"What was the reason for this fleet's disappearance?" Sefrans Tann had been completely drawn in and asked.
"Brain Plague," Tang Xiao said. "The Senate Bureau of Intelligence directly intervened in the investigation. Armed with virtually unlimited authority, they searched nearly everything related to every member of the Blade Fleet, yet still found nothing. In the end, they discovered a group of Brain Plague carriers at the spaceport."
"Brain Plague? The epidemic that once broke out on Jabiim planet?"
"That's right. The plague wiped out a third of Jabiim planet's population, which showed just how terrifying it was. Those infected with Brain Plague first displayed abnormal behavior, which gradually worsened until they descended into complete madness, attacking everyone indiscriminately to ease the pain they were suffering." Tang Xiao explained, "For Coruscant, this was also fortunate. Those Brain Plague carriers had only just arrived on Coruscant, so the virus never spread across the planet."
He continued, "That was as far as the SBI investigation could go. They discovered that some Brain Plague carriers had come into contact with Blade Fleet crewmen who had spent the previous night partying at the spaceport, and the virus was likely brought aboard the fleet that way. But they had no idea what happened within the fleet afterward, because not a single one of the Blade Fleet's 440,000 personnel ever returned. So the SBI turned to investigating the source of the Brain Plague virus, hoping to find someone to hold responsible. That was another story."
"After the Blade Fleet vanished, it was once regarded as the greatest treasure in the entire Milky Way Galaxy. Many believed that if the fleet had not been torn apart by hyperspace, it must still be hidden somewhere. Whoever found it would rise to the top in one leap. But no one