Infinity Frontier

The Mulian Army is currently in a state of war, and as the commander-in-chief of the Mulian Army, he certainly has the greatest power at this time.

However, war also requires logistical support; without the support of the rear, he, as the commander-in-chief, would be useless.

Xiao Yun and his group had already thoroughly investigated Mu Lian's situation. Just like Kusakabe Haruki, although he currently holds the most power, there are still many constraints that limit his actions.

The leadership of the Muren is not entirely unified. Just as there are war advocates like Kusakabe Haruki, there are also peace advocates who do not want war.

Although the peace faction hasn't done anything too detrimental so far, there will inevitably be times when they do cause problems.

Furthermore, there is a parliament above Kusakabe Haruki. If this parliament makes a final decision on a certain matter, then even Kusakabe Haruki will have no way to refuse, because his current position can also be taken away through parliamentary deliberation and voting.

Therefore, although Haruki Kusakabe appears strong now, his foundation is firmly restricted.

Xiao Yun had a question that he was very curious about: "Mu Lian clearly possesses a power far exceeding that of Earth, so why didn't he gather absolute power to completely suppress and reclaim Earth from the beginning?"

Kusakabe Haruki never expected Xiao Yun to ask such a question. He was stunned for a moment, and his expression became even more unpleasant. His voice was low and deep: "Of course it's because the higher-ups of Mulian stopped us. Otherwise, this war should have ended long ago."

"Tell me more specifically."

Kusakabe Haruki didn't hide anything and told the whole story.

The war between Kiren and Earth was the Martian War more than a year ago. The commander of this war was Haruki Kusakabe. It was Kiren's first battle to take revenge on Earth and to find the legendary city. Under Haruki Kusakabe's command, all the resistance forces on Mars were crushed, and even almost all of the human colonies on Mars were destroyed.

However, such methods were a bit too cruel. Under the influence of the righteous and passionate anime like Gekigane 3, not everyone on the Muren side could agree with Kusakabe Haruki's ideals and ideas. Although there was no internal strife, they still prevented Kusakabe Haruki from massacring humans on Mars, and even later affected Kusakabe Haruki's strategic deployment for Earth.

So far, the Mulian has held several discussions and decided to focus on observation for the time being. They have also adjusted their main offensive direction to focus solely on destroying military facilities, which is the main reason why most cities on Earth are still bustling with activity.

Moreover, the Earth Alliance's high command was not unaware of the Jupiter Lizards' true identity but chose to conceal it. There were also some, like Akatsuki Ryu, who knew the Jupiter Lizards' identity and had secretly made contact with the Jupiter Alliance. The situation was quite complicated. All these issues prevented Kusakabe Haruki from truly controlling the direction of the war, which gradually led to the situation we see today.

However, Haruki Kusakabe was no good either. The council gave a direction but did not restrict Haruki Kusakabe's specific actions and deployments. So Haruki Kusakabe simply kept the Earth Defense Force hanging, engaging in large and small battles, and after the small-scale battles, he would launch a large-scale battle. He was also determined to slowly kill more humans on Earth by boiling them like frogs in water.

After hearing what Kusakabe Haruki said, Xiao Yun couldn't help but clap his hands, shout "Good!" and then curse "Idiot!"

When Kusakabe Haruki heard this, he simply lowered his head slightly and pretended not to hear it.

What is this behavior if not idiotic? The boiling frog strategy requires the Earth side to be a real frog, and the oil-adding tactic requires a stable rear and the ability to maintain technological dominance. But whether it's the boiling frog strategy or the oil-adding tactic, the biggest problem is that the entire situation needs to be completely controlled.

But what about Mulian now?

Xiao Yun seemed to have already foreseen Mu Lian's ultimate fate.

Looking at Kusakabe Haruki sitting cross-legged, Xiao Yun slowly asked, "If those who hinder you die, will you be able to completely control Mu Lian?"

Kusakabe Haruki paused, thought silently for a while, and finally shook his head: "No."

"cannot!?"

