Chapter 1615: Unforeseen disaster
The fourth prince sat back down in his chair, his expression very complicated.
Marshal Xiaolong's last words were undoubtedly a reminder to them.
Prepare for the worst.
If the investigation reveals that the mastermind is indeed a member of the royal family of the Maihas Interstellar Empire, then they will inevitably have to give the Xiaolong Interstellar Empire an explanation.
Moreover, judging from the attitude of the Xiaolong Interstellar Empire, handing over the person involved is undoubtedly a must.
However, asking an empire to hand over its royal family members, especially if they are direct descendants of the royal family, would undoubtedly have a huge impact.
In most cases, even if members of the royal family make a mistake, it is handled internally. If it is handed over to outsiders, it would be a slap in their own face.
Now all they can pray for is that the mastermind behind this is either a member of the royal family of the Mahas Star Empire or someone from the Wyvern Star Empire, and that the truth won't be revealed.
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Marshal Medusa returned to the bridge of her starship.
"We must investigate this matter thoroughly within a month, no matter what," Marshal Medusa said in a deep voice, her expression extremely serious.
In her view, this was tantamount to a war.
This war directly impacted the prestige of the Dragon Star Empire.
Because so many people are paying attention to this.
At this point, the group was taken to Marshal Medusa's bridge.
"Report: Guo Suxin, former lieutenant colonel of the Xiaolong Star Legion fleet, has met Marshal Medusa."
"Before you arrived, I was temporarily tasked with investigating the attack by the Mahas Star Empire." Guo Suxin stood before Marshal Medusa.
"I know.
"Thank you for your hard work." Marshal Medusa looked at the group of people in front of her with appreciation.
"This is what we should do."
Our people have been monitoring the attacked starship, and we've collected the victims' bodies, which are currently stored in a cabin.
Representatives from the Maihas Interstellar Empire stated that they could only take full control of these matters before the official representative of the Xiaoling Interstellar Empire arrived.
But during this time, our people are making sure these things are intact.
In addition, we also collected some intelligence information.
"This is the latest document. It contains intelligence information, as well as some findings and speculations from our investigations over this period." Guo Suxin opened some documents and presented them to Marshal Medusa.
Marshal Medusa did not dismiss the intelligence information simply because the person in front of her was not a professional.
Instead, they began to examine it very carefully.
She quickly discovered one of the key points.
"So it was your investigation that revealed the fact that the space pirates who invaded the interstellar cruise ship used special individual heavy artillery weapons?" Marshal Medusa looked at the person in front of her in surprise.
This item has been marked as an important clue.
"Yes, this is all thanks to Ye Wenwen behind me. She is also a retired officer of our Xiaolong Interstellar Legion."
He was previously a major in the Space Marine Corps.
Therefore, she is quite knowledgeable about this type of individual weapon. Guo Suxin directly introduced Ye Wenwen, who was standing next to her.
Ye Wenwen stepped forward and saluted Marshal Medusa: "It is my honor to be able to contribute my strength to this event."
Marshal Medusa nodded approvingly and said, "This clue is very important."
After the report was submitted, His Majesty the Emperor immediately ordered an investigation into this batch of individual heavy artillery weapons through all available channels.
Not only has the diplomatic department been mobilized, but all interstellar trade organizations and merchants that cooperate with our Xiaolong Interstellar Empire are investigating this batch of weapons.
At the request of the White Orchid Interstellar Trade Group, the Flower Fairy Federation tribes suspended all their work to investigate the matter.
It should be easy to find out soon which of these individual heavy artillery pieces flowed into the Maihas Interstellar Empire, who they ended up in, and then into the hands of the Three-Headed Dragon Pirate Crew.
In this way, we will have identified all the participants.
"We've been engaged in interstellar trade in the Majas Interstellar Empire for the past year, so we're quite familiar with everything here."
"If Your Excellency requires it, we are fully capable of cooperating with your operations." As Guo Suxin said this, she straightened her posture as if she had returned to her days when she was still serving in the Xiaolong Interstellar Legion fleet.
