Yang Bo was not at all surprised by Wang Muxue's decision.
Although contacting Zhang Bozhen carried certain risks, the potential gains now seemed greater.
Wang Muxue's Ninth Fleet was also facing serious difficulties.
It was unrealistic to rely entirely on the high-quality Gene Serum Yang Bo produced for long-term support.
For a fleet, Military Merit came first.
Neither the military nor the council could erase Military Merit.
Once the military or the council refused to recognize Military Merit, the entire military system would collapse.
Although the Alliance military was controlled by certain families, they only controlled the officer class.
Or rather, they controlled the most important positions within the officer class.
Most of the remaining positions were still held by ordinary people.
The families behind the Alliance's other seven fleets could not possibly control every officer position in their respective fleets.
If those families controlled every officer post, what would happen when ordinary soldiers at the bottom had no path to promotion? Besides, the council had always been mixing its own people into the military and would not allow any family to control all the officers.
Within every fleet, the council constantly supported other families, continuously carving up the power of the families originally behind those fleets.
Military Merit was also the foundation upon which the military stood. The reason Wang Muxue had defied the Military Department's orders and insisted on suppressing the rebellion herself was because the merit would belong to her.
This was an excellent opportunity to break the deadlock, even if it involved some risk.
But as long as they succeeded, the Ninth Fleet would be completely revitalized.
No one could publicly criticize the Ninth Fleet for striking at Interstellar Pirates.
Although many people in the Alliance colluded with Interstellar Pirates, that was done in secret. No