The sun was shining brightly, and a gentle breeze was blowing; it was like paradise on earth.

Over the past decade, Trump has developed rapidly, making use of the vast land, with high-rise buildings rising from the ground and spaceships traveling between them.

The elegant capital of Trump – Saint Wind, a secret base a thousand meters underground.

"Star Lord, our scouts report that Long Aotian wants to make a deal with you."

Ji Xiaoxiao was half-asleep, lying on the table, nodding her head.

“Long Aotian? Why would he think of making a deal with me? Years ago when we approached him, didn’t he say that even if he starved to death, froze to death, or was tortured to death, he would never stoop so low as to make a deal with me, Elizabeth?” Ji Xiaoxiao asked.

Eight years ago, Ji Xiaoxiao deployed a large force to attack the Dark Star People. However, the Dark Emperor was cunning and treacherous, sending only his own kind of humans to the battlefield. When fellow humans fought amongst themselves, the ones who benefited were none other than the Dark Emperor and his Dark Star People.

Even if Ji Xiaoxiao wins this war, she will suffer heavy losses on both sides, making it a losing proposition. At that time, the Dark Emperor will take advantage of the situation and send Dark Star soldiers south. Trump Fengya will put up a stubborn resistance, but he will be defeated sooner or later.

Therefore, Ji Xiaoxiao begged Long Aotian.

Ji Xiaoxiao didn't expect Long Aotian to rally the former citizens of the Star River Empire to risk their lives for him. At that time, Long Aotian was the Dark Emperor's most favored plaything, and Ji Xiaoxiao wanted to use Long Aotian to find a way to fundamentally solve the problem of the Long Worm.

Long Aotian, selfish and self-serving, believed that his current state of being worse than a pig or a dog was all thanks to Ji Xiaoxiao, and flatly rejected Ji Xiaoxiao's proposal. Not only that, he also revealed the spy that Ji Xiaoxiao had painstakingly planted on Dark Star, and presented him to the Dark Emperor.

When Ji Xiaoxiao heard this news, she was so angry that she roared and screamed.

Beneath the desk, five generals stood side by side, each wise and powerful.

The eldest brother, Jin Xin, spoke up, "I heard that his favorite son was abused to death by the second prince, Mimi Yuyu. Long Aotian must have reached his breaking point."

Ji Xiaoxiao scoffed, "You only came to me because you couldn't stand it anymore. What does Long Aotian take me, Elizabeth, for? A servant he can summon and dismiss at will?"

Even though Ji Xiaoxiao was blunt, she still agreed to make a deal with Long Aotian. Long Aotian would provide her with intelligence and help her find a way to deal with the long worms. In return, Ji Xiaoxiao would ensure that his wife and children would have a worry-free life after the deal was done.

Long Aotian, far away on Dark Star, received Ji Xiaoxiao's reply, and his eyes flashed with wild joy.

As the Dragon Emperor of the Star River Empire, Long Aotian held a noble and illustrious status. Those from the Dark Star who usually sought him out were mostly high-ranking officials and nobles from the Dark Star. When Long Aotian lowered his guard to serve them, these Dark Star people became elated, experiencing a state of ecstasy, unable to speak freely, and eventually vomited everything up in their drunken stupor.

Long Aotian memorized all the intelligence by rote, and every ten days or so he would whisper and pass messages to Ji Xiaoxiao's informants. A year later, Ji Xiaoxiao successfully reclaimed about ten human-owned planets.

While everyone in the Trump Fengya area was filled with joy, in a huge conference room at the secret base beneath Shengfeng, everyone was frowning and the atmosphere was extremely oppressive.

"Although we have reclaimed fifteen planets, the worms are still parasitizing human bodies. If we cannot deal with those worms in time, and without the Kagura Polar Day transmitted from the Dark Star, the worms will awaken from their dormant state in three days, devouring the host's flesh and blood, multiplying rapidly, and the host will only die from exploding body," Shui Miao said worriedly.

Helping them is one thing, not helping them is another; everyone is extremely troubled.

"Star Lord, did Long Aotian ever mention a method to deal with the long worm?" Mu Sen asked.

Ji Xiaoxiao decisively shook her head. The mystery of the long worm was the Dark Emperor's ultimate means of controlling humanity. No matter how corrupt the Dark Emperor was, he would not speak carelessly while drunk.

"No wonder, no wonder, no wonder the Dark Aliens retreated so readily when we conquered those planets. They were waiting for me here. They were certain we couldn't solve the worm plague and were waiting for us to hand it over."

Thinking of this, Huo Yan angrily slammed his fist on the table. They had worked so hard, expending a great deal of manpower and resources, only to find that the Dark Star people were the ones who benefited in the end.

Jin Xin patted Huo Yan on the back of the head. "Calm down, don't panic." Human lives are at stake. So what if we hand over those planets to the Dark Star people? As long as we're alive, there's still hope, and there's still a day when the serfs can rise up and become masters of their own destiny.

Huo Yan took a deep breath, his face grim and he remained silent.

Ji Xiaoxiao sat in her office chair, turned around, and her long golden hair, like the tail of a comet, shone brightly and radiantly.

The intelligence that Long Aotian sent back was indeed useful, but if the scourge of the long worms could not be resolved in a day, no matter how many human planets they reclaimed from the Dark Star people, one day they would be overwhelmed by the worms and die a horrible death.

If all of humanity were to die, what would be the point of their arduous rescue efforts?

Ji Xiaoxiao rested her chin on her hand, thinking hard, but couldn't come up with a good solution.

One person's plan is short-sighted, but two people's plans are long-sighted. Looking at the elites and geniuses from all walks of life in front of her, their faces were full of worry, depression, and resentment. Ji Xiaoxiao's hard-won hope was suddenly doused with cold water, leaving her feeling utterly chilled.

"You have no solution?" Ji Xiaoxiao asked.

Everyone lowered their heads, not daring to look directly at Ji Xiaoxiao.

Ji Xiaoxiao sighed. This worm was too strange and troublesome.

For a moment, everyone in the conference room was as if they had lost their parents.

Just then, an announcement came over the loudspeaker in the conference room.

"Star Lord, an unidentified spaceship is approaching Trump Fengya. Should we shoot it down?"

An unidentified spaceship?

What's the point of keeping it!

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