Dwarf In The Future

Qiao Zhiya is a hybrid. Before he was born, his elf father wanted him to have a strong physique unique to dwarfs; while his dwarf mother wanted him to have a tall body unique to elves. And then he ...

Chapter 92: Insect Tide (1)

After the excitement, for safety's sake, the two men got off the mecha and took a closer look at the huge golden trees. Finally, Chu Rong confirmed that these trees were indeed yellow-leaf trees, and they were old trees that had grown for at least a thousand years.

"More than a thousand years..." Georgia felt awe in her heart.

All things have spirits. If this were a magical continent with a strong magical element, these yellow-leaf trees might have already developed spiritual intelligence.

Chu Rong looked into the depths of the giant forest from afar, picked up Georgia, who was unconsciously circling around the trees, and held his ears, saying, "It's late, it's time to go to bed."

"Okay, go to sleep." Georgia nodded obediently, but her eyes were still glued to the giant tree, her hands moving around, as if she wanted to hug it.

Chu Rong frowned and loosened his grip slightly.

Georgia immediately broke free from his arms without hesitation, scurried to the side of the tree, climbed up in a few seconds and stood on a large and thick branch, looked down with a red face, and said, "Chu Rong, let's sleep on the tree tonight. I can ask Qiuqiu to weave a rattan bed for us."

Chu Rong looked at him clinging to the tree tightly, and felt a little sour in his heart. He lowered his head and jumped onto the tree as well. After Qiuqiu had made the bed, he held him and lay down on it, and by the way, fed him a nutrient supplement to fill his stomach.

Perhaps it was because they had hope of returning home, or perhaps it was because the air in the giant forest was too comfortable, the two fell asleep quickly, and even Qiuqiu felt a little dizzy, as if he was drunk.

The green magic light spot floated slowly around the few people. Suddenly, as if it sensed something, it slowly floated towards Georgia in Chu Rong's arms and slowly sank into his body.

Total stars.

Chu Huai flipped through the star map and rubbed his forehead with a slight headache.

"Still no news?" Gu Yan'an approached worriedly and released his mental power to help him calm down.

Chu Huai turned his head to look at her, his expression relaxed a little, reached out to hold her hand, shook his head, and said: "Most of the planets on the border belong to us. We have searched them all now, and no trace of Xiaorong or the black hole has been found. As for the remaining ones... What I am most afraid of now is that Xiaorong and the others will eventually come back from the empire."

When the empire was mentioned, Gu Yanan frowned and asked, "Is the old king dying soon?"

When the news of the reappearance of the Zerg spread a few days ago, there was a commotion in the Imperial Palace. Doctors and pharmacists rushed to the palace and kept watch all night, but there has been no accurate news until now. I'm afraid that the old king is in trouble.

"Nine out of ten," Chu Huai replied, remembering the news that the national teacher had sent him before, and said, "The old king's reaction this time was very strange. It seems that the reappearance of the Zerg swarm frightened him. It wasn't this serious last time."

Gu Yanan suppressed his worries, stepped forward, pressed his forehead, and comforted him: "Don't think about it, take a rest first, you haven't had a good rest for many days."

Knowing that she was worried, Chu Huai glanced at the messy projected documents on the table, waved his hand to put them all away, stood up obediently, and walked out with her while changing the subject and asking, "How is Xiaoyan?"

"Very well behaved." Gu Yan'an replied, and couldn't help but sigh: "Too well behaved."

Chu Yan has always been a noisy person. When has he ever been so well-behaved? He eats and sleeps on time every day. When he is free, he goes to the training hall to train by himself. He doesn't go out to play and doesn't ask for anything. He also takes the initiative to help her deal with things at home. He is so sensible that it makes people feel distressed.

Chu Huai's eyes were complicated for a while after hearing this, and he shook his head and said, "Let him be, he has just grown up, don't worry."

Gu Yanan nodded and said no more.

