The Foundation of an Empire That Would Last for Generations!

Without a doubt, the benefits they could gain from it

would elevate the Shannan Kingdom several levels!

By then, forget about the repeated back-and-forth with the Oda Shogunate.

Unifying the entire Changpan River System outright might not even be difficult!

Rather than safeguard a secret that might never be used, even if the kingdom fell,

selling that secret for a suitable price

was what any rational, high-ranking decision-maker would choose.

Yet the Shannan Kingdom had never done so, not in all these thousands of years.

That was why I believed

the Shannan Kingdom knew nothing

about the Star-Bearing Vine in this star region!"

Gao Luanqin's analysis was perfectly reasonable.

After giving it some deep thought, Wang Dong was nearly convinced.

What was more,

Xu Zhenzhi agreed with Gao Luanqin's analysis as well.

"The reason I raised both possibilities was that I wanted to be as cautious as possible.

I also believe that the Shannan Kingdom doesn't know the Star-Bearing Vine exists.

In fact, we can tell as much from the way they guard the wormhole passage leading into this star region.

They're taking strict precautions against enemies that might emerge from the passage,

rather than trying to stop others from using it to reach this star region!

That shows their attitude toward this region is primarily one of vigilance,

not secrecy!"

Xu Zhenzhi's analysis won the agreement of both Wang Dong and Gao Luanqin.

Still, with matters like this, it was always better to believe a threat existed than to assume it didn't.

There was no other reason. The stakes were simply too high to risk even the slightest oversight.

Otherwise, what if the Dark Roc worked hard to develop this star region,

only for someone else to swoop in and reap the rewards?

What would that make all their