Meanwhile, somewhere in the Kaiyuan World, at the Black Serpent Base.
Lin Qingya frowned as he looked at the information his subordinates had gathered.
"All the hunters are dead, and two royal heirs even got caught? Zhou Gan went in himself? How could he be so fierce?"
He looked at the intelligence report in front of him with some disbelief.
As the leader of one of the three major forces in Kaiyuan, he naturally paid close attention to the recent strange movements of Kaiyuan and Xinglian.
Although the Star Alliance and the Kaiyuan Royal Family had kept the news under tight control, Black Serpent still managed to uncover some clues.
This clue also shocked him.
As someone who has personally experienced the secret realm, he knows all too well the terror the hunters pose there.
Those people exist solely for hunting in secret realms.
Most of the group that was once hailed as the future of Star Alliance died at the hands of those people; only Zhou Gan and Wang Tianfeng survived.
Even he, if he hadn't relied on his father's status and some other means of protection, would probably have remained in the secret realm.
So when he saw the message, he was shocked, thinking it was a pretext the royal family was using to extort money.
But when he thought of Jiang Wang, he smacked his lips.
"It couldn't be him... No way..."
Lin Qingya felt increasingly uneasy. Logically, the secret realm should have ended, and both Jiang Wang and Zhou Gan should have contacted him.
You should know that Jiang Wang is still holding a position in Black Snake's secret service!
But now, let alone contacting them, there's not even a trace of them!
Thinking of this, Lin Qingya gave an order to the black snake in front of him.
"Don't make any rash moves recently."
He then contacted Zhou Gan.
He needs to assert his dominance! Jiang Wang was someone he discovered and nurtured! Your Star Alliance can't just poach my people because you're paying for a daughter! What did I do to deserve this?!
I'm still incredibly useful!!!
At this moment, Zhou Gan looked at Lin Qingya's message on the terminal but did not reply.
Lin Qingya, on the other hand, stood there stunned after failing to get a reply from the other side for a long time.
"You old fox! You've tried to poach my people!"
He immediately made a video call, ready to have a proper discussion.
"Beep... The number you dialed is currently switched off..."
Lin Qingya: ? ? ? ?
Meanwhile, inside the conference room, Zhou Gan looked at the Star Alliance executives with varying expressions.
After watching the video, these people fell into an eerie silence.
Only the solemn expressions on their faces and the occasional glint of light in their eyes could let others know that these people were the heads of various departments of the Star Alliance, not wax figures.
Zhou Gan stared expressionlessly at the room full of executives.
Those who knew a little about the inside story showed a hint of sadness, while those who were encountering the truth for the first time were filled with shock.
He could understand how these people felt; he had been just as shocked when he accepted the position of principal and was given these truths.
That feeling is like...
You live on a small island where countless tribes frequently attack you, and a royal family often betrays you.
You struggle to survive between the two.
You hope that one day you can subdue all races and the royal family, and dream of living freely on the island or even on the other side of the sea.
But the reality is that the high-ranking members of the various races and the royal family are all the same type of people. They have lost the ability to rise to power overnight, so they have developed a large number of artificial humans to contain and hunt down the Star Alliance people...
The sea you keep looking out to isn't freedom, but an endless abyss...
This plot involving an otherworldly 'giant' instantly broke the nerves of many high-ranking Star Alliance members.
"Heh...hehe...so...so that's how it is?..."
Zhang Ao had also lost his previous demeanor; he sat blankly in the chair, seemingly lost in thought...
And most of the other people had similar expressions.
It's better for a person to have no hope, because he will live in a daze and just get by.
But when people have had hope, and that hope is shattered before their eyes, not everyone can accept it...
Light itself is not sinful, but when it illuminates a patch of darkness, it becomes sinful...
"What do you mean by showing us this...?"
Zhang Ao's hoarse voice rang out.
At this moment, his eyes were devoid of arrogance... filled with weariness and desolation. He was somewhat unsure of what he was fighting for anymore...
And almost everyone else had the same reaction.
Looking at their expressions, Zhou Gan slowly walked to the conference table, his cold gaze sweeping over each person present.
"I didn't mean anything by it, I just wanted to tell everyone here."
"The Star Alliance has an irreconcilable conflict with the royal family!"
"The enemy will never let us go! Stop clinging to wishful thinking!"
"Either we defeat Kaiyuan and withstand the myriad races, or we are killed by them!"
Zhou Gan's words were so forceful that you could hear a pin drop in the entire meeting room.
"It's too early to say that now. The Kaiyuan delegation is still on its way... We can wait..."
"Perhaps there's still a chance..."
One of the high-ranking officials, still clinging to the illusion that Kaiyuan wouldn't make a big fuss over such a trivial matter...
"An envoy? Ha..."
Upon hearing the name of the mission, Zhou Gan gave a disdainful smile.
At this time, the envoy dispatched by the Kaiyuan royal family had arrived near the border between Kaiyuan and the Star Alliance...
"Lord Zhao, what should we do about this trip?"
A junior officer from the mission asked his adjutant...
"Ha! What do we do? The higher-ups' order is: if you don't agree, then fight!"
The adjutant said with a serious expression.
After all, this time they weren't just talking; they were really preparing to take action.
Therefore, their journey was extremely dangerous. After all, once the war broke out, they would inevitably be controlled by the enemy camp, or even die!
Therefore, their attitude is crucial!
They needed to strike a balance between exerting pressure and maintaining a sense of hope for peace within the Star Alliance...
This would not only delay the Star Alliance's troop deployment time, but also distract the Star Alliance to the greatest extent possible.
"Should we discuss this..."
Just as that person was preparing to discuss countermeasures...
Suddenly, a sound came from the passage not far from them.
"I don't think it's necessary."
"who!"
Upon hearing this unfamiliar voice, the adjutant of the delegation instantly stood up and stared intently at the passageway in front of him.
"Dead men don't need to know this much!"
Then a corpse was thrown out!
The adjutant's eyes widened instantly upon seeing the corpse!
That corpse was actually their highest-ranking officer on this mission!!!
Without any hesitation, the adjutant kicked the delegation member in front of him into the passage, and then unleashed his soul power, preparing to leap away.
But the next moment, he froze on the spot.
People gradually emerged from the passageway.
"Tsk tsk tsk, I must say, these nanobots are really useful."
The person who came was none other than...
It's Star Alliance's special operations department!
Amidst the adjutant's terrified gaze, the special forces personnel professionally disposed of the last survivor.
After tinkering with the spaceship for a while, they left the spaceship.
The spaceship, originally destined for Starfleet, has now changed course and is scheduled to explode and be destroyed in an uninhabited area of deep space...
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