In Chu Yan's room, a video call interface was suspended in the air. Yuan Xiu on the screen said quickly, "The You family seems to be doing something. My dad has been going to the military headquarters every day to fight with the You family. He gets angry when he comes home. When my mom tries to persuade him, he says the You family is worthless. Chu Yan, the presidential election has been postponed because of the appearance of the Zerg, your second brother is missing, and your eldest brother is sick. Everyone thinks the Chu family is finished. What are you going to do?"

"Don't believe those rumors, my eldest brother is not sick." Chu Yan frowned and explained, paused, and added: "Second brother and Qiao will also come back safely, absolutely."

Seeing him like this, Yuan Xiu opened his mouth but didn't dare to bring it up again. He changed the subject and said, "Originally, the military academy was going to arrange a training session for us before school started, but now it seems that it will be cancelled. I received news that if there is no second wave of Zerg, then martial law will gradually be weakened and the military academy will open normally. You..."

"I will report on time." Chu Yan said affirmatively, reaching for the communicator and said, "Thank you for sending me the message. I'll contact you when I have time." After that, he hung up the phone.

Yuan Xiu on the opposite side stared blankly at the air that had lost its image, unable to believe it: "Oh my God, this guy Chu Yan actually said thank you to me..."

In the room, Chu Yan leaned on the sofa with his eyes closed, thinking about the power map of each family in the Federation. He was analyzing it bit by bit when suddenly, a picture of a black and gold mecha and a brown mecha being sucked into a black hole flashed before his eyes. At the same time, he felt a dull pain in his abdomen as if he had been pushed away by a bow and arrow.

He opened his eyes and sat up, raised his hand to touch his abdomen, and suddenly pounded the sofa with his fist.

The arrow hit the mecha, but the driver didn't feel any pain at all. He knew that the pain was an illusion and that it was self-blame that was causing the pain, but he couldn't escape this emotion.

If only he was stronger, if only he had reacted faster, if only he had listened to his second brother and familiarized himself with the manual mecha driving mode early on... If only he hadn't dragged Joe into this crappy competition.

His thoughts were becoming more and more negative. He raised his hands to grab his hair, suddenly stood up and strode outside.

He couldn't think about it anymore and couldn't let his elder brother and sister-in-law worry anymore. If he was weak, he would just practice. His second elder brother defeated the Insect Mother when he was only eighteen years old. Compared with his second elder brother, he was really far behind.

Georgia found herself standing in a dark space again. After a moment of stunned silence, she immediately became happy, looked around, and called softly, "Dad? Mom? Are you there?"

Every time he dreams of this place, familiar spots of power appear around him. Although he doesn't know why this happens, he likes this place and the feeling of communicating with his parents' power.

As he called out, a band of emerald green light slowly floated over and surrounded him little by little. Just as he was about to hug it, he stopped in confusion.

This feeling... Although this wood magic was also very gentle, he was very sure that this was not his father.

"Kid, can you help me?"

A gentle and old voice suddenly sounded beside his ears. He was startled, his eyes fell on the gently floating light band, he stretched out his hand tentatively and pointed, and asked: "Are you talking to me?"

The light strip dented a little as he poked it, then bounced back, as if playing with him. Then the gentle voice sounded again: "Yes, you are the only living being I can communicate with in all these years. Please, come to the center of the forest to find me."

"The center of the forest?" Georgia repeated doubtfully. Just as he was about to ask in more detail, the light band suddenly rushed towards him. Then the scene flashed before his eyes and his consciousness returned to reality.

Warm light filtered down from the golden branches and leaves. There was no space around me, and the spherical vines were swinging above me, looking quite comfortable.

He was stunned for a moment before he came to his senses. He quickly sat up and looked around, and found that the magic spot that was floating in the woods last night had disappeared at some point. All he could see were the golden leaves of the giant trees swaying slowly in the breeze.

"woke up?"

Chu Rong's voice came from under the tree. He was stunned and lay on the rattan bed looking down.

Below, Chu Rong was watching over a small magic stove cooking something, with a plate of colorful wild fruits on the wooden stool beside him. Qiuqiu's two children were rolling around beside him, and the scene was very warm.

