195: Chapter 195 Traitor

"What?!" General Daniel's eyes widened, despair filling his heart.

"Hillo! Hillo! You son of a bitch traitor!"

Boom—

Another attack hit Daniel's spaceship.

"General! We're finished!" the adjutant said in a hopeless tone.

"I hate it! I hate it!!" Daniel roared at the sky, "Hillo! Even in hell, I won't let you off!"

Boom—

Another attack hit the spaceship.

"General, the energy shield is broken. One more attack and we'll be meeting God!" The adjutant glanced at the spaceship, feeling a sense of reluctance in his heart.

"Meet God my foot, you're all damn Androids! Why the hell are you acting!" General Daniel slapped the adjutant on the head.

"Order all surviving spaceships to detonate their databases. We can't let the enemy get our information!"

"Yes, General!"

Two light-years away from the Shilo Star System, two thousand kongming motherships were frantically pouring attacks onto a thousand spaceships of the Canglan Empire.

Inside Su Fan's spaceship, a person from the Canglan Empire was watching the battlefield footage with a face full of grief. This was real-time footage captured by monitors hidden in the Shilo Star System.

"I've done as you said. Can you let my wife and children go now?" Hillo asked in a raspy voice.

"Sure!" Su Fan smiled.

After speaking, he clapped his hands, and a group of people from the Canglan Empire were brought out.

Men and women, young and old, and even an infant in swaddling clothes.

"Once these thousand ships are destroyed, I'll send you back to your home planet."

"Thank you, Lord!" Hillo stepped forward excitedly and hugged his wife and child.

"No need to thank me. Your Canglan Empire is destined for destruction. A wise man submits to circumstances. Since you've surrendered, there's no need for me to kill you." Su Fan smiled.

This setup was his doing. He had captured Marquis Shilo's wife and children to force Hillo to reveal information.

He hadn't expected to accidentally learn that a thousand spaceships from the Canglan Empire were about to arrive.

There was no time for hesitation. Su Fan discussed it with the Great Elder and arranged this trap.

And Marquis Shilo sending the fake message was his "token of allegiance"!

"Actually, I'm quite curious. You betrayed your own country, yet you don't seem to have much of a psychological burden," Su Fan asked curiously.

"My eldest son was persecuted by the third son of Great Emperor Cangyang." Hillo's tone was flat, but the hatred in his eyes was incredibly intense.

"Back then, I was just a commoner. My eldest son had just finished school and was working as an ordinary clerk in a small company."

"But one day, he was suddenly taken away by the police inspector and then executed for murder!"

"But my eldest son was clearly at home with me that day!"

Hillo got more worked up as he spoke, and tears even welled up in his wife's eyes beside him.

"With no hope of seeking justice, I worked hard to become an imperial official and step by step reached the upper ranks of the empire."

"After years of secret investigation, I discovered a fact that filled me with despair!"

"The mastermind behind all this was actually the Third Prince!"

"The Third Prince had made a huge fuss to find an imperial criminal, but the criminal was never found."

"To curry favor with Great Emperor Cangyang, he had his subordinates find someone who looked like the criminal to take the fall!"

"My poor eldest son, just like that..."

Su Fan sighed after hearing this. Such things happened too often; the darkness of society was just that despairing.

Fortunately, the current Great Xia had the Red Queen assisting in supervision, and the ultimate authority rested with him. At least such things wouldn't happen now.

After some time, the thousand spaceships had been blasted into fragments.

This time Su Fan kept his promise, carrying Hillo's family to Planet Shilo and releasing them.

The other spaceships did a quick cleanup of the scene, loaded the precious materials Hillo had handed over, and then soared into the sky, flying toward the next target.

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The Imperial Capital of the Canglan Empire.

"Hillo defected and turned against us on the battlefield?" Great Emperor Cangyang's eyes narrowed slightly. This was the expression he only showed when he was extremely angry.

"Good! Very good!"

"Ungrateful wretch. When the war is over, I will definitely not spare him!"

No one liked a traitor. In the entire hall, all the officials showed expressions of disgust.

"Great Emperor, I don't think we need to wait for the war to end. I will immediately dispatch a class-c spaceship to Planet Shilo and blow it to bits with one shot, leaving Hillo without a place to be buried!"

Old General William's eyes were wide with rage as he stepped forward to request the mission.

"Old General William, there's no need to rush. If the enemy has another large number of ships lying in ambush near Planet Shilo, let alone one ship, even a thousand wouldn't be able to stop them."

"We cannot fall for the same trick twice!" Great Emperor Cangyang waved his hand.

"The most important thing now is to ensure the core area of the empire is not lost. That way, we can wait for the ten thousand ships from the front line to return and reinforce us!"

"The Great Emperor is wise!" the ministers shouted.

"General Daniel, tell us your insights from this battle." Great Emperor Cangyang looked at Daniel.

"Great Emperor, my first insight is that they are cunning and insidious. The enemy is clearly not a conventional or upright person; they even resort to instigating defection and backstabbing." Daniel's tone was full of contempt.

Great Emperor Cangyang's face remained impassive. The failure of this campaign actually had a lot to do with Daniel. If he hadn't been so reckless and had sent a few ships first to scout the situation, they wouldn't have been wiped out.

Hearing Daniel's insights now, Great Emperor Cangyang was speechless.

This was war, a cruel war. Instigating defection and sneak attacks were standard operations!

"Daniel, any other insights?" Great Emperor Cangyang said calmly.

"Yes!" Daniel nodded heavily.

"I found that the enemy's detection range and attack range are further than ours. This proves their spaceships are more advanced than ours."

Only then did Great Emperor Cangyang nod.

"As for the rest, because we didn't even see a shadow of the enemy's ships, so..." Daniel lowered his head in shame and said in a low voice, "That's all. No other insights."

Great Emperor Cangyang glanced at Daniel indifferently, then said to Old General William:

"Old General William, keep a close eye on news from the Third Ring recently, but don't believe it entirely. Some spineless people will defect immediately once threatened. You must be careful to filter for the accuracy of the information."

"Yes! I will certainly be vigilant!" Old General William said heavily.

"Additionally, send another hundred spaceships to the Third Ring. This time, Henry will be in charge." Great Emperor Cangyang thought for a moment and decided to send some ships to the battlefield to investigate.

"This time, the main goal is to investigate news on the planets the enemy has visited. Try to avoid the enemy's ships as much as possible."

"Yes, Great Emperor!" Old General William replied solemnly.

He understood the Emperor's meaning. Henry was a steady and experienced general. Sending him was a safe bet.

As for why Daniel was sent before, Old General William glanced at the civil official in charge, who was second only to one person.

Daniel was this man's son!

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