Li Yao's heart moved and knew that what Ding Zhengyang was talking about was the claw fleet of Hei Yelan, that is, the battle where Ding Lingdang led the federal fleet to rescue the Firefly.

Ding Zhengyang spread his five fingers, held his head, and said tremblingly: "At this time, before that battle, I had never seen the real Emperor** in my life. All my impressions of Emperor** are either from the memoirs and battle notes of senior heroes, or from various self-deception promotional videos. Whether in memoirs or promotional videos, Emperor** is just some weak and stupid guys, but they rely on human-season tactics to overwhelm us.

So, over the past few decades, I have been deeply eager to meet the real emperor and start a thrilling and radiant war to let them see the power of the last defender of the Star Sea Republic!

I have even thought more than once that if I really wanted to sacrifice for the country, the best way to die is to fall at the most intense time of this war, like the greatest hero of the past, "Cheng Qizhi", with his own vigorous sacrifice, and to fight against the Emperor** hard and win an extremely brilliant victory for the Firefly!

But, hehe, when the Empire Claw Fleet really set off a battle formation in front of me, when those overwhelming crystal armor, bee-shaped starry sky combat shuttles and stinging clawed attack ships rushed towards us, I realized that I was wrong, deceived, and blinded!

We are not opponents, from head to toe, we are not opponents in every aspect!

The power of the real human empire is not something that our little Firefly can fight against. Our struggles and escapes over the past thousand years, the so-called brilliant heroes and passionate resistance are just ridiculous tricks of moths flying into the fire, mantis armed and chariots, and self-destruction!

The scoops shake the big tree, it’s ridiculous that we are just scoops, and they are worms that are even worse than ants!

Useless, any resistance is useless. No heroic spirit, passion, courage and sacrifice can be caused by absolute suppression!

All died! In that battle, so many comrades, brothers, compatriots and relatives died! Those who were afraid of death died, those who were not afraid of death died, those who dared to sacrifice died, those who were trembling, those who bravely moved forward died, those who fled in panic died, all died, and all died!

Even, even mine…”

Ding Zhengyang covered his head with both hands, his head buried deep in his chest, and he burst into tears.

"Zhengyang..."

Tang Dingyuan sighed and said, "I know that your two sons were both dead in that battle, and our senior officer family area was unfortunately bombarded by the other party's artillery fire. Many officers lost many families in that battle, and even like you, lost, lost everything!

But because of this, shouldn’t we hate the real human empire even more, and have to take revenge if we are incompatible with the empire? Our family and compatriots are all killed by the empire!”

"No, they were not killed by the empire, they were killed by you, by us, by this ghost, the government of the Star Sea Republic in Exile!"

Ding Zhengyang was red and swollen, and his blood-covered eyes gushed out of his fingers that could not be seen directly. He gritted his teeth, "If there were no deception and concealment, if he could recognize the situation earlier and if he could surrender to the empire earlier, they would not die! My two sons would not die, and my five lovely grandchildren would not die! They would live and live happily for the rest of their lives!

Haha, it was me who killed them, it was me! It was me who instilled the idea that "the Star Sea Republic will never perish" in those two brats since I was a child. It was me who took them to watch "The Star Sea War" hand in hand, and watched it over and over again! It was me who told them that soldiers are the most noble profession in the universe, and the soldiers of the Star Sea Republic are the most noble! It was me who instilled lies in them and told them what the hell... Cultivators are the swords of human civilization!

If it weren't for me, if it weren't for me, both of them might not have joined the army. Even if they join the army, they might not have taken the initiative to ask to go to the most dangerous front line.

If they hadn't all joined the army, my grandchildren wouldn't have lived in the senior officer's family area at least. There were always a few who would live in other cabins. They would survive, and there would always be one or two of them who survived, right, right, right!

So, it was me who killed them, the exiled government of the Star Sea Republic who killed them, it was us, it was you who killed them!"

"Zhengyang!"

Tang Dingyuan sternly said, "How could you have such ridiculous thoughts? Everything that happened to you is certainly a tragedy, but even if you surrender to the real human empire, can your descendants live a "happy and happy" life? Don't forget how the empire treats ordinary people!"

"Of course I know the Empire's policies."

