"Marshal, we have detected the enemy's signal."

Suddenly, the technician excitedly reported to Ling Chengrong. Song Xia squeezed forward, and Ling Chengrong frowned and glanced at her, but Song Xia ignored him.

"Track carefully, don't lose them, send two squads to gather information, and be careful to stay hidden."

"Yes, Marshal."

“Father, let me go.” Ling Wenbang volunteered.

"no."

Ling Chengrong refused without even thinking: "You're still a student, there's no need to take this risk."

“But I’m the top student in school. I’m confident I can face those pirates. Besides, I’m the older brother. If my younger brother sees me, he’ll feel more at ease.”

“You’ve never been on a real battlefield, so you have no idea how cunning those pirates are. Wenbang, stop talking. The soldiers are all veterans; there won’t be any problems.”

The moment Ling Chengrong finished speaking, the communications soldier in front of him changed his expression, because the two squads they had just sent out had both lost their signals.

"This is bad. That signal might have been deliberately released by the pirates. The two squads are in danger."

Instantly, Ling Chengrong's face turned extremely gloomy. His men were all elites, yet they had fallen into the pirates' ambush so quickly. In other words, even he himself had fallen into the pirates' trap!

"These damned pirates, Marshal, what do we do now?"

Just as Ling Chengrong was about to make arrangements, a pirate's voice came from the communication channel of the two previous teams: "Marshal Ling, it's been a long time!"

"It's you!" Ling Chengrong immediately recognized the other person.

The other party laughed heartily: "Yes, it's me again, Marshal Ling. Aren't you surprised?"

Ling Chengrong's voice was as cold as a knife: "Yersen, if you dare to harm a single hair on my son's head, I will tear you to pieces."

"Oh dear, I'm so scared! But you seemed to have threatened me in the same way when I killed your wife eighteen years ago. And what happened after eighteen years?"

The arrogant voice rang out, and the soldiers inside the warship all gasped in shock. This Yersin had been hiding for eighteen years, and he actually dared to provoke their marshal. He was truly audacious!

At the same time, Ling Wenbang and Ling Wenying's faces were equally cold and frosty, clearly showing their deep hatred for this man, because their mother had died at his hands. This was the first time they had faced their mother's killer so closely, and their hatred was hard to quell.

"Hahahaha... Ling Chengrong, so what if you're the marshal of the First Legion? You can't even protect your own family! When you killed my father, did you ever imagine this day would come?"

Ling Chengrong, however, refused to back down, especially when facing the enemy: "Those who die by my hand are all people who deserve to die."

Upon hearing this, the other party immediately flew into a rage: "Ling Chengrong, don't you want your youngest son's life anymore?"

Immediately, the cries of a child came from the other side. Song Xia burst into tears. It was her Ye'er. She covered her mouth tightly. How scared Ye'er must have been during the two days he was captured by the pirates.

"Ye'er, Mommy's here, Mommy's here to save you!" she shouted, trying to calm her son down.

The child's voice was drowned out: "Ling Chengrong, if you want to save your son, come alone, otherwise..."

Clearly, compared to Ling Wenye, the other party wanted Ling Chengrong dead, or rather, wanted to humiliate Ling Chengrong in person.

“Father, let us go.” Ling Wenbang and Ling Wenying pleaded again, “He not only kidnapped my younger brother, but also killed my mother. I absolutely cannot let him go.”

“I told you you can’t go.” Ling Chengrong refused again without any room for negotiation, and even had the two of them placed under guard, not allowing them to move around freely.

Then, a man who looked nine-tenths like Ling Chengrong walked out from behind. Ling Chengrong nodded to him, and the man then sailed the warship alone to the turbulent area.

Song Xia suddenly looked at him: "What if he gets recognized? Do you know how dangerous Ye'er is right now?"

"No matter how dangerous Ling Wenye is, I, a marshal of the First Legion, cannot risk my life," Ling Chengrong said coldly. Seemingly afraid that she would make a fuss, he also sent two soldiers to keep an eye on her, and then went to arrange the infiltration operation plan.

Although Song Xia knew he was right—after all, a legion leader was far more important than a child—she just couldn't understand it emotionally. Ling Chengrong was usually willing to risk his life for ordinary people and sacrifice himself for refugees on the battlefield, so why was he so rational when it came to his own child? Wasn't Ye'er a resident of the Federation? Didn't Ye'er deserve his personal rescue?

“Ling Chengrong, Ye’er is not only your son, he is also a member of the Federation. Don’t forget the oath you took when you joined the army.”

Ling Chengrong paused, his words ringing out firmly: "I know better than you do."

"Do you understand?" Song Xia sneered. If he understood, why was Ling Chengrong speechless when Ye'er questioned him when he was desperate in his previous life? He clearly had a chance to bring Ye'er back, so why did he chase after that pirate first? Was he so eager for revenge? But the pirate's territory was so dangerous. How could Ye'er, a child, protect himself after losing his parents?

Watching the fighter jets take off one after another, Song Xia wished she could go with them, but she had no combat experience whatsoever, and going would probably only be suicide. She hoped that Ye'er would calm down after hearing her shouts, and she hoped that Ling Chengrong would remember his last words.

“Aunt Song, I saw Father go out in his armor. My little brother will be alright.”

The control room quickly became empty, and Song Wenying comforted Song Xia again: "Father has never made a mistake in the past few years, so don't worry too much."

"Hmm." Song Xia forced a smile, then her eyelids drooped. How could she explain that she was even more worried because Ling Chengrong had taken action?

From the fragments of information from her past life, she could roughly piece together the general situation of this incident: after learning that he had been deceived, the pirate Yerson immediately fled. In order to take revenge himself, Ling Chengrong disregarded the fact that Ye'er was left unattended and chased after him.

He probably felt reassured that Ye'er was safe with the soldiers of the First Legion behind him, but what he didn't know was that there were traitors within the First Legion as well, and that there were more than just Yersen's pirate forces in this planetary turbulence zone. So, taking advantage of the chaos, they took Ye'er to another pirate's territory. From then on, Ye'er grew up with the pirates, and under their torture, he became twisted and brutal, turning into a weapon against the Federation and embarking on a path of no return.

In this lifetime, she could never let Ye'er suffer again. Why should Ye'er bear the bitter consequences of Ling Chengrong's actions? Clearly, Ling Chengrong didn't love Ye'er that much either.

Ling Chengrong, you better not disappoint me again in this lifetime.