The benefits were self-evident. Dealing with those three Death Starships belonging to the Mechanical God Cult first would eliminate a hidden threat. And if they managed to capture one or two of them, it would also greatly strengthen the foundations of the Black Stone Kingdom and Tianpeng Territory.
The downside was that they might find themselves helpless when they faced that pale-gray orb afterward. What if, by the time they had made some progress in deciphering it, the special-frequency rays currently being used by those three Death Starships belonging to the Mechanical God Cult stopped working?
Judging by the way those three Death Starships belonging to the Mechanical God Cult were acting, they clearly knew far more about the pale-gray orb than the Sky Peng Horizontal did.
If they dealt with them too soon, no one would be left to "help" the Sky Peng Horizontal decipher the pale-gray orb's outer Defense System.
Furthermore, in the course of fighting those three Death Starships belonging to the Mechanical God Cult, they might accidentally damage the pale-gray orb.
This included both genuine collateral damage and the possibility that, once things started going badly, those three Death Starships belonging to the Mechanical God Cult would deliberately "accidentally" damage the pale-gray orb.
Both views had their supporters. The group discussed the matter for a while longer, but still couldn't reach a consensus.
In the end, the core crew members turned their attention to Wang Dong.
As the decision-maker, this was exactly the kind of moment when Wang Dong needed to step forward and make the call.
Wang Dong wasn't indecisive. He had already made up his mind while everyone else was discussing the matter.
"Put some distance between us and them, then reveal ourselves. We'll use the identity of the Purple River Guardian to lure