Chapter 1012: 1024, Defection successful Chapter 1012: 1024, Defection successful For a moment, Morgan Sun’s mind raced with countless thoughts flashing through his mind.

He aspired to become a great Planet Level powerhouse.

But to achieve such a feat, one either needed the support of a Galaxy Level major force or to possess tremendous fortune.

His fortune was nothing to write home about; he had lived for several centuries, yet he had no particularly outstanding achievements; and gaining the focused support of a Galaxy Level major force seemed utterly impossible at present.

So deep down, he felt that “becoming a Planet Level powerhouse” was merely a beautiful dream of his own.

But now, things were different.

Haidun Rieyang had pointed out another path to him–becoming the Emperor of the Raging Sun Empire, and achieving advancement through the massive rewards of the “Civilization Ascension Plan”!

This path was also fraught with difficulties.

Battling different civilizations along the way was fraught with peril, and one careless move could doom an entire civilization!

But at least, theoretically, this path was viable, much more reliable than struggling on his own and hoping that his fortune would suddenly explode one day.

And since his own civilization had already embarked on this journey, he couldn’t change the course of history even if he chose not to participate.

Thus, the words of Haidun Rieyang had truly struck a chord with him.

“…This is too big a matter, I can’t make a decision in such a short time,” Morgan Sun said with difficulty to the communication terminal, “Uncle Haidun, could you give me some time to think?”

“How much time do you need?” Haidun Rieyang’s voice sounded from the terminal.

“One day.”

“Alright, take your time to think it over. I’ll call you again at this time tomorrow. If you disagree, you can just ignore the call, which will also save me quite a bit of talk time.”

Having said that, Haidun Rieyang ended the call abruptly.

…

After the call ended, Morgan Sun sat silently on a dark brown boulder at the entrance of the secret realm, staring blankly ahead.

His tattered mage’s robe danced in the wind. The air on this planet was dusty, and countless particles of dust, carried by the wind, seeped through the holes in his clothing.

Morgan Sun seemed to have no sense of all this; he just sat on the boulder without moving a muscle, not even blinking.

And so, he sat for a whole day and night.

It was quite a desolate planet, and in that day and night, no other creatures disturbed him. He maintained his sitting pose without moving a finger.

Without a doubt, he could maintain such a state for a much longer period of time.

But right after a day and a night had passed, his communication terminal promptly emitted a notification sound.

Beep… Beep… Beep…

Hearing this urgent tone, Morgan Sun, who had been stiff for a whole day and night, finally moved.

He slowly lifted the communication terminal to chest level, staring at the number displayed on the terminal.

His previously dull gaze sharpened again, and the air around him seemed to surge, as if he had made a significant decision!

Without much hesitation, he pressed the answer button.

Clearly, he had agreed!

“Whew–” Haidun Rieyang on the phone also heaved a sigh of relief.

Duke Haidun really did not want his efforts to be in vain, and he also feared letting Manina know he was still alive.

When he heard Morgan Sun accept the call, the heavy stone hanging in his chest finally fell.

However, he couldn’t trust Morgan Sun 100%.

What if Morgan Sun was just pretending to agree, actually siding with Manina to help his father gather intelligence?

Therefore, Haidun Rieyang kept a trace of suspicion in his heart.

“Haha, Morgan, does this mean you agree?” Haidun Rieyang laughed over the phone.

“Yes, I can accept your request.” Morgan Sun’s expression was very serious, “But before that, I have one condition.”

“What condition?”

“After all, Manina is my father. I can take his throne, but I do not wish him dead,” Morgan Sun said earnestly in the call,
“I hope to spare his life, strip him of his Seventh Order power, and let him spend the rest of his life as a powerless retired emperor. Can you agree to this?”

“Hmm…” Haidun Rieyang fell into thought.

After a long while, he nodded heavily: “I can agree to that condition, and I hope you have no other conditions.”

After some thought, Haidun Rieyang felt it was acceptable to spare Manina’s life.

For someone like Manina, who was accustomed to holding the reins of power, losing both power and strength would be more agonizing than death!

Haidun Rieyang was more than willing to see Manina spend the last years of his life in endless misery.

Thinking about it, killing him seemed like letting him off too easily.

“I have no other conditions.” Morgan Sun shook his head, “After my father is deposed, I intend to form a new coalition government and clear out all his loyalists.”

“That’s good, then we have an agreement!”

Haidun Rieyang patted the shoulder of Cindy Doppler who was sitting beside him: “I have another friend here with me, the new Chairman of Beak Country, Cindy Doppler. Morgan, you and she could put on a play together.”

“Hello there, Prince Morgan.” Cindy Doppler greeted with a smile over the call.

…

We’ll skip the specifics of the play for now.

Minutes after the play was over, Cindy Doppler posted an audio clip on social media.

The content of the audio clip was as follows:
The audio clip lasted about four minutes.

At the beginning of the audio, 1 minute and 30 seconds in, Cindy Doppler was chatting leisurely with Morgan Sun.

They spoke about everything from the Milky Way to the Silver Star System, from the marvelous variety of species in the universe to the signature delicacies of different places, sounding just like a pair of old friends with a strong bond.

However, at the 1 minute and 30 second mark, the topic of conversation turned to the upcoming Great Star War.

Cindy Doppler said with a laugh, “Speaking of this great war, since the Holy Silver Federation has already openly supported us, we are bound to win easily! I believe it won’t be long before we can occupy the entire Blue Star!”

Hearing Cindy Doppler’s words, Morgan Sun said with “astonishment”, “Open support? When did this happen? How could such a thing occur?”

