Jin Yuyan stared at Li Yao for a long time gloomily and asked, "What kind of scheme?"
Taking a deep breath, Li Yao tried to calm himself down and said quickly, "I don't know if you have caught the perpetrators of the explosions, but no matter how many perpetrators you have caught, they all point to the same person — the mastermind of the whole thing is none other than Blackstar the Great!
"Wuying Qi controlled your wife remotely through some sort of telepathic telepathy. Perhaps he had been lurking around you since a decade ago. He knew your details and the internal operations of the Business Alliance of Ten Thousand Sectors like the back of his hand. That's why he was able to hack the internal network of the Business Alliance of Ten Thousand Sectors easily, alter and erase the core data, and slander you. Fine, that's not exactly slander. All in all, the whole thing was Wuying Qi's scheme!
"Think about it. Why did Wuying Qi do that? He tried to assassinate you at first, but after the assassination failed, he hacked into the internal network of the Business Alliance of Ten Thousand Sectors, altered the data, and ruined your reputation. Did he not know that his actions would lead to complete chaos in the Business Alliance of Ten Thousand Sectors and a crushing failure in the battle of Seven Seas?
"No, he must've foreseen it. That's exactly his purpose. He was pushing the Business Alliance of Ten Thousand Sectors into a corner where you were certainly doomed and forcing you to accept the help from the outside, the help from Lei Chenghu!"
While he was talking, Li Yao was already baring his fangs and brandishing his claws.
Jin Yuyan's eyes were hollow and emotionless. There was no telling whether or not he had heard Li Yao's words.
"Please believe me, Director Jin. I swear to god that every word that I'm going to say next is true. I just fought Wuying Qi for three hundred rounds and finally heavily wounded his soul, forcing him to flee in a hurry with his remaining soul. But I was slightly wounded myself and was in a coma for more than half a day. What I saw and heard is the firsthand information!"
Li Yao continued anxiously, "Although Lei Chenghu joined the reformists after you and me, and his relationship with the queen is purely a cooperative one, don't forget that he is a 'real Immortal Cultivator'!
"It was I who rescued Lei Chenghu from the Godly Might Prison in person. I was in a rather good relationship with him, and I communicated with him many times. He expressed his disgust for the four Kurfürst families and his disdain for the selfish 'false Immortal Cultivators' many times, hoping that the Imperium could be restored to the age of Blackstar the Great.
"Do you understand it now? Lei Chenghu is a very enthusiastic admirer of Wuying Qi. As long as Wuying Qi reveals his identity and preaches his bullsh * t theories such as' a fair, open, and just new world of Immortal Cultivators', Lei Chenghu will probably follow him without hesitation!
"All in all, Wuying Qi must've been up to no good when he asked Lei Chenghu to jump to the Seven Seas Space Zone.
"Of course, the Thunder Fleet's combat ability is unparalleled, and it is very possible that they can reverse the situation. However, if the Thunder Fleet is really responsible for cleaning up the mess, all the warlords' fleets scattered in the Seven Seas Space Zone will surrender to Lei Chenghu and accept his command. Even the garrison fleet of the Business Alliance of Ten Thousand Sectors will probably be taken over by Lei Chenghu, which means that it will be swallowed by Lei Chenghu.
"In other words, although the war is won, the fruits of victory will be taken by Wuying Qi, and the Business Alliance of Ten Thousand Sectors will still be doomed.
"Yes. That's their scheme. That's Wuying Qi's purpose. Director Jin, think carefully. Think carefully!"
Jin Yuyan listened to the whole thing quietly, but he remained silent and unmoved.
He was silent for a long time, so long that Li Yao almost couldn't help but slap him in the face to refresh his head. It was not until then that he finally said gloomily, "Vulture Li Yao, if you think that I didn't notice the anomaly at all and simply opened the gate to allow the Thunder Fleet to jump over in an organized way, you are underestimating me too much as the director of the Business Alliance of Ten Thousand Sectors.
"The whole thing is too coincidental. I was assassinated twice a few days ago, and a series of explosions took place today. Before the fire of the explosions died down, our internal network was hacked, and the data was tampered with. The situation on the battlefield was reversed immediately.
"The moment the situation was reversed, the Thunder Fleet was ready for reinforcements and could've jumped over at any moment. Do you think that I'm a three-year-old who can't see the problem?
"However, you must've seen the panic outside and sensed the extreme depression on your way back, didn't you? The Business Alliance of Ten Thousand Sectors is already disunited. How long can I suppress them by brute force? Quenching thirst with poison can only be delayed for a few days or even twenty-four hours.
"If I can't find a way out in twenty-four hours, I might as well kill myself!
"So, tell me, now that Lei Chenghu has sent reinforcements to us, what choice do we have except to accept it in ecstasy and open the space gate to let him in?
