Chapter 630: Fighting Side by Side with the Enemy!

And while Loyd left forcefully suppressing his anger, Li Yu had already followed the Pioneer Fleet back to their Base.

During the process of cleaning up the battlefield, they found quite a few Imperial Soldiers who were heavily injured but not completely dead.

However, the Forerunners didn't get much valuable information from their mouths.

After all, these people were just low-level soldiers and didn't know much.

The most valuable things were still the mainframes dismantled from the battleship ruins. Some communication information hidden within them was extremely valuable.

But to decrypt it would still take a certain amount of time.

Li Yu stood before the porthole, staring at the Gas Giant Planet in front of him.

The Interstellar was vast and boundless. Without coordinates, relying on manpower to find a planet was basically impossible.

The Forerunners' Base was located within it. Along with the thick Atmosphere being sliced open, numerous battleships filed in one after another, entering the Ship Cabin to resupply and rest.

"Regini, you are responsible for cracking the mainframes taken from the battleship ruins. I keep feeling that the Star Glory Empire's goal isn't simple. I want to know why they only sent these people over."

These two were his subordinates. Although the war had ended, the follow-up work was not yet finished.

"Yes!" The two responded in deep voices.

And Ales continued: "Alfonso, you follow me to the main Base, responsible for supplementing the battle report."

"Understood." Li Yu nodded, while the other two cast envious glances.

This was the benefit of being the number one subordinate. When there were opportunities to show one's face among the High Echelon, one would naturally choose one's own confidant.

This was also the reason why Li Yu chose to replace Alfonso.

He had already figured out these situations while leading the way.

"Lord Ales's total victory against the Star Glory Empire this time is a rare victory. Perhaps you can obtain the right to use the Thunder Battle Armor because of this," Regini flattered.

And Vasco echoed: "That's right, Lord Ales applied many times and wasn't approved. I believe you will definitely succeed this time."

Hearing this, Li Yu's expression shifted slightly. Listening to the tone of these two guys, Ales seemed to be quite covetous of the Thunder Battle Armor and wanted to apply for its use.

But thinking about it, it was understandable. After all, it was a Titan Artifact, something counted among the entire Universe. Who wouldn't covet it?

Although he had superficially transformed into Alfonso, in reality, he knew nothing about the information here.

Under these circumstances, the best way to handle it was to remain silent.

Although under the effect of [Black Widow], others wouldn't suspect that he wasn't Alfonso, they would suspect Alfonso himself.

This wasn't hard to understand. For example, he was currently Alfonso. If he betrayed the Forerunners, everyone would also think that Alfonso had betrayed them. Although they wouldn't suspect his Identity, they would still attack him.

He now needed to confirm the location of the Thunder Battle Armor and the number of high-level lifeforms in this Base before he could take the next step.

"Shut up!" Ales frowned and scolded: "This matter isn't something you can discuss. The decision rests with the High Echelon."

"Moreover, the Star Glory Empire's operation this time is very strange. In my opinion, this cannot be considered a victory."

Speaking up to here, he glanced at Alfonso. As expected of the person he favored, he didn't echo these two idiots.

Regini and the other man's expressions stiffened somewhat, and they looked at each other. Their Brown-Nose had hit the horse's hoof.

They didn't dare to refute Ales's scolding, so they could only nod and say yes, hurriedly taking their leave to deal with their own affairs.

Ales snorted coldly and didn't say anything more, taking Li Yu towards the main Base.

The pillar-shaped main Base went deep into the core, surrounded by a massive amount of Lightning Glow. Fierce winds howled, storms gathered, and thunder wind tornadoes raged and whistled.

This seemingly terrifying natural phenomenon was very difficult to cause any harm to the two of them.

The two landed in the central area of the pillar-shaped Base. Someone had already been waiting here. Under Ales's leadership, Li Yu didn't undergo much inspection.

He took the Elevator and arrived at the upper level of the main Base.

Several managers of this Base were already waiting here. Although they came from different races, smiles filled their faces.

"Congratulations to Commander Ales. This time can be considered a total victory. We have already reported to Headquarters, and believe there will be a response soon."

