Over the next two months, the war spread rapidly.
With newcomers taking on the leading role, the Human Alliance has gone from being unfamiliar in the beginning to being familiar now, and the people have gradually transitioned from panic to nervous concern.
Arge even took advantage of this crisis to cure most of the old federation's ills.
But the war is still very intense.
As long as the king insect is not dead, the speed of the insect race's birth will reach a terrifying number. Their shells are extremely hard, some can fly, and they carry venom and spikes. The lowest level of wall ants can reach two or three meters in length.
Most of them have only instincts and seem to obey unified orders. They tirelessly rush to the battlefield and fight with soldiers until their lives stop. They have no fear and can kill endless enemies, which makes people feel despair.
The Zerg invaded in two directions. One part attacked the imperial capital and blocked the support to the northwest star region. The other part attacked the northwest star region with all its might, trying to bite off a piece of meat in the northwest star region and build a base camp with the chaotic magnetic area behind it.
The main battlefield was also divided into two parts.
One part, led by Shou Bing, defended the south of the imperial capital and sent troops to the northwest star region for support, barely maintaining a balance. However, the northwest star region was the focus of the Zerg invasion, and was in a difficult situation, with heavy casualties.
In contrast, some generals in the Northwest Star Region were dissatisfied: "Why not let Shoubing, an S-level evolver, guard the city in the Northwest Star Region? The Northwest Star Region is in a much greater crisis than the Imperial Capital!"
Some people even suspected that after the establishment of the Presidential Office, Commander Alger, who was born in Xiguang, had forgotten the help that the Northwest Star Region had given them.
presidential palace.
"Do they really not know or are they pretending not to know? If General Shoubing hadn't guarded the hub south of the imperial capital, how could there be reinforcements from the Northwest Star Region?!" An official was furious after reading this battle report that was full of strange and bizarre elements.
Alger also had a headache: "But the emotions in the Northwest Star Region really need to be appeased..."
They cannot give up the Northwest Star Region, but no normal person can remain calm in the midst of war. The more times like this, the more troublesome it will be once the people's emotions are incited.
Jin Daiqi pursed her lips, and after a moment, she stood up with a determined look: "Commander-in-chief, send me to the northwest star region. I will be their medical support there."
"No!" Lian Yao said, "The Northwest Star Region is too dangerous, and you don't have the strength..."
Alger looked at his sister quietly, sighed softly in his heart, "Tell me what you think."
Jin Daiqiu: "Everyone knows that I am the sister of the Grand Commander. If I go to the Northwest Star Region, it will undoubtedly be a shot in the arm, representing that the Human Alliance will not give up the Northwest Star Region. Similarly, I will be well protected there, but I will be in the rear, so there won't be too much danger."
She has decided to go.
After a long while, Aljie whispered, "... draft an imperial decree and order Jin Daiqi of the Presidential Office to be the captain of the medical guard team and fly to the northwest star region to provide assistance tomorrow."
This is actually the simplest and most straightforward consolation and declaration to the Northwest Star Region under the current circumstances. Lian Yao had no choice but to lean back and hold the pages of the document tightly.
The meeting was over, and it was not until the warship took off tomorrow that Alger temporarily gave up his role as commander-in-chief and went to meet his sister.
Jin Daixi stood in front of the warship, carrying a medical kit.
After Lan Xia left, she no longer acted coquettishly or had her hair braided like a naive little girl. Now she has neat short hair, stands tall and graceful, and has grown into an adult.
"The Commander-in-Chief."
Arge: "Call me brother."
Jin Daiyu stopped messing up her hair and smiled: "Brother."
"Little girl, you have grown up," Alger walked over, hugged his sister tightly, and sighed barely perceptibly, "Brother is sorry for you."
After the teacher left, he found that Daiqi became more and more calm and mature, and became someone who could take on important responsibilities overnight.
Out of selfishness, he didn't want his sister to take risks at all. But as the commander-in-chief, he had no choice.
They are no longer the carefree, ordinary brother and sister they once were.
Arge seemed to understand better why the teacher felt so guilty and painful when he saw the videos of his brother being tortured.
