In three hours, Fei Qi confessed everything he knew, especially the intelligence about the Dragon Snake Space Zone.
It was not until this moment that the experts from the Ancient Sages Sector realized that the Dragon Snake Space Zone was the best place for them to sneak into. The space jump this time couldn't have been more perfect.
The Dragon Snake Space Zone, as its name suggested, was a chaotic, lawless place where crooks mixed with honest folk.
The Xing Yao Federation had developed and expanded rapidly in the past hundred years. Other than the original three Sectors, it had also merged four new worlds.
For the new worlds, such a drastic change was warmly welcomed by most people, but it would certainly harm or even completely deprive the interests of some other people.
In the great era when the Federation was expanding rapidly, not only were there a bunch of people who were highly dissatisfied with the Federation emerging in the Uranian Ring Sector, the Forest Ocean Sector, the Nether World Sector, and the Water Crystal Sector, even some people in the three core worlds could not keep up with the times and had different ideas.
The Xing Yao Federation valued 'freedom of movement'. It did not force anyone to be its citizen. Not every Tom, Dick, and Harry could become its citizen unconditionally, either.
For the people who were determined to resist the Federation and were unwilling to stay in the territory of the Federation but did not break the law or commit any hostile acts, the Dragon Snake Space Zone was the new home that the Federation had specially prepared for them.
With the red giant at the center of the Dragon Snake Space Zone, which was rather stable, although it was impossible for them to continue their extravagant life in the past, it was still possible for them to survive.
It was much better than wandering aimlessly in the depths of the sea of stars on a ragged starship with the few assets they had.
Therefore, over the decades, a large batch of outcasts from the four new worlds migrated to the Dragon Snake Space Zone one after another.
Those people were mostly the upper-class people of the original worlds. They had accumulated a lot of wealth, treasures, and secret heritages. Through all kinds of means, they brought some of them out more or less. For a moment, the tiny Dragon Snake Space Zone expanded abruptly and grew abnormally prosperous.
However, the Dragon Snake Space Zone did not have a unified government or an effective management system. The outcasts did not see any hope or way out, either. Other than their unanimous hatred and disgust for the Federation, they were not entirely united, either. It was not unusual to see conflicts, internal strife, and looting.
Also, the 'headhunters' from the Xing Yao Federation were often the most ferocious and dangerous members of the Federation themselves. In many cases, they were not really there to 'serve justice'. It was possible that they had their eyes on the secret treasures that the outcasts had brought back from their hometown. The sabotage that they had caused through whatever means they could, made the security of the Dragon Snake Space Zone even worse than before.
For all the reasons, the Dragon Snake Space Zone was as messy, bizarre, and crazy as it was today.
Even the 'space pirates' who had vanished from the Xing Yao Federation a long time ago had reappeared in this place.
However, most of them were not professional space pirates but 'guests' of the local forces of the Dragon Snake Space Zone.
After all, if you rob me today, I'll rob you tomorrow. Let's get drunk today and reminisce about the glory of the past in a drunken stupor … Basically, that was what it was all about.
"The Dragon Snake Space Zone is the most chaotic place near the Xing Yao Federation. Naturally, it is the best place for us to set off!"
After the interrogation of Fei Qi was over, the twelve experts of the Ancient Sages Sector and Heiye Lan gathered again to discuss their next step.
"First of all, the outcasts or escapees to the Dragon Snake Space Zone often owe blood debts in their hometown, just like the 'doctor'. Even those who have no unresolved grudges often carry invaluable treasures with them. Therefore, many of them have chosen to conceal their names and disguise themselves as completely different people.
"In the Dragon Snake Space Zone, 'identity' is never a problem. Most people prepare a couple of fake identities for themselves. They are also used to not asking about other people's backgrounds. Whoever asks too many questions will be regarded as a 'headhunter' from the federation, and they will be attacked by everybody else."
"The entire Dragon Snake Space Zone has a population of at least several hundred million, and that is just a rough estimate. After all, it is impossible to make accurate population statistics in this place. Many illegal residents have escaped to this place on starships in secret. As long as they bring enough resources from their hometown, nobody will care who they are exactly.
"Hundreds of millions of people, if not billions, are all stealthy and secretive. How can the Federation find out who they are?
"Let's take the Dragon Snake Space Zone as a springboard and get used to the lawless, chaotic place for a while and learn the rules of the modern Cultivation civilization. It will be like twelve leaves hiding in a forest. They will never be discovered!
"Also, according to Fei Qi, there is an amazing business in the Dragon Snake Space Zone where certain people can help other people get a legal identity of the Xing Yao Federation.
"It is because not all the people who escape to the Dragon Snake Space Zone are diehards who are determined to fight against the Federation to the end like Fei Qi.
