The star of Keha, the birthplace of the sons of Keha, is also the administrative star of the capital of the Tyranid Empire founded by Emperor Arcturus Monsk.

And today, in a large conference room at UNN TV headquarters, the Emperor of the Empire, Monsk, will hold a special reception for all journalists, in a place that he regards as a powerful tool of his rule, and he Mengsk himself will also conduct a face-to-face live broadcast and answer some questions from journalists.

The main content of this reception, which will be stated, in addition to the praise of the achievements made since the empire came to power, the rest is mainly about the new one that came out before, the heroic federation that invaded all the television channels without permission and issued a declaration of statehood, and recruited immigrants, and a series of related problems!

"Alright, guys, if you have any questions, you can ask them now, I'm busy! So, you have ten minutes in total, and as long as I know it, I will not hesitate to answer! ”

Before the UNN TV camera, Emperor Arcturus Monsk gave a long personal speech, glorifying his own and the Empire's achievements, and reiterating his numerous achievements since his accession to the throne, before he stretched out his hand to the impatient reporters sitting in the conference hall.

"Hello, Your Majesty Mengsk, I'm Kate Rockwell, a reporter for UNN, and I want to ask you what you think about the Heroic Federation that suddenly appeared and occupied Haven Star not long ago in that remote sector, and declared itself an independent government?"

As soon as Mengsk's words fell, UNN's female reporter, who specializes in revealing the dark curtains of the empire, couldn't wait to stand up and say her first question loudly as soon as possible.

This question is also the theme of today's press conference, so when they saw her start to ask questions, the other reporters did not have too much dissatisfaction with her preemptive speech, and they all shook their spirits one by one, turned on all kinds of news equipment, and aimed at Mengsk, looking forward to his next answer.

"Huh...... According to the analysis of our Tyranid Empire Think Tank: We all agree that the newly emerged Hero Federation is actually just a small human force that has newly immigrated from somewhere! Presumably, you know something about UED before, right? ”

After asking a rhetorical question, Mengsk smiled and continued.

"We, the human race, have been colonizing and expanding this vast universe at a faster and faster pace...... Four years ago, the UED Expeditionary Force came to our Kpopru region and fought our humans, astral spirits, and bugs...... Now, a group of new forces have emerged to colonize here, and don't be too surprised by this! ”

"That Hero Federation, they are nothing more than a group of colonists of more than 100,000 people, compared to the tens of billions of people in our Tyranid Empire, they are simply not worth mentioning!"

"And what's even more ridiculous is that their head turned out to be a little girl who doesn't understand anything? Therefore, we don't really pay too much attention to their so-called Hero Federation, compared to our vast Tyranid Empire, they are just a bunch of countrymen who have never seen the world! ”

"That's why we will hold this press conference today to refute the rumors and condemn the other party's use of illegal means to forcibly occupy the channel of the TV station some time ago!"

"I am sure that the citizens of the empire will look at this matter rationally, and do not be tempted by the false statements of the other side! The other party is just a small force of more than 100,000 people, and the kind of nonsense promises they made are completely illusory illusions! ”

Thinking about the performance of the little girl Führer when the other party made a speech that should have been serious, at that time, almost amused Mengsk!

At first, he thought it was an entertainment program from a certain TV station.

In order to attract immigrants, housing, vehicles and jobs are also provided free of charge? This kind of empty invoice, even he Mengsk didn't dare to make it casually!

It wasn't until not long ago that the Empire's intelligence officers obtained specific information from Hai Wenxing, knowing that the so-called Hero Federation on the other side was actually just a small force with a basically unarmed colony ship and five heavy old style battle cruisers, except for the large number of troops and the strength may be a little stronger, they are not necessarily any stronger than those overflowing interstellar pirates or mercenary organizations!

Therefore, Mengsk actually really looks down on each other from the bottom of his heart.

This kind of small force dares to run out casually and make any declaration, if it weren't for the fact that the other party is not within the territory of his own empire, and is too close to the territory of the Star Spirit, and has not expressed any thoughts specifically aimed at his Tyranid Empire, he would have sent a fleet over to clean up the other party!

"But as far as I know, they are UED, that is, the second group of criminals exiled by the former Earth Union Government UPL, who came to the Krup Star Zone by coincidence, and our ancestors who came here to colonize more than two hundred years ago can be said to be from the same origin, I wonder what your attitude is towards their arrival?"

Originally, according to the convention, a reporter could only ask one question, and then he had to ask a different question.

