After ending his call with Old Li, Hu Yu woke up Gao Jianchuan and Chen Peng, who were resting.
"Gentlemen, the situation has changed. The Wind Star Fleet may not have even attacked the S378 Civilization, and it's even uncertain whether the S378 civilization still exists. We can't wait any longer. I now order all Wind Master to assemble and proceed directly into the Wind Star Civilization through the channels created by the armor-piercing shells."
" Old Hu, the armor-piercing shells only penetrate less than 0.2 light-years. If we risk going in like this, our warship losses will exceed ten million."
"There's no time to lose. If we wait any longer, the main force of the Wind Star Civilization will arrive. We must immediately break into the Wind Star Civilization to have any chance of survival."
"Okay, you arrange it."
"Listen up, everyone. We are only one light-year away from the interior of the Wind Star Civilization's territory. If we travel at full speed using warp drive, it will only take us less than nine hours. Now, the armor-piercing missiles have opened a two-hour safe passage for us. In two hours, we will face an attack from ten million Wind Star warships and countless space-based weapons. I ask everyone to ignore all that. The first echelon of 200,000 Wind Master, form a tight formation, minimize the area to be attacked, and regardless of losses, charge into the Wind Star fleet intercepting the armor-piercing missiles. This shouldn't be difficult; it will only take two hours. Moreover, there will be no space-based weapon attacks during these two hours; you will only need to withstand the Wind Star fleet's artillery fire."
"The second echelon, following closely behind the first echelon, consists of ten thousand warships. The mission of these ten thousand warships is to protect ten thousand Stealth Killer. Among them, the one that truly needs protection is a special Stealth Killer carrying neutron-degenerate matter. If all goes well, this Stealth Killer will destroy the first echelon and most of the interceptor warships of the Wind Star Civilization. Once the second echelon has cleared the interceptor fleet, while the first echelon attacks, the Wind Master on the perimeter must also prepare to defend and enter the passageways. Does everyone understand?"
"Clear."
Inside the Wind Star Civilization, in the building where the head of state resided, the Minister of Industry was toying with a bone-made pneumatic firearm. None of the Wind Star People around him noticed anything amiss. Initially, Feng Jun (the businessman Old Li ) had some reservations, thinking the Minister of Industry was being too reckless; he should have done it himself. However, since even the head of state considered it merely a toy, Old Li relaxed. Perhaps the more he acted this way, the less attention he would attract; the more secretive he was, the more suspicious he would become.
Upon receiving Hu Yu's order, Old Li made a firing gesture to the Minister of Industry. The Minister of Industry smiled but did not fire at the head of state. Old Li thought he had not expressed himself clearly enough, so he made the gesture again. This gesture was agreed upon beforehand, and the Minister of Industry could not have forgotten it. Everyone, including the head of state, saw the second gesture. The Minister of Industry and the head of state smiled at each other, their smiles carrying a deeper meaning.
"Humanity, at this point, are you still dreaming of the future?" the leader laughed.
"What? Führer? What human?" Old Li pretended not to know.
"Human, I was unaware of your existence originally, but your connection with the Si Luo of that fleet was too close, so we followed the trail and the Minister of Industry and I already knew your identity. This body is nothing more than a puppet you created. Now you understand, don't pretend anymore. Men, arrest him!!!"
A dozen or so bodyguards rushed in from outside, ready to attack Feng Jun.
"Your Excellency, there's no need for that. I have a gram of explosives in my brain. I can blow it up whenever I want. All you'll get is a corpse. Yes, I am indeed human. I believe I've done it flawlessly, without leaving a trace, and it's impossible for you to discover it."
Old Li quickly told Hu Yu everything that had happened, revealing that he had been exposed long ago and that everything was just Wind Star Civilization. Upon hearing this, Hu Yu made Old Li hand over control of the Feng Jun and took control of the body to communicate with the Wind Star leader.
"Humans, would you like to know why your schemes failed?" the Wind Star leader asked smugly.
"Head of the Wind Star, I actually knew all along that you knew of our existence." The Feng Jun clone controlled by Hu Yu began to speak with the Head of the Wind Star.
"Oh, really?"
"There's a tree-man on Planet No. 33. I think he's the one who told you everything about us."
"Hmm? He told you? Yes, it was indeed the Tree Man who told us. When you cloned our crew members and entered our territory, we didn't know at first, but that Tree Man found out. In exchange for a chance to leave, he told me that you were imposters. If it weren't for this Tree Man, we might not have known at all. However, we're not sure which Tree Man gave us the message. To avoid arousing suspicion, we still had the fleet under your control carry Tree Men. Anyway, once they enter the low-temperature universe, the Tree Men won't survive."