"In fact, we gradually figured it out later. The Xing Yao Federation was relatively gentle when it conquered the Uranian Ring Sector, except for the direct approach of war it adopted when it conquered the Uranian Ring Sector. For example, the Nether World Sector and the Water Crystal Sector even volunteered to join the Federation.
"The people who escaped from those Sectors simply could not accept such a 'behemoth' from an alternate world like the Federation at first.
"After living in the murky, hopeless Dragon Snake Space Zone for decades and gradually getting to know the Xing Yao Federation better, it was not impossible that they did not want to return to their hometown.
"The Federation's attitude toward those people was rather ambiguous. Generally speaking, as long as they did not owe a blood debt in their hometown, the people were not angry, and all the grudges in the past had been settled, they could still be allowed to go home.
"But there was a lot to be done about it.
"For example, Zhang San, who escaped to the Dragon Snake Space Zone from the Water Crystal Sector, was a dutiful citizen when he was in his hometown. He did not commit any crimes or owe a blood debt. It was just that he did not like some of the Federation's policies in the beginning, and he was worried that he would lose his wealth in the reform. Therefore, he refused to join the Federation and migrated to the Dragon Snake Space Zone.
"If such a person wanted to return to his hometown, it would not be a problem at all.
"But this' Zhang San 'was already dead when he was in the Dragon Snake Space Zone. All that was left was an' identity '. So, it is very difficult to find out who exactly returned to the Federation with the identity of' Zhang San '.
"After all, in the boundless sea of stars, it is too easy to make a person disappear without a trace, but it is too difficult to determine the life and death of a person!
"A lot of people in the Dragon Snake Space Zone make a living by forging identities for other people so that they can enter the Federation legally. Perhaps, we can forge twelve new identities, too, which will be more reliable than the identities that we came up with when we set off!
"What do you think, fellow Cultivators?"
The Yuanying Cultivators and the Divinity Transformation Stage Cultivators were all whispering to each other. In principle, none of them had any objection to Long Yangjun's proposal. What they needed to do next was nothing more than adapt, learn, observe, and make choices. It would not do any harm to put on a new disguise on their previous one.
Han Baling, the dominator of the prairies, was the only one who tapped the table and reminded everybody, "We will certainly go to Fish Dragon City, the main city of the Dragon Snake Space Zone. However, we must still be on high alert and not be too careless!
"I've been thinking about the 'Dragon Snake Space Zone' just now. Logically speaking, after conquering four new Sectors, not only did they not eliminate them completely, they even left such a 'land of exile' behind. Wouldn't they be asking for trouble if they were nurturing a tiger and asking for trouble?
"Now that the Xing Yao Federation has such a ruthless leader as Jin Xinyue, I don't think that they would do such a merciful thing that would only lead to endless trouble.
"However, on second thought, the Xing Yao Federation only had three Sectors in the beginning, and it has absorbed four new Sectors in only a hundred years. The speed of its expansion is too fast!
"As the saying goes, more haste, less speed. I'm afraid that the Star Glory Federation is too full right now after swallowing four pieces of greasy meat in a row. Even if they are determined to find and suppress the resisters of every Sector, it will be impossible for them to do so."
"Since it is impossible to find and kill all the resisters, instead of letting them hide their intentions and lurk in their hometown while waiting for an opportunity to take action, they might as well pretend to be 'magnanimous' and prepare a new home for them. By gathering all of them, it will be easier for the Federation to monitor and control them.
"I'm afraid that this is the greatest purpose of the Xing Yao Federation when it established the 'Dragon Snake Space Zone'.
"If Jin Xinyue was the one who came up with the idea, the 'Venomous Witch' is indeed not to be underestimated!
"What I'm saying is, although the Dragon Snake Space Zone seems to be an independent system on the surface and can still jump around the Federation, the Dragon Snake Space Zone must be under the high surveillance of the Federation. The Federation's lackeys and spies must be everywhere.
"If we only prepare a few false identities, perhaps the Federation won't bother to deal with 'insignificant' nobodies like us. But if we do do something outrageous in Fish Dragon City, it will be too naïve to think that the Federation will do nothing about it!"
"You do have a point, Fellow Cultivator Han," Qi Zhongdao said solemnly.
Qi Zhongdao said solemnly, "Judging from Fei Qi's confession just now, 'Blazing Tyrannosaur' Ding Lingdang and 'Venomous Witch' Jin Xinyue are not easy to deal with! If we choose the Imperium, the two women will be our most dangerous enemies. Even if we choose the Federation, it will be very difficult for us to bargain with the two women and take advantage of them!
"While Ding Ling Dong and Jin Xinyue are both extraordinary people in the Xing Yao Federation and the targets that we must be wary of in the coming days, I'm more worried about someone else. Someone … who might be a hundred times more dreadful than the two women combined.
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