Seeing Lin Tao frowning, as if trying to guess his identity but struggling to recognize himself, the white-haired old man couldn't help but laugh: "I am the old patriarch of the Su family."

The old patriarch of the Su family? Lin Tao suddenly realized that most of the historical materials of this period in later generations recorded those active and enthusiastic patriarchs of wealthy families. As the old patriarch of the Su family, he was somewhat similar to the new patriarch of the Su family, but he was not recorded in them. Therefore, Lin Tao felt familiar with him, but he could not recognize him.

That's strange.

Lin Tao was puzzled in his heart, why did the old patriarch of the Su family appear in this meeting? The New Year's Conference is a large-scale meeting of the parliament. In order to avoid the influence of the powerful forces, they are generally prohibited from participating in it. Even Lin Tao can only participate due to special circumstances.

How could he appear here?

Lin Tao frowned.

Seeing Lin Tao's expression change, Patriarch Su couldn't help but chuckle again: "Some of the powerful families have really become corrupt recently, so I plan to respond to the call of the Grand Speaker and come here to show my face."

It turned out that he came here to represent the Su family's attitude. Lin Tao nodded secretly.

Suddenly, Lin Tao's heart tightened and his pupils shrank sharply. Something was wrong. According to later historical records, the Su family was also involved and announced their withdrawal from the Interstellar Federation together with seven other powerful families.

This old man is lying! Lin Tao remained calm, and secretly looked at the old master Su in front of him.

Unfortunately, Lin Tao could never see the strangeness in the expression of the old patriarch Su. It seemed that with him around, the Su family would not rebel against the Interstellar Federation with the other seven wealthy families.

That's strange, what's going on?

Lin Tao was extremely confused.

Looking at Lin Tao's young face, Patriarch Su couldn't help but sigh: "I really can't accept my old age. When I was your age, I was still struggling for a living, but you have already created miracles for Mingyuan Star. Thinking back to those days..."

"Forget it, let's not talk about the past." Just as he was about to mention the past, Patriarch Su seemed to have thought of something, and he waved his hands repeatedly, smiling and said: "Lin Tao, you can attend this meeting. It seems that you are also valued by the Grand Speaker of the Interstellar Federation."

These words were insincere and contained a hint of flattery.

"Isn't Patriarch Su also participating in this meeting?" Fortunately, Lin Tao noticed it and ignored the flattery.

"I'm different. I now represent the entire Su family." Patriarch Su laughed and said with emotion: "What a pity. If there were more people like me, those wealthy families wouldn't be like they are now."

While they were chatting, the Grand Speaker picked up the gavel and banged it to the ground with a loud noise, silencing everyone present.

"Due to special circumstances, the New Year's meeting was held ahead of schedule. Everyone present should understand what is going on." Chen Huyuan's piercing eyes swept around and he said in a deep voice, "I will not waste any more time here. I will only talk about things related to the meeting. The first thing is about Mingyuanxing."

First and foremost, the issue of Lin Tao's promotion to a large wealthy family was directly brought up and became the focus of the first decision.

"I didn't expect that young friend Lin Tao would be the first focus of this meeting." After the old master Su laughed, he kept silent, pricked up his ears, and listened quietly to the words of the chairman.

Lin Tao pursed his lips and said nothing.

"Lin Tao." Chen Huyuan looked at Lin Tao and motioned him to stand up.

Lin Tao stood up immediately.

Swish! Everyone present immediately turned their eyes to Lin Tao.

"Lin Tao, can you represent Mingyuan Star and submit to our Interstellar Federation? Become a subsidiary force of our Interstellar Federation?"

The large conference room was very quiet, with only Chen Huyuan's powerful and solemn voice.

Lin Tao nodded without hesitation: "Yes."

"Lin Tao, are you willing to join our big family of the Interstellar Federation and become a new wealthy family of our Interstellar Federation?"

"Yes." Lin Tao nodded. The reason he attended this meeting was for this matter.

"Very good." Chen Huyuan raised the gavel again, slammed it down, and made a decision on the spot: "Since Lin Tao represents Mingyuan Star to join our Interstellar Federation, our Interstellar Federation has decided to grant him the status of a wealthy family. From now on, Lin Tao can establish a large wealthy family in our Interstellar Federation and be listed among the eight wealthy families."

After Chen Huyuan finished speaking, Speaker Yue Hong led the applause, and then signaled to Lin Tao that he could sit back.

Is this the end? Lin Tao was stunned. He thought that the process of banning the account would be very glorious. Even if the meeting was a bit crude, it would at least allow him to stand out. However, he did not expect that the speaker would make the decision on the spot with just a few words, which was even more casual than bargaining in the vegetable market.

"Friend Lin Tao, congratulations on becoming the ninth largest power in the Interstellar Federation." Patriarch Su laughed.

For a moment, Lin Tao didn't know what to do and could only nod to him in surprise.

