Three months after Datela left, the Imperial warships guarding Dawn Base sent a communication request.
This request was rather strange. They said an Alliance envoy had arrived and wished to meet with Digital Phantom.
Qu Jianlei and the others knew that although the Empire and the Alliance were still fighting, negotiations had already begun.
The Empire had kept the specific details of the talks tightly sealed, but they had been going on for four or five months already, so progress was probably limited.
From Qu Jianlei's perspective, if they truly wanted to find out, they could learn more.
However, not only was he uninterested, the others were not particularly interested either.
Everyone had heard that the authorities were not especially friendly toward the team at the moment. They could not be bothered to get involved in Imperial affairs again.
Hua Xiezhi directly refused the request, saying they had nothing to discuss with the Alliance.
From the attack on Tianfeng Star to their major sweep on Ke Qi Star, the two sides had become bitter enemies. What was there left to discuss?
The military's relationship with Digital Phantom was fairly good, so the officer on the other end tactfully explained that this concerned the ceasefire negotiations between the two nations.
But Hua Xiezhi answered without hesitation, "This is a matter of state and military affairs. We're merely a civilian team, so please excuse us."
There might be no eternal enemies between nations, but the grudge between Digital Phantom and the Alliance could practically be considered a personal vendetta.
It was clear from the military's response that they were rather regretful, but in the end, they merely sighed and said nothing more.
Because of this, Qu Jianlei made a special trip to Future Star to find out what exactly had happened.
He