However, Kate Rockwell, a female reporter who likes to be sarcastic and truth-telling, did not care about the dissatisfaction and angry eyes of the people around her, and continued to stand and ask questions on her own.

Unlike the Imperial Army's reconnaissance of the other party's military intelligence in the first place, UNN's reporters also used their own methods and channels to obtain more detailed first-hand information about those Hero Federations from Hai Wenxing in the first time.

You know, news is time-sensitive, so at this time, Kate took it out, and in this live broadcast, she directly used the opportunity of His Majesty the Emperor Mengsk to answer reporters' questions and publish it directly!

In that case, presumably, that damn Donnie wouldn't have casually cut off or block her speech, would he?

"The Krupstar region is huge, and there are many habitable planets...... So, for any new human who came here to colonize, no matter where they came from, no matter who they used to belong to? We, the Mengsk Empire, are all welcome! We welcome them to our family of the Tyranid Empire and can enjoy the protection of our Empire's mighty army! ”

After a pause, Mengsk suddenly accentuated his tone and held out a finger.

"However, there is a premise here: they must declare the abolition of independence, abolish the security army in excess of the necessary size, and agree to merge into the territory of the empire and pay the annual tax to the Imperial Treasury Bureau! Only in this way will the army of our empire protect the citizens who obey the laws of the empire! ”

To put it bluntly, Mengsk can accept the other side, but the other side must disband the excess army or hand over the heavy military equipment!

A place like that remote and barren Havenstar, where even pirates don't bother to visit, five heavy battlecruisers is too much, not even an old model! Mengsk would never allow any autonomous planet on its territory to have a heavy fleet of this size!

If the other party really wants to join his Tyranid Empire and gain the protection of the Imperial army, he must hand over the five battleships and reduce the size of the army, while accepting the supervision of the Imperial military!

Since you join the empire and become an autonomous planet, you must have the appearance of an autonomous planet, and it will be so-so to train a little marines to maintain law and order, a large-scale army of the standard, which is absolutely not allowed! He Mengsk doesn't want another force to repeat his old path and then rebel against himself!

"Your Majesty the Emperor Mengsk, I'm sorry to interrupt you!"

When Mengsk was still unsatisfied and wanted to continue to say something, Kate interrupted the other party very shamelessly.

"Although you keep saying that the Empire's military will protect the citizens of the Empire, as far as I know, the refugees on Haven who have joined the Hero Federation and accepted the protection of the other party are originally inhabitants of the Aglian agricultural planet that has been destroyed by the swarm!"

"At that time, because the soldiers of the Empire abandoned them and fled first, those helpless Aglians had to turn to the star thief Jim Renault, and then, with the help of Jim Renault, they were able to escape from the swarm and leave the planet Aglia and evacuate to the more remote planet Hyven......"

"Your Majesty the Emperor, may I ask, is there such a thing? Are you aware of this? What do you think of what the Imperial military did at that time?! ”

Kate, the female reporter, still ignoring the increasingly angry eyes of the other reporters and the increasingly impatient expression of Mengsk, still gushed out all the information she had gotten and questioned.

Crash......

At the scene of the press conference, there were bursts of noise soon.

Hearing this, the other reporters who were originally very dissatisfied with Kate, as if they were sharks smelling fish, turned on their various devices one after another, and once again aimed at Mengsk on the rostrum and the female reporters standing in the audience under the stage to ask questions.

Such exciting news is much more interesting than what they originally intended to ask!

The planet Aglia was attacked by the swarm, and they already knew about it, but they only knew the rhetoric that the military came up with. They had always thought that the unfortunate planet was the same as the other ones that had been attacked by the swarms!

And now, if this new news and Q&A between the two sides can be recorded and brought back, it must be more able to attract the audience's attention than their original questions that are moaning without illness, right?

In that case, it will be a great help to their major TV stations! Therefore, at this time, they were all dissatisfied with Kate's breaking the rules, and they were looking forward to the next confrontation between the two sides.

"Nope! That's a rumor! The soldiers of our empire will never abandon any legitimate citizen easily! Absolutely not! ”

Hearing this, Mengsk's face was like a layer of frost, and his expression, which was originally only slightly dissatisfied, immediately turned cold.

While staring angrily at the female reporter, he was also secretly dissatisfied with the military's bastards who had not done enough to do more than anything to lose. Those bastards who will do stupid things, are greedy for life, are afraid of dead fart, and make it difficult for them to step down now!

In Mengsk's opinion, those cowards, those bastards who eat and get paid and don't work, what even Jim Reynolds's handful of scurrying criminals can do, they don't even dare to fight, and when they see bugs, they just run away by themselves?

