395: Sacrifice one to save all (Happy Mid-Autumn Festival!)

Soon, Gao Mo was brought over by the people of the Thirty-Sixth Legion.

"Are you Gao Shui's brother?"

Up close, Lin Yang could tell at a glance that he and Gao Shui looked somewhat similar.

"Hmph, that's right, Gao Shui is my older brother."

Gao Mo admitted it directly. Then, before Lin Yang could speak again, he looked at Lin Yang with a venomous expression and started laughing maniacally:

"Hehehe, Lin Yang, I failed to avenge my brother and fell into your hands. I guess I'm unlucky, but don't expect to have an easy time either! I've already spread the news that you have Wu Cang Clan slaves. Just wait to die!"

Hearing this, Lin Yang couldn't help but chuckle, "It seems your news channels are very closed off. You can't even connect to the public network of the Ten Thousand Universes."

"What do you mean?" Gao Mo shouted.

"If you could just take a look at the public network, you wouldn't have said such a foolish thing just now," Lin Yang said indifferently.

Gao Mo was stunned.

Lin Yang, however, was too lazy to waste any more words with him, "You are Gao Shui's younger brother, so you should know very well that Gao Shui's death was entirely due to his greed; he brought it upon himself. Now you also wish to retaliate against me, so I cannot let you live."

With that, Lin Yang didn't give Gao Mo another chance to speak and directly ended his life.

Uproot the grass and eliminate evil completely!

This was one of Lin Yang's principles.

Since he already knew the relationship between Gao Mo and Gao Shui, he didn't need to ask anything more.

Since they were enemies, he had to eliminate them whenever there was an opportunity, to avoid future trouble.

"Lin Yang is truly decisive in his actions."

Yu Chen, who was beside him, watched in awe.

From Sa Shui and Nalan Shan just now, to Gao Mo at this moment, Lin Yang killed them without hesitation or delay.

This decisiveness was something even he sometimes couldn't achieve.

As the ruler of Yu Star, he sometimes had to consider many things when he wanted to kill certain individuals, but Lin Yang had no such concerns.

"If you don't cut the grass by the roots, it will grow again with the spring breeze," Lin Yang smiled. "Next, I'll trouble Yu Chen to send a fleet to Sa Shui Civilization to handle the aftermath."

The aftermath he spoke of was dealing with Sa Shui, Nalan Shan, and the Gao family members.

He didn't want their relatives or friends to suddenly appear one day seeking revenge.

Yu Chen immediately said, "Understood, Your Excellency Lin Yang, please rest assured, I will handle this matter."

"Oh, and there's another Level 3 Civilization called Black Mountain Empire. Inside, there's a pair of brothers. The elder brother is named Soman, and the younger brother, Solo, invaded my home planet and has already been killed by me. Soman, in order to avenge his brother, has also hunted me down multiple times before. I'll also trouble Yu Chen to get me a detailed report on them," Lin Yang added.

Since he was going to deal with the Sa Shui Civilization matter, he might as well deal with Solo's family too.

Yu Chen, upon hearing this, asked in confusion, "Only information? Don't you need me to kill that Soman?"

"Not for now, just capture him for now. There are some things I still want to ask Soman," Lin Yang said.

Previously, he had obtained ten billion star crystals from Solo's warship.

Those ten billion star crystals could be said to have helped him a great deal in the early stages.

At first, although he knew the precious value of star crystals, he didn't have a concrete concept of the value of ten billion.

But now, with his broadened horizons, Lin Yang understood even more how significant the value of those ten billion star crystals was.

That was simply not a huge fortune that an ordinary Level 3 Civilization could be qualified to control.

Even for a Level 7 Civilization like Yu Star, ten billion star crystals was an enormous sum.

At the time, he thought Solo, as a space pirate, had plundered them from other civilizations.

But now, Lin Yang clearly understood that a mere Solo, even if he exhausted himself and plundered all the surrounding large and small Level 3 Civilizations, still couldn't gather even one percent of ten billion star crystals.

The source of those ten billion star crystals must be highly problematic!

Now that Solo was dead, Soman, as his older brother, should know some inside information.

Therefore, he needed to spare Soman's life for now.

Yu Chen didn't ask further upon hearing this, only saying, "Alright, then I will capture Soman as Lin Yang instructed."

"I need to report to the Alien Management Bureau first and don't have time to wait here. So, I'll trouble Yu Chen to temporarily detain Soman after capturing him, and I will question him when I return," Lin Yang added.

"No problem," Yu Chen agreed.

"Now, can Yu Chen tell me the reason for sending a fleet to Universe No. 364 to their deaths?"

Lin Yang glanced at the time; he still had time to ask this question.

Yu Chen showed a hint of a smile and said, "Actually, the reason is very simple. In the Universe Alliance's original post-competition regulations, there were some rules that provided certain protections for both the competing party and the challenged party. Although the regulations have been revised several times since then, one rule, which has been almost forgotten, has never been changed."

"That is, when one party's combat power loss exceeds 80%, they can apply for post-competition regional protection to prevent the entire universe from being completely destroyed."

"Therefore, our Yu Star continuously sending fleets to their deaths is accelerating this loss process, striving to reach the standard as quickly as possible to apply for post-competition Universe Zone protection, to prevent Universe No. 364 from destroying most of the civilizations in Home Universe when they counterattack."

