Of course, it was impossible. They were merely venting their anger.
However harsh the Imperium was to the miscellaneous troops from the remote worlds, it was impossible for them to defect to the Holy League.
It was because the price of joining the Holy League was that they would be deprived of their feelings and desires. They would not be able to control their own will freely, which was even more uncomfortable than killing them.
Besides, there was only different division of labor within the Holy League. There was no hierarchy. They all addressed each other as "brothers" and "sisters". They were all known as "the lambs, tools, and messengers of the gods". Even the super experts who boasted the greatest abilities were on equal footing with the weaklings who did not even have the strength to tie up a chicken.
Wei Guanghui was an experienced Yuanying after all. He was the dominator of the Red Nimbus Sector and the highest commander of the Red Nimbus Fleet. He was an ambitious Immortal Cultivator who was full of intense desires. How could he abandon everything right now and flee to the Holy League to live a boring life?
It was impossible for Wei Guanghui to defect, and it was impossible for the leaders of the other miscellaneous troops and the local armed forces to defect, either. The four Kurfürst families had taken advantage of their weakness and exploited them blatantly, bossing them around like dogs and deceiving them like pigs. What was more intolerable than what was there to tolerate?
Wei Guanghui breathed heavily. Bulging his bloodshot eyes, he stared at the list that was still floating in midair, almost wishing that he could snatch it and tear the list into shreds.
The list was a virtual object outlined by mystic rays. Naturally, it was impossible for him to tear it apart.
It was exactly like how he could only watch the noose around his neck getting tighter and tighter despite knowing the schemes of the four Kurfürst families.
What else could he do except to tolerate it?
"Father, are we really going to hand over the captives obediently? Look at the list. They are all the critical roles of the Red Nimbus Fleet. Many of them are related to the loyal brothers who have supported the Wei family for a hundred years. Many of them have also made remarkable contributions in the bloody battles in the past ten years and even saved the Red Nimbus Fleet countless times!"
Wei Guanghui could tolerate it, but a lot of people could not.
The first one to jump out was his adjutant, as well as his second son, Wei Yuanjia, whom he thought the most highly of.
Wei Yuanjia was a middle-aged man who was very scheming and did not show his emotions on his face. He was very careful and always called him by his position and military rank in the army. However, at this moment, he used the word "father", which showed that he was extremely angry in his heart.
Wei Yuanjia was so angry that he was trembling all over. He pointed at the last line of the list and said, "Father, please look. Even Ah Xiao's name is on it!"
Shockingly, the name 'Wei Tianxiao' was written at the end of the list. He was Wei Yuanjia's eldest son and Wei Guanghui's grandson.
"If we really tie up everybody on the list and hand them over to the special investigation committee, the hearts of all the Immortal Cultivators in the Red Nimbus Sector will be chilled. The Wei family will truly be deserted!"
Wei Yuanjia shouted hoarsely. "How are we going to lead the troops in the future? How are we going to explain to the Immortal Cultivators who have supported our family for more than a hundred years? How are we going to meet our parents in our hometown? Who will support such a spineless leader to inherit the position of 'Sector Master'?
"Reconsider! Father, reconsider!"
"Enough!"
Wei Guanghui glared at his second son. His eyes were as vicious as a snake whose fangs had been broken. He gnashed his teeth and said, "Do you think that I'm willing to teach people? Do you think that I haven't 'reconsidered'?
"The Wei family member is an experienced Yuanying after all. He is the Sector Master of the Red Nimbus Sector and the highest commander of the Red Nimbus Fleet! Even the almighty 'God of War', Lei Chenghu, has to bow his hands and call me 'fellow Cultivator' when he sees me!
"Today, the four Kurfürst families sent such a little son of a bitch from the Jin Dan generation who was bold enough to barge into my fleet on a carrier and slap the bullsh * t list in my face, asking me to hand over my old brothers who have been through life-and-death situations for decades, their children, and the future of the Red Nimbus Sector!
"It is needless to say that my own grandson is among them!
"This is simply a fierce slap to the face, and it knocked out all my teeth. It's an extraordinary humiliation, an extraordinary humiliation!
"Do you think that I want to swallow the humiliation? Do you think that I do not know the consequences of handing over those people?
"But what choice do I have? You are my adjutant, and you know the situation of the Red Nimbus Fleet better than anyone else. We are trapped on an extremely unstable planet that does not even have an atmosphere. Our food, ammunition, and fuel are highly dependent on the supplies from the rear. As long as the rear coughs, we won't even be able to eat the hot dog sh * t!
"Not to mention that all the mining bases here were completely sabotaged when the Holy League evacuated, even if the mining bases were intact and abundant 'nickel fusion crystals' could be exploited, what can they do? Can we eat it? Can we stuff it into our reactors as fuel?
"If we don't hand over the people on the list, we will be dead for sure. Before the elites of the four Kurfürst families take action, we will be annihilated in no time!
"It was exactly because the little bastard from Jin Dan's generation had foreseen that that he was bold enough to show off in front of your father!"
"But if we hand over the list, we will be killed, too, except that our death will be slower and more miserable."
