A Core Ship From The Start
Chapter 1287 - Chapter 1287 Chapter 867 Accelerating Progress

Chapter 1287: Chapter 867: Accelerating Progress Chapter 1287: Chapter 867: Accelerating Progress Shame!

Utter shame!

As the Long Eggplant Spaceship made an embarrassing escape from the Space Station and headed back towards the other side of the Milky Way, the Alien Creatures on the bridge flailed their tentacles ceaselessly, blood red swirling within their reptilian eyes. They furiously slapped their tentacles against the walls that appeared to be made of stone, leaving behind scar after scar. Meanwhile, the other Alien Creatures silently continued with their own tasks, speaking not a word.

Just as Duanmu Huai had previously explained to Ann and the others, the Galactic Business Alliance was a fledgling entity.

Well, of course, this was in the context of the Universe. Compared to the Ancient Saints, the Spirit race, the Fear of Death, and the Human Empire, these Alien Races were considered newcomers, but they didn’t see themselves as such. In their eyes, their two to three thousand years of history were sufficiently ancient to be regarded as a significant presence in the Universe.

The core Race of this Alliance was named “Luo,” an Alien Race of amphibious beings, capable of living both in water and on land. They had established a rather impressive civilization. The Rox Clan fought well in water but were not quite capable on land. Of course, they considered themselves a highly intelligent race and did not take pride in such brute force.

The Rox Clan believed that only lower races resorted to force and violence because they lacked the wisdom to solve problems in any other way. This belief had led them to establish the Galactic Business Alliance, convinced that it best demonstrated their intelligence.

In this process, the Rox Clan had indeed recruited numerous Alien Races with their “intelligence” and managed to expand the reach of the Galactic Business Alliance across several Star Territories.

Because the Rox Clan had only ever encountered races that had not left their own planets or developed interstellar civilization, they always felt a sense of superiority.

For this reason, the discovery of another unfamiliar civilization initially panicked them.

The Rox Clan had maintained their grasp on the Galactic Business Alliance by intentionally informing other Alien Races that they were the greatest Race in the Milky Way, trading with them only so that these other civilizations could experience the progress of venturing into the Star Ocean.

The “trade” the Rox Clan spoke of was nothing more than exchanging their relatively outdated technological goods for the resources produced by these other Races. They even purposely guided these Races, suggesting, for example, why haven’t you left your Galaxy yet? It’s because you’ve climbed the wrong technology tree, you should climb it like we do…

Thus, outwardly the Rox Clan seemed generous in sharing their technology with less advanced civilizations, but in reality, they controlled the development direction of these races completely.

After all, these civilizations were not capable of interstellar travel themselves, so they had no idea whether the Rox Clan’s words were true or false. But since the other party had interstellar capabilities and was so earnest in doing business, even generously sharing their knowledge, they couldn’t be bad people, right?

Using this method, the Rox Clan made these races their vassals and dangled the carrot of “work hard, and you will gain access to more advanced Rox civilization technology.”

Indeed, this was the means by which the Rox Clan controlled other planetary civilizations: by completely monopolizing the advanced technology, the other civilizations had no choice but to engage in “trade” with the Rox Clan.

So, when the Rox Clan learned about the interstellar alliance formed by the Merchant Voyager, Dada Niel, they were shocked.

A civilization capable of interstellar travel, just like themselves!

This made the Rox Clan nervous, as they knew their control over other races hinged on the fact that they alone possessed interstellar technology, compelling the other races to comply in order to gain this power.

But if that power were not unique…

The Rox Clan, being intelligent, of course knew what consequences this could bring. So after much consideration, they decided to make contact with the other civilization first before devising a strategy.

The Rox Clan took the initiative to reach out to Dada Niel, followed by flaunting the existence of the Galactic Business Alliance, intending to strike first and gain the upper hand.

And they really did startle Dada Niel!

If Duanmu Huai were to know the details, he would surely shake his head–Merchant Voyagers were some of the boldest people around; pulling off a profit from nothing was their forte, and even tricking a fleet through mere rhetoric wasn’t unheard of. Had it been another seasoned Merchant Voyager here, they would have certainly bamboozled the Rox Clan from the start.

Unfortunately… Dada Niel was simply not up to par.

As a Merchant Voyager, he had even fallen to the plight of being robbed by pirates. So in truth, Dada Niel’s abilities were not that great. Frankly, if it weren’t for his connection with the Tribunal, Dada Niel might have died long ago in some forsaken, desolate place.

So Dada Niel was immediately bluffed.

Seeing Dada Niel bluffed, the Rox Clan breathed a sigh of relief–with the investigation into Dada Niel’s forces revealing that the warships he owned were about the same size as the Rox Clan’s. From this aspect, the Rox Clan assumed that Dada Niel’s level of technology was similar to their own.

