Chapter 910: Coercion
At the Xingyao Empire Federation Conference Center, many leaders of civilizations gathered together, chattering non-stop.
No matter whether they are interstellar humans or other races, even if they are life forms without facial features, one can tell from their expressions and movements that two words can be heard - anxious!
"What should we do? Those foreign civilizations have mobilized such a large fleet, so they must have bad intentions."
"Yes, they have issued a notice that anyone who stands in their way will be considered an enemy."
"But they are going deep into our territory. How can we not stop them?"
"Stop? Can you beat him?!"
"What on earth happened? How did it turn out like this?"
“…”
Lloyd had a blank expression on his face as he looked at the panicked leaders of the many civilizations below. Somehow, he felt both amused and sad.
"Your Majesty, may I ask what exactly happened?" someone suddenly shouted, and the originally noisy crowd gradually quieted down, turning their eyes to the silent Lloyd.
"I don't know what happened either." Lloyd looked indifferent, but he had a rough idea in his mind.
It must be because of Li Yu.
I don’t know exactly what’s going on?
Was he caught, or did he escape?
However, since the outside civilization suddenly had this reaction, some kind of change must have occurred.
After all, everything had been peaceful before, but the other party is now suddenly preparing to attack this interstellar area.
This change should not be a good thing for them.
Maybe... Li Yu has been caught, so those outside civilizations are ready to wipe him out completely.
After all, he declared war on the outside civilization at that time and was considered an accomplice of Dragon Lord.
"Even if you don't know, shouldn't you represent the Star Empire and talk to those outside civilizations to find out if there is any misunderstanding? Why are you sitting here?!"
"Perhaps it was you and Li Yu who declared war on the outside civilization, which led to today's result."
These civilization leaders couldn't help but scold, now it was a matter of life and death.
Moreover, this is not an ordinary civilization crisis. Even they probably have nowhere to escape, so they can't help but panic.
"Didn't you try to contact them?" Lloyd asked, and then sneered: "I'm afraid they didn't even pay attention to you."
This sentence made many civilization leaders blush and shouted: "Emperor, it's already this late, you should stop being so high and mighty. The Dragon Lord is missing, who knows if he has been captured."
"Now that something like this has happened, we all want to figure out what happened. Even if we die, we want to know the truth."
"If it is because of the declaration of war, I hope that His Majesty the Emperor will not harm so many innocent citizens in the galaxy and work hard to resolve this war."
"That's right. Maybe it's because Long Zun was captured and the outside civilization wants to wipe out the roots. There's no need to let so many people die with you for what you did."
Innocent citizens?
Buried with the deceased?
Lloyd laughed secretly and did not have any resentment towards Li Yu. Ever since he was forcibly dragged into the car, he had anticipated this scene.
Shaking his head, he did not refute anything and said:
"Well, in that case, I'll see if they will pay attention to me as the emperor."
Then he gave the order to the Imperial warship closest to the outside fleet to try to send a communication request.
He himself thought that his communication request would be the same as that of other civilization leaders, with no response.
But something unexpected happened. The other party actually responded and connected with the fleet's supreme commander.
Mattli's projection appeared in the center. He was the commander-in-chief of this operation, responsible for dispatching the Protoss fleet.
"The Emperor..."
He looked at Lloyd. All the relevant information about Lloyd had already been thoroughly checked.
"What's your name?" Lloyd asked calmly.
"You can call me Mattley."
"Mr. Mattley..." Lloyd nodded, and then said, "Excuse me, why did your fleet suddenly set out and demand to enter our territory?"
"We have received an order to destroy all civilizations in the ruins of the Titan civilization." Mattley did not keep the suspense and answered indifferently.
After these words were spoken, the conference center was silent for a moment, and then erupted into even louder noises.
"Destroy all civilizations?"
"Why? We didn't do anything!"
“…”
"Shut up!" Lloyd yelled.
Although many leaders of civilizations were dissatisfied, it seemed that only Lloyd could communicate with them now.
They could only suppress their fear and anxiety and continue listening to the conversation between the two.
Lloyd didn't seem to be intimidated by this, but asked with some confusion: "Can you tell me, what is the reason?"
"You don't know?" Mattley asked back with his expression still cold.
"Is it because of Dragon Lord?" Lloyd asked tentatively with his eyes flashing.
"Humph!" Mattley snorted , his eyes filled with emotions that Lloyd could not understand: "You know it, but you still ask!"
"It's because of Long Zun!"
"Sir Mattley, we have nothing to do with Long Zun. He forced us to do everything."
"The declaration of war was caused by the Xingyao Empire overestimating its own capabilities. It has nothing to do with us!"
Some leaders of civilizations immediately distanced themselves from the incident and even cursed Long Zun on the spot to prove their innocence.
Mattley looked down at the group of people and suddenly shouted coldly: "Shut up, you cowards!"
Many leaders of civilizations were stunned.
Damn, we can’t even curse Long Zun?
Are you sick?
"I tell you, everything in this ruin will be buried with the high priest!"
"No matter how much you beg for mercy, it's useless. The ending is already determined!"
Mattley's chest heaved, and he was obviously extremely angry.
The High Priest is believed by all Protoss citizens, and Mattli also holds a rage in his heart.
Lloyd hesitated and asked, "Isn't it for the Dragon Lord to be buried with him?"
He is no longer completely ignorant of outside civilization.
At least we understand that this high priest is actually the supreme ruler of the Protoss civilization.
Buried with him?
Is he dead?
Lloyd's pupils contracted, and a shocking guess suddenly emerged in his mind. However, before he could speak, he heard the leader of a civilization speak:
"It was the Emperor and Dragon Lord who declared war on you. What does this have to do with us? It's not that easy to destroy us!"
