"Much smoother than the Zhou Family's side," Austin answered truthfully.
"After preliminary negotiations, although Gao Mingyang, the head of the Gao Family, was unwilling to immediately relinquish power, he still showed a clear willingness to cooperate."
"He is willing to step back to the second line and devote himself to training Gao Suozhi, helping him become familiar with everything in the Gao Star Zone as soon as possible."
"Since this aligned with your plan, Hajiasha and Nockte did not take any coercive measures. They only restricted the movements of the Gao Family's upper ranks."
"Warrior Lu Li, should we kill them?"
Lu Li smacked his lips. "No need. The living are more useful than the dead."
"By the way, some of the higher-ups from the Chen Family Domain escaped. How is the investigation going?"
"Uh... there are still no leads..." A trace of embarrassment surfaced in Austin's eyes.
The Chen Family Domain had been the first star-zone power they targeted, with Austin leading the operation.
But because it had been their first operation, they lacked experience.
Coupled with a slight lapse in caution, some of the Chen Family had slipped through the net.
Although the Chen Family Domain had now stabilized under the Wan Family's control, Lu Li had no intention of letting those escaped higher-ups go, and had kept Austin secretly assigning people to track them down.
But now, it seemed there had been no progress.
"Not even a general direction?" Lu Li frowned slightly, a hint of gravity appearing in his eyes.
Hearing this, Austin's expression grew even more awkward. He quietly opened his mouth, revealing half his tongue.
Among the Oglin Orcs, while the canine lineage possessed powerful physiques and keen senses of smell, they had very few sweat glands.
So whenever they exercised intensely, or became