The spatial rift closed in low orbit above Blue Star.
Lin Feng landed at a secluded location in Jiangnan Base City.
Pei Yuan's corpse had yielded a bombshell.
[Asura Royal Clan bloodline imprint successfully decoded.] [God Clan infiltrator list (within the Empire) generated. Total: eleven individuals. Conclusive evidence from Higher-Dimensional Gene Map comparisons attached.]
Lin Feng scanned the names on the light screen.
"Colin, the Empire's minister of finance."
"Audes, third seat of the Interstellar Council."
"Morris, head of the Imperial Royal Academy."
Every name on the list belonged to someone at the very peak of the Empire.
His gaze stopped on the final name.
"Roman, high speaker of the Interstellar Council."
Lin Feng sneered.
No wonder the Void Beasts of the Abyssal Plane could tear through the border defenses so easily. No wonder the Shadow Guard Bureau dared to brazenly attack his home right under his nose.
Half the minds at the Empire's highest level were lapdogs of alien races.
The Star Ring on his wrist vibrated frantically.
Yan Zhan's encrypted call came through.
In the holographic projection, Yan Zhan stood in the Combat Command Center amid a tense atmosphere.
"Lin Feng, what happened at the Shadow Guard Bureau? The fleet's life scanners show that energy readings in that star sector have dropped to zero!"
Lin Feng said evenly, "Pei Yuan is dead. So are the ten thousand imperial guard battleships."
Sharp gasps came from the command center.
Yan Zhan swallowed. "You really have brought the sky crashing down. The Council is already in an uproar. High Speaker Roman is summoning all the Council Members to issue the highest impeachment order against the Military Department and force us to hand you over."
"He won't need to come looking for me."
Lin Feng bundled the system-generated list and