"But...does the Majas interstellar empire really have such audacity?"

Furthermore, what are their motives, and what do they gain from it?

"This doesn't make any sense at all." The confidant frowned, utterly baffled as to why the Majas Interstellar Empire would go to such lengths for such a thankless task.

The Azure Water Fairy Queen, Maritis, shook her head and said, "That's the only thing I can't understand."

We can only wait and see how things develop to find the answer to this question.

Subsequently, the various factions and organizations that attended the meeting and joined the Cosmic Trade Alliance did not rush to leave Bailan City.

Perhaps waiting for updates on the attack by the Mehran interstellar empire, they all chose to stay here for a few more days.

at the same time.

The issue of the Majas interstellar empire is escalating, and it's unclear whether someone is behind it or not. It's even making headlines in some popular space news programs.

Dragon Emperor Star Command Ship - Bridge

Zhao Chen sat in the captain's chair.

An hour had passed since he learned about it.

"This is the intelligence information our people have gathered so far," the leopard-woman guard reported to Zhao Chen, standing beside him.

The vast majority of this intelligence information was previously given to Zhao Chen by Hua Ya Nini.

Some of these are new intelligence reports.

For example, the identity of this group of space pirates.

"The Three-Headed Dragon Pirate Gang".

He is a space pirate active on the edge of the Majas interstellar empire. He is not very active, but every time he does something, it is quite significant.

The last recorded action was eighteen months ago.

They attacked a fleet of interstellar transport ships carrying raw materials, looting all thirty ships and destroying the three escorting T3 interstellar frigates.

No one survived this attack.

But never before had she acted so deliberately... “When the Leopard Woman recalled the contents of that photograph, even her eyes flashed with anger.”

"This Three-Headed Flood Dragon Pirate Gang is said to be small in scale, with less than fifty interstellar warships."

However, all the starships were of T3 level or higher, and there were also a few T4 level starships. Furthermore, the leader's flagship was rumored to be a T5 level starship.

The vast majority of these interstellar warships are interstellar cruisers and interstellar battlecruisers, and some of them have been modified to have additional stealth capabilities.

Therefore, after each attack, it was extremely difficult for the Majas Interstellar Empire to find them again.

To this day, no one knows exactly where their hideout is.

He was among the top five on the highest bounty list of the Majas Interstellar Empire.

After listening to what the leopard woman, a bodyguard, had to say.

Zhao Chen asked casually, "Besides these, is there any other intelligence or information?"

"Because the Mehsa Star Empire took control of the area surrounding the incident after it occurred."

This resulted in us obtaining very little useful intelligence.

"So...that's all," said the leopard-woman guard.

Zhao Chen said in a deep voice, "Make arrangements. We need to return to the Xiaolong Star System of the Xiaolong Interstellar Empire immediately."

Upon returning to the Dragonflight Interstellar Empire, my first priority is to summon Secretary Lilith, Marshal Charlotte, and Marshal Zhong Xiaoxia.

"Yes." The subordinate immediately began to handle the matter.

Because of the importance of this matter, the Dragon Emperor interstellar command ship returned very quickly, without using a stargate, but instead using an inter-universe jump device.

They returned directly to the Xiaolong Interstellar Empire.

The moment the Dragon Emperor interstellar command ship returned to the Xiaolong system, Zhao Chen immediately received a meeting invitation from his secretary, Lilith, and Marshal Charlotte.

Zhao Chen entered.

Then I saw that three people were already waiting there.

Grand Marshal Charlotte, Secretary Lilith, and Marshal Zhong Xiaoxia, who was specially invited.

"Now that everyone's here, I'll just get straight to the point."

You all probably know about the Majas interstellar empire, right?

This incident occurred precisely during the period when we established the Cosmic Trade Alliance, and the targets were our Imperial Ministry of Commerce and members of the White Orchid Interstellar Trade Group, who acted as our agents.