“Hehe~” Patriarch Su seemed to be full of emotion: “Alas~ Thinking back to the past, I don’t know how much time and energy I spent for the title of a wealthy family. Now, young friend Lin Tao actually made the decision with just one sentence. Compared with you, we old guys are so ashamed.”

Is that really true?

Lin Tao stretched out his hand and touched the tip of his nose. He still remembered in his heart that the old master Su seemed to have relied on the mecha designed by the three-eyed people to easily rise to a powerful family, just like Lin Tao's current situation.

Sure enough, the older the fox gets, the more experienced he becomes.

At this time, Chen Huyuan's gavel sounded again: "Regarding the second matter, it is about the three-eyed man."

Chen Huyuan quickly jumped over the matter of Lin Tao's promotion to a wealthy family, and then he spoke in a serious tone, and the atmosphere in the meeting hall also became heavy for a moment, but as soon as the word "three-eyed man" came out, the expressions of the chairmen in front of him all became solemn.

Even the old master Su who was sitting next to Lin Tao had a gloomy expression.

It seemed that everyone in the parliament knew about the existence of the three-eyed man! This made Lin Tao frown secretly.

"According to the intelligence we received, after repeated confirmation, we believe that the three-eyed man has once again infiltrated our Interstellar Federation and successfully provoked some forces with the intention of harming our Interstellar Federation."

"We are also certain that the three-eyed man's move is intended to launch a new round of war against our Interstellar Federation."

When the Grand Chancellor said this, all the members in the meeting hall were in an uproar. After all, there were many experienced people among them, and they all understood what the war would bring to the Interstellar Federation.

No one wants to experience war, and no one wants to start a war at will.

Lin Tao glanced at the old master Su and saw that his expression suddenly changed, with a hint of ashenness.

"After the meeting, everyone must go back and actively respond to the next call so as to be prepared for the upcoming war at any time." Chen Huyuan was in a very heavy mood.

After scanning the area, he said in a deep voice again: "Okay, now let's decide on the third thing..."

Beep~beep~ buzz~ Chen Huyuan hadn't finished speaking when Speaker Yue Hong's watch suddenly started beeping, and then his watch also started beeping.

"Um?"

Both of them were stunned.

At this moment of distraction, the watches of the speakers and members of parliament around him also began to ring rapidly.

The incident happened suddenly. Chen Hu had no time to speak again. He had already raised his watch and glanced at it. He couldn't help but frowned: "Hongxin?"

"This is Wei Feihang's signal." Speaker Yue Hong lowered his voice. He glanced at the people around him whose watches kept ringing. He was moved and couldn't help but screamed, "Tiger, has the battle started?"

When Chen Huyuan heard this, his expression suddenly changed and he quickly answered the call.

“Master, the giant spaceships of those powerful forces have arrived. We are now facing a large fleet, with a number of at least 15,000.”

Wei Hongxin's voice came from the other side of the watch. Although his tone was calm, he still couldn't hide the shock in his heart.

After hearing the content of the call, Chairman Yue Hong's face turned grim. Without thinking, he quickly answered the call from Wei Feihang.

"Chairman Yue Hong, please inform the Grand Chairman immediately that our fleet has encountered a large fleet from the Star Pirates. The number of the enemy is about 20,000."

Wei Feihang's voice was also filled with shock, as if he had not imagined that even the Star Pirates could send out 20,000 giant star ships.

Seeing that Grand Speaker Yue Hong also connected the communication in public, although they could not hear the signal from the watch clearly, the others also connected it quietly, but the messages in the watches were exactly the same, almost news of the fleet encounter.

"A powerful force, the Space Pirates actually assembled nearly 40,000 space warships?"

"Where do they get so many spaceships?"

"War! This is war! Those powerful forces have joined forces with the space pirates to deal with our Interstellar Federation!"

"Those damned wealthy families are actually mixing with the Star Pirates!"

…

Suddenly, the seats of the parliamentarians became a mess.

"Zhengtong, what do you mean by this?"

Suddenly, Lin Tao heard the old master Su's roar of shock and anger, and he turned his head to look.

“Zhengtong, you… you… really want to go along with them?” Su Laojia was filled with indignation. At the end, his tone was stunned. He looked at a loss, and could only mutter in a low voice: “He… he… actually chose to cooperate with the three-eyed man in private…”

Although the voice was low, it reached Lin Tao's ears. His heart sank suddenly and he understood what was going on in an instant.

betray!

There was no error in the historical records of later generations. In the end, the Su family chose the same path as the other seven powerful families and chose to betray the Interstellar Federation.

Now, even Grandpa Su has been betrayed!

Indeed, the old master of the Su family had been provoked by the three-eyed people before. When faced with major events, he naturally knew how to choose.

But now, the three-eyed people turned their guns around and chose his descendants to bewitch, and they succeeded.

In this way, even if the old master Su came to the capital star in person, his identity would be just like a dead spy, representing only his personal wishes, not the entire Su family.