These few managers naturally weren't Brown-Nosing, just giving some Flattery. Ales was responsible for security in this Base. Due to his Strength bonus, his Status was equal to theirs.

And Ales didn't keep a cold face, responding: "It was just a fluke. The power sent by the Star Glory Empire this time wasn't strong, I just Snatch a Bargain."

And Li Yu was observing these few people from behind Ales. These three guys didn't have very strong Auras.

Two of them weren't even A-Tier Lifeforms. Clearly, they had specialties in other areas to be able to sit as equals with Ales.

This also made him breathe a sigh of relief. The power in this Base wasn't as high as he imagined.

He originally thought there would be a few Tier A5 Lifeforms, but looking at it now, it seemed there was only Ales alone.

However, upon careful thought, this was only natural.

Tier A5 Lifeforms already stood at the pinnacle of the Interstellar and were extremely rare.

For a large armed faction like the Abyss Institute, at the peak of their Strength, they only had two or three overall.

And during periods of decline, they didn't even have any.

No matter how abundant the Forerunners' Strength was, they couldn't casually deploy multiple Tier A5 Lifeforms into a branch Base.

If it wasn't for a Titan Artifact hidden here, probably even Ales wouldn't have come over.

"Alfonso, narrate the specific details of the battle," Ales ordered.

"Yes..." Li Yu was somewhat Speechless. No wonder Ales brought him over. The big shot naturally couldn't verbally recount the battle report, so this job naturally fell on him.

Fortunately, he wasn't asked to report on other things. He understood that battle fairly well, so he immediately opened his mouth and said: "In the beginning..."

Spending about twenty minutes or so, Li Yu supplemented some details that weren't narrated in the battle report.

This gave everyone a more specific understanding of this battle.

"The Nabus Serpentine Legion is indeed disappointing. If it were changed to the Troll Legion or the Four-Armed Titan Legion, even if they failed, their losses wouldn't be this heavy," a manager sneered.

"But this matter is indeed very strange. Since the Star Glory Empire planned to make a move against us, why did they send such weak forces?"

"Even using the Other-Dimensional Camp as the main force, it's a bit too weak."

"..."

The few people were discussing, and all kinds of guesses abounded. Li Yu's Attention wandered, and he remained silent.

Right at this moment, a beeping sound suddenly came from the room. Ales and the others' expressions changed slightly, and he ordered: "Alfonso, you can leave now."

Li Yu's Attention shook slightly, and he nodded: "Yes!"

He lowered his head and walked straight out of the room. When closing the door, he vaguely saw blazing blue light condensing in the room, seemingly a projection.

It should be the true High Echelon of the Forerunners, Li Yu guessed inwardly.

He was quite curious, but these people clearly weren't willing to let him listen in.

But this was also exactly what he wanted. If his guess was right, the Thunder Battle Armor... should be in this main Base.

Li Yu didn't know the specific location, but he adopted an extremely simple method: trying every single place.

Alfonso's Authority was quite high. After all, as Ales's confidant, there weren't many places in this main Base that he couldn't go.

Ales had just forbidden them from discussing the Thunder Battle Armor, let alone approaching it.

Which meant, the places he was forbidden to approach were highly likely to be where the Thunder Battle Armor was located.

Thinking of this, his footsteps abruptly quickened a bit.

Inside the entire main Base, every floor was distributed with a large number of rooms, all of which were various Laboratories.

Li Yu roughly observed and found that they were basically researching the application methods of the Thunder Element, as well as special materials excavated from unknown places.

And in the Metal Corridor, there were surveillance probes and guard soldiers everywhere.

This face of his had quite a bit of Prestige here, and quite a few guard soldiers saluted when they saw him.

And when Li Yu saw the soldiers saluting him, he knew... this wasn't the place he wanted to enter.

He walked down layer by layer, gradually beginning to approach the bottom of the Base. He could clearly feel that the Energy concentration here began to increase, and the Thunder Element was extremely active.

Every certain distance, there were special Mechanical Restraints used to absorb the active Thunder Element Power, preventing them from forming substantive Electric Arcs.

