raised an eyebrow, understanding Vimala's subtext.

And the several big shots who originally wanted to speak immediately shut their mouths upon hearing this sentence.

He thought for a moment, grinned, and looked at Alexei: "I'm afraid Your Royal Highness has forgotten, I already told you the answer long ago."

Alexei frowned slightly, then seemed to suddenly think of something, his gaze condensing: "Building an Interstellar Fortress?"

He suddenly remembered, when chatting idly with Li Yu previously, this matter was indeed brought up.

Li Yu said at the time that he collected Military-grade alloy to build an Interstellar Fortress, it's just that he clearly didn't take it seriously, thinking Li Yu was Conning him.

Could it be... it's true?

His brow twitched violently, and then he realized, why should he believe him?

The numerous High Echelon members evidently didn't believe this either, but Alexei followed up and continued:

"Then since it was forged with my Returning Star's Military-grade alloy, shouldn't this Interstellar Fortress belong to us?"

He deliberately ignored what Vimala said just now, drawing everyone's attention to this Interstellar Fortress.

After all... the cost of an Interstellar Fortress was not cheap. If they could get an Interstellar Fortress for nothing, who would be unwilling?

Sure enough, hearing Alexei's words, the expressions of the several big shots present changed a bit. This was indeed a suitable Excuse.

Vimala frowned slightly. If they forced Li Yu to hand over the Interstellar Fortress,

It was clearly not a correct choice, and might even very likely offend the Dimensional Camp behind him.

But Li Yu didn't care about this at all, still grinning and laughing: "Your Royal Highness really guessed right. This Interstellar Fortress is exactly the meeting gift the Dimensional Camp wants to present to Returning Star."

As soon as these words came out, the atmosphere in the entire conference room quieted down. The crowd was bombarded without any psychological preparation.

Titus's eyes flickered, starting to deeply ponder whether the rumors he spread had a prophetic function.

Prince Connor was stunned. Gifting an Interstellar Fortress, this perspective... is a bit too grand.

Vimala's exquisite face was also sluggish for a moment, and in that instant, she almost overlapped with Klein.

Then, she looked around, the corners of her mouth curving up slightly, and asked: "This grand gift is indeed very astonishing, then what kind of return gift should we prepare?"

Fuck!

This kid used Retreating In Order To Advance. As Vimala's words came out, the crowd finally reacted.

Returning Star wasn't some third-rate Interstellar gray faction. A top-tier civilization needed face.

They came right up and gifted such a huge meeting gift, how do you respond? Shamelessly accept it?

Although the value of an Interstellar Fortress was indeed huge, it wasn't huge enough to make Returning Star lose face.

If it were ten, Returning Star might consider pocketing them first.

If they were to give a return gift, it definitely couldn't be lower in value than an Interstellar Fortress in order to show Returning Star's grand perspective.

But the key was, who knew if there were any hidden methods concealed inside this Interstellar Fortress?

They had only come into contact with one person regarding the Dimensional Camp, which was Li Yu before them. The level of trust was truly insufficient.

Vimala then said: "It's better to take this grand gift back first. We already understand the Dimensional Camp's attitude. If there are areas we can cooperate in the future, we can discuss it."

The crowd didn't have any objections either, and several big shots even covertly sized up Alexei.

Don't you talk anymore, or later everyone will be Hard To Get Off The Back Of A Tiger again.

Li Yu shrugged. Giving away the [Death Star] was nothing. Anyway, it was produced by the System, and there were plenty of methods to take it back. If he could fish for some things, it would be even better.

"I seem to remember, last time Duke Li Yu Pledged With Absolute Sincerity, saying that you were an experimental subject of the Dimensional Camp." Titus's tone was faint.

Last time Titus used this as an Excuse to target Li Yu, Li Yu spoke resoundingly, throwing out phrases like experimental subject and hating them to the bone one after another.

However, as the situation developed, the crowd gradually came to their senses. How come this was a bit different from what Li Yu said?

Whose family treats an experimental subject so well?

"Yeah..." Li Yu was nonchalant: "I am quite annoyed by them, but they treat me pretty well."

The crowd: "..."

Actually, this couldn't be used as substantive evidence. Regarding how Li Yu was treated, last time Titus also used this as an opening. The subsequent Ordos Incident was the main method.

As long as there was no substantive impact on Returning Star, with Li Yu's Merit, at most they could only ostracize him.

"Let's leave this matter aside for now. According to what Horus said, you don't want to return to the Central Star System?" Vimala asked.

"Yes..." Li Yu nodded, his expression unchanging: "I have accurate news and intelligence to prove it."

"The reason the Star Glory Empire dispatched the Four-Armed Titan Legion to the No Man's Land was for Gensokyo, which is suspected to have appeared in the No Man's Land."

"This Half-Dimension World contains too many secrets and is extremely precious. If obtained by the Star Glory Empire, it will be a major blow to Returning Star, so we cannot sit back and watch them obtain it."

How would he know exactly why the Four-Armed Titan Legion came? Anyway, just spouting nonsense was fine.

What? You ask me where my information channels came from?

Don't ask, if you ask, it's the Dimensional Camp!

"This..."

The crowd's expressions hesitated. They had also noticed this intelligence.

But according to the information gathered by Returning Star's intelligence system, this matter wasn't that simple and suspected to involve multiple Gray Organizations.

Whether Gensokyo was real or not was also very hard to determine.

And for the current Returning Star, they didn't want to invest too much military force in the No Man's Land.

But Li Yu Pledged With Absolute Sincerity again. Thinking of the Dimensional Camp behind him, the crowd couldn't help but have some suspicious thoughts.

"If it's true, we indeed cannot sit back and watch the Star Glory Empire obtain it." The old man sitting next to Aisel said in a deep voice.

He was a Living Fossil of Returning Star, having once served as Digor's Teacher, responsible for political education.

Prince Connor shook his head: "But if we want to get involved in this matter, we need to at least invest several times the military force."

"We just extricated ourselves from the mess of the No Man's Land, and then turn around and go back in because of a piece of news of unknown authenticity. Isn't that treating it too much like child's play..."

"In my opinion, it would be better to let Duke Li Yu take the Black Pupil Fleet and that Interstellar Fortress and temporarily stay in the peripheral areas of the No Man's Land."

The one speaking was Titus. His tone was calm, and no anomaly could be heard, but his words inside and out carried targeting intentions.

The Star Glory Empire had always been hunting Li Yu, and The Council's target had unknowingly also become Li Yu.

Leaving him alone there, wouldn't that be a living target?

(End of this chapter)