The atmosphere in the Imperial Study had grown grave to the extreme.
The Holy Light Emperor coldly watched the Investigation Bureau director kneeling on the floor. "You truly deserve to die."
He waved his hand, and the side door on the right side of the study opened. Three burly, fierce-looking Royal Guards filed in.
Each carried a large case.
The guards placed the three cases before Director Chen and simultaneously flipped open the lids.
They were filled to the brim with pale violet crystals.
Nether Crystals!
The three bureau chiefs present immediately recognized the origin of these crystals, and their hearts filled with indescribable shock.
The Holy Light Emperor said calmly, "These three cases are spoils of war Major Wang Chen submitted to the special task fleet at the Tampas Star space fortress three days ago. They contain a total of 13,765 Nether Crystals."
"Expert appraisal has determined that none of these Nether Crystals condensed more than nine months ago. The most recent ones were condensed only ten days ago."
"Chen Bangzhi, do you know what this means?"
Director Chen Bangzhi felt as though he had fallen into an ice cellar, a chill racing from the soles of his feet straight to the crown of his head.
Without a doubt, all these Nether Crystals had been obtained by Wang Chen on Tampas Star.
And he had been alone.
Based on past battle records, more than ten thousand Nether Crystals meant that Wang Chen had slain at least forty or fifty thousand, perhaps even over a hundred thousand Nether Race warriors. Otherwise, it would have been impossible to condense so many energy crystals.
The three cases before him alone were worth more than ten billion Star Yuan!
But how was that possible?
Chen Bangzhi truly could not believe that one man