Georgia was in a trance for a moment, and suddenly remembered the scene when she was gently awakened by her parents in the morning when she was still in the magic continent, and her heart felt warm.

"What are you daydreaming about? Come down." Chu Rong stood up, looked up at him, and opened his arms.

He came back to his senses, his ears moved, a bright smile appeared on his face, and he threw himself into his arms.

While having breakfast, Georgia mentioned to Chu Rong the dream she had last night.

"You said someone is calling for help?" Chu Rong frowned, looking into the depths of the giant tree forest, his originally relaxed body posture tensed up.

"Don't be nervous, they don't mean any harm, and I can feel that this forest is very safe." Georgia comforted him quickly, then pointed around and said, "Didn't you notice that here, including the area where we stopped at the beginning, there have been no signs of large ferocious wild animals around." These are symbols of safety.

Chu Rong's frown relaxed upon hearing this. He glanced at Qiuqiu, who was rolling around with two children not far away, and felt relieved. He asked, "Do you want to go to the center of the forest?"

Georgia nodded quickly, then asked expectantly, "Can I go?"

"Sure." Chu Rong stretched out his hand and pinched his ear, his eyes softened: "I'll accompany you."

The giant forest is very large, so Chu Rong took out [Rongtian] again.

The deeper they went, the taller the yellow-leaf trees grew, and the thicker the wood magic elements in the air became. In the end, they even saw a magnificent sight similar to "a single tree forming a forest".

"This one should be five thousand years old..." Georgia's eyes widened, and he was almost glued to the mecha screen, with stars flashing in his eyes: "This planet must be very peaceful and has never experienced serious natural disasters, otherwise there wouldn't be such a large cluster of ancient trees."

Chu Rong raised his hands and covered his ears, agreeing with what he said in his heart.

This primitive planet is hidden in the meteorite belt. Its environment is simple and stable, and it is very likely to be a high-security planet. If it were not for these meteorite belts, this planet would most likely become the next central habitable planet like the main star.

After walking for about another half an hour, a golden "wall" appeared in the distance, blocking half of the sky. Georgia looked up at the endless "wall" and muttered, "Is this also yellow-leafed wood? At this level, the tree must be at least tens of thousands of years old..."

Chu Rong was also a little shocked. Although the yellow-leaf wood was a type of tree that grew taller easily because of its straight trunk, it would still take a long time to grow to such a height that the trunk was submerged in the clouds and the top could not be seen.

In all his years in the Blue Galaxy, this was the first time he had seen trees this big.

After Georgia came back to her senses, she hurriedly urged Chu Rong to land, her face full of impatience, and her magic power was floating around, eager to have a good communication with this "old man" of the ancient tree.

He is now very sure that the "person" who contacted him in his dream last night must be this ancient tree. With a age of tens of thousands of years, even if it is not in the inherently superior environment like the magical continent, this tree should have already developed intelligence.

As the mecha landed, Georgia ran out of the cockpit first and went straight to hug the tree trunk as thick as a wall. She rubbed her face against the rough bark without fear of pain, then put her hands on the tree and closed her eyes.

Chu Rong stepped down one step later, standing beside him with a dark face. His eyes fell on his slightly red cheek. He reached out to touch it, but Georgia, who had her eyes closed, pushed his hand away, so his face became even darker.

The wood magic slowly penetrated into the tree trunk, and soon, a gentle magic came over and responded to him, then gently wrapped him up, carrying his power towards the bottom of the tree, passing through the roots, and seeping into the soil.

Georgia moved her ears and obediently followed the other person downwards.

The root system of the ancient tree is very developed, extending freely underground like a net.

He tried to probe his magic into the power of the ancient tree, and boom, he "saw" many wonderful scenes.

Small animals building nests near the roots, birds flying through the forest, breeze blowing through the leaves, ripe fruits falling, tender buds breaking through the soil after the rain, clear streams flowing after thawing... everything on this planet was spread out before his eyes without any obstruction. He could even see the cute little animals digging holes on the other side of the planet.

