"As per your request, we have taken inventory of the captured war criminals."

These war criminals were then categorized into four levels: A, B, C, and D.

Both Class A and Class B war criminals were death row inmates. Class B war criminals would undergo about three days of torture after their trial, eventually dying from the torture.

Class A war criminals will endure at least 100 days of torture and will be able to go to the Black Tiger Sacred Mountain Ruins to take revenge on anyone within the White Tiger tribe who requests their 'revenge'.

Class A war criminals can be subjected to any form of torture, as long as it does not result in death.

We have set up dedicated medical facilities on site, provided by the interplanetary hospital ship.

As long as the war criminals still have a breath left, they can be saved and allowed to continue to be punished.

As for when they will be sent to their deaths, that depends on the extent of their sins.” Lilith said these words without changing her expression.

"There are currently 73 Class A war criminals identified. Their crimes are basically committed by leaders who approved, supported, and carried out the massacre and bombing of the White Tiger Main Star."

In addition to being an officer in the army, he was also the head of various clans within the Black Tiger tribe.

Class B war criminals were mid-level officers, numbering in the thousands, who were ordered to carry out the operation.

Class C war criminals were mid- to low-ranking officers who carried out the operation, but depending on the specific crimes they committed, they would face the death penalty or permanent imprisonment.

Class D war criminals are those who, although not directly involved in these military operations against the White Tiger tribe, were implicated. Depending on the nature of their crimes, they will be sentenced to death, permanent imprisonment, or imprisonment for more than one hundred years.

In addition to the four types mentioned above, there are also ordinary war criminals.

Ordinary war criminals were involved, but did not play a leading role; such as lower-ranking soldiers or the immediate family members of the aforementioned war criminals.

We will impose different sentences on them, such as death penalty, permanent imprisonment, 100 years, 80 years, 50 years, 30 years, or 10 years, depending on the actual circumstances and their past behavior.

The five categories of war criminals mentioned above have totaled 50 million to date, 99% of whom are ordinary war criminals.

All of these methods of imprisonment were in accordance with labor imprisonment.

"They will all be transported to the mining areas of the Reef Sector," Lilith added.

Fifty million people seems like a huge number, but compared to the Black Tiger tribe's population, it is actually quite small.

One of the main reasons for the large number of war criminals is that some of their immediate family members were also included.

Although these people may be innocent, they benefited directly from the war criminals. Since they benefited in the past, they should be punished now.

At the same time, the Dragon Legion can also obtain a large number of cheap 'laborers' from them, and those heinous criminals can be sent to some mining planets with harsh environments.

Anyway, I only promise you that I'll set you free after you've worked for a hundred years, but if you can't last a hundred years, then you can only blame yourself.

It's important to understand that they've only captured 50 million people on Black Tiger Main Star so far, and that doesn't even include the entire Black Tiger Starfield.

Once this wave of cleanup is over, Zhao Chen can bring back at least a billion free laborers to the Dark Reef Starfield.

"How's the matter of supporting the puppets going?" Zhao Chen asked.

"We've handed this matter over to the White Tiger tribe."

"They've already formed several factions within the Black Tiger tribe, and they're starting to become active within the tribe. They could all become our puppet forces within the Black Tiger tribe in the future," Lilith replied.

"It is appropriate to give some rewards."

"Let these people know that we are only settling scores with the guilty members of the Black Tiger tribe, and those who are willing to follow us will receive the same treatment as the Hundred Beasts Alliance," Zhao Chen said.

Zhao Chen understood the principle of "surrounding three sides and leaving one open" very well; simply suppressing them wouldn't work, but they also needed to offer a glimmer of hope.

Zhao Chen then continued his conversation with Lilith about the affairs of the Dragon Legion.

Suddenly, Lilith's handheld terminal flashed a signal, and she glanced at it.

She reported to Zhao Chen, "Princess Leona of the Dragonkin tribe wants to discuss with you the matter of demanding ransom from us."

"Finally here." Zhao Chen stretched. "Let's bring her in and see this princess of the Dragonkin tribe."

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After Leona waited for a while, the video call between the two sides was finally connected.

She also saw the legendary Supreme Commander of the Dragon Legion.

A man sat in the captain's chair, watching her with a calm expression.

"I am Leona, the princess of the Dragonkin tribe."

I have come to negotiate with you on the orders of my father, the Emperor.

I believe we have an opportunity for peace talks, and we will temporarily waive the responsibility for your unauthorized attack on the Black Tiger Starfield.

But I demand that you release our Dragonkin Tenth Fleet, demonstrate your sincerity, before we can sit down..."

Before Leona could finish speaking, the video feed on the other end went completely black.

This scene left Leona dumbfounded.

"What's going on? Is there a problem with the communication network?" Leona questioned her subordinate.

After checking, the subordinate said with a strange expression, "Did the other party interrupt our video communication?"

"What?" Leona hadn't reacted yet, instinctively assuming that there was a problem with the other party's video communication.

She was going to wait a moment.

But a minute passed and the other party didn't respond at all.

This made Leona realize that something was wrong. Could it be that the other party did this on purpose?

Thinking about this, Leona's fiery temper began to flare up.

She clenched her fists.

"Your Highness...should we still contact them?" the subordinate asked cautiously.

In the past, Leona would never have tolerated such a thing.

But this was something my father had entrusted to me, and my mother had repeatedly warned me.

Leona could only suppress her anger and say, "Continue the communication!"

The second contact received a reply very quickly.

"Um... Your Highness, they refused. But they sent a message saying: 'If they're not here to discuss ransom, then there's no need to discuss it.'" the subordinate said awkwardly.

"That guy!" Leona was furious. She gritted her teeth and said, "Keep contacting him!"

The next few times, I was rejected.

But after ten minutes and countless attempts, they finally got in touch again.

The man's face reappeared before Leona.

"You!" Leona stood up and pointed at Zhao Chen, but before she could speak, the video went black again.

"What's going on?" Leona roared at her subordinates.

His subordinate glanced at it, swallowed hard, and whispered, "The other party sent a text message saying...you should...be mindful of...your attitude."

manner?

manner?

The man actually told me to watch my attitude.

Leona was furious; she had never suffered such humiliation before.

"Keep hitting me!" Leona said through gritted teeth.