After arranging everything, Hall and Oakland used invisibility to quietly leave the hospital. Hall transformed back into his original beast form, a beautiful little white tiger with wings, and let Oakland ride on his back. His beast form had now entered its growth stage. Although still relatively small, his body was extremely strong, easily capable of carrying a person at high speeds. Unfortunately, his wings were still a little small, making it difficult to fly. Otherwise, he would have been much faster in the air.
Hall followed the divine imprint and found Locke Barton, who was driving to the airport to rendezvous with Aiden Gladstone. The shuttle was already at the airport.
The two followed closely behind Locke Barton and successfully boarded the shuttle. At the same time, they discovered Blake and other Imperials, all of whom were escorted to the shuttle by Aiden's order.
The shuttle had quite a lot of space. The two invisible men waited quietly for all the cabins to be allocated before they quietly found an empty cabin at the rear end of the shuttle, farthest from those people, and went in. There were two hibernation cabins there for them to use.
Hall and Oakland also set up an illusion array in the room, making it look like no one was there, to prevent anyone from accidentally breaking in and discovering their whereabouts.
Because of its immense speed, the shuttle would inevitably utilize space-folding jump technology to reach the capital planet in the shortest possible time. During the jump, the shuttle would likely enter oxygen-free mode, and the internal pressure would double. Without entering a hibernation chamber, even Hall and Auckland, with their cultivation, would likely be unable to withstand it.
Two hours after the shuttle took off and left the shielding range of the dark star field, Hall quietly connected to the star network and sent a message to his father, briefly describing what happened next. He also informed him that he had made 'Evan' fake his death and escaped with Auckland to return to the capital star, so he asked him to make preparations early.
Hall and Oakland then lay down in their hibernation capsules. From then on, they only had to wait patiently until they could return to the capital planet. Since the shuttle had already taken off for two hours, it was basically ready to switch to automatic driving mode. Everyone would enter the hibernation capsules, and there was no need to worry about anyone discovering their whereabouts.
Although they were in the hibernation chamber, neither of them fell into a deep sleep. They kept enough spirit stones nearby and used this time to cultivate. They also kept their spiritual consciousness outward to prevent any accidents. After all, interstellar Zerg are everywhere, and no one can guarantee that they will not encounter Zerg during long-distance and multiple jumps.
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Five days later, the shuttle finally appeared in the star field where the capital star was located. All the hibernation capsules opened automatically, waking up the sleeping people.
Hall and Auckland also prepared for landing. Following Aiden and the others, they quietly slipped off the shuttle and secretly returned to Hall's home.
The door suddenly opened, but no one appeared. Owen, who was enjoying lunch with Quentin in the living room, was startled and almost hit the alarm. Fortunately, Hall and Oakland lifted their invisibility spell in time, revealing their figures.
"Oakland! You're back!" Owen's expression first changed from vigilance to joy, and then turned into shock when he saw Hall's beast form. "Hall?"
"Brother." The beautiful and mighty white tiger opened its mouth and spoke in human language.
"You...what are you doing...?" Owen didn't expect that Hall could speak after turning into a beast.
Oakland quickly told Owen about the breakthrough Hall had made after accidentally fusing a drop of White Tiger blood. Owen cautiously reached out and touched the small wings that had grown on Hall's back, still looking a little bit incredulous.
"That's great." Owen was naturally happy that his brother's strength had greatly increased.
"Quentin, why are you here?" Hall gave Quentin an inquiring look.
Being stared at by Hall, Quentin felt his hair stand on end. He quickly explained, "The general received your message a few days ago and was worried about Owen being home alone, so he asked me to protect Owen here."
"Yeah, Dad is too busy, so he asked Quentin to accompany me."
"Oh..." Hall's beast form was no longer a small ball, so he was no longer so shy about turning into a beast. He lay down beside Owen's legs affectionately and slowly narrated to him everything that happened to them on the Dark Star.
