Chapter 506: Spectre I (2/2)

If the Sang Tribe openly rejected to assist the Xue Lai Clan, the common people would surely turn their backs to them. The Sang Tribe's long nurtured relationship with the common people would be shattered. This would endanger their future as a whole. This was a conclusion that did not require Qiu Man's expertise to reach. Even a brute like Sang Tie understood the consequences.

The Sang Tribe was a strong militant organization. Their Collision mechs and outstanding war tactics made them the strongest force on the human side of the war. These were the advantages of the Sang Tribe. Their disadvantages were on the technical side of things. The Sang Tribe's scientific and technical knowledge were primitive compared to that of the Three Aristocratic Families. These would be the bottleneck of the Sang Tribe's development moving forward. It was why Sang Pu and the leadership spent so much effort in recruiting the education institutions and high skill workers. They had enough talents for now, but still far from developing a technical edge.

If they did not handle this request properly, all their efforts before will go to waste.

If only their good sir was here! That was probably what most of them were thinking. In critical moments like these, they needed a leader who was willing to make decisions and act on them. However, their leader, Ye Chong was nowhere to be found at the moment.

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After all the starships did their warp jumps successfully, Ye Chong exhaled in relief.

However, it was not time to rest just yet. This place was rumored to be cursed, and it intrigued Ye Chong.

This was a dangerous place!

Ye Chong organized his fleet into groups of starships so that the fleet would not be thrown into confusion if they were under attack.

”Conduct a maximum range scan of our surroundings.” This was Ye Chong's second order, right after they organized the fleet.

”Sir! Red-tailed beasts sighted!”

Everyone paled when they heard the report. Even Ye Chong looked disturbed. They had rested, but the mech pilots were still far from being at their best. They were not fully ready for battle.

It was terrible news indeed if they encountered any red-tailed beasts right now!

Ye Chong did not panic, however. Calmly, he said, ”Show me the feed.”

”Yes sir.”

On the holographic screen were a few red-tailed beasts, floating in outer space, watching the brown colored planet that was Spectre. They were oblivious to the starships that were now behind them. Ye Chong was calm by now. They had no choice but to engage. They were too close to the red-tailed beasts. The odds of escaping were not in their favor. The red-tailed beasts were so much faster than their starships.

Instead of escaping, they should initiate an attack!

On the other hand, Ye Chong noticed that the red-tailed beasts were scattered around in a disorganized fashion. There were not too many of them, about 200 in total. To Ye Chong's fleet, this was only a tiny army.

Abruptly, Ye Chong stood up. ”Zoom in and focus.”

The staff in charge quickly executed the order.

”Zoom in further.”

The image was further enlarged.

”Focus on the red-tailed beast.”

Parts of a red-tailed beast took up the holographic screen.

Ye Chong's eyes twinkled. He said lowly, ”The upper body!”

The camera angled towards the creature's upper body. The edges were blurry now, but the zoomed in view drew everyone's attention to something peculiar on the holographic screen.