It was so amazing, it felt like he had become the planet itself, and could clearly know the movements of all the creatures living on the planet. Then he found himself and Chu Rong.

He was holding his hands against the tree trunk with his eyes closed, while Chu Rong stood beside him with a frown on his face, his hands raised in the air, seemingly troubled by something.

This feeling was too novel, and he couldn't help but rub against it and circle Chu Rong's fingers raised in the air. Then Chu Rong suddenly clenched his fist and turned his head to look over accurately. He was startled, the picture disappeared, and the underground scene appeared in front of him again.

Were those things that the ancient tree could see? He was wondering when the power that was carrying him suddenly stopped and began to circle around a root system. He came back to his senses and quickly focused his attention to look over there, then he was stunned.

Green, green everywhere.

The place where the power of the ancient tree stayed was actually a large area of ​​naturally formed wood magic stones. They stayed together safely, almost filling up the entire ground, blocking the extension of the roots of the ancient tree and the absorption of nutrients.

"They are growing so healthy." A vague old voice sounded, with a hint of helplessness and helpless doting on the children, saying: "I gave birth to them, but they have affected the lives of other children. Please help me clean them up, please."

A breeze blew past her face, and Georgia suddenly came back to her senses. She opened her eyes and stayed in a daze for a few seconds, then turned around and threw herself into Chu Rong's arms, who was frowning and looking at his palms. She looked up at him with shining eyes and said, "Chu Rong, if I want to repair the flagship, I have to learn the basic structure of the flagship first, so it may be a little slow..."

Chu Rong came back to his senses, suppressed the strange sense of familiarity he had felt before, and replied soothingly: "It's okay, I have the repair plan submitted by the flagship repair team here, and there are detailed production and installation drawings for the parts that need to be replaced in each part. It won't be too difficult. The flagship was not repaired before only because I couldn't find the materials. I will help you too, don't worry."

Georgia choked, glanced around guiltily, and asked in a low voice: "Then, before I get familiar with those installation drawings, can we take some time to help Mr. Gu Shu solve a small problem?"

Chu Rong narrowed his eyes, stretched out his hand to pull his ear, and replied: "I can help you, but the flagship is too big, and it will be a big project to repair it. There is no rush, but... don't hesitate, tell the truth."

"There are a lot of jades under the old tree! So much! It should have formed a mineral vein! They hinder the growth of the old man's roots, let's dig them out!" Georgia immediately confessed, and was so happy that she almost flew: "There are really a lot of jades! So much! The old man said he could give it to me, and you don't have to spend money to buy jade for me anymore!" He would never have to ruin Chu Rong's family again!

Jade?

Chu Rong paused after hearing this, looked at the ground beneath his feet, then looked at Georgia's excited expression, and nodded.

federal.

The Zerg never appeared again, and the people's panic gradually subsided. Everyone's attention shifted more to the missing Chu Rong and Georgia, and messages praying for them filled the star network.

Perhaps it was Chu Huai's behavior of claiming illness and refusing visitors and the Chu family's blind search for Chu Rong that gave the president an illusion, and he suddenly became high-profile again, trying to divide Chu Rong's military power under the guise of helping the Chu family share the burden.

In this matter, the Xiang and Wei families and another neutral marshal all showed a high degree of consistency and rejected his "good-intentioned" proposal together. The You family remained neutral and did not express their position.

In the end, Yuan Xiu's father Yuan Lie stepped forward to temporarily take over Chu Rong's daily work, while the military power was left to Chu Rong's subordinates Fan Xiangnan and others, and the other families could only supervise without interfering.

A few days passed and the Zerg still did not appear. People gradually put aside their worries, and those who were optimistic even began to speculate whether the next ten years of stability would be around the corner.

At the new session of the parliamentary meeting, Xiang Lingzhi suddenly stood up and said that the presidential election could not be delayed indefinitely. Since the Zerg had not appeared again, the matter should be put back on the agenda.