Cindy Doppler was taken aback, “Isn’t it the case? Hasn’t the Holy Silver Federation just sent over a God Level apex being? Doesn’t that count as openly declaring support?”

“Uh…” Morgan Sun was at a loss for words, “Sending a God Level apex being doesn’t necessarily mean support, alright? The reason the Holy Silver Federation sent someone is due to the ‘War Fairness Principle’… ”
In the following time, Morgan Sun went on to explain the “War Fairness Principle”.

At last, he added, “So, the addition of a God Level apex being is not because the Holy Silver Federation openly supports us, but rather the Holy Silver Man issued a balancing patch because of Cao Cao of the Blue Star people. Do you understand now?”

“I…under…stand…” Cindy Doppler said slowly.

But soon he asked again, “That’s not right, Morgan, ‘The Holy Silver Federation openly supports us’ — that’s what your father said in person, is he lying?”

“Ah this…”

…

The audio ended there.

After releasing the audio, Cindy Doppler paired it with some angry text below:
“Manina Sun, you are lying! The Holy Silver Federation has not supported us!

Do you know how severe the price of your lies is?

At first, I thought that with the support of the Holy Silver Federation, we could swiftly overrun the Blue Star people and avoid too many civilian casualties, which is why I agreed not to oppose the combined government.

Now I understand that the Holy Silver Federation is not on our side at all, but merely slightly made up for our disadvantage; if we want to take over Blue Star, the cost will still be colossal, and that cost is the lives of ordinary people!

Therefore, I announce: from today onwards, I will no longer support the combined government’s attack on Blue Star, I oppose this war, and the cost of war should not be borne by the ordinary people!”

…

8 days ago, when Cindy Doppler publicly expressed support for the combined government’s attack on Blue Star and no longer opposed the combined government, it had already caused a huge international stir.

Now, as he reasserts his position and presents key evidence of Manina’s lies, it’s with a declaration!

Once the audio was exposed, it immediately caused a massive sensation worldwide!

Cindy Doppler, already one of the most followed people on the internet, released the audio, which was immediately listened to simultaneously by millions, and quickly shared to every corner of the internet.

The cyber control department of the Raging Sun Empire was caught off guard.

They had certain authority to delete the content posted by Cindy Doppler, but due to the recent support Doppler showed for the combined government, they had grown lax in monitoring his account.

By the time they realized the magnitude of the situation and wanted to delete it, it was too late! Too many people had already heard the audio and spread it around, and public opinion on the internet exploded in a matter of moments.

Now, on all major social platforms on the internet, the Skrull people are no longer discussing other matters; everywhere is filled with discussions related to this piece of audio:
“Big news, everyone! The Chairman of Beak Country has published evidence that Emperor Haidun is lying!”

“I’ve just listened to that audio. The other person in it is Prince Morgan, right?”

“Definitely Prince Morgan, I’m too familiar with his tone.”

“I can’t believe Emperor Haidun is such a liar!”

“I knew it. How could the Holy Silver Federation clearly support us?”

“According to Prince Morgan’s statement, the Holy Silver Federation sent a God Level apex being only to balance the power of the Blue Star people, which means the Blue Star people’s power is already terrifying!”

“Indeed, it’s terrifying. There are now two God Level apex beings wandering on our planet, and this is actual fact, we just haven’t reported it.”

“Two God Level apex beings, oh my god!”

“What about the combined government? We can’t just let this matter slide; they must give us an explanation!”

…

This surge of public sentiment came like a tidal wave, and the network management department reported the news straight to Emperor Manina in no time.

Currently, in the travel palace in Yangquan City, Emperor Manina is scolding his intelligence minister, Xi Weng, “What is this mess? Only 4 targets killed in 7 days, are you all just wine sacks and rice bags?!”

Manina was dissatisfied with the manhunt order he had issued.

7 days ago, Manina ordered Xi Weng to issue a manhunt for Blue Star’s Sixth Order cultivators and increased the bounty by 50%.

Manina initially thought that with substantial rewards, there would be a huge motivation for the strong players of Skru Star to act. It should be easy to cause significant damage to the Sixth Order cultivators of the Blue Star with some Seventh Order powerhouses intervening.

But unexpectedly, just 4 had been killed in 7 days! This was way too few!

“Your Majesty,” Xi Weng replied with his head lowered: “It’s not that everyone isn’t trying their best, but the Blue Star’s Sixth Order cultivators have also become much stronger.

In the past, Blue Star’s Sixth Order cultivators had no precautions against dangers, wore no equipment, and could hardly beat Warcraft of the same order, making them easy to capture alive.

But now it’s different.

Now they know to be much more cautious because of our manhunt, and their equipment has improved significantly — almost everyone has a full set of epic gear, and the skills they have mastered are also becoming more complete…”

“Enough, I don’t want to hear excuses,” Manina frowned and interrupted.

He also knew very well that if substantial rewards had not produced results, it was probably not because of his own side’s shortcomings but rather the enemy truly becoming stronger.

After giving it some thought, Manina said, “Xi Weng, pass the word along. It may be only a dozen hours before the Blue Star people open the Endgame Enclave again.

In these dozen hours, double the rewards! If anyone finds out where the Blue Star people are gathering, they will receive triple the reward!”

“Understood!”

“All right, that’s all, you may go,” Manina waved his hand, signaling Xi Weng to go about his duties.

However, at that moment, AI Sunshine spoke up, “Your Majesty, there’s a major public sentiment incident on the internet; please give it immediate attention!”