Yang Ming asked, "Among the top ten powers in the Milky Way, could any of them be secretly pursuing this kind of technological upgrade?"

"Our intelligence system is too complacent, it lost oversight of the outside world long ago. Perhaps we've lost ourselves in the tens of thousands of years of history."

Director Eno waved his hand:

"Let's not discuss this now, thank you, Hanton. If you notice any physical anomalies, let me know immediately."

Yang Ming saluted once more, and the projection quickly closed.

Daphne stepped forward slowly and asked softly, "Is it true?"

"Yes," Yang Ming said solemnly, leaning back in his chair with his eyes closed and sighing softly, "Let me rest, Daphne. Don't worry, it should be safe here. I just clearly saw the destruction of the Emperor Star."

"The Empire will lose to its Challenger..."

Daphne murmured quietly, nodded slightly at Yang Ming, and turned slowly to leave.

When only Yang Ming was left in the room, he opened his eyes and a faint smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

His watch vibrated gently and a message from Lyu popped up.

[Boss, your acting has improved.]

[Keep a close eye on the Emperor Star Circle and see if you can gain insight into the Empire's depths.]

[Understood, it's as you say, boss, we're stirring the pot.]

[It's casting a stone to sound out the way! Casting a stone to sound out the way!]

Yang Ming chuckled, then let out a few satisfied groans.

The feeling of getting stronger is really nice.

The Military Intelligence Bureau's system communicator next to him rang, and Yang Ming carefully connected to the call. His newly appointed capable officer, Team Leader Maki, began the recent investigation report.

There are indeed many hidden mines within the Imperial Nobles.

And the firsthand information mastered by Yang Ming could all turn into daggers, stabbing into the Empire's already fractured body in the future.

...

The experiment that lasted more than two months came to an end, and the research team withdrew from the Military Intelligence Bureau base. Yang Ming's life as a deputy director returned to its previous calm.

Unfortunately, this calm didn't last for a few days.

First, there were several major news events in the Milky Way.

The Empire applied formidable diplomatic and military pressure on the New Federation. The Imperial Expeditionary Ship fleet started large-scale gatherings again, seemingly dissatisfied with the planets currently occupied, wanting to completely defeat the New Federation.

But the Empire gave a condition to prevent the further expansion of the war—the New Federation must open its national patent library for the Empire to review and examine, accept the Empire's dispatched investigation team, and thoroughly investigate the liquid metal robot assassination case.

The New Federation issued a stern protest, and the two sides began fierce clashes on the diplomatic front.

The New Federation's citizens' panic had reached a critical point, with war panic sweeping across the entire territory once more.

The Free Federation and the Guel Alliance harshly condemned the Empire and quickly convened a press conference, stating they would stand with the New Federation, fighting until only one planet remained.

When Yang Ming saw this news, he couldn't help but feel a strange sense of familiarity.

Soon after, the fleet assemblies resumed on both sides, but the fleets of the three major powers showed no real intent to fight, it seemed they were just putting on a show for their citizens. The New Federation focused its defense on Minter City and major economic stars, while the Free Federation and the Guel Alliance, not wanting to sacrifice their ships and soldiers in the distant New Federation, also held back.

Anyone with clear eyes could see that this fight wasn't going to happen, it was merely political posturing.

As Little Lyu predicted, the Empire quickly offered diplomatic concessions and proactively withdrew stationed fleets from two Administrative Stars.

The Empire offered an olive branch, and the New Federation quickly accepted.

They stated that opening the national patent library was tantamount to selling out their core national interests, which was absolutely unacceptable, but they would allow the Imperial Investigation Team to enter their territory to conduct an investigation into the Foreign Affairs Bureau assassination case.

Then the New Federation announced domestically that this was a great victory against the Evil Empire.

Even Yang Ming, just a spectator, felt numb from watching.

Just when Yang Ming thought his panic tactic had initially succeeded, allowing him not to worry about the matter anymore, an order was delivered straight from the Emperor Star to his head.

Imperial hero, the White Ghost Hanton, with the position of the first deputy director of the Military Intelligence Bureau, was appointed as the leader of the 'Assassination Case' Special Investigation Team, tasked with going to the New Federation territory to conduct an on-site investigation, determining whether the New Federation had the technical foundation to develop those assassination robots.

Yang Ming: ...

Shit.

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