Chapter 498: Conning Harken, Extracting Intelligence

"Uh..." Li Yu's expression was odd, because this brother Simon couldn't possibly think that he was invincible just because he underwent enhancement, right?

Even the special enhancement process on Blazing Eye Star, which directly transformed him into an A-Tier Lifeform, was still just trash in front of the Morgan Family.

Moreover, whether he was currently an A-Tier Lifeform or not still had a question mark on it.

After all, what enhanced them was only a powerful deity that had been dead for a long time.

However, Li Yu also didn't need to explain too much to this Simon, just shook his head and said: "Those people are not someone you can deal with. You've been asleep for a while, while you can still connect to the Interstellar Network, take a look at the major events that have recently happened."

"Wait quietly for Moduo to wake up. Everything will be discussed after she wakes up."

Simon pursed his lips, seemingly wanting to say something, but didn't speak up.

He currently felt his power was enough to destroy heaven and earth, and those fleets blockading the periphery of Blazing Eye Star were no match at all.

And this was just him alone. There were still many compatriots who hadn't woken up, let alone Princess Moduo; the enhancement she received must be the most.

Because he was now far stronger than Li Yu back then.

Although Li Yu must have also been becoming stronger during the time they were asleep, he certainly couldn't compare to them who were using cheats.

However, everyone was Friend. At a critical moment in the past, it was Li Yu who saved them and even brought Moduo back.

Simon believed that it was necessary for him to take care of this Friend's self-esteem.

Li Yu still didn't know what this brother Simon was thinking. Afterwards, he exhorted a few more words and then hung up the communication.

Simon looked at the extinguished Holographic Screen, put away the Smart Terminal, and his peaceful expression suddenly turned murderous.

All around him, there were scattered limbs everywhere, as well as a few Beastkin who were Eking out a miserable existence, kneeling on the ground and begging for mercy non-stop.

These were all poaching spaceships. Blazing Eye Star's Red Eyes were highly sought-after items in the collecting world, with no worry about sales.

Back then, Simon had to be somewhat scrupulous when dealing with these Stowaway, but now it was a complete crushing with Strength.

He suddenly clenched his fists tightly. Invisible fluctuations spread out, and the heads of those few remaining Beastkin exploded with a bang.

Only after dealing with these few guys did he turn on the Smart Terminal again. Li Yu told him to understand the major interstellar events that had happened recently.

Actually, in his opinion, this was completely unnecessary, because most interstellar events didn't have much to do with the Blazing Eye Race and him.

But since Li Yu specifically exhorted it, he still decided to take a look. Although his Strength had made significant progress now, he still maintained respect for Li Yu.

However, just upon opening the news section, a massive number of sub-windows popped out, dazzling Simon. With a rough glance, all the news basically had similar Headline --

[Return Star Welcomes its First Empress, Ascension Ceremony Frequently Drops Blockbusters!]

Simon had some impression of this civilization. Previously, when they dealt with Stowaway, they would also learn intelligence about the outside world from their mouths.

Return Star was a powerful civilization, with quite some prestige In interstellar space, and even frequently challenged the Star Glory Empire.

Of course, these were all the understandings of bottom-tier Citizens.

After scrolling for a long time and not seeing any other news, Simon didn't know what impact Return Star's newly appointed Empress had on them.

However, right at this time, a sub-headline in the massive amount of news attracted his Attention.

[Duke Li Yu, Carrying the Victory of the No Man's Land War, Declares to the Interstellar with a Strong Attitude: Return Star Fears No Challenge!]

Li Yu!?

Simon was slightly stunned. It couldn't be the one he just video called with, right?

He hurriedly clicked open this piece of news. What played on it was exactly Li Yu's impassioned speech.

Simon would never forget this appearance in his life, not to mention the protagonist in the Recording was just video calling with him.

"It's really him... Duke of Return Star? Victory in the No Man's Land war?" Simon muttered to himself, feeling a sense of astonishment in his heart.

He clicked open the search bar and inputted the two characters "Li Yu". Instantly, over ten billion links popped out.

"No Man's Land war..."

"Battle of Amethyst..."

"..."

Simon took a rough glance and couldn't help but lose his voice and mutter: "During this period of time, what on earth has happened..."

……

"News about Moduo?" The Hunter came over. Li Yu didn't hide the previous communication from him, so he also heard it.

