Rebirth: The Universe's Hidden Heiress-Chapter 129: The Frontline

After deciding on the name of the army, Yuka asked the butler to put up the Stellar Corps on the website and link it.

People online, who were actively discussing, immediately noticed this small change. They swarmed into Yuka’s website and saw the number of soldiers increase from one to three.

Those who had mocked Yuka for not being able to recruit anyone were shocked: There were really fools who joined her.

But seeing the army’s numbers still pitifully in single digits, most people did not approve of Yuka’s actions.

The internet was filled with voices predicting her failure.

Fred also saw Yuka’s announcement. Ever since Yuka revealed her true power in front of him, he had felt complex emotions towards her, which he couldn’t quite identify.

However, when Yuka showed her excellence in front of the entire Alliance and was chased by them, even being nominated as a candidate for General Fleet Admiral, Fred realized he had been jealous of Yuka.

If not for the constraints of his royal heir status, he might have created many fake accounts to curse under the comments praising Yuka.

Now, Yuka, seemingly out of her mind, was forming a new army and had only recruited so few people. Fred felt immensely satisfied. Seeing the additional two people, he knew they were the fools Ayoi and Alex.

His jealousy towards Yuka lessened greatly. He thought Yuka’s actions were just a farce, self-destructive, and she could never surpass him.

With Yuka causing such a stir, Bartland naturally had heard about it too. His new subordinate, seeing his gloomy face, didn’t dare to speak. The previous one was killed for talking too much; after angering Bartland, he crushed his skull with his bare hands and fed him to the Queen.

Bartland asked in a dark tone, "Where has the insectoid tide reached?"

The subordinate quickly replied, "It will reach the edge of the Alliance in less than two days. The previous batch of insects has been sent out but was stopped by the Alliance Army. We..."

"Speed it up," Bartland interrupted, a crazy glint in his eyes. "Invade the Alliance within a day." The subordinate, terrified, swallowed hard. To speed up the insectoid tide, they must provide enough energy to them and the Queen, and the insects only consume humans...

But he didn’t dare say more and ran out of the room as if escaping. Bartland also opened Yuka’s recruitment website and saw the number of soldiers had increased again.

Those people were Shawn and Philip.

Philip, looking at the swollen whip marks on Shawn’s back, asked with mixed feelings, "Does your family don’t want you to join Yuka’s corps?"

While applying medicine in front of a mirror, Shawn replied to him, "Partly for that reason, but it’s more because my grandfather has wanted to hit me for a long time. I secretly enrolled in the mecha specialization and didn’t continue his antique business, which made him very angry."

"But after all, we owe Yuka our lives," Shawn said, finishing with the medicine and getting dressed. He turned to Philip and added, "I don’t think Yuka is just fooling around."

"I don’t think so either," Lory entered the room and added, "But the agreement says that Yuka’s the Stellar Corps can be left at any time. After we’ve helped her, we can leave and join the Alliance Army."

Ichiro and his brothers was with them too, and they nodded in agreement.

Philip, leaning on the sofa, muttered, "I read the agreement too. It says we’ll face great dangers, but besides insectoids, I don’t think anything can be more dangerous than space pirates."

Ichiro nodded and said, "Exactly, this is what I’ve been thinking. I believe the threat Yuka mentioned might be the Queen, now in its mature form."

Donny saw the online news too, but the weight of the Horn family affairs pressed down on her, restricting her freedom.

Her father’s stern voice echoed from his study. Glancing at the opticomputer’s web link, she hesitated for a moment but eventually didn’t click it.

Elsewhere, the butler excitedly told Yuka about the new recruits in the army. Hearing some familiar names, Yuka couldn’t help but frown.

It had been a day since her announcement, and Yuka had spent it in her hotel room, indulging in her rare free life with everything delivered by robots.

The butler, anxious about the army’s size, was almost ready to pull Yuka outside with a megaphone to recruit more people like a street seller.

But Yuka wasn’t bothered by this. She was worried about something else—

Toru hadn’t replied to her message yet.

Yuka decided to message Kimiko, asking her to talk to her grandfather about contacting Toru.

She hoped nothing was wrong.

Before hearing back from Kimiko, Yuka saw a video uploaded online. It showed someone fleeing from numerous insectoids on a border star, gasping for breath amidst the chaos of screams and cries.

At first, everyone thought the video was a fake, a prank by the person filming it. But as more people reported seeing insectoid invasions and then went silent, and with wave after wave of the Alliance Army leaving Capital Octoxis armed to the teeth, panic set in.

The news of the front lines being breached by insectoids was no longer a secret. The entire Alliance plunged into chaos.

The Alliance Army was overwhelmed, needing to send reinforcements to the front lines, maintain order on the planets, arrest those committing crimes amidst the chaos, and quickly reassure the people of the Alliance. They told them the insectoid swarm was orchestrated by space pirates, and the Alliance Army was negotiating with them, hoping for a positive outcome.

