Chapter 758: Dragon Sovereign, Truly a Good Person!
Aenius didn't have the time to bother with Returning Star. What she was Furious about was the matter concerning Xia En.
Xia En was inexplicably attacked by the Old Ones and almost beaten to death, which Enraged her.
What worried them even more was whether the Old Ones had found out something that made them suddenly attack Xia En.
However, after Li Yu interrupted like this, she calmed down slightly and turned to size Li Yu up with some suspicion.
It was hard to guarantee that this guy hadn't learned about Xia En's matters through that captive.
She knew this Dragon Sovereign had many merits and shortcomings, but magnanimity was definitely not among them.
Coincidentally, some of the things he had done to Xia En in the past had already become a lingering shadow for that Younger Brother of hers.
A large part of the reason for the Star Glory Empire's initial bounty on Li Yu was related to Xia En.
If it were an ordinary grudge, the Star Glory Empire could still mediate in the middle.
According to Xia En, Li Yu had even taken pictures at the time.
If Dragon Sovereign knew that Xia En wasn't an abandoned piece of the Star Glory Empire, but rather the core of a certain crucial plan, he might take strong action to eliminate the hidden danger.
"Since that's the case, then I'll go back first and wait for your news. Don't worry, your remuneration has already been paid. I won't raise the price next time," Li Yu said with a friendly face.
"Wait..." Aenius suddenly stopped him and said, "Your Excellency Dragon Sovereign has reminded me. The Forerunners are also an undeniable danger."
"It just so happens that the captive you caught might be able to correct the information we've obtained. Could you let us interrogate him a bit?"
This is out of fear that I've obtained Xia En's information. Li Yu instantly guessed Aenius's thoughts, but didn't mind and said: "Of course you can."
Bassens was only responsible for his own operation and didn't know about The Forerunners' actions in The Council. He had already confirmed this.
"However..." He added with some worry: "That guy harbors Suicidal intent. We also used special methods to get some information. You guys need to be careful."
"Disintegration?" Aenius asked in return, making Li Yu's heart stir. He nodded and said: "It should be."
"Don't worry, we have a way to solve it..."
Almost forgot, the Star Glory Empire is the old rival of The Forerunners. They must have caught people from The Forerunners before and know they have methods of self-destruction.
Even if they haven't researched a solution, they should have ways to curb it.
"That works then..." Li Yu nodded, making an expression of breathing a sigh of relief, but without taking any other action at all.
Aenius's face darkened, and she said: "Right, there happened to be some surplus left from forging the Transformers Alloy previously. It's of no use to us, so we'll give it all to you."
"Okay." Li Yu then grinned, brought out the sealed Bassens, tossed him to Aenius, and reminded her:
"This is a Time lock. Be careful when you undo it. If you accidentally get him killed, I'm not taking responsibility."
Time lock...
Aenius's expression changed slightly, and she nodded.
He had originally planned to use this to dispel the Star Glory Empire's suspicions before making a move against The Forerunners.
He also didn't expect Bassens to be able to scheme much profit.
That so-called surplus Transformers Alloy was definitely what the Star Glory Empire used for their own experiments.
Finding that they couldn't build Transformers, they simply dumped it all on Li Yu.
Afterwards, the two parted ways. Once the Star Glory Empire verified things, it should be a Thunder Strike against The Forerunners. This time wouldn't be too long.
He sent the Thirteen Primal Transformers separately to receive the Star Glory Empire's Transformers Alloy and Returning Star's production from this period.
Their overall Strength was already close to the A5 Level. With some more Transformers Alloy, they should be able to undergo a complete Metamorphosis.
But while waiting for news from the Star Glory Empire, he received a report from Sinai.
"Ron and Joseph disappeared?" Li Yu frowned slightly.
"Yes..." Sinai nodded, her expression also very distressed: "It happened six hours ago. They suddenly requested backup, but two minutes later, the Dimensional Passage was forcibly closed."
"By the time the nearest Transformers arrived, there was nothing left there."
"What's the specific situation? Coincidence? Or targeted at me?" Li Yu inquired, subconsciously thinking of The Forerunners.
