Xia Chujian was not timid at all, and said generously, "Marshal Huo, I really did bring you a little something different."
As she spoke, she pulled out a virtual display screen from her Smart Bracelet and showed him a video.
It was the video of the female soldier telling her in agony before her death who had betrayed them.
This was when she had just arrived at Senze Star, encountering those male and female soldiers who had arrived at Senze Star a month ago and been betrayed.
Marshal Huo watched without a change in expression, but the corners of his lips tightened even more.
The chill emanating from him intensified, and he said in a cold voice, "Do you know what this means?"
Xia Chujian said, "It's because I know that I'm only showing it to Marshal Huo."
"Marshal Huo, I just want to know, from your perspective, whether this matter was a decision made by the upper echelons of the Beichen Empire Military, or a decision made by certain individuals in the upper echelons?"
Marshal Huo did not answer immediately, but instead asked, "...Does that matter?"
Xia Chujian said seriously, "It matters a lot. If it was a decision made by certain individuals in the upper echelons, then this Military is still salvageable."
The implication was that if it was a decision made by the entire upper echelon of the Military, then it was beyond saving.
She didn't want to get involved anymore.
Marshal Huo thought for a while before saying with rare candor, "To be honest, I'm not sure."
"It could be certain individuals, or it could be that the entire upper echelon is tacitly aware."
"It really depends on what the Longevity Flying Fish is actually used for, that they would risk using their own people's lives to exchange for it."
This was about what Xia Chujian had expected.
Her trust in Marshal Huo deepened.
For Marshal Huo, in his position, to still say the words "I'm not sure" meant that he was truly being honest with her.
Xia Chujian tentatively asked, "My Aunt and my Master will join forces to study the Longevity Flying Fish, Marshal Huo, you wouldn't have any objections, would you?"
Marshal Huo said calmly, "Tell your Aunt to take it easy. Even if you want to touch some things, you have to come up with a better front. Otherwise, those people at the Royal Academy of Sciences are not to be trifled with."
Xia Chujian was grateful for Marshal Huo's suggestion, which could be regarded as giving her Aunt a little connection with the Su Clan.
She hesitated for a moment, and then said, "This time on Senze Star, so many of us died purely because the Shang People and Haidagong there had many conventional weapons that exceeded our expectations."
"However, the people who provided them with weapons did not provide them with Interstellar Airships and Starry Sky Cruisers."
"Otherwise, they would have attacked our Beichen Empire long ago."
Xia Chujian showed Marshal Huo the combat details that she had not shown to Su Buyan and Quan Yuxun.
Marshal Huo stared at the virtual display screen in front of him, his expression slightly moved.
When he saw Xia Chujian trigger the other side's Laser System above the sky and destroy the other side's Floating Turret, he nodded and said, "Well done!"
Xia Chujian was very happy to be praised by Marshal Huo, and wanted to be modest, but then she felt that she had really done a good job.
After all, it was her first time commanding such a large battle, and it was under the condition of complete disadvantage in intelligence information, relying almost entirely on improvisation.
She should not be ashamed of such an achievement, but should be proud.
But she was not too excited, and just said, "If it weren't for the appearance of those virtual phantoms at the end, my results would have been even better."
Xia Chujian did not take a direct video of the phantom Warplanes that appeared at the end, because she was not on the battlefield at the time.
She extracted some of the footage from the Starry Sky Fighters of Mao Yonggui and the others.
She showed it to Marshal Huo.
Marshal Huo watched very attentively, and asked her to slow down the speed and observe it frame by frame. Finally, he said with certainty, "This is a very clever magnetic field interference technology."
"This is definitely not the work of the Shang People and Haidagong on Senze Star."
Xia Chujian frowned uneasily, "Not them? Then who is it? Actually, those Haidagong are very smart..."
She told him about the Haidagong teenager that Qiu Zijun had found, as well as the surveillance video at the time.
It was in that video that Marshal Huo felt that he vaguely heard a very beautiful bird call.
However, the bird call was not very obvious, and he did not pay attention to it.
Because there was a lot of background noise at the time, the video, in addition to the clear images, also recorded a lot of the noise at the time.
He just thought they were mutated birds on Senze Star.
Huo Yushen's attention was completely drawn to the teenager in the video.
Then he watched the teenager, who looked exactly like a human, slowly transform into a Haidagong.
Huo Yushen said, "Even if the Haidagong are smart, they have only learned to operate some simple weapons and equipment, such as Floating Turrets and Ground Fighters."
"But this illusion technology that uses magnetic fields to interfere, and can even damage the electronic components of Warplanes, requires a lot of technology and equipment."
"Let's put it this way, if the Haidagong had this technology, they would have been able to explore more long-distance communication technologies themselves, and perhaps establish direct contact with people in the four countries of the Beichen Galaxy, so as to obtain more benefits."
"But based on the monitoring I have here, this has not happened."
