The parts on the second blueprint required yellow leaf wood, and Georgia ran to the old man with a red face, put her hand on it and transferred some magic power to it. The old tree quickly responded to him, and immediately stretched out a section of its roots after receiving his request, and dug out a large piece of black wood from the pit they dug out of the jade.
Georgia exclaimed in surprise and rubbed his face against the tree trunk. He happily ran over and picked up a large black log that was twice as big as him. He ran to the purification circle on the side and put the log inside.
Chu Rong just came out of the pit and saw him with stars in his eyes, surrounding a piece of black wood. He suddenly felt that he was not even as good as a piece of wood. He couldn't help but frowned and walked over to drag the man into his arms, asking: "What is this? It doesn't seem to be the materials I gave you."
"This is a variant of yellow-leaf wood, which was given to me by Mr. Ancient Tree." Georgia answered excitedly, gesturing with her fingers on the wood, and said, "This is the root system that Mr. Ancient Tree accidentally broke off in the soil. It is the most essential part of the tree. Don't be fooled by its black and inconspicuous appearance, but the power contained in it is definitely much greater than other level 10 materials! At least twice! Well, maybe three times."
Chu Rong really likes the color black, but he has decided not to like the black color of this big piece of wood for the time being.
Suppressing the inexplicable jealousy in his heart, he dragged Georgia away from the formation, took him onto the mecha, and flew towards the edge of the forest - it was time to find food to feed this stupid chicken who forgot to eat when he started studying.
On the Federation headquarters, the insect swarm surged again after a brief retreat.
Long Ruifeng waged a propaganda war, exerting increasing pressure on the Chu family, fanning the flames and stirring up public opinion everywhere.
Just when the people were unable to help but feel some resentment towards the Chu family because of his provocation, Chu Huai finally stood up and held a press conference. With a sick face, he said that because he had been in a coma and there was no one in charge of the Chu family, he was unable to respond to the president's "thoughtful suggestions" in time, and he felt very sorry for this.
He then said that the army could not be left unattended all the time, so after discussing and soliciting the opinions of the soldiers, he decided to divide the Chu family army into three parts: one part would continue to stay on the major planets to guard the basic security of the satellite planets; one part would be transferred to Yuan Lie, who would temporarily take over Chu Rong's position as marshal and guard the border line; the last part would be transferred to He Hongjun, one of the four marshals, to follow Marshal He Hongjun to guard the safety of the main planet.
After he said this, his face looked noticeably worse, as if he was about to collapse, but he still forced himself to straighten his back and finish the press conference. Before it ended, he even bowed for a long time, blaming himself for suddenly collapsing when the big battle was about to begin.
The anger in the people's hearts immediately dissipated, and looking at his pale face, they all felt uncomfortable and blamed themselves.
The Chu family is no different from other families. Only Chu Huai and Chu Rong can take charge. Now Chu Rong has disappeared in public to protect the people. I am afraid that he is in danger. Chu Huai fell ill because of this. He was obviously very sad, but he was still so aggressive by the president. As soon as he woke up, he hurried to stand up and deal with the matter. It was really pitiful.
Moreover, the Chu family had clearly done their job well. Even though Chu Huai fell ill and fell into a coma, the planet where the Chu family’s army was stationed still deployed the strongest defense at the first moment of the insect swarm, and protected the safety of the people in the absence of a main general.
The public opinion controlled by the president gradually became biased, and remarks accusing the president of being inhumane began to emerge. Just when Long Ruifeng was furious and wanted to stir up trouble again, another piece of news came out - Chu Yan replaced his second brother to go to the front line! He is now on Lieutenant General Yuan Lie's ship as a new soldier!
People's hearts immediately became more biased, and some of them were so emotional that they couldn't help but cry out in pain.
More than ten years ago, the Chu family fought for the Federation and the safety of the people, and only three brothers were left to rely on each other. Now history repeats itself. First, Chu Rong and his fiancé were sucked away by a black hole to protect the people, and their lives are unknown. Then, Chu Huai came out to take charge of the overall situation and protect the Federation despite his sick body and the grief of his missing relatives. Now even the youngest Chu Yan has gone to the front line in person to face the terrible Zerg.
