Interstellar: Start as a cleaner.

Chapter 1288 The Grand Duke of the Golden Oak's Trail

In fact, Yang Bo was right to be cautious, even though there were various problems within the pirate alliance.

However, the enormous profits have allowed this loosely organized group to exist for so many years.

It's not just about selling stolen goods; it's more about targeting business rivals or political opponents.

Therefore, the Pirate Alliance needs to investigate its internal problems.

The organizations behind the Pirate Alliance Council Elders have intelligence networks that span the entire interstellar world.

Recent events have caused the Pirate Alliance's reputation to decline.

The Pirate Alliance is just a loosely organized platform.

It is becoming increasingly difficult to control the pirate groups below.

In addition, intelligence provided by the pirate alliance led to the successive destruction and heavy losses of the pirate crew.

This caused widespread resentment among various pirate groups and alliances.

After each defeat, the pirate alliance would review how they failed.

That means someone planted an intelligence agent within the pirate alliance.

However, the pirate alliance doesn't know much about the people inside the various pirate groups.

Pirate groups also do not disclose information about their own members.

Therefore, it is currently uncertain from where the intelligence was leaked.

This operation, which involved several pirate crews, was a test by the pirate alliance.

If the Witch Pirates haven't encountered any problems, it proves that there are no Federation intelligence agents within these pirate groups.

Then the pirate alliance will repeat the same operation.

This means that other pirate groups will once again create some fake missions.

Of course, the Pirate Alliance Elders Council also has its own armed forces under its control.

Otherwise, how would the Pirate Alliance Elders trade with the pirate crews?

Aren't you afraid these pirate groups will double-cross you?
The reason why the pirate group is so law-abiding is that the Pirate Alliance Council not only controls the channels, but also has military power.

However, the armed forces of the Pirate Alliance Council usually remain hidden.

The warships of these armed forces of the Pirate Alliance Council can be disguised as transport ships.

In addition, there are six other pirate groups that form two combat sequences.

The missions assigned to these six pirate groups were not to support the Witch Pirates.

These six pirate crews were actually conducting a test!

Of course, the pirate alliance was unaware that although Yang Bo's intelligence network wasn't very powerful, it contained information on some key figures.

For example, some heads of the federal intelligence agencies.

The pirate alliance couldn't develop such a high level of intelligence personnel, so they could only obtain some intelligence information after the fact each time.

Of course, the biggest threat to the Pirate Alliance is actually Lee John!

Because the pirate crew failed every time they faced Lee John.

What's even more frustrating for the Pirate Alliance is that, despite the Pirate Alliance's fierce battle with the Federal State of Madhya Pradesh!
On the surface, the pirate alliance was being chased and attacked by the main fleet of the Madhya Pradesh, resulting in heavy losses for the pirate groups of the pirate alliance.

However, according to the Pirate Alliance's statistics, John Lee caused even greater losses to the Pirate Alliance.

However, to the dismay of the pirate alliance, John Lee's growth rate was too fast.

There was simply no opportunity to plant intelligence agents within John Lee's state of Calaya and his fleet.

The pirate alliance has now planted intelligence agents in Karaya.

Furthermore, some of them have already entered John Lee's warship to study.

Given enough time, these people will be able to join John Lee's fleet!
Of course, for the Pirate Alliance, the biggest threat right now is still the Federal State of Madhya Pradesh.

Because of Lee John's lack of resources, his threat assessment priority is much lower than that of Madhya Pradesh.

The major conglomerates in Madhya Pradesh have deep-rooted resources, possess several main fleets, and have the capability to build warships.

Moreover, the Pirate Alliance saw this as an opportunity; if they succeeded in dealing with Madhya Pradesh, their reputation would be greatly enhanced.

A main fleet from Madhya Pradesh quietly left its base.

The fleet began a silent voyage, and very few people knew about this plan.

In addition, two other squadrons were also sailing in complete silence, with all communication cut off between the warships and the outside world.

The Witch Pirates and several other pirate groups have arrived at the rendezvous point and are heading towards the pre-arranged route provided by intelligence.

Four pirate crews, four Class C warships, eight Class D warships, and sixteen Class E warships.

The Witch Pirates did not contact John Lee proactively.

Although the Witch Pirates and Lee John had a cooperative relationship, the two groups distrusted each other.

The Witch Pirates also wanted to use their own power to strengthen themselves.

These pirate crews also began silent navigation, and the four pirate crews had each other's spectator privileges.

This is how the four pirate crews kept an eye on each other to prevent anyone from leaking information to the outside world.

