155: Chapter 155 The Canglan Empire's Reaction

While Su Fan and the others were working hard to collect large pieces of ship wreckage floating in space, a massive shock occurred within the Canglan Empire!

In the core region of the Milky Way, at the Imperial Capital Planet of the Canglan Empire.

"Prince Luancheng is dead?" In the main hall of the Imperial Palace, Emperor Cangyang, seated high upon the Imperial Throne, frowned.

"Reporting to the Great Emperor, Prince Luancheng's ship was destroyed by a ship from the Black Dragon Empire in the Fifth Ring South District. No one on board survived!"

Below, a plump civil official stepped forward and spoke.

"Destroyed by the Black Dragon Empire." Emperor Cangyang lightly tapped his finger on the table and said in a calm tone, "The Black Dragon Empire has been quiet for ten thousand years; have they finally lost their patience?"

"Frank, what do you think?" Emperor Cangyang turned his gaze toward the civil official who had just spoken.

"Great Emperor, the Black Dragon Empire's desire to destroy our Canglan is obvious to all. This time, they have arbitrarily torn up the treaty and disregarded our national prestige. They must be severely punished!"

Frank spoke with righteous indignation. He was very good at reading people and had already seen Emperor Cangyang's dissatisfaction with the Black Dragon Empire.

"Old General William, what do you think?" Emperor Cangyang turned his gaze toward an old man with a white beard and hair, yet whose posture was incredibly upright.

"Great Emperor, the Black Dragon Empire's provocation of our Canglan Empire this time is a serious challenge to our sovereignty. We cannot turn a blind eye and let it go."

"I believe the Empire should dispatch a grand army to surround and suppress them. We should strike with lightning speed and overwhelming force to immediately destroy the Black Dragon Empire ships that have invaded our territory!"

Old General William's voice was resonant, and his tiger-like eyes were wide open. As soon as he spoke, he exuded an aura of iron-blooded slaughter.

"Very well! General William is still as vigorous as ever. For this operation to suppress the Black Dragon Empire ships at the border, the Old General shall take command!"

"What does everyone else think?" Emperor Cangyang's calm gaze swept across all the civil and military officials.

"The Great Emperor is wise!" all the officials shouted in unison.

"Although Prince Luancheng had a mediocre temperament, he was still a Prince of my Canglan Empire and my fifth brother. Since the Black Dragon Empire dared to kill my kin this time, they must pay a sufficient price!" Emperor Cangyang's tone was cold.

"Old General William, this suppression mission must be successful!"

"The Empire's Third and Fourth Spaceship Formations are at your disposal."

"I believe you will not let me down, Old General!"

"Great Emperor, as long as the Black Dragon Empire's ships are within the Empire's borders, this old servant will surely take the enemy's head!" Old General William stood tall and gave a military salute, his voice resonant and solemn.

"Good!"

"Time waits for no one. To prevent the Black Dragon Empire scoundrels from moving their position, I ask Old General William to set out immediately!"

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In the Fifth Ring South District, after collecting some large pieces of wreckage, Su Fan and the others returned to the Lava Planet to continue mining Lava Stones.

He was unaware that the suppression army dispatched by the Canglan Empire had already set out, and a crisis was slowly approaching!

"Great Elder, after a few more days of digging, the Lava Stones on this planet will be depleted. Where shall we go next?" Su Fan asked with a smile.

"This time, we destroyed a class-c spaceship. Based on the information we obtained from the Canglan Empire ship we excavated on Blue Star, the owner of a ship of this level is either a member of the imperial family or a highly meritorious official," the Great Elder analyzed.

"I think we must be cautious from now on. The Canglan Empire definitely knows of our existence by now."

"Given the relationship between the Canglan Empire and the Black Dragon Empire, I don't think they will ignore us. There is a high probability they will dispatch a grand army to suppress us."

Su Fan nodded seriously. If an important figure of a nation was killed at the border by a ship from an invading neighboring country, any nation with even a bit of backbone would not ignore it.

"To prevent us from jumping directly into the enemy's line of fire, it's best if our single jumps aren't too far," the Great Elder continued to suggest.

Su Fan nodded in agreement and instructed, "Red Queen, from now on when jumping, you must bring the ship's energy to maximum power to prevent us from being killed instantly upon arrival."

"Yes! Master!"

"Next, our target is this region. The star systems here are quite dense; I wonder if there will be any resources of the cosmic rarities level." Su Fan pointed to a region on the star map.

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In the central region of the Milky Way, a fleet was frantically jumping toward the outer reaches of the galaxy.

This fleet consisted of 2,000 ships in total, all of which were class-c spaceships!

These were the Empire's Third and Fourth Spaceship Formations!

Each spaceship formation possessed 1,000 class-c spaceships!

Old General William's Android was inside one of the inconspicuous ships.

"Third Spaceship Formation, First Battalion of 100 ships go to this position, Second Battalion of 100 ships go to this position, Third Battalion of 100 ships go to..."

"The purpose of your Third Spaceship Formation is to form an arc-shaped blockade at the imperial border to prevent this Black Dragon Empire ship from escaping back to the Black Dragon Empire!" Old General William commanded.

"Deploy the Small Reconnaissance Ships from within the main ships at set intervals; the encirclement must be tight!"

Small Reconnaissance Ships were class-d spaceships; they were small in size but could reach sub-light speeds, and their manufacturing cost was much lower than other class-d ships.

Their only drawback was low load capacity; aside from fuel, their capacity for carrying people or cargo was almost zero.

However, as reconnaissance ships, their role was not to carry people or cargo.

As a supplement to the blockade line, reconnaissance ships only needed speed and detection capabilities.

It didn't matter even if they were destroyed by a single enemy shot, because by then, they would have already fulfilled their role of transmitting the enemy ship's position.

"Fourth Spaceship Formation, First and Second Battalions with a total of 200 ships go to this position; this is the intersection of the Fifth Ring South and Fifth Ring Southwest Districts." Old General William continued to arrange his forces.

"Third and Fourth Battalions with a total of 200 ships go to this position; this is the intersection of the Fifth Ring South and Fifth Ring Southeast Districts."

"Other battalions, using each battalion as a unit, spread out and advance sequentially from the Fourth Ring South direction."

"Attention, every two ships will form a group. It is strictly forbidden to act alone!"

As a veteran of the battlefield, Old General William had extremely rich war experience. With just a few words, he had laid out a battlefield encirclement.

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Su Fan did not know what kind of crisis awaited him; at this moment, he was on a primitive planet.

After more than a month of exploration, they had arrived at a star system teeming with life.

This star system had two stars but only one super-massive planet.

Logically speaking, under the radiation of two stars, the temperature of this planet should be extremely high.

But strangely, even though this planet was very close to the two stars, its temperature remained pleasant.

Trees flourished here, and the variety of biological species was incredibly vast—and not only were they numerous, they were also enormous.

Why was the temperature so pleasant on this giant planet so close to two stars?

This was a question worth pondering!

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