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Chapter 474 How is this possible
"You betrayed the empire, and you are not worthy of being the commander of the imperial army. I really don't know how you survived."

In the control hall of the main ship of the empire, the moment Renault was brought over, Rosa could no longer suppress the anger in his heart, and immediately accused and mocked Renault mercilessly.

If it weren't for Gu Mo and the other two army commanders who were still nearby, maybe he would have started.

As the head of the Third Army of the Empire, although he has a slightly reckless personality, he also has his own pride in it.

In his opinion, working with Renault like this is simply an insult to him.

If he had suffered such a defeat in the Milky Way, he would have absolutely no face to survive alone, and would definitely choose to die with the legion calmly.

Being a prisoner like Renault, and returning to the empire with the cheek, should have been ordered to execute long ago.

You must know that in exchange for this captive, the empire also lost an important material.

So much so that his thoughts stayed here, Rosa immediately shifted his gaze from Renault to Gu Mo, and faced him with a firm suggestion: "Sir Star Master, Renault betrayed the empire and openly colluded with the civilization of the Milky Way. He lives on."

"Otherwise this will be the greatest shame to the Cray Empire." Rosa said at the end, but did not forget to add a sentence emphatically.

Obviously, he wanted to execute Renault from the bottom of his heart, so as to justify the prestige of the empire.

At this moment, Gu Mo's heart is also quite tangled and bitter. From a practical point of view, he definitely doesn't want to kill Lei Nuo, after all, Lei Nuo can still play a big role for him.

Maybe it can help him gradually grasp the power of the empire.

From a puppet supported by the legion leader, he became the real star master who controls the Andromeda galaxy.

However, his right now is still too small.

If, like other legion commanders, keeping Renault is a matter of one word, no one dares to raise any objections.

But now the situation is completely different.

Unless he can find a legitimate reason to convince the other legion commanders, there is a high probability that Renault's life will be lost.

But facing such an opportunity, he was really unwilling to give up.

Thinking quickly, I finally decided to try it, even if the final result did not change.

At least this will make him feel no regrets.

So after thinking about this point clearly, Gu Mo did not immediately answer Rosa and give him a definite decision, but instead turned his attention to Yuandu and Klippen next to him.

According to the previous performance, it can be determined that Rosa is more convinced by Yuandu and Klippen. If Yuandu or Klippen raise objections and leave Renault with a way out, then things will have a turning point.

In any case, the several legion leaders have worked together for a long time, and there is some friendship between them.

Perhaps among the two army commanders, Yuandu and Klippen, there are those who are willing to intercede for Renault.

When the thought stayed here, Gu Mo didn't hesitate any more, and immediately asked Yuandu and Klippen: "What do you two think about this matter?"

There is no doubt that as Gu Mo's voice fell, the entire control hall became very tense. After all, the next answer is likely to directly determine the life and death of a legion commander.

But what is more surprising is that when they were discussing Lei Nuo's life and death, Lei Nuo, who was the party involved, was quite quiet at this time.

Basically nothing.

So calmly prepared to meet their own ending.

I don't know if he really sees it, or if he has enough confidence in himself to know that he can survive.

However, Gu Mo put his hope on the two army commanders Yuandu and Klippen, which is really a miscalculation, because their answers are essentially the same as those of Rosa.

"Today's incident has been seen by many people in the capital, and it will definitely spread rapidly throughout the Andromeda galaxy. It is impossible to ban it from the source, so the empire must show its own attitude. Just give an explanation to all the people.”

"I agree with the opinion of the commander of the grams of army. If we want to set this precedent, it is very likely that the foundation of the empire will be shaken." Yuan Du took over what Klippen said, and immediately nodded in agreement.

Seeing that the other two legion commanders were standing in the united front with him, Rosa also felt extremely refreshed.

There is always a faint smile on his face.

Gu Mo heard these words in his ears, and his expression became more and more dignified.

Klippen has said very bluntly that this invasion of the Milky Way can be said to be a private action of Raynor and the First Legion.

Not assigned by the Empire.

If Reynolds wins out and takes the Galaxy, it doesn't really matter.

But now returning without success, and even annihilating the entire First Legion, an explanation must be given to the outside world.

After all, most of the family members of these legion members who died were ordinary people, and it was impossible to fool them.

More importantly, the vast majority of people in the capital witnessed Xu Lei's self-introduction and knew that it was the civilization of the Milky Way that sent Lei Nuo back.

In addition, they don't know the specific situation, so they will naturally guess and analyze by themselves.

At that time, there may be some outrageous information that will affect the stability of the internal order of the empire.

So the best way is to explain the matter clearly to the outside world, and put all the responsibility on Renault, and then openly judge him.

