Interstellar Number One Farmer: I Only Want To Farm!-Chapter 197 - 66: Self-Rescue?

The military doesn’t have enough customer service to handle external inquiries. Parents can’t get through on the phone, they ask online, then curse, and after cursing, they continue trying to call.

It’s a vicious cycle.

More and more people join the discussion online, and voices are emerging in endlessly.

However, in response to external doubts, the military only gives standard replies, stating that the army has dispatched all forces to the incident site for support, and the public can stay updated with the official website.

On the surface, the military appears calm, but inside, an emergency meeting is being held.

Five admirals are seated around a virtual round table, with several former admirals in key military department roles behind them.

They had argued for a long time about the support issue, with the Insect Man’s collective attack already being odd, now compounded by spies causing trouble.

They sensed many dangerous factors.

First, traitors among humans have collaborated with the Insect Men. Whether humans sought them out or the Insect Men approached humans needs thorough investigation.

Second, human society is being infiltrated by Insect Men, which is a nightmare.

The battle has started, military casualties are rising, and filling the subsequent vacancies is a huge challenge, but that is not the main issue here.

The current focus is on discussing support and finding an effective strategy to deal with the mother and Insect Man warriors.

One admiral remarked, "I can only support one place at most, and I’m already on the way."

Each base has only one or two soldiers capable of engaging with Insect Man warriors; engaging doesn’t mean defeating them.

Even for admirals, after a fight, they are exhausted. Supporting a second place would be very difficult.

Statistics show ten locations were attacked. Each base was attacked by at least one mother and an Insect Man warrior.

One location was attacked by as many as five mothers.

To keep casualties within a controllable range, they must dispatch these admirals.

The problem is there are only five admirals.

How to deploy them is a significant issue.

"I’ve received word that 022 Mechanical Planet no longer requires support. They have already dealt with the mother and warriors."

"So quickly?"

"Congratulations to Admiral Bai, yet another War God has emerged in the Bai family."

A middle-aged man with some resemblance to Colonel Bai couldn’t help but show a gratified expression.

"No need for praise, since that’s the case, my soldiers and I will change course. Since they can win against the mother and Insect Man warriors in such a short time, handling other Insect Men shouldn’t be a problem." Admiral Bai coughed lightly; in five years, he could step down.

Stepping down doesn’t mean retiring.

Each admiral’s term is relatively short. They represent the peak of human strength; once their physical abilities decline, they must step down to take on other roles.

The position of admiral requires not just proficiency in mecha piloting but also a sharp mind and courage.

Without either, one can’t handle the Insect Man warriors.

Admiral Bai having a successor eases his concerns. The Bai family has always been straightforward, and they’ve offended many people. Without someone in the admiral position, they would surely face retaliation.

After experiencing a fleeting joy, they still have to face severe problems.

The plan was quickly finalized around the meeting table.

Vice Admiral Bai, far away on 022 Mechanical Planet, received the news from the higher-ups. Since he had resolved the biggest problem, Admiral Bai went to support elsewhere.

Vice Admiral Bai: He had been waiting for the admiral to "take the fall" and cover up Su Xiaocai’s mess.

But on the way here, he slipped away.

...

The spaceship carrying the students sped towards Huangyang Star.

In the silent cosmos, the students felt something was off.

In the control room, over fifty soldiers were bound in a state of unconsciousness, most of them new recruits who had blindly followed orders and were unknowingly used as spies to activate the spaceship.

As for the three spies, they stood with arms crossed in front of the control console, watching the surveillance closely.

Seeing the students gather and move to the training ground, they appeared full of suspicion.

"What should we do? Some students are starting to question things."

"No worries, we’ll keep calm and tell them we’re using an unfamiliar route for concealment."

"We can’t hide it for long. The students from the Military Training Jun Ya are smart."

"Don’t panic, we control their lives, and the control room has a weapon anti-invasion system."

The three spies tried to maintain composure as they watched the trajectory gradually approach Huangyang Star.

In the spaceship’s training field, students from three schools had gathered.

They were indeed speculating why the instructors hadn’t followed them, and why all signals were lost.

The students are not easily fooled. Xue Huiyi was the "first" to notice that something was wrong with the spaceship. It was during the voyage that she raised the issue, and thus, everyone began to discuss it with her as the focal point.