Di Feiwen's proposal was unprecedented. At the very least, the Xing Yao Federation had never seen such absurd terms of surrender before.
Of course, the Xing Yao Federation had never competed with such a superpower in space before, either. They had even defeated the opponent to some extent, although the victory was only temporary and partial.
Regarding the amazing 'terms of surrender', Li Yao himself and the specialists of strategy, law, and sociology all began to deduce.
The first question that the specialists were faced with was whether or not the proposal was acceptable from a legal point of view.
Like most of the political entities that wandered at the edge of the cosmos, the Xing Yao Federation did not forbid dual nationality. Or rather, the Federation had never seriously considered the possibility of searching for other countries in space and establishing an 'international society' together.
If there was not even an 'international society', naturally, the problem of dual nationality did not exist.
In other words, Li Yao's identity as a citizen of the Imperium was not illegal at least. Some captives who had been captured ten years ago were still living in the Xing Yao Federation. They were not necessarily willing to give up their identity as subjects and citizens of the Imperium, either. Naturally, the Federation would not force them to make a choice.
Of course, if they worked as a public servant of the Xing Yao Federation in the first place, they would indeed be suspected of treason if they worked as a public servant of the enemy country.
However, the specialists' conclusion after repeated studies was that Li Yao did not work as a public servant in the government of the Federation. The so-called 'dominator of three Sectors' was just a slogan, and he was merely the president of a few private foundations.
However, Li Yao had access to tremendous secrets of the Federation, and he was also a member of the 'first family'. Even if he was theoretically a subject of the emperor of a hostile country, it would still cause great influence.
However, now that the research had progressed to such a point, even the word "enemy country" became very suspicious in a legal sense. It was not until this moment that the specialists realized that, even though the space battle half a year ago was so intense that almost ten thousand starships large and small were mobilized, and even fifty Colossi were mobilized, neither party had declared war on the other party!
For the Black Wind Fleet, the three thousand Sectors were the territory of the Imperium in the first place. They were only there to suppress the barbarians at the edge of the cosmos and did not consider the Federation to be an opponent on the same level as the Imperium at all. Naturally, there was no need to declare war.
As for the Federation, in order to ensure the secrecy of the Dim Moon Plan, they had to pretend that they were caught off guard. Naturally, they would not declare war on the Imperium.
After the space battle, the Federation only wished that the homeland of the Imperium did not know of their existence so that they could develop in secret for decades. How could they declare war on the Imperium openly?
At this moment, a message from the center of the cosmos accelerated the judgment of the Federation and Li Yao.
Di Feiwen's fleet near the brown dwarf always had a super long-distance communication base that maintained minimal contact with the homeland of the Imperium.
According to the latest battle report that they had received, the 'strategic counterattack' that the Imperium of True Human Beings launched after hundreds of years of preparation had long begun. The war could be described as' unstoppable '. In only half a year, at least two strategic victories that could be called' great victories' had been secured, and almost seven Sectors and more than twenty resource planets had been recovered.
All in all, the situation could not have been better. Not only was the territory that had been swallowed by the Holy League in the past hundreds of years about to be reclaimed, but it was also possible for them to march into the central territory that the Holy League had operated for a thousand years and seize a lot of heavy industrial bases and resource planets of the Holy League, reversing the comparison of the comprehensive national power of the two parties.
There was no telling how many triumphal ceremonies had been held in the capital. Many people had already regarded the strategic counterattack as a sign of the resurgence of the Imperium. Some of them were even flattering the emperor with words such as' Blackstar the Great '. The military power, morale, and loyalty of the experts of the Imperium to the emperor had all reached the peak in the past five hundred years.
Good news for the Imperium was bad news for the Federation.
According to the great strategy that had been planned for a hundred years, the Xing Yao Federation, as a critical chess piece, could only play the greatest role when the Imperium of True Human Beings and the Alliance of the Holy Covenant were on equal footing.
Whether the Imperium completely overwhelmed the Holy League or the Holy League completely swallowed the Imperium, it would not be a good thing for the Xing Yao Federation, which had just entered the phase of rapid development.
Right now, somebody in the Imperium of True Human Beings had learned of the existence of the Xing Yao Federation. However, because of the malicious schemes of Heiye Ming and the rest of them, they did not know that the Xing Yao Federation was such a highly-modern, rising regional hegemon that was developing even faster than the Imperium. They thought that the Imperium was just a barbarian struggling in a desolate land.
It could not be kept a secret for long.
If the Imperium did accomplish the strategic counterattack and secure a decisive victory, establishing the strategic situation of 'sole dominator of the universe', it would certainly cast its eyes on the Federation next.
His Majesty, whose capability and prestige had been expanded to the highest after a series of victories, might not care about the barbarians at the edge of the cosmos, but he certainly would not allow the tough soldiers such as the Black Wind Fleet to get out of his control.
The battle-tested lions of the Imperium that had been summoned from the main battlefield would certainly be able to wipe out all the enemies like sweeping away the fallen leaves in the autumn wind.
If the emperor, nobles, and warlords of the Imperium learned the truth at the edge of the cosmos and learned that the Black Wind Fleet had been defeated by an unknown country at the edge of the cosmos and that the country might become a great problem for the Imperium in only a hundred years, would it be possible for them not to nip the threat in the bud?