Her eyes were still filled with anticipation.
“You can follow me.”
"But without my permission, you are not allowed to participate in frontline combat," Marshal Medusa said sternly.
The reason he was able to retire from the JF-17 Starfleet was simply that.
Therefore, Marshal Medusa could not allow them to be in danger, but if she refused them now, it would undoubtedly be extinguishing the fire in their hearts.
Therefore, placing them by her side is the most appropriate way.
"yes!"
"We will obey all orders of the Marshal!"
Guo Suxin and the group behind her said excitedly.
It's clear they are genuinely happy.
After many years, they are able to fight alongside the JF-17 Dragon Fleet once again.
"Now we just wait and see what happens next."
The Ghost Scouts are said to be close to finding the Three-Headed Flood Dragon Pirate Gang's stronghold, and that's where we'll be going.
"As long as we can capture their leader, we will surely find out who is behind them targeting our Dragon Star Empire!" Marshal Medusa said with a serious expression.
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Burns Interstellar Civilization Universe
Burns, the chief secretary, was in a complete mess at that moment.
Previously, due to a certain universe, they almost became enemies with the Dragon Star Empire, and the Dragon Emperor even personally came to their door with his legion fleet.
Fortunately, everything was handled properly at that time, and no major consequences occurred.
But to their surprise, the Dragon Star Empire came knocking on their door again this time.
Fortunately, it wasn't the Dragon Emperor who came this time.
Instead, he was a marshal of the Xiaolong Interstellar Empire named Chu Xuan.
This identity is frightening enough, because you should know that the Imperial Marshals of the Xiaolong Interstellar Empire are all in charge of hundreds of thousands of Xiaolong-class interstellar warships.
If this displeases this important figure, it could very well bring unwarranted disaster to the Burns interstellar civilization.
And the reason for all of this.
He actually knew that too.
That is, the delegation of the Dragonflight Interstellar Empire was attacked in the Mahasman Interstellar Empire and was brutally murdered.
He was happy for a while when he heard the news.
The belief that the Mejas interstellar empire is doomed this time is perhaps a form of schadenfreude.
After all, the Burns interstellar civilization had also experienced something similar.
Seeing other interstellar civilizations experiencing similar things, how could one not be happy?
I can't be the only one who's having bad luck.
But to their utter surprise, just as they were still enjoying the show, people from the Xiaolong Interstellar Empire arrived.
Weapons supposedly leaked from their Burns interstellar civilization have somehow appeared in this attack by the Majas interstellar empire.
This really made him complain endlessly.
That damned space pirate crew, of all things to do, they had to use their own Burns interstellar civilization.
What else could this be but an undeserved disaster?
Marshal Chu Xuan of the Xiaolong Interstellar Empire also issued them an ultimatum.
It is imperative to investigate how this weapon came to be in the Majas interstellar empire and through whose hands it passed.
If a satisfactory result is not obtained within a certain period of time.
Therefore, the Xiaolong Interstellar Empire had reason to suspect that the force behind the Three-Headed Flood Dragon Pirate Crew might be the Burns Interstellar Civilization, and that the Burns Interstellar Civilization provided weapons assistance to the Three-Headed Flood Dragon Pirate Crew.
When he heard these words, the Secretary General Burns was truly speechless with bitterness.
How could I be so unlucky?
His superior, the Supreme Commander Burns, also ordered him to cooperate with the Dragon Star Empire to investigate the matter thoroughly, no matter what.
If the matter is not thoroughly investigated, then he should be held accountable.
As luck would have it, this batch of individual heavy artillery weapons was the one he was in charge of at the time.
“Ten thousand, ten thousand individual frost heavy artillery pieces.” Burns, the Supreme Secretary, paced back and forth.
In front of him was a huge data panel.
You can see small squares on it, most of which are blacked out.
Within the small squares, you can see individual numbers.
In fact, these are all the serial numbers of the individual frost heavy cannon produced.
