Chapter 289: 144 White Ghost

“Boss, the two transport ships have completed the jump and are heading towards the target location.”

“Navigation is temporarily stable, with no encounters with patrol fleets.”

“A large number of detectors have appeared in the airspace ahead, calculating a detour route… the course has been reestablished.”

“About to enter the Administrative Star defense ring area, the target is locked on the first planet of the Constant Star System.”

“Boss, the transport ships have left the dense surveillance zone of the habitable zone in the Constant Star System, and have not been detected yet. The transport ships have begun changing identification codes, and the historical routes have been overlaid multiple times, with the lowest layer modified to show departure from within New Federation territory.”

“Transport mission completed.”

“Mechanical Guard initiating self-destruction, the concealment system of the transport ships remains active, the power furnaces are implanted with multiple malfunctions.”

“Boss, Lyu is about to withdraw… should we do anything more?”

Aboard the Feinan.

Yang Ming, who had been staring at the Sherman Empire national boundary marker, exhaled lightly: “Come back.”

“Withdrawn.”

Lyu’s projection appeared beside Yang Ming, maintaining a stern expression.

Yang Ming pressed a few buttons, and the Feinan turned away from the Sherman Empire’s border, beginning a series of jumps to loop back to the Luofeng Empire.

For the subsequent action plan, Yang Ming already had two backup plans.

A few hours later, Yang Ming summoned Dabiqi again. Although this guy was impotent, he was quite competent as a strategist.

As the boss, Yang Ming posed the question:

“At this stage, we have two plans.

“One is to release the intelligence first, letting the Sherman Empire find the insect eggs on their own.

“The other is to wait for these insect eggs to break out by themselves, and then release the intelligence. After all, their Administrative Star is right next door, with a standing fleet, so it won’t cause large-scale civilian casualties.”

Upon these words dropping, Lyu, Dabiqi, and 026 looked at each other and then simultaneously fell into thought.

Lyu spoke first, “I support waiting for the insect eggs to break out, as the impact caused that way is stronger. Ideally, some casualties could make the Sherman Empire truly furious.”

“But if it’s like this, we will also bear some sin for these casualties,” 026 whispered, “This isn’t normal warfare.”

Dabiqi glanced at Lyu and whispered, “Although I greatly respect the Blessed Lady… I support releasing the intelligence first.”

Yang Ming almost laughed out loud.

This guy was quite interesting, already starting to have disagreements with his Divine.

Yang Ming said, “Tell me the reasons.”

“Firstly, considering the New Federation, they have likely already noticed something strange. After we took out those agents, they are most likely to send someone to Dark Star to investigate as soon as possible,”

Dabiqi analyzed methodically:

“When they discover the insect eggs are missing, they will certainly continue to search, which can lead to new issues and increase many variables.

“Secondly, concerning the Sherman Empire. If they discover the insect eggs in advance, without knowing they are a gift from the New Federation, they may even imitate the New Federation and research how to control the insects.

“Father, Blessed Lady, based on the data I collected online during this time, the high-ranking members of the Sherman Empire are extreme and evil. To maintain their hegemony, they would conduct all kinds of sinister experiments, so researching insects doesn’t carry much moral burden for them.”

Lyu nodded beside him, “That’s indeed the case.”

Dabiqi truly breathed a sigh of relief, and with the Blessed Lady’s approval, he became more at ease.

Dabiqi continued:

“To turn this matter into a political incident, we must apply media pressure on the Sherman Empire’s noble class.

“Exploiting the shortcomings of the unified network within the Sherman Empire, and with the Blessed Lady’s advantages in the online environment, we can first stir public opinion, then guide them to discover the insect eggs on their own.

“If the discovered insect eggs have already hatched, that would be even better, though it certainly takes time.

“Using boiling public opinion to force the Sherman Empire’s high-ranking members to take strong measures to maintain their Emperor’s Power and dignity fits our interests best.”

Yang Ming smiled, “Dabiqi, your opinions are very reasonable. I’m glad I chose you to help.”

“My partners are more outstanding than I am,” Dabiqi hastily said, “Honestly, these are all Father’s ideas. I’m just grasping Father’s intentions and expressing them on his behalf.”

Lyu made a slightly complaining remark, “Boss, I never taught them how to flatter.”

Dabiqi quickly replied, “Blessed Lady, is there a possibility… I’m self-taught online?”

Yang Ming held back from laughing out loud.

“I’ve decided, let’s execute this plan: first provide the intelligence, guiding them to discover the insect eggs… how should we convey this intelligence to the Sherman Empire? Under what pretense?”

Yang Ming pondered, eyes slightly narrowed.

He suddenly said, “How about introducing the White Ghost officially?”

Dabiqi was somewhat puzzled.

Lyu asked, “Does the stance of the White Ghost still support the Luofeng Empire? That might attract another round of brutal retaliation from the New Federation towards the Luofeng Empire.”

“Let me think.”

Yang Ming began pacing. Wearing exoskeleton armor, he habitually clasped his hands behind his back to keep himself thinking.

‘White Ghost’ was a wanted agent of the New Federation, originally active in the Luofeng Empire.

The previous large-scale operation where the New Federation dispatched a fleet to attack the Luofeng Empire’s Imperial Palace had as its second objective, capturing the White Ghost.

If the White Ghost continued to be active in the Wind, he would still be a target for the other side.

Using this opportunity to associate ‘White Ghost’ with the Sherman Empire, to some extent, could also serve as protection for the Wind Empire and Yang Ming himself.