That night, on the eve of Lan Xia's funeral, countless posts criticizing her suddenly appeared on StarNet:

【Judgment of Elansno! 】

[Let the death of Ego become the blood of the new alliance's blade! ]

【Pay tribute to the heroic spirits who have passed away! 】

[I heard that Elansno is in Xiguang, please ask Xiguang to execute Elansno! ]

The post enumerated countless atrocities committed by Ellan Snow when he was in charge of the First Federal Army. They were too numerous to list.

Especially now that the Northwest Star Region is in power, they hate Elansno far more than ordinary people in the Federation.

Banners and photos of Ellan Snow were printed out and posted on the streets. Now the situation is unstable and the streets are deserted, but wherever there are photos of Ellan Snow, they are all splashed with red paint and are in disarray.

Now that the Federation has been overthrown, Elan Snow has lost his master. Who can't step on a dog without a master?!

The pent-up anger and hatred were completely ignited by online public opinion.

Countless people cursed and even wanted to watch the execution live. They wanted to see how the once high-ranking, cold and powerful admiral was judged, tortured, had his spine broken and groaned in pain, and was nailed to the pillar of shame forever, never to be able to turn over.

The inferior nature of human beings makes it inevitable for some people to derive dark and secret pleasure from their fantasies.

Look, those who were once so powerful are now being trampled upon by them.

The one with the highest click rate is still a recording:

[“Why did you order the bombardment of the B6 sector?! Do you know how many innocent people died because of you?!”

"You commit murder. Aren't you afraid of having nightmares at night?"

"It's all for your majesty. They died, but shouldn't they also feel honored for it?"]

Someone found out that the questioner for the first two sentences was Lieutenant General Wright, who was once the commander of the Second Army, and the last cold answer was from Ellan Snow's voice.

After more than three months of war, the people's panic has accumulated in one place, and the "trial of Elansno" has undoubtedly given them an outlet for their crazy emotions.

They only see the little that is before them, and they abuse this outlet, leaving messages with the most vicious curses.

This recording was confirmed to have no signs of synthesis, which undoubtedly pushed the already angry public sentiment to an extremely high peak.

Dawn light.

conference room.

Alger looked at his laptop and asked, "Have you found out who sent the recording?"

"Right away," Lian Yao typed the last line of code and followed the star network to find the source of the transmission, "it appeared."

A small window popped up on his laptop, showing a middle-aged man huddled in a corner, grinning fiercely. His righteous face had long been marred by viciousness.

This person was still staring at the messages on StarNet, unaware that he was being monitored. His fingertips flew as he sent out words that provoked public anger.

He seemed to feel relieved and excited when he saw people insulting Ellan Snow.

Shoubing looked at the face for a while and asked in surprise: "Wright?"

Jin Daiqi: "Isn't he missing?"

"He's missing, but the Federation didn't report his death at the time," Alger said. "Lian Yao, you capture him and temporarily control the public opinion on the Star Network. Now is not the time to clarify."

Only a few leaders of the leading forces in the Northwest Star Region knew that Elansno helped overthrow the Federation.

After all, Elan Snow was a Federation admiral. Once the news of his help to the Northwest Star Region spread, the reaction of the Northwest Star Region was definitely not relief and happiness. Instead, they believed that he had ulterior motives and strongly rejected him.

Later, something happened to Teacher Lan Xia again, and they never had a chance to talk it out.

Alger felt a little tricky.

After all, there are still irreconcilable conflicts between the people of the Northwest Star Region and the original people of the Federation. If Elansno helps the Northwest Star Region, it will be a loss to both sides.

Once it is made public, not all the people in the Northwest Star Region will appreciate it, and the people in the original Federation will react more strongly to Elansno's "betrayal", and the establishment of the new alliance plan will also encounter greater obstacles.

After all, even if he was brainwashed into being loyal to the Federation, Ellansno still had too much blood on his hands while he was sober.

The title of "The Trial of Ellan Snow" is glaringly red.

Alger had a headache: "Tomorrow is the teacher's funeral. Inform the leaders of the other forces and tell them that Xiguang does not want to see blood in the next three months. The matter of Elansno will be discussed later."

Shoubing: "I'll take care of it."

No matter what, he was the young master of Su Tu and the commander of Xi Guang's foreign wars. In addition, he knew many uncles and aunts from other forces. Even if they were just casual acquaintances, he could still have some face.

——

Lan Xia's funeral, regarded as a turning point in the overthrow of the Federation, will be held in the imperial capital, with the crystal coffin remaining there for three months and mourning lasting a hundred days as a token of the highest respect.

After three months, Lan Xia's body will be cremated into ashes, and the ashes will be sent to the City of Dawn to rest in peace.

The day of the funeral was a gloomy morning.

The misty rain covered everything with a layer of sad gray veil.

Alge and his four companions were still in the front. They did not prepare white flowers. In front of the ice coffin, there were dreamy and melancholy wisteria and all the purple flowers they could find.

The faint fragrance lingers in the rain. Even if the man sleeping in the crystal coffin can never open his eyes again, there is a sorrow between his brows that cannot be restored.

Tens of thousands of people gathered here, singing softly and crooning.

The innocent and pure nursery rhymes, wrapped in moist mist, passed through the iron window and floated into Gong Du's ears.

Still lying on the iron bed, he performed in front of the camera to make sure the protagonists could see him, then he slowly sat up and walked out barefoot.

