Chapter 297
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Chapter 297: Guessing the Reason
“What exactly is going on? Why are there such rumors circulating in the military?”
Seeing that all the generals had gathered, Liang Moku spoke with a solemn expression, "Are the psychological department and publicity department of each fleet sleeping all day?"
"We can’t control this at all; it’s similar to how we initially questioned the council and the military."
A general sighed and said, “Take us, for example. The people of the life planet A12516 had their consciousness erased by the Soul Clan; this speculation and inference had already emerged from the beginning.”
“After all, the military ordered us to defend only and not attack. They even strictly ordered us to send drones to investigate the situation on the life planet A12516."
“Besides that, we received orders not to change shifts, not to contact the outside world to leak any information, and to strictly prohibit taking leave from the fleet."
“It’s obvious that the council and military are hiding important information from us."
“Then, out of nowhere, the Tree-Dwelling Tribe envoy appeared, testing the defensive power of our fleet with strength surpassing that of the strongest members from the various tribes in the star cluster."
“Our dissatisfaction was easily ignited."
“After all, as commanders, while we carry out military orders, we must also protect the safety of our subordinates as much as possible.”
“Not knowing the situation of the enemy leaves us feeling completely uncertain; we can’t even formulate defensive plans. Who could endure that?"
“After that, the headquarters couldn’t bear the pressure we exerted and finally compromised. They provided us with detailed information about the Soul Clan and the life planet A12516, even submitting videos of the Tree-Dwelling Tribe envoy, possessed by the Soul Emperor of the Soul Clan, the Ninth Elder of the Three-Eyed Tribe, and the destruction of powerful beings from various tribes possessed by Soul Kings.”
“Our soldiers could also deduce various unreasonable aspects based on the strange orders."
“Initially, they managed to suppress their grievances until the powerful being from the Tree-Dwelling Tribe came to resolve the Soul Clan issue. Instead, the envoy, possessed by the Soul Emperor, was killed along with a huge dark figure."
“That terrifying strength was something our fleet could not withstand. Naturally, the soldiers were unwilling to be kept in the dark and die without knowing why.”
“The Soul Emperor was bad enough; although incredibly strong, he could at most break through our fleet’s blockade.”
“As for that huge dark figure, we couldn’t even detect what type of existence he was or how he appeared and disappeared.”
“With the dark figure’s inexplicably undetectable speed and terrifying attack capability, if he intended to fully assault our fleet, it would be enough to cause our complete defeat.”
“Can we just obey orders with a single phrase? How could we possibly brush that off?”
“That’s right!”
A general couldn’t help but nod and said,
“Moreover, after the powerful being from the Tree-Dwelling Tribe was killed, the Military Headquarters refused to issue orders for a strong attack on the exile planet, allowing the Soul Clan to continue growing stronger. Alongside those inferences, some rumors began to spread.”
“Not to mention others; I believe everyone present is also puzzled, wondering when the council and the military discovered the revival of the Soul Clan, right?”
“Given the monitoring capabilities of the council and the military, there’s no way they could find no clues at all.”
“Not to mention, they knew that the Soul Emperor would grow stronger once he obtained the body of the Tree-Dwelling Tribe envoy, yet they still turned a blind eye, allowing the Soul Emperor to increase his power.”
“At that time, if we had launched a full attack on the Soul Clan, only the Soul Emperor might have escaped; we wouldn’t even have needed to wait for the powerful being from the Tree-Dwelling Tribe to resolve him.”
“As it turned out, despite the terrifying strength of the Tree-Dwelling Tribe, they were inexplicably killed. Coupled with the council continuously blocking and hiding information, at least in my opinion, this matter likely relates to the heart tribulation.”
“Otherwise, the council wouldn’t need to continually conceal and withhold information from the public, allowing the Soul Clan to grow stronger. It must have something to do with the heart tribulation, as once revealed, it would truly cause an unpredictable panic.”
The generals fell silent.
They indeed held the same suspicions.
