127: Turmoil is imminent

November, 3639 of the freedom calendar.

Seventeen families in the Free Star Alliance with thousand-year legacies were sentenced to confiscation by the Star Alliance Head on charges of conspiracy and treason.

Five of them were forced to rise up in resistance.

The Statue of Liberty personally commanded the Star Alliance's ace legion, the "Wings of God," to suppress them, annihilating the rebel army in just half a month.

February, 3640 of the freedom calendar.

The remnants of the seventeen great families risked death to storm the Star Alliance Head's location, only to discover by accident that the person in the royal sleeping quarters was not the Head himself, but the former deputy leader of the Royal Guard, Valok.

After the incident, the top powerhouse of the Star Alliance, Kols, personally rushed to investigate the truth.

Seeing that the situation was dire, Valok committed suicide to avoid punishment.

After a comprehensive investigation, a confession letter was found in his storage device.

The letter revealed that the Star Alliance Head had actually abandoned the citizens of the entire Free Star Alliance to escape alone in order to avoid the Galaxy Beast crisis.

Furthermore, he had taken a large amount of wealth and treasures with him.

This news landed like a thunderbolt, instantly exploding across the entire world.

After falling into a week of eerie silence, some powerful forces seemed to confirm this news.

The two Star Alliance Marshals controlling the first main legion, the "Deep Dive Eye," and the second main legion, the "Blade of Flowing Light," both announced that they would seek the recognition of the Statue of Liberty as soon as possible to help the Star Alliance return to normalcy.

Meanwhile, individual high-ranking officials with real power, including Kolen, the Chief Regent of "Mawei Star" who was known to Zhang Huaiyuan, declared that they would take on the great responsibility of revitalizing the Free Star Alliance.

And from this day forward, they would no longer obey orders from the central government.

In an instant, the entire Star Alliance, just as the Statue of Liberty had anticipated, fell into fragmentation.

The initial birth of the Star Alliance was that of a powerful Pirate Group that spent a long time suppressing this land completely to establish an empire with a legacy of over 3,000 years.

The territory of eight million light-years was filled with various forces of all sizes, and it was never a monolithic block to begin with.

Originally, the Star Alliance Head could suppress them with his absolute strength and powerful ace legions.

Now that the news of his departure had been confirmed, naturally, no one was willing to submit to anyone else, and all wanted to ascend the throne.

...

Putting aside the chaotic Free Star Alliance homeland.

At the same time, in the Supreme Council Chamber of the Star Dome Empire.

"Your Majesty, it has been confirmed. The news coming from the Free Star Alliance is true."

A man dressed as a civil official said with a serious expression.

"That trash Morrgan actually fled directly. He truly shames his ancestors."

The Star Vault Emperor let out a disdainful cold snort, then turned his gaze to the ministers filling the room and said indifferently, "Tell me your thoughts."

"Your Majesty, this subordinate feels that there is still something suspicious about this matter."

Another civil official frowned and said, "Although the Star Alliance Head is far inferior to Your Majesty, he is still a renowned expert. Those remnants of the families should not have been able to go straight to him."

"Furthermore, with the real-time monitoring of the 'Wings of God' legion and the Statue of Liberty, I really cannot understand how a group of remnants could get close to the Star Alliance Head, discover that he was impersonated by someone else, and also..."

"That is incorrect."

Another person interrupted, "Regardless, it is a fact that the Free Star Alliance is now fragmented, and it is also a fact that Morrgan has gone missing and fled."

He stood up and bowed slightly, "This subordinate believes that this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity."

"As far as I know, one of the Star Alliance's main fleets, the Spear of the Sky, has been wiped out in the Cataclysm-level Disaster Zone, and the remaining two are busy with internal strife. If we send troops now, we only need one main fleet, and this subordinate is confident of taking at least one-third of their territory."

"Your Majesty, this subordinate only needs half a legion."

Seeing the look of interest on the Emperor's face, a burly man with a somewhat rough appearance couldn't help but stand up and say.

"I only need one-third..."

"I need one-fourth..."

A group of people stood up one after another to request the command.

In their eyes, this was simply an easy achievement.

Moreover, such an act of expanding territory would very likely go down in history.

"Right Prime Minister, what is your view?"

The Star Vault Emperor shook his head noncommittally and asked an elderly man with a calm expression in the main seat on the left.

"Reporting to Your Majesty."

The old man's expression turned slightly solemn upon hearing this, and he said, "This subject believes that we should not send troops immediately."

"Lord Right Prime Minister!"

"Lord Right Prime Minister, why do you say that!"

Several generals eager to achieve merit couldn't help but change their expressions slightly.

"Oh?"

The Star Vault Emperor gestured for the others to sit down and said with interest, "The reason?"

"First, do not forget that the Statue of Liberty is still there."

The Right Prime Minister's expression remained unchanged as he stated indifferently,

"Times are different now. I have asked the Wise Brain, and the current performance of the Statue of Liberty has completely surpassed it. Long-term operations are very prone to accidents."

"Second, according to the latest intelligence sent back by several special teams, there seems to be abnormal movement in the Galaxy Beast nest to the north. We cannot rule out the worst-case scenario where they have also undergone large-scale mutations."

The Right Prime Minister stood up and bowed, "In any case, we must reserve enough military strength to deal with the Galaxy Beast crisis; that is the top priority."

"Then we are just going to watch this opportunity slip away?"

A general said with some unwillingness.

"That may not necessarily be the case."

The Right Prime Minister shook his head slightly, "Not sending troops directly does not mean we cannot intervene. Right now, the various forces of the Star Alliance are fragmented, and we can completely choose one to support from the shadows."

"Of course, how to proceed specifically is still up to Your Majesty to decide."

The conference room went quiet, and everyone looked towards the head seat.

"Then we shall follow the Right Prime Minister's advice."

The Star Vault Emperor pondered for a moment and quickly made a decision.

"This matter is fully entrusted to you, and I will grant you level-two authority over the Wise Brain."

"This subject accepts the command, Your Majesty."

"Mm, you may withdraw."

The Star Vault Emperor lowered his eyelids and waved his hand with a sense of listlessness.

In ordinary times, he might have been quite interested in taking a territory second only to the Empire into his pocket.

But right now, if they could not weather this crisis, everything else was just empty talk.

"Morrgan chose to run away, but I wonder how you will choose, Or."

The Star Vault Emperor stood with his hands behind his back, quietly gazing out the window, his eyes like the bottom of a deep lake, devoid of joy or anger.

After a long while, he suddenly spoke to the void:

"How is the progress on the No. 3 confidential research?"

"71 percent, Supreme Leader."

"Hm?"

The Star Vault Emperor was slightly surprised, "It was less than 40 last time, it jumped up this much all of a sudden?"

"The algorithm provided by that human named 'Zhang Huaiyuan' in the Golden Star Sea has improved my performance quite a bit, and two long-standing problems have been solved."

The Wise Brain recounted truthfully.

"Oh? Does this little guy really have such ability?"

The Star Vault Emperor became interested.

"Yes, Your Majesty. His research on the Galaxy Beast is also extremely outstanding. As far as I know, 'The Great Millstone' was solved by him."

"It is only a pity that he rejected my recruitment, and the Statue of Liberty even went so far as to violate the treaty and go to war with me for his sake."

The Wise Brain's tone carried a hint of regret.

"Interesting."

The Star Vault Emperor laughed instead upon hearing this, and after a moment of thought, he ordered:

"Collect all his information and transmit it to me. I would like to see what kind of person he is."