Chapter 1 "Crazy!"

Mei Qiu's eyes turned red when he received the news that the Zerg had suddenly launched a large-scale attack on the Canglan Star Region. Especially since the Zerg outside the Hua Lan Star Region hadn't shown any abnormalities in the past few days. He didn't believe this sudden attack on the Canglan Star Region was a spur-of-the-moment decision!

The most crucial thing was that he couldn't easily mobilize troops now. The distance between Hua Lan Star Region and the Sixth Legion was too great; by the time reinforcements arrived, it would be too late!

The problem was that the Zerg here were still watching them, threatening them against making any rash moves.

Mei Qiu wanted to slap himself when he thought about how he had sent Mingmei to the Canglan Star Region.

"What did the Empire say?"

Mei Qiu took a deep breath and looked sternly at his secretary. The secretary hadn't recovered from Mei Qiu's earlier fury, but when he did, he seemed to remember something.

"N-nothing from the Empire yet... but—"

The secretary's hesitation made Mei Qiu instinctively realize the following news might not be good.

"But Marshal Wang and Marshal Lu both sent you personal messages..."

The secretary's "personal messages" didn't mean messages sent to him, but messages sent to the Hua Lan Star Region military headquarters.

"What messages?"

It was unusual for those two old marshals to bypass the Empire and send them messages privately.

"They said that if there was a need for cooperation, the Third and Fifth Legions could cooperate. Also, they included the personal accounts of the commanders of those two legions."

After the secretary finished speaking, he glanced at Mei Qiu. Seeing that Mei Qiu's expression was normal, he was about to breathe a sigh of relief when Mei Qiu suddenly smiled.

His smile was tinged with a hint of ferocity.

"The Empire..."

Mei Qiu repeatedly chewed on the word "Empire" in his mouth. He waved his hand to dismiss the secretary from the office and initiated a communication...

Imperial Central Star.

"What's going on today? Why are the legion forces being scaled back?"

Given Yuan Fang's current position, even if the Central Star needed reinforcements, it wouldn't be his turn. But just two hours ago, he and Bai Xiao had been taken aboard a starship by their superior and flown back to the Central Star.

As soon as they landed, Yuan Fang saw people from the Yuan family. It was his maternal grandfather's butler, who bypassed Yuan Fang's superior and took them both back.

"What happened?"

At this point, Bai Xiao and Yuan Fang roughly understood that something big was about to happen.

"A large number of Zerg have appeared on the border of the Canglan Star Region."

As soon as the butler finished speaking, Bai Xiao's face changed.

She quickly lowered her head to open her optical computer, and an overwhelming amount of news about the incident popped up. She didn't have time to look at the details; thinking of Hu Yue and the others over there, she immediately wanted to contact them.

Yuan Fang, however, sensed that there were other issues behind this action. The Central Star hadn't been this panicked even when the Third Legion was attacked last time.

"Why are the Central Star's forces being scaled back? Are the Zerg attacking so fiercely that they've already crossed the border?"

"No, it's because of the area where the Zerg appeared; they didn't appear on the border between the Empire and the Zerg." The butler sighed as he said, "Canglan Star Region border."

Needless to say, this Canglan Star Region border wasn't the same place they usually referred to.

Thinking this, Yuan Fang's face also darkened.

"So, the Zerg could directly bypass the Sixth Legion and attack the Fourth Legion's territory?"

"Not... according to the current news, the Zerg still seem to be targeting the Sixth Legion."

Those who knew this news were equally puzzled. Why were the Zerg fixated on the Canglan Star Region?

This made the Fourth Legion soldiers stationed on the border of the Fourth Legion breathe a sigh of relief, but at the same time, their hearts couldn't help but clench.

"Why aren't we going to help?"

Someone muttered quietly, looking at the overwhelming number of posts, especially the small videos of the aerial battle that had just erupted in the skies of Qilan Star.

A mech exploded in mid-air, taking three incoming Zerg down with it in a mutual destruction.

Even though the footage wasn't the clearest, as if captured hastily by someone looking up, it was still shocking enough.

However, the battle video that had just sparked a heated discussion was taken down the next second.

"Damn it! Why are they deleting things at a time like this?"

"Hey, what are you doing?"

The soldier was cursing under his breath about the missing video when he was caught by the squad leader who came to relieve him and was severely reprimanded. "You're still surfing the net at a time like this?"

