Chapter 697 (2/2)
The explosive news spread across the human words like wildfire The North had thrown themselves at the aliens in a full offensive, with three bastion shi+ps and five fleets – yet still they’d lost Arachnid was destroyed, Heron e it’d returning with four fleets instead of five
Overnight, the alien planets becaeymen
The Northern areneral Holenerously co Hui’s failed leadershi+p which resulted in a devastating loss for the North, Kang Hui aiting removal from command Meanwhile, humanity worried over its future It was a constant point of discussion When would the aliens arrive?
On An Lun, Lan Qing quietly sat behind a screen He silently reviewed all the data froh the ence had co team
His face was dark Leathery hands clenched tight and released, again and again in a sign of his agitated state
The North was defeated! Humanity’s most powerful Alliance had failed What’s ainst the aliens was equivalent to the East’s total military power
What’sto Star Division the aliens hadn’t even used their full power If this was the result at reduced poould happen when their foe no longer felt the need to hold back?
Lan Qing had the saoing to appear in their backyard? Where? They could teleport wherever they liked without any notice They wouldn’t be able to h if they didn’t knohere their enemy would be Wherever the planets appeared, humanity would lose at least one planet
“Sir, Skyfire Avenue on the line” An officer quickly trotted over and delivered the news
“Connect them,” he answered calmly
A familiar face soon appeared on his screen
“Ad” The address was formal and polite
Lan Qing nodded “What is it?”
It was, of course, Lan Jue “The Eastern law people to evacuate to the largest planets I wanted to ask what the plans were for An Lun I’ to plan what’s next for Star Division”
Lan Qing’s face was a stone “We’ll go where we’re needed”
This caused his brother to roll his eyes “Perhaps soot about ten Bastions ready for battle, and although they were defeated the expedition did prove one thing Bastions are how you fight those things”
Lan Qing replied in cool tones “What we need to know is how often the alien planet can transfer Perhaps you don’t understand that the only way to use the advantage of our Bastions is to surround the eneht noe’ve been forced into a passive position while ait for more information”
“I know,” Lan Jue replied “That’s why I’rapevine that you’ve already reorganized the troops after receiving the shi+ps on at auction As I understand it you’ve got two fleets now But the East is still weak, I think you need to let the arather our forces”
Lan Qing frowned “I don’t need you to tellelse I have matters to attend to”
Lan Jue paused, struck by his brother’s foullike this “Brother…” he said
Lan Qing sat in silence for a moment, then visibly relaxed a little “What?”
“If I don’t came back from one of these trips, I need you to look after dad”
A hardness overca?”
Lan Jue responded with a grin “Nothing, I’et emotional”
Lan Qing’s eyes were piercing as he stared at his younger brother on the screen He knew Lan Jue better than anyone He wouldn’t have said so like that unless there was a reason
“What are you planning?” He calmly asked
But Lan Jue just shook his head “Nothing – alright, that’s all I needed I’m off to cultivate”
The connection was cut, and for so felt even o The look in his brother’s eyes seeot that look, it