Time and again, the Chu family has done enough. Do you think everyone will be happy only if they force all the Chu family members to death? Must the safety of the Federation be bought back with the blood of the Chu family members?
"Damn it!" Long Ruifeng slammed the table in anger. The friendly temperament that once existed as his strength had long disappeared in private.
Long Ruizhang looked at him worriedly and helplessly, sighed deeply, and said, "Brother, stop it. The Zerg are approaching, and now is not the time for internal fighting. Now even Chu Yan has gone to the front line. The Chu family has come to this point. If you continue to force it, I am afraid it will cause a backlash from the people."
Chu Huai's sympathy card hit the mark this time. People would not think deeply about the power changes within, but would only see the evil deeds of these "bullies" who forced Chu Yan, who had just reached adulthood, to fight on the front line. In the end, Chu Huai won the public opinion war this time.
"How far did he go? His Chu family didn't suffer any loss at all!" However, Long Ruifeng would not listen to his persuasion, and said with a distorted expression: "The division of military power into three parts seems to be a big concession, but look at how Chu Huai divided it! The troops stationed on the planet have not moved at all. Part of the troops that can be mobilized were given to Yuan Lie, and Yuan Lie's status was greatly improved. He was given the position of quasi-marshal to increase his voice! The rest was given to that always pretending to be stupid He Hongjun! It was also specifically stated that they would help He Hongjun guard the safety of the main planet! He is not guarding the safety of the main planet, he is guarding against me! He has openly created an army to hang over my head and over the heads of all the big families. Who dares to embarrass him again! Are we forcing him? He is forcing me!"
Hearing this, Long Ruizhang could not help but sigh again and said, "But the people will not understand these things. Brother, once Chu Yan goes to the front line, the Chu family really can't move anymore. You should stop it. Now it's important to deal with the Zerg. If you do a good job this time, the people may become biased towards you. When the presidential election starts again after the war, you may even--"
"Impossible!" Long Ruifeng interrupted him, his face gloomy: "Those stupid people will never side with me. With the four great families around, no one will side with me!"
Long Ruizhang was almost driven crazy by his stubbornness and said with a frown: "But brother, have you forgotten the Ning family who helped you this time?"
"Ning family?" Long Ruifeng sneered upon hearing this, and said sarcastically: "Ning family is not helping me, they are helping themselves! The one who really helps me is——"
He was startled when he said this, and he shut up and looked at Long Ruizhang fearfully. He suddenly looked tired, waved his hand and said, "Okay, I'm a little tired. I will take a long-term view of the Chu family's affairs. You are right, it is important to deal with the Zerg first."
Long Ruizhang thought that he was finally willing to listen to his advice, so he breathed a sigh of relief, nodded and said, "Then, big brother, you should have a good rest. I will come to see you tomorrow."
After Long Ruizhang left, Long Ruifeng immediately got up and went to the inner room. After turning on all the confidentiality facilities, he carefully took out the communicator and dialed a call through a special channel. The call was connected after a while, and a figure leaning elegantly on the sofa appeared in the air.
Long Ruifeng straightened his back unconsciously, with a slightly flattering smile on his face, and said: "Prince Ans, I'm sorry to bother you so late, it's like this, the Chu family has recently-"
"No need to say more." Prince Ans waved his hand lightly and said perfunctorily: "I will increase my investment, you can do it yourself. Also, I'm very busy recently, don't bother me all the time. If you have anything to say, you can communicate with the Ning family first. Hang up."
The call interface disappeared, and Ans never even glanced at this side during the whole process.
The smile on Long Ruifeng's face disappeared. He stood there gloomily for a while, then suddenly snorted coldly and threw the communicator out.
Chu family.
Chu Huai and Gu Yan'an were confused by Chu Yan's behavior of acting without first reporting to the government, and even Yuan Lie didn't know when Chu Yan had managed to get on board their warship, until Yuan Xiu came running to admit his mistake with a guilty conscience.