Their forces on the planet Aglia must have been stronger than that Jim Renaud, right? Resist a little and help those civilians escape?!

Look, the mess they left behind now, and they even want their own emperor, to wipe their butts?

How unreasonable!

When he returns after he is busy with this, he must remove the military chief officer at that time as soon as possible and investigate it, and pull it out as a culprit sheep!

"However, we now have solid evidence of this, and there are relevant videos to prove it: at that time, the imperial army of the entire planet Aglia did abandon them in the first place, and they did not even give the notice to retreat and allowed the bugs to surround their colony! In the end, it was the passing Star Bandits, Jim Reynolds' Rangers, who came to their aid, temporarily resisting the swarm, so that the Aglians could retreat in time and avoid the swarm! ”

"Excuse me, do you know about this? How can you explain this?! ”

After seeing Mengsk's face getting worse and worse, the female reporter Kate Rockwell became more and more excited, and her tone became higher and higher.

After saying what she knew and asking two questions, she even took out a device and played the scene of the Imperial army abandoning the people and fleeing alone.

“……”

Seeing that the other party was obviously prepared, and that there was evidence for the picture, Mengsk took a slow breath and stared deeply at the female reporter for a long time before he explained unhurriedly:

"I'm here to emphasize one point again: the army of our empire will never abandon any citizen of the empire easily!"

"This matter, after all, is a military secret, and I didn't want to say more about it! But since this Kate reporter brought it up, then I might as well explain a little about the fight: the reason why our empire's army retreated at that time was because those people on the planet Aglia were all mobs! ”

"They had an affair with Jim Renault, a thug who had been on the move, and often supplied each other with weapons and other supplies, so our army had to retreat in order to avoid being flanked from inside and outside and unnecessary losses!"

"And now, as you all know, in addition to the star thief Jim Renault, they Aglians have hooked up with the Federation of Heroes of unknown origin! This is naked treason! ”

"Therefore, what our army did at that time was very correct! Here I repeat one more point: the army of our empire will only protect those law-abiding citizens of the empire! ”

After finishing speaking, Mengsk's face improved slightly.

He now gives his quickness an eight! Although the explanation seems a little reluctant, in this way, he has finally succeeded in reversing the image of the Imperial army among the people, and poured dirty water directly on the mobs, there is no better way to say!

Presumably, these reporters won't ask any more tricky and weird questions, right?

"I'm sorry, but as far as I know, the Imperial army at that time only sent a distress signal for help after the inhabitants of the planet Aglia first abandoned the inhabitants of the planet Aglia! At that time, many people received signals from each other! And at that time, only the wanted criminal Jim Renault, who happened to be passing by, went to save them! I even have a record of their correspondence at that time! ”

"This contradicts your explanation that those people are already connected to Jim Renault!"

"We seem to be more willing to believe that it was the army of our empire that fled in shame at that time! And then, the thugs who were wanted by the empire and reviled by the people did what the military should do, I don't know how you explain this?! ”

This news, these video surveillance and communication videos at that time, but she Kate got it through special channels, and the other party reluctantly gave her this information for free because of her Kate's willingness to tell the truth.

Therefore, at this time, she was in this live broadcast stall, and she directly took it out!

After seeing Monske's face on the rostrum, which had just improved, deteriorate again, Kate knew that her purpose today had probably been achieved?

Today, she has succeeded in exposing the shameful crime of the Imperial military - under the threat of the swarm, she was the first to flee and abandon the people of an entire planet!

"Humph! Military secrets, no comment! Okay, that's all for today's press conference, goodbye everyone! ”

With a brutal wave, Mengsk turned away from the rostrum and prematurely terminated the live press conference.

When he saw that the female reporter named Kate came prepared, not only with pictures and evidence, but also with the video of the army escaping at that time, the time when the Aglians issued the distress signal and the record of the conversation with Jim Reynolds, Mengsk knew that today, it seemed that there was no way to get the past together?

So, he decided to end this damn live broadcast first! Wait until they think of a better way and excuse, and then send a radio to clarify!

Anyway, the UNN TV station, which covers the entire Kplustar area, is under the control of his Mengsk, and the dominant power of public opinion is also in his own hands, and he is not too worried about what will happen!

At most, when the time comes, the garrison officers of the planet Aglia will be able to pull out the target and vent the anger of the people as a scapegoat, and today, in addition to being a little bit of a face, he has not lost much of a loss, and he is at most a little unhappy about it.

If, the female reporter just now, wants to get herself into big trouble with this, then she is still too tender!

