Chapter 1813: Chapter 1228: New Universe
Another week passed before Duanmu Huai ended his surrogate and returned to the Tribunal.
He returned to the Tribunal not because the issues in the Magic Girl world had been fully resolved, but due to news from Aikute.
Before heading to the Magic Girl world, Duanmu Huai had tasked Aikute with dispatching a reconnaissance fleet to other Star Territories to expedite the Catastrophe progress. Now, Aikute informed Duanmu Huai that news from that Star Territory had arrived.
Thus, Duanmu Huai took Ann He Mu and Homura Akemi back to the Tribunal. After all, the news from that Star Territory was very significant to Duanmu Huai.
Of course, along the way, Duanmu Huai lifted the surrogate and explained the situation to Mugeng and Homura Akemi. Regarding this, both people—well, there wasn’t anything particularly problematic.
After all, the shocking moment had already occurred when Duanmu Huai transformed into a Magic Girl; now, his current appearance was actually more acceptable than wearing pink and white lace Magical Girl Clothes.
“Uncle, you’re finally back.”
Seeing Duanmu Huai return, Aikute also breathed a sigh of relief—or rather, she only breathed a sigh of relief after seeing Duanmu Huai had changed back into his usual outfit.
After all, everyone knew Duanmu Huai had some wicked tastes; if he had appeared in pink lace, Aikute wouldn’t know what to say.
Luckily, luckily.
“Tell me the situation.”
Duanmu Huai knew that since he was called back, there must be a situation. Sure enough, Aikute nodded and then opened the combat command console in front of her.
“Yes, Uncle. According to your previous request, I dispatched a reconnaissance fleet to that Star Territory, and as expected, we found traces of numerous civilizations there. Miss Lumiere then infiltrated that Star Territory’s network, giving us insight into the situation.”
As she spoke, Aikute displayed the intelligence.
“According to our investigation, the Star Territory has been unified into a force known as the ‘Galactic Republic’, composed of hundreds of alien civilizations.”
“Does it include humans?”
“Yes, currently the Galactic Chancellor is a human.”
“Oh……..”
Duanmu Huai stared at the intelligence before him and nodded.
“Continue.”
“Yes, based on our investigations within the Galactic Republic’s network, this Republic has been established for tens of thousands of years. The organization responsible for holding power is called the Galactic Senate, and those maintaining the Republic are a group known as the Jedi Knights, who use Spiritual Energy. Their inter-galactic transportation is faster-than-light…overall civilization level is relatively ordinary, and there is no sign of Subspace pollution erosion at present.”
At this point, Aikute couldn’t help but frown. If it’s just this, frankly speaking, the existence of the Galactic Republic even somewhat subverts the Tribunal’s purpose. Based on current intelligence, during most of this Republic’s existence, even with friction, civilizations could still coexist peacefully.
But unfortunately, if it were just that, Aikute and the others wouldn’t have called Duanmu Huai back.
“And?”
“Currently, we have discovered an opportunity to intervene internally within the Galactic Republic.”
While speaking, Aikute opened a window, within which a planet was surrounded by hundreds of warships shaped like donuts.
“Currently, an organization known as the Trade Federation is blockading the planet Naboo, attempting to protest against the Galactic Senate…”
“I don’t care about such trivial politics.”
Duanmu Huai waved his hand dismissively.
“You didn’t call me just for these unimportant political disputes, right? Let me ask, are the inhabitants of Naboo human?”
“Yes, by Tribunal standards, those ruling Naboo are pure human race. The Trade Federation consists of Neimoidians and the Droid Army.”
“Alien creatures and the Evil Intelligence, humph, I knew it would be like this, people not of our race are sure to have alien hearts, no matter how many years pass, this won’t change.”
Duanmu Huai coldly snorted, now understanding what Aikute meant by the opportunity to intervene.
“Prepare for action; deploy the Tribunal’s First Fleet and Second Fleet to this planet; I will personally lead them to annihilate all alien creatures!”
The reason Duanmu Huai had Aikute send people to locate this galaxy was because he remembered this galaxy had a lot of alien species; it seems this was indeed the case, which made things easier. All alien civilizations must be destroyed, which is not only the Tribunal’s purpose but also a source of the Catastrophe progress!
So many alien creatures, if I don’t exterminate you all, how will I justify my Calamity Ascension?
The Universe Starry Sea.
In this boundless Universe, a spaceship was advancing, a ship from the Galactic Senate, carrying people of extraordinary status.
Two Jedi Knights from the Galactic Senate.
