At present, Xi Xiu and her team had taken over the defenses of the Ningkui Star System, helping establish wartime emergency measures and fighting alongside Ningkui Star's soldiers when the external war arrived.
She intended to hold the First Defense Line in space, preventing the enemy from reaching Ningkui Star's surface.
If it truly could not be avoided, they would at least keep the number of enemies reaching the ground within a range they could handle.
Arivik had been watching Gu Peidong's simulation calculations. As the time Xi Xiu had mentioned for the mothership's arrival drew closer, he grew somewhat nervous, worried that the result would not be what he had guessed.
Jiang Li'an quietly discussed it with the others. "Liuning won't send a mothership. At most, they'll send ten large starships and two supply ships."
Therefore, the ones arriving could only be the force behind Xi Xiu. The answer was already obvious.
Although the Qing Family had its own mothership, it would not carry out missions at a time like this.
The two of them had not yet finalized a partner contract, so the Qing Family's assets would not be handed over to Qing Zhixun and Xi Xiu so quickly.
Han Fenglin and the others nodded in agreement. He said, "The entire Alliance says Major General Hong rose through the ranks by relying on the Qing Family while ignoring her own strength. How brainless can these people be?"
Because Deng Huabo was responsible for gathering information on the Gaia Star System, he understood the mindset of the great families fairly well. "You know what the children of those great families are like. They can only rise through connections themselves, so naturally they think everyone else does too."
His blunt assessment illustrated the Alliance's current situation. It was far from