Wei Yuanjia said solemnly, "Father, you know very well that the so-called 'incident of the Blood Oath Alliance' and the list of radicals are just the first step of the four Kurfürst families. As long as we do hand over the people on the list, they will certainly have a way to make us confess under torture. By then, they will claim that we sympathize with the radicals and are even suspected of being involved in the 'incident of the Blood Oath Alliance'. What will they say then?
"Hehe. The ambitions of the four Kurfürst families are too obvious. They are simply using the incident of the Blood Oath Alliance as a bargaining chip to offset the illustrious military credits that we have made. Thankfully, they kicked us back to our hometown when they were picking the fruits and sharing the cake!
"But we will certainly not return empty-handed.
"Father, I am not being reckless. It's just that the Red Nimbus Sector is already on the brink of collapse.
"You know that the local finance of the Red Nimbus Sector actually collapsed last year, not to mention that after more than ten years of war, so many disabled veterans in the Red Nimbus Fleet are in need of compensation. The hominoid soldiers among them are fine, but most of the officers who are Immortal Cultivators have the support of the sects and groups behind them. They are our foundation. How can we delay the payment?
"The Council of Elders made it sound nice that the compensation for the disabled veterans is the responsibility of the headquarters of the expedition army. But the payment of the compensation and the retirement payment is always sloppy and unpleasant. The disabled veterans in the rear are all waiting to buy rice and crystals for their training. They cannot be delayed for even one day. As a result, we have to fill the hole with the local finance of the Red Nimbus Sector first. We even have to borrow money from the major banks at the center of the cosmos. It is needless to say that those wretched banks are the properties of the noble families!
"Even so, the hole that is getting bigger and bigger, and the interest of the loans that is higher and higher every day, cannot be filled at all.
"From the fleet to the rear, from the Immortal Cultivators to the hominoids, everybody is complaining like crystal bombs that are about to explode at any moment!
"Right now, the soldiers are still willing to listen to the command of the Wei family, and the sects and groups in the rear are still willing to deliver assets incessantly, because they believe in our promise and that we can fight for enough benefits for the Red Nimbus Sector after the war is over. They believe that we can win enough benefits for them and the Red Nimbus Sector, including the shares of the 'development group of the recovery area' and the major mining and transportation groups. With those things, we can make up for the wounds of more than ten years of bleeding and sacrifice!
"However … right now, the b * stards at the center of the cosmos are obviously going to burn the bridge after crossing the river and swallow the trophies for themselves!
"If our people realize that they have been fighting for more than ten years only to get nothing but illusions and a completely collapsed economy in return, do you believe that a mutiny will break out in the next second? You and I, as well as all the members of the Wei family, will be ripped apart and swallowed by the infuriated veterans, the disappointed Immortal Cultivators, and even the billions of crazy hominoids without leaving any bones?"
Wei Guanghui was silent. His pale mustache was shivering nonstop.
"Perhaps, this is the real purpose of the four Kurfürst families."
With a weird look on his face, Wei Yuanjia pointed at the list and said in a low voice, "Father, don't you feel that there are more people on this list who are loyal to the Wei family than to the key figures of the Huang family?"
Wei Guanghui was greatly alarmed. Pondering for a moment, his eyes bulged wider and wider.
As he expected, on the so-called "radical list", most of the people were the trusted subordinates who were loyal to the Wei family, or the children of the trusted subordinates.
However, when it came to the "Huang family", another important family of Immortal Cultivators in the Red Nimbus Sector, although there were a few of them, they were all peripheral members and did not matter at all.
Wei Guanghui's heart was immediately tightened.
The Wei family did not start to govern the Red Nimbus Sector five hundred years ago. At the beginning, the Wei family was just an insignificant family of Immortal Cultivators in the Red Nimbus Sector.
However, the previous dominator of the Red Nimbus Sector was not respectful to the big shots at the center of the cosmos. All in all, they insisted on the principle of local priority and were highly vigilant about the goods and investments from the center of the cosmos. Eventually, they were replaced by the Wei family who rose "miraculously".
In other words, the Wei family became the dominator of the Red Nimbus Sector because they were the dogs of the four Kurfürst families in the beginning.
However, human beings and dogs were different after all.
The more a dog was raised, the more familiar and loyal it would be.
The more a human being was raised, the more ungrateful they would be.
Today, after two hundred years, Wei Guanghui had long forgotten the experience of his ancestors being obedient dogs for the four Kurfürst families. He was vaguely planning to rebel.
However, he did not forget that the big shots at the center of the cosmos could raise another dog to replace them at any time, exactly like how they replaced the "Red Nimbus Sector Master" earlier.
The same thing had happened countless times in many remote worlds.
In the remote worlds that were out of reach and of little value, raising a few dogs of different colors and letting them bite each other was the strategy of the four Kurfürst families in the first place.
The Huang family was the other dog of the Red Nimbus Sector. In the recent year and a half, they had been in a close relationship with the four Kurfürst families. Nobody could tell whether or not the Huang family had contributed to such a detailed "radical list"!
"Father."
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