“I have a bad feeling, Master.”
The young apprentice stared at the Star Ocean before him, his brows furrowed, while the slightly older old Samurai beside him showed a smile upon hearing him speak.
“I don’t have that feeling, Obi-Wan.”
“I’m not talking about this mission, Master.”
Obi-Wan shook his head.
“Of course, this mission is indeed strange. I can’t figure out what gives the Trade Federation the confidence to dare to blockade Naboo.”
In the Galactic Republic, the Trade Federation is a commercial organization; of course, they are not purely a business organization. Usually, these merchants are always cautious and careful, perhaps really exploiting loopholes and doing tricks under the table, but openly blockading a planet like this doesn’t seem like something the Trade Federation, a timid and cautious group, would do.”
“Perhaps they are just posturing, trying to use this to negotiate terms with the Senate.”
Obi-Wan’s master, Qui-Gon Jinn, shook his head.
“The Trade Federation is very timid, and I don’t think there will be any issues with this negotiation. So what have you actually sensed?”
“I also don’t know.”
Confronted by his master’s inquiry, Obi-Wan furrowed his brow.
“Just a vague premonition.”
“Then I think you might be overly anxious, Obi-Wan.”
Qui-Gon Jinn was quite familiar with his apprentice. He was skilled, but still too young and inexperienced.
“You should focus your attention here, be mindful of the situation here.”
“But Master Yoda told me to be mindful of the future.”
“However, you cannot ignore the current situation. You must appreciate the Force of life, young Jedi apprentice.”
While speaking, Qui-Gon Jinn looked forward. In that deep universe, a planet and the fleet surrounding it were already clearly visible.
“Captain, inform the Emperor we’re ready to board.”
“Yes, Master.”
However, just at the moment Qui-Gon Jinn gave the order, an unexpected change occurred.
On the far end of the universe, numerous points of light, shining like meteor streaks, flashed by. In the next moment, hundreds of gigantic warships suddenly appeared out of nowhere and sharply cut into the Trade Federation’s fleet!
“Get out of the way!!”
Seeing this, Qui-Gon Jinn’s expression changed dramatically, shouting urgently. Hearing Qui-Gon Jinn’s command, the captain quickly maneuvered the ship to hastily dodge aside, narrowly avoiding a gigantic warship.
“What, what exactly is this?”
Obi-Wan gazed at the warships before him with shock, unable to conceal his astonishment and unease. You should know, the warships of the Galactic Republic are mostly around 1,000 meters, while these Trade Federation ‘donuts’ are nearly 4,000 meters — that’s because the Trade Federation’s warships are basically converted from cargo ships and naturally bulky.
However, among these suddenly emerging warships, the smallest were comparable to the standard Galactic Republic warships, the largest were even several times the size of the donuts, extending tens of kilometers long!
“Where exactly did these warships come from? Could they be pirates?”
Looking at these gigantic objects before him, Obi-Wan even felt as if he had developed a certain fear of huge objects. Under the stellar light, the enormous and striking skull emblems on these warships could be seen clearly, along with their distinctive architecture.
“No, they’re definitely not pirates!”
Qui-Gon Jinn shook his head, quickly dismissing his apprentice’s folly. In any case, even if some pirate could have found several mysterious ancient warships in some obscure corner of the Galaxy, it could only be a couple of them, certainly not this many! Therefore, Qui-Gon Jinn was sure that this was a fleet from some faction!
But the biggest issue for Qui-Gon Jinn was, what are these warships here for? Which faction do they belong to? After all, Qui-Gon Jinn had never heard of any faction in the Galactic Republic having such a powerful and frightening fleet! Even the Trade Federation, they built their fleet through bribing the bureaucrats of the Galactic Senate in private and exploiting loopholes while under the noses of the Senate and the Jedi Knights.
Yet, this fleet before them is far more terrifying than the Trade Federation’s fleet, just seeing their dark cannons reveals that these warships are nothing good! They’re born for destruction, pure war machines!
Soon, his question was answered.
“Sizzle… sizzle… ”
The public communication frequency started to be disrupted, followed by a low, cruel, and cold voice emerging from it.
“Listen up, lowly Alien Rascals, it’s unwise to threaten Humans! In the name of the Tribunal, I’m here to declare, any alien species posing a threat to humanity will be completely annihilated——Open fire, all ships!”
As the voice just fell, Qui-Gon Jinn felt a blinding flash before his eyes!
The next moment, the originally dim universe before him was instantly ignited by endless cannon fire!