In the early hours of November 8, Yu Lian got up very early. Or rather, for a psionic at his level, a full night's sleep wasn't necessary to ensure he had the stamina for work and study. It was more of a luxury, as well as a way to regulate his mental energy and steady his soul.
If there was important business to attend to, Yu Lian could stay up for several nights in a row. At the moment, he was in his 150-square-meter office, organizing the intelligence Brunhild had given him and writing it up as a military report.
The intelligence was naturally about the swarm. They had spotted considerable numbers of its creatures not only in Lion's Den Fortress, but also within the atmosphere of Farhome. The resistance at Lion's Den was still holding, but Farhome had fallen completely, and the situation there was said to be grim. The fact that any news had made it out at all gave Yu Lian a new appreciation for the caliber of the Empire's local officials.
That was probably because the planet was in a border region. All the colonial cities on Farhome existed to serve Lion's Den Fortress and the million troops in its garrison fleet. Its security forces, police, and local officials were bound to be far more capable than those in the peaceful interior.
In any case, thanks to these unsung heroes, they were still doing their best to send reports on local conditions to the Empire. Those reports naturally included plenty of accounts of attacks by "an unknown army of alien creatures."
Brunhild was quite straightforward about it. She paid no heed to a few objections and sent the whole lot to Yu Lian. "You're the only person here who's fought these things. The Imperial forces will