Upon hearing this, Long Ruifeng, who was sitting in the upper seat, looked gloomy, but he managed to maintain his basic composure and said that it was indeed the right thing to do, but for the sake of people's safety, martial law should still be imposed for a while.

Xiang Lingzhi did not give in at all and immediately asked him how long he planned to maintain martial law.

The vassals of the Xiang family immediately followed suit, followed by the Wei family, and then some other scattered forces also began to urge.

In the end, Long Ruifeng had no choice but to be forced to set a deadline of one week, agreeing that if the Zerg still did not appear after a week, martial law would be lifted and the presidential election would be put back on the agenda.

After Chu Huai learned about this, he couldn't help but sneer again. He still didn't plan to cancel his sick leave and just watched the show coldly.

Previously, the Xiang family had done a good job with the Chu family in the matter of military power. Now that his family wanted to take advantage of Chu Rong's disappearance and his "illness" to seize the presidency, let them do it. He wanted to see what kind of situation Xiang Lingzhi and Long Ruifeng, who suddenly became high-profile and dared to reach out to the Chu family, would stir up.

On the other side, on the primitive planet, Georgia was multitasking. While familiarizing herself with the flagship repair map, she directed Chu Rong to operate the mecha to dig underground. Finally, on the afternoon of the third day, they approached the jadeite vein that was troubling the roots of the ancient tree.

He immediately signaled Chu Rong to stop the mecha, climbed out of the cockpit, took out the small hammer and went to investigate the situation personally - the ancient tree had grown for too long and its roots were tangled, so they had to be extra careful not to damage the roots of the ancient tree.

Chu Rong stepped out, frowned, looked up at the dim pit ceiling, suppressed his concern for Zong Xing, and stepped forward to help.

A week passed quickly, and a new session of the parliamentary meeting was held. Xiang Lingzhi was smiling and looked confident. Long Ruifeng's expression also looked pretty good, and his demeanor was very stable.

"Then let's continue with the presidential election. I hope Speaker Chu is in better health now." Long Ruifeng tapped this matter neatly and neatly. He also pretended to care about Chu Huai and provoked Xiang Lingzhi. He waved his hand and was about to announce the adjournment of the meeting when an emergency call came in directly.

The expressions of all the congressmen present changed. There could only be one thing that could have happened to them, regardless of the occasion, and with such an emergency tone.

"Mr. President! Zergs have appeared near the border planet D18! Lots of them! A swarm has formed! They are approaching the planet's first space defense fortress! Requesting reinforcements!"

Anxious and fearful reports like roars resounded throughout the conference room. Long Ruifeng reacted quickly, stood up and said, "Immediately activate the first-level alert! Inform the public not to wander the streets! I will arrange for reinforcements right away!"

"yes!"

After hanging up the call, Long Ruifeng glanced at everyone in the conference room and asked, "Now I ask that the presidential election be postponed. Do you have any objections?"

Everyone looked at each other and remained silent.

Xiang Lingzhi frowned but said nothing.

Insect swarms are no different from other types and must be treated with caution.

Seeing that they didn't say anything, Long Ruifeng turned around and left, and began to contact the troops stationed near the planet D18.

This insect swarm seemed to be a signal before the crisis came. Soon, news of the insect swarm came from the Empire. Panic began to spread, and all planets were under martial law again, and the degree was more severe than before.

The first wave, the second wave, the third wave... Zergs emerged one after another like bamboo shoots after rain. They formed a swarm of Zergs and headed straight for the outer planets of the two countries. The battle line was quickly opened, and soon, another terrible news came.

"Some Zerg can release a kind of nerve wave that interferes with mental power, just like the group of contestants that day. All those who come into contact with the Zerg nerve wave are unable to use their mental power. If they move, they will have a splitting headache and their bodies cannot move. Now the army dares only shrink in the ships to attack the Zerg from a distance. The patrol teams on the planet can only fight with some thermal weapons that do not require mental power for self-defense. Mechas are completely ineffective."

Fan reported to Nan with a frown on his face.