"It shouldn't be a coincidence. It happened in the Fire Ring Star System of the Cassandra Civilization. They are just an ordinary civilization. They don't have that kind of power and couldn't provoke that kind of enemy."
"It shouldn't be targeted at you either, because none of the bases we preliminarily established outside have been destroyed." Sinai shook her head:
"Even the Sith Squad, who acts more high-profile than them, is fine."
"Not a coincidence? Nor targeted at me?" Li Yu was somewhat surprised, then thought of Ron and Joseph's suspected status as "Child of Destiny", and his expression became somewhat strange.
These two couldn't have gotten involved in some event again, right?
And Sinai also quickly verified his guess.
"Before they disappeared, they seemed to be crossing a very long distance, pursuing something." Sinai pulled up a holographic projection, presenting a special Emblem before Li Yu.
It looked like nothing special.
"According to the system records, they found this in an abandoned base. Joseph felt this thing was unusual, and left the Ancient Starpath with Ron."
Li Yu looked at the projection of this Emblem. He was basically certain that this matter definitely had something to do with this Emblem.
Sinai had long scoured the Database, even using Claptrap's clones in the Black Hole Network to search for such an Emblem.
There was a lot of derivative information, but basically none of it was useful, because the star mark on it was too common.
"Open the portal, I'll go take a look..." Li Yu said. Although these two hadn't been his subordinates for long, they had created a lot of profits.
Such good Tool Persons couldn't just disappear so inexplicably.
He just arrived at a place where he could open a Dimensional Rift. After a transit, he arrived at the drastically changed Fire Ring Star System.
Due to the loss of a planet, the Gravity environment of the Star System changed. The red meteorites had completely disintegrated, and two Barren Planets even suffered a huge collision.
Clearly, before a new Gravity environment formed, this Star System was considered ruined.
He didn't conceal his own Power Level, instantly alerting the Cassandra Civilization Investigation Team.
The mysterious disappearance of a Life Planet naturally shocked the Cassandra Civilization, and they quickly dispatched an investigation team.
The person in charge was a certain Senior Official from the Cassandra Civilization's security department.
"Supervisor, Identity confirmed."
"It's Dragon Sovereign!"
A shocked voice came from his subordinate.
"Dragon Sovereign, why would he be here?"
The security supervisor was somewhat stunned, and then quickly ordered the alert lifted, taking a Small Aircraft to Li Yu's location.
"Your Excellency Dragon Sovereign, greetings..."
The security supervisor greeted him on the broadcast channel. He was wearing specialized Armor that allowed him to move freely in space.
"Let's talk on your Spaceship." Li Yu glanced at him. The other party naturally didn't dare to refuse.
After arriving on the Spaceship, the numerous Staff Members looked to be trembling with fear.
They hadn't interacted with a big shot of this level and didn't know how to treat him. They didn't even dare to raise their heads, afraid of arousing this big shot's displeasure.
The Cassandra Civilization was just an ordinary civilization. Adding up the entire civilization, they didn't even have ten A-Tier Lifeforms. It was completely insufficient.
"What happened here?" Li Yu asked directly.
"This..." The security supervisor was slightly taken aback. Earlier, he thought the mysterious disappearance of this planet was related to Dragon Sovereign.
If that was the case, then his investigation mission would turn into how to appease domestic Public Opinion.
But looking at the other party's words, it seemed he also didn't know what happened here.
Then why did he appear here?
"We're not too clear either..." The security supervisor shook his head.
"Master, he's lying..." The cubic entity floating beside Li Yu suddenly spoke up, saying: "According to the System Log of the Cassandra Civilization's intelligent management system."
"Less than twenty minutes after Ron and Josel completed the docking procedures here, the Fire Ring Star System detected an unknown lifeform and activated Emergency Defense Measures."
Li Yu's purpose in coming to this Spaceship was precisely to let Claptrap hack into the other party's mainframe and remotely hack the Cassandra Civilization's intelligent management system.
"Ah?" The security supervisor looked bewildered, not having the time to think about how that cubic entity knew these confidential pieces of information. Meeting Li Yu's scrutinizing gaze, he hastily explained:
"That is true, but we only know this much. We really don't know what exactly happened here."
