Chapter 288: War

"This time, many people are certain that the orcs are behind this. It is estimated that it won't be long before the two sides will officially go to war." Alice frowned and said solemnly.

She has heard a lot of news recently, and there is a tense atmosphere throughout the federation. Now, every place is on high alert and the troops have begun to gather. It seems that it won't be long before they will march to the border between the two countries in a mighty force.

"Huh?" Lan Ximeng's eyes were full of confusion when she heard this, and she couldn't help but ask, "Didn't there exist conflicts a long time ago?" She clearly remembered that Alice's father and elder brother were sent to the front line, and many people died in those conflicts.

Alice shook her head slightly, her face full of worry, and explained, "It's different. The previous ones were just small-scale frictions, and both sides were restrained. But this time, all the signs show that there may be a real full-scale war."

Thinking about her family members who were all on the front line, Alice felt like a huge stone was pressing on her heart, heavy. If a large-scale war really breaks out, her uncle will definitely go to the battlefield. By then, only she and her younger brothers and sisters will be left at home. How can she not worry?

"Can this really break out into a fight?" Julia frowned slightly, with a thoughtful look in her eyes.

She had some understanding of the situation within the Federation. "The Federation is divided into three camps: the pro-war camp, the pro-peace camp, and the neutral camp. Can the pro-peace camp agree to go to war? In this three-way situation, if a war really breaks out, it shouldn't be that easy."

"What do you mean?" Lan Ximeng looked bewildered. She usually spent most of her time on company affairs, study and training, and really knew very little about the complicated factional struggles within the Federation.

Julia looked at Lan Ximeng's puzzled expression and was a little surprised at first, but then she thought about her busy daily life and nodded in understanding. She raised her hand and waved it gently in the air, and a three-dimensional federal star map was instantly projected. On the star map, eight galaxies were clearly displayed before everyone's eyes.

"Look, there are eight main stars in the Federation." Julia pointed to the star map and explained patiently, "The main one is the Ziwei Star System, which, together with the Tianquan and Yaoguang Star Systems, are all neutral. They don't want to be easily involved in the war and hope to maintain the existing peace. The three star systems of Tianshu, Tianxuan and Tianji are the pro-war faction. They believe that the conflict with the orcs must be resolved through war. The Yuheng and Kaiyang Star Systems are the pro-peace faction. They advocate resolving disputes through peaceful negotiations. In the past, every time there was a sign of war, it would end in nothing because of the game between these three forces, but this time the situation seems to be more complicated."

"And the planets affected this time are all from the Tianquan star system. The originally neutral Tianquan star has now begun to take the lead in the war, and Ziwei star also plans to take action." Alice added with a serious expression.

"It should be. Our company has now begun to increase the scale of production." Wang Chunlei also nodded. Recently, her company has had employees and robots take turns to work and has produced a lot of nutrients and medicines in preparation for a possible war.

"If a war breaks out, will those seniors who are interning outside come back?" Lan Ximeng thought of the seniors who had gone to the front line together before, and couldn't help but worry about their safety.

"No." Alice shook her head gently, "When we are juniors, we will follow."

"Why don't you change your majors now!" Wang Chunlei looked anxious. She really didn't want Alice and Lan Ximeng to go to the front line. In another half a year, everyone would be promoted to junior year, and by then the safety of Lan Ximeng and the others would be difficult to guarantee.

When Alice heard this, her eyes widened and she hit Wang Chunlei on the head with her finger, "What are you thinking about? Even if we are going to the front line for internship, we will definitely not be assigned to go on the field." Unless it is a desperate situation where no one is available.

"Don't think too much. Even if we go, my family will make sure we are well taken care of." Although Alice said this, she knew in her heart that she was not the only child in the family. The most likely one to be specially arranged was the youngest in the family, and she would most likely move together with the ordinary people.

Lan Ximeng thought that she might have to go to the front line soon, and she couldn't help but feel nervous. However, she is now a non-staff member of a special department, so her internship will not follow the regular route arranged by the school. She will most likely work for the special department with her family.

"I hope so."

The atmosphere suddenly became somewhat sad. Lan Ximeng saw this and immediately shouted, "I haven't played the game for a month, so my rank must have dropped a lot. Come on, you have to help me pull it up!"

"Hey, I'm now a gold one star! Come on, I'll take you!" Julia became excited when she mentioned playing games. She immediately turned on the computer and opened the game in one second.

"Let's go, let's play!"

Since thinking about those things will make people sad, just don’t think about them. It’s better to focus on the present.

While Lan Ximeng and the other three were playing games, Lan Guoqiang and his wife received the above arrangements.

"Guoqiang, the safety of the orcs in our Tianquan Star has been taken care of. The neighboring Ziwei Star wants to borrow you to help. What do you think?" Liu Delai's projection appeared in the room of Lan Guoqiang and his wife. He looked at Lan Guoqiang and his wife with expectation in his eyes. In fact, he really wanted them to go there, but their daughter had just been kidnapped and captured by orcs and now needed the comfort of her family. It seemed unreasonable to arrange for them to go out at this time.

Lan Guoqiang and Chen Chuntao looked at each other and nodded without hesitation, "Let's go."

"Great!" Liu Delai was very pleased that they had the courage to do so. But he couldn't ignore Lan Ximeng. After thinking for a while, he said, "Do you want to take Xiaomeng with you? Her ability level is too low. Without practical use, her upgrade speed will be very slow. And she is also a member of the special department now."

Lan Guoqiang did not agree immediately. He said with a worried look: "We need to talk to Xiaomeng about this. We don't really want her to be involved in these things." Arranging Lan Ximeng to become a non-staff member of the special department was just an excuse to let her escape from the front-line internship.

Dealing with undercover orcs inside the Federation is better than going to the front lines, but it is equally dangerous.

"Then think about it carefully." Liu Delai didn't want to force them.

After closing the communication, Lan Guoqiang and his wife sighed at the same time. What was going on?

Their family had traveled through time and space, and they didn't have many feelings for this world at first. But later, Lan Yuncheng suddenly developed superpowers, and soon after that, Lan Guoqiang and Chen Chuntao also awakened their superpowers. The people who had been paying attention to them added them to the special department.

As ordinary citizens, they could choose to refuse. But I didn’t expect that after joining the institute and becoming a civil servant, I would lose the right to refuse.

"Alas, it's our own choice." Lan Guoqiang sighed helplessly. If they had known this would happen, they should have stayed quiet from the beginning, and maybe they would have had a chance to break free.

But they all knew that even if they had the chance to start over, their family's fate might be the same as that of the Bai family. They are just ordinary people. Even with Huang Zhongxiao's protection, they have no rights and will not live long.

"How should we tell Xiao Meng? She will definitely follow us if she finds out." Chen Chuntao's face was full of worry.

"Xiao Meng is still a student, and school will start in a month. We should be able to use this excuse to shirk responsibility, as long as Xiao Meng doesn't know about it." Lan Guoqiang sighed.

Lan Ximeng, who was playing with her friends, had no idea that her parents were worried about her. At this moment, she killed another person and completed a pentakill.

"Awesome! Xiao Meng, you haven't played for a long time, but you can still get the MVP!" Julia's face was full of envy. Although her rank was not low, she rarely got the MVP.

"No big deal!" Lan Ximeng imitated Bruce Lee, touched her nose with her thumb, and looked very proud.