The muscles on Ding Zhengyang's face twitched, his original blushing face turned pale, and he sneered, "But how can my descendants be ordinary people? The achievements of my two sons and I have proved that our bloodline is excellent and our genes are strong. The chances of my descendants awakening spiritual roots must be several times that of ordinary people, and I will leave them with a hundred times more cultivation resources than ordinary people. How can ordinary people fight with them? They will definitely stand out in the cruel competition! My descendants, living in the empire, are definitely better, and much better than living on this broken ghost ship!"

Tang Dingyuan and Cui Lingfeng looked at each other, glanced at Li Yao's reaction, and said calmly: "But we are not fighting alone. With the help of friendly forces, we have completely wiped out the imperial fleet!

Now, we are not only a ghost ship with a 'ripped hole and a broken', but we have a whole seven worlds, a ruined planet of prehistoric civilization, and a whole 100 billion warriors who are never willing to surrender to the brutal rule of the empire, fighting side by side with us!”

“So what?”

Ding Zheng laughed weirdly, "What we have eliminated is only an insignificant claw fleet. This claw fleet belongs to an imperial expeditionary force. Such an imperial expeditionary force can gather at least ten in the empire's land, right? I think the current Starry Glory Federation is like us who are still living in our dreams hundreds of years ago. When the Black Wind Fleet launches a surprise attack, they will follow our footsteps and continue to flee to the darkness deep in the starry sea."

Tang Dingyuan asked: "I understand. In that encounter ten years ago, you were completely scared and became a defeatist."

Ding Zhengyang took a deep breath and gradually calmed down. He calmly seemed like a dead person, saying lightly: "I do not hold any 'ism'. Our failure is objective, inevitable, and is happening. My two sons, who are not transferred by our will, are the most determined optimists and triumphantists. So what, is it useful? When the crystal cannon tear their bodies apart, it did not delay the victory for half a second because of their victory."

Tang Dingyuan asked: "So, in the next ten years, you gradually transformed from a defeatist to an immortal cultivator, and secretly promoted the ideas of defeatist and the theories of immortal cultivators, eroding and transforming more people?"

Ding Zhengyang smiled, shaking his head as he smiled: "Captain, until now, such a large-scale rebellion occurred on the Firefly. Don't you understand? I am just a vulgar sailor, at most, the matter of the deck layer is in charge. How can I bewitch so many people and turn them all into immortal cultivators?

No, it wasn't me who did it, it was them themselves."

Tang Dingyuan frowned: "They themselves?"

Ding Zhengyang said: "That's right, you wouldn't think that in the encounter that almost destroyed us ten years ago, I was the only one who was deeply excited? No, there were many people who suddenly realized the same as me and realized that they had been living in a ridiculous dream.

Not only me, but also Cheng Xuansu, there are more people than you think.

I am not 'bewitching' them, I just 'discovered' them. In the darkness, we are always convenient to smell the same kind of breath. All people who 'awakened like dreams' have a special temperament, and we quickly find each other."

Tang Dingyuan said calmly: "Then what did you do?"

"I didn't do anything. At the beginning, everyone just gathered carefully, talked about the pain of losing loved ones in the war, and discussed the future way out."

Ding Zhengyang said, "That encounter was the first time we had a head-on confrontation with the Emperor in hundreds of years. In addition to the serious losses of the Starship, many people on the ship had very serious psychological problems and post-war trauma syndrome. So during that time, various discussions, seminary meetings, and psychological counseling groups were popular. We were mixed in, and it was not conspicuous.

After a long discussion, fierce disputes and painful self-analysis, we reached an agreement on this dream that has been in a thousand years, and it is time to wake up!"

"Is it Lu Qingchen?"

Tang Dingyuan continued to ask, "Is the so-called 'Zhengren Lu' who made you come to this conclusion?"

"Not exactly, Lu Qingchen was a matter of later, it happened a long time after the establishment of the "Cultivator Group" on our Firefly.

Ding Zhengyang said, "Since we were stationed at the edge of the Dragon and Snake Star Domain, we learned a lot about the Star Federation, and naturally we also knew the existence of the local immortal cultivator organization "Emperor Association". Of course, we also thought about contacting the Emperor Association. On the one hand, we discussed the latest theory of immortal cultivation, and on the other hand, we also saw if there was any opportunity to cooperate. We even found out from them about the Imperial Expeditionary Force.

However, the Emperor's Association was very secretive. We were extremely weak at that time and did not dare to be too arrogant. There was no good way for a while.

Until one time, I sent a confidant to Yulong City to carry out the secret mission of the Immortal Cultivator Group” (To be continued.)

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Chapter completed!