After reaching an agreement with DC, Doctor Bian wasted no time. The very next day, he issued an official announcement welcoming the Exploration Fleet back to Earth. This immediately caused a tremendous stir throughout the Earth Sphere. Countless people were stunned that the Exploration Fleet, missing for two years, had actually returned to Earth, and it also raised even more questions.
For example, what exactly had happened to the Exploration Fleet during its two-year disappearance? The fleet had originally departed with the Federation and Satellite Integration as its main backers, so why had the Federation, one of its leaders, remained silent upon its return while DC had chosen to step forward? With DC and the Federation currently at war, why had the newly returned Exploration Fleet immediately chosen to stand with DC? What problems existed between the Federation and the Exploration Fleet?
What changes would the Exploration Fleet's return bring to this world? What qualifications and capabilities did it possess to earn recognition from DC's supreme commander, Doctor Bian, as an equal partner?
Then, when Xiao Ran appeared before the media and issued another statement alongside Bian, declaring that he would merge into and officially take over Satellite Integration in his capacity as President of the Immigrant Fleet and a senior officer of Satellite Integration, lead Satellite Integration in declaring war on the Federation, and seek vengeance for "the lives of hundreds of thousands abandoned in space and sacrificed because of the Federation's rejection and abandonment," the entire Earth Sphere erupted once again because of his words.
The Federation had finally seized the chance to eliminate Satellite Integration, its greatest threat in space, and had been preparing to launch a surprise assault on Hades Island while DC's forces were all surrounding the Federation headquarters. Yet who could have expected that