"So, I don't think the Haidagong or the Shang People have this technology."
Xia Chujian thoughtfully said, "... Then there is only one possibility, that some people from the four countries of the Beichen Galaxy were also on the battlefield at that time, and participated in the war."
Huo Yushen nodded: "That's the only conclusion."
"This technology is not unique to the Beichen Empire."
"Just like the weapons from the four countries you saw there, these four countries also have this technology."
"We have all used this technology in confrontations between countries, but with little success."
"You were caught off guard at the time and didn't bring anti-interference equipment and programs."
"In fact, this interference method is already outdated."
Xia Chujian sighed, "But no matter how outdated it is, it's effective."
"That person seems to know our equipment very well..."
Huo Yushen pondered for a moment, then slowly said, "I will temporarily seal off this last part of the battle situation, do you have any objections?"
Xia Chujian was puzzled: "Why? Someone is doing bad things, and you won't let us talk about it?"
Huo Yushen said, "This person has been hiding behind the scenes, and didn't even show up when all of your people were poisoned."
"I think it's because you weren't there at the time that he dared to take action."
"He should only be wary of you."
"If he knows that we have noticed that there were humans from outside Senze Star on the field at that time, it will make him very uneasy."
"If a person feels like they are about to be exposed, what crazy things do you think they will do?"
Xia Chujian gasped.
She thought of her big family.
What if they have the protection of the Special Security Bureau? This battle shows that even the best protection has places it can't cover.
Because the other party is calculating with intention, while they are caught off guard.
There are only thieves for a thousand years, but no one can guard against thieves for a thousand years.
So it's better to pretend not to know, and leave the other party with a little bit of luck, so that they won't continue to act rashly.
Although she knew that this was what Huo Yushen meant, and Xia Chujian agreed with this approach, she still felt aggrieved.
She said dissatisfiedly, "Although, but, are we just going to let him go like this?"
"He has committed such a great sin, does he really not have to pay for it?"
If you don't count the Starry Sky Marines who were "sent" before, just look at this battle. The number of Starry Sky Marines who died under this person's hands is more than those who died at the hands of the Shang People and the Haidagong!
Huo Yushen said sternly, "I will investigate personally, don't worry, I will definitely give those Starry Sky Marines an explanation."
Xia Chujian looked at him, and thought of Huo Yushen's achievements that Meng Guanghui and Mao Yonggui had told her about.
She felt that he was probably the only high-level general in the Military who had ever truly regarded the Starry Sky Marines as members of the army.
Xia Chujian nodded trustingly.
Then she handed the list of the fallen Starry Sky Marines to Huo Yushen.
Even including the two thousand Starry Sky Marines who were "gifted" to the Shang People and Haidagong a month ago.
"Marshal Huo, this is the gift I brought you. You won't blame me, will you?"
Huo Yushen looked at the list Xia Chujian sent him, his expression immediately becoming heavy and solemn.
Xia Chujian said, "Also, their identity tags, there are more than twenty thousand of them. I can't carry them all with me, but they are all in my Captain's Room."
"You can send someone to retrieve them later."
She finally said, "I brought back the bodies of Chu Qingchen, Zhuo Hanchen, Ji Nabi, Lü Luyu, Rong Zhongruo, as well as Hui Zhifeng, and Lin Xiaoxiao."
"I'm also handing Rong Zhongruo's body over to you."
"This person has deep ties to Senze Star, you need to investigate him thoroughly."
"He comes from that Rong Family, and Major Ji's interception of me this time makes me strongly suspect he was in league with Rong Zhongruo."
Huo Yushen nodded: "Leave me one Longevity Flying Fish. You can take one back to base."
Xia Chujian rubbed her hands uneasily: "But my people all know I brought back three Longevity Flying Fish..."
Huo Yushen said, "Their memories will be altered."
"I've already sent people to handle it. Don't worry."
Xia Chujian was still uneasy, and stammered, "...It's not like that, um, before, I felt my life was in danger, so when I sent out distress signals, I already mentioned that I brought back three Longevity Flying Fish."
"...You can't possibly alter everyone's memories..."
Huo Yushen narrowed his eyes, and asked without revealing his thoughts, "Who did you send this distress signal to?"
Xia Chujian lowered her head, and murmured, "There's Colonel Kang, Master, Chief Quan Da, and the base operator, as well as Chief Instructor Pei, Instructor Yu Fei, and Instructor Yang Ling..."
Huo Yushen's face was frosty, his tone so cold it seemed to lower the temperature in the office by five degrees.
He coldly asked, "You forgot two people, didn't you?"
Xia Chujian was even more embarrassed, but she had already noticed the change in Huo Yushen's mood. Her eyes darted around, and she immediately looked up and said, "That's right, at the time I didn't know if you and the leader had returned from the East Tianyuan God Country, so I didn't send you and my leader a distress signal right away."
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