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Rowan has operated in this star region for many years. By employing unique infiltration methods, he has cultivated "his own people" within the Star Sea Alliance, and even within the Original Epoch Clan.

These "insiders" are spread across all walks of life; researchers, merchants, military personnel, management, and even members of royal families of various races and distinguished elders of the Original Epoch Clan can be found among them.

Consequently, the Star Sea Alliance, including the Original Epoch Clan, no longer appears as mysterious to Rowan as it once did. His diverse channels of information keep him exceptionally well-informed.

If Saide had discovered any abnormalities regarding "Ying," and if he had reported them, such explosive news—capable of inciting widespread panic—might be suppressed from other races or even ordinary members of the Original Epoch Clan. However, for Humins, who is also a distinguished elder of the Original Epoch Clan, it would be impossible to keep such a major event from him.

Even if Humins were somewhat isolated due to his remote location and the fact that he is stationed on a battlefield, and even if a local Council of Elders were convened without him, Humins still has friends and relatives. Those capable of befriending him are generally at the same level, and they serve as his own sources of information.

Yet, regardless of the channel, Humins has not received even the slightest hint of such news to this day.

This allows Rowan to breathe a sigh of relief, thinking to himself that he might have been overthinking things. If "Ying" had indeed developed intelligence, given the millions of years of data it has collected on the Star Sea Alliance and its witness to various facets of human nature, it would know that such a trait cannot see the light of day.