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nChapter 168: One Month’s Limit!

nTranslator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation

nHearing these words, Luka felt a wave of contempt in his heart.

nThe Star Beauty? Nothing but a filthy ship filled with women for people’s pleasure.

nAnd the captain’s family? This was a space expedition. How could he bring his family along? All that was on the Star Beauty were a few women who regularly spent time with the captain.

n“No need to persuade me further, my mind is made up!”

nKote announced righteously, “It’s just the family. Give them a few rooms to live in, that’s all!”

n“Captain is righteous!”

n“The captain is truly our role model!”

nThere was a wave of flattery from the crew below.

nKote accepted it calmly. After listening for a while, he turned to Luka, “1 happen to need a deputy. Are you interested in working with me?!”

nFlattery aside, someone capable still needs to be valued.

nLuka was delighted and quickly agreed.

n“Congratulations Deputy Luka…”

n“The captain truly has discerning eyes, choosing Deputy Luka from the crowd…”

nThere was another wave of flattery, but this time, it was directed at Luka. Listening to these words, he seemed indifferent on the surface, but deep down, he felt a bit elated. He thought to himself, no wonder everyone wants to be a leader, it feels good.

nKote nodded in satisfaction and ordered, “Good, send someone to the Star Beauty, evacuate everyone, then send some elites to pilot the Star Beauty through the wormhole…”

nAfter he left, many people approached Luka to build rapport.

nLuka dealt with them all one by one.

nHowever, soon, with the arrival of a certain individual, the others tactfully retreated.

n“Deputy Captain!”

nLuka was startled and quickly saluted.

n“Heard you became a deputy officer?”

nThe deputy captain was tall and handsome, with a unique aura. Standing in a crowd, he stood out, drawing attention easily.

nThat’s why, many times, Kote would send the deputy captain to other warships for inspections.

nHe felt that standing beside this man, he was easily overshadowed.

n“Yes…”

nEven though the deputy captain had just arrived, he was fully aware of the events that had transpired.

nHe slowly began, “The captain asked you to send elites to pilot the Star Beauty through the wormhole, who are you planning to send?!”

nMe? Send people?!

nLuka was shocked but quickly realized, being the deputy officer, he did have such authority.

nHe was somewhat delighted but soon became nervous, “1 have just assumed this position, I’m not very familiar with all this, please guide me, deputy captain…”

nThe deputy captain nodded slightly, saying, “Send the same people who were sent to the wormhole in the three previous rounds, understand?”

nLuka couldn’t help but think of the teams close to the deputy captain. Was he worried that Luka would unintentionally send his people into the wormhole?

nBut if he didn’t, would the captain blame him?!

nLuka was both frightened and felt like he was overthinking.

n“Don’t you understand?!”

nIt was only when the deputy captain’s voice echoed again, that Luka snapped back, quickly saying, “1 understand, thank you for your guidance, deputy captain!”

n“Hmm!” The deputy captain turned and left.

nLuka broke out in a cold sweat.

nAfter pondering for a while, he finally understood some things, affirming, “I was promoted by the captain, that makes me his man…”

nA week later, under everyone’s gaze, the Star Beauty activated the wormhole, slowly being sucked into it and disappearing.

nOn the command ship, Kote and Luka stood together, staring at the gravitational wave detector.

n“Captain, you should rest. I can watch over here…”

nHearing this, Kote turned to Luka and asked, “Luka, why do you think 1 promoted you?”

nLuka shook his head, indicating he didn’t know.

n“Do you think you were the only one who could come up with that plan?”

nHearing Kote’s question, Luka was taken aback.

nThe method of using a warship longer than 50 kilometers to show up on the gravitational wave detector wasn’t hard. Anyone who studied and observed even a little could figure it out.

nBut oddly, no one proposed it that day.

nKote continued, “Many people knew this method, but most preferred to play dumb, fearing responsibility…”

n“I like your straightforwardness, your composed demeanor, it keeps us on our toes…”

nAs he said this, Kote pointed disapprovingly at Luka’s insincere smile, saying, “Keep that fake smile to yourself, I don’t like it!”

nSeeing this, Luka quickly stopped his false smile, but was somewhat puzzled in his heart.

n“Why does he never say such things to those who flatter the captain, but only to me?!”

n“You’ve studied for 28 years to reach high school, surely you don’t want to end up in a useless position, just waiting to die?!”

nCaptain Ketai shook his head, indifferent to Luca’s thoughts, and continued, “Truthful words are usually hard to swallow, but people who sit in high positions for too long become intolerant to contradictory views.”

n“But no matter what, there always needs to be someone who dares to speak the truth around…”

nLuca understood and felt a stir of excitement.

nThe captain wanted him as a confidant!

n“Captain, rest assured, 1 will always speak the truth and be your trusted advisor…”

n“Don’t say things like ‘trusted advisor’, we are all loyal to the Alliance.”

n“Yes, yes, yes…”

nListening to their conversation, a guard standing by looked confused.

nThis conversation seemed familiar.

nWho had he heard it from?

nAfter some thought, he remembered. It was the same conversation the captain had had with the previous deputy when he had taken office.

n“This civilization is a bit stupid, sacrificing three groups of people…”

nThe Great Whale fleet was the only civilization among the seven in the Proxima system who knew the truth.

nThe other six civilizations were completely oblivious to the situation in the Solar System, making wild guesses.

nBut they had used super gravitational detection technology to clearly see everything within the Solar System.

n“Another 500,000 warships were sent to the frontline, this should be the indigenous civilization…”

nDugo sighed, this was the advantage of fighting at home, they could endlessly manufacture war machines.

nUnfortunately, they were facing a Level 3 civilization, the mighty Modou civilization.

nDugo was confident that no matter how the indigenous civilization of the Solar System operated, they could hardly escape death.

n“Commander, are we just going to watch them fight?” asked a deputy standing nearby.

n“Otherwise?”

nDugo retorted, “You want to mediate? Tell them, ‘everyone go home, we are here to destroy your civilization?’”

nThe deputy smiled awkwardly, “I was just worried that you had been waiting for a long time.”

n“Heh, to destroy seven civilizations in one go, even if it takes another ten years, so what?”

nDugo said calmly, destroying seven civilizations, that achievement would definitely take him up another level.

nConsidering the lifespan of their Modou civilization, waiting for ten years was nothing.

nJust as Dugo was about to continue, a communicator came over.

n“Commander, there’s a call from headquarters!”

n“Hmm?”

nDugo was startled, but without giving it much thought, he quickly went to the special quantum communication room and with the help of staff, checked the message sent by headquarters.

nThe more he read, the worse Dugo’s face looked.

nThe deputy beside him was curious about the content.

nAfter Dugo finished reading, his chest heaving, the deputy asked, “Commander, what did the headquarters say?”

n“Bastards, definitely someone is envious of me encountering seven civilizations…”

nDugo swore vehemently before explaining, “The headquarters has ordered me to end the battle within a month, or they’ll replace me…”

n“Damn it, a month, how is that possible?!”

n“Such battles for annihilation, don’t they usually take years, even hundreds or thousands of years…”

nThe deputy was also furious, “They’re trying to pick peaches…”

n“No one wanted this task before the expedition, but now that we’ve paved the way, confirmed that there’s no danger, and found seven civilization fleets, a bunch of people are eager…”

nAngrily, he said, “Commander, what do we do? Let’s just destroy the six major fleets and that indigenous civilization!”

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