Recently, the Marshal was in a good mood.

This was the consensus of those who stayed on the flagship and had close contact with Ji Xiuyun.

Although he still looked cold and indifferent on the surface, when they met face to face, the oppressive feeling he gave off was reduced by a lot.

A more vivid analogy would be the kind of aura that was so fierce that people didn't dare to say anything behind his back. It was now at the level where people could muster up the courage to greet him.

It didn't seem to be much better, but for the Marshal Ji, who didn't smile for many years and the media had never taken a photo of him smiling, this was already a huge improvement.

The Marshal Ji's happy mood was visible to the naked eye.

The reason for this good mood was unknown, but when combined with the timing of the Marshal Ji's good mood, many people guessed that it might be because the Free Army's vanguard unit was defeated so cleanly.

After all, those who could come into close contact with the Marshal Ji were mostly officers who had climbed to the general level or were close to it. They were still very sensitive to the battle situation.

Although the other party was almost completely suppressed by them for five hours, it was enough for people to see who the tactic belonged to.

It was the mysterious staff officer from the Free Army who had never shown his face and whose name had never been leaked.

The style was very obvious.

It should be known that this new tactic was still a serious military research topic. A group of military experts in the Galaxy hadn't figured out the results yet, and the generals had also studied it a lot.

Although they hadn't been able to figure out anything yet, they could almost immediately tell who was the one behind this unique style of battle.

In fact, other than a few army commanders who were in the know, everyone was very surprised that they were able to suppress the Free Army's vanguard unit this time.

They had full confidence in their own army and their Marshal, but the entire Galaxy had been pondering over a problem that they hadn't been able to solve yet was solved by their own army without any warning. This was quite a surprising and joyous thing.

After the news of that battle was reported, it caused a huge commotion in the entire interstellar space.

Even if they used their toes to think, they knew that after this battle, the Marshal Ji and the commander of this battle would definitely receive countless invitations to interstellar military conferences.

Although their marshal definitely wouldn't go, this was also a symbol of honor and the strength of the army, as well as the abundance of talents.

Marshal Ji might find this kind of military meeting troublesome, but he definitely wouldn't complain about having too much glory on his shoulders.

Therefore, everyone felt that it was reasonable for Marshal Ji to be in a good mood because of this matter.

However, the First Legion General did not think so at all.

This was because he had personally witnessed the truth behind Marshal Ji's good mood.

The commander of the First Army Corps found that after their Marshal was enlightened, it was as if a dam had been opened. He was addicted to love.

Especially when it came to flirting with Yue An for no reason, she simply couldn't stop once she started.

Yue An, the troublemaker, had probably never seen such a scene before. Every time, he would turn around and leave after a few words. In the past two days, he had started to walk around the Marshal Ji.

They were now on their way to Planet A01 of the eighteenth galaxy to meet up with the vanguard. They had to cross several small E-Class galaxies in the middle, and it was not so far that they needed to open a wormhole, so the journey was quite long.

On the way, other than venting his excess experience through training, the only activity left was to destroy the pirate gangs that he happened to run into.

The fighting strength of the Yue An was like an insurmountable mountain to the soldiers. There was no point in training them. Therefore, the Yue An was the most eye-catching existence on the frontlines.

Even if his mecha was pitch-black, it could not withstand the number of enemies it had destroyed!

But the rest of the time was rather boring.

It was especially tragic and bleak.

Of course, he felt that it was quite tragic that their Marshal could only watch him through the surveillance camera after flirting with him.

For a moment, it was hard to tell which of the two situations was more tragic.

These two people were simply a classic example of hurting each other.

The commander of the First Army was here today to report on the movements of the vanguard.

They were already close to Planet A01 of the eighth galaxy. After landing, they would announce the start of the war and the aftermath of the war for the entire eighteenth galaxy. This was a necessary rule for war.

And this had a lot to do with the situation of the vanguard.

The commander of the First Army knocked on the door of the Marshal's office. When the door opened, he stepped in and found that, as expected, the young man was not in the office.

But he saw the cat that usually stayed in the Marshal's bedroom. It stood on the Marshal's desk and turned around to meow at him. Then, it turned around and jumped off the desk.

The commander of the First Army's line of sight was blocked, but he saw Ji Xiuyun's hand under the desk. He seemed to be gently stroking the cat. He guessed that the cat was probably lying on the Marshal Ji's lap.

Yue An was indeed lying on Ji Xiuyun's lap.

Because after playing with the lonely Meow Meow's mecha for a few days, he very cleverly realized that after he turned back into a cat, Ji Xiuyun could no longer say anything that made him uncomfortable.

The clever cat stretched out its furry paw. When the commander of the First Army was reporting, it hooked onto the drawer filled with spirit stones on Ji Xiuyun's right hand.

It stepped on Ji Xiuyun's leg and placed its two front paws on the drawer. It dug out a spirit stone from the drawer and threw it between Ji Xiuyun's legs. Then, it closed the drawer, turned around, hugged the spirit stone, and started chewing on it.

The commander of the First Army and the surveillance cameras could not see what was happening under the desk. Yue An chewed on the spirit stone with its small mouth. Its little ears twitched as it listened to the commander of the First Army's report very casually.

The commander of the First Army was here today to inform the vanguard of the vanguard.

The vanguard had not only brought some backup supplies and personnel, but also many hardworking officials from various galaxies.

