"I heard a lot of new recruits have arrived recently. Has something serious happened?"
"I don't know, but I've heard that the number of people enlisting this year is at least ten times that of previous years."
"Hey, they're not here to serve in the military. They can use their free time to read news on the StarNet."
With people constantly fighting on the front lines, most don't have the energy to pay attention to entertainment headlines. After the battle, they either rest or cultivate.
"I can't be bothered to read it. It's all about that Ling thing every day. She's not studying properly at the Imperial Military Academy, but messing around with all sorts of nonsense. She wasted a whole year of her precious time on just one concert. If she can graduate, I'll eat the slime whole."
"She clearly has S+A qualifications. Tsk, our Empire and the neighboring Star River Alliance only have three double S qualifications. With such qualifications, she insists on going into mecha design. What a waste."
Although everyone has the right to choose their own path, it is frustrating that someone with such outstanding talent, who ranks among the best in the entire galaxy, doesn't make good use of it, which always makes people envious, jealous, and resentful.
"Wrong, now there are two double S's."
"Oh right, I forgot, that second prince is dead. It's a pity he's dead, but he's also hateful when he's alive. How could someone like that have double S-level talent?"
"Stop interrupting me. Big Head, tell me what happened?"
"Hasn't our empire always had a system of voluntary military service? Apart from the First Legion, which spends most of its time guarding the capital planet, the others, including the Second, Third, and Fourth Legions, have to choose between facing space pirates and the Zerg. Many people are unwilling to come..."
"We already know all that, so stop talking nonsense and just tell us."
"Hey, what's the rush? The icy planet that was targeted by the Zerg a while ago, the locals, for some reason, started eating the Zerg and even posted it on the StarNet, which went viral. Ling Qiushui even jumped on the bandwagon and started a food show... The Zerg have never encountered any natural enemies until now, but now they probably have one, and they call them foodies. Those people who come here are either looking to make some extra money or they're after a bite of meat."
"Anything that has been irradiated should be disposed of immediately; it can't be eaten, right?"
"Who says otherwise?" someone suddenly interjected. Three people came out from behind the barracks, the one in front pulling the one in the middle, with a little tail following behind.
The others immediately stood up, saluted, and called out, "Lieutenant General Shen, Major General Mo."
Major General Mo and Shen Yun were graduates of the same class at the Imperial Military Academy. Their qualifications and ranks were similar, but one was in the Second Army Corps and the other in the First Army Corps. The former had been unilaterally competing with Shen Yun, and after learning that Shen Yun had come to the front line, he followed suit.
Major General Mo pulled Di Xiu down to sit, looking utterly dejected. Looking at the lieutenant general's cold face, Da Tou asked, "Major General, is the meeting over? What happened?"
"Some idiots are telling us to abandon high-energy weapons, saying they will cause radiation to the Zerg. What a load of bull... Even if we had a hundred times more of these enhanced beings who are only at level three on average, they still wouldn't be as effective as high-energy weapons. What kind of idiots are these?"
Di Xiu pressed his forehead, pondering how to properly utilize the power of a glutton.
People on the front lines were full of complaints, but things changed a month later.
Hey, some idiot is donating money to the army.
Oh, that stingy duke who monopolized the fire crystal mines has donated mines to the Empire.
Bah! The military high command actually gave in.
Wow, the S-series light bombs are really useful.
Wow, the Zerg meat is amazing.
The S-series weapons are rare examples of non-radioactive and non-toxic weapons. On planetary battlefields, their power is comparable to the M-series. However, they require extremely advanced technology and have very stringent material requirements. One of the materials required for the S-series light-blast bomb is fire crystal ore, with a purity of at least 80%.
Overall, it's difficult.
Not to mention soldiers, even some high-ranking officers have never touched a light-burst bomb, which shows how rare it is.
When the light burst bomb was transported from afar and put into use, Di Xiu observed from the sidelines and secretly studied its principles.
Hearing is not as good as seeing, and seeing is not as good as doing. He had the method of making it in his mind, but no amount of data was as real as the actual product in front of him.
He had some ideas, but he didn't have the opportunity or the means to put them into practice, so he had to put them aside.
There are two conscription periods each year, and the number of conscripts reached a new high during the second conscription period, nearly ten times the previous number.
For some, they might not be there to serve in the military, but to hunt. But it doesn't matter. A good soldier is one who follows orders, can kill the Zerg, and survives to leave the battlefield.
...
Nine years passed quickly, and humanity finally triumphed in the Zerg war, with Emperor Xiu finally rising to the rank of general.
By this time, the Zerg had long become the main ingredient in the fourth major cuisine of interstellar space. Thanks to the many foodies, the number of Zerg began to decrease year by year. It was unknown whether they could hold out until the birth of the Zerg Queen in the timeline, or even if the Zerg Queen could be born at all.
In the original timeline, Ling Qiushui graduated early for love and joined the First Legion, but now she is following the established path and has entered the Military Engineering Department instead of the First Legion.
The conferment ceremony was held in the Imperial Palace, which meant that the capital planet would be returned to the capital.
Standing on the platform, listening to the king's long, rambling speech, Di Xiu was a little bored. His gaze inadvertently swept over a nobleman at the front, and his brow twitched. In an instant, his divine sense took in the entire capital star, and a solemn look appeared in his eyes.
His sudden, large movement caught the attention of 001, who was applauding the king. She turned to look at him and asked, "Little Xiu Xiu, what happened?"
"A parasitic species has appeared among the Zerg."
001's expression changed, and she suddenly remembered those people who had defected to the Zerg in the timeline. The male and female protagonists had judged that they were being controlled by a special Zerg. So that's what kind of control it was.
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