Apart from the troops necessary to remain behind, all the forces stationed in the Tianning Star System had gone to the front lines.
The Elder Council received reliable intelligence: Qin Hongjun's robot legion had bypassed the planet defended by Ye Zhenwei and headed elsewhere.
Ye Zhenwei had no choice but to go provide support under an alias.
But after she revealed herself, the robot legion merely went through the motions for several dozen exchanges before withdrawing.
As they retreated, they even raised white flags.
To the citizens of the Tianning Star System, this was because the enemy feared Ye Zhenwei's strength.
Even robots feared a 3S talent.
Yet in the Elder Council's eyes, the robots' retreat instead became another point of suspicion against Ye Zhenwei.
Qing Wenxu, Chu Xuliang, and several other Elder Council members sat in the office, replaying footage from the Tianning Star System battlefield over and over, trying to find the problem.
Ye Zhenwei had remained quiet ever since returning to the Tianning Star System and had not tried to negotiate terms with the Elder Council again.
She had also managed the Tianning garrison reasonably well.
There had been no major blunders.
But neither had there been many achievements.
That had already exceeded their expectations.
The Elder Council's suspicions toward Ye Zhenwei had never faded, which was why they had sent her back to Tianning Star.
This time, the Tianning Star System had been attacked, and the enemy's behavior of fleeing in terror at the mere mention of Ye Zhenwei was far too obvious.
The Elder Council worried that Qin Hongjun was trying to drive a wedge between the Alliance and Ye Zhenwei.
Although the Elder Council had no evidence that the two had reached some kind of agreement, as long as Ye Zhenwei was still fighting