The Fall of Mantu Star
Interstellar Joint Forces Headquarters.
"Our army has arrived at Aitlan Star and Haizhe Star, and established a solid defense line between the two stars. We must not let them advance any further!" A young officer in a straight uniform reported to the commander-in-chief.
"Have the reinforcements from various planets gathered?" The commander who asked the question was a middle-aged man, the most powerful and upright general in the current interstellar coalition. He was tall and straight, with a dignified demeanor, but compared to his youth, he had more white hair and wrinkles at the corners of his eyes. If the Zerg had not been out in full force this time, and the interstellar space was facing the crisis of being swallowed up, he would have planned to retire.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but let out a long sigh.
When he realized that he was getting old and his physical fitness was declining, he deliberately relied on the Interstellar Fighting Competition and the Interstellar Mecha Competition to recruit talents for the Interstellar Alliance and select a suitable successor.
Yunxiao and Tailless Ball Beast were his two most promising young men. He had repeatedly tried to persuade them to join the military, promising to train them vigorously, allowing them to rise to prominence and bring glory to StarCraft, or even succeed him. Unfortunately, no matter how much temptation they faced, they always refused.
Later, after the identities of Yu Sheng and Frey were revealed, the old general discovered that one was the emperor of Wenxing, and the other was a blue beast, not even human. This revelation shocked him for a long time, and he pondered for several days: why, despite their apparent power, could the blue beast not even be considered human? Was the interstellar people's division between humans and animals based on "technology level" correct?
The old general at that time did not get an answer.
As a person who has received interstellar education since childhood and has never thought about the human rights of blue beasts, he is just struggling in confusion. On the one hand, he thinks it is absurd and incredible to treat pets as humans. On the other hand, he secretly believes in his heart that blue beasts should have human rights.
And when the news came that his promising junior Yaru was driven out of Snow Star by the blue beast Yu Sheng, the old general finally understood that it was the interstellar people who were wrong. They had been wrong for many years, and it was not until he was knocked to the ground with a punch that people woke up.
"General, reinforcements have arrived from all planets in the galaxy." The young officer paused and added, "Except the Wenxue Empire."
The old general glanced at him. The young officer's words were actually ambiguous, because the United Interstellar had not yet recognized the Wenxue Empire. It was only because the outcome was unclear and there was a Zerg crisis that the matter was shelved.
The young officer probably realized that what he had just said was inappropriate, so he pursed his lips and said no more.
"If you didn't come, then you didn't come." The old general waved his hand, hiding the disappointment in his tone, and let the officer leave.
In fact, the Wenxue Empire was already in a state of hostility with the Star Interstellar, and the original treaty between Wenxing and the United Star Interstellar was naturally torn apart by default. It was understandable that they did not send troops, but the old general still had expectations for the two successors he once favored.
—Wenxing—
"Has the army assembled?" Yu Sheng asked.
"Yes, a total of 300 legions, fully equipped, ready to wait for the general's next instructions at any time!" The sergeant saluted Yu Sheng solemnly.
"Let's train as usual and wait for military orders." Yu Sheng said.
"yes!"
After the sergeant left, Yu Sheng was lost in thought when Frey suddenly hugged him from behind and rested his chin on Yu Sheng's shoulder. A small indentation was made on his straight uniform, and his warm breath blew on Yu Sheng's cheek. "General Yu is becoming more and more majestic."
Yu Sheng's cheeks flushed slightly, perhaps from the heat or embarrassment. He reached out to loosen his collar and said in a serious tone, "Isn't it for your empire, Your Majesty?"
Frey laughed. "It's everyone's empire." He put his cheek against hers and nuzzled her affectionately. "The general is loyal to the Wenxue Empire, which comforts me. If the general can still fulfill his duties as queen, it will be even more..."
"Pa!" His Majesty's face was shoved away by a ruthless palm. Yu Sheng glared at the emperor, whose head was full of dirty trash and who was not doing his job, and raised his chin, "Dream on!"
Frey sighed deeply, hoping to drive the Zerg out as soon as possible, otherwise life would be really hard.
—In the military camp—
"Hey, Uncle Kuchi, shouldn't you have retired and enjoyed a peaceful life long ago? Why are you still gathering here?" A junior officer who had once been Kuchi's officer was extremely surprised to see Kuchi in the barracks. "This time we're fighting the vicious Zerg head-on. It's even a question whether we can come back alive!"
Scarface was exercising his arms on a machine, his muscles covered in a layer of sweat, like fresh beeswax. If it weren't for that face, you wouldn't have guessed he was old.
