Li Chen felt as though he had been played, and his emotions were extremely complicated.
It was as if a ball of fire were spreading through his gut.
Yet outwardly, he remained expressionless and silent.
After taking a few seconds to compose himself, Li Chen quickly calmed his emotions completely.
In any case, Noah Civilization was providing the resources and energy being consumed.
Since Noah had said he could reimburse him,
then he might as well agree to Mu Xiao's terms.
As for whether the Shadow Organization and the Space Shelter were Colonial Outpost Bases that Noah Civilization had placed on Earth, and whether Noah Civilization had been laying out its plans all along,
constantly using Earth Humans in an attempt to "legally" exploit the energy resources throughout this entire star region...
Li Chen did not intend to investigate those matters too deeply for the time being.
It was enough for him to have a general idea.
With his current strength, let alone uncovering Noah Civilization's possible true face and deducing its suspected plan to plunder resources,
even if they came directly, just like the Prite Civilization Empire, piloting vast numbers of Star Destroyer Motherships over to cause trouble for him,
what could he possibly do?
Li Chen and his Star-Level Shelter might have been able to handle one or two enemies, or a small Star Destroyer Mothership Fleet.
However, taking on an entire Tier 3 Universe Civilization was absolutely beyond Li Chen's capabilities.
Therefore, the most important thing now was to remain calm.
Under no circumstances, absolutely no circumstances, could he let anyone see that he had discovered something.
After all, even Li Chen himself was somewhat unable to tell
whether those so-called Earth Humans around him were really human or ghosts.
They might have come from Massim Civilization,