It turns out that it was not only Chu Yan who got on board as a recruit on the warship, but also Yuan Xiu, and the rapid spread of the news was also done by the two of them in secret.
“Nonsense!”
Chu Huai and Yuan Lie shouted in unison on both ends of the communication line. Chu Yan and Yuan Xiu, who were standing in front of Yuan Lie, listened in silence. One had a calm expression but revealed stubbornness, while the other had a guilty look on his face but an unexpectedly persistent attitude.
Chu Huai and Yuan Xiu looked at each other and both felt a headache.
A while ago they were still saying that the two little ones have grown up, become sensible, and know not to cause trouble for the family, but now... it’s really too early to brag!
"Chu Yan, go back to your room and call me privately. We need to talk." Chu Huai spoke first. He didn't say anything in public. He still had the basic sense of propriety and knew to teach the child a lesson in private.
Upon hearing this, Chu Yan immediately gave Yuan Lie a standard military salute, called him Lieutenant General in a proper manner, then turned and left.
Yuan Lie and Chu Huai felt even more troubled upon seeing this - even Chu Yan was unwilling to call him Uncle Yuan, and he was really determined to go to the front line.
After Chu Yan returned to his room, he immediately called. Chu Huai answered the call and looked at his younger brother standing opposite him in the double room for recruits. He was wearing a military uniform and had short hair and looked a little unfamiliar. Thousands of words surged in his heart, but suddenly he couldn't speak.
"Brother." Chu Yan spoke first, his back straight and his eyes firm, and he said seriously: "I have grown up and know what I want to do."
"But..." Chu Huai opened his mouth, wanting to say something to dissuade him but unable to say it, and suddenly felt a little frustrated.
More than ten years ago, Chu Rong helped him to shoulder the responsibility of the Chu family. More than ten years later, Chu Yan took this step first. As an elder brother, could he never protect the safety and stability of his younger brothers?
"Brother, you are already very tired." Chu Yan tightened his hand holding the military cap and said, "The Chu family is not your responsibility alone. The president is pressing hard, and other families are watching the show. My second brother hasn't come back yet. I just did the only thing I can and must do at the moment."
Chu Huai was speechless. Indeed, Chu Yan's move to go to the front line was a good one, and it instantly shut everyone up.
But... He looked at Chu Yan's mature and steady appearance, and suddenly felt a little dazed, as if he saw Chu Rong standing stubbornly in front of him many years ago. His throat choked a little, and finally his Adam's apple moved. After a long silence, he only said in a gentle voice: "Come back safely."
Chu Yan's eyes moved when he heard this, his expression became warm, and he nodded vigorously, looking a bit like he was relying on his brother at home, and replied: "I will."
On the primitive planet, the red line on Chu Rong’s wrist suddenly flashed, and a burst of heat came.
He quickly raised his hand, grasped his wrist, and looked up at the southwest sky. He felt inexplicably heavy in his heart until he heard Georgia's approaching footsteps. He quickly suppressed his emotions, turned around and saw Georgia dragging the newly made forging table towards him, and immediately stepped forward to help.
The flagship's repair drawings became more complicated as time went on. Perhaps sensing Chu Rong's anxiety, Georgia gradually stopped wandering in the woods to relax, and began to bury herself in studying the drawings and making parts all day, working so hard that she almost forgot to eat and sleep.
Chu Rong frowned, fearing that he would collapse if he continued like this, so he tried his best to help him and often forced him to rest. He also found ways to make delicious food for him every day so that he wouldn't have to rely on just the nutrient solution.
A month passed quickly, and the flagship's repair work finally completed the most difficult part of parts production, leaving only the last few steps - installing new parts, repairing the damaged shell, and the final startup debugging.
Mr. Gushu provided them with a branch for free to park the huge flagship. Georgia went inside the damaged part of the flagship and installed the new parts one by one according to the drawings. Fortunately, he was strong and Chu Rong was driving the mecha to help. Otherwise, with only two people and no tools or instruments, the first step of the installation would not be possible.