However, given the gravity of the matter, none of them dared to speak out easily.
Inside the flying treasure, Yi Chen suddenly realized something.
He could now confidently understand what was happening.
Calamity!
When he boarded the smooth-sailing ship and followed the Large Construction Ship to the military base, he gathered information related to the heart tribulation from the living area of the base.
He learned that after the practitioners of the human federation broke through to the Peak of the Ninth Level of Spirit Consciousness, a powerful heart tribulation would emerge, demanding skills from them.
They needed to submit part of their federation coins, which would give them peace of mind, to the military and exchange it for corresponding resources.
The military would then invest this in the exile planet, bringing it into his hands, which would significantly reduce the power of the heart tribulation.
At that time, relying on his understanding of the laws of fate and the laws of causality, he recognized that the human federation was borrowing from the skills he created to achieve global evolution, yet they continually avoided revealing the truth, preventing him from gaining the merit and luck associated with spreading knowledge to his people.
As the average strength of the human federation’s populace grew stronger without gaining his approval, the cost would increase, thus breeding calamity.
Based on his estimates at that time, calamity would at most bring various natural and man-made disasters to the human federation.
With the terrifying strength of the human federation, they could easily extinguish such calamity.
Furthermore, connecting the arrival of the Tree-Dwelling Tribe envoy and the powerful being from the Tree-Dwelling Tribe, who came one after the other, alongside the Tree-Dwelling Tribe’s mastery of the causal path, he became nearly certain that the envoy, whom he had never met, wanted to harvest merit and luck, letting the parliamentary federation allow calamity to produce calamity fruit.
The Federal Parliament blatantly chose self-destruction, permitting the birth and growth of calamity fruit.
As a result, perhaps due to his overwhelming luck, the calamity fruit stemming from him caused the Tree-Dwelling Tribe envoy not only to fail but also to deliver his physical form to the Soul Emperor.
The powerful being from the Tree-Dwelling Tribe, having his luck drained by him, didn’t provide any benefits to the Soul Emperor but perished instead.
"What a surprise, the Federal Parliament actually prepared a great gift for me here."
Yi Chen secretly clicked his tongue.
Fortunately, he had changed his mind at the last moment, sensing a connection to the Soul Clan and wanting to see what threat this Soul Clan could bring to the human federation from within, wasting time to come here.
Otherwise, unless the Federal Parliament couldn’t manage the Soul Clan, he wouldn’t have truly known that a great gift awaited him.
With the Luck Technique in hand, he wasn’t very interested in harvesting the calamity fruit’s luck.
However, with his immense luck, it would be difficult for anyone but him to harvest that calamity fruit.
As the average strength of the federation’s populace continued to rise, an endless flow of calamity would converge on the calamity fruit, making the Soul Clan an increasingly difficult hidden danger for the human federation to resolve.
This meant he not only controlled the developmental speed of the human federation’s future but also held their very survival in his hands.
As long as he could successfully break free from the control of the human federation, the entire federation would become his supply depot.
Whatever he lacked, he could have them send it to him.
Of course, this was contingent on the Tree-Dwelling Tribe knowing to retreat, after sending two envoys to deliver supplies to the Soul Clan, and not sending a more powerful being to suppress the Soul Clan.
Although his luck was incredibly strong, it still paled in comparison to the whole Tree-Dwelling Tribe, which controlled billions of planets.
If the Tree-Dwelling Tribe really sent over a third, more powerful envoy to deal with the Soul Clan, unless he encountered that envoy and drained their luck using the Luck Technique, the Soul Clan would most likely be finished.
Fortunately, even without the Soul Clan, there were still the Hun Clan and the Hun Tribe jumping into the fray.
As long as he didn’t align himself with the human federation, calamity would continue to arise endlessly.
The stronger the average strength of the human federation, the more terrifying the calamity became.
His utmost priority was still to quickly find a path to escape the control of the human federation and even the Tree-Dwelling Tribe.
