Chapter 475 Interstellar Rebellion 14
In his hotel room, Zhou Jue didn't waste a moment.
She dialed Sulia's encrypted communication directly.
The light screen flashed, and the figures of Sulia and Blood Falcon appeared almost instantly. The background behind them was still the base's command center, clearly indicating that they had been guarding it all along.
"Something happened?"
Sulia spoke, her voice filled with certainty, not doubt.
Zhou Jue nodded.
"Your plan was a trap from the very beginning."
Blood Falcon's body tensed instantly, and Sulia's pupils contracted slightly, but she did not interrupt, signaling Zhou Jue to continue.
"Valerios, who leaked the information, is neither one of your people nor one of the pro-war faction."
"He was a pawn planted by another force."
Zhou Jue revealed all the information he had obtained from Valerius.
“A man who calls himself a ‘marshal’ wants to use your hands to press that button.”
"He wants to use your 'Operation Dawn' to accomplish his own plans."
The air in the command center seemed to freeze.
"That bastard!"
Blood Falcon clenched his fists tightly, and the metal parts on his arm made a slight grinding sound.
"I'll take men and bring him back!"
"it's useless."
Zhou Jue shook his head.
"It's easy to catch him; I can catch him today."
"But the important thing is that he was just a messenger; the real threat was the 'marshal' hiding behind the scenes."
"Capturing him will only alert the enemy; it will serve no other purpose."
Sulia remained silent, processing this shocking news. Their all-or-nothing actions had turned out to be nothing more than a move on someone else's chessboard. This feeling of being manipulated made her face turn ashen.
"Miss……"
Blood Falcon looked at Sulia, his eyes filled with anger and resentment.
"Operation Dawn is cancelled."
Sulia raised her hand, interrupting him.
Her voice was calm, so calm it sent chills down your spine. This wasn't a sign of retreat; it was the most rational decision a commander could make when faced with an emergency.
"Zhou Jue, thank you."
Su Liya looked at Zhou Jue on the light screen, her eyes filled with complex emotions.
"If it weren't for you, we might have been wiped out by now."
[Host, this marshal is too cunning! The senior was almost used as a pawn!]
In Zhou Jue's mind, Tongzi was angrily shouting.
On Sulia's end, 066's voice also rang out.
[Host, the codename 'Marshal' has a vague match in my database.]
This is not a military rank; it's a title from an ancient family.
They were even more extreme expansionists than the zealots, and had been suppressed by the Royal Council in the old era.
I thought they had long since perished.
Sulia shared 066's discovery with Zhou Jue.
"Things are worse than we thought."
Sulia's fingertips traced across the tabletop.
“We are now facing not only ‘Sky Eye’ and the pro-punishment faction.”
"There is also a 'marshal' hiding in the shadows, who wants to devour everyone."
“He wants to overthrow the current order and even wants to replace ‘Sky Eye’ and the pro-suppression faction.”
Blood Falcon was horrified. This was no longer a rebellion; this was a madman trying to drag the whole world into war.
"What do we do now?" Blood Falcon asked, feeling powerless for the first time.
Their strength seems insignificant in the face of these behemoths. Can they succeed?
"No."
Zhou Jue's voice broke the heavy atmosphere: "This is not a dead end, this is an opportunity."
Both Sulia and Blood Falcon looked at her.
"The mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind."
Zhou Jue's lips twitched slightly: "But who can say for sure who is the mantis and who is the oriole?"
Sulia's eyes lit up: "You mean..."
"They want to use us, and we can use them too."
Zhou Jue's thinking was clear: "'Marshal's' plan hinges on that button."
"He needs someone to press it."
“If we don’t go, his plan can’t go on. He wants to reap the benefits without doing anything, so we’ll let him get nothing.”
Blood Falcon understood.
"Should we stall them and let them fight like dogs?"
"No."
Zhou Jue rejected the idea: "If we drag this out, there will be too many variables, which will be detrimental to us."
“The computing power of the main system ‘Sky Eye’ is increasing every second, and the influence of ‘Marshal’ is also expanding in secret.”
"We must take the initiative."
Zhou Jue looked at Su Liya and said, "I'll press that button."
"What?"
Blood Falcon cried out, "Are you crazy? We don't even know what that thing is!"
Su Liya frowned as well: "Zhou Jue, this is too risky."
“I know,” Zhou Jue nodded.
"But I am the most suitable candidate."
"I have a way to get out unscathed after pressing the button."
"The defenses of the 'Sky Eye Tower' are ineffective against me, and the 'Marshal' cannot detect my existence."
"I am the biggest variable in their plan."
Zhou Jue's plan was bold and audacious; she intended to use herself as bait to destabilize this complex game of chess.
"What happens after you press the button? The 'Marshal's' plan is activated. How do we respond?" Sulia asked the most crucial question.
“Turn the ‘Marshal’s’ plan into a plan that benefits us,” Zhou Jue said.
“He wants to use the button to overthrow the pro-democracy faction, so let’s give him a hand.”
"We'll seize the victory when he thinks he has it in the bag."
This plan is a hundred times more insane than "Operation Dawn." It's like dancing on a knife's edge; one wrong step and you're doomed.
"I need you to do a few things."
Zhou Jue began making arrangements.
"First, have the Third Prince prepare. Once the 'Marshal' and the pro-war faction go to war, immediately take control of the army in the name of the royal family and declare both sides to be rebels."
"Second, disregard the battle situation on the central star and use all your resources to seize jump points."
"I want to cut off their retreat when they are fighting the most fiercely and trap them all on the central star."
"Third, and most importantly."
Zhou Jue looked at Su Liya: "Find the 'Marshal'."
"Since he wants to be the one who catches the cicada, he must be hiding nearby and watching."
"When I press the button and attract everyone's attention, that's when he's most relaxed and most vulnerable."
"Find him and kill him."
In the entire command room, only Zhou Jue's calm voice could be heard. Su Liya and Blood Falcon were completely stunned by this crazy plan.
"Find the 'Marshal' and kill him?"
Su Liya repeated Zhou Jue's last words, but her brows furrowed.
Blood Falcon also looked solemn, understanding the difficulty of this mission.
With the entire central planet engulfed in war, finding a deliberately hidden mastermind is like looking for a needle in a haystack.
"This plan...the third point has too many variables."
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