Oakland sent a communication request to General Williams, telling him that they had arrived home safely.
"Wait a minute, I'll be back!"
In less than an hour, General Williams rushed back. He had a lot to say to his son and future daughter-in-law in person.
Five days earlier, General Williams had received a message from Hall, informing him that Imperial spies had infiltrated the Federation, that Blake was a spy planted by the Empire, and that the head of the Federation was in cahoots with Eden and his men. The message was short, but packed with information, especially since it involved the head of the Federation. Such explosive news completely stunned General Williams.
General Williams immediately and calmly called a meeting of his confidants, and at the same time sent people to closely monitor the movements of the First Army and the Führer.
It was not until yesterday that the Führer announced to the military that the First Army had captured the Imperial undercover agents. They had now been detained and were being interrogated by the First Army. They would be notified when there was further news.
Upon hearing this, Hall shared his own conjecture with his father. The Head of State had arranged this arrangement for the purpose of a change in the head of state. For the sake of peace, justice, and unity in the Federation, the head of state was elected by the citizens of the Federation, with elections held every ten years. Reelection was not permitted under special circumstances, meaning each head of state could only hold the position for a maximum of ten years. The successor was typically chosen from among the commanders of the major legions, and each head of state possessed exceptional military merit and prestige.
But the decree also states that re-election is possible under special circumstances.
The so-called special circumstances mean that when there is no suitable successor and the current head of state has a very high popularity, he or she can be re-elected once.
This situation happened once before, three hundred years ago. At that time, the incumbent Federal President was incredibly popular and had made remarkable military achievements. During the elections, the Federation and the Empire were engaged in a fierce war, while also battling the Zerg. Several major legion commanders were suffering repeated defeats. The Federal President personally led his troops into battle and turned the tide. The public clamored for his reelection, with his approval rating reaching 86%. The Federal Government, left with no other options, allowed him to continue in office.
However, since the founding of the Federation, there have only been three successful re-elections of the head of state. All of these were achieved in times of national crisis, with no suitable successor, and with public support for re-election.
The current head of the federation was originally a general. After ascending to the position of head of the federation, his ambition expanded and he was unwilling to give up his position easily. Now he has made so many arrangements in secret, perhaps intending to replicate the path of the head of state who was successfully re-elected three hundred years ago.
Hall suspected that he had used Aiden Gladstone to establish the Blood Moon Pirates in the Dark Sector in order to provoke war or eliminate dissidents. His father's popular support for the election of the Führer had always been high, and Arnold Percy had repeatedly targeted his family for this reason. The Führer had never stopped him and had even helped Arnold escape to the Dark Sector, suggesting he might be motivated by a desire to exploit him.
As the saying goes, when the snipe and the clam quarrel, the fisherman benefits. If, after his father and Arnold were both defeated, he could then provoke a war at the right time, completely disrupting the Federation, and then step forward to lead the leaderless army, his chances of succession would greatly increase. He might even exploit the Imperials' infiltration this time as a means of winning over the people.
The author has something to say: I'm so unlucky, the water pipe at home burst, and I've been busy mopping the floor and fixing the pipe all morning. I'm sorry for the late update...
【Small Theater on the Road】
Blake: I haven't died yet, I still have a role to play! Hahahaha!
Alvin: I was the first one to get my lunch box. No, you have to give me two more chicken legs to calm me down!
Lanlan: Alvin, come on, you are not on camera in real life. It’s good enough to have a lunch box, and you still want two chicken legs!
Hall: Wife, you've made me a little hungry. I don't want to eat chicken legs, can you roast some insect legs? (*^▽^*)
【Salted Fish Dad’s Little Theater】
Oakland: Hall, what's wrong with your brain?
Hall: As your husband, (I can't do anything except act cute) of course I need to be smart. After all, I'm the one doing all the thinking!
Qingge: Disdainful face?_?｀
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