Galaxy Domination Guide-Chapter 607: The number 593 is pressing on Xiao.

The autumn wind is bleak and deadly.

Sitting inside the luxurious hovercraft, the Star Alliance Chancellor looked out at the desolate scenery, feeling somewhat displeased. Choosing such a season and weather for the meeting hardly put him in a good mood.

This was Fowoping Star, an administrative star of a mid-level civilization with modest strength—it wasn't anything extraordinary. However, this planet hosted an embassy and administrative institutions set up by the High Council, with facilities on this world covering a continent of over twenty million square kilometers.

Most mid-level civilizations hardly had any sovereignty to speak of in front of the High Council. Of course, having a High Council venue on their administrative star, however insignificant in rank it might be, brought about many economic and technological opportunities. From that angle, it was a boon, so the civilization was very supportive of the High Council's presence on Fowoping Star.

Xiao Yu stepped out of the luxury car, Ji You holding an umbrella for him. Seeing the stretch of road leading up to the building, lined with journalists wielding various styles of photographic equipment, he frowned. These journalists came from different civilizations; some even worked directly for the High Council and the Trade Alliance.

Xiao Yu was not accustomed to such scenes. In the Star Alliance, no media would dare to be so brazen.

"Chancellor Xiao Yu, there are rumors that your rise to leadership of the Star Alliance was a usurpation, and that Bai Zhongqi, now the Star Devouring Demon, is the true Chancellor of the Star Alliance. What is your comment on this claim?"

"Chancellor Xiao Yu, the Capital Star of the Star Alliance, Earth, as well as thirty-seven other planets have been swept away by the Star Devouring Demon, greatly weakening the power of the Star Alliance. Is this why you have no choice but to come to the High Council to seek military assistance from their military cooperation organization?"

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Xiao Yu kept a cold face and said nothing. The personnel responsible for facility security deployed in two lines to block these journalists, eager for news. The bionic humans accompanying Xiao Yu also lined up in formation, putting two layers of people between Xiao Yu and the journalists.

The commotion caused by the arrival of the Star Alliance Chancellor naturally caught the eye of Divine General Su Shuang, who was standing by the window upstairs. His expression remained serene, giving away nothing.

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Standing opposite Su Shuang, a general with a round nose and flat ears joked, "I didn't expect the Star Alliance Chancellor to be such a stickler. What a bore."

Su Shuang's gaze settled on the round-nosed man, but he did not speak.

The round-nosed general sighed, "Speaking of boring people, you, Divine General Su Shuang, must rank pretty high in the Galaxy. Isn't it true that the colder you act, the more the ladies swarm to you?"

Su Shuang had no interest in discussing such trivialities with the round-nosed general and asked, "What's your view on our support for the Star Alliance?"

Despite his unimpressive appearance, Su Shuang held no contempt for the round-nosed general. In the entire High Council, there weren't many whom Su Shuang respected, and even among his thirty-six fellow Divine Generals from high-level civilizations in the High Council's commission, he acknowledged at most seven or eight as being on his level. Among them was this round-nosed individual, the Divine General from the Borke Civilization, the twentieth, Suo Kexiao.

Twirling his round nose, Suo Kexiao stretched out casually on the sofa and remarked, "Chancellor Xiao Yu doesn't have much of a choice. The Star Devourer has already taken down over ten thousand of his fleet. Since our civilization's golden age, there has never been a case of a high-level civilization being reduced to this state, except when our degenerate forebears dealt with a few shortsighted civilizations, creating a somewhat similar situation."

With a placid tone, Su Shuang said, "It's different this time. After all, what we're facing is a natural disaster, a Swarm disaster that's perhaps more formidable than any before."

Suo Kexiao smirked and said, "You're making such a definitive statement without confirmation. Is that really okay?"

"Even if it's just a suspicion, it's worth taking seriously. Otherwise, why would the Borke Civilization, which despises you so much that they wish they could trap you on Borke Star, make an exception this time and allow you to lead a fleet into battle, partnering with me to test the waters?"

A shrewd gleam sparked in Suo Kexiao's small eyes as he smiled and said to Su Shuang, "But I should thank you, really. I haven't fought in a long time, and my hands are itching for it."

Just then, Xiao Yu arrived.

The already standing Divine General Su Shuang gave a slight nod to the entering Chancellor of the Star Alliance, while Suo Kexiao was even more brazen, sitting on the sofa without a trace of politeness.

Xiao Yu's expression remained unchanged, but his eyes turned exceptionally cold.

This detail might go unnoticed by ordinary people, but not by the likes of Su Shuang and Suo Kexiao. The two Divine Generals from the High Council made a silent critique of the Chancellor, who had once been unrivaled in the Star Alliance, remarking him as "newly restrained yet lacking in composure," but said nothing out loud.

Indeed, the two Divine Generals had the capital to afford a slower show of respect to the Chancellor of the Star Alliance.

After an extremely awkward exchange of pleasantries, Su Shuang got straight to the point and said, "Chancellor, first of all, I need to clarify the stance of the Council's allied forces. We're not here to fight for the preservation of your throne; we plan this military operation out of concern for the Star Devouring Demon's true identity. Therefore, the Council's allied forces will not be under your command, as we have our own command systems. Moreover, in order to ascertain whether the Star Devouring Demon is indeed a natural disaster, as judged by the High Council, we need the Star Alliance to coordinate with us and agree upon a joint military strategy."

Xiao Yu's brows furrowed deeply, and he said nothing. Clearly, this was not the situation he had hoped for; he had wanted to draw the power of the High Council to counterbalance Bai Zhongqi, but losing command authority was something that he could not accept in terms of his prestige.

Suo Kexiao then interjected, "Chancellor, you needn't think too hard about it. Only by cooperating with the Council will you find a way out. Without the support of the Council, the Star Devouring Demon will eventually swallow all the planets, and the Council has its ways to verify what we need to know. So, cooperating with us is your best option to preserve your position as the Chancellor of the Star Alliance."

Xiao Yu's breathing had become noticeably heavier. Since becoming the Chancellor of the Star Alliance, he had wielded endless authority carried by the Supreme Command. However, in front of the High Council, the Star Alliance was still weak. These two generals, merely representatives of the Council for the military operation, stood so confidently before him, even daring to openly challenge his authority.

Yet Xiao Yu could not refute them; as they said, without the intervention of the Council, Bai Zhongqi would step by step take away all the Star Alliance's planets, and Xiao Yu's Supreme Command would be useless by then.

"What do you want to do?" Xiao Yu conceded.

Su Shuang activated the holographic screen and pointed at a star called Kangcheng Star, an Administrative Star of the Star Alliance, and said, "Here, we need you, Chancellor, to show up just once. You are the best bait for the Star Devouring Demon. As soon as it knows you are here, it will come in full force. Meanwhile, here, the Star Alliance Fleet and Council's allied forces can lay a trap, waiting for the Star Devouring Demon to arrive."

Xiao Yu challenged, "But the Star Devouring Demon can open wormholes at will, coming and going as it pleases. Even if you lay an ambush, what then?"

Suo Kexiao replied bluntly, "We naturally have a way to make it so that it can arrive but not leave."