Mingmei never expected that the person Hu Mingli mentioned sending someone to keep watch in advance was actually Wang Wenfei, who had previously gone missing.

Wang Wenfei and the others were also surprised to find that the firefly they had defeated and captured was actually a fake!

Not only did it transform into a living insect in front of them, but it actually turned out to be a humanoid insect!

After being captured and imprisoned in special cages by Doron, a group of them flew towards Hualan Star in mechs bearing the insignia of the Fifth Legion.

On the way, the group watched a live stream about Hualan Star. The live stream's perspective shifted from Mei Qiu to her parents' side, showing them the insect queen, who was also humanoid. The group had a feeling that they were in deep trouble.

"Speaking of which, what we caught...could it be a royal worm?"

Since the live stream features the Queen Insect Mother, then the guy who eventually transforms into human form, just like the Queen Insect Mother, must be related to her, right?

Hearing what the others said, Wang Wenfei, who had been intently watching the live stream, also turned to look at the others and expressed her own opinion: "What do you think is the purpose of us taking this to see the Queen Insect Mother?"

"Using her as leverage." After saying this, Mingmei turned to look at Wang Wenfei and muttered, "Perhaps we kidnapped her child? Otherwise, why would we send it over?"

After Mingmei finished speaking, the scene fell silent.

Yes, the Zerg, aren't they basically all born from a Zerg queen?

The queen worm must also give birth to queen worms, right?

I'd never heard of any royal insects before, except that the leader of the insect race was the royal insect queen. But now that I think about it, it's not that there aren't royal insects, it's just that these royal insects never show their true faces. What do you know?

"Holy crap..."

Gasps of surprise rippled through the crowd.

"My goodness, is this Emperor Beetle really that powerful?"

"Otherwise, how could he be the boss?"

"I want to know what stain this powerful Royal Worm had that led to Hua Lan Star catching it out?"

Suddenly, someone in the crowd became curious again, drawing everyone's attention back to the live stream. But then, the live stream was abruptly shut down.

"Hey hey hey!"

A murmur of discontent erupted from the crowd. Just then, Rui'an walked over and, addressing the commander standing on the platform who was also engrossed in listening to the gossip, said, "We're about to initiate a wormhole jump. This time, the location is at the position guarded by Legion Two."

"yes!"

The path they are currently taking is the same path that Mei Shi and Ming Yi took earlier.

However, given Mingyi and Meishi's combined strength, their speed is definitely faster.

However, for Mingmei and her group, arriving here in such a short time by traveling through large starships and constantly jumping through wormholes was already quite fast.

After all, the border between the Empire and the Hualan Starfield lies at the junction of the border guarded by the Second Legion and the Third Legion.

However, the Second Legion and the First Legion are directly under the Central Star, and they are directly under His Majesty's command.

They had no personal relationship with the Sixth Legion.

To put it more bluntly, His Majesty will not allow them to do so.

This was evident in the previous battles. His Majesty seemed unenthusiastic about supporting the Sixth Army and saving Qilan Star, and his attitude towards Hualan Star appeared even more peculiar in comparison to that of the Federation.

In addition, the wormholes that Mingmei and her group had previously traversed all encountered some degree of obstruction after they passed through them.

However, because of the impulsive action just now, the area was either within the Third Legion or the Fifth Legion. Fortunately, everyone was still considered "one of us," and the starship's insignia was that of the Fifth Legion, not the Sixth Legion, so we managed to get through by sheer luck.

However, at the same time, these things also made Mingmei and Wang Wenfei realize that there were actually quite a few "traitors" in their army.

At least, these people did not belong to the forces controlled by their legion commander.

As for who these soldiers are loyal to? Everyone has a pretty good idea.

The next wormhole they had to cross led to the Second Legion, which was much easier to deal with than the previous two legions.

You said that the Fifth Army Corps supported the Sixth Army Corps and suffered heavy losses before returning. It's understandable that it passed by the Third Army Corps and returned to the Fifth Army Corps' garrison area.

However, things are different now that you've taken a detour to the Second Legion.

His Majesty will definitely know that they are here, and they will definitely not grant them immediate passage. They might even be taken away for investigation.

However, the more they thought about it, the more disheartened they became, and the more dissatisfied they felt with His Majesty.

If you hadn't experienced it firsthand, who would have imagined that His Majesty would have such an outrageous attitude toward this matter?

They're practically driving everyone to their deaths!

If you treat the Sixth Legion like this today, who knows what other legion might do it next time?

The key issue is that no one knows what His Majesty's reasons are for not intervening in these matters.

This makes people think even more.

"Brothers, we're about to face a tough battle. Has anyone thought about what we'll do if we're blocked or intercepted by the Second Legion outside the wormhole? What's the general idea in your minds?"

Rui'an never expected that the commander of the Fifth Legion would ask such a question at this moment, and everyone else present was stunned.

You seem completely unprepared to ask us this?

Everyone was incredulous and couldn't understand it, making the other person blush with embarrassment. However, Mu Chen could see that the composure in the other person's eyes was completely unlike the unease he had shown.

Old fox!

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