Things went much smoother than expected. Throughout the entire process, Yue An and Lady Ellie's studio were the only two people who remained calm.

The people in the studio were very familiar with this operation. The only thing that made them feel slightly uneasy was that the target of this operation was no longer Lady Ellie or the other artists under the studio, but the military.

Even Ji Xiuyun himself was very surprised by the effect of this huge public opinion campaign.

When the person in charge of the military propaganda department reported the data, he said that this was normal.

"In the entire galaxy, there is no other media outlet that has the same appeal and attention as Yue An," said the person in charge.

After all, Yue An's popularity had never decreased.

Ever since the various toys and derivative products based on Yue An's image were released, they had always been at the forefront of various sales charts.

Even people who were not interested in cats had heard of the name of the last cat in the universe.

Whenever Yue An started a live broadcast, the number of viewers would increase by millions every second. After all, there were so many planets in the galaxy, and the population base was extremely large. Furthermore, the equipment used to connect to the galactic network was very popular, so the number of people who could connect to the galactic network was very terrifying.

Even a popular live stream channel had at least 100,000 viewers, not to mention Kitty, who was using the account of the Imperial Marshal of the Sintes Empire, a powerful galactic power.

Especially when the content of this cute kitten's live broadcast this time was extraordinary, even those who had no interest in cats would choose to come and watch.

If one did not personally witness death, one would not truly understand the weight of life.

After the sympathy for the weak and the empathy for the fear of death was aroused, the power of the large number of media outlets and the basic population was quite impressive.

To what extent was it impressive?

Within five months, Ji Xiuyun smoothly led the army to destroy four Free Army bases in a row. The resistance was very small.

After taking down this A-class star system, they broke the Free Army's main transportation route to the 18th Star System. After that, they welcomed the first base that directly surrendered.

The one who went to accept the surrender was the commander of the First Army. Whether it was the surrender or the handover of government affairs, everything went smoothly.

In less than a week, Ji Xiuyun led a large group of people to the next star system.

After encountering such situations one after another, there were fewer times when they resisted.

Those who still persisted in resisting were mostly the garrisons of the old government forces of the Eighteenth Star System.

However, this kind of resistance was pitifully weak. It was so pitiful that Ji Xiuyun didn't even need to appear directly.

Therefore, Marshal Ji was stroking the cat on the live broadcast.

In order to appease the excited public, Yue An started to broadcast cat sniffing live on the internet after the 10-day live broadcast.

Especially after the media reported that the handover was successful, Yue An started a live broadcast.

Not only that, but this time, many media outlets also focused on tracking and reporting on the reclaimed planets in the 18th Galaxy.

Those reports proved to the entire empire that the officials sent this time were indeed doing their jobs.

In the interstellar era, it didn't take much time to repair infrastructure. What took time was more to improve the people's livelihood and restore the government's credibility.

Regarding this matter, the little emperor, who had already learned his lesson, was ruthless. He spent a large sum of money and generously provided Ji Xiuyun and the other officials with the most comprehensive guarantee and support.

What if they wanted to build infrastructure but didn't have the money?

Spend!

What if they wanted post-war compensation but didn't have the money?

Spend!

What if they wanted to improve the industry's welfare, develop the economy and stimulate employment but didn't have the money?

Spend, spend, spend, spend!

There was nothing that money couldn't solve. If there was, then it must be because they didn't spend enough money!

The little emperor, who didn't lack money, spent money like water. In just five months, the reclaimed A-class planets in the 18th Galaxy recovered at a speed that was almost visible to the naked eye.

This made the other planets, who were still hesitating whether to continue resisting or simply surrender, green with envy.

Yue An was lying in Ji Xiuyun's lap with his small belly exposed. His two front paws were hugging Ji Xiuyun's left wrist. His small head was buried in Ji Xiuyun's palm and he was snoring in his sleep.

A small camera flying beside him was quietly filming his unrestrained sleeping posture.

Marshal Ji was looking at intelligence documents. He didn't seem to be uncomfortable with operating the camera with one hand.

Something seemed to have happened internally in the Free Army.

The division and a large number of militia members leaving had a great impact on their higher-ups.

In the end, this organization did have the ability, but it was still too inexperienced. On the other hand, it relied too much on the civilians of the 18th Galaxy.

They were able to quickly gain a foothold in the 18th Galaxy mostly because they had the support of the civilians.

Now that this support had disappeared, a chain reaction immediately appeared.

Based on their current situation, where they still had internal strife but didn't help, Marshal Ji felt that they wouldn't need a year. At most, they would need another two months to reach the former capital of the 18th Galaxy, where the current headquarters of the Freedom Army was stationed.

He just didn't know if they would be able to catch the Prophet in such a situation.

According to Yue An, if the Prophet had so many good things and wanted to send people to catch the cat, he must have some good things and secrets that had been lost.

Yue An was open-minded and wasn't interested in those things, but Ji Xiuyun was full of interest.

Marshal Ji stroked the cat and glanced at the comment bubbles that popped up on the optical computer interface on the table.

Most of them were here to play with the cat, and some were here to watch Ji Xiuyun stroke the cat.

Although in the projection, Marshal Ji only projected two hands, the audience was still watching with great interest.

In addition to a bunch of comments like "licking hands" and "pinching paws", there were also some comments that asked Ji Xiuyun serious questions.

Of course, Marshal Ji didn't intend to answer them.

This was in line with his cold and taciturn image.

Marshal Ji moved his hand that was being held by Yue An's two front paws. The sleeping cat seemed to be dissatisfied. It kicked its two hind legs and hugged Marshal Ji's forearm with all four paws.

Marshal Ji's head was still buried in the palm of his hand. Ji Xiuyun could feel the cool breath on his palm, which was slightly itchy.

Recently, Yue An had been sleeping soundly beside Ji Xiuyun or in his pocket.

After realizing that it couldn't do anything to the civilians, Yue An chose to save the country in a roundabout way and won, so it started to hang on Ji Xiuyun's body like a pendant and slept all day to catch up on sleep.

It was probably because it had been too busy in the past, so it could only sleep for eight hours a day. For a cat, its sleeping time was shortened by half.

It was very kind of it not to report this group of humans for abusing cats.

Ji Xiuyun looked down at the cat sleeping between his legs. He could clearly feel the rise and fall of Yue An's breathing, the snoring sound it made because of the comfortable environment, and the warmth and softness of its fur.

He used his thumb to gently scratch Yue An's chin and continued to look at the intelligence report.

No matter what the reason was, the Free Army's internal instability was a good thing for Ji Xiuyun.

Marshal Ji quietly finished reading the report in his hand. It was just time for lunch.

He raised the hand that wasn't held by Yue An, closed his eyes slightly, and pinched the space between his eyebrows.

Just as he turned off the live broadcast and was about to wake Yue An up for lunch, the commander of the First Army suddenly called.

After the call was connected, the commander of the First Army only said one sentence to Ji Xiuyun.

"Marshal, the Phoenix Pirate Gang is here. They said they want cats."

Yue An's ears twitched and it instantly woke up.