Chapter 147 Chapter 147
The war with the planet Sijialan went more smoothly than expected.
The mermaids are arrogant and conceited. When there is profit to be made, the surrounding planets are willing to follow them and support this group of arrogant and self-righteous nobles. However, in the past year, the Siyan government ignored the invasion of the Zerg and directed all its artillery fire on the Sijialan Planet. After a long period of fighting, the Sijialan Planet has suffered a great loss of strength, and the alliance that was bound together by interests has become less stable.
Many planets that once depended on Sigaran began to waver. Even Tutar, whose interests were tied to Sigaran, began to look for a new way out.
During Si Yan's administration, the various decrees he introduced were clearly intended to suppress the four ancient clans, so the Nine-Tailed Fox Clan had to form an alliance with Sijia Lanxing. But now that Rong Heng has returned, the Jumir Clan has not yet been extinct, which means that the royal family is still in the hands of the four ancient clans, so the Nine-Tailed Fox Clan's thoughts have become active again.
After Ruan Yuebai and his party arrived at the star field near the Sijialan Star, they received a communication request from the envoy of the Nine-tailed Fox Clan.
The other party expressed their willingness to cooperate with them from the inside and outside to take over the Sijialan Star. In exchange, the Nine-tailed Fox Clan only asked to keep their current status and glory.
The person who came forward to negotiate with the Nine-tailed Fox Clan was Ruan Yuebai. After listening patiently to the envoy's request, he politely rejected the other party.
"If you want to avoid war, you can exchange the position of governor of Tutar for the position of the chief of the Nine-tailed Fox." He pointed at Nota beside him and said with a smile, "She is the governor appointed by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince himself, and will also take over the position of the chief of the Nine-tailed Fox. If you agree, you can immediately make the handover, and Tutar will be free from war. If you disagree..." He paused for a moment, then said firmly, "Then we will hold the handover ceremony after we take over Tutar."
Nota succeeded the position of the chief of the Nine-tailed Fox tribe and the governor of the planet Tutar; Ruan Yuebai succeeded the position of the chief of the Mermaid tribe and the governor of the planet Sijialan.
This was the decision they made together when they set out.
Rong Heng sent out the fleet not to completely destroy Sigalan, Tutar and their affiliated planets, but to pave the way for the next step of "de-aristocratization".
Now, among the four ancient tribes, only Rong Heng is left in the Jumil tribe, and the leader of the Dragon tribe is Jia Lan, who has never participated in political struggles. The only ones that need to be resolved are the Mermaid tribe and the Nine-tailed Fox tribe.
These two races are also the biggest obstacles to "de-aristocratization".
The mermaids controlled the planet Sijialan, and the nine-tailed foxes controlled the planet Tutar. But on these two planets, apart from the top pure-blood nobles, the majority of the population were actually the low-status mixed-bloods.
Therefore, the mission of the cubs this time is not simply to start a war, but to try to incite the hybrids to rebel and gain the right to speak for the Nine-tailed Fox and Mermaid tribes. Nota and Ruan Yuebai are originally from the Nine-tailed Fox and Mermaid tribes, and if they take over the positions of governor and tribe leader, they can win the hearts of the people and make the power transfer smooth.
However, the Nine-tailed Fox Clan's proposal of "maintaining the current status and glory" was contrary to the purpose of their trip.
The first negotiation ended unpleasantly.
It is unknown what choice the Nine-Tailed Fox Clan will make next, but after the brief negotiation communication ended, the cubs have already separated.
Nota led a battleship and twenty destroyers to Tutar, while the battlefield on Sijialan was handed over to Ruan Yuebai and Heli.
Over the past two months, there has been continuous good news from the battlefields of Sjaran Star and Tutar Star. Rong Heng looked at the battle reports and went to the Military Weapons Research Institute to find Ruan Shiqing.
After Rong Heng took over Sikkim and formed a provisional government, Nguyen Si Thanh also took over the Military Weapons Research Institute with his support.
Ruan Shi was young, and because he had been staying on Planet B3024 for a long time, he was not well-known. The few people who knew him knew him because of the academic exchange meeting held by the Mechanics Association.
Therefore, when he first took over the institute, many researchers did not obey him. Even though the researchers in these institutes had long been trained to have no ambition, they still could not tolerate a new young person standing above them.
Ruan Shiqing didn't care about these people's opposition. In his opinion, scientific research depends on strength, not age or anything else. He believed that he had the absolute ability to take over the institute, so he would not be disturbed by external things.
After reviewing the projects and achievements of the institute in recent years, he drastically streamlined a group of idle scientific researchers. He then promoted those who needed to be promoted and recruited new members, and reorganized a new research team in the shortest possible time to start researching and producing antimatter battleships and weapons.
A batch of antimatter battleships and weapons had been produced on the B3024 planet as early as that time, but Ruan Shiqing was absent due to drowsiness at that time and had no time to make improvements and details. Although the battleships and weapons produced were powerful, they still had many defects.
After he disbanded and reorganized the institute's staff, he began to use the institute's existing resources to devote himself to research on improving antimatter battleships and weapons.
After seeing the previous results, the newly formed team was finally convinced, put aside their contempt, and began to follow Ruan Shiqing to study how to improve these warships and weapons to maximize their benefits.