It took two full days to install all the parts. Georgia did not touch the damaged shell of the flagship for the time being, and asked Chu Rong to start and debug it to see if there were any problems with the new parts.
After twelve years, the long-forgotten flagship finally lit up its navigation lights again. The sound of the ship's power unit seemed incomparably beautiful and exciting at this moment. Ten minutes later, Chu Rong turned off the flagship, jumped down, hugged Georgia and kissed her hard.
It succeeded. All parts were qualified. The power unit operated without any stagnation. The flagship was truly repaired.
Georgia smiled, hugged Chu Rong back and rubbed him, then immediately started repairing the flagship's hull with great enthusiasm.
Federation, good news coming from the front.
After Yuan Lie arrived at the front, he developed a combat mode that used small battleships to form a team for long-range attack, which effectively curbed the advance of the Zerg tide and firmly held the defense line. Among them, Chu Yan's team performed exceptionally well. Chu Yan's erratic and changeable tactical arrangements caused the Zerg, who were not very smart, to suffer many losses.
On the other side, with the support of potions, the Ning family army and the You family army used the power and flexibility of their mechas to continuously wipe out the Zerg, forcing the Zerg to retreat a long way.
Although the Xiang family still adopted a conservative attack mode, only hiding in the ships and attacking from a distance, they developed many new weapons for ships, which greatly increased the combat effectiveness of the ships.
Everything is moving in the right direction, and the martial law on various planets has been slightly relaxed, because everyone has discovered one thing, compared to the Zerg that always appeared randomly more than ten years ago, although the Zerg this time appeared in large numbers, their appearance locations are mostly concentrated in outer space, not randomly on planets, so as long as the army stabilizes the front line, the people protected on the planet will basically be safe.
Also, this time the Zerg had no Zerg Queen leading them, and their attacks were completely instinctive. Without a "brain" to control them, they became much easier to deal with.
After about half a month of relative peace, something big suddenly happened in the empire - the old king died.
As soon as this news came out, the empire was immediately in chaos.
In the palace, the Second Prince and the Fourth Prince, who had always been at odds with each other, started to fight each other. The two of them framed and exposed each other's shortcomings. The ministers who supported them also attacked and framed each other, making the situation in the empire even more chaotic.
The third prince could not stand the cold-bloodedness of his elder and younger brothers, so he went to the front line in anger and led his personal soldiers to join the action against the Zerg, showing a very indifferent attitude towards the throne.
The people of the empire immediately became fond of the third prince and secretly disliked the second and fourth princes.
A few days later, the old king's funeral was held. The second prince and the fourth prince actually started fighting again at the funeral, and even got to the point of physical combat.
The people and other neutral ministers could no longer stand it and attacked the two men. With the efforts of all parties, they actually pulled down the second prince and the fourth prince on the grounds that they were unfilial and unworthy of being sons and monarchs, and unilaterally announced that the third prince who was fighting on the front line at the time would be the new king.
After receiving the news, the third prince hurried back to the headquarters and publicly stated that he was not good enough to take on this important task.
The court officials and the people were rebellious, holding their breath and continuing to push him, as if the more he didn't want to be the king, the more they wanted him to be the king. In any case, we must not let the second and fourth princes who had no sense of the overall situation rule the empire!
When the situation was at a stalemate, Prince Ans, who had recovered a little, personally found the third prince, explained the situation to him with both reason and emotion, and finally persuaded the third prince to endure the grief of losing his father and the pain of falling out with his brothers, and with the support of everyone, he sat on the throne and became the new king of the empire.
The second and fourth princes were dissatisfied and hired someone to assassinate the third prince, but they were discovered. The usually gentle Prince Ans got angry for the first time and used his power as a prince and his status as an elder to demote the two of them to commoners and locked them up.
The people of the empire expressed their great joy. Even the panic of being attacked by the Zerg had disappeared a lot. It seemed that as long as the third prince came to power, the empire would be able to defeat the Zerg and restore its previous prosperity and peace.