Hearing this, a smile appeared on his face, which was a bit scary with the hideous scar on his face. "Your Majesty and the General have been kind to me. I'm a rough guy, and apart from my strength to repay them on the battlefield, there's not much else I can do."
The young officer was a little puzzled, wondering what kind of connection the emperor and the general had with Uncle Kuchi. However, seeing that Scarface had no intention of continuing, he tactfully exchanged a few words and left.
After the young officer left, Scarface continued his training. His sweat reflected the light of the sun and stars, and faintly revealed the crystal in Scarface's eyes.
Lanlan, you're now a member of the Wenxue Empire. Daddy misses you dearly. If you were still alive, Daddy would openly take you to the amusement park, show you all the delicious food on Wenxing and Xuexing, send you to school, and dress you in pretty dresses. Daddy's hands are clumsy, so he might not be able to braid your beautiful braids, but Daddy loves you dearly, so you're not allowed to dislike Daddy's craftsmanship...
If I hadn't been careless about you and accidentally lost you, you wouldn't have been captured and sent to the Wuke R&D base, where you wouldn't have been mutilated.
Daddy is sorry for you, Lanlan...
A touch of green was blown down from the branches by the wind, swaying, and leaped into the house through the window lattice, floating on the temples of Scarface. Scarface reached out and grabbed the green leaf, lowered his head to glance at the veins on the green, which vaguely looked like a girl's cheerful smile.
—Royal Palace, Laboratory Door—
"Why did you submit an application to join the army?" Unlike any other time they met recently, Moss was extremely anxious and raised his voice to Caesar, "Do you know how dangerous it is? The Zerg are out in full force, and going to the front lines, life or death is unpredictable!"
Caesar's expression was calm. He only said "hmm" softly, "I know."
"You knew? Then why are you going?" Moss became even more furious. "No, I'm going to tell Frey to reject your application!"
"Yu Sheng has already agreed." Xi Ze said calmly, "Yu Sheng is the general. He has the right to decide on my application."
"You are a manufacturer. Even if you go to the front line, it will be of no use. Your mental strength and martial arts skills are both crippled..." Before he finished speaking, Moss suddenly realized something and his voice stopped abruptly.
The air fell into dead silence.
"...Yes." After a long stalemate, Caesar finally spoke. His voice was no longer calm, but trembling as he tried to hold back an explosion. "My mental and physical strength are disabled. Isn't this all thanks to you?"
"I..." Moss was speechless. He tried to move forward and embrace Caesar, but Caesar exuded a strong sense of rejection from head to toe. Annoyance, regret, uneasiness and resentment intertwined together, making Moss's mood plummet to the extreme. "That's not what I meant. I'm sorry, I was wrong. I used the wrong words..."
"You didn't use the wrong word." Caesar lowered his eyelids. "I'm disabled, it's no big deal."
"I--" Moss' words were blocked again. He lowered his head and clenched his fists tightly. The expression on his face seemed like he was suppressing some emotion, and finally, it all poured out in the next moment.
"I am willing to take responsibility for all the past!" Moss suddenly grabbed Caesar's shoulders and locked Caesar firmly in front of his body with his arms. His two eyes, which were full of determination and awe, were coated with a layer of moisture, which was particularly dazzling under the light, causing Caesar's heart to shrink suddenly.
"If I can succeed..." Moss swallowed the second half of the sentence, smiled bitterly meaninglessly, and then turned and left.
Caesar's heart was beating wildly. He looked at Moss's resolute back. Whether out of anxiety or panic, he subconsciously stretched out his right hand to grab something, but Moss had already walked away.
In May of Interstellar 4036, the Interstellar Alliance built a solid wall between the planets Aitlan and Haizhe using warships and the flesh and blood of soldiers. However, due to the large number of Zerg and their inability to feel pain and fatigue, they would kill one group and then another group would rise up, which could really wear people out.
The Zerg had breached the defense barriers several times, and the "city wall" was on the verge of collapse. In this situation, Teda, the only active veteran general of the Interstellar Alliance, finally could not sit still and led the army that had just been assembled from various planets and barely run-in for a few months to the front line of the battlefield.
"Commander One, you go to Line Zero Two. Commander Two and Commander Three go to Line Zero Four. Commander Four, lead your troops out of the line and kill these bugs by surprise!" General Teda had a bad temper when he was young, and he gradually calmed down as he got older. But now that he is on the battlefield, the blood in his bones is naturally aroused again.