"What a coincidence, there's a good show to watch..." The Hunter gloated.

Li Yu frowned slightly: "The Morgan Family might have already noticed something. According to Peyton, this is only one of the Morgan Family's projects, but if the other party finds out Moduo has contact with me, they will probably heavily increase their invested forces."

It wasn't him boasting, but with his current level of importance, if the Morgan Family really found out, what awaited Moduo would definitely be an Inescapable Net.

"If that's the case, then it's troublesome. The Star Glory Empire can't possibly miss such a good bargaining chip."

Hearing this, the smile on The Hunter's face also disappeared. The friendship between the few of them was accumulated through dangerous situations time and time again, and he was also very worried about Moduo.

Although that vicious woman frequently controlled his body.

Li Yu pondered for a moment, opened the Smart Terminal, and sent a few orders to several Communication Link.

Although he currently held excellent chips in his hands, which were the prisoners of the Golden Lion Legion.

If he used those people to exchange, the Empire would very likely be willing to exchange.

After all, Moduo couldn't produce much value in their hands either.

It was just that this was a last resort. Right now, he wasn't stupid enough to proactively expose Moduo's existence.

However, thinking of those few prisoners, his gaze flickered. It was indeed time to go interrogate them.

Subsequently, he left this place and headed to the Black Pupil Fleet in Extraterrestrial space. Arriving at the prison area, a large group of people were imprisoned within the Kyber Cage.

At that time, the Black Pupil Fleet itself wasn't equipped with equipment to imprison A4 Level.

They could only be temporarily placed by him in the Kyber Cage, but now that they had returned to the Central Star System, he casually sent out a few messages.

Soon, someone delivered the matching imprisonment equipment, taking Sylzo and Harken out individually and bringing them to small rooms.

"Gentlemen, how have you been recently?" Li Yu greeted them with a solemn expression. The complexions of both of these people didn't look too good.

After all, the Kyber Cage was only this small, with so many people crammed together, and the others were their subordinates.

After so many days, whatever Noble prestige they had was all fucking gone. How could the mood of these two be any good under these circumstances.

"The Empire should pay an appropriate price to redeem us, and it's unlikely you can pry any information out of our mouths, so don't waste your effort."

Harken saw through Li Yu's intentions and said directly.

The life tier of these two people was higher than Li Yu's, and The Voice wouldn't have any effect.

But he had other methods. Li Yu said in a deep voice: "Return Star is gone. The Council attacked Return Star, the Central Star System was annihilated, Digor died, and the entire Return Star is now in a mess like a pot of porridge."

Harken and Sylzo Look at Each Other in Dismay. There was no look of shock on their faces; instead, they acted as if it was a matter of course.

Although they were sent to No Man's Land, they had also heard rumors about the plans regarding Return Star.

The defeat and destruction of the Central Star System was an expected event, and they weren't surprised or doubtful.

"You guys really knew about this. Was this also within the Star Glory Empire's calculations?" Li Yu acted as if he discovered something and sighed.

"Don't try to fish for information. I said before, you won't get anything from us," Harken shook his head, still refusing to reveal the slightest bit.

"Now that Return Star is gone, is there any point in me fishing for information?" Li Yu retorted.

Harken's expression remained unchanged, and he didn't reveal any other emotions.

"You seem very concerned about Return Star. You're not even one of their people." It was Sylzo who proactively asked.

"It's alright, just want to figure out what exactly happened. After all, I still carry the title of Duke..." Li Yu shrugged: "Moreover, we finally found a suitable Ally with great difficulty."

Ally?

Harken's heart stirred slightly. So this was the other party's idea.

If that was the case...

Now that Return Star's Vital Energy was greatly damaged, and the force of the Other-Dimensional Camp was extremely powerful, it was absolutely worth winning over.

The Ally died, and then look for a new Ally. This was very normal In interstellar space.

"Return Star is not your only choice," Harken said.

"You mean the Star Glory Empire?" Li Yu shook his head: "The Empire is too overbearing and possesses immense Strength. It's very likely we won't be able to obtain any benefits within it."

He spoke very convincingly, but in reality, it was just to make his disguise look a bit more realistic to gain the other party's trust.

He couldn't possibly immediately agree when the other party proposed this suggestion, right? That would be too fake.

However, Harken's answer exceeded his expectations.

"I'm not talking about the Empire, but the Loren Family..."

