Ming Yi's words sounded like something out of a horror movie.

"Are you sure you saw patrol starships and people passing by over there?" Hu Mingli's expression grew even more somber.

What does this mean?

Doesn't this imply that there might be "traitors" in his ranks?

A group who knew about the wormhole but didn't inform him—what treacherous intentions!

Coupled with what Hu Mingli heard from Feng Li, if such people existed, their allegiance was obvious.

"Impossible! Who would dare to do such things behind our Marshal and Major General's backs? I refuse to believe there are people in our ranks who would hide the existence of such a wormhole!"

Before Hu Mingli could speak, Valdo grew agitated. Several other attendees also appeared anxious, not out of guilt, but because the words felt too divisive.

They, of the Sixth Legion, were brothers who had faced life and death together. Ming Yi's words made them suspicious of one another.

Distrust suddenly arose between them.

Especially since this wormhole wasn't far from Qi Lan Star. Valdo had only recently been stationed there. If there was suspicion, it should fall on Valdo's predecessor.

However, the previous commander stationed at Qi Lan Star, Colonel Yi Qing, was Valdo's mentor after he joined the army, a friend and teacher. He had recently retired due to injury. Now, suddenly, someone said this, suspiciously implying Yi Qing, which was why Valdo defended him.

Ming Yi remained unmoved by Valdo's sudden hostility. He merely glanced at him and retorted, "Do you have any suspects?"

"No!"

Valdo immediately shut his mouth.

Any further words and Yi Qing, who was initially innocent, would become a suspect.

But his actions were ultimately too late. Those who knew him, and those who didn't, could tell he was hiding something.

For the first time, Mingmei thought it was absurd that someone's acting skills were worse than Lu Xiaoyao's.

Ming Yi didn't bother commenting on such clumsy acting. He looked directly at Hu Mingli and continued, "Actually, I think you should investigate the people stationed near this area. After all, this wormhole is very close to Qi Lan Star. If someone deliberately concealed it, it should be someone with authority in this region."

"Even if that person isn't a suspect—"

As Ming Yi spoke, he deliberately glanced at Valdo, noticing the anxious look on the latter's face, as if he couldn't wait to argue with Ming Yi for several rounds.

But he probably knew that the more he said, the more mistakes he would make, so he forced his thoughts back into his heart.

Mingmei watched his dark face, fearing that her father would anger him so much he would faint.

Watching Valdo's flushed face, Ming Yi slowly said, "Even if the other party isn't a suspect, at least they should have noticed something unusual, shouldn't they? Ask more questions, and you'll eventually find out who hid this wormhole and for what purpose."

Ming Yi lowered his eyes. After finishing his words, he remained silent, his head slightly lowered, so no one could see his expression.

Only Mingmei was shocked.

Her father's behavior didn't mean he had nothing more to say, on the contrary—

Mingmei glanced at her mother, who was playing with her father's hand, and felt even more certain of her guess.

Her parents were on a whole other level.

Although Ming Yi didn't name anyone, his words made everyone present uncomfortable.

No one wanted to suspect their close comrades based on Ming Yi's one-sided words.

Ming Yi knew this well and understood, so he stopped there.

After all, upon entering the military, their loyalty wasn't to brothers, but to the empire, to His Majesty the Emperor.

"Your suspicion is valid. But it's not necessarily true. After all, that place is also on the border with the Fourth Legion. Perhaps it's related to the Fourth Legion."

Hu Mingli truly didn't want to believe there were traitors among his own people.

Although the Fourth Legion had come to support them this time, they weren't on the same side after all.

The commander of the Fourth Legion, Huang Youquan, was extremely loyal to His Majesty.

Probably, besides the First and Second Legions, the Fourth Legion was the most loyal to Emperor Seros.

Ming Yi simply raised an eyebrow and didn't speak. He and Mei Shi didn't understand these things. It wouldn't be right to point fingers at someone without cause.

Hu Mingli's words also made sense.

Perhaps, as he said, the people hiding the existence of this wormhole were actually from the Fourth Legion.

"But speaking of which, why would the Zerg come from the Beastmen territory wormhole? Is no one in the Beastmen territory managing it?"

Someone suddenly raised this question.

Hu Mingli and the others hadn't sent drones to explore the other end of the wormhole yet.

They had only heard Mei Shi's description.

"Well, you can send drones to investigate. Anyway, every time A-Ming and I come, we go that way, and the end of that is the Beastmen border.

Actually, that border is quite chaotic. If it weren't for the nice natural scenery there, A-Ming and I wouldn't even bother with that area.

That area is a lawless zone within the Beastmen territory. There are many fallen individuals, or Beastmen criminals who have been forced into a corner, sometimes pass through there.

