Although I didn't know exactly how the [Barnes Empire] had perished.
At the very least, I knew one thing: I had no desire to keep it company.
And so.
After a brief and reasonable period of thought and discussion.
With no disagreements whatsoever.
The various factions gave the entire matter a clear-cut final verdict: [Pretend nothing happened].
Investigate?
Seek justice?
Retaliate?
None of that existed.
After all.
They had already said nothing happened.
Where would any of those steps come from?
Faced with all manner of unknown yet inevitably troublesome threats, as for the [Barnes Empire], that interstellar empire which had still existed not long ago, everyone would at most use its remaining information to mourn it slightly in the future.
Beyond that, there was nothing else.
It could only be said that, before overwhelming power, even though they had all suffered losses to some extent, everyone appeared exceedingly magnanimous. None of them had any intention of courting death by trying to uncover the truth. Their specialty was swallowing their suffering whole and letting the truth silently drift away on the wind----
However.
As the one who had destroyed the [Barnes Empire].
Unlike those outside who were as jumpy as birds startled by the mere rustle of the wind, Ling Wuyuan's attitude toward the whole affair could basically only be described as [not caring in the slightest].
He had not paid any attention at all to what happened afterward in the [Barnes Empire], nor to whether any innocent people in the surrounding regions had been implicated.
In his eyes, he had merely swatted a mosquito to death.
What emotional ripples could such a thing possibly cause?
Answer: not the slightest emotional ripple. He had not taken it to heart at all.
Moreover, in his view, only directly attacking the [Barnes