"No, squad leader, I just saw something about the aerial battle on Qilan Star. The whole sky, oh my god..." The soldier described it vividly, and even the squad leader was listening intently when he suddenly changed his tone. "The video was deleted, and all the chats and trending topics about the Canglan Star Region have been removed."

As he spoke, he raised the optical computer on his wrist to show it. Even his squad leader was somewhat indignant.

"What's going on? What's wrong with this internet?!"

They weren't the only ones complaining. The Imperial citizens who had been worried about the Empire's border just a moment ago were now restless.

Netizen 1: [Why are they cutting off the internet at a time like this?]

Netizen 2: [Laughing to death, is this selective internet censorship? They say their internet speed is the best, but the moment you mention QLx, it's gone. What's going on?]

Netizen 3: [Let me tell you a joke—if nobody talks about it, then it didn't happen.]

Netizen 4: [I just don't understand, what does this have to do with us? And does us talking about it affect their rescue efforts?]

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Netizen 10000897: [I just want to know when the Empire's reinforcements will arrive?]

Netizen 10000899: [They're on their way. The Third Legion's battle starship just flew over our heads.]

The more taboo a topic was, the more attention netizens paid to it. Usually, nobody watched the Empire's news livestreams, but today the number of viewers had exploded. A bunch of people were spamming the chat, wanting to know what exactly was happening in the Canglan Star Region.

In the end, the news only said, "The military is launching a rescue operation," and then nothing more.

This was outrageous!

This made the people of the Empire even more upset. The neighboring Federation's livestreams and news reports were even more comprehensive than the Empire's.

There were countless messages and tips from Imperial netizens under the Federation's news livestream.

This wave of events caught the Federation's netizens somewhat off guard.

[Originally wanted to curse, but after seeing the Imperial netizens' messages, I've decided to unite with them today—the Empire is a moron!]

[Yeah, it's too outrageous. This kind of major event happens and they don't let people discuss it. I'm so glad I was born in the Federation!]

[Although I used to think the Federation wasn't that great, I think the Federation is really good today. They actually dare to report things.]

[My hometown is in the Canglan Star Region. I'm just studying outside, and I was planning to go home tomorrow, but now...]

[Upstairs! You have to believe that you're just going home a little later, nothing will happen. Unlike me, I don't have a home anymore (crying)]

[Ah, hug you, Imperial friend...]

Just then, the Federation's news livestream suddenly went black.

"What the hell?!"

Was this cursed?!

At this moment, the most devastated by the Federation news livestream going black weren't the Federation's netizens, but the Empire's.

Were they going to shut down anything they saw?

Just as someone was about to burst into curses, the black screen slowly lit up again. The scene in the news livestream seemed to have changed.

Some netizens who were familiar with game livestreams immediately recognized who's livestream this was—Lu Xiaoyao's livestream!

This time, the livestream had been quietly started without the person's knowledge. What appeared before everyone's eyes was a gray-pink mech suddenly flying towards a crack in the sky that seemed to be visibly damaged. In the extreme movement of the view, a violent impact, along with the sound and the extent of the camera shake, reached everyone's ears.

"Senior, hang in there."

Lu Xiaoyao's usually clear voice was tinged with sobs. When the camera cleared again, the sight of a heavily damaged mech, especially the shattered cockpit, made all the netizens who saw it gasp.

This wasn't a game scenario, but reality.

Only then did some of Lu Xiaoyao's fans silently type in the chat—[So, my child is serving in the Sixth Legion?]

The giant pink mech carefully held the shattered cockpit in its hands and flew towards the medical logistics area below.

[Careful!]

Lu Xiaoyao was staring at the seriously injured soldier in her hands, but the audience was staring at the Zerg that had flown in from the crack behind Lu Xiaoyao, causing the number of warning messages in the chat to surge!

"You go first."

Just when they were worried about Lu Xiaoyao, two mechs, one black and one white, directly annihilated the Zerg.

"Okay..."

Lu Xiaoyao couldn't help but purse her lips when she saw that Mingmei and Mu Chen had also come to help in the camera.

According to their assignments, Lu Xiaoyao wasn't actually participating in the front-line combat this time. She was just assisting the medical department in rescuing the soldiers who were injured on the battlefield and still had a breath left, and sending them to the medical center.

But Lu Xiaoyao knew what Mingmei and Mu Chen's assignments were.

They were combat reserves. The fact that they were appearing on the battlefield now meant that the number of people who could fight on Qilan Star was about to be exhausted?