Poverty makes me capable of anything.

The Flying Starship started up and quickly left the atmosphere of Rcloud-1911.

In the boundless universe, just as Anran and Ella were enjoying a rare moment of time together, the external situation changed drastically.

The Royal Council did indeed release the results of its meeting.

That long list included most of the top leaders of the Nova Alliance and Night Owls, naturally including Enron. In addition, leaders of those regions that were making a big fuss about independence were also on the list.

The empire branded all these people as traitors.

From the Empire's perspective, no one on this list is innocent.

"Whoever can eliminate the person in charge here, regardless of whether he or she holds a position in the Empire, will receive a generous reward!"

At the press conference, the press officer displayed an extremely firm stance—

Our empire is invincible!

All the scum who get in our way must die!

No one can escape the pursuit of fate; the empire is the master of this era!

Hahahaha...

The reporters were impressed by the press officer's confidence; as they listened to him ramble on, they frantically wrote their news reports.

"The press officer's confidence stems from the Empire's formidable strength, a strength that every citizen of the Empire has felt for over a thousand years..."

boom!

A sudden, loud noise in the hall interrupted the reporter's train of thought. He looked up and found that the press officer, who had been so arrogant just moments before, was now a corpse.

Under the close-range sniping of a large-caliber weapon, the press officer lying on the ground had no chance of coming back to life.

"Ahhh-"

The venue immediately descended into chaos, with reporters scattering in panic.

The man who fired the cannon threw down his weapon and jumped onto the podium. He kicked the press officer's corpse out of the hall, coughed lightly, and said, "The empire is already a candle in the wind, and it may be extinguished at any time. It's better to hold fewer of these self-deceiving press conferences."

"You bastard!"

"Catch him now!"

"Leave him alive. I want him to know just how powerful the Empire truly is!"

A group of imposing and powerful men rushed into the venue in an instant.

The murderer behind the podium smiled slightly at the burly men: "I've prepared a big gift for you. If you disregard the agreement and send out Grandmasters, don't blame me for upgrading the gift."

Before the burly men could even reach him, the murderer's body suddenly began to fester and turned into a puddle of mud within seconds.

"Ow—"

A black light, like shredded cloth, covered the mud on the ground, and the burly men who rushed in became alert.

The next second, more than a dozen hideous black monsters with wings on their backs emerged from the mud.

"It's a demon!"

The face of the burly, knowledgeable man suddenly changed.

They're both called demons, but the Void Demons are only called demons because they're ugly. But these dozens of monsters in front of us are the real demon offspring.

These star sector-level forces encountered many difficulties during their pioneering efforts, but the Zerg Queen and the Demon Lair were undoubtedly the most memorable calamities for them. The swarms bred by the high-ranking Queens could traverse the stars, devour warships, and easily sweep through an entire star sector.

Although there were fewer demons, their individual combat strength was much greater, causing the Empire's expeditionary force a great deal of trouble.

Before the war broke out, the Fifth Expeditionary Force had been clearing out wandering demons from the empire's borders, acting as a protective mountain for the empire. However, with the outbreak of war, in order to seize advantages, the Fifth Expeditionary Force abandoned its defenses and went to support the Second Prince.

The mountain blocking the demon's path suddenly collapsed.

"hateful!"

"Don't let the demons spread!"

At this point, they no longer cared about the helpless reporters in the venue. If they lost control of the situation and the demon escaped by possessing these reporters, Ai Xing would be in danger.

It radiates light and its energy is rampant.

The bustling press conference hall was instantly reduced to ruins in the explosion. Many people were struck by falling boulders as they fled, and the once-promising press conference suddenly turned into a death knell. The heated debate vanished, replaced by a bloodbath.

Although the demon was destroyed, the impact it caused was extremely negative.

Outsiders were utterly disappointed with the royal family and deeply resented the nobles who had abandoned their defenses.

The royal family was thrown into chaos.

That person was indeed a human, not a demon in disguise.

This means that someone has already colluded with the demons, and his warning is clear: if the Royal Council disregards its reputation and sends in a Grandmaster, he will unleash the demons to bite them.