"Madman!" The commander of The Seventh Legion slammed his cup onto the desk, trembling with anger. "How dare he? Doesn’t he fear the insectoids will devour him too?"

General Fleet Admiral was also furious, his chest heaving, but he maintained basic composure. He ordered the interstellar net’s backend department to thoroughly investigate all unusual accounts outside the Alliance star systems, calling each to confirm who was Bartland, preparing to negotiate with him.

But General Fleet Admiral knew very well that negotiating with a madman like Bartland was futile. fɾeeweɓnѳveɭ.com

As expected, Bartland mocked the Alliance Army and all the high-ranking officers present during the call, then haughtily rejected their negotiation offer.

"Negotiation is an excuse for the weak," Bartland scoffed. "General Fleet Admiral, do you remember the outcome of the last negotiation between the Alliance Army and the royal family? A big failure!"

"Now that I have the power to control the entire Alliance, why should I negotiate with you?" Bartland laughed loudly. "Maybe when the insectoids have eaten all but your heads, I might consider leaving a small plot for your graves. Don’t thank me too much!"

After his taunt, he cut off the communication and destroyed the opticomputer, leaving a room full of Alliance Army officers, their faces as dark as ink, barely containing their anger.

"Let’s give the people an explanation," General Fleet Admiral sighed heavily. "Tell them, a war is upon us. We’re not just facing insectoids, but also space pirates."

The commander of the Fourth Army asked the General Fleet Admiral, "Should we deploy Yuka?"

The General Fleet Admiral shook his head. "Not yet."

Yuka was their last hope, their secret weapon. They would only deploy her once the Queen’s whereabouts were discovered. They would fully prepare Yuka for the battlefield to kill the Queen, aiming to end the war with minimal losses.

The news of the failed negotiations and the onset of war, once released, set off another explosion on the interstellarnet, reigniting chaos.

Some people were rushing to escape, asking where would be safer; others were cursing the Alliance Army, blaming them for their inability to protect and giving space pirates such an opportunity, even failing in negotiations; while others mourned those already devoured by the insectoids, worrying they might be next.

A few remembered Yuka’s seemingly playful recruitment announcement from yesterday. Connecting it with today’s events, they couldn’t help but suspect that Yuka had known something in advance.

Yuka had the butler delete the negative comments in her post and messaged Kenji, asking, "How’s the front line?"

Although it wasn’t yet her turn to act according to the agreement, Yuka was in a terrible mood. She remembered a week ago, when they encountered Bartland on the training planet, he had already informed Kenji, and thus the Alliance Army, about the insectoids he was raising at the edge of the Alliance star system. It seemed that the Alliance Army hadn’t taken any corresponding measures.

Kenji replied quickly, "The front line has stabilized, but this wave of insectoids wasn’t too large. I suspect they have other plans."

As if knowing what Yuka was thinking, Kenji added, "The Alliance Army had previously searched the border planets, but the space pirates’ hiding was too concealed, and we couldn’t find their base. Also, I just sent the insectoid photos to the Science Academy. They said these insects are newly born, which means the Queen’s power is still weak, and she can’t produce many insectoids. We still have the advantage."

Yuka replied to Kenji with a "Got it" and a "Be careful", followed by a kissing emoji, then closed their chat.

Yuka opened her recruitment website and saw the dozen or so registrations, sighing softly.

The insectoids had arrived faster than she expected. Although Yuka still didn’t want to join the Alliance Army, she had to admit that her army was too small in number; following her would be a death sentence.

Just as Yuka was about to shut down the website and retract the announcement, her opticomputer chimed twice.

Messages from Toru and Kimiko arrived one after the other.

Toru: "I found evidence of Humphrey colluding with the Alliance Army, framing innocent people, and all his disgusting deeds. He’s such an animal. I’m going to expose him!"

Kimiko: "I uncovered that hidden history. It’s revolting. None of these factions are good. I’m going to expose them, let everyone know their ugly truth!"

Yuka: ...

Yuka quickly created a small group chat with the three of them and said, "Calm down, don’t act rashly. Where are you now?"

Both Toru and Kimiko replied simultaneously, "I’m at Central Square."

Toru added, "I really can’t stand it anymore. I don’t want to see Humphrey hypocritically offering help from the Science Academy to the Alliance Army, getting everyone’s gratitude. He doesn’t deserve it! Not at all!"

Kimiko said, "As a historian, I can’t allow everyone to remain ignorant of this distorted piece of history. The royal family is utterly corrupt! The Science Academy is not innocent either! It’s time to reveal the Alliance Army’s hypocrisy!"

Yuka massaged her temples, realizing it was futile to reason with them in their anger. She asked, "What do you plan to do?"