Chapter 717

Chapter 717: Discovering the Secret

“Leader, trouble! The south has been attacked by unknown enemies, and Lord Manu requests assistance.”

Inside the flying treasure, the leader of the Green Scale Tribe was troubled about how to prevent the situation from worsening when a guard rushed to the barriers in a panic.

“An attack by unknown enemies!”

The leader of the Green Scale Tribe stood up immediately. He quickly left the barriers, exiting the flying treasure and flying at full speed toward the location of the attack.

By the time he arrived, there was no trace of any enemies left.

All that remained was a severely damaged flying treasure and numerous injured tribespeople.

“It must have just been a probing attack.”

The leader of the Green Scale Tribe looked extremely grim.

This kind of tactic had been encountered many times over the past year.

Those Space Pirates often sent a squad first to launch a sudden attack.

They would test and evaluate the strength of the Green Scale Tribe and then follow closely behind, looking for an opportunity to launch a rapid, large-scale attack to seize a vast amount of resources and treasures along with the tribe members.

The Green Scale Tribe found it impossible to deal with this situation.

Because those who became Space Pirates either had incredibly fast speeds, coming and going like the wind, or they had stealth techniques that left no trace, striking quickly and disappearing.

Some were incredibly strong or could utilize the various planets around them.

All the Green Scale Tribe could do was minimize their defenses as much as possible to reduce losses.

The leader of the Green Scale Tribe planned accordingly.

Under his orders, all flying treasures were to withdraw.

The strong and elite armies were continually dispatched to areas more likely to be attacked.

However, this time the leader of the Green Scale Tribe guessed wrong.

The ones attacking them were indeed the Space Pirates.

This Space Pirates group did launch the first round of attack just to test the strength of the Green Scale Tribe and gather detailed information to prepare for the next round of plunder.

But soon, the captain of the Space Pirates group changed his mind.

The captain of the Space Pirates, named Reiko, was once a lord of the Ten-Armed Tribe, reaching level 120 in the strength realm.

Due to a major mistake in commanding operations, he was sentenced to exile beyond the Ten-Armed Star System, leading a group of followers and wandering as Space Pirates.

He even found a life planet in the vacuum between star systems, defeated the strongest tribe of that life planet’s leader with his powerful strength, and became the ruler of that life planet.

As a Space Pirates group moving through the vacuum between star systems, the biggest fear was the absence of fat sheep, and the second was the target being too strong.

The former depended entirely on luck; with good fortune, one might encounter a target after years.

With bad luck, decades could be wasted without finding anything.

There was nothing to be done; the vacuum between star systems was scarcely populated.

The second factor depended on ability and judgment.

The approach of the Space Pirates usually involves small-scale sneak attacks to assess the enemy’s strength.

Sometimes they send skilled and stealthy subordinates to secretly infiltrate the target and gather information.

Reiko’s pirate group adopted the former method, but with a slight variation.

That is, he was able to collect more detailed information because he possessed the ability to extract the memories of his targets.

By using this ability, he could gain a clearer understanding of the target’s specific power and detailed information.

The memories extracted from the captured members of the Green Scale Tribe greatly surprised Reiko.

He did not expect such a powerful force to rise in the Tianling Star Cluster, and it seemed to be related to humanity.

Though he had become a Space Pirate and local ruler in this rarely visited vacuum between star systems over a thousand years ago, he still maintained contacts with some of the strong members of the Ten-Armed Tribe.

He was aware of the current situation and dynamics within the star cluster and knew that the human federation had produced an unprecedented super genius.

The force established by this super genius was called the Great Flame Kingdom.

Although there were no direct memories related to humanity in the captured memories of the Green Scale Tribe members, these members had heard various characteristics and images of the Great Flame Empire’s army.

These rumors made it difficult for Reiko not to suspect the connection between this super genius and the Great Flame Kingdom.

“Unfortunately, this place is too far from the Tianling Star Cluster. Without the battleships of the human federation, it would take almost a year to reach…”

His subordinates could not understand why Reiko trembled with excitement after forcibly extracting the memories of the Green Scale Tribe members.

He knew very well that this was a monumental secret.

If he could confirm that the Great Flame Empire, which unified the Tianling Star Cluster, was indeed led by that extraordinary genius along with his Great Flame Kingdom, reporting this information to the Ten-Armed Tribe would earn him immense credit.

With that credit, he could return to the Ten-Armed Tribe and possibly soar to new heights, reaping unimaginable rewards.

The only issue was that he could not ascertain the truth of this judgment.

Tracking down the information would be time-consuming and laborious; just reaching the Tianling Star Cluster would take at least a year.

He did not want to wait that long.

In the vacuum between star systems, ruling over a smaller race and a life planet, most members of smaller races would certainly be content.

But he was different.

He was a strong member at level 120 and once ranked first among the Ten-Armed Tribe.

He had commanded hundreds of millions of Ten-Armed Tribe soldiers and ruled over thousands of life planets.

He dreamed of atoning for his past mistakes and returning to the Ten-Armed Tribe.

“I’ll take a gamble!”

After careful deliberation, Reiko finally made up his mind.

If he succeeded, the credit would be much smaller than if he personally verified it, but it would be enough for him to return to the Ten-Armed Tribe and easily regain his former glory, receiving a massive reward of resources.

If he failed, there wouldn’t be much loss.

In fact, it might not be a bad thing.

After all, the Ten-Armed Tribe was going through tough times, and as an exiled strong member still yearning to return after a thousand years during their most difficult period, his loyalty would at least not be in question.

Even if the information he provided was incorrect, the leaders and elders might still recognize his loyalty and allow him to return to the embrace of the Ten-Armed Tribe during this critical time.

“Everyone, retreat immediately. No one is to disturb me unless it’s important.”

Having made his decision, he issued the order to withdraw.

This command left his pirate group utterly confused.

Just a moment ago, they were excitedly trembling, guessing that their captain had discovered that the race possessed abundant resources and treasures, like a fat sheep.

Yet, in the blink of an eye, he ordered a retreat.

Nobody could understand what Reiko was thinking.

Reiko did not explain, and under his fierce gaze, his subordinates could only leave in frustration.

Once all his subordinates had exited, Reiko took out the communication stone and contacted a fellow member of the Ten-Armed Tribe, telling him that he had discovered information potentially related to the extraordinary genius of humanity and hoping that he could connect him with the elders of the Ten-Armed Tribe for assistance.

After promising numerous benefits, this Ten-Armed Tribe member finally agreed to his request.