Elsewhere, Cheng Yu, who was carrying out a new mission on Kashi Star, also received a message from Conductor, along with an account of the Legion's recent activities.
Cheng Yu was a little surprised.
"A qualification war? Do you have any detailed information?"
Conductor replied.
"Reporting to the Deputy Core: yes. The Legion has fully infiltrated the entire Star Sea Alliance network, so naturally, we also found information on this so-called qualification war."
Cheng Yu: Tell me all about it.
Conductor: According to the information the Legion obtained, the so-called qualification war is a probing war in which the Star Sea Alliance evaluates whether an emerging civilization has the potential to threaten the Giants. Civilizations assessed as high threats will be suppressed and carved up by the Six Giants under all manner of pretexts. There has only been one such civilization in the past. Those assessed as moderate threats will face overt and covert restrictions on resources across the board. Those assessed as low threats will be allowed to join the Star Sea Alliance and must rely on one of the Six Giants as they develop. Otherwise, they will still perish.
Cheng Yu shook his head as he read. Wasn't this Star Sea Alliance just a chessboard for the Six Great Powers? Any civilization with the potential to become a player would suffer a devastating blow the moment it rose, while the lesser powers had to become pawns or disappear. How tyrannical.
After considering it for a moment, Cheng Yu replied.
"In that case, we'd better not win too impressively. What the Legion needs right now is still time, isn't it?"
Conductor replied.
"Instructions received. I understand what to do."
After ending his communication with Conductor, Cheng Yu shifted slightly to one side, dodging as a bizarre-looking monster appeared where