They all knew the truth. The Zerg that appeared this time were all fake, a man-made monster. He simply couldn't imagine how crazy a person would be to artificially create a monster like the fake Zerg, and even specially create neural waves that target human mental power.

Chu Huai's face was as gloomy as water, and he asked, "Can this kind of neural wave be blocked?"

"It can be shielded, but it's unstable, so it's not recommended." Fan Xiangnan shook his head and replied, then paused and suddenly said, "Mr. Ren sent me a message two days ago, saying that the artificial cultivation project of alien beast tendons that the superior asked him to study has produced results, and the next step of research can be carried out at any time. In addition, the new mecha designed by Qiao based on the [Elf] has also produced a popular version of the first draft. As long as some details are finalized, we can start the production of the first batch of manually driven mechas."

This is what Chu Rong and Georgia have been working hard on, and now it is about to produce results, and this result can just restrain the fake insects with harmful nerve waves, but the result...

The atmosphere in the study became heavy. It had been more than half a month, and there had been no news about Chu Rong and Georgia. Everyone's originally relatively stable emotions became anxious.

"Go and invite Master Shang over, and ask him to help Master Ren finalize the first version of the manually-piloted mecha, and start making artificial alien beast tendons first, just in case. The teams that were previously assigned to familiarize themselves with ancient martial arts combat should practice more as soon as possible." Chu Huai quickly pulled his thoughts out of his emotions, gave a few instructions, thought for a while, and added: "Find someone to investigate Long Ruifeng. The time when the Zerg appeared this time is too coincidental, there must be something wrong with him."

First, the Zerg appeared in a game broadcast live on the entire star network. Also present were people with sensitive identities such as the third prince of the empire, the fiancé of the federal marshal, and the marshal's younger brother, and the atmosphere of panic was immediately spread.

Then, Chu Rong and Qiao Qiaohe disappeared in public, and the Chu family was immediately hit hard. With the disappearance of their "guardian angel", the people would surely become more panicked, and their trust in the Chu family would be greatly reduced.

After that, the presidential election was suspended indefinitely in an attempt to divide the Chu family's military power. After the Xiang family launched an attack, a tide of insects appeared by coincidence.

Moreover, the first wave of insect swarms happened to appear near planet D18 where the You family’s army was stationed, and planet D05, which was closest to planet D18, was stationed with the Ning family’s army. The Chu family was completely unable to intervene, and one thing led to another... Wait, the Ning family?

Chu Huai's heart moved, and he asked, "What's going on in the Ning family recently?"

Ning family?

Fan Xiangnan was startled when he heard this, and he opened the electronic notebook and flipped through it, then replied, "No big movement. We only took the initiative to reinforce once after the insect swarm appeared on Planet D18. We have also been sending potions more frequently recently, which has helped to win back some of the people's hearts."

Chu Huai pondered, and felt that something was wrong, so he asked again: "What about the Empire? Who dealt with the insect swarm after it appeared?"

"General Netasi." Fan Xiangnan answered, and explained in detail: "The old king is still in a coma, and the empire is now jointly governed by several princes. General Netasi took the initiative to volunteer after the insect swarm appeared, and the second prince approved his request."

"What about Prince Ans?" Chu Huai continued to ask.

Fan Xiangnan flipped through the electronic book again and said, "He was sick. He stayed with the old king for several nights after he became seriously ill, but he couldn't bear it and became sick. I guess he did this to avoid suspicion. The old king was seriously ill, and several princes were fighting overtly and covertly. His position as an idle prince was really embarrassing, so the best way to protect himself was to keep a low profile and remain neutral."

No, it's definitely not that simple.

Chu Huai lowered his eyes and remained silent.

Long Ruifeng was a lone commander before, but now he is so high-profile, there must be some new support behind him, and this support must be related to the fake Zerg.

In recent years, Chu Rong's investigation into the appearance of the real Zerg has pointed directly to the center of power in the empire. The appearance of the fake Zerg this time happened just after the third prince of the empire plotted against Chu Yan. With the ability and means of the third prince, the appearance of the fake Zerg could never have been done by him. Even the fact that everyone on the flagship was unconscious and communications were cut off could not have been his doing. It seemed as if someone was using him as a shield to facilitate this matter.