After all, for many years, the Armed Forces Weapons Research Institute was almost a formal unit, and it did not produce any useful results. For many years, the Armed Forces' warships and weapons were purchased in cooperation with the Naxi Group and other wealthy companies.
But the appearance of Ruan Shiqing rekindled the fighting spirit of these researchers.
When Rong Heng came over with the battle report, before he even opened his mouth to ask, a researcher enthusiastically pointed him in the right direction: "Master Ruan is testing at the testing center."
Nodding slightly to the other party, Rong Heng went to the testing center as if he was familiar with the place.
During this period, Ruan Shiqing was extremely busy. When he wanted to see the other party, he could only come to the institute in person to arrest him.
As soon as he reached the entrance of the testing center, through the transparent French windows, Rong Heng saw a young man in a white robe bending over to adjust the equipment. He had been busy in the research institute day and night these days, and had lost a lot of weight, and even the contours of his face were deeper than before.
Rong Heng tried to persuade him several times but to no avail, so he could only feed him more food whenever he saw him.
He waited outside and did not rush in. He waited until the young man finished debugging the instrument before ringing the doorbell.
The young man who was interrupted at work frowned subconsciously, but when he turned around and saw who was coming, his brows relaxed again and he smiled with his eyes narrowed.
He said hello to the researchers at the testing center and strode out: "Why are you here at this time?"
"There is new battle report." Rong Heng took his wrist and led him to the corner. Looking at his smiling eyes, he couldn't help but lower his head and rub his nose, whispering: "We haven't seen each other for fifty-six hours."
Sikkim is different from B3024. The repair shop and the arsenal were only about ten minutes away. The capital planet is vast, and the distance between the Parka Palace and the research institute is quite far. Even if you drive a landspeeder, it takes at least two hours. So sometimes Ruan Shiqing would not go back to the Parka Palace for convenience and would rest directly in the research institute.
Rong Heng also had a lot of things to deal with, so the two of them rarely found time to meet.
Originally, the battle report could be sent directly to Ruan Shiqing's AI. Rong Heng came here in person just because he wanted to see him.
"I was planning to finish it and go back tonight." Ruan Shiqing kissed his chin soothingly, naturally took the battle report from his hand and read it carefully.
"We have already taken Tutar, so only Sigaran is left. The war shouldn't last too long, right?"
"Well, with Lansing's cooperation, everything is going smoothly. In half a month at most, it will be no problem to take over the Sijialan Star." Rong Heng pulled him to sit down and placed the insulated lunch box he brought on the small rest table.
Putting the chopsticks into Ruan Shiqing's hand, Rong Heng urged: "Eat it while it's hot."
He knew very well that Ruan Shiqing had the habit of not caring about anything else when he was busy. If no one was watching him, he would probably rely on nutritional supplements and supplements to barely maintain his basic survival needs.
The lunch box contained two dishes and a soup. It didn't look good, but it was steaming hot. It was obviously cooked by Rong Heng himself. After his first failure in cooking, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince learned from his mistakes and worked hard to improve his cooking skills. Although it was not as good as Ruan Shiqing and 09, it was finally edible.
Ruan Shiqing took a sip and praised generously, "Another improvement."
Under Rong Heng's gaze, he ate all the food. His stomach, which had been a little uncomfortable, felt better. He drank the last of the soup slowly, and then he carefully asked another question: "Si Yan...any news?"
He asked this question hesitantly.
Since they arrived in Sikkim and discovered that Si Yan was missing, the two had never discussed this topic again.
But Ruan Shiqing knew Rong Heng would definitely send someone to look for him. Now that more than two months had passed, he guessed that there should be some news, so he asked.
But unexpectedly, Rong Heng shook his head: "No."
Si Yan seemed to have suddenly evaporated. Not only him, but also the 20,000 subjects who had signed up to participate in the "Holy Transformation Plan" disappeared without a trace.
Ruan Shiqing sighed: "Keep looking, as long as they are still in the Imperial Star Region, there will always be news."
Although they said so, both of them knew in their hearts that with Si Yan's scheming and tactics, it would be difficult to find him if he didn't want anyone to discover his whereabouts.
What they didn't know was that Si Yan, who was discussing at the time, had already left the Imperial Star Region with his men and headed for some unknown coordinates.
Inside the cockpit, Si Yan had a solemn expression on his face as he concentrated on studying the star map in front of him.
After repeated calculations, he finally put down his computer, used his index finger as a pen, and drew a long straight line on the star map, starting from the tin metal and extending outward.
“That’s it.”
The tense face relaxed a little, and a cold smile appeared on the corner of Si Yan's mouth: "Adam, hurry to the destination coordinates with all your strength."
The cold, mechanical male voice responded, "As you command, sir."
The battleship accelerated at full speed and headed towards the target coordinates.
Si Yan stared closely at the track on the star map. When he saw the straight line getting shorter and shorter, he finally relaxed and leaned back in his seat.
He closed his eyes lightly, and thought of the 20,000 cyborgs on the battleship, and smiled slightly.
After so many years of planning, it is finally coming to an end.
He finally decided to kill all his enemies and go to see Farah cleanly.