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"Hah! I love that female journalist! What's her name? Kelly? ”

Jim Reynolds, who was drinking at the Hubelian bar, laughed out loud when he saw Monsk on TV hurrying away with a black face.

"Sir, she's actually Kate Rockwell! He is a journalist who dares to tell the truth and expose all kinds of evils of the empire. ”

Matt, who was standing on the side, also laughed a rare way after watching TV.

It's just that he is a little puzzled, why is this female reporter who often works against the official Tylen Empire alive and well until now? According to Mengsk's nature, shouldn't he have sent a ghost force to secretly kill the other party, make it disappear from the world, or simply find a crime to imprison him forever and put him in prison?

Why are you still letting it hang out and often speak ill of the Empire? Mengsk shouldn't be so generous, right? Could it be, what is the background of that female journalist?

"Hah! No matter what her name is, in the future, if we have any exciting news, why don't we give her a copy too? ”

Suddenly, Renault had such a great idea.

"Sir, I don't recommend that you do that, it will only kill her!"

Matt thought about it and vetoed Jim's idea for the first time.

Although I don't know why Mengsk didn't let people hack the female reporter, if he and the others, who are wanted criminals, really sneak in to contact the female reporter, then the other party may really die!

When the time comes, Mengsk can even blatantly send someone to arrest the other party, and even Matt can come up with a reason right now: to contact the wanted criminal of the empire in private, with the intention of rebellion!

Then, waiting for her fate, there will be no better than execution or permanent imprisonment!

"Well, well, you're right!"

After thinking about it and feeling that his idea was not so good, Renault sighed in frustration.

"That's right! Calculating the time, at this time, that bastard should be almost ready to raid Haiwenxing, right? You say, will he succeed in the end? ”

In addition to mentioning this matter to Matt, Jim didn't even talk about Tyketh Finley's old friend!

After all, he can be regarded as Yin that trust once, so it is better to know as few people as possible!

In case the other party escapes from Hai Wenxing by luck and knows that it is he who reported the news, then wouldn't he Renault be waiting for the other party to take revenge?!

"Counting the time, it should be about the same, right? Why don't we send a message and ask? ”

Thinking about what his chief had done before, Matt also secretly felt sorry for that unlucky trust.

He didn't work well with anyone, but he even bumped into the Hyperion! Wouldn't the other party inquire more? The Hyperion had just helped Haven Star, and his friendship with the Hero Federation was not too bad, so why didn't he even do much basic investigation, so he hurriedly came here to find his chief to cooperate and make a fortune?

This is good, his plan has just been said, and he was sold by his own commander when he turned his head, and he also used the information that the other party was preparing to rob Hai Wenxing in exchange for the promised 3,000 standard units of high-energy crystals, this deal, even Matt secretly applauded!

It would be even better if that guy Hero Federation could be slaughtered directly!

"Hah! Don't do it again! In a day or two at most, Dr. Hansen will send us a message! Now, the Colonel of Orlan should almost be deciphered, right? Hurry up and ask! And then a rush? ”

Renault, who had taken another big sip of wine, suddenly mentioned to Matt about deciphering the old Tylen Federation Adjutant Robot.

Now that their Hyperion has been outside the Dead Man's Harbor for more than two days, they can't continue to waste time here, and they don't dare to stay here for a long time! In that case, if you are not careful, you will be targeted by the imperial fleet, and when the time comes, you will be in big trouble!

"Yes, sir! I'll go now. ”

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Haven Star, the planet occupied by the Heroic Federation, hasn't changed much, except for the construction of a new city and the re-planning of the Agrian colonies.

Now here, it is still in the busy construction period, whether it is in space, or on the surface of the planet, countless projects are under intense construction, and there is still a short time before the hero Lianbang completely controls here.

At this time, in the almost completed City of Hope, near the two ground warehouses, a large group of staff and SCV engineers, in the name of overhauling equipment, are secretly installing various covert anti-stealth instruments here in order to target the threat of the upcoming interstellar pirates.

"Hey! Galen, you say, why don't you come to rob us now, that fellow interstellar pirate? I've been bored lately! ”

In the Führer's mansion, under the roots of a native broad-leaved tree of the Haiwen Star, little Anne was sitting on a swing tied to the trunk of the tree, and glanced a little boredly at Galen and the others, who were acting as the Führer's guard.

They are now fiddling with some skewers on an electric stove and making cameo appearances as the chef prepares for today's lunch.

"Uh...... If boring? Maybe we can go out hunting and relax? ”

When will the interstellar pirates come to rob, and where does he Galen know?

