Chapter 670

Chapter 670: Plans Can’t Keep Up With Changes

Time flew by, and slowly, strong fighters from the nearby life planets arrived.

Meanwhile, the foreign affairs department still had no news about Mares.

Bunier and Blake felt their spirits plummet even further.

What surprised them even more was that the two troubles they wanted to resolve next, Yi Chen and the Shadow King, had actually been right beside them the whole time.

They never even considered that the Shadow King’s stealth techniques were so powerful that even they, as level 220 strong fighters, couldn’t sense him even when he was right next to them.

The Shadow King had used his stealth abilities to lead a group of Soul Kings to successfully ambush and assassinate three members of the Tree-Dwelling Tribe.

From their perspective, it seemed that the Shadow King had just seized the opportunity to sneak up on them quickly before they attacked the Soul Emperor.

They naturally thought this way because the information indicated that the Shadow King was only at level 190.

Yet, the upper limit for strong fighters in this star cluster was only level 150.

Since the Shadow King had remained in this star cluster, he had no chance for significant breakthroughs or opportunities.

After about a day, as nineteen teams returned, Yi Chen finally drained Bunier’s luck completely.

As Yi Chen returned the black luck to Bunier, he also sent a small amount of luck back to Bunier.

Bunier and Blake, both level 220 strong fighters, were key to Yi Chen’s continued delays.

He certainly couldn’t let them face any mishaps due to a lack of luck.

After successfully handling Bunier, Yi Chen began to extract Blake’s luck.

Waiting for another four or five hours, all nineteen teams finally arrived.

The foreign affairs department still had no news to share.

Bunier understood that they could not delay any longer.

He took out the communication stone, holding onto his last shred of hope, and contacted the foreign affairs department once more.

The result was the same.

Mares still hadn’t made contact.

Their plan, which relied on Mares to come over and use his tracking and searching techniques to find Yi Chen and the Shadow King, was completely over.

Bunier could only ask the staff at the foreign affairs department to request that a few more Tree-Dwelling Tribe members skilled in tracking and searching techniques be sent over.

Ending the call, he looked helplessly at Lu Qingxian and the other federal High-ranking Leaders.

"We’ve run into a bit of trouble with the scheduled plan. We can’t reach Mares, and it’s possible he has changed his mind and refuses to temporarily reconcile with Morris."

"……"

Lu Qingxian and the other federal High-ranking Leaders were speechless.

How could there be another unexpected turn?

Sure enough, the Tree-Dwelling Tribe remained the unreliable Tree-Dwelling Tribe.

Although this sixth group of Tree-Dwelling Tribe members was somewhat more dependable, successfully bringing a massive amount of resources and treasures to the human federation and resolving the significant threat from the Soul Clan, they still faced continual unexpected events when things went wrong.

Purely, it was because of the two level 220 powerful beings from the Tree-Dwelling Tribe that they could withstand the impact the star cluster had on them.

"What… should we do now?"

Lu Qingxian was the first to come to his senses and couldn’t help but ask.

Bunier sighed, "I have already informed the foreign affairs department to request that our people skilled in tracking and searching techniques be sent over. If they come quickly, they could arrive in two or three months. If they are late, we might have to wait a few more months."

"Once the relevant personnel arrive, we can continue to address the issues with the strongest member of humanity and the Shadow King. For now, we should proceed with the plan to exterminate the Soul Clan. As for us, we will return to the galaxy and implement our plan to help the human federation unify the entire star cluster in advance."

"You can directly tear up the contracts you signed with those allied races. The Tree-Dwelling Tribe will compensate for any losses caused by breaking the contracts. As for unifying the entire star cluster, provide a detailed plan, and I will dispatch Tree-Dwelling Tribe troops to coordinate with you."

"Alright!"

Lu Qingxian and the other High-ranking Leaders turned their worries into joy.

No matter what, even though unexpected events kept occurring, the human federation was genuinely receiving various benefits.

"Morris, the task of pressuring the Fog Cloud Clan to cooperate in exterminating the Soul Clan is now yours to command and manage. Remember, under any circumstances, ensure that those level 180 and level 190 high-end combatants do not get separated to avoid being ambushed by the Shadow King."

Bunier looked at Morris.

"Okay!"

Morris quickly nodded.

He could be considered the only one among the Tree-Dwelling Tribe who hoped for a few unexpected outcomes from the mission.

This way, after spending years in the star cluster without completing any tasks and even misleading a fellow strong member from his tribe, the punishment he faced would be greatly reduced.

Of course, he only hoped for a few unexpected outcomes in the mission, not that Bunier and Blake would fail to complete the tasks.

He too wanted to finish all the tasks quickly and leave this sad place of the star cluster.

"Let’s go!"

Bunier called out, leading Lu Qingxian and the other human federation High-ranking Leaders, as well as Blake, back to the Large Battleship.

As a military order was given, the Large Battleship began its return to the galaxy.

Yi Chen and the Shadow King still followed closely by Blake’s side and entered the Large Battleship together.

By the time the Large Battleship returned to the galaxy and delivered Bunier, Blake, and the other human federation High-ranking Leaders to the life planet where the headquarters of the Federal Parliament was located, half of Blake’s luck had already been drained by Yi Chen.

The Main Group remained in the Fog Cloud Star System, with only Bunier and Blake returning to the galaxy.

However, there were still five level 210 strong members in the galaxy.

Bunier had summoned these five strong members back to the life planet where the headquarters of the Federal Parliament was located to ensure their safety and maintain security at the major factories producing Large Battleships.

Bunier and Blake found a location on a nearby Deserted Star to set up defensive barriers and cultivate using high-quality immortal stones.

"Shadow King, inform the Shadow Kings in the foreign affairs department to see if they can find out which Tree-Dwelling Tribe members are being sent and when they will arrive."

While Yi Chen continued to extract Blake’s luck, he communicated with the Shadow King.

This plan was progressing very much as expected.

They had successfully dealt with the three Tree-Dwelling Tribe members skilled in tracking and searching techniques, keeping Bunier and Blake in the star cluster while preventing them from finding Yi Chen and the Shadow King.

But there was still a downside; having lost face, to contact Mares, Bunier had let the foreign affairs department know about the assassination of the three Tree-Dwelling Tribe members. He shamelessly requested that a few more relevant personnel be sent.

If the higher-ups in the foreign affairs department acted quickly enough, new Tree-Dwelling Tribe members skilled in tracking and searching techniques could arrive in just over two months.

They would need to find a way to deal with this batch of personnel as well.

"The chance of finding them should be high because few Tree-Dwelling Tribe members have talents for tracking and searching techniques. Three have already been killed, leaving not many across the entire foreign affairs department."

The Shadow King smiled, "If the targets are not too many, the Shadow Kings should be able to gather relevant information."

"That’s good!"

Yi Chen felt relieved.

If they could indeed gather information ahead of time, it would make things much easier.

Moreover, it could draw the focus of the Tree-Dwelling Tribe’s foreign affairs department towards the Time Tribe.