He gave orders neatly, and all the commanders saluted and left. He was alone in the command room, staring at every star in the three-dimensional star map and thinking.
This stare lasted for a whole day and a night.
When he walked out of the command room with red eyes, the communicator came over and told him excitedly, "Your deployment is effective. The Zerg are indeed in decline. Now no Zerg can crawl through our defense line!"
Teda nodded and said, "Call all the legion commanders over, I want to hold a meeting." Although everything went smoothly, it was too smooth. Teda always felt that something was wrong, as if he had overlooked something.
This feeling of uneasiness was unfounded, but Teda had been on the battlefield for decades, risking his life. This strange sixth sense had helped him avoid countless dangers and dead ends, so Teda dared not miss any details.
The legion commanders quickly gathered in the command room. Teda, with a serious face, pointed at the Insect Planet and then at the defense line they had established. He asked, "Do you think all the Zerg from Insect Planet are here already?"
A commander nodded and said, "General, we have previously roughly calculated the number of Zerg based on their fertility rate. Comparing the data, the number of Zerg on the current defense line is indeed almost all of them."
"Yes," the Fourth Army Commander echoed. "They are undoubtedly out in full force. They must be planning to take advantage of the interstellar civil war and consume the entire galaxy in one fell swoop!"
Teda frowned, his facial lines wrinkling. He didn't immediately respond to the two commanders' words. Instead, he circled the three-dimensional projection of the Insect Star, muttering something. The commanders looked at each other, wondering what the old general was thinking and struggling with, but none of them dared to speak.
Suddenly, Teda raised his head sharply, his eyes filled with bloodshot, "No, this isn't the entire Zerg army! Because so far, we haven't seen a single mutant Zerg at the defense line!"
Mutant insects?!
Everyone was shocked. When Queen Qiu En's treason case and the illegal blue beast experiment case were exposed, they all knew about the existence of mutant insects after eating the flesh and blood of blue beasts. These insects would not only be greatly strengthened in all aspects, but some would also evolve new skills, making it difficult to guard against them.
But in order to prevent panic, the United Interstellar actually suppressed the matter. Even the military commanders present only read some terrifying but actually far more than that information on the interstellar network like spectators. So in this situation, almost no one would associate where the mutant insects had gone.
"But where did those mutant insects go?" the Second Army Commander's tone grew anxious. "If the Insect Planet wants to encroach on the interstellar system, this is the only way. Even if they go around the interstellar border to the other side, they will be captured by the tens of billions of detectors we have deployed around the outer reaches of the interstellar system. How can they go so quietly?"
"Could they still be on Bug Planet?" the Third Army Commander pondered. "The conditions for their cultivation are harsh, so the number of mutant bugs shouldn't be high. They can only be used as a trump card, and I'm reluctant to send them to the front lines."
Teda turned his back and shook his head to himself. All the explanations made sense, but they were all missing something.
Finally, his eyes fell on a resource star near Wenxing. He remembered that this resource star once hid the Zerg. After the attack on Wenxing failed, they withdrew from the interstellar space. The United Interstellar also sent troops to this resource star to investigate, but found no remaining Zerg.
So, is it true that there are no Zerg left on this planet?
"Notify the planet Suowang to organize a reconnaissance force within one day to go to the resource planet to investigate clearly!" After thinking about it, Teda still felt uneasy, so he decided to follow his sixth sense and give the order.
Originally, the closest to the Resource Star should be Wen Star, followed by Mantu Star, Qiu Enhuang Star and several small planets. However, there is no need to talk about Wen Star, it is hard to say whether it is an enemy or a friend. Mantu Star has no fixed ruler, and Qiu Enhuang Star has not yet chosen a successor because the queen was executed. The military capabilities of the other small planets are too poor. After comprehensive consideration, we can only notify Suowang Star.
However, just as the order was delivered to the Presidential Palace of the Sowang Planet Federation, an urgent military message was quickly sent to the front line, informing Teda:
"A large army of mutant insects suddenly appeared on Resource Star. They devoured the surrounding small planets within a day and are now attacking Mantu Star. Mantu Star has sent a distress signal to the United Interstellar. They can't hold on any longer!"
Teda slammed the table hard, his eyes full of hatred and self-blame. It was all his fault. If he had realized it earlier, such irreparable losses would not have occurred!
The mutant insects are terrifyingly powerful, and the army he is leading is too far away. Can Mantu Star really hold on?
The only way...
Teda looked towards the Wenxue Empire, which was closest to the Mantu Star, and slowly clenched his palm on the table into a fist.
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