Chapter 617

Chapter 617: Total Surrender

After more than ten minutes, the Leader of the Flowing Horse Tribe was the first to struggle to hold on.

He scanned the faces of his fellow high-ranking leaders.

Seeing their attitudes in their eyes, the Leader of the Flowing Horse Tribe sighed, “If the Great Flame Empire can guarantee the rights of our Flowing Horse Tribe, we are willing to lead the tribe to surrender completely to the Great Flame Empire!”

“You can rest assured about that, Leader of the Flowing Horse Tribe!”

The Leader of the Giant Ant Tribe immediately took out the contract he had already prepared.

Once the Leader of the Flowing Horse Tribe and the high-ranking leaders confirmed that the contents of the contract were the same as the benefits for the second-tier conquered races they had learned about, they no longer hesitated.

They formally signed the contract.

In addition to leading the Flowing Horse Tribe to total surrender, to ensure that these high-ranking leaders would not betray them, the top geniuses also each signed a life-and-death contract with the high-ranking leaders of the Flowing Horse Tribe.

However, this life-and-death contract only lasted for one hundred years.

After that, they would regain their freedom.

Having successfully signed the contract, although reluctantly, the Leader of the Flowing Horse Tribe and the high-ranking leaders could only use their communication stones to contact the commanders outside.

They notified them of the tribe’s total surrender and instructed the army to give up resistance.

The Great Flame Empire’s army also issued orders layer by layer.

The army halted their advance, waiting for the movements of the Flowing Horse Tribe’s forces.

In less than half an hour, the Flowing Horse Tribe’s army began to leave their second line of defense, allowing the Great Flame Empire’s army to take over.

In just half a day, Guli successfully completed the first objective.

Next, they only needed to take over and consolidate the twenty or so life planets and army of the Flowing Horse Tribe.

The other two vanguard forces, although with slightly different processes, also made similar smooth progress.

…

In outer space near the life planet where the Flowing Horse Tribe’s stronghold was located, a large battleship appeared out of nowhere through the Space Jump System.

“General, we have arrived at the destination!”

In the command room, a communications officer came to the Captain.

The Captain, named Jiang Chuanshan, was a Major General of the human federation.

This large battleship was one of many dispatched by the human federation to search for Mares’s whereabouts in the star cluster and the surrounding areas.

Jiang Chuanshan’s battleship was responsible for searching the Tianling Star Cluster.

After such a long time, they had almost given up.

They had already searched the area multiple times.

Not only had they failed to find Mares’s trail, but they hadn’t even uncovered a single clue.

However, what surprised Jiang Chuanshan was that the scouts responsible for tracking had unexpectedly discovered a rising empire called the Great Flame Empire.

According to the information gathered, this Great Flame Empire was created by the Black Tiger Tribe.

But Jiang Chuanshan was extremely suspicious that this empire was created by Yi Chen.

There were many reasons for this.

One was the name of the Great Flame Empire, which was very similar to the name of the Great Flame Kingdom founded by Yi Chen.

Another reason was that it was said the Great Flame Empire had an unknown race with incredibly strong long-range attack capabilities.

This was undoubtedly a once-in-a-thousand-years opportunity for Jiang Chuanshan.

If he could prove that the Great Flame Empire was indeed the Great Flame Kingdom created by Yi Chen, it would be a tremendous achievement.

In fact, it would far surpass the credit for finding Mares.

Not to mention, Jiang Chuanshan believed that he could easily rise ten ranks to become a five-star general.

Unfortunately, he had tried to lead a large battleship to the blood-colored planet but was discovered by the powerful beings from the Black Tiger Tribe and forced to flee.

Afterward, he attempted to lead the large battleship to other life planets controlled by the Great Flame Empire, but the results were the same.

The defenses on the major life planets of the Great Flame Empire were simply too tight, making infiltration impossible, with many strong beings patrolling in outer space.

On one occasion, they nearly destroyed the large battleship.

This forced Jiang Chuanshan to completely give up on approaching the life planets controlled by the Great Flame Empire and abandon the idea of sending scouts to gather detailed information about the empire.

Just as he was considering whether to report this information to the Commander of the fleet searching the entire Tianling Star Cluster, a new opportunity came.

The Great Flame Empire launched an attack on the Flowing Horse Tribe and the other three races.

The defenses on the life planets controlled and ruled by the Great Flame Empire were too tight to enter, but the life planets under attack had much weaker defenses.

Therefore, after receiving the news, he promptly ordered his battleship to use the Space Jump System to directly arrive in the outer space of the life planet where the Flowing Horse Tribe’s stronghold was located.

However, due to receiving the news relatively late, by the time the large battleship arrived, the entire Flowing Horse Tribe had already surrendered.

“Notify Taiko Bo, initiate immediate action!”

Confirming that the scanner did not detect any strong beings in the surrounding area, Jiang Chuanshan felt overjoyed and immediately asked the messenger to inform the scouts to act.

“Congratulations, General! If you can truly confirm that the Great Flame Empire is the Great Flame Kingdom and that Yi Chen is here in the Tianling Star Cluster, your prestige will definitely rise to the top of the Military!”

The adjutant beside him couldn’t help but flatter him.

“Congratulations to you as well! Your achievements will be significant as well!”

Jiang Chuanshan replied with great anticipation.

“Everyone thinks Yi Chen is hiding in the Milky Way; who could have guessed he would be in the Tianling Star Cluster.”

The adjutant remarked, “According to the information collected, the Great Flame Empire began to gain fame less than a few months after Yi Chen and the Great Flame Kingdom disappeared.”

“Yes! This is also the source of the confusion about whether the Great Flame Empire is indeed the Great Flame Kingdom.”

Jiang Chuanshan sighed, “In just a few months, it is unlikely that Yi Chen could have moved the entire Great Flame Kingdom to the distant Tianling Star Cluster.”

“Furthermore, the speed of the rise of the Great Flame Empire is truly astonishing. In just a few years, they have already ruled and conquered over three hundred life planets, and their expansion speed is increasing exponentially.”

“If the Great Flame Empire really is the Great Flame Kingdom, it suggests that the average strength of the citizens of the Great Flame Kingdom has skyrocketed to an unimaginable level. Otherwise, such a terrifying expansion rate would not be possible.”

“Another puzzling point is that Yi Chen has no need to come to a small place like the Tianling Star Cluster for development. Since he has already signed a contract with the Tree-Dwelling Tribe and has their support, unifying the entire star cluster would be a piece of cake.”

“Bringing the Great Flame Kingdom to develop in the Tianling Star Cluster is a complete waste of time.”

“Who knows what Yi Chen is thinking? His thoughts are something we can’t comprehend.”

The adjutant stated firmly, “As for the questions about the strength of the Great Flame Empire, I don’t think that matters much.”

“We feel that the speed of the Great Flame Empire’s strength increase is too outrageous, but when it comes to Yi Chen, it can only be seen as normal.”

“After all, even when he was on the exile planet, the average strength increase of the Great Flame Kingdom’s citizens was faster than that of the people in our human federation.”

“Perhaps Yi Chen has already solved our humanity’s average lack of talent and difficulty in breaking through levels.”

“Thinking about it, this is very possible!”

Jiang Chuanshan couldn’t help but lick his lips.

Compared to the promotion in rank, he was actually more eager for a breakthrough in level.

Because a breakthrough in level meant greater strength and a longer lifespan.