After listening to Stukov's report, Xue Hua felt puzzled. He originally thought that the discovery of the insect swarm at the location of "Planet No. 1" was just an accident.
However, judging from the information currently available to the swarm fleet, the protoss colony ship that was supposed to be near Planet No. 1 was obviously also attacked, but the swarm did not find the colony ship in that area.
I just don't know whether they escaped successfully or were taken away by the attackers along with the entire ship.
Moreover, the terrifying super-giant life form inside Planet No. 1 should not be native to that planet. It should have been left there intentionally by the attackers.
After learning this information, Xue Hua's first reaction was to inform the protoss phase technician Keles of the situation, and then see if he could get any clues from him to see if the protoss was coming.
What did I do unintentionally when I arrived in this universe?
But he quickly remembered that Keles had locked himself in the mechanical research institute of the colony ship and had not come out.
This guy doesn't know why he locked himself in there. It's been almost half a month and there's still no movement at all.
So Xue Hua finally had no choice but to let Stukov lead the swarm fleet back to the asteroid belt base, and from there send back all the encrypted recording crystals it discovered at the second protoss beacon point.
As for the protoss colonial fleet being hunted down, there is nothing he can do now, not to mention that the alliance between him and the protoss has not yet been officially reached, even if the two are now allies, with the insect swarm
The current weak strength of the fleet cannot provide them with much help.
Therefore, those star spirits can only seek blessings for themselves now.
After reporting the situation, Stukov asked him about the fleet's next action plan.
And because Abathur is currently obsessed with studying the genetic sequence of the Sandworm Queen, the work of unlocking the protoss beacon has also stalled.
Xue Hua had no choice but to follow Isa's suggestion and let Stukov lead the fleet to explore the star area where Sanctuary World is located, looking for valuable planets to put down hatcheries, and strive to allow the insect swarm to rapidly expand in this universe.
Stukov once placed a hatchery on "Planet 2" and left behind the insect mother. Although that planet was too far away from the sanctuary world to be connected to the main hive mind, and the resources on the planet were
It's not much, but judging from the changes in the resource pool and the feedback from the Dominate Will skill, the insect mother left on Planet 2 has done pretty well so far.
After receiving the order, Stukov disconnected and went to make arrangements, while Xue Hua started to worry about another thing at this time.
That's where he should go to raise so many flawless gems to open the circular arch connecting the forgotten city.
He had previously entrusted Warev to dispose of the trophies he brought back from the oasis. He and the two little girls had selected the best from the pile of trophies, so they were all of high value.
But even so, there is still a big gap in the funds in his hands, at least ten flawless gems.
With such a large amount of money, even if he sold all the "junk" that was slowly transported back from the king insect, it would not be of any use at all, and he didn't want to ask Warev to borrow money, so in the end he could only
He set his sights on several of Lu Gaoyin's guardians.
However, although Xue Hua believed that if he went to Farah and Zhuo Genan to borrow money for this matter, as long as the amount borrowed was not too outrageous, they would donate generously without hesitation, and they would even sell one or two collections to raise funds.
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But again, he didn't trust the three guardians of Lu Gaoyin as much as he trusted the three guardians of Rogge's camp, so if he asked them to borrow money, it would be equivalent to completely tying himself up with them.
Together.
No matter what he thinks, in the eyes of outsiders, he has accepted funding from the Guardians, so he is on the same side as them.
And due to the connection between Farah and Zhuo Genan and the Lu Gaoyin Master Association, Xue Hua has joined the Lu Gaoyin Master Association's force camp and has officially been involved in Lu Gaoyin's muddy waters.
Before this, although he seemed to be helping the guardians and the king, he did not get involved in other issues between the Mages Association and other major forces.
Everything he had done before was just to find Tarasha's ancient tomb.
And it was precisely because he knew this that Jehein wanted to try to recruit him to join his camp.
It's just that his appearance is too ugly and Xue Hua doesn't want to be with him.
"Forget it! Just ask them to prepare flawless gems for me directly, saying that they are necessary for the mission of finding the serpentine pattern."
Xue Hua thought for a long time but could not figure out where to raise such a large amount of funds. In the end, he could only come up with this solution that was not a solution.
...
While Xue Hua was racking his brains to think of ways to raise money, in a secret room in Lu Gaoyin's palace, King Jiehain was standing in the middle of the room with his hands behind his back, listening to the report of the spy leader behind him with a gloomy face.
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"Your Majesty, the necromancer seemed to have been to the business district in the afternoon and caused a commotion among the rebellious group. However, his final destination seemed to be Liji Trading Company. However, our people only saw him going in but never saw him.
He comes out.
Also traveling with him was the businessman Warev... He finally came out of the business, but he went straight back to his home..."
"Liji Trading Company?" Jie Hain narrowed his eyes.
As the king of Lu Gaoyin, his intelligence system is no worse than any other force, so he has always been suspicious of this so-called "adventure supplies store".
However, the security on the door in the dark alley area was too strict. The royal family's secret spies failed to find any problems in the business house several times during infiltration investigations, so he could only suppress the suspicion in his heart for the time being.
However, this time, Xue Hua's behavior of secretly entering the business and the subsequent abnormal behavior of the People's Protection Front further increased his suspicion of the business.
A politician's intuition told him that there might be some ulterior secrets hidden in this company.
Therefore, he immediately interrupted the report of the secret spy leader and ordered: "Immediately conduct a thorough investigation of Liji Trading Company. This time, take my order and ask the city guards to assist and cooperate, using the reason of purging the commercial street.
"
"Um...Your Majesty the King, it seems that one of the partners of Liji Trading Company is Mr. Sisi...this..."
However, the secret spy did not directly accept the order and leave. Instead, he said in a hesitant voice.
"Hmph! Is this Lu Gaoyin from my Hein family or Lu Gaoyin from his Ezekiel family?"
Hearing this, Jie Hain couldn't help but snorted angrily and said in a gloomy tone.
"Uh...I understand, Your Majesty, I'll do it right away!" After the spy leader thought about this for a moment, he immediately trembled with fright, responded quickly, and ran away.
However, just when he was about to run out of the secret room door, Jie Hain's voice full of tiredness and unwillingness sounded in his ears again.
"Stop, don't go, just think I didn't say anything just now..."
"Yes...Your Majesty..." The secret spy leader breathed a sigh of relief before replying as if he had been granted amnesty.
He didn't want to do such an offending job at all, and the one he especially offended was the most powerful official in the Lu Gaoyin Kingdom.
"Okay, you go down, I'm tired..."
"yes......"
The spy leader quickly exited the secret room, and the room instantly became quiet.
After a long time, a cold and hoarse voice came from outside the wall of the secret room.
"So, the plan to open the seal will be postponed again?"