Xiao Yun was stunned by what Kusakabe Haruki said. What kind of waste was this?
Kusakabe Haruki had no idea that Xiao Yun already considered him a useless person. He nodded and explained, "The full name of Jupiter Union is Jupiter, its satellites and asteroid belt anti-Earth joint union. We are a true union system. Even if all the current members of parliament died and I became the president, I still wouldn't be able to control the entire Jupiter Union."

Damn Steel 3!

Every party in the Mulian community upholds the equality agreement established from the beginning with justice and fairness. In internal affairs, all parties are absolutely equal. Everyone is developing peacefully under the guidance of the Mulian Council and the President. There is no question of who is stronger or weaker. Everyone must abide by the rules. Even Kusakabe Haruki never thought of violating the rules and could only think of ways to do so elsewhere.

The parliament forbade Haruki Kusakabe to do anything, and on a larger scale, he didn't dare to do anything. He only tried to use some underhanded means to achieve his goals indirectly.

If all the opponents are eliminated, the newly appointed people will still oppose Kusakabe Haruki. Can Kusakabe Haruki kill them all again? Then the Kyuhren will be in complete chaos, and the first person the Kyuhren army will probably deal with is Kusakabe Haruki.

Damn Steel 3!

Kusakabe Haruki cursed again in his heart.

After Xiao Yun understood this, he pursed his lips slightly. This situation was indeed rare; at least he had never encountered it before.

The people in Mulian are really weird.

This is the fun Steel Man 3.

After a moment's thought, Xiao Yun said, "In that case, there's no need to take action against them. Since we can't use force, we should try to subtly change their minds."

Kusakabe Haruki looked up at Xiao Yun's projection: "You still haven't answered me who you are, and what you want to do?"

"To rule this world." Xiao Yun sneered and said, "Are you satisfied with this answer?"

Xiao Yun answered Kusakabe Haruki's question, but Kusakabe Haruki felt somewhat empty inside. He was definitely not satisfied, even though Xiao Yun had answered him; it was almost the same as not answering at all.

Since he couldn't get the other party's purpose out of him, Kusakabe Haruki felt that he should at least find out what the other party wanted him to do.

Before Kusakabe Haruki could speak, Xiao Yun touched him and said, "You don't need to know so much right now. You just need to do what I tell you."

People have to bow their heads under the roof.

Given his current situation, Kusakabe Haruki has absolutely no right to refuse Xiao Yun.

"Then what do you want me to do?" Xiao Yun said, "You don't need to do anything extra. Just continue to put pressure on Earth as you are now and maintain a stable advantage over Earth. In exchange, I can help you solve any problems you encounter."

"So be it."

Xiao Yun's projection disappeared instantly, and Number 1 took a communicator off his body and threw it in front of Kusakabe Haruki.

"If there are any problems you can't solve, you can contact us through this. If we need you to do something, we will also contact you through this. You know the consequences of not following instructions. If you don't want to become a vegetable or an idiot with only your brain working, you'd better obey us."

After saying that, Number 1 nodded in the direction of Number 2 without waiting for Haruki Kusakabe to speak.

Number 2 turned around and disappeared from Kusakabe Haruki's sight. Immediately afterwards, Kusakabe Haruki's vision went black and he lost consciousness and fell into a deep sleep without knowing anything.

After glancing at the fallen Kusakabe Haruki, Number 1 took a step forward and simultaneously entered stealth mode, with only his voice faintly ringing out in the team communication channel: "Let's begin."

"receive."

The eight people split into four teams and began to operate separately on the warship.

Kusakabe Haruki was the primary target, but not the only one on the ship. The next step was to treat the other targets in the same way: either die or become Xiao Yun's puppets.

In addition, there was another team that specifically infiltrated key areas of the ship to plant bombs.

After operating on the ship for a long time, Number 1 and the others left the warship and, guided by Xiao Yun, returned to the invisible and silent Bewilderment.

On the bridge, after resting and tidying up, the crew changed their clothes and regrouped to report on the mission and discuss the next steps.

Having temporarily dealt with Kusakabe Haruki, Xiao Yun originally thought he could directly control the entire Mokuren through Kusakabe Haruki, but he didn't expect that he was overthinking it.

