Starting as a Wallfacer, his defection to the Three-Body Problem shocked the world.

Chapter 428 Secret Order

The darkness of the universe is not pure black, but rather a silence and nothingness accumulated over billions of years, like a frozen sea of ​​ink. The warp engines of the vanguard fleet suddenly lit up, and dozens of eerie blue streaks pierced the void like sharp blades, carving fleeting scars on the absolute blackness.

The aftershocks of the collapsing curvature bubble vibrated silently in the vacuum, their wakes like shattered aurora borealis, trailing a brilliant but fleeting starburst behind the fleet.

However, before the glow could completely dissipate—

A blinding white light exploded at the very front of the fleet, like a supernova bursting silently in the stillness. The armor of the "Dawn" was the first to melt, and a torrent of intense plasma tore the hull apart from the inside out. The metal frame twisted and disintegrated in the high temperature, turning into countless burning fragments.

Flames spread like a plague, then a second, a third… The chain reaction of explosions was almost graceful, with ships bursting into crimson-gold fireballs one after another, silently expanding and collapsing in the vacuum, eventually turning into a slowly rotating wreckage.

After a long while, an alarm sounded in the command ship where Lu Sheng was located. The red indicator light shone on his face, highlighting his gloomy and indifferent expression.

"Hey!"

A long sigh came from inside the command ship. The adjutant closed the screen full of battle damage reports and turned his head away helplessly.

“Commander Lu, this can’t go on. Fang Lin is too cunning. This is our third attempt at a surprise attack this month, and each time we’ve suffered a more crushing defeat. Without the Xialang front to hold us back, we seem to be too passive on the main battlefield.”

He didn't dare to be too direct, but if he had to put it simply, Lu Sheng's command ability was completely outmatched by Fang Lin.

With the Box Corridor front acting as a two-pronged distraction in the early stages, coupled with the fact that Mechanical Earth has a much deeper foundation than Mental Earth, the decision-making errors at the command level did not appear so obvious.

Now that the Xialang battle line has been lost, this problem has been completely exposed. On the main battlefield, the fleet led by Rikuo is being led by the nose. If control of the Xialang battle line is not regained, this battle will probably be lost!

This is something that others know, so how could Lu Sheng not understand it?

However, adhering to the principle of "kings do not meet," and being two important ministers of Mechanical Earth, coupled with occasional friction between their respective departments, the two would not easily meet unless absolutely necessary.

But after being passed around by Fuling for the nth time a few days ago, he finally couldn't take it anymore and decided to personally return to the capital planet to monitor and question the other party online.

He thought that if he went there in person, the matter would be resolved, but to his surprise, Fuling seemed to have known he would come all along and was already waiting for him in her office.

The two men immediately engaged in an extremely fierce conflict upon meeting.

"So what exactly are you trying to do? Is there something shady going on on Revelation III that your network surveillance is involved in? Let me tell you, if you don't deal with this, I will personally send someone to handle it, Fuling!"

Seeing Lu Sheng rushing over to question him with a furious expression, Fu Ling's reaction was unusually calm. He smiled and said...

“Lu Sheng, it’s not that I don’t want to go, but the endowment will not let me go.”

Lu Sheng clearly did not believe this answer.

"How could that be, Lord Producer? Why would he stop you on something like this?"

"Why would I have any reason to lie to you?"

Fu Ling smiled helplessly, stood up, poured Lu Sheng a glass of water, and gestured for him to sit down and continue the conversation.

Seeing the other party's nonchalant demeanor, even though he found it unbelievable, Lu Sheng couldn't help but believe it to some extent.

He knew Fu Ling too well. Ever since taking over the internet surveillance, this person had never had any opinions of his own. Although he held the same important position as him, he never participated in any major decisions of the mechanical earth. This resulted in most of the decisions being made by Lu Sheng, and Lu Sheng was the one to take the blame for most of the capital markets that were offended by the government.

So when he learned that Fuling had been dragging her feet and hadn't yet sent troops to Revelation III, he initially thought that the old man was trying to get him to go to Ding Lei again, which was why he was so angry. But now, the other party said that it was at the behest of the final producer, so the nature of this matter was completely different.

"Why didn't the final producer tell me this, but only told you?"

Upon hearing this, Fuling couldn't help but shrug.

"What's the difference? He already guessed you would come to me. It's more credible for me to tell you. Besides, if I told you directly, given your personality, you would most likely send someone to investigate yourself, which is not what the Progenitor wants to see."

"My orders are that we must not send anyone near."

"What's the reason? The End Producers won't let us get involved in Revelation III. They have to give us a reason, right?" By now, Lu Sheng had mostly believed what Fu Ling said, but he still couldn't understand what reason could have led the End Producers to abandon that planet and even forbid the two of them from taking the initiative to approach it.

Fu Ling smiled, handed a document from the table to Lu Sheng, and then slowly uttered a few words.

"Xinglan is still alive!"