"That's right. At worst, you can resist to the end. I want to see how long it takes you to clean up this mess."
"How long will it take?" Mattley sneered, spread his hands, and suddenly a column model appeared in front of him.
"Do you know what this is?"
He seemed to be asking, but in fact he was talking to himself: "The particle plague bomb spreads through particle waves. Only one bomb is needed in half a year to turn more than a hundred galaxies into a dead zone."
"Now we just need to wait for the order, and tens of thousands of plague bomb particles will explode in this interstellar space."
As he spoke, the model exploded and a large amount of particles flowed in all directions.
"With your level of technology, you can't handle it yet."
What is a dimensionality reduction attack? This is a dimensionality reduction attack.
They won't engage in a head-on battle with you at all, and you can wipe them out with just a little trick.
Many leaders of civilizations fell to the ground with their eyes blank. Faced with the absolute gap in strength, their despair and helplessness turned into anger towards Long Zun and Li Yu.
If it weren't for Dragon Lord, the outside civilization wouldn't have killed them all.
If it weren't for him...
“Ding ding…”
A crisp sound suddenly came, and everyone looked at Mattley in confusion.
Mattley showed a cruel smile and said, "It seems that the higher-ups are about to issue an order."
He answered the call, but everyone could not see the relevant projection and could only hear the sound.
"General Balfe, all fleets are on standby, ready to drop particle plague bombs at any time." Mattley said solemnly.
"Well, prepare to retreat." Another dull voice sounded.
"Retreat?" Mattley was stunned and asked in disbelief, "Why should we retreat? I'm already prepared. With just one order, I will turn this interstellar space into a deadly place."
"This is a direct order from the high priest. If you launch an attack on this interstellar space, Li Yu will indiscriminately attack the Great Cosmic Alliance. We cannot afford that kind of pressure." Balfe said helplessly.
What!?
Many leaders of civilizations were stunned.
Is Long Zun okay?
Not only is Long Zun fine, he actually successfully threatened the outside civilization and demanded that they let us go?
We're not dreaming, are we?
Is this something that Long Zun can do?
Lloyd had a complicated expression. It turned out that Li Yu had killed the high priest. It was really amazing...
He didn't know how to describe it, but what surprised him was that in order to save the Star Empire, Long Zun actually threatened the entire outside civilization.
This was somewhat difficult for him to understand.
When did Long Zun develop such deep feelings for the Star Empire?
Only then did Mattley realize that these people could hear what he said. He looked grim and ended the call directly.
The conference center became extremely silent. Everyone looked at each other. After a long while, someone whispered, "Long... Lord Long Zun is indeed a good man."
“Yes…yes…”
"Your Majesty." A powerful voice sounded, and everyone looked in the direction of the voice. It was the representative of Guixing who had just wanted to hide himself.
Now his face was ruddy and his expression was excited. He said loudly: "Just now, it seemed that some people were disrespectful to Lord Longzun..."
"It seems so." Lloyd nodded slowly and looked at several civilization leaders.
Suddenly, they turned into a beam of light and went offline.
"You guys, you should know how to make up for your previous disrespect." Lloyd looked around and said slowly.
"Understood, understood." The leaders of other civilizations nodded hurriedly and went offline one after another.
…
Didi——
The sudden vibration and noise startled Damian.
His eyes slowly focused. Ever since Li Yu specially greeted him, he had been a little dazed these past few days, fearing that he would be killed suddenly.
For a person of Li Yu's level, it is impossible to greet him like this for no reason.
After calming himself down, he looked at the screen, but it showed an unknown number.
It's him!
I don't know why, there is no reason, but Damian just has a feeling that the communication must be from Long Zun.
His face flickered and he chose the answer button with difficulty.
"Sir Damian..."
A voice sounded, causing Damian to smile bitterly, and he said with a trembling mouth, "It is you, Long Zun."
"You actually guessed it. You're truly a genius." Li Yupo was a little surprised.
"Hello, Liao Zan. What can I do for you?" he asked calmly.
"Then I won't keep you in suspense. I want you to do something for me to remove this area of rule entanglement." Li Yu said directly:
"I believe that with your ability, you should be able to do this."
“Remove the rule entanglement area?” Damian was a little surprised by this request.
He could clearly feel that day that Long Zun didn't want anyone else to destroy the Star Empire.
But once this area of entangled rules is unravelled, the Star Empire will directly face the cosmic society.
By then, it won't be something that can be settled with just a few words.
All civilizations in the Great Cosmic Alliance will become curious about the Star Empire, and by then many things will happen that cannot be controlled by humans.
The current situation is the safest for the Star Empire and there is no need to lift it.
But he did not ask the question, instead he said carefully: "Sir Long Zun, may I ask what you are sure of that would allow me to do something for you."
"You want me to do something for you, so you won't harm my life. So how can you be sure that I will behave myself?"
Li Yu didn't care and said casually: "I like dealing with smart people. Fourteen years ago, you traded the 'dimensional embryo' with a dimensional demon at the cost of the Botev civilization."
"Twenty-five years ago, you sold out a core technology of the Iron Blood Civilization in exchange for Zero's resource support."
"Thirty-six years ago..."
“You can stop now…” Damian was shaking all over, and whispered, “I understand, you are very capable, I will do this for you, but it will take some time.”
"I'm not in a hurry. If you need any help, you can contact me." Li Yu's voice was flat, and he was not at all surprised by the final result.
"Okay..." Damian nodded. He did not ask Li Yu how he knew it because these questions were no longer meaningful.
The Dragon Statue is the shadow behind him, knowing all his secrets.
This means that unless he dies now, he will become Long Zun's pawn.
Resistance is futile, it is better to just surrender.
