One second Lu Xiaoyao was gloating about witnessing history, the next second she and her brother were discovered by the people on the starship.
Lu Xiaoyao's smile was simply too arrogant, and her voice was too loud and obvious.
So much so that the senior staff member on break immediately noticed something was wrong.
Hu Mingli's expression when Lu Xiaoyao and Lu Gui appeared on his starship was truly meaningful.
You think he's not angry? No, he actually looks quite angry.
But would you say he's in a bad mood?
Look, he's all smiles now, and his eyes aren't filled with anger anymore.
For a moment, the brother and sister really couldn't tell whether Hu Mingli was in a good mood or not.
However, Lu Gui had a vague feeling that Hu Mingli was looking at the two of them as if they were some kind of big fat meat.
Was it just his imagination?
"Alright, now that you've all come along, you'll have to listen to me and follow my orders. I remember Lu Gui, you're from the Third Legion, right?"
Lu Xiaoyao was from his own legion, so it was easy to arrange things. However, looking at Lu Gui who came with Lu Xiaoyao, he really had a headache.
If he remembers correctly, Lu Gui's identity had already been largely exposed online not long ago, right?
He's on the Zerg's list too, and he's here now. On the battlefield, where swords and spears have no eyes, if something happens to Lu Gui, he'll really have a hard time handling it.
"Is there a problem? I've already reported to my superior."
The Third Army's indulgence and pampering of Lu Gui was partly due to his grandfather.
"Well, the upcoming battle is taking place outside the Sixth Legion's jurisdiction, so the Fifth Legion will definitely intervene. You guys... do you want to get involved?"
Since Lu Gui is here, Hu Mingli feels he can gather a group of people to beat a dog when it's down. The more people the better, and the harder the beating, the better.
As long as I know everything is going according to Mei Qiu's plan, I'll have a good time.
Thinking of this, Hu Mingli's gaze toward Lu Gui became somewhat blatant. He needed the name of Marshal Lu behind Lu Gui to secretly borrow another sum of money from the Third Army Corps.
"So, we're really going to ambush the Zerg next?"
When Lu Gui asked this, Hu Mingli raised an eyebrow in surprise and asked, "How did you guess that, kid?"
“If you weren’t ambushing the Zerg, you wouldn’t have needed to use the excuse of escorting Federation people back to bypass the border and go to the outer edge of the star system guarded by the Fourth Legion, and then go to a place that is not under the jurisdiction of our own legion to fight.”
Unless you received some information confirming that the Zerg will reappear, whether to pursue or ambush them, you must have received accurate information from someone else before going to that place, otherwise you wouldn't go to such lengths.
If the Zerg haven't revealed their whereabouts yet, and are only saying they're going to ambush, then I think the only one who could earn your such trust is Minister Meiqiu.
People of Lu Gui's generation usually refer to Mei Qiu as General Mei Qiu or Commander Mei Qiu. However, now that Mei Qiu has returned to Hua Lan Star, Lu Gui will naturally change his way of addressing her.
"Hmm, not bad. What you said makes a lot of sense." Hu Mingli nodded, but did not directly confirm the other party's guess.
"If the Zerg really choose to retreat, the place they are most likely to pass through is the border area guarded by the Fourth and Fifth Legions."
Hu Mingli pointed to the star map on the screen. It was the first time Lu Xiaoyao and the others had ever seen such a clear star map.
It was millions of times more detailed than the star maps they usually encountered, and countless wormholes of all sizes that they had never known before were displayed on this star map.
"These wormholes..."
Lu Gui was surprised by the distribution of these wormholes, and then he saw Hu Mingli reveal a mocking smile and say, "Do you understand? This star map?"
Lu Xiaoyao nodded blankly: "It's so clear, much clearer than what we usually see."
"Yes, I only recently obtained such a clear star map."
A sarcastic smile tugged at the corners of Hu Mingli's mouth.
Lu Gui frowned upon seeing that smile.
He understood what Hu Mingli meant. Even Hu Mingli had only recently obtained this star map, which showed its importance.
If it's so important, how did the Zerg know about it?
Perhaps even earlier than they knew?
Otherwise, there's no way to explain how they were able to launch a surprise attack on the Canglan Star Region and Hualan Star without anyone noticing.
Judging from their previous route, they were very familiar with the distribution of some wormholes within the Empire.
"I remember we heard there was a wormhole entrance outside our Canglan Starfield? Could the Zerg end up going that way?"
Lu Xiaoyao suddenly started to worry about Qilan Star.
"Do you think I can't control that wormhole now?"
This time, Hu Mingli was so angry he laughed.
Not only the wormhole that Lu Xiaoyao mentioned, which had existed right under his nose for so long without his knowledge, but also—
"Were you bad at geography in school?"
"ah?"
Hu Mingli noticed the guilty look that flashed in Lu Xiaoyao's eyes when he asked her a question.
"The direction of Hualan Star is completely opposite to the location of the Canglan Starfield, so the Zerg can't retreat there no matter how they try..."
Lu Gui sighed, Lu Xiaoyao didn't understand, but how could he not have noticed?
...
Mingmei is currently unaware of her brothers' next plans.
However, she could tell that her brother and his men were going to inflict a huge loss on the Zerg this time.
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