Shui Xisheng looked thoroughly uninterested when he heard that. "All right, I know the line. Without the Empire, everyone would die."
"But have you considered whether others are also under the Empire's protection? Like Zhenshan Fort, for example?"
He was no longer afraid to call an Above Supreme by name—after all, they were all one of their own now.
"He only defected after reaching A-rank," the Above Supreme muttered softly.
However, he quickly changed the subject. "I wonder what happened that they actually need to clear the area?"
"Wouldn't we find out just by watching?" Shui Xisheng said indifferently. "It's not like they'd drive us away, right?"
The military's Above Supreme finally fell silent. When it came to confidence, he really could not compare to this rich second-generation heir.
The events that followed proved that it was not just confidence—his patience also seemed to fall a little short.
They waited for two months without discovering any abnormalities at Dawn Base.
The military Above Supreme was starting to lose his nerve. Fortunately, the military knew he was carrying out an important mission and did not press him for results.
Shui Xisheng, on the other hand, remained composed. He declared with complete confidence, "They cleared me out, so something must be happening—and it has to be something big!"
If you held out for ten years or so, you'd run into something big eventually! the military Above Supreme grumbled inwardly.
He was just trying to inflate his own worth and save face! Still, one should not expose everything one saw. It would make future meetings easier.
That was what he thought. Yet one day in the third month, dark clouds suddenly began to churn over the barren planet.
The warships that had guarded and monitored the place year-round were already used to it.