"That's right. Ordinary tree beings wouldn't survive, but a real tree being can withstand the low temperatures for a period of time. It was during this time that it survived until it reached our base, at which point we also realized that the clone had been exposed."
"Since you know you've been exposed, why do you continue to stay on Wind Star? You know it's impossible for you to obtain the technology tree, especially now that you know of your existence, the protection of the technology tree is even more stringent. And we believe that ordinary information about our civilization is of little use to you, who are also Star System-Level Civilization."
"Now that the Führer knows of our existence, why does he continue to allow us to maintain the Wind Star Base? He could easily find us by following the fleet and wipe us out."
"Because I wanted to wipe you all out in one fell swoop. The search for you before was incredibly time-consuming, yet you still managed to escape. It's a pity I found out too late. If you had chosen Planet No. 33 for your transport on your first trip, none of this would have happened. Once I learned of your existence, I immediately calculated that your base wouldn't be too far from the fleet's transport destination. I secretly dispatched warships to scout, discovering you already had twenty million warships. If I attacked you then, you might escape again, since our warships are roughly the same speed. So I set a trap, waiting for you to come to me willingly. And sure enough, you fell for it."
"Haha, Wind Star leader, the scheme you've set up is indeed grand. Just over ten minutes ago, our fleet reported that we've searched the area within hundreds of light-years of the S378 Civilization's target point, but haven't found the so-called S378 Civilization. That's when I realized we'd been tricked. I didn't expect you to pull off such a huge deception to lower our guard. To be honest, if your warships hadn't been deployed elsewhere, we wouldn't have adopted the group attack plan, but rather a different plan to lure the enemy away. But aren't you being a bit too arrogant, deploying so many warships?"
"Arrogant? You're the arrogant ones who can ask such a question. Although I've deployed two hundred million warships, they'll return to Wind Star in just one year. Besides, we have one hundred and fifty million warships here, several times more than yours. Add to that our defense systems, and you think you can wipe us out with your few warships?"
"Alright, we'll see who's arrogant later. Now that I've been seen through, may I ask a few questions?"
You can ask, but I might not answer.
"Alright, first question: why did you hunt down our Human Civilization in the first place? What secret did that old man from our civilization know?"
You can ask the second question; there's no answer to the first one.
"Then why are you feeding the Insect Race?"
"I'm sorry, I can't tell you that either."
"Fine then. With your technology, you could easily synthesize organic matter to feed the Insect Race. Why do you need to raise so many intelligent beings to feed them? Don't you think this is a trampling on intelligence and an insult to civilization?"
"I can say a little about that. As you've seen, we have over a thousand planets to produce organic matter, and hundreds of thousands of warships constantly transporting it just to barely satisfy the insects' appetites. If we had to synthesize all of this organic matter ourselves, even if our entire civilization worked together, we might not be able to finish it. So why should we do something so time-consuming and laborious? Wouldn't it be better to just harvest them directly? You still haven't answered why you stayed on Wind Star even though you knew you'd been exposed?"
"I don't have an answer for you right now, but you'll find out later."
"I think you're just trying to save face. You have no idea you've been exposed, yet you still try to contact the Minister of Industry and the Minister of Military Affairs to rebel against me. Little do you know, the discord between me and the Ministers of Industry and Military Affairs these past few years has all been an act for you. Originally, I just wanted to give you the illusion of internal strife, but I didn't expect you to instigate them to assassinate me. Do you really think they would rebel against their own civilization? Since discovering your existence, we've specially developed a scanning system. Every time you pass through the gate, I know exactly where you are, and this system can also prevent clones like you from appearing around me."
"The Führer is indeed very thoughtful, but there's one thing you haven't considered. Our civilization has a saying: 'Money makes the world go round.' This applies not only to our civilization, but also to your Wind Star Civilization, and even to the entire universe. Industry, why aren't you making your move?"
"Industry, you actually?"
Bang! Another soft sound rang out as the Minister of Industry, who had been fiddling with the bone-made pneumatic firearm, fired a shot into the head of the Führer. Bodily fluids splattered from the bullet hole, covering the Minister of Industry. The Führer slowly collapsed, his eyes filled with extreme resentment. He hadn't expected the Minister of Industry to actually betray him.