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Li Wei was the most resentful.

He glanced at Liu Qi and said with a sneer, "Principal Su Mo does indeed have better and faster flying artifacts. If she could support the front lines, that would certainly be more reliable. But General Liu, are you sure Zhang Yide can bring this person here?"

"Su Mo is neither an official nor under the jurisdiction of our military. Even if we could invite her to help, we don't know how much it would cost. I think it's best not to ask unless absolutely necessary."

The flying artifact in Su Mo's hand was crafted using mature technology from Su Zhou, and everyone knew that it could reach the battlefield much faster. But they also knew that the flying artifact had a very small capacity.

Even if Su Mo agrees, she can only go there by herself first and can't bring many people. However, Su Mo is currently carrying out the pest control plan and it is highly unlikely that it will be stopped. How can Zhang Yide persuade her?

Li Wei believes that, firstly, the authorities would not agree to this.

Liu Qi "..."

"There's no need for General Li to trouble himself with that."

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"Alright, whether or not we need to ask for outside help will definitely be discussed at tomorrow's meeting. This is not something we can decide on our own." Commander Ye tapped the table to stop the conversation.

Li Wei is right that asking Su Mo for help would come at a considerable cost. Given the Space Force's current status, it's inconvenient for them to negotiate with Su Mo, but the government can.

The First Legion's advantage lies in the fact that Su Mo is more likely to cooperate with them, since Zhang Yide received a lot of preferential treatment during the last mission he cooperated with Su Mo on.

But the thought of Officer Zhang Yide gave Commander Ye a headache.

When Zhang Yide first joined the Space Force, the person who first noticed his strength and wanted to recruit him was General Li. However, Zhang Yide rejected him and chose General Liu's First Legion instead.

That caused a slight rift between his two generals, and they still feel awkward about it to this day.

Knowing full well that Li Wei was still resentful about this, Liu Qi continued to provoke him.

However, for such a minor issue, even if Ye Weiguo were the commander, he couldn't issue a mandatory order to tell Li Wei what to do. He could only let time resolve this small conflict.

"Now tell me, what is your earliest expected time to deploy troops, and what is your ideal time to deploy troops?" Commander Ye forcefully steered the meeting to the next stage.

Liu Qi and Li Wei exchanged a glance, moved on from the topic without arguing, and then spoke in turn, following the main theme of the meeting.

Thus, under Commander Ye Weiguo's strong control, the pre-battle meeting proceeded steadily until its conclusion.

Commander Ye made the final decision: "After you go back, you all need to start preparing for war."

"The situation on the front line is constantly changing. We cannot accurately predict what the Zerg will do. The vanguard force we send out may have to wait until it reaches the front line before new changes occur. At that time, we will definitely send reinforcements to support them."

"do you understand?"

"Yes, Commander."

The meeting concluded, setting the tone for the Space Force's future direction and unifying internal opinions.

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StarNet, the largest conference room.

In this conference room, which was filled with the ancient style of the Xia Kingdom, heads of various government departments and representatives of the military gathered together.

Before the meeting officially began, each participant had a document placed in front of them. One of the documents was a report that Su Mo had sent to Jiang Qizhang, containing the content of Su Mo's conversation with the Mother Nest.

Everyone was surprised to see this, surprised that Su Mo had actually established communication with the Mother Nest, and also surprised by the content of the conversation.

However, some leaders remained skeptical, since the information was only compiled and edited by Su Mo himself and did not contain a true record of the conversation.

Sitting next to Jiang Qizhang were all members of the association, and Zhao Qiguang was the first to approach them and ask questions.

"What did Xiao Su do at the bottom of the sea?"

"Hmm." Jiang Qizhang nodded slightly, then turned to look at the other person and asked, "Old Zhao, you don't suspect anything too, do you?"

Zhao Qiguang slowly shook his head.

"This was done using telepathy. How could it be objectively recorded? Anyone who knows about telepathy knows that."

"What I really want to know is the current situation of those mother nests hidden on the seabed. Xiao Su didn't leave us a single sample." He punched his thigh, clearly unwilling to accept it.

The pest control operation was agreed upon from the beginning. Su Mo could handle all the spoils he acquired on the battlefield, including all kinds of insect corpses.

But no one could have imagined that the situation at the bottom of the sea would be completely different.

The underwater mother nest had almost drained the secret realm on the seabed, accumulating a large amount of energy within its body. Now that the corpse had been seized by Su Mo, they were too embarrassed to ask Su Mo for it back.

"I've already asked her to catch someone alive for us," Jiang Qizhang reassured him.

"Did she agree?" Zhao Qiguang asked in a low voice.

It's important to understand that a living mother nest on the seabed is not only an object of research and exchange, but also represents the ownership of a huge amount of energy.

"She agreed. She's already reported that the mother nest is communicable, so she must want us to study it in more depth."

“Xiao Su always gets irritated during her interactions with the mother nest. She probably feels she’s not good at this. Let us do it, and then share the information we get. It’s better for both of us,” Jiang Qizhang explained.

“No matter why she agreed, I’m just waiting for her to send the live mother nest back.” Zhao Qiguang laughed.

Until now, all the research institutions in Xia Kingdom have obtained are dead mother nest samples. Now, they are about to have live ones.

In just a short while, Zhao Qiguang had already gone through all the relevant research groups in the research institute in his mind, calculating which ones he could participate in for further research.

The meeting has begun.

The top leader entered the conference room and first delivered an official statement on the Zerg's invasion of the solar system.

This expresses the idea that the Xia state should actively respond to the war.

Those present were among the first to receive intelligence about the Zerg, and they could more or less guess that another war was inevitable. So they were all quite calm, but their eyes inevitably lingered on Ye Weiguo, who was sitting next to Commander-in-Chief Sun.

After all, the Space Force will be the ones facing the Zerg head-on next.

Ye Weiguo casually flipped through the documents in front of him, looking very calm, as if he was already prepared for the expedition.

The senior leader continued speaking.

"Based on the intelligence that Su Mo has gathered for us, the Zerg's goal has always been clear and specific: their invasion is aimed at Blue Star and to extract resources from your solar system's secret realm."

This reason, which was originally just one of the various speculations in Xia Kingdom, has been basically confirmed by that conversation.

Furthermore, one can sense the Zerg's disdain and contempt for humans from the attitude of the mother hive in its conversation with Su Mo. It is not afraid of Su Mo, who kills insects without blinking an eye, and even shows its arrogance without restraint, threatening that if it does not cooperate, it will face extinction.

Humanity is standing on the brink of extinction.