Unknown Regions, Crakull planet.
He Ru, Shepard, Huang Yehao, and the others boarded the incomparably luxurious bridge of the Emissary Divine-class Titan warship.
"General Hona, you actually resigned over this?!" Lieutenant General He Ru was utterly shocked to see that Matt Hona's uniform truly bore no insignia.
"I told you, I'm not a general anymore." Matt Hona spoke flatly. He turned toward Shepard, his expression becoming somewhat complicated. "I don't know how you bewitched Tang Xiao, making him stake even the future of the Duchy of Dawn on your absurd plan."
Even Shepard was taken aback by that. After all, she had clashed with Tang Xiao before, during the incident with the Ssi-ruuvi Imperium. Back then, Shepard had destroyed all of the Ssi-ruuvi Imperium's data concerning bio-batteries, ensuring that the technology would be forever buried in the river of history. But Tang Xiao had clearly wanted that technology very badly.
The result of that conflict was Shepard's dismissal.
Yet that same greedy, unscrupulous Grand Duke of Dawn had committed such enormous forces just to eliminate Mongal-Mongal, even dispatching a Titan warship that had not yet been completed!
Shepard simply could not understand what Tang Xiao was thinking.
But this was not the time to dwell on it. Shepard said firmly, "All I know is that Mongal-Mongal absolutely cannot be allowed to ravage the Milky Way Galaxy! This is for the countless living beings of the galaxy, and also... for our Fourth Civilization."
"Anyone can say pretty things, little girl. But can you bear the consequences of all this?" Matt Hona asked in a low voice.
Shepard raised her hands and studied them for a moment, then suddenly clenched them into fists. "If we gave up because the chances of success were too low, then the Fourth Civilization would never have