Duncan felt a wave of humiliation. He asked in a deep voice, "What exactly do you want?"

Clive restrained his smile and said, "I can continue to help you, but the price will be different."

"I don't know what price the Galaxy Defense Group wants from Owen, but I never do business at a loss."

"If my fleet is to shed blood and sacrifice, then there must be a price worth it."

Duncan took a deep breath: "What do you want now?"

Clive pondered for a moment and said, "I want the Xilin Seat now. If we defeat the Galaxy Defense Group and Owen, I will also get the Tianlu Seat."

Duncan was shocked and said, "Impossible! This is completely unacceptable to Lidadas Capital."

What is Xilin? Xilin has an industrial world, two super-large space docks, and an energy production base.

For Lidadas Capital, although it is not one of the two eggs, it is also half one.

The Fornax is even more important, it is simply the entire egg of Lidadas Capital.

After ceding the constellations of Silin and Fornax to the Oort Cloud United Hegemony, Duncan won the battle and successfully unified the Lidadas capital.

If Lidadas Capital is compared to a man, it is equivalent to curing hemiplegia, but the cost of the surgery is castration.

Lidadas Capital is still alive, but it might as well be alive.

Clive looked at Duncan and said, "Why don't you agree?"

"I can't understand this."

"Without my assistance, you will soon be defeated by the Galactic Defense Group and Owen."

"Others may be able to continue living, but as for you, I'm afraid there is only one way out, and that is death."

Clive added: "Even if you are an A-level psyker, this is no exception."

Duncan said in astonishment, "You want to leave?"

Clive nodded and said, "If you don't agree to these conditions, of course I'm leaving."

"Owen is already sweeping through the surrounding star systems. If we don't leave now, are we going to wait until our logistics supply is completely cut off? By then, we'll have to pay for the fleet's supplies ourselves."

"This doesn't meet the prerequisites for me to send troops. Without sufficient cost, I won't fight the Galaxy Defense Group head-on."

Clive said with unusual sincerity: "Duncan, my old friend, you know."

"I never lie. The Galaxy Defense Group's fleet is quite powerful. If we fight them hard, I will suffer heavy losses."

"My fleet has suffered heavy losses, and it will be difficult to explain when I return."

Clive sighed. "That fellow, Gary, has gathered a large number of former generals and split up our Oort Cloud United Hegemony. Now they've been held back by the Chaos invasion."

"If my fleet suffers heavy losses, I'm afraid the outcome won't be good for me."

"Duncan, it's hard for me too!"

Duncan's body was shaking with anger. He looked at Molly on the other side. Molly remained silent, but obviously agreed with Clive's words.

Duncan said, "Is there no other way?"

Clive said, "Of course I do. I don't need the Fornax, but I want your Energy Center. What do you think?"

After hearing this, Duncan pinched his brows helplessly.

He leaned dejectedly on the chair behind him, staring blankly at the ceiling.

For Duncan, he didn't have many good options.

Things have come to this point, and Duncan has no choice but to continue playing.

In order to defeat Owen, he made many preparations, but ended up losing Fornax due to strategic failure.

As a result, the situation took a sharp turn for the worse. Although the losses were not great, we were still defeated.

Now even the strongest support has to raise the price at the last minute.

Clive stood up, patted Duncan on the shoulder, and said comfortingly, "Think about it carefully. We still have some time to wait."

Having said that, he took Moli out of the conference room and returned to the fleet flagship.

Here, Clive said to Mo Li: "I suddenly have an idea. Why don't we talk to the Galaxy Defense Group?"

"They are quite powerful and have the authority to communicate with us. Everyone comes here to fight for their lives, not just for profit."

"Now that Duncan and Irving are so weak, why should we still stand behind them?"

"We're working hard and making sacrifices, so we should get the lion's share of the profits!"

"What do you think?"

Facing Clive's question, Morley was a little surprised, but he still said, "We can try to contact them."

"If we can gain control of some planets without fighting, that would of course be the best."

“This kind of opportunity doesn’t come around often.”

Upon hearing this, Clive immediately said, "Very good, then let's establish communication with the Galaxy Defense Group. Our two great powers really need to communicate."

It didn't take long for Clive to successfully establish contact with Li Xin.

Clive said, "Master Li Xin of the Galaxy Defense Group, you are also an Alpha-class psyker. To be honest, there are not many Alpha-class psykers in human civilization."

"Each one of them is a treasure of humanity, and perhaps we should not continue to fight wars among ourselves."

Li Xin said, "I accepted General Owen's invitation and came here. Although I really don't want to go to war with Lord Clive, it has come to this point and I'm afraid it's unavoidable."

Clive said: "Of course it can be avoided. Whether it is Irving or Duncan, their strength is extremely weak."

"With our fleet, we can easily destroy it."

"We don't even have to destroy them. We can just support them as puppets and let ourselves rule the planet of Lidadas Capital."

Upon hearing this, Li Xin asked, "You mean we split Lidadas Capital equally?"

Clive immediately responded, "Isn't this a perfect solution? We and the Galaxy Defense Group are both large corporations with strong military capabilities."

"What did Owen give you to win you over? It certainly couldn't be a pie as big as half of Lidadas Capital, right?"

To be honest, Owen didn't give Li Xin anything specific when he tried to win him over. Li Xin didn't want anything ordinary.

Li Xin was moved by what Clive said, but the persuasion of others before him also made Li Xin hesitate.

Finally, he said: "This is not a good plan. Irving and I are true allies. It is impossible for me to betray my allies and do this kind of thing."

This matter of dividing the alliances is really a bad reputation. How will other allies view Li Xin in the future?

Even if he really wanted to support Owen as a puppet, he would not cooperate with Clive. His operation was too simple and crude and inappropriate.