The Cultivators naturally had their own principles, but adhering to principles did not mean being dogmatic, nor did it mean blindly advancing. Confronting the hundred core worlds of the Imperium with the strength of almost ten worlds at the edge of the cosmos was a bold but foolish move that would accomplish absolutely nothing except destroying the future of hundreds of billions of people.
The Federation had no choice but to feign civility with the homeland of the Imperium. It was even necessary to deceive the homeland of the Imperium by making the homeland of the Imperium believe that everything at the edge of the cosmos was under the control of the Black Wind Fleet, and the Black Wind Fleet remained highly loyal to the Imperium.
It would be best if they could buy another few decades of development so that the Federation could digest and absorb the technologies stored in the Black Wind Fleet and the Nuwa warship of the Ancient Sages Sector. Then, they would wait and see what would happen next!
To achieve that, they would have to get the full cooperation of the remnants of the Black Wind Fleet, or at least the fleet below the brown dwarf that controlled the super-remote communication base, namely Di Feiwen.
The subtle development of the situation and the consecutive victories of the Imperium were not necessarily a good thing for the Black Wind Fleet, because it meant that the Black Wind Fleet was even less useful to the Imperium. Instead, it was a huge trouble that could not be gotten rid of.
In the meantime, even if their hometowns were 'recovered' by the Imperium, they would fall into the hands of other nobles and warlords or even be directly under the emperor's command.
With the remnants of the Imperium right now, it was impossible for them to ask the emperor and the warlords to spit out the five pieces of fat meat that they had swallowed!
To some extent, the interests of the Black Wind Fleet and the interests of the Xing Yao Federation were gradually being tied together.
Then, in order to get the full cooperation of the Black Wind Fleet and Di Feiwen, the only thing left was a tiny 'plea'.
All the intelligence was laid out clearly in front of Li Yao and analyzed in the most detailed way. It was even considered that Di Feiwen might be lying and that the Imperium did not actually secure a great victory.
However, there was no reason for Di Feiwen to lie about such important news, which would be seen through easily. The Black Wind Fleet would be stationed in the homeland of the Federation for a long time in the future. It might even be dismantled and reorganized. It was an out-and-out meat on the chopping block that the Federation could do whatever it wanted to them.
If he was bold enough to tell such a blatant lie and shatter the trust between the two parties, it would do no good for the future of the Black Wind Fleet and all the Immortal Cultivators.
Li Yao scratched his head for a long time and pondered for a long time. In the end, it was what the mental devil said that helped him make up his mind.
"Aren't we going to the center of the cosmos to look for Earth? I don't think that even at the center of the cosmos, any random Tom, Dick, or Harry would know such news, right?
"In order to unveil the truth about Earth, we have to become a big shot at the center of the cosmos. At the very least, we have to get in touch with the big shots. Then, the identity of 'Black Wind King' will be a very suitable entry point.
"As for your concern about whether or not Di Feiwen will play tricks, you don't have to worry about it. On one hand, you can keep him in the Federation under the close surveillance of Guo Chunfeng, Jin Xinyue, and the rest of them. Then, you can dismantle the Black Wind Fleet and brainwash them. All the civilians will be sent to the schools of the Federation for education on the path of the Cultivators. "On the other hand, even if you go to the Imperium, there is no need for you to expose your identity openly. You look so ugly in the first place. If you disguise yourself and sneak in, who can possibly guess that you are the legendary 'Black Wind King'? There won't be any trouble at all! "
Although Li Yao was quite dissatisfied with the remark 'look so ugly', he still coughed and ran to 'Black Ray', the temporary flagship of the Black Wind Fleet, resolutely accepting the title of 'Black Wind King'.
Eight months after the magnificent, overwhelming space battle, a brief and low-key ceremony was held on 'Black Ray', the comprehensive cruiser of the expedition army of the Imperium, in the auditorium that had been modified from an enormous maintenance workshop.
Although the ceremony was simple, the experts of the five worlds of Immortal Cultivators, including the Black Wind Fleet, the Hard Rock Fleet, the Purple Fire Fleet, the Fiery Spider Fleet, and the Wild Wolf Fleet, who had survived the two consecutive crushing defeats, were all gathered in the hall.
The solemn and meticulous Immortal Cultivators in black military uniforms and shiny boots lowered their proud heads to the man on the podium who had a messy hairstyle and seemed to have not woken up yet. They fell on one of their knees and bellowed at the same time.
"In front of billions of stars, we make a sacred oath that we will unconditionally obey 'Li Yao', the dominator at the edge of the cosmos, the slaughterer of deities, the destroyer of space gates, and the guardian of the seven Sectors of the Heaven's Origin Sector. We will be the new ruler of the Black Wind Fleet, the Hard Rock Fleet, the Wild Wolf Fleet, the Purple Fire Fleet, and the Fiery Spider Fleet, the new leader of the Black Wind Fleet, and our supreme master!
"For the eternal glory of the civilization of mankind, we will always obey the command of our leader. We are willing to sacrifice our lives for the oath anytime and anywhere. Even if our bodies and souls are destroyed by death, the oath that we make right now cannot be erased!
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