"Generally speaking, once a trial ended, the corpse horde had to be cleared out immediately to prevent a Corpse King from being born and taken away by the New Human Alliance. However, Xiken Maldo hadn't done so this time, and Baruda had defected as well, so the Empire had determined that he had colluded with an alien race," Brunson continued.
Lu Yin nodded and asked no further questions.
The Maldo family was a former subordinate of the Purple Mountain Clan, but he had only just entered the imperial capital and hadn't even found his footing yet. There was no way he could help Xiken Maldo. All he could do was pray for himself.
Lu Yin thought of Silver. He could confirm that Silver was a member of the New Human Alliance. Could he be a Corpse King? He didn't seem like one!
Silver had left the Gemma System Space Station, and when that was connected with Baruda's defection, it seemed likely that Silver was involved.
Lu Yin didn't think about it any further. What good would knowing the truth do? He couldn't say a word. Xiken Maldo had been convicted of treason without even being given a chance to explain. He couldn't determine whether the Purple Mountain Clan was involved.
This was different from Ras's probing on the spaceship. This was killing intent—killing intent that even Explorers couldn't evade.
As he looked at True Yu Star's surroundings, the aircraft flew for two hours before finally arriving at the towering Great Yu Imperial Palace.
Towering buildings pierced the sky one after another. This was the Great Yu Imperial Palace, the center of power for the entire Great Yu Empire. Even from such a great distance, the majesty it radiated was shocking.
Xu San's lips trembled as he stared fearfully into the