The Last Commander of the Red Alert

Chapter 426: However, I Refuse!

After taking a sip of tea, Su Chen finally spoke, "Um... what's your name?"

Prince nearly cried, after all this time, he didn't even know his name.

"I'm Hui Pu."

"Oh, Hui Pu Prince, right? Your suggestion is really good..." Just as a smile was about to bloom on Hui Pu's face, Su Chen hit the brakes hard, "However, I refuse."

"What..." Hui Pu's expression froze.

Hui Pu Prince dared not speak out his anger; he deeply understood that when under someone else's roof, one had to lower their head. The other side only needed a single sentence to ruin him. What capital did he have to be angry?

Su Chen glanced at him, "Was I too direct, or should I put it more gently?"

"No... it's not necessary, Commander's refusal is right. I was being delusional, I'm Meng Lang." Hui Pu Prince forced a bitter smile.

Indeed, the other party was a powerful Commander of a Base. How could he be moved by a single sentence to help him reclaim Yan Yun Star?

Who didn't know about the might and terror of the Ghost Clan? Could a single Base contend against an entire Ghost Clan?

"No, you haven't understood my meaning. Cooperation is impossible; when the positions of both parties are unequal, it's not cooperation. I can support you in reclaiming Yan Yun Star, but in return, I want to become the Regent King."

Hui Pu Prince's body trembled. He understood Su Chen's meaning – in other words, the other party was using his identity. Even if he became the king, with a Regent King holding actual power, he would be restricted in everything he did.

Of course, those matters were still too far away for now. If they could receive the assistance of such a Base, even leaving Yan Yun Star by constructing a Warship was entirely possible.

He had no idea that Red Alert Base possessed five Warships; as long as Su Chen was willing, he could build even more Warships.

Hui Pu Prince faced a difficult choice, but Su Chen wouldn't give him much time. "I'll count to three, if you don't agree, I'll have someone send you back to continue working."

"Three... one!"

Hui Pu was surprised. What about two? Did you just skip it?

Clearly, Su Chen didn't give him time to think. Hui Pu could only choose to agree.

"A wise choice. Ju Ling, have someone help him change his appearance and spread the word about Hui Pu Prince's new identity. From now on, we are the Restoration Army."

After leaving without speaking, Tanya, who had been silent all this time, spoke up, "Commander, do we really need the identity of a fallen prince? If he becomes king and you are just the Regent King, I don't think it's acceptable."

In Tanya's mind, Commander was forever meant to be in the highest position. How could they submit to someone else?

"Tanya, you don't know about a phrase in my homeland: 'Achieving fame upon leaving.' If we help the people of Yan Yun Star for no apparent reason and they discover we're not from this planet when the time comes, what consequences do you think there will be?"

Tanya was intelligent and quickly grasped the point, immediately realizing the potential outcome.

If they defeated the Ghost Clan, and the people of Yan Yun Star found out they were from another planet, they would likely become the next expelled group, just like the Ghost Clan.

No matter where, the locals always harbored strong resentment towards outsiders. Everyone knew that those who are not of our kind will have different hearts.

"But what if he turns against us later?"

A cold light flickered in Su Chen's eyes. "That will be his last chance."

Before long, news about Yan Yun Star's Prince Hui Pu teaming up with Red Alert Base to establish the Restoration Army spread to the ears of hundreds of thousands of people in the surrounding area. They could hardly believe that a prince would actually join forces with Red Alert Base.

Previously, Yan Yun Star had many princes – at least over a hundred. However, during this period, most of them had been captured by the Ghost Clan and used as sacrifices on the battlefield, meeting a miserable end.

This resulted in the remaining princes hiding, afraid to reveal their royal status. Hui Pu was one of the few who openly declared his identity as a prince during this period.

"I never thought that our Base would help a prince reclaim Yan Yun Star. Isn't that too reckless?" someone worried.

They were quite content with their current lives. They had things to do every day, meals to eat; what else did they need?

"It doesn't matter to us since we don't have to go to the battlefield."

"I want to join the army. If they're recruiting, I'll be the first!"

"We're just ordinary people. How could we deal with the Ghost Clan? Do you think the army would want us?"

However, on that day, Red Alert Base announced that anyone willing to join the Restoration Army would be provided with Transcendent Elixir for free. It could make ordinary people become first-stage Transcendents. The only condition was that they could never betray the Restoration Army and Red Alert Base in their lifetime!

This news immediately stirred the hearts of the hundreds of thousands of people from Yan Yun Star. After a series of selections, eighty thousand suitable individuals were chosen to join the army. In the presence of others, they ingested the Transcendent Elixir and directly became first-stage Transcendents.

Having one or two people become Transcendents was not surprising, but when eighty thousand people became Transcendents, the scene was quite spectacular.

Hui Pu witnessed this entire process and gained even more confidence in Red Alert Base.

"They even have Transcendent Elixir. This Base must have more secrets." Hui Pu thought.

Hui Pu knew that he couldn't just run around the Base freely; the soldiers around him were watching him closely.

After expanding the army by eighty thousand members, they couldn't just leave them idle. Thus, Su Chen assigned a portion of Red Alert Soldiers to act as instructors, starting to train these new recruits.

"It's not enough. The numbers are far from sufficient. Find me a million people within a week!"

Su Chen's command was immediately executed by all Red Alert branches. In no time, the entire Red Alert Base was operating at full speed. Numerous soldiers were dispatched to various places, preparing to find more people.

In just five days, the Red Alert forces had completed Su Chen's command and found one million people!

"The first phase of the mission has officially begun. From now on, the master needs to protect these people for seven days. Countdown initiated," System's voice echoed.

Su Chen frowned. The only enemies on this planet, aside from the Ghost Clan, who else could they be?

Yet, there were no signs of the Ghost Clan in the vicinity. Could it be that the Ghost Clan would suddenly emerge?

Half an hour later, reality proved that the Ghost Clan could indeed appear out of thin air. (To be continued...)