"You're doing a good job of fooling the people." Chu Huai turned off the news about the Empire, looked at Fan Xiangnan across from him, and asked, "Have you figured out the pattern of the Zerg and black holes?"
"I have some clues." Fan Xiangnan looked tired, but his attitude was as reliable as ever. He replied, "Through the exploration during this period, we found that black holes only appear in places far away from the detection range of the fortress, never near areas with more humans, and never appear in areas within the human defense line. So we speculate that the opening of the black hole channel requires time to arrange, and it cannot be done covertly in areas with more humans."
This speculation is similar to Chu Huai's previous conjecture. He lowered his eyes and thought for a while, then said, "The current situation where there are no Zerg and black holes inside the defense line is either because Ans has a back-up plan or because the martial law on each planet was too fast and the people of the Empire did not have time to make arrangements in advance. This time, the situation against the Chu family was obviously premeditated, so I am more inclined to the latter. Give orders, do not change the protection level on each stationed planet, increase the number of patrol troops, and conduct a population census at the same time. Anyone with a problem should be monitored secretly immediately, and make as little noise as possible so as not to cause panic among the people."
"Yes." Fan Xiangnan nodded and was about to leave when he suddenly remembered something and said, "Mr. Ren sent me a message this morning saying that there was a problem with the research and he needs you to take a look."
Chu Huai frowned when he heard this and stood up immediately.
In order to facilitate the research, Mr. Ren had moved back to his own personal laboratory with more complete facilities. Chu Huai rushed over immediately after receiving the news. But unexpectedly, it was not Mr. Ren who had problems with the research, but Master Shang who was helping.
"Xiao Huai, you've come just in time." Master Shang held a magic circle pattern in his hand, frowning, and said, "The first version of the manual-piloted mecha has been finalized, but we have encountered some problems in popularizing the system. This is the posture system template left by Qiao. The most critical part is this thing called the magic circle and the energy tank made of blue jade. We disassembled this part, but found that we can't understand the principle behind it at all."
Upon hearing this, Chu Huai looked at the mini driving system on the stage and sighed helplessly.
Master Shang felt something was wrong when he saw his expression and asked, "You don't understand either? Didn't Qiao tell you?"
Chu Huai shook his head and said, "Qiao always does research by himself and tells Xiaorong when the results come out. Then Xiaorong arranges the promotion in detail. Usually, no one really pays special attention to him or asks about him."
"I told you it's useless to call him. What can he do?" Ren Lao came out from the inner room and stabbed Chu Huai without giving him any face. He said, "Qiao once said that the pattern is actually an alternative energy traction method. If you can't study it thoroughly, don't study it. Just find a substitute. Mental power is affected by nerve waves and can't be used, but machinery can work, and with the unique biological induction of the alien beast's tendons, it's impossible to achieve 100% synchronization, but 80% should be possible."
Master Shang frowned upon hearing this, and glanced at the pattern in his hand unwillingly, but he knew in his heart that now was not the time to indulge in research, so he said, "Then change your thinking. Qiao has already made the overall framework of the driving system, and it's just a replacement for a joint. I don't believe that the two of us together can't figure it out."
So Chu Huai made a wasted trip, was looked down upon, and had no choice but to return home.
As a result, an unexpected event occurred. Just as the hovercraft was approaching Chu's house, a black hole suddenly appeared out of nowhere and almost sucked his hovercraft in. Fortunately, the protection personnel left behind by Fan Xiangnan were powerful and immediately covered his car with a silver net from behind.
In the end, although Chu Huai arrived home safely, after the news spread, the people who had calmed down a little started to panic again - the Zerg appeared from the inside of the planet again! It's over! The chaotic scene of the war more than ten years ago is about to happen!
Chu Huai's attack was just the beginning. Soon, black holes appeared inside the defense lines of other planets in the Federation. The atmosphere of panic accumulated and reached its peak after news of the appearance of the Zerg Queen came from the Empire.