And they used this method.

This is clearly aimed at us.

Therefore, we must handle this matter properly in the shortest possible time.

This will directly affect the prestige of our Dragonflight Interstellar Empire within the Universal Trade Alliance.

Secretary Lilith nodded; as the 'housekeeper' managing the Dragonflight Interstellar Empire, she was naturally well aware of this.

"Should we send our legion fleet directly to attack them beforehand?" Grand Marshal Charlotte asked directly.

Secretary Lilith shook her head and said, "That won't work."

While I have some suspicions about the possibility of the Mejas interstellar empire behind this, we have no evidence.

We are not like we used to be, where we could do whatever we wanted.

We now represent the prestige of the Dragonflight Interstellar Empire, and this is in the early days of our establishment of the Cosmic Trade Alliance.

If we use force against an interstellar civilization without any justification, won't those interstellar civilizations watching us think we're being unreasonable?

Is it possible to resolve even the slightest issue by resorting to force?

If we create these concerns in them, it could lead to them being hesitant and timid in future collaborations with us, and even affect our cooperation.

After all, who would want to cooperate with someone who resorts to violence at the drop of a hat?

Grand Marshal Charlotte remained silent. Although this situation displeased her, she knew that what Lilith said was indeed true.

"So what do we do now?" Charlotte asked.

Zhao Chen looked at Marshal Zhong Xiaoxia, who had remained silent to the side.

Although Zhong Xiaoxia is also a marshal, her status here clearly places them at a different level.

So she didn't say anything.

"First, we need to obtain evidence."

Furthermore, to obtain effective evidence in a short period of time, it must be done without being discovered by others.

Zhong Xiaoxia, your Ghost Scout Ace Fleet can be used at this time.

I need you to provide me with useful intelligence within three days and seventy-two hours, without causing any unnecessary trouble.

Can you do it?

Zhong Xiaxia immediately stood up and solemnly assured him, "Your Majesty, please rest assured, investigating intelligence is simply our job."

I guarantee I will investigate this matter thoroughly within seventy-two hours!

"How many starships do you need to mobilize?"

"Because this is a secret investigation, it shouldn't be too large in scale," Lilith, the secretary, asked.

Marshal Zhong Xiaoxia thought for a moment and said, "Three thousand interstellar stealth reconnaissance ships are enough."

"Okay, I will provide you with the corresponding resources."

You can prepare to leave now.

Remember, your main task is to investigate the location of the Three-Headed Serpent pirate crew's headquarters.

The attitude of the high command of the Majas interstellar empire towards this matter, and some related information.

"And has the Majas Interstellar Empire been making any strange moves lately, or has it been in contact with the Hydra pirate group?" Secretary Lilith offered her advice at this point.

Grand Marshal Zhong Xiaoxia noted these down: "I understand, I will focus my investigation on these areas."

"Then you go and take care of it first."

"yes."

Marshal Zhong Xiaoxia was the first to leave the meeting.

Now, only Zhao Chen and two others remain in the meeting room.

Secretary Lilith continued, "As things stand, there are only two possible outcomes."

One possibility is that other interstellar civilizations want to use this opportunity to target the Maihas Interstellar Empire, entice us to use force, damage our image, and thus prevent us from establishing a cosmic trade alliance system in a short period of time.

The second possibility is that this was done by the Majas interstellar empire itself. For some reason, they themselves were unwilling to join us, and naturally did not want to see our good fortune.

That's why they used this tactic, trying to make us look bad in front of so many interstellar civilizations.

But to be honest, my gut feeling tells me that this matter is definitely not that simple.

If it weren't for that vow of duel, I would have suspected that the Devouring Civilization was behind this.

Zhao Chen said in a deep voice, "No matter what the situation is."

Everyone must pay the price for this.

"Although it may be a bit inappropriate to say this."

However, even if military action is to be carried out, it should not be too large-scale.