These people were all down-to-earth and hardworking officials who were truly diligent and reasonable in governing the area. They could be considered the capital of the little Emperor. Their safety had to be guaranteed.

This was because after Ji Xiuyun chased away the Free Army, they would quickly take over the political power in the area and truly develop it.

A large part of the reason why the 18th Galaxy had become a fertile land for the Free Army was that after the conquest of this galaxy, the political power and monetary policies did not keep up. As a result, the residents' living standards did not improve. Instead, they deteriorated.

Civilians were actually very easy to satisfy.

As long as they had enough to eat, warm clothes, and some spare money to satisfy themselves and pursue their dreams, they would be able to see hope in life. In the interstellar era, they did not care much about which country they belonged to.

The late Emperor had passed away at a bad time. If he had insisted on completing the policy and funding for the 18th Galaxy before passing away, let alone the Free Army, no other army would have been able to do anything.

However, it was not too late to make up for it now.

At the end of the day, the most important thing was still military power. As for the scars of hatred, as long as they did not take the initiative to expose them, they would gradually heal and disappear with the passage of time.

"After the Yue An's new strategy was handed over to Little Six, until the end of the communication, the follow-up troops have not been intercepted by the Free Army. Everything is normal."

The First Army General said as he took out a speech from his remote bracelet and placed it in front of Ji Xiuyun. "This is your speech to the media."

Marshal Ji calmly listened to all the reports. He looked at the interface in front of him that was filled with words and nodded slightly.

Yue An munched on a spirit stone and swayed its tail leisurely. Its blue cat eyes clearly saw the other interface next to the speech. On it was the information about the food and scenery of planet a01 that Ji Xiuyun had been searching for.

"Prepare to land. The media speech will be given tomorrow," the First Army General reminded.

Ji Xiuyun nodded again.

The First Army General very straightforwardly excused himself.

Marshal Ji calmly stored the speech into his optical computer and simply searched for the food and scenery of planet a01 for a few minutes. Then, he carried his cat to the table.

"Let's go out and play," Ji Xiuyun said as he took out two disguise brooches from his pocket.

It was obvious that he had been planning this for a long time.

Yue An: "…"

Do you think that I am such a playful cat??

Yue An looked at the two brooches and then looked at Ji Xiuyun. Then, the kitten, who was bored to death on the ship, stretched out its pink and tender paw and placed it on Ji Xiuyun's palm.

Both parties quickly reached a consensus.

They immediately colluded and ran away.

When the entire army landed, the First Army General came to find Ji Xiuyun to confirm the situation. What greeted him was an empty office and the words "Observing the People's Situation" projected in the office.

There was even a pink cat paw stamp on the back of the words.

The First Army General took a deep breath, walked in, turned off the projection, and walked out.

He wasn't worried about Ji Xiuyun's safety. Putting aside whether or not there was anyone who could beat Ji Xiuyun, in fact, this sort of thing like leaving a letter and leaving was not the first time their marshal had done it. Every time, he would stay behind to observe the situation of the people.

This time, he even left an extra paw stamp. He probably brought the cat with him.

Based on his previous efficiency, he would come back that night.

And the four words that Ji Xiuyun left behind were truly the truth.

However, he wasn't the one observing the people's situation. It was the informant or mercenary he contacted in private. Anyway, it was the kind that could be done with money.

Marshal Ji brought Yue An to the food district near planet a01's capital.

This planet was the first buffer between the 18th and 17th galaxies.

Back then, as a precaution, the military did not completely hand this over to the government. Instead, they left a general with a more political style to stay here, lest the planets of the first line of defense fall into the hands of others without any preparation.

Reality proved that the military's decision was very wise. The political general made a great achievement here.

At least from the looks of the situation near the capital, there was no sign of war. In fact, it was very lively.

Yue An and Ji Xiuyun wandered around a lot of places. Then, they sat together with Yue An in a cold drink shop.

This was a planet with a high annual surface temperature and abundant precipitation. The cold drink shop's business was very good.

Soon, someone came to ask Yue An and Ji Xiuyun if they could share a table.

Yue An glanced at Ji Xiuyun. Then, he realized that Ji Xiuyun didn't ask for his opinion. Instead, Ji Xiuyun nodded and asked him to sit down.

Although he didn't mind sharing a table, Yue An couldn't help but feel shocked that Ji Xiuyun made the decision without asking for his opinion.

It wasn't until the man sharing the table with them spoke to Ji Xiuyun about the recent developments in the 18 galaxies that Yue An realized that this man was Ji Xiuyun's informant.

There were many intelligence officers in the military, but most of the information they collected was targeted. They would never seriously investigate and integrate information about the people's feelings, which was boring and required a lot of time.

Ji Xiuyun simply found a mercenary who could do anything for money to be an informant.

Of course, he used the fake identity of an arms dealer.

It wasn't that he couldn't let his subordinates do this kind of thing, but Ji Xiuyun more or less retained some of his previous habits of doing things himself.

After all, he was someone who climbed up step by step from the bottom. Many of Ji Xiuyun's habits were completely different from most people who directly became officers after graduating from military school.

Yue An sat beside Ji Xiuyun and ate ice cream with a spoon. The jam on the ice cream was a fruit he had never eaten before.

"Oh right, Boss."

The man's voice was very low.

"The Phoenix Pirate Gang that you asked me to keep an eye on has been moving recently."

“！！”

When Yue An heard this, he didn't control his strength well. His spoon went straight through the cup in his hand.