From the very beginning, Nie Yun had never intended to let the Twin Dragons and Black Sail camps fight each other to mutual ruin.
That would only give the Locke Conglomerate more breathing room to deal with Twin Stars. It would do Nie Yun no good whatsoever.
"I came for peace"... those were not empty words. That really had been Nie Yun's original objective.
Whether he was repairing the Red Dragon to strengthen Twin Dragons or devising the "Empty-City Self-Destruction Gambit" to deny Black Sail even the slightest gain, his real aim was to gradually erode Flint's confidence and determination to keep fighting.
Once the time was ripe, he would drop the bombshell that the Locke Conglomerate had returned in crushing defeat...
Nie Yun was eighty percent certain that Flint was already considering a withdrawal!
In fact, Flint's willingness to sit down and negotiate with Twin Dragons proved that he was already wavering.
And what came next was the most crucial step...
"Commander Flint, aren't you curious why everything lined up so perfectly?" Nie Yun asked with a smile.
"Oh? What else do you know?" Flint stared at Nie Yun, his eyes flickering.
"Heh! Someone has clearly been fanning the flames behind all the unrest in the Shattered Star Region lately, steering events as they unfold. Their goal is to plunge the region into chaos so the Locke Conglomerate can attack Twin Stars with everything it has, without worrying about its rear!
"Even if I hadn't said anything, you should have noticed something by now."
"You mean... either Dark Shadow or Kalon was probably bought off by the Locke Conglomerate long ago?" Flint narrowed his eyes.
There was undoubtedly a strong possibility that this guess was correct.
The Locke Conglomerate was his own arms supplier. Given Black Sail's recent bulk