In high orbit above Kara Star, aboard the Twin Stars blockade fleet.
"You want us to reinforce the Wormhole Battlefield? Has the situation there become that serious?" a Sea Race officer asked Gustav on the communications screen, puzzled.
The other Twin Stars forces in the Proxima Centauri System had naturally detected the fierce fighting around the wormhole long ago.
"Yes! The enemy deployed a new type of warship. In the very first exchange, one ship in our wormhole defense fleet was destroyed and another damaged. Their combat strength exceeded our expectations!
"And their reinforcements keep pouring in. I'm afraid the wormhole defense fleet alone won't be able to hold them off!" Gustav's expression on the screen was grave.
Naturally, the speaker was not the real Gustav.
In fact, the reason Nie Yun had launched a pursuit attack as soon as the Twin Stars wormhole defense fleet withdrew, rather than waiting for them to move farther away before calmly sending through more forces, was that any prolonged, unusual redeployment of the wormhole defense fleet would undoubtedly alert the various Twin Stars units.
Once that happened, the "secret order," which could not withstand any real scrutiny, could no longer be concealed, and Gustav's identity would lose all remaining value.
Whether stealing intelligence earlier or planting viruses, Nie Yun had gained tremendous advantages by using Gustav's identity.
But while enjoying those advantages, he had also left one inconsistency after another surrounding Gustav.
Once the Twin Stars investigated thoroughly, they would inevitably discover that the problem lay close to Gustav.
The Mechanical Insects' ability to infiltrate covertly might also be exposed as a result, something Nie Yun did not want to see.
Since there were already too many loose ends, it was time to discard this pawn.
And now, Nie Yun intended to exploit