Zerg: Cold and aloof Major General, stop pretending to be innocent, I have a headache!

Through a series of questions and answers, a new town appeared before Jiang Xu's eyes.

"Lord Jiang Xu, we have arrived at Cowardly City." The female insect bowed to Jiang Xu. "I will go prepare the goods first, and the liaison insects will come to meet us later."

"Not going in?" Jiang Xu asked, puzzled.

"The faster we sell the goods, the safer we'll be. After the transaction, we'll go into town for a meal. If you're hungry, I'll have someone take you directly into town."

Jiang Xu waved his hand: "No need."

He was supposed to learn the trading process, but he was completely out of it the whole time.

"Okay, go and prepare the goods."

"Yes."

Jiang Xu sat on the chair for a while, feeling a bit bored, and then got off the spaceship.

He glanced at the outskirts of Cowardly City, surrounded by a blanket of white snow, with flying vehicles swiftly shuttling through the streets.

There was still no green to be seen; the white was tinged with gray.

The City of Cowardice—that's quite an interesting name.

Ok?

Jiang Xu suddenly spotted an aircraft flying towards their location from a distance.

It landed steadily in front of him, and soon a female insect disembarked from the spaceship.

The person opposite was also taken aback when they saw Jiang Xu, but quickly put on a smile again and walked towards him:

"Are you the liaison officer who's here to connect with us?"

"Hello," Jiang Xu replied, extending his hand to the other person.

"Hello, hello." The person on the other end quickly shook hands with Jiang Xu. "You're truly a young and promising man. You look unfamiliar; is this your first time visiting Cowardly City?"

"Yes, but there may be more opportunities to meet in the future." Jiang Xu stood there with a polite smile on his face and his posture upright.

The other person chuckled and said, "Then you're welcome to come again soon!"

"Manager Seren is here." After finishing checking the goods, the female insect heard a sound below and came down to check. She happened to see the insect that had just arrived for the meeting.

"Hey, Manager Loga, long time no see." Siren's smile became much more genuine upon seeing Loga's. "Why haven't I seen you around for a while?"

"Hey, you know what we're doing in this line of work. We can't always go wherever we want," Loga replied politely.

"Since you're here, that's perfect. We just finished checking our goods; would you like to go and confirm them?"

With that, he invited Seren to walk toward the cargo bay inside the spaceship.

"How could I not trust the goods you're carrying?" Siren seemed to be refusing, but she didn't stop walking at all.

"Oh right," Loga slapped his forehead, "I forgot to introduce you, this is our manager for this mission—Lord Jiang Xu."

Seren looked at Jiang Xu in surprise, her expression more respectful than before, and asked, "Are you from the Jiang family?"

Oh dear, I'm so blind! It looked familiar, but I couldn't quite place it.

"It's alright, I'm just here to learn too," Jiang Xu replied politely.

"I've really been negligent. After the handover of the goods, please give me a chance to treat you to a meal to make amends." Seren was very polite, but her words left no room for refusal.

Jiang Xu and Luo Jia exchanged a quick glance. Luo Jia gave a barely perceptible nod before Jiang Xu said, "Then I'll take my leave."

"Not at all, it's our duty. It's a rare opportunity for you to come, so as local insects, we should certainly do our best to be hospitable."

Because of this unexpected turn of events, everything proceeded smoothly.

The other party did not expect that such simple supplies would come from the head of the Jiang family.

It was almost evening when Jiang Xu and his group of insects left the City of Cowardice.

"Who is that Seren?" Jiang Xu hadn't had any social engagements for over a month, and he didn't expect to continue them here.

"He's an official traitor," Loga replied. "His face can't be easily tarnished, so we should try to smooth things over as much as possible."

Jiang Xu guessed it. Based on what Lin An said and Luo Jia's attitude towards Seren, he could quickly guess the other party's background.

The spaceship suddenly lurched violently, and Loga, who was standing, immediately lowered his center of gravity, making himself squat steadily in place.

They both looked outside. A sky full of firelight shone in the distance.

"Oh no, fighting has broken out on the border."

Jiang Xu's face darkened. What kind of luck was this? It happened at the perfect time, right on their way back.

"Where else can we leave from?" Jiang Xu asked in a deep voice.

Loga quickly calculated the route in his mind: "From Jiaer City, change the spaceship's route and head towards Jiaer City."

They quickly changed direction and headed south.

When Fei returned to the liaison center, he did not find Jiang Xu and assumed that Jiang Xu was at the dock.

So he waited in the room until very late, but still didn't receive any news from Jiang Xu.

Why haven't they come back yet? He glanced at the sky, which was getting dark, and turned to walk towards the street outside.

He found the contact center by following the route he remembered.

When Lin An came out of the contact center, he was startled to see Fei: "What are you doing here?"

Fei looked away from him and glanced behind him. After failing to find the male insect that should have been there, she asked, "Where is Lord Jiang Xu?"

"Oh, so you're here to look for the bug?" Lin An closed the door behind him. "He's busy right now. He might not be able to get home tonight."

He spoke so casually that Fei couldn't find a single fault with him.

Fei looked into the house for a while before saying, "Could you tell him I'm back?"

Lin An chuckled, "Tsk tsk tsk, young man, you miss him that much? I've never noticed before."

He turned his head and slapped Fei across the face, still without much emotion.

Fei didn't say anything, just stared straight at him until he couldn't take it anymore:

"Alright, alright, I'll go and say it for you right away."

Before the door was even opened, Jiang Ping had already run out of the house. He saw Lin An at the door and his face turned grim: "Something bad has happened, fighting has broken out again in the north."

"What?" Lin An's face darkened, and he turned to walk into the room. "What's the situation on their end?"

He took a few steps, then suddenly stopped, turned around and looked at Fei standing outside the door: "You, come in."

Fei looked at the two insects with suspicion, and soon followed them.

He had a vague feeling that something bad had happened: "What's wrong?"

Jiang Ping glanced at Fei: "Is this Xiao Xu the one?"

This was the first time he had ever seen this female insect. Normally, he would have talked about it at length, but there was no time to tell him that now.

"Mm," Lin An replied.

"A message came from the northern border that they have all moved underground, and the entire sky above them has been jammed. By the time we sent a reply, we could no longer contact them."

We then tried to contact Xiaoxu, but we couldn't reach her.

Upon hearing this, Fei suddenly stopped and said coldly to Lin An and Jiang Ping, "You sent him to the north?"

He's a scammer. Didn't we agree to wait for him at the contact center?

"..." Lin An was speechless. They hadn't expected to run into each other so coincidentally.

The North had already launched an internal rebellion once before, so according to their statistical patterns, it was impossible for it to happen so quickly.

"Now is not the time to talk about this. Finding him is the most important thing." Jiang Ping's expression was also not good. Jiang Mian's case was a precedent.

Therefore, they are particularly careful in this regard.

No one expected things to turn out this way; it caught them completely off guard.