Mainly, that place is a vast primordial wild star, with the entire planet covered in forests and vegetation.

The star beasts there are more ferocious than the Beastmen themselves. Many Beastmen are unwilling to go there, so if it weren't for some desperate criminals, ordinary people wouldn't be there, let alone discover this wormhole."

"Then how did the Zerg find it?"

This was very curious. As they said, in that kind of wild star with a huge primordial forest filled with star beasts, which was originally rarely visited, and even the Beastmen themselves might not have discovered this passage. Then how did the Zerg discover it?

Just a moment ago, Hu Mingli was guessing that this wormhole was revealed to the Zerg by His Majesty, but someone else's question provided another breakthrough.

Even if this wormhole was likely concealed by "our own people," did His Majesty know that the other end of the wormhole was on the Beastmen border?

If this wormhole wasn't revealed by "our own people," then who was it?

"How would I know?"

Mei Shi directly rolled her eyes. Did they really think she was some kind of prophet?

They were just telling them what they knew. It couldn't possibly be that the Zerg and the Beastmen were colluding, right?

Mei Shi pursed her lips. The Beastmen didn't really like the Zerg either. While humans and the Zerg often engaged in large-scale battles, the Beastmen often fought the Zerg in 1v1 duels.

"But now that you mention it, I do remember something…"

Hu Mingli's voice suddenly lowered. It wasn't that his thoughts were too scattered, but listening to Mingmei's words, he suddenly had a flash of inspiration and remembered the Outer Star Sea incident.

Wasn't there a human-Beastmen hybrid, Heck, in the Outer Star Sea who had colluded with the Zerg?

Desperate, exiled to the Outer Star Sea.

The distance from the Beastmen's location to the Outer Star Sea wasn't closer than the Sixth Legion's!

Hu Mingli couldn't help but think of another possibility—

Did the Zerg get their information from Heck?

No one knew how Heck had escaped from the Beastmen's pursuit after committing a crime in the Beastmen territory.

How did he manage to travel all the way to the Outer Star Sea?

Hu Mingli even felt that this wormhole might be the real reason Heck was able to escape in the first place.

If he really reached the Imperial territory through this wormhole, then avoided the pursuit and wandered all the way to the Outer Star Sea, it wasn't impossible.

Because he opened up this path, he might even be able to go back and gather a group of criminals to return to the Outer Star Sea.

Feng Li had told him before that there were many Beastmen who had committed heinous crimes following Heck in the Outer Star Sea.

If Heck only conquered these people with his martial strength, it wouldn't make sense.

But, if Heck saved them in this crisis, bringing them all to the Outer Star Sea, and only then obtained their promises of loyalty, it could explain why Heck was able to gather so many vicious criminals around him, with him as their leader.

As Hu Mingli's younger sister, Hu Yue sat here this time, listening from the side with a learning attitude, and never spoke.

But as siblings, they had a tacit understanding. Seeing Hu Mingli's expression, and coupled with the fact that she had played that game before, she also noticed something.

Although there were all kinds of races gathered in the Outer Star Sea, it was a mixed bag, but the proportion of Beastmen was not small.

The time she spent in the game in the Outer Star Sea allowed Hu Yue to recognize a different Outer Star Sea.

Everyone outside said it was a paradise for criminals, with countless fallen people.

But when she was really in the game, she found that there were very few truly vicious people, or even those who were born evil.

Most of the time, they were forced into it, and there were even a few oddballs, like Youkelian.

Those who had originally gained freedom through crime re-entered the underground city, willing to accept some rules and restrictions and live a more peaceful life than before.

And another group of people, even if they entered the underground city, only did so to cover up their lawless and evil deeds, like Heck's subordinates.

Hu Yue was also very curious about what kind of situation could allow this group of vicious people to gather together.

If Heck knew about the wormhole, then did Heck tell the Zerg?

Hu Yue had this idea, but after hearing another story from Feng Li, Hu Mingli's heart became even more confused.

Feng Li bluntly told him that the Sixth Legion's passive situation this time was related to their Emperor.

Since it was related to His Majesty, Hu Mingli's molars couldn't help but bleed after going over the Heck line again.

There were some things he couldn't investigate deeply. After investigating, Hu Mingli felt like he was going crazy…

"Don't think too much. If you really want to find out the truth, then take advantage of the present and investigate it to the end in one go." Seeing the tangled look in Hu Mingli's eyes, Ming Yi finally sighed and said these words.

With that, he turned his head and glanced at Mingmei, who had been eating melon the entire time, and silently sighed. Mingmei was sure that her dad was openly嫌弃disgusted with her.