In this way, there is a very good excuse to even officially declare war on the galaxy.

Seeing that the three legion commanders put pressure on themselves together, they wanted to use Lei Nuo's life to solve the small troubles that the empire was currently encountering.

This made Gu Mo's thoughts unavoidably start to waver.

I don't know whether to use Paulo or not.

But when the situation was at a stalemate and Gu Mo didn't want to make a final decision, the atmosphere was broken by Rosa's exclamation.

"Look there, how is this possible?!"

Rosa has a reckless and short-tempered personality, but it's not that she doesn't know the right time and occasion.

At least he won't suddenly do something that doesn't suit his identity.

Otherwise, he would not be able to become the head of the legion.

Because it was almost the moment his voice sounded, several people including Gu Mo subconsciously turned their eyes to the main screen in front of them.

The screen in the control hall of the main ship of the empire always shows Xu Lei's No. [-] battleship Tianren. After all, it is always a hidden danger for the other party to stay here. It must be monitored until the other party leaves the main star of Yunlei until it withdraws from the Andromeda Galaxy.

But at this moment, several special rays can be clearly seen emanating from Tianren No. [-], and they precisely hit the same position.

Originally, the nearby Imperial Legion battleship thought that Xu Lei wanted to regret doing it after taking the materials, so without saying a word, he retreated a certain distance and turned on the energy shield.

I'm afraid that I will become unlucky and be destroyed by Xu Lei.

It's just that with further observation, they found that things were not as they thought.

Mainly these rays show effects beyond cognition.

Under normal circumstances, the attacks launched by large warships can achieve ultra-long-distance strikes. In an air environment without obstacles, the attacks will continue to advance until they hit the target.

But these special rays emitted by Tianren No. [-] only extended forward for less than a kilometer, and then they all stopped.

It looks like it is attacking a certain space.

What was even more beyond cognition was that as time went by, they soon saw layers of ripples at the spatial position hit by the ray.

If he hadn't been sure that he was in the air right now, facing such a scene, he might have thought it was the surface of the water.

After these ripples appeared for a while, a special gap suddenly appeared in the originally calm space, and under the continuous blessing of special rays, the diameter of this gap also continued to grow.

Finally, a wormhole channel with the same size as the flagship hull of Tianren No. [-] was formed.

After all, the Kray Empire is only a third-level civilization, and has not yet been exposed to powerful technical means such as space leap and space folding, so the battleships around such a scene chose to evacuate.

Even the main ship of the empire where Gu Mo is located is no exception.

Obviously, they are worried that the battleship will be affected by this unknown channel and cause losses to the legion.

Ordinary people and sailors may not know what happened, but Gu Mo, as a star master, has rich vision and knowledge.

Even far surpassing other legion commanders.

So he only took a glance to confirm that this is the space transition technology that can only be mastered by a fourth-level civilization.

"The civilization of the Milky Way can directly rely on the engines carried by warships to make space transitions. Could it be that they have already produced a fourth-level civilization?"

Thinking that there might be a fourth-level civilization in the Milky Way, Gu Mo's face suddenly became serious.

Because if this is the case, then trying to take down the Milky Way with their strength alone is tantamount to nonsense.

Especially recalling that Xu Lei's previous performance was always full of strong self-confidence, he couldn't help but be more sure of his guess.

As for the two legion leaders Yuandu and Klippen who also paid attention to this scene, although they don't know much about the information on the technical level of civilization, they also know what the fourth-level civilization represents.

At least it is definitely not something ordinary large warships like the Imperial Legion can deal with.

Considering this, they couldn't help but feel even more afraid.

Fortunately, they followed Renault's advice and paid compensation in the end, and did not mobilize the legion fleet to attack Xu Lei, otherwise it is really hard to say what the situation will be like.

In this way, after watching Xu Lei's Tianren No. [-] disappearing into the wormhole passage, Gu Mo was able to look back.

Then he asked Lei Nuo very seriously: "Lei Nuo, let me ask you, has a fourth-level civilization been born in the Milky Way?"

As soon as this remark came out, it immediately attracted the attention of Yuandu Luosa and Klippen.

Although they all support the execution of Raynor and use this method to eliminate subsequent hidden dangers for the empire, only Raynor knows the situation of the galaxy best.

There has been a shift in supply and demand, so it doesn't matter what you say.

At least now when Renault is needed, he must not die.

Speaking of which, when he heard that the three legion commanders were throwing stones at him, and no one wanted to save him, Renault basically gave up.

There is even a kind of preparation to die calmly in my heart.

But hearing Gu Mo's words right now, he felt as if he ate a piece of ice cream in the summer, and instantly revived with full blood and regained his fighting spirit.