Even this information was conveyed through that Ariel Hansen, and it is said that the other party is still a group of ghosts who will be invisible? Whether it is true or false remains to be discussed, and we will not know until the other party actually comes to rob it.

"Don't ......"

Recently, the delicious or edible animals on this planet Haven have basically been harmed by them, and they have almost eaten them before and after, so in the recent period, little Anne doesn't want to go out much, and she doesn't want to hunt in the name of collecting animal information anymore.

The main reason is that those animals are tired of eating her......

"Why don't we go fishing after lunch?"

On duty today, Galen, who was also a guard and a playmate, quickly gave another suggestion.

"Don't ...... The yacht was not repaired...... Aunt Doug also transferred all the transports away......"

Not long ago, when little Anne and they went out to sea, because she insisted on attacking a huge sea creature of Haiwen Star, she was almost sunk by the opponent's decisive flutter before she died, and it is still lying on its stomach in the repair shop until now!

As soon as she thought of this, Anne was annoyed!

Even she didn't expect that the big guy who was about the same as a whale would have so much strength and bone spurs on his body? All of a sudden, her new yacht was pierced with a big hole, but the danger was that her yacht had its own flight function, so it didn't sink into the sea in the end......

Now, if you drive a transport ship, it's not impossible.

It's just that...... The Doug Führer's lieutenant, who guarded against little Annie like a thief, had already dispatched all the transport ships to transport supplies during this busy period, and not even a single idle one was left behind!

"So let's change the way we play? Fly the Wraith Fighter to fight that dinosaur-like monster? ”

In the sky of this Haiwen star, there is often a dinosaur-like creature that flies and hunts by a huge wing membrane, and their meat is very delicious.

It's just that their numbers don't seem to be very large, and after some of them were killed before, the federal government issued a decree to list them as rare species, and it is strictly forbidden to hunt them at will!

If he went to poach himself, he might not dare to do it, but if he fooled his little head of state, then no one would dare to make irresponsible remarks, right?

The supreme governor eats rare animals, forgive them, those government officials don't dare to come out and make irresponsible remarks, right? At most, they will eat secretly when the time comes, so that those people will not find out!

"Don't go! Wyverns that have been smashed by lasers or electromagnetic cannonballs are not tasty at all! You guys can't fly! ”

After glancing disdainfully at the smiling Galen, little Anne snorted coldly and turned her face away.

This bastard even wants to trick himself into catching the Wyvern!

She also knows that wild flying dragon is delicious, but the other party can fly, it's not easy to catch! If you kill you directly with an anti-aircraft weapon or rifle, the blood will coagulate in the muscles, which will seriously affect the taste!

Last time, she flew out of the armored transport ship and used her magic to capture her alive before she tasted that delicacy.

Their meat is delicious, but it's tiring to catch......

It's troublesome to think about, so she doesn't want to go!

"Huh?!"

Little Anne, who was swinging in a princess dress on the swing, suddenly sensed something, raised her head, blinked, and looked at the sky above her head.

There, she seemed to sense a hint of malice? It was a faint feeling, nothing threatening...... But should there really be some bad guys playing their own minds?

"What's wrong?"

Seeing the reaction of his own Führer, Galen also looked up at the sky.

Then, he wondered if there was only a blue sky above it, and there were no clouds...... It's a beautiful day, it's a good weather for a barbecue picnic in the courtyard and a bunch of drinks, chatting and bragging, what's so surprising?!

"Hmm...... You go and tell Aunt Doug, and say, "Tonight, that guy is going to rob us!" Hurry up and get ready! ”

Finally, little Annie, who was idle and panicked, noticed something from her perception, jumped off the swing excitedly, and ordered Galen, who was inexplicably speaking.

That's great!

Just when she was bored, a bunch of deadly villains came to the door to play for her? So, tonight, maybe she has fun to watch?

"Really?"

After being stunned for a moment, Galen quickly put down the skewers in his hand and looked up vigorously.

The sky is still the same day, Havenstar is about the same as the earth, and it also has a blue sky; The clouds are still those clouds, and he doesn't see any difference, huh? How dare little Anne be sure that those bad guys will come tonight? Is this kind of humanoid radar of a magician so powerful?

"Hello? Chief Doug? I'm Galen! Things like this......"

Although he was also puzzled, Galen still honestly took out his communication equipment and directly contacted Doug, who was working in the command center of the military base outside the City of Hope.

"Yes, it's probably the ghost pirates I talked about, I'm not sure...... Anyway, it was Führer Anne who asked me to inform you...... That's right, that's how it should be! ”