The Empire Rises: Starting with the Fourth Calamity
Chapter 2206

An Absurd Possibility

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"She's actually gone there?" Tang Xiao frowned. "No wonder we lost contact before. But... how did she get in touch again now?"

"This is one of the messages she sent," He Ru said. "She is currently on a planet called Xyala. That planet has already been completely devoured by Mongal-Mongal, but the civilization of Xiala planet once built an enormous hyperspace signal relay station. Shepard and the small portion of troops she brought from Crakull planet are now desperately holding out on Xiala planet. She hopes we can send reinforcements as soon as possible."

At that moment, BIG-BOSS said, "But there is a very practical question—how can you be sure Shepard has not been controlled by Mongal-Mongal and set a trap to lure us over?"

Lieutenant General He Ru shook his head. "To be honest, I cannot be sure. That is why I need to seek instructions from the Supreme Operations Command."

"If this were merely a matter of whether to send reinforcements, are you joking by bringing it before the Supreme Operations Command?" Army General Xian Hui said coldly. His expression carried an innate air of authority even without anger.

Lieutenant General He Ru quickly displayed the transmitted coordinates and brought up the route data. "According to the coordinates Shepard gave us, the Xiala planet where she is located cannot be reached by any normal route. Even setting out from Levik planet, the former capital of the Ssi-ruuvi Imperium in the Unknown Regions where we are currently stationed, would require hundreds of hyperspace jumps, and that number is constantly changing."

He continued enlarging the data, revealing the complicated environment surrounding Xiala planet. "And that is not even mentioning the area around the Xyala system. The Xyala system orbits a supermassive black hole, with tens of thousands of star systems

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