Jin Daiqiao knew what he was thinking and patted his shoulder comfortingly: "Brother, you have protected me since I was a child, and I also want to do something for you. I will come back safely. We will not be like the teacher..."
"I know," Alger interrupted her, let go, lowered his head and smiled, "Okay, little girl, go quickly, brother is watching you here."
Jin Daiyu took a step back, put her hands behind her back, and blinked: "Let's go, brother, don't cry!"
Arge's throat rolled, but he said nothing.
So Jin Daxiu turned around. She knew her brother was watching her from behind, so she walked with confidence and assurance.
——
"Sure enough, the world line has not been completely corrected yet," the little light ball said worriedly, "the northwest star region was almost lost several times."
Gong Du has been holding the flower pot and acting crazy for such a long time, not in a hurry at all: "Wait for a key plot point."
Little Light Group: "Which one?"
Gong Du smiled slightly: "The insect tribe negotiates peace."
Elan Snow needs an opportunity to have his dreams and fantasies shattered and to be forcibly pulled back to reality.
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One month later.
The Zerg suddenly stopped their attack, and the Brainworm came out to negotiate for peace with the Human Federation.
They claimed that as long as the Human Federation ceded part of the territory of the Northwest Star Region, they would be willing to cease fire and no longer attack and provoke the war.
Starnet comments are polarized:
[The mainland is so big, it’s not a big deal to give some of it to the bugs in exchange for peace…]
[I don't want to go through war anymore. It's just ceding land. The northwest star region is so poor.]
[Please, those are the Zerg. I advise those of you who think that ceding land is nothing to read the history of the mainland, okay?! They are not our kind, what can they do for us humans?!]
[What are you thinking?! We didn’t lose the war! Why should we cede land if we didn’t lose the war?! That’s our human territory, okay? If we lose the war, will the bugs leave us room to survive?! You will be the first to be eaten!]
[……]
"...If the commander-in-chief agrees, we will discuss the truce in the south of the imperial capital in ten days."
The image of Dean Pei was projected on the screen, except that his eyes were now a dark green, and his body had some features of the Zerg. He was a brain worm, and the representative of the Zerg in this peace negotiation.
Arge said calmly, "I'll consider it."
After the call was disconnected, his expression suddenly turned cold: "I don't know what you are talking about! This is too much!"
What is the difference between agreeing to peace talks and throwing meat into the tiger's mouth?
It would take a brain cramp for anyone to want to agree!
This was the first time that the Zerg had contacted them since the war began three months ago. Alge then realized that Dean Pei and Roche were both brain worms.
A bug served as the supreme ruler of the former federation for so many years.
"But now both sides have ceased hostilities and entered a ten-day truce. Moreover, the situation in the northwest star region is getting worse. If..."
Arge glanced coldly at the man who had spoken.
The man shuddered and fell silent.
"We will discuss this later."
After everyone left, Alge looked at his computer. Shoubing had just called in, but it was inconvenient for him to answer the call, so he hung up and called back now.
"Brother Bing, is there something urgent?"
Shoubing's face was a little serious: "It's not urgent, it's just related to Elansno."
"I found a [Purification Plan] and a letter in the optical computer left by Uncle Quan. It explained how he found this thing and why he came to Xiguang..."
——
Night falls.
Elan Snow's room was suddenly pushed open with a loud bang.
Alger's eyes were gloomy as he strode in. He looked around, then pulled the man who was looking down at the flower pot by the windowsill, pushed him to the side, and moved closer, suppressing his anger.
"Elan Snow, I know you can hear me!"
Elan Snow still dressed himself up as his brother and turned his head away uncomfortably.
He had been wearing the inhibitory collar on his neck for too long, and coupled with the constant injections of nutrients, his body quickly became thinner, to the point of being unbearable.
"When the Federation had not yet been overthrown, there was absolutely no way that the First Legion's military command system would have made a mistake. If no one had secretly tampered with it, Uncle Quan would not have been able to discover the [Purging Plan]."
Alger pressed him, "Among the First Legion, only the admirals have the ability and authority to do this. But you clearly didn't remember anything at the time, so why did you do it and give Uncle Dog a reason to betray you?!"
Ellan Snow's eyes were calm.