"Ah?" Lin Yang was somewhat astonished. "There's such a regulation?"

"Yes," Yu Chen nodded. "In the initial barbaric stage, there were not many legal restrictions, and many universes were completely destroyed and devoid of life."

"Later, some high-ranking officials of the Universe Alliance believed that this was extremely detrimental to the development of the Ten Thousand Universes. Although the purpose of post-competition contention was also to expand competition and ensure the survival of the fittest, it was merely a means to encourage various universes to strive for development, not to truly destroy universes. Therefore, this regulation was added."

"However, as countless years passed, some weaker universes no longer qualified to participate in the Cosmic Competition and couldn't obtain any rankings. And the universes that could obtain post-competition qualification were more or less connected to each other, and their strength was not weak, so they rarely did things like completely plundering the entire opposing universe."

"Therefore, with the passage of time, that initial regulation has almost been forgotten. After all, now everyone almost always stops when they have plundered more than half of the resources of the opposing universe."

"Because no one can say for sure that their own universe will always prosper, and the opposing universe will always be weak. So, this is considered leaving room for each other, and it has almost become an unstated unspoken rule."

"But this time, due to some special reasons, Universe No. 364 was arranged to target us, and also secretly received support from Shiyuan Universe Country. Therefore, I had no choice but to use this method to try to protect the civilizations of Home Universe as much as possible."

Yu Chen's explanation made Lin Yang fall silent for a moment before he said, "But this requires losing over 80% of one's strength to apply for protection. The cost is truly too great."

"There's no other way. If we don't actively go to our deaths like this, waiting for Universe No. 364 to counterattack, with their strength secretly aided by Shiyuan Universe Country, destroying most of the civilizations in our Home Universe would be a very short matter. By then, there wouldn't even be enough time to apply for a protection order."

Yu Chen sighed.

"But this is too much for Yu Star to pay," Lin Yang murmured.

Yu Chen showed a hint of a smile: "To be honest, Your Excellency Lin Yang, we were originally prepared to evacuate, but because of your appearance, we changed our strategy."

Your Excellency Lin Yang was startled.

Yu Chen continued, "Now, sacrificing one Yu Star Civilization in exchange for the vitality of most civilizations in Home Universe, I think it's very worthwhile. After all, with your existence, Lin Yang, as long as we get through this post-competition contention, it won't be difficult to develop again."

"Sacrificing one Yu Star to preserve most of the civilizations in Home Universe and allow their embers to rekindle is already the optimal solution this time."

Lin Yang was silent for a moment: "You are betting that I will help Home Universe develop again."

This approach could only succeed if he didn't abandon Home Universe; otherwise, Yu Star's loss this time would be in vain!

But before this, Yu Chen had not communicated with him.

So, he said Yu Chen was gambling.

"That's right, to be honest, I am indeed gambling, but rather than gambling, I would say I trust Lin Yang!"

Yu Chen said earnestly:

"From the moment you represented Home Universe in battle, I knew you were worth me making this decision!"

Lin Yang looked at Yu Chen.

A moment later.

"Yu Chen, Yu Star's sacrifice for Home Universe will certainly not be in vain!" Your Excellency Lin Yang solemnly promised.

"With Lin Yang's words, even if our Yu Star loses nine out of ten this time, it will be worth it!" Yu Chen laughed heartily.

Lin Yang was silent for a moment again, then said, "I'll take my leave with Master first."

Words had reached this point; nothing else needed to be said.

"Okay, farewell, Senior Zhu and Lin Yang." Yu Chen immediately bowed.

Lin Yang then asked the White Fatty Old Man to take him to the Alien Management Bureau, but in the second before leaving, Lin Yang suddenly said again:

"Wait a moment, Yu Chen. Earlier during the Cosmic Competition, I heard many people mention a 'Human King' from our Home Universe. What exactly is the situation with this Human King?"

His first purpose in coming to Yu Star was to revisit Yu Meng's body, and the second was to understand the reason why Yu Chen sent a fleet to Universe No. 364 to their deaths.

Besides these two purposes, he also wanted to learn about the Human King who was constantly mentioned.

From the scattered words he heard earlier, he understood that the Human King had made extremely significant contributions to Home Universe, but his final fate did not seem to be very good.

Hearing this, Yu Chen hesitated slightly and said, "Your Excellency Lin Yang, the matter of the Human King is somewhat complex, and there are some things I don't have the authority to know, nor do I know them clearly. If you want to know, I'll organize the information later and send it to you."

"That's fine, thank you for the trouble." Lin Yang nodded.

"No trouble at all. Then I wish you all the best at the Alien Management Bureau!" Yu Chen bowed again.

"Farewell."

...Among the Ten Thousand Universes, it was still that misty, mysterious area.

Lin Yang and the White Fatty Old Man's figures suddenly appeared.

"My dear disciple, this is the place of the Universe Human Alliance."

The White Fatty Old Man pointed to some buildings hidden in the endless mist and said.

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Thanks to Sister Shi Ge Qintian Que Yi Bu Ke for the reward. I bow to you and wish you all the best and great wealth!

It's Mid-Autumn Festival, wishing all brothers and sisters a happy Mid-Autumn Festival and family reunion!