Chapter 761: Era of the Iron Triangle

For this operation, the early-stage information gathering and preparation time were quite long, but the action was fast, accurate, and ruthless.

With multiple lines advancing simultaneously, the operation was concluded in almost a single day.

After all, this wasn't a head-on war. With ample preparation, the battle could be ended quickly.

All five High-Level Bases were taken down without any accidents.

However, quite a few situations occurred with some of the Ordinary Bases.

Attacks on about three bases failed due to incorrect combat strength intelligence and the influence of various environmental factors.

One of the bases had infiltrated the planet it was on too deeply and directly mobilized the Planetary Defense Fleet, causing the operation team to be delayed for too long.

However, this was originally expected during the operation.

And soon, this operation caused a huge uproar In interstellar space.

With this kind of operation, there was no way to guarantee that ordinary Citizens wouldn't be implicated. As long as there were advanced evacuations, those people would inevitably become vigilant.

More than thirty-four civilizations launched joint protests, demanding that Dragon Sovereign and the Star Glory Empire provide an explanation for this matter.

As the saying goes, Many People, Great Power. Moreover, the Star Glory Empire was indeed in the wrong this time, making it certain that these civilizations wouldn't let this opportunity slip by.

However, the Star Glory Empire quickly issued a Lukewarm statement, saying they were clearing out a terrorist organization that was disrupting the stability of Interstellar Society.

They would take responsibility for all losses caused during this period and compensate the families of the innocent casualties.

Their posture remained lofty, but they were also willing to bear the compensation.

At the same time, the A-Tier Alliance also issued a statement, stating that maintaining the stability of Interstellar Society was the responsibility every interstellar civilization should bear.

And for the losses caused by the Transformation Legion, they should uniformly seek the Star Glory Empire for encashment.

Any Discerning Person could see that this was a joint operation between both sides, definitely dealing with a common enemy.

The Star Glory Empire and the A-Tier Alliance were currently both behemoths.

Which A-Tier Lifeform didn't have inextricably linked factional relationships or chamber of commerce organizations behind them?

Both sides claimed to be maintaining economic and social stability. If those civilizations still lacked a sense of propriety, they might be labeled a terrorist organization and sanctioned.

However, at least they secured compensation, so those civilizations could give an account to their Citizens and naturally decided to Cease hostilities.

A large part of the reason was also the information provided to them by the Star Glory Empire, which showed that some crucial transportation hubs or resource mining planets had already been controlled by a terrorist organization named The Forerunners.

Over a long period, they had caused them to lose a massive amount of wealth.

This shocked and angered the High Echelon of those civilizations. If this matter leaked out, many Citizens would probably doubt the ruling government's competence, so they could only slink away dejectedly.

But at the same time, the numerous interstellar civilizations also realized one thing: the Other-Dimensional Camp represented by Dragon Sovereign and the Star Glory Empire were In Cahoots, as if they could do whatever they wanted.

Many people didn't notice this before because Dragon Sovereign repeatedly slapping the face of the Star Glory Empire in a short time gave them plenty of jokes to watch.

Later, after the situation eased, although surprised, they could reason that this was a compromise between two behemoths, possessing a certain inevitability, so they didn't think too much about it.

After this incident, they suddenly realized, Damn, something seems wrong.

With these two guys joining hands, they seemed to be f*cking invincible?

Furthermore, Dragon Sovereign also controlled the A-Tier Alliance. There was almost no force In interstellar space that could confront these three.

And the A-Tier Alliance, which originally should have become a third-party hegemonic organization In interstellar space, inexplicably became Dragon Sovereign's private army.

Many people once pinned their hopes on the emergence of the A-Tier Alliance to break the Major Civilizations' monopoly on the ruling class.

But now, that didn't seem to be the case?

And every lifeform in the A-Tier Alliance had become a stakeholder. Who would still care about the original intention of its establishment?

That was just a pretext. Take It Seriously, and You Lose.

Therefore, a piece of news titled [Iron Triangle] was published.

The publisher was Voice of the Starry Universe, an Interstellar Media under Vissa. Only he had the guts to touch upon such a sensitive topic.