After all, we need to prepare for the duel we're about to wage.

"If a large-scale battle breaks out during this time, it will inevitably affect our subsequent development and pre-war preparations," Secretary Lilith solemnly reminded us.

Charlotte remained silent; she was always belligerent and preferred to resolve everything with force.

But the current situation, as well as the future vowed duel, are things they have to consider.

After thinking for a moment, Zhao Chen said, "I have considered that."

Therefore, this matter cannot be delayed for too long and must be resolved as soon as possible.

Once the ghost scouts have found the relevant clues, we need to get moving.

This process will inevitably require the use of the legion fleet.

However, in order to control the scope of influence and have sufficient deterrence, a small but powerful legion fleet is needed.

Convey my orders.

The Reverse Scale Ace Fleet and the Blizzard Ace Fleet are ready for battle.

All current leave is cancelled, and everyone is on standby.

Upon receiving further orders, immediately comply with the deployment.

“Yes,” Charlotte replied.

"Then all we have to do now is wait," Secretary Lilith sighed.

"Waiting idly won't work."

"Don't forget there's also some overt evidence right in front of us that we can investigate," Zhao Chen said.

Lilith then realized: "You mean the space cruise ship that was attacked?"

"According to the latest information, that interstellar cruise ship is now under the control of the Maihas Interstellar Empire, and no outsiders are allowed to approach it."

"Even our people's requests were rejected," Lilith added.

"They won't let us watch? So we won't watch?" Zhao Chen said coldly.

"So what are you planning to do?" Lilith looked at Zhao Chen, asking for his opinion and thoughts.

Zhao Chen said, "First of all, we should have people in the Mahas Interstellar Empire, right?"

Secretary Lilith nodded and said, "After we learned about the existence of various interstellar civilizations and universes."

We have placed our people in these interstellar civilizations and universes, either openly or covertly.

For some of the countries we had contact with, we directly established diplomatic missions.

Unfortunately, this Mehsa interstellar empire has never established an open diplomatic relationship with us.

However, we have trade cooperation with the Majas interstellar empire.

Some interstellar traders with our capital behind the scenes.

Of course, some of these interstellar traders are those who retired from our Dragon Legion fleet and chose to join the Ministry of Commerce to form interstellar trading teams, or those who established their own interstellar enterprises and were funded by us.

They all signed relevant contracts with us.

When necessary, it can represent our Dragon Star Empire.

In a sense, they belong to the dual-identity diplomatic corps of the Wyvern Interstellar Empire.

Zhao Chen had heard of these small plans, but since they were all handled by various imperial departments, he hadn't paid much attention to them before.

"Okay, then let's arrange for them to take charge."

If this causes them any losses, our Dragon Star Empire will be responsible for paying them.

After our people have actually gone there, they will make contact with the Mehran interstellar empire.

My main responsibility is to handle one task.

That is, they demand that we hand over the attacked interstellar cruise ship.

At the same time, all the bodies of the people on the ship must be returned to us.

Meanwhile, we subsequently dispatched a team with an interstellar transport ship specifically to transport the bodies of these victims.

Regardless of their identities, they are all working for our Dragon Star Empire.

After they die, at least let them return to their homeland.

“Yes.” Lilith nodded and made a note of these things.

"Now, it's time for us to truly wait," Zhao Chen said solemnly.

...

The Mehsa Star Empire, Third Star Region Starport

"We've said it so many times."

This matter is no longer under our jurisdiction.

"This case falls under the jurisdiction of Imperial law enforcement. We have no authority to hand over this interstellar cruise ship and all its contents to you." A Majas shrugged, looking like he had no other choice.

Standing before the Majas was a middle-aged woman, who looked to be nearly forty years old, and a scar could be seen on her face.

In this day and age, such scars are normally treatable.

But for some reason, she didn't get treatment and seemed to be proud of the scar.

If anyone asks, she will tell others that it represents her glorious past.

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