There are only a few people in the empire who have the ability to do this and know the third prince so well.

"I remember you mentioned before that before Chu Rong disappeared, he asked you to investigate Cao Xia and the third place in the General Star Division. Did you get any results?" He changed his mind and looked at Fan Xiangnan and asked.

Fan Xiangnan didn't understand why he suddenly mentioned this, and nodded and replied: "I checked and confirmed that they are all the Third Prince's men. Their ID cards are fake and they are both missing now."

"Continue to check their whereabouts. It would be best if we could screen all the players in the Grand Star Division."

"Speaker, this..." Fan Xiangnan was a little confused. The situation was so serious now, but he ignored the big issues and instead focused on this small problem that had already been settled. Wasn't it a bit inappropriate?

Seeing him like this, Chu Huai comforted him, "Don't worry, I'll find these useful."

Upon hearing this, Fan Xiangnan stopped raising any objections, wrote the matter down, and then asked, "So what should we do next?"

With Chu Rong away, the general direction of the army was entirely controlled by Chu Huai, and Yuan Lie was only given the title of acting manager. The Chu family's army had always belonged to the Chu family.

"Cooperate with the president to strengthen the vigilance of each planet. From now on, all planets related to the Chu family will open the highest defense, and then wait." Chu Huai ordered, leaning back in his chair.

Highest defense? This was the level of defense used to deal with the insect mother back then. But that was not the point. Fan Xiangnan found that his thoughts could not keep up with the seemingly very kind speaker, so he asked, "Speaker, what do we need to wait for?"

"Wait until some people reveal their true colors, and then swing the knife again." Chu Huai sneered, feeling extremely unhappy. He said coldly, "And the Chu family will be the first prey they target with the tip of their knife."

After roughly clearing out the jade from the key roots of the ancient tree, Georgia stopped and handed over the task of digging for jade to Chu Rong, while he himself began to experiment with the production of flagship parts.

The Chu family's flagship is made entirely of grade ten materials from the inside out, and the power is also designed according to the standards of grade ten materials, so he must be extremely careful, otherwise if any link is not handled properly, it is very likely that the newly replaced parts will not be able to withstand the power of the flagship and will quickly burn out once started.

Moreover, level 10 materials are not as easy to process as other materials. Some extinct materials don’t even have a clear processing method, such as the yellow-leaf wood that has been removed from the list for many years. Everything needs to be carefully explored. Level 10 materials are limited and cannot be wasted.

Fortunately, there was plenty of magic power in the giant forest, and there were a lot of jades around him, so he didn't have to worry about replenishing his strength and could luxuriously use magic power to explore.

After carefully drawing another purification formation, he put in a level ten material that he had been researching recently. While continuing to study the blueprint, he carefully observed the reaction of the material after it entered the formation.

Chu Rong turned around and saw him, a "refugee" with ash on his face, squatting beside the formation to study an electronic book. His heart softened, he put down the hammer, walked over, took out a handkerchief and wiped his face, saying, "Take a break, you've been looking for the whole morning."

"It's okay, I'm not tired." Georgia shook her head, and took out a potion and handed it to him, saying, "Here, I made it with the leaves of the old man from the ancient tree. It's good for your mental strength. You can drink some when you're tired."

Chu Rong's eyes softened, he took the medicine, bent down and kissed his forehead.

In the Federation, insect swarms appeared again in large numbers, and this time most of them were concentrated near the planet where the Chu family’s army was stationed.

At the same time, some people were pleasantly surprised to find that the medicine distributed for free by the Ning family could actually resist the Zerg's neural waves.

The citizen said that it was a coincidence that he discovered this. He couldn't help but ignore the martial law and went out that day. He encountered a lone Zerg that had missed the defense line. He thought he was doomed, but he didn't expect to encounter the Ning family's automatic free medicine distribution vehicle passing by, so he quickly hid inside.

