“Do we need to contact You Keli’an?”

After seeing Lu Gui off, Mingmei was still sitting there, looking up at the thick, sturdy tree roots for a long time before turning her head to look at Mu Chen and asking this question.

“No.” Mu Chen shook his head. “At least, it’s not appropriate for us to contact him with our current identities.”

“Is that so? Our identity as ‘Feng Li’s people’ isn’t suitable? Did you find out something? Like Feng Li and his relationship isn’t good?”

Mingmei realized what Mu Chen meant by “not suitable.”

But Mingmei didn’t understand why Feng Li and the other party couldn’t be contacted.

“It’s not that his relationship with You Keli’an is bad, but that Feng Li’s relationship with Haike is bad.”

“Huh?” Mingmei was stunned when she heard this. Had she missed some details?

Why was Mu Chen saying something she didn’t know?

“The octopus leg from that day.” Mu Chen first pointed out the gift they sent that day, and seeing Mingmei’s thoughtful expression and the questions she wanted to ask, he added, “Besides that, do you remember what Lu Gui said today? At least Haike’s perception of Feng Li shouldn’t be too good.”

“Since their relationship is bad, shouldn’t we contact You Keli’an even more?”

“Balance.” Mu Chen pointed out the delicate balance between the three of them. “If we go to see You Keli’an, and Haike finds out, he’ll probably actively seek out You Keli’an as well. Considering the current situation, what do you think You Keli’an will think about the trouble we bring him?”

Having been in the underground city for so long, Mu Chen had also seen that You Keli’an’s faction, if not exactly isolated, definitely didn’t like power struggles.

The only thing that could make them take action was something related to the Outer Star Sea, and what Feng Li was investigating before was precisely something affecting the Outer Star Sea, but they couldn’t directly take this matter and tell You Keli’an.

After all, if You Keli’an had no problems, Haike’s problems would definitely be exposed.

Since he might even collude with the Zerg to harm the outer territories, who knows, if Haike sees Feng Li and You Keli’an together, he might even harm the Outer Star Sea.

With Mu Chen’s prompting, Mingmei immediately understood the key point. She thought for a moment and couldn’t help but sigh, but then asked with doubt, “Why haven’t the Zerg ever attacked the Outer Star Sea?”

“Because it’s not worth it. The resources here are so scarce that it’s not worth the Zerg army mobilizing. The environment here is harsh, resources are scarce, no one would be foolish enough to do such a worthless business.”

When Mu Chen talked about this, Mingmei couldn’t help but think of those planets that had been destroyed by the Zerg.

A worthwhile business meant the complete destruction of a vibrant planet?

“What kind of Zerg destroyed Gu Lan Star?”

Having nothing to do, Mingmei chatted with Mu Chen about other things. She had experienced the destruction of Gu Lan Star in that game instance last time.

“I don’t know either, but it’s definitely worth investigating.” Even Mu Chen was curious about which Zerg clan destroyed Gu Lan Star in the end.

“The history left by Hua Lan Star is also very vague about that Zerg invasion. They used all sorts of words to describe the final scene of destruction they saw from the narrow windows of their starships, such unforgettable but vague historical descriptions…”

As Mu Chen spoke, he raised his eyes to meet Mingmei’s. Looking at Mu Chen’s dark eyes, as deep as a still pool, the fear of staring into the abyss made Mingmei’s heart tremble.

Even though Mu Chen didn’t say anything, Mingmei felt she understood.

In that instant, Mingmei’s mind kept flashing back to the history she had read later. Mu Chen saw Mingmei’s constantly flickering eyes and smiled softly, pouring her a cup of hot tea.

His Mingmei was the most astute and intelligent. The entanglements between the Empire, the Federation, and Hua Lan Star over the years were not trivial.

Perhaps the initial suffering of Gu Lan Star was brought by the Federation, but who could say that the Empire was a complete savior?

…

Empire, outside the Central Imperial Star,

Standing on the deck on top of the defense ship, Yuan Fang looked at the starlight above his head, his eyes flashing with a brilliance that Bai Xiao, who had come to find him, couldn’t understand.

“What’s wrong?”

As Bai Xiao spoke, she stepped forward and tugged at Yuan Fang’s hand.

“Yesterday, I heard from a classmate serving in the Third Legion that their legion is currently in joint training with the Sixth Legion.”

Yuan Fang’s tone carried a bit of envy mixed with a bit of gloom. Bai Xiao heard this and gripped Yuan Fang’s hand slightly harder, but as if he didn’t feel it, he turned his head towards Yuan Fang and said coquettishly, “I’m so envious, I want to play games too~”

Seeing that she had said what he was thinking, Yuan Fang turned his head and saw Bai Xiao blinking at him. The melancholy in his heart seemed to be blown away by a gentle spring breeze.

She knew everything.

“Yeah, envious, but when I think about why there’s joint training, I feel like the fewer such games, the better…”

Yuan Fang lowered his eyes, recalling the game *Blood Battle Dawn* from the beginning. Among so many escape games, it had such a high score, and the unforgettable history and truth behind it captivated many people.

They wanted to change everything, and were moved by the efforts made by themselves or the character they played to hide the gold. Even though the game was later shut down, many people still couldn’t forget it.

And this time, similarly, he had already learned through his own channels what this game was linked to.

“I had a dream last night, I haven’t dreamed of Father and Mother in a long time…”

Yuan Fang suddenly changed the subject, turning around and resting his head on Bai Xiao’s shoulder, and said in a low voice, “I dreamed that I saw myself when I was just born. I was crying in the Queen’s arms, and the Queen was also saying something to keep my mother. I really wanted to tell her that even if she went, my father wouldn’t come back, and even she wouldn’t come back. But the words I shouted out were only cries…”

As Yuan Fang spoke, Bai Xiao raised her hand and gently patted his back, all her comfort turning into gentle strokes.

“But, that history can’t be reversed after all… Even in a dream, I can’t keep them.”

Yuan Fang said softly, Bai Xiao opened her mouth but didn’t know how to comfort him. She heard him continue, “Last night’s dream reminded me of things I had forgotten before.”

“What things?”

Although she didn’t know what Yuan Fang wanted to say now, Bai Xiao felt that right here, she might hear something bad.

“I remembered that when I was very young, I accidentally overheard a quarrel between His Majesty and the Queen, arguing about my mother wanting me to return to her surname before she left. Although my mother mentioned letting me take her surname before she left, and the Queen agreed at the time. But His Majesty was actually unwilling, believing that I was my father’s child, his younger brother’s child.”

In fact, his mother understood everything. She couldn’t change anything by rushing to the front lines. Her husband would die, and she knew she would never return. Therefore, she stubbornly settled these matters before leaving.

It was just that he didn’t expect that His Majesty would regret it in the end.

“The Queen Consort had a big argument with His Majesty about this at the time, and in the end, I vaguely heard a sentence: ‘Those child’s parents sacrificed themselves because of the mistakes the royal family once made, are you going to sacrifice another innocent child who can get rid of this curse?!’”

Bai Xiao: “…”

“I want to know what this ‘mistake’ refers to.”