Behind-the-Enemy-Lines Base Plan

Su Yu suddenly interjected, "If there's nothing wrong with their bloodline, could the Skrull be behind this?"

"The Skrull?" Zhong Feng and the other two froze, falling into thought.

Su Yu nodded. "Exactly. The dragon clan not expanding benefits the Skrull.

"After all, west of Dragon Island lies the Solar Empire. If the dragons wanted to expand their territory, they would inevitably clash with the Scorching Sun people."

After seriously considering his own theory, Su Yu added, "Besides, the dragon clan's small population also makes it easier for the Scorching Sun people to bind them to their chariot.

"The harder it is for dragons to reproduce, the more precious every dragon offspring becomes, and the less they can afford to die.

"If they can't afford losses, they'll choose to form contracts with the Scorching Sun people and use their resources to reduce the chances of dying young.

"Combined with the dragon clan never being particularly strong, they would eventually become 'livestock' raised by the Scorching Sun people."

Morningstar cut in, "Like the animals kept in your Blue Star zoos?"

"Exactly." Su Yu smiled.

After listening to Su Yu, Political Commissar Zhang was the first to agree. "Now that you put it that way, the Scorching Sun people do indeed have a motive."

Xue Wenli frowned. "If the Scorching Sun people really were behind this, wouldn't the dragon clan have noticed at all?"

Su Yu smiled. "Maybe they really haven't noticed anything?

"The dragon clan may have already grown accustomed to their low birth rate and even come up with a perfectly reasonable explanation for it—for example, that they are a high-level species, and high-level species should find reproduction extremely difficult..."

Before Su Yu could finish, Zhong Feng interjected, "You guessed right. There really is a similar claim!

"I spent half