Chapter 1 When Things are Unclear

When her grandfather mentioned hybrids, the two exchanged a knowing look, gazing at the deep eyes on his aging face, eyes that seemed to contain the vast starry sky. Jian Yunhe blurted out, "I don't know either..."

But in her heart, she understood that the matter of hybrids must be a significant one, something even her grandfather didn't want to mention.

"Yes, such profound things, how would we know? We don't understand other people's affairs."

A comforting smile appeared on her grandfather's face. Jian Yunhe returned a wry smile. This was the tacit understanding between her and her grandfather, something she had learned growing up by his side after her parents passed away.

"I don't know about this matter either. Besides accounting, I don't have any other skills."

Her grandfather often said this to others with a smile.

"Lianlian, many people were present when your father passed away, but they couldn't explain why he died. Your grandfather and I understand even less."

Jian Yunhe didn't know why her thoughts drifted back to a long time ago, when her grandfather had just returned home and picked up her, who had just woken up from a nightmare. He had said these words to her while she was half-asleep, crying and fussing.

Clearly, that day, she was hiding in the cabinet in her father's laboratory. The things that followed, she..."Lianlian, you're not clear about what happened, are you?"

"I don't know..."

During her reverie, Jian Yunsheng's unconscious sigh happened to be heard by a companion who called her to the command position to assist the commander-in-chief, who looked at her with confusion.

"You don't know what?"

"Ah, it's nothing."

Jian Yunsheng snapped back to reality, looked at her companion, and then at several seniors or comrades who were also in command, all of whom had stood up from their positions. So she got up as well, nodded at the classmate beside her who was looking at her curiously, and quickly followed.

Sometimes, pretending to be ignorant doesn't help, like right now.

...

Qilan Star Ground Command.

"Have all the star citizens retreated to the deepest part of the underground defense works?"

"They have all retreated. The star citizens in the southern hemisphere have also been quickly transferred." Sun Yunzhong helped the seniors compile all the information, and finally cautiously asked, "Are we... are we going to close all the air defense systems?"

Sun Yunzhong's breathing became lighter when he asked this question.

Looking at the Zerg that almost blotted out the sky, he couldn't imagine what would happen if they suddenly opened up the defenses.

However, all current actions seemed to indicate an imminent withdrawal of air defense.

"The air defense energy can last for a maximum of two interstellar hours, and based on the current damage situation in the southern hemisphere, the southern hemisphere is consuming more energy and cannot be repaired. Consolidate the air defense, at least, to hold out until reinforcements arrive."

Speaking of reinforcements, Sun Yunzhong turned to look at the support signals on the panel. The support from the Third Army was already on its way, as was the Fifth Army, but it seemed to be held up.

The border between the Fourth and Sixth Armies.

"What are you doing?!"

Wang Wenfei joined the support troops this time to assist the Canglan Star Region, but she didn't expect that the first to stop them wouldn't be the Zerg, but "their own people."

"Please report your name, affiliated legion, mission, mission orders, and other relevant information. Starfield passage will be granted after verification."

Listening to the several air defense drones from the Fourth Army flying over, the people supporting the Sixth Army wanted to blow them up with a single shot.

Listening to the cold electronic voice coming from the drones, Wang Wenfei saw the face of their commander-in-chief darken.

But then he smiled and said, "We are the Fifth Army. We purchased a batch of energy crystals from the s-875 mine star in the Canglan Star Region. Due to the current war situation, we have to send troops to escort this batch of energy crystals back to the army."

As he spoke, he also sent the electronic version of their purchase contract to the other party.

Fortunately, they were prepared.

Soon, an electronic voice opened up their starfield access, allowing them to leave.

However, soon after, when the Fourth Army really learned that the Fifth Army had left for this reason, they felt both aggrieved and happy.

They were happy that the Canglan Star Region was saved.

They were aggrieved that they couldn't go to rescue people, and even their role was like a hateful clown in a play.

"Damn it, if we hadn't let you through, I wouldn't have let you pass for any reason!" In the Fourth Army Commander's office, a middle-aged uncle looked at the release authorization on the optical brain and couldn't help but sigh and mutter, "I'm not showing favoritism..."

...

[Damn!]

The barrage was filled with the shocking scene of Lu Xiaokui piloting a mecha, dragging a pile of damaged mecha cockpits, and the defense in the sky behind her instantly disappearing!

[Are they crazy?!]

[Withdraw air defense? Are they going to destroy Qilan Star?]

[Qilan Star isn't that fragile. Its foundation seems to be made of a special element that the Zerg generally dislike.]

[Dislike attacking Qilan Star? To the point of a never-ending war?]

[Hey, are you guys getting off topic?]

[Look! Look at Puppy in front! Over there!]

The sharp-eyed viewers in the live broadcast noticed that a screen of light had risen in the direction where Lu Xiaokui's mecha was flying back, which looked like a smaller version of the air defense!

[They are really just shrinking the defensive line.]

[The smaller defense is stronger, but at the same time, this is also a sign of energy shortage, right?]

Some knowledgeable netizens have realized that things have become increasingly uncontrollable.

Mingmei and Mu Chen received the same command orders and also noticed.

Their next mission was to carry out a "beheading" operation after one interstellar hour.

According to Guigui's calculations for Mingmei, there were about a million Zerg suddenly participating in this battle.

The number was astonishing, and the size was astonishing, but fortunately, more than 90% of them were low-level and mid-level Zerg. Zerg generals, including some Zerg mothers, accounted for less than 0.1% of the total.

When the low-level and mid-level Zerg lost control from the high-level and higher-level Zerg, the dawn of the end of this war would come.

However, this "beheading" operation also required breaking through the dense swarm of low-level Zerg before the next action could be discussed.

"I hate small bugs."

Mu Chen, who had returned to the ground to receive mecha ammunition and supplies, came out of the mecha and supplemented himself with a bottle of high-grade nutrient solution that wasn't very tasty. He complained along with his dislike for the nutrient solution, "It's just like this nutrient solution that doesn't know what it tastes like."

Mingmei nodded. While her mecha was changing energy crystals, she was also drinking the nutrient solution.

The two of them frowned as they looked at the sky outside while drinking the nutrient solution.

"Achen, is the ammunition carried by Subo capable of blowing up these bugs?"

Mingmei was already thinking about how to minimize the damage and rush out with the soldiers who had B+ level mecha or higher.

"It can blow them up, but it's unstable."

Mu Chen calculated that if he blew them up and a mecha wanted to fly out from there, it would probably be blown up by the cannon he had attached in the next second.

"We need a commander, a very excellent commander."

Mu Chen sighed faintly. He had to admit that he, who was very strong in individual combat ability, also needed an excellent commander who could unite everyone in the face of such a situation.

In the underground defense, everyone watched the battle outside through the light screen. Yan Hui couldn't help but sigh, "The command level here is really rotten."