Under the continuous influence of Gekigane 3 over the past century, Mulian is really too bizarre. Discussing mercy and justice in war is something that a normal person can think of and do.
Gekigane 3 is really fun.

On their return voyage, Number 1 had already reported to Xiao Yun. After dealing with Kusakabe Haruki, Number 1 and his team made contact with the other people on the ship. Of the three people they contacted, one died of a heart attack. Driven and illuminated by justice, they were unable to communicate and left this evil world.

The other two, under the threat of death and becoming mentally impaired, suppressed their ulterior motives and temporarily chose to obey.

Xiao Yun didn't consider this operation a great success. Although nothing unexpected happened on his side, the entire contact process was full of surprises.

He truly underestimated the impact that the righteous Steel Man 3 had on the Woodlanders. They were rigid and willing to sacrifice everything in order to uphold their love and justice.

In this stark contrast, Kusakabe Haruki's work seems quite normal.

But don't think that Kusakabe Haruki lacks the sense of justice of the Moren. His justice is even more extreme than that of other Moren. He has simply lost his kindness and love, and has taken his own sense of justice to the extreme, placing it above everything else, making his righteousness turn into evil.

Otherwise, how could Kusakabe Haruki have followed the various arrangements of the Kurien Council, willingly accepted the various restrictions imposed by Kurien, and actually obeyed the Kurien Council's orders after the war began without pursuing Earth after the victory?

Weird.

Xiao Yun felt that dealing with these kinds of people using the methods he was familiar with before would not work, because they were truly unafraid of death, and threatening them with death would only have a temporary effect. Moreover, they were definitely thinking about finding an opportunity to break free from their constraints.

If you were to order Kusakabe Haruki and two other people to do something against their sense of justice, the three of them would probably rather perish than comply.

If these people were on his own side, Xiao Yun would really think they were a group of good subordinates, but if they were on the opposing side, they would be a big problem.

We've already made contact with Kusakabe Haruki, the first character. Next, we'll continue to make contact with the second and third characters in the Kiren group, but we'll have to change the method. We'll need to think carefully about how to make contact and in what capacity.

However, Xiao Yun still needs Mu Lian to continue the offensive against the Earth Sphere, mainly because Nierga Heavy Industries needs to further infiltrate the Earth Defense Force. If the war suddenly stops, it will not be a good thing for Nierga Heavy Industries.

Besides continuing contact with the higher-ups at Mulian, Xiao Yun was also thinking that perhaps Mulian should, like on Earth, support a true representative. He needed to find such a person carefully.

In addition, there were some additional gains from this less-than-successful contact.

Kusakabe Haruki's authority allowed him to completely hack the flagship, and he also obtained the security key that could control the entire Kikuren unmanned warship. With this key, he could command the Kikuren unmanned warship for his own use.

This could be considered the only gain from this imperfect decapitation operation, and Xiao Yun never expected such an unexpected surprise.

But now that he has the key, Xiao Yun has no intention of using it. Such a thing can only play its greatest role in critical moments.

However, this key is not unique, nor is it the highest-level key. The Mulian Council has an even higher-level key, which, once used, can instantly terminate all actions of the unmanned warship and then issue new instructions.

After watching Number One and the others analyze the situation of the ruling class of Mu Lian, Xiao Yun had a new idea in his mind.

After resting for a day, Xiao Yun led Number 1 and the others to set off again, heading to that huge cosmic city once more.

Just like the social hierarchy in Mulian, the rulers of the highest class reside in the top layer of the cosmic city, an area with the best environment and the most abundant resources.

In fact, the current situation of Mulian is somewhat similar to that of PLANT, which was the situation in the early days.

Initially, the pro-war and pro-peace factions maintained a considerable consensus, both believing that war with Earth was necessary, and that other aspects should give way to the military and the war. But what happened in the end? The conflict between the pro-peace and pro-war factions grew larger and larger, eventually turning into a situation where it was either you die or I die.

If the war in this world continues indefinitely, it might gradually evolve into a situation like PLANT. (End of Chapter)