Yang Jian perked right up as soon as he heard they were going to war!
"What exactly is the situation? Did you take care of the Chess Player?"
Jiang Nan neither confirmed nor denied it. Instead, he filled Yang Jian in on the details of the current situation!
Yang Jian listened, his heart pounding. They'd actually made contact with the silicon-based lifeforms—and one of them was even a Star-Devouring Class being?
How long had Jiang Nan been gone? And he'd already managed to get things this far?
If anyone else had gone, just surviving the power struggles among the various forces in Thousand Star City would've been a challenge!
Jiang Nan had really carved a path forward for humanity!
Yang Jian swallowed. "So it's not just a fight—we have to make sure the Myriad Races of the Starry Sky see it, and make this known to everyone?"
Jiang Nan nodded. "There's no other way. Only this will serve the silicon-based species' interests!"
"If not for that, I might not even have made it off that Patrol Starship!"
"Besides, this battle will show the myriad races that humanity won fair and square. Everyone will witness it. Under the Starry Sky Laws and the Star Ruins Development and Management Regulations, any civilization that wins this game has the right to enter the Starry Sky Sequence!"
Yang Jian's expression turned grave. "Will the silicon-based species honor the conditions they agreed to? Or..."
As an old hand, Yang Jian knew perfectly well that the important thing wasn't this battle, but what came after!
Jiang Nan smiled bitterly. "To be honest, I don't know whether the silicon-based species will keep their word. But from the standpoint of their interests, protecting humanity and letting this incident grow and spread both work in their favor!"
"But I