Looking at this face, Alge loosened his grip slightly.
The Purge Plan, now it seems, was formulated by the Zerg to weaken humans. But at the time, Elan Snow didn't know that the Purge Plan was Elan Snow's work, and it was Alger's guess that the Uncle Dog saw it.
Although Ellan Snow was in a brainwashed state at that time, with this guy's ability, it seemed not difficult to leave a trace of resistance in him, wake up for a moment, and create an opportunity for the purge plan to be exposed.
But this conjecture can never be confirmed.
"No one can stay lost in a dream forever, Elansno, you should wake up," Alger released his hand and said, "In ten days, I will set off to the south of the imperial capital. The Zerg will negotiate peace with humans there. Even if it's just for this ten-day truce, I must go."
"If the peace talks are confirmed, we will cede the land of the northwest star region to the Zerg, including the City of Dawn."
Ellan Snow still didn't respond.
Alge took out a small, clear bottle with a silver-gray glass ball inside.
"Three months have passed. Logically, the teacher's ashes should be sent to the City of Dawn. It's not that there is no bigger cemetery, but because the teacher once said that he wanted to plant flowers there."
"If the teacher were still alive, would he want you to be like this? Elan Snow, the Human Alliance needs your help."
Ellan Snow's eyelashes trembled slightly.
Alger stared at him for a long time, but still could not see any change. He did not know whether it was disappointment or powerlessness, so he slowly backed away and turned away.
He left the teacher's ashes in the bottle next to the flowerpot on the windowsill.
——
Ten days later.
South of the imperial capital.
The negotiating parties took their seats and the meeting was broadcast live on Star Network.
Dean Pei: "Let me tell you my conditions first?"
[What the hell! He is actually a bug?! Brain worm!]
[You just found out? The Human Alliance official announced it last night.]
[Do you really want to negotiate peace?]
[It’s always better not to fight...]
Arge: “Speak.”
Dean Pei smiled and said, "First, cede two-thirds of the Northwest Star Region to us. Our king bug cannot live in such a small place as the Chaos Magnetic Region."
Alger raised his eyebrows: "First?"
"Of course," Dean Pei said, "Secondly, when the Zerg first came to this continent, they were treated unfairly and nearly exterminated. You humans must compensate us for our losses."
A vein on Alge's forehead jumped: "Compensation?"
"Give us some resources. After all, our two races will have friendly relations in the future. We want to establish our country in the northwest star region."
Dean Pei added, "Also this time, we fought with you for three months and lost a lot of people. His Majesty the King of Insects was very angry. You... maybe you can give us some inferior people to relieve His Majesty the King of Insects' anger."
Arge: "Inferior? Eliminate anger?"
Dean Pei: "For example, some criminals? Some old, weak, sick and disabled people? If these people can be used as food for His Majesty Wang Chong, His Majesty's anger will subside, and our peace talks will certainly be successful."
Before Alger could say anything, StarNet exploded.
[Get lost! Kill this bug! You’re giving it some face, right?!]
[Inferior? I'll get the hell out of here!]
[Get out of our land!]
[Start a war! Don't negotiate peace! This is trampling our bones on the ground!]
[Kill it, kill it, kill it!]
[Those who support peace talks have seen this, right? Do you still have any blood in your veins? Are you still going to flatter the stinky feet of insects? Are you willing to send your aging parents to be food for insects? Stupid! ]
[We are not soft-boned, Commander-in-Chief. How can we allow bedbugs to sleep soundly on our couch?!]
[The President can’t possibly take action. After all, there are so many things to consider…]
Amid the excitement and chaos, someone walked into the improvised meeting room.
The guard only felt a gust of wind passing in front of him, and then the sword at his waist was taken away by a pale and slender hand. He was startled.
The next second, the sword light broke through the air and pierced through the back of Dean Pei's head.
clang!
The sword trembled.
Dean Pei's head was nailed to the table, his hypocritical smile frozen in the corner of his eyes, and he could no longer utter the following words.
Aljie's eyes lit up slightly and he raised his eyes.
"How can you tolerate him talking endlessly?"
A careless voice came from the door and a figure walked in.
Silver hair, purple eyes, mask.
