66: Live broadcast across the entire internet! The Wang family kowtows in apology! [Bonus chapter for gifts]
"Reporting to the King, based on the intercepted star chart information, the Black Armor Army's Seventh Fleet is approximately three standard days' voyage away from the K-7 Star System."
"Three standard days?"
Su Jue smiled.
"Do you think you can hold out until then?"
Wang Daolin, Head of the Wang Family's heart sank completely to the bottom.
Three standard days?
Forget three days!
They probably wouldn't even last three minutes!
"I'll say it one last time."
Su Jue had also lost his patience.
"Either do as I say."
"Or I'll crush him to Death right now, and then go to your Ancestral Planet and crush every single one of you to Death, one by one."
"I'll give you one minute to make your final choice."
"The countdown starts now."
"Sixty."
"Fifty-nine."
"Fifty-eight."
The cold countdown, like the footsteps of Death, beat against the hearts of every member of the Wang family, one by one.
Wang Daolin, Head of the Wang Family's body was trembling violently.
His eyes were filled with struggle, pain, and endless despair.
He knew that between the dignity of the Wang family and its survival, he had to... choose one.
"Thirty-seven..."
"Thirty-six..."
"Wait!!"
Just as Su Jue's countdown was about to reach the halfway point.
Wang Daolin, Head of the Wang Family finally broke down.
It was as if he had aged decades in an instant; his whole body slumped over.
In a tone bordering on pleading, he roared:
"We... we agree!!"
"We agree to everything!!"
"Please... spare the Wang family... spare us..."
Dignity?
Face?
In the face of the family's survival, and the fear of Death, they were ultimately... worthless.
"Very good."
"A wise choice."
No expression could be seen on Su Jue's face.
This was the result he wanted.
What he wanted was to thoroughly trample the Wang family's once-lofty reputation into the mud!
To make it so they could never rise again!
"Then... begin your performance."
"Remember, be a bit more expressive."
"If I'm not satisfied..."
Su Jue's gaze fell upon Wang Miao's head.
"...bear the consequences yourself."
Wang Daolin, Head of the Wang Family dared not hesitate any longer and immediately gave orders to the elders beside him with a trembling voice.
"Contact... contact all the mainstream media in the Federation..."
"Hold... an emergency press conference..."
"Say that... our Wang family has major... historical crimes to... repent for to the entire Federation..."
...Half an hour later.
An unprecedented online press conference was broadcast live across the entire network to over eighty trillion Federation citizens via "Lanyin," the Lanxia Universe Federation's largest media platform!
The protagonist of the press conference was none other than the head of one of the Federation's top clans, Wang Daolin, Head of the Wang Family!
Along with the dozens of core Wang family elders standing behind him!
The entire Federation was in an uproar!
Everyone was curious—what had gotten into the always proud and conceited Wang family today?
To actually put on such a massive show?
Could it be that there was some earth-shattering news to announce?
Under the watch of countless gazes.
In the live broadcast.
Wang Daolin, Head of the Wang Family, this powerhouse of the Dharma Idol Realm Ninth Level and helmsman of the Wang family, walked to the front with a pale face.
He took a deep breath, and then... under the gaze of everyone whose jaws had dropped.
With a "thud"!
He knelt on both knees!
Immediately after, the dozens of Wang family elders behind him also knelt in unison, like falling dominoes!
Then, led by Wang Daolin, Head of the Wang Family, everyone heavily slammed their foreheads against the cold ground!
"I, the thirty-seventh generation head of the Wang family, Wang Daolin!"
"Today, on behalf of the entire Wang family, I offer my most solemn repentance to all citizens of the Federation and to the... Su Family, who was jointly annihilated twenty years ago by our Wang family, the Black Armor Army, the Li Family, and the Chen Family!"
"I offer... my deepest repentance!"
"Back then, it was our Wang family, blinded by greed and acting in bad faith, who committed... heinous crimes to seize the Su Family's 'source crystal ore vein'!"
"We... are guilty!"
Wang Daolin, Head of the Wang Family's voice spread throughout the Federation via the live broadcast!
Every word was like a resounding slap, fiercely striking the Wang family's own face!
This old fox even dragged his other teammates down with him.
The entire Federation completely exploded!
Countless people watching the live broadcast went crazy!
What the hell... is going on?!
The Wang family... is collectively self-destructing?!
This news, like a category twelve cosmic storm, swept through the interstellar network of the entire Lanxia Universe Federation in just a few minutes!
Countless people and factions were left dazed by this sudden and earth-shattering revelation!
"Holy crap! Holy crap! Holy crap! What am I seeing?!"
"The head of the Wang family, leading the entire clan's elders, knelt down and confessed?!"
"They admitted that twenty years ago, they teamed up with the Black Armor Army, the Li Family, and the Chen Family to wipe out the Su Family?! This is a massive scandal!"
"The Su Family? Which Su Family? Is it the Blue Star Su Family that once controlled the 'K7 source crystal ore vein' route and was later massacred overnight?"
"My God! Today, the truth of that cold case from back then has actually come to light in this way?!"
"Is the Wang family crazy?! How can they bring such a thing to the table?! Isn't this equivalent to seeking their own Death?!"
The interstellar network was in total chaos.
Countless posts and discussion groups popped up like mushrooms after rain.
Meanwhile, the other two protagonists of the incident, the Li Family and the Chen Family, received the news immediately.
The Li Family's ancestral home.
The patriarch of the Li Family, a middle-aged man with a sinister face, looked at the kneeling Wang family members on the live broadcast and directly crushed the teacup in his hand in rage!
"That old scoundrel Wang Daolin!!"
"Has he lost his mind?!!"
"He wants to die, and he wants to drag our two families down to be buried with him!!"
He cursed loudly, his expression ugly to the extreme!
When the Su Family was annihilated back then, their three families were the masterminds! The Black Armor Army was the muscle!
This matter was supposed to be known only to those involved.
Everyone got rich together and was supposed to let the secret rot in their stomachs together.
But now, that pig of a teammate Wang Daolin had actually sold everyone out!
"Patriarch! What do we do now?!"
"The interstellar network has already exploded! Countless people are tagging our Li Family, demanding an explanation!"
An elder asked anxiously.
"Explanation? What damn explanation! Let those haters go to hell!"
The Li Family patriarch's eyes were cold.
"Immediately activate all public relations channels! Say that the Wang family was framed and is talking nonsense! Every word they said has nothing to do with our Li Family!"
"Also, contact the Chen Family immediately! And... Marshal Lei of the Black Armor Army!"
"We are all grasshoppers on the same string now! We must unify our story immediately! Completely distance ourselves from the Wang family!"
"We must not let this dirty water be splashed on us!"
...On the other side, the Chen Family.
The situation was largely the same.
The entire family's top brass was in a state of chaos because of the Wang family's "suicide attack."
And at this moment.
At the headquarters of the Lanxia Universe Federation's First Legion, the "Black Armor Army."
On a massive planet that had been transformed into a military fortress.
The legion commander, Lei Xiaotian, was quietly watching the holographic projection in front of him.