Chapter 164 The Gossip

"My heavens, Meimei, did you hear about that juicy gossip?"

Mingmei had just returned from gathering information from the senior officers when she ran into Lu Xiaoyao, who was also back for a break. Seeing her excited expression, Mingmei tilted her head.

Had she missed something?

Seeing Mingmei didn't speak, Lu Xiaoyao couldn't help but start talking about what was happening back on Hua Lan Star.

"Oh? You watched the live broadcast?"

"Of course! I'm a total internet addict, how could I not be online eating melons?"

Lu Xiaoyao seemed surprised that Mingmei would think she wouldn't watch the broadcast, then whispered to Mingmei, "Look around, who isn't online?"

"They're letting you go online now?"

"Do you think they care if you're online at a time like this?"

Mingmei couldn't answer that.

She thought she was the only one who knew, but it seemed like everyone else did too.

"I wonder what exactly it is that provoked the Zerg like that…" Lu Xiaoyao said, glancing at Mingmei with a probing look. Mingmei didn't want to expose her intentions.

Her face was basically saying, "Can you let me in on the gossip?" Mingmei could only play dumb.

"But I heard it's related to His Majesty. I wonder if it's true."

Lu Xiaoyao couldn't help but shrink her neck, saying, "His Majesty is actually quite handsome. He wouldn't do anything stupid, would he?"

Mingmei: ??

Did a person's good looks have anything to do with whether or not they did bad or stupid things?

"There's no evidence yet, don't talk nonsense."

Lu Gui, who was passing by, heard Lu Xiaoyao chatting and smacked her on the back of the head. "Walls have ears."

As he said this, Mingmei noticed that Jian Yunhe, who was not far from them staring at her optical brain, suddenly looked up at them.

It was obvious that she had heard Lu Gui's words. She frowned but said nothing. She had just been in contact with her grandfather. After confirming her safety, Grandpa Jian was slightly relieved.

"Lianlian, don't worry, Grandpa will definitely get you back safe."

Seeing her grandfather's words, a sense of unease flashed through Jian Yunhe's heart.

"Grandpa, the Major General will come to save us, don't worry," Jian Yunhe gave Grandpa Jian a boost of confidence. "We will all survive."

Grandpa Jian looked at Jian Yunhe's message and sat alone in his study, reaching out to wipe away his tears. His wrinkled face revealed a rare helplessness as he gazed at the dynamic photo album on the table. A young man in the photo smiled, his lips curving into a radiant smile.

His lips moved slightly, as if Grandpa Jian could still hear his son calling him "Dad."

Then, in the photo, a young man held a toddler in his arms, still smiling happily at him, his lips moving, "Say it, 'Grandpa'~".

Reaching out to wipe the tears from his face again, Grandpa Jian realized what a mistake it was to send Jian Yunhe to the Sixth Army Corps.

…

Mingmei learned from Lu Xiaoyao that many people were now paying attention to the situation on Hua Lan Star. If not everyone was watching the live broadcast, at least many people were following it when they weren't working.

This included Julian and his group from the Federation.

"Uncle Chen, is this true?"

Julian's blatant disrespect for his future father-in-law, exposing his shortcomings in public, was a bit too much.

"How would I know if it's true or false? I don't have a father-in-law, how would I know if such a thing is possible?"

When it came to matters of the Empire, Chen An had almost no empathy.

You don't just not have a father-in-law, you don't even have a partner.

Julian's mouth twitched, not wanting to expose this fact.

Mu Chen, who was resting nearby with his eyes closed, couldn't help but curl his lips as he listened to Julian's conversation.

He raised his hand and touched his hidden earpiece.

Although he hadn't watched the live broadcast today, he had been listening.

Even if he couldn't hear what the Queen Zerg was saying, with Mu Chen's intelligence, he could roughly understand some things from Mei Qiu's words.

Not to mention hearing the direct threats from the Imperial Queen Zerg.

Mu Chen had to admit that the current situation was indeed difficult.

On one hand, they themselves were trapped here, being held hostage.

Even though most of the Sixth Army Corps garrison here were optimistic that Hu Mingli would come to save them.

But Mu Chen didn't think the Zerg would let Hu Mingli get his wish so easily.

Whether Hu Mingli could successfully reach here was another matter. The Zerg had also said that supporting Qilan Star was just the beginning.

Who knew if they had taken action on other planets as well, waiting for the chance.

Once the Zerg lost control of Qilan Star, another planet might secretly become cannon fodder, destroyed in an instant.

While they were taking action to save Qilan Star, they should at least investigate if any other planets were being targeted.

Therefore, not long ago, Mu Chen went to the command room and shared his thoughts.

Fortunately, after hearing what Mu Chen said, they took it seriously. Just like Mu Chen said, it wasn't enough for only Qilan Star to be saved. Their Canglan Star Region should overcome this difficulty together.

They did need to consider such matters more carefully. For example, they had to send people to investigate Canghai Star, which was as famous as Qilan Star in the Canglan Star Region, to prevent the Zerg from causing even greater harm to the Canglan Star Region.

The rest was not Mu Chen's concern. Mu Chen was resting here with his eyes closed when he unintentionally overheard Julian and his group chatting, and couldn't help but find it amusing.

"I saw that the Federation has issued an announcement. Is the Federation planning to intervene in this matter of the Empire? Won't this cause dissatisfaction from the Empire?"

Julian was worried that they were interfering in someone else's internal affairs.

"Who cares about whose dissatisfaction? The Empire's Emperor or the Empire's people?"

Chen An's tone was somewhat sarcastic: "When he abandoned the Sixth Army Corps, Ceros should have thought of this. Besides, the public who are following the situation online couldn't be happier that we're intervening."

Chen An actually wanted to say that a large part of the reason the Federation was taking action was because Julian was here.

Chen An ultimately didn't say this selfish reason that couldn't be spoken openly.

It would be criticized.

However, the Federation's actions were indeed more popular than the inaction of the Empire's upper echelons.

It was also more needed for the current situation in the Canglan Star Region.

However, Mu Chen's playful smile deepened when he heard this.

Although the Federation said they could send troops to support, where they would come from was another matter.

Just like he had heard before that the Fourth Army Corps had previously prevented the Fifth Army Corps from coming, not to mention the Federation's troops, which didn't belong to the Empire internally. Did they think it would be so easy to get here?

Unless this group of people had some special channels.

If this "special channel" was external, that would be one thing, but if it was a "special channel" from within the Empire, the Empire's Emperor would probably be furious!

Mu Chen listened for a while and lost interest, intending to continue resting with his eyes closed. But at this moment, his optical brain suddenly lit up. Looking at the name displayed on the optical brain, Mu Chen couldn't help but raise his eyebrows slightly…