Chapter 744: Chapter 416, are you still going to collect the Imperial Tax?
Chapter 744: Chapter 416, are you still going to collect the Imperial Tax?
Was Gu Hang using the war to expand the alliance’s influence?
Objectively speaking, yes;
Subjectively, he did indeed have this idea.
However, he felt no guilt about it.
On this matter, he believed he was doing the ‘right thing’.
Given the dire situation in the Cosmos Domain, and even the Yunluo Sector itself being hard to defend, the Seven Horse Territory could not count on external reinforcements for at least a short term.
If the situation in the Star Domain deteriorated to a certain extent, the threat posed by the Iron-Tooth Clan would undoubtedly be greatly elevated by the Central Empire.
By then, it might not just be the forces from the Eastern Cosmos Domain that would arrive, but the Central Empire might directly organize an expeditionary force to quell the disaster in the Dragonhawk Star Domain.
However, that would require a long wait.
Based on Gu Hang’s understanding of the Empire’s response speed, he was very pessimistic about the Empire being able to quickly assemble sufficient forces to suppress the threat as soon as it erupted.
He believed that given the Empire’s vast size and endless military strength, the Iron-Tooth Clan appeared to be a catastrophic disaster within the Star Sector and Star Domain, but for the Central Empire, the matter was not too grave.
If the Central Empire so desired, they could quell the issue with a single slap.
But similar disasters were always occurring in the thousands of Star Domains within the Empire’s borders.
By the time the Central Empire realized and assembled forces, the entire Star Domain might already have been devastated.
Let alone the Central Government, Gu Hang was even uncertain about when the Eastern Cosmos Domain’s reinforcements might arrive.
By the time the support forces from the Cosmos Domain or the Central Government arrived, and if the Seven Horse Territory had already been ravaged, what significance would it have for Gu Hang?
He did not seek to resolve the Iron-Tooth Clan issue by himself—that would depend on the subsequent development of the war.
However, defending his homeland and the achievements of his years of struggle meant that he had to integrate the forces of several nearby Star Sectors.
Those with people contribute people, those with strength contribute strength; only in this way was it more likely to fend off the Green Skins.
If the alliance’s influence expanded in the process, that was just incidental.
As for what Gu Hang told the leaders and governors of other Star Sectors, that he had been authorized by the Star Domain Government and had the power to allocate resources from surrounding Star Sectors to fight this war, he wasn’t lying.
He just hadn’t told the whole truth.
This matter originated from a communication Gu Hang had with Yunluo Star.
Ever since the tide of Green Skin Orcs swept through the Star Domain, it had become very difficult to contact the Stellar Capital Yunluo Star from the eastern part of the Dragonhawk Star Domain.
Ordinary Star Speakers just feel that the ‘phone’ couldn’t get through, but Gu Hang’s perception was clearer.
When communicating using Star Language, he could distinctly sense that the subspace transmitting the information was churning unnaturally.
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Before his eyes was a frenzied green color, a very violent Spiritual Energy force stirring throughout the subspace.
Was this the so-called waaagh?
The term waaagh in Green Skin Orcs refers to many things, originally derived from their battle cry.
They could waaagh in joy, waaagh in anger, and waaagh in sorrow…
oh, Green Skins might not feel sorrow.
The Iron-Tooth Clan had launched a grand waaagh, and this waaagh energy spread throughout many Star Sectors along their campaign.
As a result, subspace became more tumultuous and unpredictable, with a massive amount of Subspace Energy transforming into the green tide, making Star Language communication extremely difficult.
With Gu Hang’s capability, he had even previously managed to contact Holy Terra directly using an average Star Language Tower.
Contacting Yunluo Star should have been easy.
But now, it was difficult.
The surging green tide energy in subspace had great malice towards other forms of energy.
Breaking through the barriers and making contact elsewhere was indeed very difficult.
For this reason, when Gu Hang finally got through with the Star Language communication and contacted Yunluo Star, the other side was also very surprised and immediately alerted many people.
Several bigwigs from the Star Domain Government immediately pulled Gu Hang’s communication into their own offices, and so began an unconventional meeting.
Star Domain Head Tan Jiuyi, Minister of Internal Affairs Lois, Minister of Justice Xu Dechen, and General Michelle Oliqi, Supreme Commander of the Dragonhawk Legion, were all present.
They were also eager to know the current situation in the Eastern Star Domain, which had been out of contact for two months.
In fact, before making contact with Gu Hang, they had even braced for the worst, assuming the Eastern Star Domain had completely collapsed.
Tan Jiuyi made it clear to Gu Hang,
“Your call is the only good news I’ve heard recently.”
Then, they exchanged information.
The situation in the Eastern Star Domain was as such, with the focus on the battle at Steel Wing Star, where the fight was still ongoing, and Gu Hang would soon lead a team to fight in the Eagle Horse Star Sector.
Meanwhile, the situation in the Central and Western Star Domain was even worse than in the East.
Dozens of Star Sectors were engulfed in war.
Most of the Star Sectors had been rapidly invaded by the Iron-Tooth Clan.
The Green Skin Orcs, like sowing seeds, scattered one Green Skin force after another onto various planets, engaging in combat with the local human armies and attempting to establish their own Green Skin ecosystems.
But these could only be considered ‘minor problems’.
The bigger issue was the Green Skin main force led by Great Chieftain Titus of the Iron Teeth.