Because he knew his chance had come.

At this time, he must reflect his own value as much as possible in front of Gu Mo.

Mainly from the attitudes of the few people just now, he can be sure that only Gu Mo can save his life.

Knowing this is crucial, Renault dared not hesitate, and hurriedly reported truthfully: "Master Star Master, according to my knowledge of the Milky Way, a human civilization called the Solar System has recently emerged in the Milky Way. They only In less than a hundred years, it has grown from a zero-level civilization that has not mastered nuclear fusion energy to the strongest third-level civilization in the galaxy."

"This time I led the First Legion to invade the Milky Way. It was very smooth. It was because of the support of the solar system that I was forced to lose."

"However, I can be sure that no fourth-level civilization was born in the Milky Way."

"But the strange thing is that human civilization doesn't know where to get such a giant warship. In addition to having powerful attack methods and defense capabilities, each leap can even reach a distance of millions of light years."

"This is also the reason why I suggested to Star Master that you agree to the other party's compensation request. It is difficult to keep it with our strength."

"Based on these, I judge that there may be a fourth-level civilization behind human civilization."

"In addition, I have more detailed information about the solar system, which must be helpful to the empire." After Renault said the previous words, he did not forget to throw out a bargaining chip to improve his own strength. value.

Avoid Yuandu Luosa and the others killing donkeys.

Gu Mo listened carefully to what Lei Nuo said word for word, and then finally heaved a sigh of relief.

As long as it is determined that there is no fourth-level civilization in the Milky Way, then the victory or defeat of this war cannot be determined for the time being.

Their Kree Empire still has hope to take over the galaxy.

However, the guess given by Renault is also quite possible. Since human civilization has a giant warship capable of space transition of a fourth-level civilization, it must have had contact with the fourth-level civilization.

If there is a fourth-level civilization meddling in the affairs of the Milky Way, then they must be cautious.

Need to rethink whether to take action on the galaxy.

After all, if this offends a fourth-level civilization, then the Andromeda Galaxy may be greeted with a devastating blow.

There is a huge gap between each level of civilization. If a fourth-level civilization wants to wipe out a third-level civilization in the universe, it is nothing more than crushing a bigger bug.

It doesn't take much.

Therefore, the most urgent task is to determine whether there is any trace of a fourth-level civilization behind the Milky Way.

With his thoughts running fast, Gu Mo couldn't help but muttered to himself: "In the Virgo galaxy cluster to which we belong, there is only a fourth-level civilization, the Zeta Federation, but they should have no reason to interfere in the relationship between our Andromeda galaxy and the Milky Way." matter."

Because the Kray Empire is relatively old, it has also been visited by other galaxy civilizations. Therefore, according to the records in the empire database, Gu Mo knows that there is only one fourth-level civilization among the more than 2000 galaxies in the Virgo galaxy cluster.

If there is really a fourth-level civilization behind the human civilization in the Milky Way, it can only be the Zeta Federation.

The key point is that the Zeta Federation is very far away from here, and it stands to reason that it should not interfere with the affairs of a certain galaxy, which makes him a little uncertain.

Seeing that things had come to a stalemate again, Klippen couldn't help asking: "Master Star Lord, shall we still launch an attack on the Milky Way?"

Mainly with the lessons learned from the First Legion, if they invade the Milky Way again, they will definitely have to mobilize more legion fleet forces.

In this way, the execution needs to be started in advance, after all, this process is also time-consuming.

In addition, since it is a head-to-head confrontation between two galaxies, it is certain that the Imperial Family cannot only rush to the front, and all civilizations in the Andromeda galaxy must join in.

Gu Mo also understood what Klippen meant when he heard the sound, but before he was sure about the real situation in the Milky Way, how could he dare to make a rash decision.

Let alone his status as a puppet right now, even if he really controls the entire Clay Empire, he must be cautious at this time.

After pondering for more than ten seconds, Gu Mo said in a deep voice: "Let's contact the Great Horn Civilization first. They may know the situation of the Zeta Federation and can help us determine whether there is a Zeta figure behind the Milky Way."

"After this matter is confirmed, it will not be too late to launch an attack on the Milky Way."

The Great Horn Civilization that Gu Mo talked about was the third-level civilization that had visited the Andromeda Galaxy before.

Although they are also at the level of the third-level civilization, their overall strength is much stronger than that of the Andromeda Galaxy, and they are still directly under the jurisdiction of the Zeta Federation.

It's also relatively easy to ask about these things.

As long as it is completely confirmed that the Zeta Federation has nothing to do with the Milky Way, then there is no need to worry about anything. After all, even if they don't know where to get a giant battleship, the number is limited after all, and they can't really affect the war between the two galaxies.