To be fair, it wasn’t entirely Dada Niel’s fault. After all, he was just a Merchant Voyager without a backing, and he was facing an entire Alien Race. Dada Niel was, after all, a businessman, not someone like Duanmu Huai, who would light up at the mention of Alien Races and excitedly issue Extinction Orders. He naturally didn’t wish for conflict.

Realizing his cautious attitude, the Rox Clan immediately altered their plans. Upon learning that Dada Niel was merely an interstellar merchant, they instantly entertained the idea of absorbing him into the Galactic Business Alliance.

After all, he lacked support–if they could assimilate him…

With such thoughts in mind, the Rox Clan went to great lengths to “persuade” Dada Niel to send representatives to the banquet. In the view of the Rox Clan, as long as they demonstrated their strength before these Alien Races, submission would swiftly follow.

The result…

“Ow…”

Feeling an intense pain in his head, the representative of the Rox Clan let out a low moan, then immediately submerged himself in his bath that resembled a fish tank, covered from head to toe by the seawater from his homeland, finally reducing the throbbing pain somewhat.

“Absolutely unforgivable, those damned Barbarians! How dare they treat me, a distinguished Rox Clan envoy, in such a manner!”

“My lord.”

At this moment, another attendant, also submerged in the tank, poked his head out, hissing through his fangs.

“Please try not to get so agitated, their Warships far surpass ours…”

“And so what?”

Facing his attendant’s caution, the representative of the Rox Clan opened his mouth and roared angrily.

“In any case, they are nothing but space vagabonds. Behind us stands the entire Rox Clan! Those Barbarians can’t hold a candle to us!”

The representative of the Rox Clan spoke thus before submerging back into the water.

Indeed, the force known as the Tribunal had a huge fleet, but what of it? We have our own ways. Now is precisely the time to put those pirate Races to use…

The pirate Race the Rox Clan representative was thinking of was one of their vassals. This Race was naturally cruel, reveling in blood and plunder. Furthermore, the Rox Clan had an agreement with them that whenever any Race refused to embrace the Rox Clan’s deal, they would unleash these pirates to attack the other’s civilian facilities and merchant fleets. If the victims came knocking, the Rox Clan would feign complete ignorance of the existence of these pirate Races. In their view, as long as the job was done flawlessly, without evidence, it was the epitome of wisdom.

The same would be done to these Barbarians. No matter how powerful they were, all it would take was a pirate Raid on their planets, an Attack on their merchant fleets, and then we’d see how long they can maintain their repulsive facade!

“We are nearing Central Port, please prepare for disengagement.”

With the navigator’s voice, the scenery outside the porthole instantly changed, and then a shining Galaxy appeared before the Rox Clan representative. Seeing this scene, he couldn’t help but reveal a satisfied smile.

Central Port, the Rox Clan’s seat of power and the cultural center of the Milky Way. Here, under the Rox Clan’s rule, countless Races coexisted harmoniously in the glory of the Rox Clan. Every point of light in this Galaxy represented the luminous civilization of the Rox Clan…

However, the thought of this mission’s failure plunged the representative’s mood to rock bottom, uncertain of the punishment awaiting him upon his return…

But at this moment, the glinting Star in front of the representative of the Rox Clan was suddenly obscured by a massive dark shadow.

“Huh? What is that…”

The representative of the Rox Clan widened his eyes and turned to look ahead, only to realize that a massive Warship was passing over the top of his own vessel, advancing forward.

That was not a ship of the Rox Clan. That strange pattern on it–that belonged to the Barbarians who had dared to assault him earlier!

“How audacious!”

Seeing this development, the Rox Clan representative was so incensed he almost leaped out of the water tank.

“These Barbarians have no sense of propriety, how dare they intrude unannounced into another power’s territory?!”

The representative of the Rox Clan raged in Hysteria, a sound that certainly did not reach the ears of Duanmu Huai.

“Reporting, Uncle, we have reached the designated Galaxy.”

“So, this is the location of the Galactic Business Alliance. I wasn’t aware.”

Upon hearing Aikute’s report, Duanmu Huai glanced at the Star map in front of him. Indeed, he had led his fleet following the Rox Clan representative’s Warship all this while, partly to locate the Rox Clan’s base, and partly Duanmu Huai was curious about the technology they used for inter-galactic travel.

As long as it wasn’t Subspace or the Webway, all was well.

Now that he had found the enemy’s lair, there was only one thing left to do.

“Summon the Wan Yi battleship, prepare to issue the Extinction Order.”

Completely ignoring the Rox Clan Warships converging from all directions, Duanmu Huai directly issued the order.

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