The brutality in Xiong Wuji's eyes seemed to be piercing through the wall of the underground cage. He asked solemnly, "Is the battle in the periphery of the Iron Plateau Space Zone related to the exposure of my identity?"
Li Yao looked around and broke off a sharp stone from the wall. He sat cross-legged opposite Xiong Wuji and drew a circle on the ground between the two of them. He said, "You will know whether or not they are related after you listen to my analysis.
"First of all, as I said last time, the five warships of Storm Prison surrounded the three starships of the Great Horn Exo Society and were about to annihilate all of them. In the end, I showed up and distracted Storm Prison, ruining the Temple of Immortals' plan.
"If I hadn't shown up, of course, the three starships of the Great Horn Exo Society would have been crushed!
"Then, is it possible that the three starships released a large number of escape capsules at the last moment so that some of them could escape?"
Xiong Wuji pondered for a moment and said, "Of course! Since they were doomed to die, they might have a chance to rebuild themselves in the future as long as they were still alive. If it were me, I would've asked the strongest experts and the heavily wounded to stay and resist the enemy at the last moment, and asked the weaker experts and the lightly wounded to escape so that I could avenge myself later! "
Li Yao smiled. He poked dozens of dots on the circle with the sharp stone and said, "I think so, too. Alright. Right now, the Great Horn Exo Society and the other two Cultivation sects have released dozens, if not hundreds, of escape capsules to carry the strength they need for their comeback. The fugitives must be the core of the three starships and must be equipped with a lot of magical equipment. It is very likely that they are all equipped with the Crystal Suit, right? "
Xiong Wuji nodded. "Yes. Instead of falling into the hands of the space pirates, they might as well leave the starships to them. They might as well take away all the precious magical equipment and weapons to increase their chances of survival. "
Li Yao asked, "Then, where will they run to?"
Xiong Wuji thought for a moment and said slowly, "If what you said is true, there is only one place where they can possibly escape from the hunting of the space pirates. The planetary ring at the periphery of Iron Plateau! "
Li Yao said, "That's right, the escape pod doesn't have enough power and fuel. Wherever you run to, you will be caught by the space pirates. The planetary ring at the periphery of Iron Plateau is the only place where you have a chance of survival.
"However. Since I didn't show up, Storm Prison should be able to finish off the three starships on the Great Horn Exo Society's side easily and send a lot of soldiers to hunt down the escape capsules!
"The escape capsules had no choice but to risk crossing the planetary ring and landing on Iron Plateau, hoping that the forbidden land for Cultivators could stop the space pirates, right?"
Xiong Wuji nodded. "Yes, now that you mention it. This seemed to be the only reasonable choice the fugitives could make at that time. "
Li Yao said, "On the Storm Prison Pirate Gang's side, the Storm Prison Pirate Gang has a lot of enemies. After all, they would have been surrounded by the reinforcements of the Cultivators at any moment. After the escape capsules fell into the gravity sphere of Iron Plateau, they would have retreated according to their original plan after they calculated that there was no hope for them to chase after them. It is also a reasonable conclusion, right? "
Xiong Wuji replied, "Yes."
Li Yao sighed. "Look. So far, it has been a classic scene in a novel. The bad guys beat the good guys, and the good guys escaped to a place where the bad guys couldn't catch up with them. Everything was so reasonable, natural, and perfect. The 'good guys' who landed on Iron Plateau wouldn't have noticed anything wrong, and Fengyu Zhong, the 'bad guy', wouldn't have felt anything wrong, either. The reinforcements of the Cultivators who came from afar wouldn't have thought that somebody was manipulating everything behind the scenes, either. Chances are that they would even feel lucky that some of them managed to escape!
"However, as a result, a situation that has never happened in the past thousands of years was created.
"For thousands of years, even if space residents were forced to land on Iron Plateau occasionally, there would only be one or two of them at most. Also, most of them were civilians or non-battle-type Cultivators such as Sha Yulan, who posed no threat to space residents at all, right?
"But this time, hundreds of fully-armed battle-type Cultivators who were equipped with powerful Crystal Suits were forced to land on Iron Plateau!"
Xiong Wuji felt a chill down his spine. He felt that his bones were being stabbed by needles, and his eyelids were twitching. He said, "Fair enough. Ever since we parted ways five thousand years ago, Iron Plateau has never seen so many battle-type Cultivators."
Li Yao said, "If there were only one or two Cultivators, they would've been swallowed by the demon beasts the moment they landed on the desert. But it's a different story for a hundred battle-type Cultivators who are equipped with Crystal Suits. They have all received the most professional training in close combat. Besides, they belong to the same camp in the first place. Therefore, they are very familiar with each other.
"It's very likely that they gathered in a few days and survived on the desert with the strength of the team!
"They know that Iron Plateau is a forbidden area for Cultivators, too. Therefore, they will certainly be very careful. Then, they will be faced with two choices. Should they keep hiding in the darkness, or should they send someone to get in touch with the Iron Plateau natives?
"The six tribes of Iron Plateau are very likely to discover them, too. Then, there will be two choices. Should they wage war against the 'invaders' immediately, or should they reach out to them cautiously, too?
"By my estimation, the latter is more likely to happen.