The news pointed out that the strongest among civilizations, the Star Glory Empire, the most mysterious hidden organization, the Other-Dimensional Camp, and the A-Tier Lifeform class forming the A-Tier Alliance.

Formed an unprecedented iron triangle In the starry expanse.

This iron triangle enveloped the interstellar realm. No civilization or faction could contend with this iron triangle; they could only shiver beneath it.

A new era of hegemony had arrived!

This news caused A Single Spark Can Start a Prairie Fire, but bizarrely, no official media dared to retweet it. It was basically Independent Media or ordinary Citizens watching the fun who were sharing it.

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"This Vissa seems to be a council member of the A-Tier Alliance, a founding council member at that. However, his presence is very low, and he basically doesn't participate in voting."

Loyd turned his head. On the screen was exactly that piece of news titled [Iron Triangle].

"An interstellar star?" Aenius frowned slightly: "This kind of article is a bit too sensitive. Have him delete it."

Several people sat around a metal Round Table, making it hard to tell who was a projection.

"He's not simple. His Strength is very strong, belonging to a certain ancient Interstellar Race." Loren shook his head: "He seems to have some connection with Your Excellency Dragon Sovereign."

"Mhm." Li Yu nodded: "We have some friendship. I didn't expect the Star Glory Empire to have such clear information on Vissa as well."

"So, he can act unscrupulously?" Aenius retorted.

"That's not because of me. If Your Excellency wants to go warn him, please feel free." Li Yu said nonchalantly:

"However, as a qualified Ally, I should remind you that he can, to some extent, represent the remaining Terror Lifeforms."

"Huh?" The three simultaneously cast their gazes over. No one could ignore the remaining Terror Lifeforms.

Those top-tier lifeforms, including Siren, each possessed astonishing combat power.

"Such a thing..." Loren was quite surprised; this was information he didn't know either.

"It's just a piece of news. It poses no threat. Just use Cold Treatment." Aenius said without changing her expression.

Li Yu smiled faintly and changed the subject: "Let's not waste time, start sharing the Database and Technology."

After the operation ended, the few of them gathering here naturally wasn't to chat idly by Shooting The Breeze, but to Divide the Spoils on the Spot.

The technology and information from the five High-Level Bases were enough to digest for a while.

This was all negotiated before the operation, so there were no ripples. All collected information was stored in a shared Database, and then downloaded.

Claptrap naturally took on this responsibility and quickly completed the sharing and downloading of all data.

During this time, the few of them chatted about this and that, speculating on The Forerunners' subsequent reactions and such.

Even after suffering such a huge loss, they surmised that The Forerunners definitely wouldn't counterattack, but would enter a state of Lie Dormant even faster and wait for an opportunity.

Once they stopped all external activities, it would be troublesome to try and find clues again.

In the past, they could conduct in-depth investigations through some data anomalies.

But once those Outlying bases stopped their resource collection work, there would be no vines to pull on.

The Members of those bases instantly turned into good citizens with No Suspicious Points Even Tracing Back Three Generations.

"Master, I found a clue regarding that Emblem." Claptrap's voice suddenly sounded. Li Yu's expression remained unchanged.

He was currently present via projection, and the equipment wouldn't record Claptrap's voice.

"Emblem?" He had the projection temporarily simulate normal movement, then opened the data provided by Claptrap.

This was found by the Star Glory Empire in a certain High-Level Base of The Forerunners.

That was a base responsible for researching High Shielding-Level Signals, which could be applied to various Communication Equipment and Physical Missiles.

But not long ago, they received a request for help from another base.

The other base was detecting a special signal frequency band and seemed to have yielded some results, but they weren't sure if it was an overlap of other signal frequency bands, so they asked this base to help analyze it.

And the source emitting this signal frequency band was precisely that Star-Mark Badge.

In their files, it was called—the Overseer's Badge.

"The Overseers?" Li Yu repeated these words, feeling the amount of information within was quite substantial.

But that was it; there was no further information.

Also, the coordinates between the various bases of The Forerunners were confidential, making it hard to trace back through this point.

However, the Star Glory Empire was right in front of Li Yu, so it wouldn't hurt to ask.