The powerful demons are in no way inferior to the Grandmasters; otherwise, they could not have stood against the Empire for so long.

"How exactly did he manage to control these demons?"

"This might be the devil's strategy!"

"In any case, let the Royal Knights investigate this matter first. Project Bee Sting will continue, but it's best for us old guys not to get involved until we have a clear picture of the situation."

The Stinger program is about targeted elimination of people on that list.

"Leave this to us."

The Royal Knights said with an air of righteous indignation.

The representatives of the Royal Council smiled with satisfaction; the Royal Knights were indeed very efficient.

As long as the Knights stand, the royal family will never fall!

No matter what those outsiders do, in the end they'll still have to sit down at the negotiating table. Does Vesa want to kick the nobles aside and play the constitutional monarchy card?

"Do you think nobles are all vegetarians? Even the Boyle family wouldn't support your ideas."

The members of the Royal Council felt very secure.

An Ran also felt very secure.

With this incident, those old guys in the Royal Council will definitely have to quiet down for a while. They need to take this opportunity to make a killing in the battle of the Selene military district.

"I am grateful for the five million pesetas."

"You're really ruthless."

An Ran, looking like she had a toothache, transferred five million Biru to the unscrupulous businessman in front of her.

When two shady businessmen meet, there's absolutely no sense of camaraderie; An Ran even wanted to beat him up.

Although the atmosphere wasn't very harmonious, the transaction was still completed smoothly.

"There are so many routes to the Mushroom Cloud Galaxy. No wonder it's close to the Central Region."

With a sigh, he recorded the star map into the game map and returned to Newland Star with Ella.

After slacking off for so long, it's time to heed Palmer's suggestion and go support the Underground Mercenary Group.

Chapter 55 Me and My Silly Team Members

"It seems you've made your decision."

Looking at the trembling Guedes, Anran was at a loss for what to do.

His reasons were quite valid. He only wanted to build up his hometown properly. The territory of the Hyperdimensional Realm was too far away from the Great Ship Industrial Zone. If he joined the Hyperdimensional Realm, he wouldn't be able to wholeheartedly serve his hometown.

Moreover, Guedes is not afraid of threats.

As soon as An Ran spoke, he straightened his neck.

"Kill them, kill them however you want, as long as you don't harm the Great Ship Industrial Zone. I believe you, Lord Overlord, wouldn't do such a thing!"

"..."

Fine.

An Ran silently shook her head: "In that case, you can leave."

Engineers are not essential to the current hyperspace system; their role is mainly to integrate existing defensive weapons, without providing any significant improvement.

Guedes was really unwilling, and Anran had no interest in forcing him.

After all, Guedes had helped her out, so An Ran couldn't bring herself to just chop him up.

Perhaps not expecting An Ran to be so easy to talk to, Gerd, who was prepared to be threatened, was stunned on the spot.

He turned to leave the reception room, but as soon as his left foot crossed the threshold, Guedes stopped.

Even though An Ran was being so polite, he ultimately couldn't bring himself to leave so decisively.

After hesitating for a long time, Guedes took off the bracelet on his right hand, then turned to An Ran and said, "This contains detailed plans for the transformation of Newland. Consider it my gift of gratitude."

Newland Star Transformation Project?

"emmm..."

Although it sounded like a useless thing, An Ran took it anyway. She smiled and said, "If you think it through, the gate to the transdimensional world will open for you at any time."

"Thank you for your kindness."

Guedes bowed and left the reception room.

With some free time, An Ran tapped her Geddes bracelet a few times. As lines of text appeared on the virtual screen in front of her, An Ran suddenly received a game notification.

"You have discovered the [Newland Planet Transformation Project Engineering Blueprints (Red)]. Do you wish to add it to your database?"

"Red map?"

When Anran saw the small print in parentheses, her heart skipped a beat.

She never expected that the blueprints for a planet terraforming project would be on red paper.

Even the most worthless red paper is still red paper. If you don't need it yourself, you can exchange it with other mechanics or engineers.

"Included!"

Is there any need to think about it?