Long Aotian pressed his hand down and said in a rough voice, "Fine, I don't believe Elizabeth has a special mech that can stop my millions of troops."

Upon receiving news of Alpha's collapse, Long Aotian lamented Alpha's "untimely demise" and sighed at the relentless passage of time, lamenting how time ages and fools people, especially Elizabeth Agnes. She was no longer the shrewd, capable, and resourceful Elizabeth she once was.

Special mechs aren't like common cabbages that you can just throw around and self-destruct; what a spendthrift woman.

When Long Aotian first heard about Elizabeth's wasteful behavior, he patted his chest with lingering fear. "It's a good thing I didn't marry that wretched woman. Otherwise, no matter how big my family and business are, it wouldn't be enough for this spendthrift Elizabeth to play with."

Without the special mech Alpha, Sacramento's chances of turning the tide and averting disaster are dashed. Once he regroups and his army is on the border, let's see what Elizabeth can use to withstand his powerful troops and sharp weapons.

Long Aotian grunted, pushed the woman at his feet away, stood up, and someone immediately took his clothes and dressed him quietly but quickly.

"You may leave."

After the envoys left, the Heavenly Immortal Palace was still filled with the sounds of birdsong.

Long Aotian walked a few steps barefoot on the floor and said, "Summon General Liu."

General Liu rushed over, beads of sweat forming on his forehead.

"Your Majesty, I am late. Please punish me."

Long Aotian waited for thirty minutes, but having nothing to do, he decided to watch the show.

"General Liu, was this play entertaining?"

General Liu slightly raised his head. The corridor below the high platform of the Celestial Palace was spotless, with two large beds on either side, where people were chatting and laughing happily. General Liu looked towards the large bed on the right, where things were bustling with activity, and Long Aotian's green hair had grown three zhang tall on his head.

"Your Majesty, minister..."

General Liu glanced at it, then pressed his forehead firmly against the floor again.

"It's nothing," Long Aotian said nonchalantly, holding a stunningly beautiful woman in his arms.

General Liu couldn't guess the emperor's intentions, so he kept his mouth shut and waited for Long Aotian's instructions.

After feeling refreshed, Long Aotian casually asked, "General Liu, how's the troop mobilization going?"

General Liu replied, "All the soldiers that could be summoned have arrived at the Imperial Star one after another."

“All?” Long Aotian grasped the key word.

General Liu paused for a moment and said, "The border defense requires soldiers, and we can mobilize a total of five million soldiers."

"Five million?" Long Aotian looked disgusted. "That's too little. We'll draw another eighty percent from the border guards."

General Liu looked up in astonishment, staring at Long Aotian in disbelief.

“Eighty percent? Your Majesty, absolutely not.” General Liu pleaded earnestly, “Your Majesty, Sacramento is our greatest threat, but the borders of the Empire are also surrounded by wolves and tigers, fraught with danger. If we were to withdraw another eighty percent of our forces, the border defenses would be severely inadequate. If the enemy seizes the opportunity and launches an attack, I…”

"Enough with the nonsense. Just do what I tell you. Are you the emperor of the Star River Empire, or the monarch of my Star River Empire, General Liu?"

Long Aotian slapped a huge accusation on General Liu, which he couldn't accept.

"I obey the order."

Leaving the palace, General Liu walked along the palace path, his heart filled with anxiety and resentment.

A country's border defenses are practically non-existent; isn't that like an old man hanging himself—it's suicidal!

General Liu looked down at the towering buildings below the palace; the Star River Empire was doomed.

Shaking his head, General Liu quickly went to mobilize troops again.

...

Sacramento, Star City.

Long Aotian's troop deployment had far-reaching implications and could not be kept secret from Ji Xiaoxiao and her group, who had many eyes and ears.

"Star Lord, I think Long Aotian is still up to no good and wants to attack Sacramenton again."

"Yes, Lord Star, we must prepare as soon as possible."

“Sacridton has been attacked twice and cannot withstand a third attack. Lord Star, we should abandon Sacridton. I remember that…”

"Needless to say, it's absolutely impossible for me to abandon Sacramento and flee east and west."

Even if Ji Xiaoxiao can't recreate the glory of the original owner's life's work, she can't squander the ancestral legacy. Does she still want to complete the mission?

"But Lord Star, Sacryton is short of soldiers, and the Five Great Generals... sighed deeply. Where are the Five Great Generals who are renowned throughout the universe now?!"

Ji Xiaoxiao smiled and said, "Don't worry, if Long Aotian can mobilize troops, why can't I, Elizabeth, recruit more people? Everyone, do you still remember my surname?"

“Agnes…Agnes.”

Someone shouted.

Agnes, Agnes is wonderful.

The Agnes family was once an immense behemoth, possessing wealth, power, and manpower beyond the imagination of ordinary people. Moreover, the Agnes family controlled the military forces of the Independent Army, whose strength was comparable to the renowned armies of the Bauhinia, Tulip, and Mandala, led by the three generals of the US Army.

Just imagine, a family possessing an army comparable to the power of an empire. How glorious was Agnes in the past? Go to the vicinity of the Imperial Star, take a walk, see, and listen. Stories about the Agnes family have been written one after another.

If things hadn't happened so suddenly, the original owner wouldn't have even had time to mobilize the Agnes family's army before suffering a crushing defeat. After Agnes disappeared into the dustbin of history, the army's generals were executed by Long Aotian, and the lower-ranking soldiers were scattered and disorganized, being assigned to various planets to do hard labor, enslaved day and night.

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