"Or rather, 'Vulture Li Yao, the Black Wind King', can your Black Wind Fleet arrive in twenty-four hours? If the Black Wind Fleet miraculously shows up, I will try my best to close the space gate and block the Astounding Thunder Fleet outside under all the pressure! "
"About that …"
Li Yao was lost for words for a moment.
"The Black Wind Fleet cannot arrive in time, and your 'good friends' lurking in the coalition army of the four families cannot suddenly turn hostile and fight hundreds of thousands of starships fearlessly. Then, what can we do except to count on the 'last hope' that is the Thunder Fleet? Do we wait to be killed?"
With a bitter smile, Jin Yuyan said, "Even if Lei Chenghu is really on Wuying Qi's side, we don't have a second option. Right now, I can only count on Lei Chenghu's integrity and his subtle stance.
"After all, Lei Chenghu was born in the peripheral worlds of the Imperium and is sort of a special warlord. The construction and maintenance of the Black Wind Fleet, including his valiant performance in the 'Imperium's counterattack', can't be separated from the resource support and the trophies deals of the Business Alliance of Ten Thousand Sectors in secret.
"I hope that Lei Chenghu can still consider our friendship and interests and not go too far!"
Li Yao opened his mouth, not knowing what to say.
His silver tongue was no match for tens of thousands of warships that boasted the highest combat ability and carried countless experts and even Colossi after all!
"Also, I feel that there is a great loophole in your scheme."
Jin Yuyan looked at Li Yao with glittering eyes. "If the whole thing is really Wuying Qi's scheme, and he intentionally wants the Business Alliance of Ten Thousand Sectors and the four families to suffer heavy losses before he releases the Thunder Fleet to reap the benefits, don't you think it's too early? Shouldn't he have postponed the chaos in the Seven Seas Grand Market for a day or two and activated the plan to ask Lei Chenghu to clean up the mess when Yun Xuefeng and I really fought each other fiercely?
"More importantly, Lei Chenghu's fleet has jumped to the Seven Seas Space Zone. What will happen to the capital?"
Li Yao was stunned again. He couldn't help but slap his head hard. How could he have neglected such a critical question?
On the reformists' side, Lei Chenghu's Thunder Fleet was the well-deserved top combat ability. Neither the Imperial Guards who were being reorganized and trained in the capital nor the garrisons of the Business Alliance of Ten Thousand Sectors were a match for the Thunder Fleet.
However, neither the Business Alliance of Ten Thousand Sectors nor the four families took the Thunder Fleet into consideration when they deduced the outcome of the battle of Seven Seas.
It was not because the commanders of the two parties made a low-level mistake at the same time. By logic, the Thunder Fleet couldn't have left the defense area.
In the game of space between the reformists and the four Kurfürst families, the Seven Seas Space Zone was not the most important battlefield — the capital was.
The Adamantine Fleet made of sixteen Adamantine Super Arsenal Warships was certainly not the real "trump card" of the four families, either. The four families still had the most elite forces in their hands, waiting for the right opportunity to launch a critical strike on the capital.
At this moment, in the capital, other than the Imperial Guards, there were only the unorganized soldiers who had just joined the reformists. Despite Blackstar the Great's extraordinary command and training abilities, it was impossible for him to train the Imperial Guards and the unorganized soldiers into battle-tested lions in only a couple of months.
The Imperial Guards alone were definitely not enough to resist the ace fleets of the four families.
There were only two reasons why the four families did not launch an attack on the capital. Firstly, it was because of the conflicts caused by the four families when they were trying to elect a new emperor, and secondly, it was because of the Thunder Fleet.
The Thunder Fleet was like a venomous blade that was pressed against the neck of the Li family, restraining the trump card of the Li family.
The subtle conflicts among the four families, on the other hand, raised a chain reaction that stalled the trump cards of the other three families.
Lei Chenghu was known as the "God of War". Who was bold enough to mobilize the most elite forces of the family to attack the capital when the God of War was eyeing them covetously?
Even though the Imperial Guards were no match for the ace fleets of the four families, it was still possible for them to stall them for months or even a year with the impenetrable defense of the capital.
A year and a half was more than enough for Lei Chenghu to "open" the heartland of the four families with the Thunder Fleet.
It was an obvious reason. The Thunder Fleet and the ace fleets of the four families were both tied to each other. That was why the Seven Seas Space Zone at the edge of the Imperium was ignited earlier than the capital.
But right now, the Thunder Fleet had left the most advantageous position for them. Moving the venomous blade away from the throat of the Li family, they jumped to the Seven Seas Space Zone and dived into the chaotic swamp.
It was easy to leave the heartland of the Li family, but it would be impossible for them to jump back in an organized way. The Li family would never open the space gate to the Thunder Fleet again.
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