"The monitoring system only uploads Recordings to the intelligent core when necessary. We don't have the corresponding Recordings, we only know an attack occurred here."
He was sweating profusely, deeply afraid that Dragon Sovereign would misunderstand.
He didn't mean to hide anything, it's just that he felt these things were completely worthless.
"He's not lying this time." Claptrap added.
"My people went missing in this incident. I don't know if they Died or just disappeared." Only then did Li Yu state his purpose.
Li Yu could roughly confirm that the Fire Ring Star System only suffered an Undeserved misfortune. After all, this Star System had no presence In interstellar space and couldn't be more ordinary.
"What level did the Energy Level of that unknown lifeform reach?" Li Yu asked again.
The security supervisor didn't know the answer to this question either and was just about to have someone check.
Then he heard that cubic entity speak up: "From the attack warning to the Fire Ring Star System's defense system going offline, during the few minutes in between, the upper limit of the other party's Energy Level wasn't detected."
"It only cut off at seven hundred million Calorie Unit, and then the information link was lost."
"At least an A5, possibly higher." Li Yu narrowed his eyes. The scope of suspects instantly shrank.
How could the security supervisor not understand? The cubic entity before him had already hacked into their intelligent core.
But listening to Li Yu's conversation, he also felt a wave of fear.
The one who attacked the Fire Ring Star System was actually a Tier A5 Lifeform.
That was enough to plow through their entire Cassandra Civilization back and forth several times.
No wonder the High Echelon was so fearful, hesitant, and even didn't really want to investigate this matter.
He wasn't stupid either. He knew his civilization simply didn't have the strength to Provoke Trouble with this kind of lifeform.
The other party was probably here to deal with Dragon Sovereign's subordinates. The Fire Ring Star System most likely just suffered an Undeserved misfortune.
The people of the entire Life Planet all became collateral damage. He sighed inwardly.
But he also had no intention of assigning blame. They didn't even know who the attacker was.
And the power controlled by the person before him was even more enough to plow through the Cassandra Civilization hundreds of times.
Caught in the middle and suffering an Undeserved misfortune, the Cassandra Civilization could only silently swallow this bitter fruit, curse their bad luck, and have no other choice.
This was the helplessness of small civilizations In interstellar space.
"The Cassandra Civilization doesn't seem to be in the [Interstellar United Trade Organization], right?" Li Yu suddenly inquired.
The security supervisor's pupils contracted. Seemingly predicting something, his whole body trembled slightly as he said in a shaking voice:
"N-no, we don't have the entry qualifications yet."
The [Interstellar United Trade Organization] was a large civilization trading platform. One could trade goods from member states at a cheaper price.
Just by buying and reselling, one could earn a considerable price difference.
Of course, the threshold was also relatively high. Under normal circumstances, civilizations like Cassandra would find it difficult to join even after developing for thousands of years.
"Prepare the application materials." Li Yu stood up and added: "You can leave now. Just pretend the things that happened here don't exist."
How could the security supervisor not know what this meant? He immediately said loudly: "Thank you, Dragon Sovereign! Take care!"
He clenched his fists, his eye sockets even turning somewhat red.
This single sentence was enough to elevate the development level of the Cassandra Civilization by several steps, saving countless Hard labor.
He didn't expect that Dragon Sovereign would actually take the initiative to compensate for their losses.
Even if Dragon Sovereign pretended nothing happened, they would be helpless. Truly didn't expect...
Dragon Sovereign is truly a good person!
He even had a Dark thought in his heart: Fortunately it happened to the Cassandra Civilization, fortunately it caused a large enough loss.
He believed that the citizens of the Fire Ring Star System would be able to rest in peace after knowing this.
If they could exchange the disappearance of a Life Planet for the qualification to enter the [Interstellar United Trade Organization].
Civilizations at the level of Cassandra would probably agree without hesitation.
After calming his emotions, he looked around, his eyes carrying a hint of gloom, and said: "No one is allowed to spread what happened today."
"You wouldn't want to know the consequences of the information leaking."
Dragon Sovereign gave them benefits to compensate for the Cassandra Civilization's losses, so they naturally also understood how to handle this matter.
The numerous Staff Members hastily nodded.
(End of this chapter)
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