After listening to Leng Ao explain why he had come, Li Chen nodded.
He had known about the infighting within the Space Shelter for a long time.
When Mu Xiao had come looking for him earlier, it had been obvious that he had only said half of what he meant.
Afterward, Li Chen had mulled over those words himself.
He had vaguely guessed at these issues.
What Li Chen had not expected was this.
That group of hawkish old stubborns in the Space Shelter
would be so incapable of seeing the bigger picture and so heedless of the overall situation.
They just had to stir up trouble and pull tricks at a time like this!
After all, Li Chen had at least caught Leng Yan's favor.
And Mu Xiao and Leng Ao had both personally come down to find him.
One had come to discuss Peace Talks.
The other had now come to plead for mercy.
For the sake of those people alone, Li Chen could not simply stand by.
This had nothing to do with romantic feelings or anything of the sort.
The Space Shelter's security and stability, at least for the time being, were also tied to the Star-Level Shelter's security and stability.
After all, they needed to serve as the first line of defense.
Besides, when they had signed the contract, they had indeed agreed that if the Space Shelter encountered trouble,
Li Chen's Star-Level Shelter would have to step in and help.
That contract had already been uploaded to the Cosmic Cloud and automatically authenticated.
If Li Chen stood by now and refused to help them,
that would count as a breach of contract.
That was a very serious problem.
Even taking a step back,
even if Li Chen were a person without emotions or moral