The public channel said, "Please cooperate," but the stern tone had nothing to do with the word "please."
It sounded more like city guards catching a thief in the act and rebuking him not to resist stubbornly.
The people on the asteroid were stunned for quite a while before the guard captain stepped forward to speak.
"Lord Zhan Donglai is here. This is a social matter concerning Zi Hong Star. May I ask which lord from the military is leading the operation?"
Military interference in local affairs was a major taboo. His words were clearly a challenge, but not quite a provocation.
"Roger of the Tianhe Military Region," another voice answered over the public channel.
"Please maintain your current positions. Do not touch the starship without authorization. I will come down to discuss matters with you!"
There was still a "please," but it was still far from polite—only slightly better than the previous speaker's tone.
However, upon hearing the name "Roger," everyone froze. "The First Supreme?"
This "first" did not mean first in the Tianhe Star Region, much less first in the Empire. It meant the military's acknowledged number one in the star region.
Ordinarily, the military's number one was practically the strongest in society as a whole. After all, the military was the most violent machine.
However, just as there could be no undisputed best in literature and no second-best in martial arts, the Awakened Ones' circle was the same. Supremes constantly came to challenge him.
Roger enjoyed fighting too, but anyone would get annoyed if people kept chasing after them with challenges every day.
Moreover, some people had studied him very thoroughly and could often fight him for days and nights on end.
Roger found it unbearably vexing. More importantly, the military was not society. What mattered was