"Although the Burning Sun Tribe, the Giant Axe Tribe, and the Feathered Snakes Tribe hate space residents, I don't think that their leaders are reckless men. They will not wage war against space residents for no good reason.
"If the fugitives get in touch with the Furious Bears Tribe, the Heaven Wolves Tribe, and the Silver Moon Tribe, it is very likely that they will be invited by you to resist the apocalypse together, just like what happened to me in the Furious Bears Tribe!
"However, it doesn't matter whether or not the two parties discover each other, and whether or not they wage war against each other!"
After making the conclusion, Li Yao suddenly changed the topic and said, "Let's take a look at the Cultivators of the Flying Star Sector.
"The Great Horn Exo Society is a hero team that has risen to prominence recently in the Flying Star Sector to resist the space pirates. The mission this time is part of the plan to lure the snake out of its hole. The original plan was to lure Fengyu Zhong out with the Great Horn Exo Society.
"But Fengyu Zhong really showed up. The Great Horn Exo Society was indeed crippled, along with the starships of two other sects!
"It's like kicking the Cultivators of the Flying Star Sector to the ground and slapping them in the face!
"Whether it's for the sake of their dignity or for the sake of their brothers. Even if it is for the sake of saving their brothers, when the Cultivators of the Flying Star Sector learn that so many Cultivators have been stranded on Iron Plateau, not just this place being a forbidden area for Cultivators, they will have to break into Iron Plateau to rescue them even if they are in hell, right?
"Otherwise, people will be divided. The word 'Cultivator' will be worthless then! "
Xiong Wuji nodded. "Exactly. According to what you said, the members of the Great Horn Exo Society are out-and-out heroes, no matter which force they belong to. At the very least, they cannot ignore the heroes on their side on the surface!
"It is especially so now that the space pirates are on the rise and the Cultivators are panicking. Therefore, the heroes cannot be ignored. Those people have become the symbols of the resistance against the space pirates. They must be rescued at any cost!"
Li Yao said gloomily, "I thought that the purpose of the Temple of Immortals was to destroy the Great Horn Exo Society. But judging from the situation right now, I'm afraid that it will cause a certain situation. Luring a large batch of battle-type Cultivators to land on Iron Plateau is their real purpose! Therefore, the battle has to be carried out in the periphery of the Iron Plateau Space Zone! Nowhere else can it be carried out!
"However, it is not so simple to rescue the Cultivators.
"A starship sailing in a vacuum is not the same as a crystal warship fighting in the atmosphere.
"Since we are faced with a place like Iron Plateau, we have to make even more careful preparations.
"Therefore. When the Cultivators discover that the survivors have escaped to Iron Plateau, it is unlikely that they will break through the planetary ring right away. Landing to rescue the survivors is almost suicidal. They will certainly make careful plans after they return. They will select some small crystal warships that are suitable for battles and search and rescue in the atmosphere. They will also adjust the Crystal Suit. Then, they will select a batch of Cultivators who are familiar with ground battles and search and rescue work. They will form a large-scale search and rescue team before they take action.
"It will take them one to two months to travel to and fro.
"Alright. That's more or less everything that happened in this circle. Let's look at the other side."
Li Yao drew another circle next to him and continued. "This circle represents Iron Plateau. What happened here is very simple. There is no need for deduction at all, because it is a fact that is happening right now!
"In the meeting of the six tribes, the leader of one tribe was killed. Before his death, he revealed the great secret that the leader of another tribe was a space resident!
"The leader of the space residents had been suggesting to get in touch with the space residents. Not long ago, the leader even took in or got in touch with almost a hundred fully-armed battle-type Cultivators!
"Alright. What do we have now? Tens of thousands of infuriated, infuriated qi-trainers who hate the space residents' guts!
"What do you think will happen when they learn that almost a hundred fully-armed battle-type Cultivators are active on Iron Plateau?"
Xiong Wuji's eyes flashed, and his face turned pale.
Li Yao drew an arrow from the circle on the left and another arrow from the circle on the right. The two arrows collided brutally and drew a pentagram that represented an explosion in the middle.
"My deduction is that, with the instigation of a few 'intentional' people, the tens of thousands of infuriated qi-trainers will rush at the hundred or so Cultivators and tear them into shreds.
"Not just the Burning Sun Tribe, the Furious Bears Tribe will be even more active in annihilating the Cultivators in order to prove their innocence and that they have nothing to do with them!
"Such a deduction is not too far-fetched, is it?
"Alright. When the rescue team of the Cultivators finally arrives on Iron Plateau, what will they find? The dead bodies of more than a hundred 'great heroes' that have been torn into shreds. What's worse is that there is nothing left of them!
"In the meantime, on Iron Plateau, there will be more than a hundred thousand Iron Plateau natives who are highly vigilant and hostile. What will they do when they discover that the space residents have invaded on a large scale? Will there be contact, negotiation, and mutual understanding?
"It's impossible. Ever since they killed more than a hundred 'great heroes' of the world of Cultivators, there has been no reconciliation.
"War can only be war. A war between the space residents and the Iron Plateau natives!
"That's the most reasonable possibility that I've deduced based on the intelligence so far. If there are any omissions or errors, please point them out, Chief Xiong."
After finishing his speech, Li Yao put his hands on his thighs and stared at Xiong Wuji quietly.
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