Of course, these four pirate crews had no idea that the intelligence provided by the pirate alliance was false.

The four pirate crews were still confidently discussing how to proceed.

Yang Bo controlled five C-class warships, continuously reducing their speed.

Because Yang Bo needs to pick up loot on the periphery, he doesn't need to go into the battlefield to fight.

Yang Bo's primary target was still the pirate crews on the Witch Pirates' side.

As for the Federation's main warship, Yang Bo does want it, but now is not the time.

Because the federal state of Madhya Pradesh still needs to draw fire.

We'll have to wait until John Lee's identity continues to develop.

At a certain point, the federal state of Madhya Pradesh could suffer heavy losses, and then the other states could divide up Madhya Pradesh.

Yang Bo never thought about unifying the federation!

Because the various planets within the Federation have no sense of belonging to the Federation.

When the Federation was on Earth, it was often internally divided, with one person wanting to go independent today and another wanting to go independent tomorrow.

This tradition then extended to interstellar society.

The various states of the Federation and the planets are now turning a blind eye to the plight of the Central State, and are even taking advantage of its misfortune to plunder it.

This is due to historical reasons.

Yang Bo believed he was not a good emperor, nor did he have the courage to change the perception of everyone in the Federation.

At that time, all I need to do is have enough influence and a voice within the federal government.

Of the three interstellar societies, the easiest to rule are the people under the Empire.

The lowest-ranking citizens in the Federation and the Alliance were completely rendered useless.

The lowest-class citizens of the Federation have been exploited by various federal corporations to the point of numbness and brutality!

In the cities of the various states of the federation, only the core areas of the city are relatively safe; in the slums and other places, countless crimes occur!
As for the Alliance, just look at the divisions within the Alliance society; there are countless groups at the bottom of the Alliance, and they are constantly fighting amongst themselves.

Of course, the empire was mainly a place where the powerful and wealthy, that is, the aristocratic class, fought amongst themselves.

In any case, establishing a unified government in interstellar society is extremely difficult. Besides, Yang Bo had no such intention.

Midway through, Yang Bo returned to Bart's laboratory and enjoyed Catherine's attentive service!
Catherine is now living freely in the laboratory.

After changing my identity, my online experience became completely different from before.

Just as the Federation's fleet was about to encounter several pirate groups, including the Witch Pirates.

Yang Bo received some unexpected news.

Mei Xiaoxiao!
This former intelligence officer of the Ashes organization was given intelligence seeds by Yang Bo, who also provided her with some high-quality potions to help her develop the intelligence organization!

Mei Xiaoxiao is currently developing her career in the capital region of the alliance.

Mei Xiaoxiao discovered a rather unexpected situation, and Yang Bo discovered something very important from this unexpected situation.

That is, the Grand Duke of Golden Oak had actually made arrangements within the Alliance long ago.

Because Yang Bo can read other people's memories.

Mei Xiaoxiao developed an intelligence agent who was the owner of a small company in the Alliance's capital region.

This small company mainly deals in luxury goods for the Empire.

It's a very niche genre.

Mei Xiaoxiao developed this intelligence agent mainly because his clients were the kind of people who were rich but not very wealthy, yet still cared about their image.

These people linger outside the circle of the wealthy, yearning to enter it.

These are also the people most likely to be developed into intelligence agents.

Because truly wealthy people have no interest in being someone else's spy.

They're the kind of people who want money but don't have it, yet somehow have a little. They'll work hard to make money and maintain their high-profile lifestyle.

Moreover, these people also have access to some core information.

Mei Xiaoxiao also uses high-quality energy potions as bait when fishing.

Previously, the other party responded quite positively, but recently they blocked me.

Mei Xiaoxiao then planned to visit the other party, although the other party met with Mei Xiaoxiao.

However, Mei Xiaoxiao felt that this customer was somewhat different from the previous ones.

Mei Xiaoxiao's intelligence-gathering talent is truly remarkable. She can detect potential problems with the other party through many unconscious little actions and words.

So I wrote this down and prepared to report it to Yang Bo.

Of course, Yang Bo wasn't using his real identity, but rather pretending to be the Red Earl.

Yang Bo discovered through Mei Xiaoxiao's memories that this guy was the Grand Duke of the Golden Oak.

This man, who looks like a chubby businessman, has a completely different air about him than the Grand Duke!
But Yang Bo happens to know that obesity is the best disguise.

The Grand Duke used to be very handsome and had a great gentlemanly demeanor, which was part of his character.

Now the businessman is not only fat, but his hair color has also changed.

In a technologically advanced society, gaining weight is very easy.