Li Yu was somewhat surprised. The amount of information in this sentence was not small.

Cooperating with the Loren Family instead of the Empire? What does the Loren Family want to do?

Harken then explained: "Don't misunderstand. Cooperating with the Empire is completely an empty and broad statement. It's better to be specific to a certain Noble."

"This should align with your interests."

"If that's the case..." Li Yu pondered slightly and nodded: "That's not impossible either."

Li Yu then added: "It's just that, we want to know, why exactly did the Council attack Return Star? Although we know this news, we haven't found any clues after investigating for a long time."

Harken frowned again. This involved an extremely important upcoming plan of the Empire. Even he didn't know much about it, let alone leak it to Li Yu in front of him.

It was just that this could very likely win over an extremely powerful Ally.

If he refused, it might fail because of this.

"Your Excellency Li Yu, this question is truly difficult to answer," Harken ultimately still shook his head.

Li Yu instantly became somewhat displeased: "Return Star is already finished, what are you still hiding? Do you not even have sincerity to ally with us?"

Harken remained silent, clearly unwilling to speak out. Sylzo spoke up at the right time: "There are many ways to show sincerity, you can change the condition."

"Heh, then tell me, why did you guys desperately want to capture me?" Li Yu sneered.

Brother Xun once said, if you want to open a window, smash the door first!

Directly asking this question, the other party would definitely also hesitate.

But with the groundwork of a more classified question, coupled with the temptation of the Other-Dimensional Camp, Harken had already begun to waver.

"This question..." After hesitating several times, he still spoke: "It doesn't hurt to tell you. If we reach a cooperation, we probably won't be able to lay hands on you anymore."

"You are an experimental subject of a certain classified project of ours. We suspect the experiment succeeded on you."

Li Yu shook his head: "It's the experiment related to the Titan, right? I've already learned the general idea from The Reformers. Tell me something different."

"Why do you guys desperately want to capture me alive so much, what exactly do you want to do?"

"You know?" Harken was somewhat surprised, then seemed to fall into deep thought. His expression shifted, and only after a long time did he speak: "It's to open a certain kind of thing."

Without waiting for Li Yu to speak, he said: "If you guys are really so resourceful, you should know what it is."

"Is it the Titan Sanctuary!?"

Li Yu immediately spat out these few words.

Harken took a deep breath and said: "You guys really do know."

Titan Sanctuary, the first time Li Yu heard this term was from the Salvation Ark.

They researched The Overlord seemingly to open this kind of sanctuary.

And as soon as Harken mentioned opening something, he immediately thought of this thing.

Subsequently, he thought of the experience where the Dimensional Ship identified him as a Titan juvenile.

He indeed seemed to be able to Pass Off Fish Eyes as Pearls now, but this wasn't the merit of the Loren Family's experiment, but multiple accidents that made him like this.

Li Yu didn't ask too much; asking too much would easily expose him.

But he had now resolved his own doubts, and at the same time knew that the Titan Sanctuary was an important item pursued by all parties.

"I know, thank you for your cooperation." Li Yu stood up, preparing to leave this place.

Harken's face sank, and he said: "Since we have reached a preliminary cooperation intention, isn't Your Excellency prepared to release us temporarily?"

"Cooperation, what cooperation?" Li Yu turned around and asked in confusion.

"Ally!"

Harken sensed something was wrong, his gaze fixing dead on Li Yu.

Li Yu chuckled lightly: "I'm sorry, my Ally Return Star, has just welcomed its new Empress and is At the zenith of one's power In interstellar space, so we temporarily don't plan to ally with other factions."

Return Star!

New Empress!?

At the zenith of one's power?

Harken was unable to react for a moment.

"Return Star, won!?" Sylzo said in disbelief.

Harken finally reacted, Li Yu had Con them.

The reason he told Li Yu this was because Return Star had already been annihilated, and the Other-Dimensional Camp was already looking for a new Ally.

And the reason he didn't have any doubts about this statement was because, in the Empire's estimation, Return Star's defeat was long preordained.

But now, Li Yu told them Return Star won, and everything Li Yu said just now was only to extract intelligence. This was unacceptable to Harken.

"Very surprised?" Li Yu asked with a smile. He had already gotten what he wanted, and it was impossible to squeeze more information out of these two people.

Ignoring the voices behind him, he walked straight out of this place, having someone escort them back to the prison.

(End of this chapter)