With a casual pinch, Li Yu gathered Lightning Glow around his fingers.

And finally, Li Yu encountered the first guard soldier who didn't salute him.

The soldier wearing silver-white heavy Armor in front of him extended his palm towards him, making a gesture to stop.

"Your Excellency Alfonso, ahead is an S-Class Restricted Zone. You do not have entry Authority, please leave here immediately."

The four guard soldiers exuded intense Auras; all were A-Tier Lifeforms, although their level wasn't high.

Behind them was a pitch-black metal gate, currently tightly shut.

"S-Class Restricted Zone?" Li Yu revealed a smile: "Then it seems to be here."

"Your Excellency Alfonso, please leave here immediately!" The four soldiers' tone Embellish quite a bit, issuing a warning again.

"But what if I insist on going in?"

Li Yu's tone was playful. The difficulty in finding the Thunder Battle Armor lay in determining the location of the Forerunner Base and the opponent's defensive Strength.

With both of these already confirmed, given Li Yu's current Strength, he no longer needed to use other methods, he could just directly steamroll!

Just a single Ales couldn't pose much of a threat to him!

………

"...Your guesses are not unreasonable. The Star Glory Empire's intentions this time are unclear, and the Other-Dimensional Camp is Covetously Staring in the dark. Now the best method is indeed to relocate the Thunder Battle Armor."

In the top-floor conference room, the blurry projection spoke in a deep voice.

"To what stage has the research on the Thunder Battle Armor progressed? Can we extract the Source Matter from it..."

"This..." The few managers Look at Each Other in Dismay and hesitated: "I'm afraid it still needs some time. We have made progress relying on the Titan Ruins here, but to completely succeed still takes time."

"In that case, then temporarily do not relocate." The blurry projection said: "The location of the branch Base is top secret. As long as we placate Marc, there won't be any problems."

"As for the Other-Dimensional Camp and the Star Glory Empire, we will send support."

"Even if a fight breaks out, this war cannot last too long. The Titan Sanctuary is about to open, and when the time comes, everyone's Attention will shift away from here."

"Yes!" The crowd nodded, and the blurry projection spoke again:

"You all also don't need to worry too much. According to the news I received, because the Star Glory Empire's fleet encountered an attack, Loyd suspects Li Yu leaked the information, and the two are almost at a breaking point."

"Oh, this is actually good news." Joy appeared on the faces of the few people: "To think there would be this unexpected harvest. Marc's intelligence gathering this time was quite timely."

Another manager sighed: "It's a pity, it's said that the person who scouted the Star Glory Empire fleet's position already died in that previous war."

"However, Li Yu has mysteriously disappeared for a long time, purportedly researching a secret Weapon to deal with the Abyss Institute." The blurry projection added.

"A secret Weapon to deal with the Abyss Institute?" The few people Look at Each Other in Dismay, their expressions strange.

At this critical juncture, researching a secret Weapon to deal with the Abyss Institute was too ridiculous.

"Synthesizing the known information, this seemingly sudden war actually doesn't pose a high threat. Both sides have their own calculations, we just need to Sitting Calmly On The Fishing Platform." The blurry projection said.

"Understood..."

With the analysis from the Headquarters' big shots, they instantly relaxed a lot, and quite a few smiles appeared on their faces.

However, right at this moment, an ear-piercing alarm suddenly sounded in the room--

"Warning, warning, Core Research Area has been destroyed. Initiating Level 1 Alert. Please proceed immediately to confront the enemy!"

The originally relaxed expressions of the few people abruptly changed. The Core Research Area, that was where they stored the Thunder Battle Armor.

How could someone attack!?

This news left everyone somewhat bewildered. One second ago they were still Sitting Calmly On The Fishing Platform, and the next second their old lair had been taken out.

It was too sudden!?

And Ales hurriedly opened his Smart Terminal, pulling up the final surveillance Recording of the Core Research Area. A familiar figure appeared in front of him, making his pupils constrict, and he couldn't help but stand up and shout:

"Alfonso!?"

(End of Chapter)