Chapter 1 The Empire, Central Star

The Empire, Central Star.

Bai Xiao stood in the garden of the Yuan family's old mansion. No one was around. Looking at her parents and grandfather on the other end of the communicator, she finally asked about the matter.

"This time, His Majesty's handling of the Canglan Star System is very strange."

Bai Xiao thought for a moment and voiced her thoughts.

"I always feel like the Empire doesn't want to rescue the Sixth Legion this time. Is that just my imagination, Grandpa?"

Looking at his granddaughter's puzzled expression on the screen, Bai Xiao's grandfather looked solemn.

Although their main family was not on the Central Star, it didn't mean that their Bai family was some second-rate family.

On the contrary, the Bai family, which had a strong influence on the Empire's legal system, was very powerful.

Otherwise, it would have been impossible for her to be with Yuan Fang with the consent of both families.

"Xiao Xiao, where are you now? It doesn't look like you're in the legion. Have you and Xiao Yuan returned to the Central Star?"

Instead of answering Bai Xiao's question immediately, the Bai family elder asked about Bai Xiao.

"It should be because His Majesty summoned us. However, after Yuan Fang and I were transferred back to the Central Star, we were picked up by Old Master Yuan. We are not in the palace now, but at Yuan Fang's maternal grandfather's place."

"If you're asking your grandfather what he thinks about the Sixth Legion being attacked by the Zerg, I think you should ask Xiao Yuan's maternal grandfather. He probably knows more than I do."

The Bai family elder didn't say he knew nothing, but he clearly didn't want to talk about it.

Bai Xiao hesitated after hearing what her grandfather said. At that moment of hesitation, her grandfather hung up the video call, making the matter seem even more secretive.

"What could be more serious than the death of soldiers and star citizens?!"

Bai Xiao gritted her teeth, unable to suppress the anger in her heart.

The youthful passion was doused with cold water by these older, experienced people, one after another.

But! Bai Xiao still couldn't calm her anger, as if this passion would never die.

Turning around, Bai Xiao was about to go see Yuan Fang's maternal grandfather, but she saw that Yuan Fang's face was also very serious.

"What are you going to do?"

Before Bai Xiao could ask Yuan Fang, Yuan Fang asked this question first.

"See your maternal grandfather."

Bai Xiao didn't hide it from Yuan Fang. Looking at Yuan Fang, who was going to see his maternal grandfather first, he looked like he had suffered a major blow.

"What do you want to see my maternal grandfather for?"

Yuan Fang's expression became even more unsightly, like a cat whose tail had been stepped on!

Bai Xiao's expression also darkened after being spoken to in such an aggressive tone.

"What do you mean by that?" Hearing Yuan Fang's fierce tone just now, Bai Xiao was also angry. "What are you questioning me for? What do you think I'm looking for your maternal grandfather for?"

Bai Xiao's series of angry questions immediately silenced Yuan Fang.

Yuan Fang knew that his attitude just now was not good, but then Bai Xiao snapped at him.

For a moment, his awkwardness prevented him from apologizing immediately.

Bai Xiao just stood there, watching coldly.

The two stood there like wooden figures, unmoving, confronting each other.

In the end, it was the butler who came to look for them that broke the deadlock, saying that Yuan Fang's maternal grandfather wanted to see them.

Lu Xiaoyao's livestream,

[Brothers, I'm back in the livestream! Guess what I just saw when I went out?]

[What, what? What did you see? Did the official issue an order to send reinforcements?]

[No, no, the military department's Xingbo hasn't even said a word. They didn't say anything specific about reinforcements, and there was no follow-up. I heard from a friend in the Guangyu Star System that they saw the Third Legion's fleet had already set off! They're heading towards Qilan Star!]

As soon as this comment appeared, the screen instantly exploded with comments.

[Really? Is that true?]

[I can testify. I saw their mechs and starships flying over my head. When it comes down to it, we still have to rely on our Third Legion!]

[Hey, don't just mention the Third Legion. The Fifth Legion is also flying! They have to cross the Galan Star System, which is guarded by the Fourth Legion!]

[Across mountains, across seas, crossing the endless Galan. Everyone is on their way!]

[Hey, wait a minute. The Fifth Legion is moving, so what is the Fourth Legion doing? According to the geographical location of the legions, isn't the Fourth Legion next to Qilan Star? Why aren't they sending any reinforcements?]

[I'm going, just standing by and watching is too disgusting, even if you're afraid, afraid of sacrifices and deaths, you should at least support them with some weapons, right? Or you could scare them from the outside, reduce the pressure on Qilan Star!]

[That's right, now that the other legions are moving, you're doing nothing next door, that's too much, right?]

The star citizens were outraged, but there were also a few rational star citizens who spoke up for the Fourth Legion and even the other legions that hadn't taken action to rescue them.

[It's not like you can just do whatever you want, you need orders from above. After all, the Zerg are unpredictable. What if they use a feint to lure the troops away and attack your own base? Who would be responsible if something happened then?]

[That's right, not everyone has the courage to take responsibility for all the mistakes of the war like the Third Legion did. Do the other legions have that?]

[Hey! Is the person above a reverse troll? What's the Third Legion got to do with this? What do you mean by that? Are you saying it's all our fault?!]

[That's right, you're being so sarcastic. Who are you trying to provoke? Are you trying to provoke the relationship between our Third Legion and the other legions?]

Just as the comments seemed to be about to spark a new round of flame wars, a new comment suddenly caught everyone's attention.

[Brothers, go check Xingbo! The Fourth Legion is coming!]

[Oh my god! What did I just see?! You can't even imagine that the Fourth Legion actually posted on their official Xingbo!]

[The official Xingbo even said that they were the first to receive the order and were coming to support immediately!]

[I'm dying of laughter! The Third and Fifth Legions are building groups in the comments section, saying that the Fourth Legion is bragging!]

[But the Fourth Legion was the first to officially come forward.]

[Here it comes, the plot twist! The Fourth Legion directly confronted the Third and Fifth Legions, saying that they had orders and asking what the Third and Fifth Legions had. As a result, the two accounts that were building the tower in the Fourth Legion's comments section just now suddenly stopped talking.]

[Oh my god, what does this mean? Are you saying that the people from the Third and Fifth Legions left their posts without receiving military orders?!]

[Holy crap! That's a big crime! Even if they save the Sixth Legion, save Qilan Star, and save the entire Canglan Star System, they will still have to face a military court!]

[This, this is too scary!]

[Tell me about it! I'm so worried now. Damn it, it's all my fault for being so talkative just now. I shouldn't have said that I saw the Third Legion's starships flying over my head! So they didn't receive orders!]

No matter how fiercely the debate raged in Lu Xiaoyao's livestream about the other legions coming to support, Mingmei and her group were already exhausted.

Mingmei fought four insect generals of the sickle fly class in close combat one after another, and Mu Chen also killed one from a distance.

After that, Mu Chen continued to suppress the Zerg that rushed out of the crack with firepower.

After that, Mingmei activated several more insect mother crystals.

After activating them multiple times, Mingmei clearly found that the insect cores she controlled had different effects on different levels of Zerg.

She could completely control the insects below the level of higher Zerg, and the higher Zerg had some resistance, but not much.

However, the insect generals could exhibit behavior that broke free from her control.

As a result, the number of Zerg gathered around Mingmei and Mu Chen increased instead of decreasing.

Just like from the first day Mingmei got the brocade, she knew that she would one day be targeted by the Zerg, until death...