199: Chapter 199 Imperial Parasites

As for the current situation, both the Xia State and the Canglan Empire have fallen into a stalemate of continuous fire.

Neither side dared to stop firing, and neither side dared to flee.

However, the Xia State was the proactive party, while the Canglan Empire was the passive one.

The Xia State wanted to fight, while the Canglan Empire wanted peace!

Inside Su Fan's spaceship.

"Great Elder, although this style of fighting is efficient and fast, our losses are also very heavy." Su Fan felt a faint pang of heartache as he watched his side's spaceships continuously explode.

"The losses are acceptable; in the end, we will lose about 4,000 ships, while all 10,000 of the enemy's ships will have to be accounted for here." The Great Elder smiled.

"What I'm worried about now are the enemy's 20,000 ships. After losing 4,000, we'll have 8,000 left. Eight thousand against 20,000—we definitely can't win in a head-on clash; we still have to use guerrilla tactics." Su Fan said solemnly after a moment of reflection.

"Hmm, in this situation, it seems we can only utilize our advantages of longer detection and attack ranges to engage in guerrilla warfare as much as possible in the future." The Great Elder sighed.

In space, the spaceships of both sides continued their exchange of fire.

An hour later, the fleet of 4,000 ships was completely destroyed, and all 9,000 of the Canglan Empire's ships were also blown into cosmic debris!

At this point, the Canglan Empire's remaining combat-ready forces consisted only of the 20,000 ships stationed elsewhere.

Old General William, the only general to personally take to the battlefield in the flesh, had spent his entire life in the military, only to meet a tragic and heroic end.

"Leap to the Imperial Capital Planet immediately; be sure to clear out the planetary fortresses along the way!" Within the Xia State's spaceship formation, Su Fan's command spread through every vessel.

The 8,000 Xia State ships moved in unison, rapidly leaping toward the Canglan Empire's capital star. The faces of all the personnel on board were filled with excitement.

In contrast to the excitement of the Xia State's personnel, the atmosphere within the Canglan Empire's capital was oppressive.

"Great Emperor, the fleet of ten thousand ships has been completely wiped out! Old General William has fallen in battle!" The intelligence officer's face was full of sorrow, his despair evident.

"Completely wiped out! Completely wiped out!" Emperor Cangyang's gaze grew dim.

He knew the Canglan Empire was finished. The Canglan Empire, with its inheritance of hundreds of millions of years, was about to be destroyed in his hands!

"Hahaha! Hahahahaha!"

"Ridiculous! How ridiculous!" Emperor Cangyang laughed manically.

"In a hundred years, over a hundred thousand class-c spaceships!"

"All gone, all gone!"

"In the end, we don't even know who the enemy is!"

Emperor Cangyang's face turned distorted.

"Who can tell me who this enemy is? Who is it?!"

"Say something! Speak up!" Emperor Cangyang suddenly stood up.

"Hahaha!"

"An inheritance of hundreds of millions of years! 1.3 billion years ago, our Canglan Empire developed from an ordinary small civilization to one that awed the entire galaxy, with countless civilizations becoming our stepping stones."

"Now... hahaha, now, we have finally become the stepping stone for another civilization!"

"Hahaha!"

"Old John!" Emperor Cangyang's expression changed, shifting from his previous madness to an eerie calmness.

"Your humble servant is here!" Old John, the leader of the civil officials, stepped forward.

"I heard that you secretly hid a class-c spaceship in your territory!" Emperor Cangyang said in a low, haunting tone.

"Great... Great Emperor! Have... have mercy!" Old John collapsed to his knees with a thud.

It was currently the cold season in the Canglan Empire, yet sweat continuously broke out on his forehead!

"Bilson, I heard your territory also hides a class-c spaceship." Emperor Cangyang continued to call names, this time pointing out a high-ranking military officer.

"Great Emperor! I was wrong! I just wanted to leave a way out for my family! I beg the Great Emperor to spare my wife and children!" Bilson fell to his knees with a thud and began to kowtow loudly against the floor.

"Alec, I heard your territory also hides a class-c spaceship!"

Alec, the second-in-command of the civil officials, fell to his knees with a thud, his face as pale as death!

"In this hall, ninety percent of the officials have hidden class-c spaceships. You truly are the empire's fine officials!"

"Ah! Such fine officials!" Emperor Cangyang grabbed the teacup on the table and smashed it heavily onto the ground.

"Are you all thinking of escaping right now?"

"The Canglan Empire is almost gone, and you're still thinking of running away!"

"Escaping to become slaves of a fallen nation?" Emperor Cangyang stood up and walked over to Old John, the head of the civil officials.

"Old John, tell me, how much have you embezzled over these years?"

Old John buried his head on the ground, his entire body trembling violently.

Emperor Cangyang then walked over to Bilson. "Bilson, I heard the treasures in your fief are counted by the planet."

"So wealthy!"

"Truly... wealthy!" Emperor Cangyang gritted his teeth, the words squeezed through the gaps.

"Over the years, whenever I wanted to expand the scale of the spaceship fleet, you all said there was no money, no money!"

"Where is the money!"

"Oh—it turns out the money quietly slipped into your pockets!"

Bang!

Emperor Cangyang then grabbed a cup and smashed it hard next to Old John.

The splashing tea soaked Old John's trouser legs, but he didn't dare show the slightest bit of dissatisfaction.

Because at some point, a group of soldiers had already surrounded the hall.

They were Emperor Cangyang's Personal Guards!

A military unit brutal to the extreme!

They took orders directly from Emperor Cangyang and had the right to execute officials first and report later!

"Vermin, you imperial vermin!"

"The shame of the empire!" Emperor Cangyang kicked Bilson.

"Now you know regret, don't you! The empire is about to be gone! Keep clutching your family's wealth tightly then!"

"Instead of using the money to build ships, are you keeping it at home to raise children?!"

"Men!" Emperor Cangyang's tone was chilling.

"Great Emperor!" A masked brute stepped out from the shadows of the hall.

"All those who embezzled and secretly hid ships—kill them!" Emperor Cangyang sat back in his seat.

"Yes, Great Emperor!"

The officials in the hall were paralyzed with fear!

"Great Emperor! Great Emperor, no!"

"Great Emperor, please let me go!"

"Great Emperor, have mercy!"

"Great Emperor! I saved your life back then!"

"Great Emperor! I am the Second Prince's uncle!"

"Great Emperor, have mercy! I am the Third Prince's grandfather!"

"I'll hand it over, I'll hand it all over! I beg the Great Emperor to spare my miserable life!"

Some officials, terrified of death, collapsed on the ground, pleading for mercy with tears and snot.

Of course, there were also those with strong mental fortitude who knelt on the ground without saying a word.

Because their families had already fled the Canglan Empire with vast amounts of wealth on class-c spaceships, heading for even more distant places.

Heads rolled in the hall, and blood flowed like a river; ninety percent of the officials were killed!

The remaining ten percent of officials looked at the blood all over the floor—some of which had even splattered onto them—and could only kneel there trembling, not daring to move an inch.

Although they were all people who had been injected with level 4 gene optimization fluid, Emperor Cangyang's Personal Guards had practiced killing techniques since childhood; the officials could not resist at all!

Emperor Cangyang looked at the remaining officials and gave a heavy sigh.

"Now, you are all on my side. Listen carefully; I will now begin to dictate my final edict."

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