Resurrection Empire

Chapter 1368: Chapter 517: Fifty Years Like a Song, Liao Yuan Fire_2

Zheng Tian shook her head, "There’s no need to declare defeat. From now on, your Golden Dog will still exist and will become the strongest pirate group in the Shattered Star Ring. Of course, you’re just our puppet. The leaders of other factions who have pledged allegiance to you are already waiting for you in the prison cabin. Go see them and tell them the good news. Oh right, I’m talking about those still alive."

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Since she promised Ren Zhong to return to the Red Blade Star alive, Zheng Tian changed the action plan of the Expeditionary Fleet.

Whether it was ambushing the Golden Dog’s main battle fleet or raiding their base, she paid particular attention to information flow interference to prevent intelligence leaks.

So far, she had been somewhat successful.

But if she were to annihilate the Golden Dog pirate group now and then use the old tactics to raid other pirate bases,

others would be able to deduce that the Expeditionary Army possesses effective and amazing communication jamming technology, and they would inevitably focus on radio communications.

This was already apparent in the Golden Dog battle, although the focus was on electromagnetic radar, and the idea of using radio for long-range communication had yet to occur.

But this phenomenon will happen sooner or later. By then, the personnel composition and specific origins of the Expeditionary Army will be completely exposed. The pirate forces of the Shattered Star Ring will inevitably form a solid alliance to avoid being defeated one by one.

Rather than watching the situation deteriorate, it is better to fake defeat and come back to life, continuing activities in the name of the Golden Dog pirate group. This not only appropriately avoids risks but also greatly delays the time for the Shattered Star Ring pirate forces to uncover the truth, and can even utilize the resources provided by Beverly for free under Nanxiang’s Earldom support.

Most importantly, the Golden Dog pirate group has been continuously expanding, so after the Expeditionary Army annexed it, it can continue external campaigns under the Golden Dog’s name without causing suspicion.

Zheng Tian’s previous plan was to start from the Golden Dog and sweep through the Seven Seas Under the Earl with overwhelming military power in a short time. But the new strategy is evidently more optimized.

A month passed, and the Expeditionary Army officially "integrated" into the Golden Dog. Meanwhile, two hundred warships of the teaching fleet also arrived one after another.

The soft-banished Beverly and his former cohorts were naturally sent into the elite class of the teaching fleet with just slight changes in the curriculum.

In the teaching fleet, the lecturer told Beverly that his previous strategy of extermination seemed to create a swift fame, but was actually quite short-sighted and not conducive to long-term development.

"Even pirates with altered genetic information who have been injected with brutal genes still have an instinct to pursue a more stable and good life. The traditional practice of pirate groups in the Shattered Star Ring was to continually plunder weaker individuals to accumulate resources and enhance competitiveness. This led to this vast and elusive force missing development opportunities. Despite a history of millions of years and the emergence of enduring forces like the Five Elder Clan, it remains a vassal of the Nanxiang Star Cluster. Not mentioning rivalling it, even obtaining autonomy is a mere dream."

"Instead of continuously exhausting resources by forceful plundering, it would be better to adopt a more gentle and potentially developmental protection system. Continuously accumulating talent and resources, creating one’s own flagship products, and gradually winning over people’s hearts. Additionally, although the gravitational disasters within the Shattered Star Ring cannot be preempted or controlled, they can theoretically be accurately monitored and forewarned."

"When we become a powerful force, controlling a large territory, we can use large ships focused on personnel to form a mobile migration fleet. As long as we cover the area and respond quickly, theoretically, we can save every disaster victim."

In the teaching fleet, Beverly and others learned these principles.

Although they were once Nanxiang’s Earldom’s lackeys, after awakening, even the most stubborn Beverly realized he was still just a used tool.

Nanxiang’s Earldom did not provide him with a foreseeable future, but only constantly tempted him with short-term benefits. Instead, Earl Red Blade gave more.

Externally, after announcing the successful annihilation of the mysterious fleet, Golden Dog announced it entered a dormant period.

Five years later, the fierce Golden Dog returned to the scene, beginning to conquer the east and west with an even more domineering stance.

But the strange thing is that Golden Dog’s campaigns did not abduct people, nor openly seized resources, but rather just opened trade routes.