The Burns interstellar civilization produced only 10,000 of these individual heavy cannons.
To find out who it was, through what channels, and by whom it was circulated to the Mehsa Star Empire, is a difficult task.
The simplest way is to first locate the missing individual frost heavy artillery.
Although this method is silly, it is the most direct way.
Prior to this, the secretary first investigated the Consul's personal guard, because this weapon was widely deployed to these guards at the time.
Of the ten thousand, at least nine thousand were in this Royal Guard.
This effectively narrowed the search scope from 10,000 to over 8,000.
Why is it said to be over eight thousand, instead of nine thousand?
Because during the process of this weapon being put into service with the Royal Guard, it is inevitable that some of them will be 'lost' or 'damaged'.
The natural number probably can't reach nine thousand.
In this process, it is necessary to find out the whereabouts of these numbered weapons little by little.
This led to the discovery of individuals who had been secretly collecting or selling this weapon.
This phenomenon actually occurs in most military units.
If a weapon is damaged, the responsible leader might use the excuse of damage to secretly smuggle the weapon out, either to keep it for himself or to sell it to others, pocketing the money.
This is something that everyone is used to.
Even this secretary and the highest-ranking official above him were aware of this phenomenon.
Sometimes, they even tacitly allow their trusted subordinates to do such things.
However, under the current circumstances, the discovery of these individuals undoubtedly increases the difficulty of their investigation.
Because they had to investigate the whereabouts of these leaked weapons, the Supreme Secretary directly and angrily dealt with these people.
If it weren't for these people allowing these weapons to circulate, there wouldn't be so much trouble.
All I can say is that these people were just unlucky.
And this is just one of the lines.
It should be noted that this individual frost heavy artillery weapon was not only equipped by the governor's personal guard.
It was also given as a reward to the nobles and subordinates of the Burns interstellar civilization.
Although the number is less than five hundred, these five hundred are even more difficult to investigate than the nine thousand.
Twenty-four hours have passed by now.
Of the 10,000 weapons, only 9,600 were located.
There are still 400 cases under investigation.
The further you go with the remaining 400 games, the more difficult it will be to figure things out.
"Report: We can now confirm that 9,321 are within our empire."
In addition, there are 287 weapons whose exact whereabouts are unknown, of which 37 can be confirmed to have left the Empire.
However, it is currently unconfirmed that any of them have reached the territory of the Maihas Interstellar Empire. "My subordinate reported this situation to the Supreme Secretary of Burns."
That's all?
"Investigate immediately, especially those that have spread outside the Empire. Find out their current whereabouts and who has them!" Secretary General Burns said through gritted teeth.
Just then, a video notification appeared.
Upon seeing the name in the notes, Secretary General Burns took a deep breath.
Then answer the call.
On the other side appeared the figure of Marshal Chu Xuan from the Xiaolong Interstellar Empire.
Twenty-four hours have passed.
"How is your investigation progressing?" Marshal Chu Xuan asked solemnly.
Knowing that this would involve contact with the Burns interstellar civilization, Lilith's secretary specially dispatched an Imperial Marshal to keep things under control.
This also demonstrates the importance that the Dragon Star Empire attaches to this matter.
Burns, the chief secretary, said helplessly, "Your Excellency Marshal, we are all working hard to handle this matter."
But as you can see, this is the current situation.
The remaining few hundred are really hard to find.
But don't worry, we will definitely find a way to find out.
We will investigate the whereabouts of every one of these weapons to prove that our Burns interstellar civilization has absolutely no connection with this attack!
However... within the Empire, it’s easier for us to investigate.
But when it comes to other interstellar civilizations and universes outside the Empire, we...”
Secretary General Burns looked at Marshal Chu Xuan across from him with a hint of helplessness.
Marshal Chu Xuan then spoke up, saying, "We have considered your difficulties as well."
Please share relevant information with us. If it involves anything outside the Burns interstellar civilization, we will assist in the investigation.