The key point is that the Zeta Federation, as the actual controller of the Virgo galaxy cluster, will certainly not allow strange fourth-level civilizations from other galaxy clusters to enter.

This is also the source of his confidence.

From the current point of view, if it is determined that the Zeta Federation has not intervened in the affairs of the Milky Way, then the most likely thing is that the human civilization in the Milky Way has better luck, and got a giant battleship that fell in the galaxy at an unknown time, and repaired it .

Crippen asked Gu Mo mainly for an accurate result, and after hearing the answer now, naturally there will be no objections.

After all, it was indeed a normal process for Gu Mo to choose to do so.

And contacting the Great Horn Civilization to ask them to help confirm the matter with the Zeta Federation, this must take a certain amount of time to complete, so there is only one thing left in front of everyone.

That's how to deal with Renault.

If it was just now, Gu Mo might not be able to keep Lei Nuo, but it is completely different now.

Since Renault has shown his worth and is related to the subsequent war between the Andromeda Galaxy and the Milky Way, he is absolutely not allowed to die.

So at this time, Gu Mo suddenly said to Yuandu Luosa and Klippen in a tough tone: "I plan to let Renault commit crimes and meritorious deeds, and temporarily save his life. What do you think?"

It seemed that they had already guessed that this situation would happen. Wen Sheng Yuandu and the others glanced at each other first, and then replied in unison: "We have no objection."

They would like to have an opinion, but the situation is there, and it is obviously beneficial to the empire and them to keep Renault now.

There is really no need to stick to the previous point of view.

Seeing that the three army commanders did not have any objections, Gu Mo was overjoyed and felt elated.

In normal times, it is absolutely impossible to have this kind of treatment.

After a moment of self-gratification, Gu Mo turned his head to look at Renault again, and at the same time pretended to be serious and said: "For the sake of your understanding of the situation in the Milky Way, I, as the star master, allow you to perform crimes and meritorious deeds for the time being, but the legion leader It is not suitable to continue to hold the position, so please cooperate with the First Legion to deal with this matter as soon as possible."

"Thank you, Lord Star Master."

"I will return to Kray Star immediately for the transfer of power, and hand over the position of the First Legion Commander to the Star Master."

After hearing that he had finally saved his life, Lei Nuo forced himself to hold back the excitement and excitement in his heart, and immediately knelt down to thank him.

What is worth mentioning is that Renault specifically stated that he handed over the position of the First Army Commander to Gu Mo, and the meaning behind this is completely different.

For Gu Mo, if he wanted to completely control the Kray Empire and get rid of his puppet status, the best way was to win over the legion commander, or hold the legion in his own hands.

At present, although the main force of the First Legion no longer exists, it has become the lowest existence among the five major legions of the empire.

But with the help of the resources of the Andromeda Galaxy, it won't take long to return to the peak period.

And with Renault's cooperation, he will be able to control the First Legion in his own hands, and when the time comes with the strength of the Security Bureau, he will be able to increase his voice and compete with the other four legion chiefs.

In this way, his situation will be much better at that time, and he will not be completely a puppet like now.

In addition, he didn't expect Lei Nuo to be so good, so he gave him a big gift directly, and he took the initiative to help Lei Nuo up in a happy mood: "Okay, I don't like to hear flattery, and then I will work hard to serve the empire." It's business."

After finishing speaking, Gu Mo seamlessly switched his gaze to Yuandu next to him, and then ordered: "Since Lei Nuo's death penalty has been exempted, the people still need to find another way to appease the people. This matter will be handled by the head of the Yuandu army." Let's do it."

At this time, no matter whether Yuan Du or Rosak Lipeng, Gu Mo had always been thinking about the First Legion from the beginning to the end.

But now that the raw rice has been cooked into cooked rice, it's not easy for them to object publicly.

After all, according to the system of the Clay Empire, the civilizations in the Andromeda galaxy obey the orders of the star masters, so they have gone too far in some things.

It can only be said that if they knew that the situation would become like this, they would not push Gu Mo to deal with this matter.

But for now, I can only put this matter aside for the time being, and look for opportunities later.

So as these thoughts flashed through his mind quickly, Yuan Du quickly made a decision, and then replied quite respectfully: "It's Lord Star Master, I will take care of it."

In this way, while the Kray Empire was waiting for the letter from the Great Horn Civilization to determine whether to launch an all-out war against the Milky Way, Xu Lei had successfully returned to the Milky Way with the help of the space transition function of Tianren [-].

However, he was not in a hurry to go to the solar system, but walked into the science and technology museum in Tianren No. [-], intending to see if he could exchange for the new fourth-level civilization technology exhibits with his existing influence.

(End of this chapter)