After the Zerg Queen appeared, all Zergs began to attack the borders of various planets like crazy. The number of Zergs appearing from inside the planetary defense lines increased more and more. Except for the planet where the Chu family stationed troops, other planets gradually suffered casualties.
The battle became increasingly fierce, and finally even the Xiang family began to compromise and use the Ning family's medicine. Then, the news leaked out from somewhere, and suddenly there was news that the Chu family's army withheld the Ning family's medicine after receiving it, and even instigated Yuan Lie and He Hongjun to not use the Ning family's medicine at all.
Public opinion exploded again. The sympathy and trust that the people had for the Chu family finally began to crack when great danger approached. With the increase in the number of Zerg, the gradual weakness of conservative attacks and small warship attacks, and the continuous retreat of the front line, more and more people questioned the Chu family.
Everyone remembered that Georgia had once exposed the Ning family's medicine. They all thought that the Chu family was too stubborn. At such a critical moment, they still held on to the old impression, playing with the lives of officers and civilians, and blindly insisting on what they thought was right.
The Chu family was once again at the center of public opinion. Finally, public opinion reached its peak after the news that the small warship driven by Chu Yan was almost sucked into a black hole came out.
People asked excitedly on various occasions: Why not use medicine? Why waste the army's resources and the soldiers' energy in vain? Is the Chu family going to push itself to the end because of the prejudice against the Ning family in the past? The Ning family was wrong in the past, but in this matter, the Ning family is a hero! How long will the Chu family be stubborn?
"Long Ruifeng is crazy, he actually wants to attack Xiaoyan!" Gu Yan'an was so angry that his hands were shaking, hatred appeared in his eyes, and he said angrily: "First it was Xiaorong and Qiao, then it was you, and now it's Xiaoyan. Does he want to wipe out the entire Chu family!"
Chu Huai frowned and held her hand soothingly.
"And to those who cursed you, I really want to reveal all the truth to them and show them what terrible things they believe in now!" After saying this, Gu Yan'an collapsed and covered his face, unable to hold back his tears.
The accusations from the public were the most hurtful, even though the Chu family had done their best to help them.
"They were just instigated. Only a few of them are extreme. Most of them are still rational." Chu Huai stood up and hugged her, comforting her palely.
He also wanted to reveal all the truth directly to the people, but it was impossible. If he did not have absolute power, there would only be one result - the Chu family would be blamed and then be wiped out by the enemy at all costs.
"Where are Xiaorong and the others..." Gu Yan'an hugged his waist, feeling somewhat desperate: "Bring Xiaoyan back. Even if we have to die, our family must die together. Ah Huai, please bring Xiaoyan back..."
"Everything will be solved, believe me." Chu Huai touched her hair, his heart sinking little by little.
It has been almost two months and there has been no news about Xiaorong and Qiao. Could it be that... No, no, he couldn't think like that. If even he became uncertain, then this family would really be over.
On the primitive planet, Georgia finally repaired the flagship's hull.
Chu Rong first arranged for him to rest, then took out the spare energy stored on the flagship to fill up the flagship's energy. He carefully debugged it for an afternoon and made all preparations for setting sail.
That night, the two reluctantly said goodbye to the old man of the ancient tree, and with the thank-you gifts that the old man had asked the little animals to bring, they stood in the control room and headed towards the meteorite belt outside the original planet.
Outside the meteorite belt.
After the appearance of the Worm Queen, the new king of the empire went to the front line to supervise the troops in person, despite people's opposition.
A few days later, probably unable to bear to see the soldiers continue to suffer, the new king, who appeared to be very benevolent to the outside world, actually took the initiative to extend an olive branch to the Federation, inviting the Federation and the Empire to work together to fight against the enemy of mankind - the Bug Queen!
He also said that if they wanted to end the battle as soon as possible, they must kill the Zerg Queen first, otherwise new peace would not come. As long as the Zerg Queen existed, the Zerg would appear in endless numbers like cockroaches that could not be killed.
After receiving the invitation, Long Ruifeng felt that what he said made sense and immediately responded to his invitation.