Today was a special day, and they didn't lock him in, probably because they thought he might go out to see the funeral.

The long period of exhaustion made Elansno so weak that he couldn't even push open the door.

He didn't hold an umbrella, and his thin, pale ankles stepped directly into the water on the ground. The cold raindrops seeped into the unhealed wounds on his body, and the pain and cold seemed to make him feel more energetic.

Elansno let out a breath, whispered something, then smiled and walked out of the place where Xiguang was temporarily living.

The people who were watching him in the dark were extremely anxious, but as the funeral was going on, they could not report it and could only follow him secretly.

Elan Snow did not go in the direction of the funeral, but mechanically moved farther and farther away from the funeral and walked into a sparsely populated commercial street.

He took off his mask, revealing his messy white hair that made his facial features blurry. His loose, thin clothes stuck to his thin body, which was covered with scars. He did not look like a federal admiral at all, but his handsome features could not be concealed.

The black iron ring around the neck, plus the bloodstains on the side of the neck, no one thought it was a suppression ring, but rather it looked like some kind of erotic toy.

He seemed to know that someone from Xiguang was following him secretly, so he ignored the shop owner's gaze and picked out a few things on his own.

The boss originally stared at his white and purple eyes for a few more seconds, feeling a little suspicious, but after seeing what he bought, those doubts turned into understanding.

It turns out it’s all about playing with flowers and cosplay.

On the far wall, there is a photo of Ellen Snow wearing a mask.

There were knife blades stuck in it, and it was scratched all over. The ground was covered with red paint that had been washed down and was shrouded in rain.

The white-haired man walked away barefoot.

——

By the time the funeral was over, it was already evening.

Instead of resting, Arge and his companions gathered in the conference room.

The atmosphere in the conference room was somewhat solemn, and Jin Daiqi was not present.

Alger: "Lian Yao, are you sure the information you received is accurate?"

Lian Yao nodded: "That's correct. Blue R is one of Gray River's affiliated news networks. He's only after money. But this time he would rather not take any money. He insisted that I see the data he stole from the research institute."

This afternoon, when the funeral was halfway through, Lian Yao's computer received an emergency call from Lanzhou River.

Only a few of the top affiliated networks have the emergency communication method of the Gray River leader. Lian Yao has not received it for many years. Once this emergency communication is connected, it means that there must be very important and even unhandled news.

Only a few of Xiguang’s most core members were in the conference room.

Shou Bing frowned and projected the information that Lian Yao had given him.

They were frozen pictures of humans, like ice sculptures, but with bulges on them that looked like... eggs.

The atmosphere was very depressing.

Alger: "Daiqi has already gone to the research institute to check. When we searched the research institute, we overlooked the underground. The Zerg have disappeared for hundreds of years. If..."

If it is true, when did Roche, the Institute and the Zerg start to have a relationship?

Could Roshi's disappearance also be related to this incident?

Before Roche disappeared, he plotted against them, causing the teacher's death and Elansno to suffer a major blow. Both of them were S-class evolvers, with great combat power. Was this a coincidence or...

Jin Daixi's call came in.

The background behind her was the basement of the research institute. The warriors of Xiguang followed beside her and protected her in the middle. They looked very serious: "Brother, the information should be true. I found a large amount of ice and a small amount of unknown residue in the basement of the research institute."

"After my simple tests, I found that it should be a biological membrane. It matches the very little Zerg data left by the Federation. It is confirmed that it is composed of insect eggs."

After these words were spoken, both sides of the call fell silent.

Everyone knew that these things underground in the institute could not have appeared suddenly, and they might have existed longer than they thought.

When the Zerg invaded for the first time, the Federation had accumulated a lot of information about the Zerg, but later this information gradually disappeared.

Including the production scale of the anti-insect repellent that was initially developed, which was accidentally damaged, leaving only more than one level of repellent-like repellent.

If the Zerg had already infiltrated the upper echelons of the Federation without leaving a trace since then...

shudder.

Jin Daiqi: "There is too little information about the Zerg. I haven't studied the data we just got, but from what I know, the only Zerg with advanced intelligence are the Brain Zerg and the King Zerg."

"Only one king worm can be born at a time. Once it dies, it often takes a long time for it to be born again. I wonder if Roche has some kind of relationship with the brain worm. Also, brother," Jin Daiqi took a deep breath, his eyes darkening, "we may soon have to fight the worm tribe for the second time."

A race they had never understood.

A race that was considered to never appear again.

A race that humanity had destroyed at a huge cost.

Alger made a prompt decision: "Call the leaders of other forces immediately. Dai Qi, hurry back and organize the information. This matter cannot be delayed at all!"

Lian Yao nodded, put on a stern face, and walked out quickly.

Jin Daixi: "Okay, I'll be right back."

They have no time to grieve. This may be the biggest crisis that mankind has faced in hundreds of years. All personal emotions can be temporarily put aside in the face of this crisis.

Political power is an internal matter of humanity, while the Zerg are foreign enemies and invaders. This is not just Xiguang's business, but the business of all humanity.

Arge: "Shoubing, you stay here. I'll go find Elansno. He has been with Emperor Roche the longest, so maybe he knows something."

Shou Bing looked at the time and said, "Go quickly and come back soon. When the people arrive, we will need you to take charge of the situation."

"I see."

Alge nodded, looked down at himself, and strode out of the meeting room.

The night was deep, the wind and rain were dark and never stopped.