Zhao Chen's expression froze for a moment.
The Dragon Emperor... is gone?
Our Hades ship hasn't even sailed over there yet, how could it be gone?
"What's going on?" Zhao Chen looked at Charlotte in surprise.
Charlotte then mentioned someone: "Commander, do you remember the Deer King I told you about before?"
"The one you mentioned who was one of the earliest founders and leaders of the revolutionary army?"
"Grandpa Deer King, who previously left with those within the Revolutionary Army who didn't support you." Zhao Chen had heard Charlotte report this matter.
At that time, the revolutionary army was internally divided.
The old deer king actually supported Charlotte, but considering that these opponents had also come out with him, he couldn't just ignore them.
So he chose to leave the revolutionary army with those who opposed him, and wait until the future to make plans.
"I remember you later said that the revolutionary army later went to the north of the Warhammer Starfleet Union?"
Because of the remoteness of the area, their whereabouts are unpredictable, and coupled with the conflict between Warhammer and us, very little intelligence is transmitted.
"Why are you bringing him up now?" Zhao Chen asked, puzzled.
"Because the news of the Dragon Emperor's death was told to me by my grandfather, the Deer King."
"He contacted me first," Charlotte said.
This is getting stranger and stranger.
Zhao Chen told Charlotte to continue.
Charlotte's intelligence is much more detailed than what Lilith mentioned about the Holy Radiant Empire.
Because the person who informed them of the information was one of the parties involved in the incident, Grandpa Deer King.
This story begins several months ago.
The northern part of the Warhammer Starfleet Union was originally controlled by the Machine Race.
However, the withdrawal of the machine race left many unexplored areas unexplored.
However, at that time, the Dragon Emperor issued an order forbidding any tribe from exploring new star fields in that direction.
Since the Dragonkin tribe's territory covered the entire northern border, neither the Dragonkin tribe itself nor any other tribe could bypass the Dragonkin tribe to develop it.
Meanwhile, the revolutionary army led by Grandpa Deer King, by chance, bypassed the territory of the Dragonkin tribe and entered the northern part of the universe of Warhammer.
There, the Deer King's revolutionary army remained cautious. Although the Machine Race had withdrawn, they were heading in the direction of the Machine Race.
But to their surprise, they discovered a route on the edge of a star system near the territory of the Machine Race, and that route was also quite unusual.
On one side is the territory of the Machine Race, and on the other side is a star field in a state of interstellar catastrophe, where even the most advanced interstellar warships would be pulverized if they entered.
The path was like a narrow, winding trail on the edge of a cliff.
Grandpa Deer King's revolutionary army advanced slowly, discovering some relatively poor star systems along the way. The resources there were insufficient for the revolutionary army to live in for a long time, but they could barely supply the fleet with energy.
In this way, they continued their journey in search of habitable star systems.
Finally, they discovered a star field with signs of life, and the view beyond was even more expansive!
But once inside, they realized they were wrong.
That was not a vibrant star field at all, but a living hell!
At this point, Charlotte's eyes turned serious: "According to Grandpa Deer King, they discovered the Demon Race, which is recorded in the Galactic Alliance, and also found a large number of slave planets there!"
The Demon race deployed a large number of T4-class starships... but the design concept of these T4-class starships..."
Charlotte paused for a moment: "Its core energy source relies on intelligent life forms!"
"What do you mean? Intelligent life form?" Zhao Chen asked in surprise.
Charlotte explained, "Our starships are mostly powered by various minerals, mineral planets, or other celestial bodies. The most common of these is energy blocks, which are the fuel for interstellar warships."
But the Demon Race's T4-class starships use starship fuel...living life forms!
"What? Living organisms can be used as starship fuel?"
"How could this be!" Lilith covered her mouth in horror.
After hearing this, Zhao Chen remained silent for a moment before slowly saying, "With this kind of scientific and theoretical basis, life itself is actually an energy body. For example, some scientists have extracted energy from plants before, and plants are also a kind of life."
The Zerg's bio-starships operate on the same principle, constantly fighting, hunting, and feeding to sustain themselves and even evolve.
However, this technology was rejected by most races, and most importantly, its cost-effectiveness was too low, so no one bothered to develop it.
At the same time, once you use this technology, you are undoubtedly standing against all interstellar races, who will then attack you en masse.
Zhao Chen looked at Charlotte: "So what happened next? How did the Dragon Emperor die?"
Charlotte continued her story.
After witnessing the terrifying starship technology of the Demon Race, Grandpa Deer King, considering the disparity in their own strength, chose to retreat.
And they were preparing to send the message back.
After all, a race that relies on living beings as fuel for its starships must be a warlike and bloodthirsty interstellar race.
Moreover, most of the planets in that star field were slave planets.
These slave planets were'slave farms' established by the Daemon race. They enslaved some weak interstellar races and then made them reproduce continuously to provide 'fuel energy' for the Daemon race's interstellar warships.
Grandpa Deer King was very prescient. He knew about this demon race. If he had known that there was such a passage to the populous Warhammer United States, the outcome would have been predictable.
In addition, Grandpa Deer King also discovered several military ports in that star system, where a large number of demon race interstellar fleets were gathering, indicating that they were preparing for an invasion of some target.
Grandpa Deer King had a nagging premonition, and immediately led his fleet back to inform Warhammer of the news.
On their return journey, they entered the territory of the Dragonkin tribe, where they were unfortunately discovered by the Dragonkin tribe's fleet.
But this time, the Deer King did not run away. Instead, he surrendered and asked to see the Dragon Emperor, saying that he had something important to tell him.
In the eyes of Grandpa Deer King, the Warhammer Rebellion was nothing but an internal affair, or to put it bluntly, a matter for his own people.
However, if the Daedric race sets its sights on Warhammer, and considering their current technological trajectory, it would undoubtedly be a catastrophe for the Warhammer United States.
This is a 'neighbor' that's eyeing us covetously.
"How long ago was this?" Zhao Chen asked.
“Two months ago,” Charlotte said.
"Two months ago? Back then we were still in the Starry Empire."
Why haven't we heard the Dragonkin tribe announce this news?
Did that old Deer King not see the Dragon Emperor?
"Grandpa Deer King met the Dragon Emperor and told him about this."
"Then why didn't this matter get out?"
"Because the Dragon Emperor already knew about this matter and was aware of the existence of this terrifying fleet of demons."
But he chose to keep the news secret.
Charlotte dropped another bombshell.