After gaining weight, my facial features changed; my eyes, nose, and ears all changed.

Moreover, her skin color has changed, and her clothing style has become somewhat tacky.

"Tsk tsk!!" Yang Bo had actually been guessing what kind of place the Grand Duke of the Golden Oak had gone into.

I didn't expect that they had already prepared their identities with the league.

For a grand duke, this is easy to do.

However, Yang Bo doesn't have time to deal with the Grand Duke of the Golden Oak for the time being.

Moreover, Earl Yang's title of Grand Duke of the Golden Oak is probably only temporary!

Because a man like the Grand Duke would never accept defeat!
For an ambitious person like him to suffer such a great failure, all the efforts of his previous life and even the efforts of his ancestors have been wasted.

This kind of person definitely wants to take back what belongs to them.

Yang Bo is now focused on the Federation and the Pirate Alliance.

The Federation has deployed its Seventh Fleet this time!

The Seventh Fleet has one capital warship, three Class A warships, nine Class B warships, and eighteen Class C warships.

Of course, the Seventh Fleet did not bring all its warships. This time, there was only one main warship, two Class A warships, six Class B warships, nine Class C warships, and a total of 120 warships of other types.

The entire fleet formed a massive battle formation.

The main reason is that Madhya Pradesh is terrified of pirates!

The Witch Pirates only had a total of forty-odd warships, the highest of which was a Class C warship.

Yang Bo waited from afar!

Yang Bo could be either Lee John's fleet in Kalaya or the Silver Moon Pirates!
I can change my identity at will!
Although Yang Bo will not touch the main warships of the Central State, he will not let go of the A-class, B-class, or B-class warships.

The Witch Pirates, along with a combined fleet of several other pirate crews, arrived at their designated location.

These pirate groups received intelligence from the Federation that a transport convoy was going to pass through here!
So these pirate groups lay in ambush here beforehand!
Of course, these pirate groups had no idea that their location had already been locked onto by the main fleet of Madhya Pradesh.

The commander of the Federation's Seventh Fleet had little combat experience.

So the Seventh Fleet commander followed the entire fleet's space jump.

Change course immediately!

Then, relying on powerful inertia, it sails silently!
After a day and a half at sea, the Seventh Fleet's passive radar still showed no activity.

The distance to the coordinate point is only 100 million kilometers.

The Seventh Fleet commander had little combat experience and dared not get too close.

Although we have our main warships, as well as A-class and B-class warships, who knows how many pirates there are?

Last time, the Third and Fifth Fleets encountered a combined fleet composed of more than a dozen pirate groups.

Therefore, the Seventh Fleet commander directly ordered all warships to attack the location where the intelligence was located!

These warships began to adjust their attitude, aiming their energy cannons at as many targets as possible and locking onto the area!

"attack!"

"No attack is permitted without my order!" The Seventh Fleet commander commanded the warships to use their immense inertia to advance towards the target while simultaneously directing the attack.

"All warships, activate your active radar!" There's no need for silent navigation anymore, so the Seventh Fleet commander issued another order!
Then the Seventh Fleet commander reported to the Federation military.

The federal military leaders were speechless. What kind of results could be achieved from such a distance?
When Yang Bo learned of this news, the combined fleet of the Witch Pirates had already been terrified and fled in panic by the dense energy cannons.

The Seventh Fleet has more than a hundred warships of various sizes. Each warship has as many as a thousand energy cannons and as few as a few dozen energy cannons!
The number of energy cannons is determined by the power of the warship's engines.

Therefore, a single salvo consists of more than 30,000 laser beams.

Moreover, the Seventh Fleet was lucky enough to destroy two Class D warships of the combined fleet composed of the Witch Pirates.

Immediately afterwards, the passive radar detected a massive energy fluctuation from the Seventh Fleet, so the Witch Pirates and the other three pirate crews hurriedly fled while trying to contact the Pirate Alliance!
This time, the pirate alliance quickly directed the four pirate crews to flee in one direction!
The pirate alliance was somewhat surprised, not expecting a main fleet to appear, but the pirate alliance had already prepared for this.

Yang Bo never expected that the seemingly ridiculous order given by the Seventh Fleet commander would actually achieve such an effect.

"This guy is pretty smart; he knows that the fleet's advantage lies in its massive firepower and superior defense."

"Use this method to completely crush the opponent!"

"Let's see if this guy splits his forces. If he does, I'll try to get some A-class or B-class warships to play with." Yang Bo was like a ghost hiding in the dark, ready to reveal his cunning at any moment.

(End of this chapter)