The people of both countries expressed their support for the cooperation between the Empire and the Federation. Under the expectation of the public, the You family and the Ning family on the Federation side took the lead in standing up to express their support for the decision of the president and the new king of the Empire, and were willing to organize the army to go to the Empire to kill the insect mother.
After being quiet for a few days, the Xiang and Wei families also expressed their support, but the Chu family never made a statement.
After people learned about this, their feelings towards the Chu family became more complicated.
Firstly, there is no doubt that the Chu family has saved humanity; secondly, Chu Rong and Georgia disappeared because of protecting others, which can be considered heroic sacrifice; thirdly, Chu Huai is the only one left in the Chu family who can be the head of the family, and Chu Yan has gone to the front line and has just been in danger once.
To sum up, the Chu family has paid enough for the Federation and humanity, and everyone should be grateful to them. However, the Chu family's behavior of instigating Yuan Lie and He Hongjun not to provide medicine to the soldiers is really irrational.
Given the Chu family's situation, it wouldn't matter if the two countries didn't send anyone from their family to join forces to encircle and suppress the Insect Mother. But they have been dragging their feet and not making a statement, and even dragging Yuan Lie and He Hongjun down with them, which is a bit bad.
"I'll go, big brother, you stay." Chu Yan said on the other end of the communication with a firm attitude.
Chu Huai flatly refused and said, "No! This is a trap! Long Ruifeng and Prince Ans obviously saw that they couldn't bite the bone of the Chu family, so they are looking for an opportunity to weaken the Chu family's military strength. You will die if you go! Everyone who goes will die! I won't allow it!"
"That's why I should go!" Chu Yan refused to give in and said with red eyes: "Only I can go!"
"You're talking nonsense!" Chu Huai was so angry that he lost his temper for the first time and yelled, "Get back here right now! Don't force me to get someone to tie you up!"
Chu Yan's face tightened, and he suddenly glanced at Gu Yan'an who was sitting behind Chu Huai with his head down. He clenched his fists and said, "Brother, you must stay. The Chu family will still rely on you to support it in the future. You have to think about your sister-in-law."
"It's just me and Yan'an's Chu family--"
"Brother!" Chu Yan interrupted him, took a deep breath, and suddenly changed the subject, saying, "Sister Zhuang contacted me this morning and said that she saw sister-in-law secretly return to her parents' home yesterday while you were away. She looked a little dazed. I was worried, so I called the Gu family to ask about it. Sister-in-law--"
"Xiao Yan!" Gu Yan'an stood up in panic, raised his voice to interrupt him, then stepped forward to hold Chu Huai, and comforted him: "Okay, okay, stop arguing, and say less. This time, the Xiang and Wei families have obviously seen the president's intentions. Let's see what they are going to do first, don't be impatient."
Chu Huai was immediately appeased, but Chu Yan paused and continued, "Brother, sister-in-law is pregnant, so you have to stay."
Gu Yanan's body froze when he heard that. He quickly reached out to turn off the communication, forced a smile at Chu Huai, and said, "Don't listen to Xiaoyan's nonsense. He's just a kid, what does he know? Don't worry, I will persuade him again. He just stubbornly refused."
Chu Huai hadn't recovered from the bomb dropped by Chu Yan yet. He instinctively pressed her shoulders, his eyes falling on her still flat belly, and took out his communicator to dial the numbers of his father-in-law and mother-in-law.
"Don't." Gu Yanan hurriedly held his hand, knowing that he could no longer hide it. He stepped forward and hugged him, saying, "Ahuai, it's okay. This child comes at the wrong time. I can, I can..." He couldn't say anything more.
Chu hugged her tightly, his eyes slightly red, his Adam's apple moved up and down, and he said in a hoarse voice: "No, no, no."
He touched Gu Yan'an's hair and could not say anything else except "No".
The next day, Chu Yan posted an announcement on his social account, saying that the Chu family supported the operation to encircle and suppress the insect queen, and that he would personally follow the army to the front line.