He had a splitting headache due to the mental waves released by the Zerg, so he drank a potion with the mentality of giving it a try, but he didn't expect that the pain in his head would go away immediately. Then he took out his mecha and fought the Zerg for his life, and finally won.

As soon as the news came out, public opinion exploded. The Ning family responded quickly by recalling all the medicines, and announced that they would study the medicine carefully before launching it again in the spirit of responsibility to the public.

This action immediately put an end to the suspicion that the Ning family had staged a promotional event to promote the potion. After that, more and more people tried to drink the free potion they had received from the Ning family after encountering the Zerg. The results were all effective, so the reputation of this "life-saving medicine" spread immediately.

The Ning family was not ambiguous and quickly launched an improved version of the medicine, which they first tried out in the Ning family’s army.

The effect of the potion was unexpectedly good. The soldiers were completely unaffected by the neural waves. They drove their mechas to kill all the Zergs without leaving a single piece of armor. They inflicted severe damage to the Zerg and forced back the Zerg tide.

When the news came out, people were excited and excited.

After the disappearance of the "Guardian", such a potion that allows soldiers to use mechas normally and break the passive defense situation is simply a life-saving medicine! Hero! The Ning family is a great hero!

Although the Ning family had made mistakes before, in this matter, the Ning family is the real hero!

After the drug trial was successful, the Ning family began to distribute the medicine to all federal troops for free, like a savior, and won unanimous praise from the people.

On the other side, new insect swarms began to break out one after another near the planet where the Chu family army was stationed. If Chu Huai had not activated the highest level of defense for all planets early on, there would have been heavy casualties.

But even though the lives of the people were safely protected, facing the situation where the Chu family army was leaderless, the people were still filled with worries.

At this time, Long Ruifeng spoke again, expressing the hope that the Chu family could put aside their familialism in the face of such a severe situation of national survival, actively cooperate with the Federation in the encirclement and suppression of the Zerg, learn more from the Ning family, and be more fraternal. He also expressed his understanding of Chu Huai's physical discomfort, and said that he could send people to share Chu Huai's work and help the Chu family army resist the Zerg and protect the people.

These remarks immediately put the Chu family in a selfish position of "ignoring the safety of the people and only caring about their own interests". As the Chu family remained indefinitely silent on this request, bad public opinion gradually spread, and more and more parties asked the Chu family to let go of the army, and all the pressure was instantly placed on the Chu family.

"They actually said that Marshal Chu is dead. How hateful!" Yuan Lie slammed the table angrily. His serious facial features looked a little ferocious because of his anger.

Chu Huai personally poured him a glass of water and comforted him, "Don't worry, Lao Yuan, how is the battle situation on the front line?"

"Thank you." Yuan Lie took the water, suppressed his anger, and replied: "After having the Ning family's medicine, the situation has improved a lot. The Zerg that appeared this time is indeed not as strong as it was more than ten years ago. It's just that there are more in number, and the strength of individual soldiers is very poor."

Chu Huai nodded and replied, "That's good. They still have some conscience and didn't do anything too extreme."

Yuan Lie immediately understood his implication and frowned as he asked, "Chairman, do you mean..."

"Ning family." Chu Huai dipped his finger in water and wrote the word "Ning" on the table, then wrote the word "Zerg", and finally wrote Prince Ans's name with a stroke of his finger, connecting them together, nodded, and said: "Long Ruifeng was just used. I believe there must be an extra mental lock in his mind now."

Fan Xiangnan's screening of the contestants had already produced results two days ago, and it turned out that there was a group of Prince Ans's men hiding among them. Combined with the matter of the Ning family's pharmacy, the situation this time was already clear at a glance.

Yuan Xiu's eyes moved between these names, and he quickly figured out the connection. He was shocked and said, "The Ning family and Long Ruifeng actually betrayed their country?"

"In short, try not to release the medicine provided by the Ning family into the army this time. If you can attack conservatively, then attack conservatively." Chu Huai instructed him, and then took out a document and gave it to him.