Starting from the Planetary Governor - Chapter 557

Chapter 555: Can you collect the blood shark?

The Blood Sharks suddenly appeared in the rear of the Proud Claw Star Domain, rescuing three Alliance battlecruisers in a moment of crisis. This wasn’t an accident or coincidence, but rather something Gu Hang had anticipated.

Just as the Blood Sharks had emerged from the darkness during the Purple Flower Rebellion 130 years prior, so too had they arrived this time.

Hearing of a rebellion in a familiar place, involving familiar figures, how could the Blood Sharks not join in the fun?

After all, they still had a score to settle with the Iron Armor. Since the Iron Armor had rebelled, they could serve the Empire, fight for the Emperor, and settle old grudges at the same time—wouldn’t that be the best of both worlds?

They emerged from the darkness of the Outer Realm and appeared in the Menghe Star Domain of the Eastern Astral Domain.

Their original intention was to enter the core control zone of the Iron Fury Stone and engage in combat. They had no intention of engaging the Iron Armor in direct combat; they had known the Iron Armor’s true nature for over a century.

In a frontal engagement, the Blood Sharks, so impoverished they lack even sufficient supplies, are unlikely to withstand the toll of a prolonged battle.

On the front lines, they offer little assistance and their strengths are limited.

On the other hand, if they could penetrate the Ironclad’s core control zone, they could leverage their fleet’s superior maneuverability and their signature swift, sudden assaults to plunder and strike at enemy bases, completely disrupting the Ironclad’s stronghold.

This could potentially provide far greater assistance to the main battlefield than simply filling the front lines. However

, navigating the Dark Outer Realms is not easy. Most human ships dare not venture into the vast expanse of space, where unknown treasures lie. While there’s a chance of finding precious treasure, the greater likelihood is that they’ll never return.

Only a select few, such as wandering traders bearing pioneering orders, can undertake such risky voyages.

The Blood Sharks exemplify this group’s extensive experience in navigating the Outer Realms. After all, they have been doing this for thousands of years.

However, no matter how experienced they were, the risks of sailing in the Outer Realms were always real. Even with their vast experience, they had already veered off course through several star regions, eventually arriving in the Menghe Star Region.

Of course, generally speaking, this wasn’t a major problem.

They could easily operate in stealth, using the lost technology they’d acquired from their Outer Realms explorations to keep their fleet invisible, following the star map northward until they reached the Spider Web Realm, and then

they could begin their work. And so they did.

However, in the Menghe Star Region, their astropathic towers had picked up some intelligence from the front lines.

While the Alliance’s military’s encrypted astropathic communications were difficult to overhear, snippets of communication between merchant and civilian vessels could still be picked up.

They developed a certain interest in the Alliance.

Could the Blood Sharks fight independently without any contact?

Of course they could, and in fact, they were quite adept at such warfare.

After all, in the dark Outer Realms, where were there no interstellar tunnels connecting them? Wouldn’t that mean they were always fighting alone?

However, in an outland environment, they often face isolated enemies.

It’s best not to flee back into Imperial territory and face a behemoth like the Ironclad.

The Blood Shark Chapter Master thought for a moment and decided to establish some understanding and contact with the Alliance.

At the very least, could they provide us with supplies and support?

After all, we’re all fighting against the same target.

Once the communication was established, all levels of the Alliance clearly understood the importance of this matter.

They might not have known the Blood Sharks’ prowess, but it involved Space Marines.

The level of information and decision-making quickly escalated, quickly reaching Gu Hang.

Just then, the battlecruisers, the Winged, the Furious, and the Koroja, were ambushed and pursued.

Gu Hang readily agreed to the Blood Sharks’ requests for supplies and resources, generously allocating a substantial amount of assets to them.

On this basis, he directly requested the Blood Sharks’ assistance in resolving the issue of the three battlecruisers being pursued.

Without the Blood Sharks, Gu Hang would have been prepared for heavy losses. His order to Bai Qifan was to return to the heavily defended Upper East Star with his fleet as quickly as possible, holding out for as long as possible until he could lead his troops back.

However, the Blood Sharks’ appearance resolved this issue.

The Blood Sharks accepted Gu Hang’s request and performed their task admirably.

On the entire southern front, the Alliance faced a combined force of the Fury and New World Torch.

In the previous battle, the unexpected arrival of the Blood Sharks had effectively crippled the New World Torch.

The losses to a battle barge like the Torchlight were naturally the heaviest; beyond that, the destroyed cruisers also carried dozens of Space Marines. Gu Hang didn’t have exact statistics for these losses, along with the Space Marines killed aboard the Torchlight, but estimated it to be no less than three hundred.

This figure wasn’t far off the true figure.

Gu Hang was quite satisfied.

He had, of course, heard of the Blood Sharks’ past misdeeds, their disregard for mortals, a fact the Alliance found somewhat unacceptable. After all, the Alliance was a political power ruled by mortals.

Gu Hang himself was a mortal!

He also worried about the Blood Sharks’ tradition of “blood tax” and “gray tax.” “

I’m grateful you’re fighting for me; I understand your need for compensation and am willing to pay it.” But the tradition of the Blood Sharks is that this amount is set by them and cannot be negotiated, and the collection method is also decided by them.

However, under the goal of rescuing the three battle cruisers, Gu Hang at the time really couldn’t care less.

But afterward, the Blood Sharks were surprisingly easy to talk to.

When Gu Hang communicated with the battle captain named Alma Ewing, although he could feel that the other party was very frugal with words, it was not impossible to communicate.

Gu Hang tried to discuss the “blood tax” and “gray tax” that the alliance had to pay. Although it has not been negotiated yet, at least the other party is not completely resistant to talk.

This is a good start.

Gu Hang even thought further: Can the Blood Sharks… be taken down?

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There will be another chapter later

(end of this chapter)