It was still a military uniform, but the difference was that it was changed to the style of the Human Alliance.
[ELANSNOW (screams)!]
[Fuck! I was just shocked to see who killed the bug, but when I saw it was him, I wasn’t surprised at all? Instead, I thought it was natural?]
[Hasn't he been missing for a long time? Wearing a Human Alliance uniform?]
[Cool!]
[Now that all mankind is fighting the war, we are recruiting talents regardless of their background. In terms of leadership ability, who can compare to him?]
[I should hate him, but why was I so excited just now...]
Arge's face, which had been sullen for a long time, finally showed a smile, "Awake?"
Wake up from the dream that deceives you, face and accept reality.
Elansno walked in, put one hand on the table, and pulled the black suppression ring on his neck. "The controller is with you? Unlock it."
Some people with sharp eyes noticed the scar on his neck which was almost healed.
Arge: “Of course.”
He clicked on his computer, and the suppression ring loosened immediately. Elansno took it off casually, and his golden mental power shredded the suppression ring in the blink of an eye.
He straightened his collar to cover all the scars on his neck.
"Is this the sincerity of you humans?! Elan Snow - you! Are you crazy?!"
Dean Pei's body moved, and a transparent insect crawled out of his ear canal. Its mouth opened and closed, imitating human sounds: "Have you forgotten that you killed him with your own hands? Ah--"
The golden mental power slowly tightened it.
Ellan Snow said calmly: "You are lucky."
He clenched his five fingers, and the brain worm was immediately cut into meat paste.
Elansno looked at the live broadcaster. This was a mutual agreement between the two parties. He smiled at the camera, his purple eyes deep, and said softly: "Rosh, I know you are watching. Wait for me to go to the Northwest Star Region and take your life to bury him."
The live broadcast was turned off, and a sharp hissing sound suddenly erupted from the chaotic magnetic area in the distance.
These words revealed too much information, and the Star Network was abuzz with discussions about how Elansno suddenly appeared with a suppression ring and injuries on his body.
Is Roche also a brainworm? Who does Elansno want him to be buried with?
However, the most obvious signal is——
Elansno is going to the Northwest Star Region to lead the troops!
Even though the posts about Ellan Snow's crimes are still there, no one can deny that Ellan Snow has never lost a major war that he has personally commanded.
…
"These ten days have been delayed until the last minute. I thought you wouldn't come."
Elansno did not take it. He held the small bottle containing Lan Xia's ashes in his hand, staring at it in a daze. The silver-grey glass ball spun around inside, reflecting into his eyes and refracting a strangely gentle light.
"My brother certainly doesn't want humans to face this situation. Besides, I won't allow insects to destroy the place where he wants to plant flowers."
In addition to the specially treated ashes, there was also a black stone in the small bottle.
These two things are his most precious things.
Alger was silent, "The Northwest Star Region is now in your hands."
In fact, he had no intention of negotiating peace today. He even wanted to kill the brain worm today. In the past ten days, he had already prepared the Northwest Star Region to meet the enemy again.
Elansno said calmly: "As long as there is no problem in the south of the imperial capital, you guard the rear, and there will be no problem in the northwest star region."
Arge smiled: "Yes, you are Ellen Snow."
He glanced at Ellan Snow's face and asked, "Why are you still wearing a mask?"
The original mask was broken, and Elansno found a similar one from somewhere.
"I look like my brother. Although not many people have seen my brother, it is easy to find out. My reputation..."
Ellan Snow paused and said, "It's good that he cleans it up. Don't let me dirty it."
He hasn't cared about "reputation" for a long time.
Arge: “The teacher won’t…” He thought so.
Ellen Snow: "I will."
Arge was silent again. He shook the cup in his hand and said, "This is for you. Drink some. You have been taking nutritional injections for such a long time. I asked Dai Qi, and she said that you should start with basic water now."
He knew that Elan Snow had the same stomach problem as his teacher, perhaps because they both came from the Temple of Mercy...
Elan Snow took it and drank a few sips symbolically: "Thank you."
After a while, he frowned slightly and said, "Go away. I want to be alone for a while."
After the people had left and the footsteps could no longer be heard, Ellansno coughed softly, and a few drops of bright red blood dripped into the water cup, which instantly blossomed into flowers of blood mist.