The online discussions about the Chu family disappeared immediately after he sent this message, and the entire Star Network seemed to be quiet for a moment.
Chu Yan is not even 20 years old this year, but he has to fight against the insect mother on behalf of the Chu family. It is hard for them not to think of Chu Rong more than ten years ago. Once again, even if the people do not trust the Chu family and raise many doubts, the Chu family still did everything they could.
As for the Chu family’s army’s insistence on not using medicine, perhaps the Chu family has other considerations. In the face of a war, at least they should not doubt the Chu family’s desire to protect the people and the federation.
After Chu Yan issued this not-so-formal announcement, the Xiang and Wei families also expressed their opinions, saying that they would send people to go to the front line with the army.
The two countries' joint efforts to encircle and suppress the insect mother were completely finalized, and the encirclement and suppression operation quickly entered the preparation stage.
The empire seemed to have been prepared for this and immediately sent out a well-equipped army. The Ning and You families also quickly dispatched their most elite troops. The Xiang and Wei families dragged it out for two more days, and on the surface, they also sent out their main forces.
Finally, it was Yuan Lie and He Hongjun. Yuan Lie temporarily took over Chu Rong's position of marshal, and together with Chu Yan, he led the army trained by Chu Rong himself to the front line. He Hongjun only started to act after Yuan Lie's action, and also counted out the strongest army under his command.
Three days later, the most powerful army in the entire Blue Galaxy gathered together and set off towards the Bug Mother.
Chu Huai sat silently in the study, looking at the beautiful star map of the Blue Galaxy for a long time, took a deep breath, picked up the communicator, dialed the assistant's number and ordered: "Strengthen the alert of each planet, the highest level of martial law across the board, the elite have gone to the front, and there must be no more problems in the rear."
After hearing a response from the other end, he hung up the phone, looked at Gu Yan'an who pushed the door open, and waited quietly for the result.
The Worm Queen was huddled above a border planet of the empire, where a black hole about the size of three large warships was slowly rotating in space, and in the center the tentacles of the Worm Queen could be seen swinging back and forth.
Around the black hole, densely packed small Zergs tightly protected the Zerg Queen in the center.
After arriving at their destination, everyone gathered on the empire's royal ship for a meeting. Next to the platinum-colored royal ship were the family flagships of the Ning family, the Xiang family, and the Wei family. The Chu family's warship, which was obviously one level weaker, was arranged to park together with the warships of the You family, the Yuan family, and He Hongjun, which invisibly lowered its status.
"If we want to defeat the Zerg Queen, we must first eliminate the surrounding Zerg. Why don't we let Lieutenant General Yuan and Marshal He be the vanguard, and leave the Zerg Queen to those of us with flagships." Ning Tianya was the first to speak, and his words were very selfless.
Yuan Lie immediately expressed his opposition, and then the new king of the empire, An Mu, spoke in support of Ning Tianya's suggestion despite his opposition. After that, the You family also expressed their support for Ning Tianya's suggestion, while the Xiang and Wei families remained neutral after hesitating for a while.
He Hongjun, who looked like a gentle military strategist but was actually a marshal, finally spoke up and said, "It's no problem for Lao Yuan and I to lead the charge together, but the Empire can't just watch the show alone. Someone has to lead the charge, too. I heard that His Majesty the King of the Empire likes the feeling of being at the front line in person. Why don't you join us this time?"
As soon as these words came out, the conference room fell silent, and Long Ruifeng immediately scolded, "Marshal He! Watch your words."
"I just gave a little advice like Mr. Ning. What's wrong with the words?" He Hongjun slowly blocked back, and then seemed to suddenly think of something, looked at Ning Tianya, and said puzzledly: "Strange, Marshal Chu's younger brother Chu Yan was not allowed to enter this meeting room because of his low position, so how did Mr. Ning get in?"
Ning Tianya, who was targeted and secretly ridiculed, shuddered and was speechless.
Long Ruifeng frowned and spoke again: "The Ning family has made great contributions. I specially invited Mr. Ning here. Marshal He, do you have any opinions?"
“No idea
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