Li Yu took over the projection again. After pondering for a moment, he suddenly smiled: "Interesting, to think The Forerunners are actually still searching for The Overseers."

Asking directly definitely wouldn't work.

The mystery and power of the Other-Dimensional Camp were the root of the Star Glory Empire's Apprehension.

The Star Glory Empire could only feel a sense of 'Gaze Up at a High Mountain' towards it.

If Li Yu asked directly, it would be easy for the Star Glory Empire to feel 'so that's all there is to it'.

Once Apprehension decreased, Unexpected Trouble would easily breed.

The fact that The Forerunners were monitoring the signal frequency band of the Overseer's Badge was enough to prove that The Forerunners had been searching for the other party.

Saying it this way definitely wouldn't be wrong.

"The Overseers..." Loyd was a bit confused, and Aenius also looked perplexed. They seemed to not know about this either.

Only Loren's eyes flashed, looking at Li Yu with some surprise, though it was unknown what he was surprised about.

"They are indeed very persistent about this." Loren chimed in, but he had no desire to continue speaking.

Aenius and Loyd seemed somewhat curious, but wisely chose not to inquire in this setting.

Li Yu shook his head in feigned ignorance, revealing a look of emotion, while inwardly cursing 'Old Fox'.

Loren clearly didn't want to say more, perhaps also being very cautious to avoid being fished for information.

In this kind of scenario, it wasn't appropriate for him to continue asking, so he could only pretend to be filled with myriad emotions.

After dividing the spoils, Li Yu ended the projection, and Aenius unhesitatingly questioned Loren.

"What are The Overseers Li Yu just brought up? How come I've never heard of them?"

Loyd also revealed an inquiring look.

Loren hesitated for a moment. This kind of information wasn't something that absolutely had to be kept secret from these two.

The interstellar space was boundless, and over the long years, countless information and data had been accumulated.

No one could know everything; one only retrieved it when needed.

It was the same for Aenius and the other. The reason they didn't know about this kind of information before was because they hadn't come into contact with this aspect.

"The Overseers is just the name we gave them. They are actually a portion of people left behind by the civilization that annihilated the Titan Civilization."

"What?" Loyd said in astonishment: "That civilization actually left people behind?"

"Yes." Loren nodded: "You should know about the Barren Universe Zone wrapping around this starry sky."

"At the end of the war, the other party used the Annihilation Device to launch an attack on the root of the Titan Civilization."

"Knowing their path ahead was cut off, a portion of the Titans chose to seek a way to survive, while another portion fell into mad despair."

"The other party knew the annihilation of the Titan Civilization was only a matter of time and didn't want to face the maddened Titans, so they chose to temporarily retreat, while simultaneously leaving behind a portion of people to secretly monitor the Titan Civilization's situation."

"But the Titan Civilization also didn't want the other party to easily obtain their legacy after their annihilation, so on the war-ravaged frontlines, they created the Barren Universe Zone, making it so the other party couldn't easily enter either."

Loren recounted this ancient history: "Subsequently, the Titans used Information-State Technology to hide the divine artifacts, hoping that a sufficiently powerful civilization could be born In this starry expanse to avenge them."

"And that group of people left behind became an isolated force, called The Overseers."

The two of them revealed thoughtful expressions, and Loyd asked again: "Then what is the relationship between The Forerunners and The Overseers?"

"The self-emotion of that civilization's race was infinitely weakened, and collectivization was infinitely amplified. Sticking to their mission, they were only responsible for monitoring the Titans."

"After the Titans were annihilated, some races obtained the Titans' legacy and began to rise."

"Those Overseers believed that since they inherited the Titans' legacy, they might become a threat in the future."

"But eliminating threats was not among their missions."

"And over the long years, and being separated from their main race, disagreements also arose internally among these Overseers."

"They began to split into three factions. One faction advocated clearing all threats, one faction adhered to the monitoring mission, and the other faction chose appeasement, clearing threats through another indirect method."

"So they chose to support The Forerunners?" Loyd seemed to understand.

"Yes..." Loren nodded.

(End of this chapter)