The water in the cup gradually turned light red.
He put away the bottle of ashes, raised one hand to cover his abdomen, and remained silent for a long time. The fingers holding the water cup exerted a little force, and a few drops of cold sweat appeared on his forehead.
After not eating for such a long time, even drinking the mildest water would cause such a big reaction in the stomach. It seems that he has committed suicide too many times, making his body much weaker than before.
Elansno slowed down, poured out the water in the cup, and disposed of the cup as well.
The moment he turned and left, the moonlight illuminated his profile.
There was no emotion in his eyes, he was so indifferent that he didn't care about anything.
——
Elansno did not delay for too long. Early the next morning, he brought a group of former First Legion generals and flew to the northwest star region, setting up their base in the City of Dawn.
Arge took this opportunity to issue a notice, which roughly meant that Elansno had discovered Roche's clues in advance and provided great help when attacking the Federation in the Northwest Star Region.
First, it can avoid the dissatisfaction of the people of the old federation who have not yet been integrated, and second, it can ease the hostility of the Northwest Star Region towards Elansno.
When the "Trial of Elansno" was at its peak some time ago, the most serious commotion was not in the imperial capital, but in the northwest star region.
No matter what, the people in the imperial capital had once been protected by Elansno, and he and the Northwest Star Region had always been in a state of hostility.
However, with humanity facing a great enemy, internal grudges can be put aside for the time being.
After receiving the decree from the commander-in-chief, leaders from all over the Northwest Star Region hurriedly destroyed the photos of Elansno being cut to pieces, and then opened the city gates to welcome him.
The warship slowly landed in front of the gate of the City of Dawn.
Ellan Snow came down from the warship and narrowed his eyes.
The general in charge of Xiguang City stepped forward and said, "General, everything is ready inside. The next round of Zerg attack has not yet arrived. You can take a rest first."
The streets of Xiguang Outer City were even emptier than those of the Inner City. Perhaps it was because of the war. Even during the day, there were few people on the streets.
As he walked, Elansno ordered: "Give me a report on the recent war situation in the Northwest Star Region, including the number of remaining soldiers, firepower reserves, fighter planes, command ships..."
"Bad guy!"
The tightly closed windows of a house on both sides of the street slammed open, and a child threw a ball of paper at him viciously. There must have been a stone wrapped in it. Everyone around was caught off guard, and the ball really hit Ellansno's waist.
Ellan Snow paused and stopped moving.
"Where did this little kid come from!" The general's face turned pale with fear, and he shouted, "Quick, quick, close the window!"
The child's parent hurriedly covered the child's mouth, closed the window, and walked out with trembling legs. He walked to a place five meters away from Elansno, bending over and apologizing repeatedly.
While apologizing, he cried and hit the child, "Say you didn't mean it! Say it!"
The child stuck his neck out and cried, "I hit him! I hit him!"
There was a lot of noise.
Ellan Snow bent down, picked up the paper ball at his feet, and slowly opened it. He actually had a hunch about what was on it.
He had picked up a paper airplane in Xiguang Inner City before.
Printed on the ball of paper was a photo of him, with scratches all over it in red. The ball of paper was incomplete, with traces of being cut by a knife, and written on it were... words similar to those on the paper plane.
My brother loves this city so much, but he hates it.
At this moment, Elansno was extremely grateful for his previous decision. It was the best thing that they didn't know about the relationship between him and Lan Xia.
Elan Snow came back to his senses and walked to the crying child. The child had beautiful short golden hair, as bright as the morning sun, and a hint of fear was hidden in his anger.
Elansno held out his hand—
"Admiral!"
The general, sweating profusely, stopped him and said, "This kid is only a few years old and still doesn't know much. He didn't mean to offend you. He must have realized his mistake."
After two or three seconds, Elansno took his hand back and returned the paper ball to the child. "There are a lot of wrong words written on it. Practice hard."
After saying that, he left, not caring about the expressions of the people behind him.
He doesn't care about these things. The only thing he cares about is things related to his brother.
He just looked at the child's golden hair and wanted to touch it.
He didn't mean to hurt anyone.