"Do you have any evidence for any of this? I understand you're saddened by Yuan Hong's accident, but Lao Lu, you can't just make things up without proof. Why can't it be the Empress deliberately trying to sow discord among our three armies? Besides, why didn't the Censorate stage this whole thing when the military provided the information?"

He Zhang was so agitated he was about to jump up, but Bai Shan patted him on the shoulder, signaling him to calm down.

"Old Lu, you said there's a traitor in the military, have you found out who it is? We're both still in the military, so we won't let this kind of scoundrel get away with it."

"Furthermore, the military and the Keynes Group are colluding. What are they colluding for? They produce nutrient solutions. Could it be that someone is involved in corruption, or is it related to the self-destruction of those planets?"

Grandpa Lu watched the two of them talking, and sure enough, the wind and snow had calmed his mind. These two had now turned into Sherlock Holmes.

He obviously has no evidence, so what's going on now is a bombing. As for what will be revealed, we'll have to wait for the results.

Leaning lazily against the window, watching the two people, he said, "Of course I don't have any evidence, but I don't know about the Censorate. The reason I'm telling you this tonight is to make it clear that I'm not going back to the military. As for the Empress, she'll have to clean up her own mess. Do I look like a fool?"

Bai Shan looked at the lazy Grandpa Lu, his eyes darkened, and he breathed a slight sigh of relief, pretending to be relaxed.

“You scared us to death. If you don’t want to go back, then don’t go back. Why do you have to use this excuse to fob us off? The people in the Censorate are not so easy to get right. Besides, the Censorate has been at odds with the military for a long time. We can’t possibly order those old guys around.”

He Zhang's eyes widened. "Huh! You were just scaring me. I can't command it either. But the military has been around for a long time and has a great reputation. Even the Empress wants to take action against it. It still needs to be reorganized properly. Otherwise, it won't be able to function on its own without the Empress's intervention."

He Zhang was unusually serious for once.

Grandpa Lu chuckled.

"This is a matter for your military headquarters and has nothing to do with me. As for the leaders of the Lu family army, you two don't need to worry about them. They will handle it internally."

Upon hearing this, Bai Shan and He Zhang both fell silent.

Well, another wasted trip. I really didn't lose out at all.

The air remained silent for a few minutes, then a sneeze broke the silence.

"Old Lu, since you don't want to go back, then forget it. He Zhang and I are going back to rest."

"Why don't you just leave? Your goal has already been thwarted anyway."

Grandpa Lu showed no mercy whatsoever.

Bai Shan smiled faintly, "I said I was visiting an old friend, so naturally I can't leave. I'll stay a few more days."

Grandpa Lu closed the window. All the snowflakes in the room had melted into water droplets, which he solidified in the air with his mental power, becoming round and smooth like pearls and jade.

If he wanted to kill someone, the force of those water droplets could be as sharp as diamonds, cutting through all the blood vessels in a person's body.

"Since you don't want to leave, I'll tell you one more piece of news as a New Year's gift."

He Zhang shook his head directly, "Forget it, I don't want to be driven crazy by you. I'm leaving, goodbye."

It's heartbreaking that a long-time friend doesn't trust me at all.

“There are people in interstellar space who raise insectoid beasts, and even deliberately create insectoid beast tides. Last time, Cole almost got killed during his live stream. You can ask him if you don’t believe me.”

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"For so many years, I've been thinking about one question: Do insectoid beasts have thoughts? Have they reached the level of civilization?"

The ability to break through dimensional barriers and reach the empire's territory—is it a crossing of time or space? With this ability, does one truly lack culture?