Chapter 718

Chapter 718: Concerns of the Federal High-ranking Leaders

Upon learning about the news regarding the strongest member of humanity, the elder of the Ten-Armed Tribe immediately went to the area where Reiko’s friend was hiding and asked him to contact Reiko.

Once connected, Reiko did not hold anything back. He shared that while acting as a Space Pirate in the vacuum, he accidentally discovered the Green Scale Tribe and extracted various pieces of information related to the Great Flame Empire from the memories of captives. He explained that the strongest member of humanity and the Great Flame Kingdom were, in fact, the current Great Flame Empire.

The elder of the Ten-Armed Tribe instantly agreed with this deduction because the size, descriptions of flying treasures, and the peculiar powers of laws consistently pointed to Yi Chen and the Great Flame Kingdom, which had suddenly vanished from the exile planet.

Based solely on this information, he represented the Ten-Armed Tribe and lifted Reiko’s exile punishment, allowing him to return and participate in the infiltration and resistance against the human federation’s forces.

After ending the call with Reiko, the elder swiftly contacted the Leader of the Ten-Armed Tribe to report this matter.

The leader was overjoyed and promptly ordered the dispatch of several medium and small battleships secretly collected by the Ten-Armed Tribe to the Tianling Star Cluster to probe for further details, confirming whether the Great Flame Empire was indeed the Great Flame Kingdom created by Yi Chen and the extent of its current development.

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"Did they figure it out?"

In his flying treasure, Yi Chen received news from the Intelligence Organization.

During the campaign of the Great Flame Empire to conquer the entire Tianling Star Cluster, many races fled the system, making it impossible for the Intelligence Organization to monitor everything.

Therefore, it was not surprising that news about the Great Flame Empire began to spread.

However, the Intelligence Organization had placed Shadow Lords beside the leaders of various tribes.

Every move made by the Leader of the Ten-Armed Tribe was being monitored by the Intelligence Organization.

Naturally, the fact that he received news and sent out medium and small battleships to investigate was quickly brought to Yi Chen’s attention.

"Let them investigate!"

Without much thought, Yi Chen instructed Bai Ruo Xin to disregard the situation.

The Great Flame Empire had already unified the entire Tianling Star Cluster and was currently in a phase of reorganization.

Once this phase ended, the Great Flame Empire would begin its advance into other star systems.

At that point, the news could not remain hidden.

Since blocking it would be useless, there was no need to waste any more time on that front.

Of course, the most important point was that Yi Chen was no longer worried about information leakage.

Neither the twenty dominant races nor the human federation could stop the rise of the Great Flame Empire.

Even the Tree-Dwelling Tribe posed no threat unless a level 240 elder came personally.

This was because more than a year ago, the Shadow King, along with Boses and Titan Bo, had already killed a level 230 powerful being from the Tree-Dwelling Tribe by utilizing a treasure that slowed down the flow of time by tenfold.

Now, with the acceleration of time provided by the treasure and the Heart of Time, the Shadow King had successfully broken through to level 210.

Even without the treasure, with the cooperation of Boses and Titan Bo, he could defeat and severely injure level 230 powerful beings from the Tree-Dwelling Tribe.

When combined with the treasure, killing a level 230 member of the Tree-Dwelling Tribe was virtually guaranteed.

Yi Chen estimated that unless the core interests of the Tree-Dwelling Tribe were engaged, there was no way an elder from the tribe would willingly come to this star cluster outside our main region.

The core interest of the Tree-Dwelling Tribe revolved around the large battleships that the human federation was ramping up production for, as well as the large battleships that continued to be built in a steady stream.

"Shadow King, go to the Yufeng Star System and keep an eye on Bunier."

Yi Chen took out the communication stone and contacted the Shadow King.

In the Intelligence Organization, even the Shadow King cannot monitor powerful beings from the Tree-Dwelling Tribe at level 200 and above. Thus, the two level 220 strong fighters and six level 210 strong fighters from the Tree-Dwelling Tribe in this star cluster have remained unmonitored for the past two years. Fortunately, the Shadow King has now broken through to level 210, reaching his talent limit, and can personally go and monitor the strong fighters from the Tree-Dwelling Tribe, capturing real-time dynamics and news about them.

Once this was arranged, Yi Chen put aside thoughts of information leakage and continued to create law seals related to the laws of time, preparing for the establishment of the Fourth Generation Cave Paradise.

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Milky Way Galaxy.

At the headquarters of the Federal Parliament, in a secret meeting room, Lu Qingxian, the Parliament Chairman, along with several high-ranking leaders from the parliament and the military, gathered together.

The main topic of this meeting was to discuss the future development plans of the human federation.

“First, regarding the welfare of the citizens, I propose we can double the planned benefits,” Lu Qingxian stated.

All the high-ranking leaders nodded in agreement.

They quickly approved Lu Qingxian’s idea.

The reason was simple: according to federal law, the human federation had reached the stage of selecting new high-ranking leaders for the parliament.

From this point onward, the leaders of the parliament had almost lost this qualification.

To avoid this situation, the parliament had already tasked the think tank to study and draft a plan.

The rationale was that the high-ranking leaders of the Federal Parliament represented the highest ruler of the entire human federation and the Tree-Dwelling Tribe and could not be changed frequently.

At least one hundred to one hundred eighty years must pass before a replacement could be made after the relationship with the Tree-Dwelling Tribe stabilizes, and a new vassal contract could be signed.

After one hundred to one hundred eighty years, there would be no doubt that the citizens of the human federation would have become accustomed to this arrangement.

At that time, the strong fighters from the Tree-Dwelling Tribe could be invited to discuss the matters of the unchangeable vassal contract, smoothly introducing a new system, ensuring the power and status of the parliament’s high-ranking leaders remain as solid as a mountain.

Of course, this involved changing the federal system and the distribution of rights and interests among various parties.

Those ambitious legislators who desired to enter the high ranks of the parliament would never agree to lose their path to promotion.

Moreover, the citizens were not foolish; they would not allow individuals with significant power to arise, even if it meant the parliament and military leaders jointly ruling.

The internal resistance was immense beyond imagination.

Greatly enhancing the welfare of the citizens was one way to reduce this resistance.

The military high-ranking leaders also approved this quickly because, although they held permanent positions, according to federal law, the parliament should outrank the military by half a level.

Lu Qingxian and the other parliamentary leaders had already promised to gradually amend federal laws in the future, allowing the military to reach a status equal to that of the parliament, thus garnering the military’s support.

“Next, we need to address the potential attitudes from the Tree-Dwelling Tribe as the construction of our Large Battleships approaches completion.” Lu Qingxian’s gaze swept across the faces of everyone present.

The expressions of the high-ranking leaders from the parliament and military turned serious.

This was their most pressing concern and the key to the future development of the human federation.

As the number of Large Battleships required by the Tree-Dwelling Tribe and the preparations for the crew had reached the final stages, these federal leaders gradually began to worry that after fulfilling this request, they would lose their position and value in the eyes of the Tree-Dwelling Tribe.