Xiao Hu had deployed a large number of monitors nearby. It detected the enemy when they were still six million kilometers away.
As everyone prepared for battle, Hua Xiezhi cursed furiously. "It must be the military's doing..."
She believed Lao Ben and she had been harassed for over a day for no reason because the military wanted to hold them in place so the pursuers could catch up.
However, the details involved Golden Cicada Sheds its Shell, and explaining further would involve Near-Earth Jump. She could not say any more.
Qu Jianlei felt that things were not so simple. Had the military sent people after them merely to vent their anger?
Such hotheaded people did exist, but they were not the norm.
"Forget it. I'll check whether someone has a tracker on them."
An hour later, he actually found the problem—not a tracker, but a mole transmitting a signal!
The mole was an A-rank under Patrice, someone from the Marquis's Residence who had openly expressed his willingness to support her.
Patrice was deeply saddened by this. At first, she simply refused to accept reality.
She even asked him, "Was I not sincere enough with you, or did I not give you enough money? Why would you do this to me?"
He showed no guilt whatsoever and bluntly stated, "As long as men haven't all died out, how can it be a woman's turn to become Marquis?"
Qu Jianlei raised his hand and slashed off the man's head, saying flatly, "He was lying."
"His emotional fluctuations were all wrong. Someone must have bought him off. There's no need to let him stir up gender conflict."
In truth, Imperial citizens had far thicker nerves than he had imagined.
Palamela said regretfully, "We could have searched his soul and seen exactly who the