Chapter 609

Chapter 609: A New Round of Expansion

In the Tianling Star Cluster, on the blood-colored planet,

more than three months had passed since the last high-level meeting held by the Great Flame Empire’s military.

Attending the meeting were not only the Senior Military Officials of the Great Flame Empire but also the chiefs of twenty tribes that submitted to the Empire.

However, among these nineteen tribe leaders, all but the Demon Race and the Black Tiger Tribe participated in the meeting using virtual images, aided by treasures from the Cangyu Tribe.

“Now that everyone is gathered, let the meeting officially begin!”

Thanks to his military achievements of unifying the sixteen tribes, War City has officially promoted Marshal Iron Blood of the Great Flame Empire.

This meeting was also convened under his responsibility.

Seeing that everyone was present, he directly got to the point: “The main reason for gathering you all here is to discuss troop deployment!”

The expressions of the various tribe leaders varied.

The leaders of the Black Tiger Tribe, Swift Tribe, and Spirit Heart Tribe all showed joy on their faces.

They had vaguely guessed the content of the meeting when they received the notice.

War City’s words matched their expectations, filling them with excitement.

The leaders of the sixteen tribes, however, furrowed their brows slightly, filled with confusion and doubt, but they did not express it outwardly.

They clearly did not expect the Great Flame Empire to have such grand ambitions, preparing for a new round of expansion after merely three months.

In their view, the current conditions did not support expansion at all.

The main reason was that everyone in the sixteen tribes was in a state of extreme distrust towards the Great Flame Empire.

Initially, the surrender of the sixteen tribes was unavoidable, but the overwhelming strength of the Empire’s army had earned the respect and submission of the strong fighters and tribe members of the sixteen tribes.

In terms of consolidation, things had progressed smoothly at first.

However, when they discovered that the rulers of the Great Flame Empire were not the Black Tiger Tribe but an unknown race, the mindset of the tribe members began to shift dramatically.

The consolidation process did not proceed as smoothly as in the early stages.

While there had been occasional outbreaks of opposition within the tribes, they could easily be suppressed before.

After learning that the rulers of the Great Flame Empire were not the Black Tiger Tribe, the opposing forces within the various tribes began to see the involvement of strong fighters, and their dissent grew increasingly fierce.

The main reason was that the tribes were well aware of the Black Tiger Tribe’s strengths; they could begrudgingly accept being ruled by them due to the risk of extinction.

But they could not accept being ruled by an unknown race.

This unknown race had no prior presence in the Tianling Star Cluster and appeared to have migrated from other star systems.

The various tribes in the Tianling Star Cluster had been under the rule of the Undying Race for a million years.

After finally shaking off the Undying Race’s control, they were now expected to accept a new race from outside the Tianling Star Cluster as rulers, which even the strong fighters found difficult to accept.

In fact, this has been a major reason why the Great Flame Empire fought and expanded under the banner of the Black Tiger Tribe.

They even went so far as to have the Intelligence Organization rigorously block the news from leaking to other tribes.

However, it was becoming increasingly difficult to keep the truth hidden from those tribes that were being ruled.

As more races came to dominate, the challenge of concealing the truth continued to grow.

The Political Council decided not to hide the truth any longer and directly sent humanity to command the consolidation of the various tribes.

As for the troubles that might arise, they would only lead to more frequent internal strife among the tribes in the short term, which would resolve itself over time.

Right now was the most chaotic time for the tribes.

The tribe leaders and High-ranking Leaders were overwhelmed and busy.

Naturally, they hoped the Great Flame Empire would send troops to help suppress the opposing forces instead of calling them to contribute to the Empire’s external expansion, which would lower the suppression strength significantly.

However, since it was their first time attending such a meeting and they did not know the upper echelons of the Great Flame Empire well, they did not dare to speak out against it and chose to remain silent.

War City was clearly aware of this but did not take it to heart.

This attitude was something he and the Senior Military Officials had expected.

When they decided to launch the expansion, they had no intention of mobilizing the military strength of the sixteen tribes; the armies of the Black Tiger Tribe, Swift Tribe, and Spirit Heart Tribe would serve as the main force.

What they needed were merely the strong fighters from the sixteen tribes, especially their strongest members.

The strongest members of the sixteen tribes represented sixteen powerful fighters at level 130.

Their participation would greatly enhance the Great Flame Empire’s Top-tier Combat Power.

Coupled with the teleportation abilities of the top geniuses and three flying treasures that could block sensing, they could easily destroy the top combat power of any tribe.

Even against the high-ranking members of the Undying Race, they would hold a significant advantage.

“This expansion’s first target is the Liuma, Yanqing, and Feihu tribes.”

Before War City appeared a star chart of the Tianling Star Cluster.

Centered on the life planets controlled by the Great Flame Empire, nearly ten thousand life planets surrounding them bore various colored marks.

The three races mentioned by War City, along with their more than forty life planets, were all marked in red.

“Red represents the first target of our Great Flame Empire’s new round of expansion. Orange is the second target, yellow is the third target, and so on. We expect to complete all targets within five years.”

Buzz…

As soon as this was said, the leaders of the Black Tiger Tribe, Swift Tribe, and Spirit Heart Tribe all displayed ecstatic expressions.

The leader of the Demon Race remained calm and composed.

The leaders of the sixteen tribes could not help but stir restlessly.

To conquer over five hundred races and unify thousands of life planets in the Tianling Star Cluster within five years seemed utterly exaggerated to them.

Even if the Undying Race ended its internal strife and was willing to send an army to reconquer the various races in the Tianling Star Cluster, their strategic plans would not be this outrageous.

After all, this involved thousands of life planets and over five hundred races.

Even if all the tribes surrendered willingly, the Great Flame Empire would not have enough strength to govern so many life planets.

Currently, the Great Flame Empire only ruled around three hundred life planets, and the idea of conquering over five hundred races and thousands of life planets in five years sounded like a delusion to the leaders of the sixteen tribes, completely unrealistic.

War City ignored their restlessness and thoughts.

He scanned the faces of the tribe leaders and continued, “The first three targets will primarily rely on the military strength of the Demon Race, Black Tiger Tribe, Spirit Heart Tribe, and Swift Tribe. You four tribes must gather a vanguard army within a day and complete the assembly of the main force within ten days. Is that clear?”

“No problem!”

“Understood!”

The leaders of the four tribes immediately agreed.

Although their military strength had been dispatched to various life planets recently to assist the sixteen tribes in suppressing internal rebellions, gathering a vanguard army was a simple task.

In just over ten days, using the space battleships to assemble all the troops would not be difficult at all.

They would not refuse War City’s proposal.

The Great Flame Empire launching external expansions and battles meant a significant amount of military achievements.

The leaders and High-ranking Leaders of the four tribes only hoped for the Great Flame Empire to initiate the expansion as soon as possible, with the larger scale the better.

That represented vast military achievement points and resources and treasures waiting for them.