Starting with a Train, I Plunder Multiverse Civilizations

The mother planet exploded, and humanity escaped into space aboard a star-spanning train.

As the train's conductor, Chen An transports passengers for interstellar survival, forging his ow...

Chapter 264 The Empire's Conspiracy

One million units of third-grade energy crystals converted into first-grade are equivalent to tens of billions of basic units.

This wealth was extremely huge for both the empire and the trains, and aroused great interest among the train conductors.

Since the team transporting the energy crystals is gone, the energy crystals belong to whoever finds them and are considered ownerless.

Even if the Empire demands repayment later, the train conductors can push it onto the rebels, and no one will know that the energy crystals were taken away by them.

This idea was prevalent, so ten minutes after receiving the news, the trains left the Heron galaxy and headed for the neighboring Luohai galaxy.

Kaiden: "Brother Chen, let's work together and split the profits 50-50."

Chen An asked: "How do we cooperate? Destroy all of Senger's more than 70 trains?"

Kaiden: "You don't have to kill them all, just some of them."

Chen An did not give a direct answer, but only said to adapt to the situation.

To be honest, Chen An didn't want to start a war just because of this little energy crystal.

Because even if he gets all the energy crystals, they have to be distributed throughout the alliance, and after that there won't be much left.

Not long after the journey, Yang Dingtian contacted Chen An.

"Brother An, I asked my teacher to predict that when we reach the Luohai Star Region, there will be a three-way melee. Although no trains will be destroyed, the losses will be considerable."

Chen An asked: "Where is Neng Jing?"

Yang Dingtian: "No third-class energy crystals were predicted. Only scattered energy crystal remnants were found on some dead stars, but they were first-class."

He paused and added, "Teacher's predictions are not perfect, because other prophets used their abilities at the same time, resulting in too many variables in the future."

After a brief thought, Chen An said, "Something's not right. I suspect there's something wrong with the Empire. When we enter the Luohai Galaxy, we should try to skirt the edge and not go too deep. If there really are energy crystals, Kaiden and Seng will fight for them. If there are no energy crystals, it would be a waste of time, and we won't get involved."

Yang Dingtian: "I understand. I'll notify everyone one by one right away."

This kind of thing cannot be sent directly to the star domain network, as there is a risk of the signal being intercepted.

Not long after, Tiejian applied for communication.

"Energy crystals are actually insignificant, so just enough is enough. I'm actually more concerned about the core of the train. I can't imagine what would happen if they were all killed."

This guy is sometimes no different from a madman. He is indeed a ruthless character who can attack his own kind.

Precisely because Tielian can be ruthless to his own kind, Chen An is always most wary of him, even more so than the Chain Blade Tribe and the Scorpion Tribe.

Chen An replied: "Don't be reckless. Be careful of the other party joining forces. Let's act according to the circumstances. The results may be unexpected."

It would take some time to get to the Luohai galaxy, so Chen An went to the living room to eat something.

"Master, the kitchen is preparing food."

The rabbit man's sweet voice made Chen An's ears itch. It was completely different from the previous robots.

Chen An nodded and asked casually, "Are you adapting to your current life?"

The rabbit man replied, "It's much more comfortable than before. Thank you for the job, Master."

Being a maid is a serious job and Chen An pays her a salary every month.

He casually called up the image of the first floor and checked the rooms inside. They were all neatly organized and very clean.

The rabbit man suddenly asked, "Master, can we go to the carriage?"

Her eyes were longing.

"Do you have relatives in the carriage?"

"I don't have any relatives, it's just... I'm just a little bored here every day."

Chen An did not reply immediately, but leaned back on the sofa and closed his eyes.

After thinking for a while, Chen An instructed Fuyao: "You can let the rabbit man go to the carriage, but you must keep a close watch on him. If he shows any abnormal behavior, he will be arrested immediately. If he shows any tendency to reveal my identity, you can execute him directly. Make the relevant precautions into the maid regulations, and they must be followed."

After finishing all this, Chen An smiled at the rabbit man and said, "You can go to the carriage, but only when you are free."

"Thank you, Master."

After dinner, Chen An returned to the cockpit and waited for about forty minutes before arriving at the Luohai galaxy.

As soon as we arrived outside the system, we could see the wreckage of the battleship. It seemed that the previous news was true or partially true. There were indeed traces of two types of battleships fighting each other at the scene.

The trains did not flock into the system, but patrolled the outside.

In the star domain network, the train conductors were chatting.

"It seems they also predicted it and don't want to go in at all."

"Since there are no third-class energy crystals inside, only a fool would go in. But I want to know, what exactly does the Empire want?"

"Could it be that the Empire doesn't know that we have a prophet? Because according to the actual situation, a million third-class energy crystals are enough to cause the train to destroy each other."

The latter idea coincides with Chen An's, but there is a question: does the empire know that there is a prophet on the train?

Fuyao gave a clear explanation.

[The Empire may know. From the information currently available online, it seems that a special being known as the Destiny Extraordinary has appeared in the Empire's history.]

"If you knew that, why did you still do this? Deceiving us openly?"

They know there are special beings, but they don't necessarily know there are prophets. Or rather, they don't believe we have prophets.

Chen An: "Since the energy crystal is fake, then the scientific and technological information is also fake. Then, what are they going to do?"

After much thought, there is only one possibility: the empire deliberately led the train here, using interests to drive them into internal fighting, and then the empire took advantage.

The strategy is simple and straightforward, but it works.

However, there is a prerequisite: to induce internal fighting among the trains, real energy crystals must be used, not fake ones.

While the train conductors were puzzled, on the star Levi, several galaxies away, Beto, the chief executive of the Heron star field, the seven-star admiral, and the emperor's nephew, was making detailed plans.

"The trains will fight each other in the Luohai system, and as the war expands, they will be trapped deeper and deeper."

"We are fully prepared and will strike when the time is right."

"If we win this battle, we will all receive the highest reward in the empire, and promotions to higher positions will be easy for you all."

The generals blushed at the promises made by their general and were so excited that they wanted to send troops immediately.

However, some people have doubts.

"Will the resistance get in the way?"

Beto waved his hand and unfolded the star map.

"The rebels aren't on this route, so we have no problem. And even if they come, we can just kill them."

He was indeed confident because 70% of the Heron star field's army was stationed on Levi.

In His Majesty's order, the danger posed by the train outweighs the rebels and must be dealt with first.

"One more thing, the train cannot be damaged. Only the passengers inside must be killed. No matter the cost."

After the meeting, Beto called his confidant over and asked in a low voice, "Have those energy crystals been hidden?"

"General, rest assured, all the energy crystals have been hidden. But if we exchange all the third-class energy crystals for first-class ones, will it affect His Majesty's important affairs?"

Beto waved his eight arms, nonchalantly saying, "First and third class are all the same. As long as the trains can start a fight, that's fine. This can't be leaked."

The confidant understood and replied, "The low-level creatures that transported the energy crystals have been secretly executed. Please rest assured, General."