This question raised even more questions in Ding Lingdang's mind.
Different from Li Yao, she had been involved in the battle from the beginning to the end. She had a deeper impression of the weirdness and aggressiveness of the Great White Fleet, which led to more mysteries.
"Boss Bai had indeed planned it a long time ago."
Ding Ling Dong said affirmatively, "The Great White Fleet's original order was to join the main force of the Burning Prairie Fleet at the No. 2 and No. 3 space gates and ensure the arrival of the reinforcements of the Burning Prairie Fleet.
"However, after the elites of the Burning Prairie Fleet arrived, all the space gates and even the Spiritual Nexus were seriously sabotaged. There were no reinforcements at all.
"If the Great White Fleet had truly carried out the order of the highest command center at that time and failed to arrive, the best opportunity to disrupt and delay the Black Wind Fleet would have been lost.
"Boss Bai did not listen to the wrong order of the command center from the very beginning but made the most correct choice on the battlefield at that time. But how did he know that he was absolutely right and that he was so determined that he was bold enough to disobey the military order in such a critical battle?
"Boss Bai might not care about the Xing Yao Federation. He is just an audacious, reckless, and criminal space pirate. No country or law can restrain him. But his son, Bai Kaixin, is still in the Burning Prairie Fleet and on this battlefield.
"It is safe to say that he has wagered all his hopes for the future of himself and his son!
"Also, when the Spiritual Nexus was sabotaged by the extraterrestrial devils on a large scale, the Great White Fleet was keeping the Spiritual Nexus silent. All the interfaces to the outside world, even the simplest communication ports, were turned off.
"Even their internal communication and command adopted a very ancient wireless communication system from the 'Nether World Sector'. After the Nether World Sector was incorporated into the Federation, the system had not been used for fifty years and had long been replaced by the more advanced Spiritual Nexus interaction protocols.
"The question is, when exactly did Boss Bai excavate such an ancient communication and command system, and why did he replace the latest version with such an outdated version of the Spiritual Nexus Interaction Protocol? Why did he also keep the external Spiritual Nexus silent cleverly without any data flow?
"It was exactly because of that that the Great White Fleet was not corrupted by the viruses on the Spiritual Nexus. A bloody wound was left on the softest abdomen of the Black Wind Fleet.
"It's almost like he predicted that the Black Wind Fleet was about to assault the Tian Yuan Realm and even knew that the extraterrestrial devils would sabotage the Spiritual Nexus?"
Their questions made Bai Kaixin sigh gloomily. He shook his head and said, "It's far more than that. You are not the commander of the fleet, and you don't know how terrifying my father was yesterday. He truly exploited the potential of a fleet to the point that nothing was left.
"But the problem is that training and cooperation are very important in a fleet battle. It is not something that can be done just because the commander suddenly has an epiphany. Everybody, including the commander, the chief of staff, the captain and the chief mate of every starship, the soldiers, and the maintainers in the engine compartment, must cooperate with each other in order to come up with a brand-new tactic after a lot of practice.
"The immaculate tactics that they used yesterday couldn't have been made up on the spot and used for the first time. They must have been trained many times in the 'deep-space battle drills' in the past year. Such an effect could only have been achieved if they were well-prepared.
"The communication system from the 'Nether World Sector' involved some very ancient communication magical equipment. It must've been installed in secret in the past year, too.
"He also prepared an intact comprehensive supply starship in secret, as well as tremendous assets that were enough for a space jump, and recruited a lot of subordinates who were unwilling to be bound by the army, the law, and the national concept because they were destined to be space pirates … None of that could've been accomplished overnight. It must've been years or even decades of hard work.
"The deep-space battle in the past year was already the last step of his overall plan. Who knows where he went with the Great White Fleet, what kind of training he did, and what else he did?"
Li Yao and Ding Ling Dong looked at each other and said at the same time, "So, Boss Bai vaguely knew a lot of things years ago? That's too unbelievable. How could he have known? "
Bai Kaixin shook his head and hesitated. Looking at the door, he said, "Someone might be able to tell us the answer, but …"
Right then, Jin Xinyue pushed the door open and walked in.
The Black Wind Fleet had been defeated. The Federation had taken the unshakable initiative, and the demon race had distinguished themselves in the battle.
Although the 'wormhole bomb' failed to teleport Black Swirl to a faraway alternate world, it had heavily damaged the flagship of the Black Wind Fleet, creating favorable conditions for Li Yao, Boss Bai, and the rest of them to launch a thunderous attack.
By logic, the 'Dim Moon Plan' had worked out 80% of the time, and the demon race had truly made a great contribution to the rise of the Federation. Jin Xinyue's personal grievances had been cleared, too. Even her fatal mistakes had been perfectly fixed. She should've been jumping in joy, or at the very least, wearing a cunning smile as if her scheme had worked out.
However, Jin Xinyue's eyes were red, and her eyes were unfocused. She looked so lonely and vulnerable that she might be blown away by a gentle breeze.
"Master …"
Jin Xinyue shrieked pitifully in a voice that sounded like a little chick. Tears were rolling in her eyes.
Li Yao was immediately at a loss.
What was going on? Jin Xinyue was not like this when they chatted in the communication channel earlier.
At that time, Jin Xinyue was partly cautious, partly complacent, and partly wagging her tail at him. With pride beaming out of her big, glittering eyes, she seemed to be saying to him, "Look, Master, I've done a good job in the hundred years that you were away, haven't I?"
Ding Ling Dong nudged Li Yao in secret from the back and hinted, "Why don't you hug her and comfort her?"
"Well …"
Li Yao opened his arms. "Don't cry. You're already a girl more than a hundred years old. Just tell me what's on your mind. Your master and masteress will back you up. Is there anything that you can't solve?"
Before he hugged her, Jin Xinyue sobbed and said, "My — my father is gone."
Li Yao was dumbfounded, completely dumbfounded.
He looked at Bai Kaixin and then at Jin Xinyue, thinking to himself, Are the two of you playing riddles on purpose?
Hadn't Jin Tuyi, Jin Xinyue's father, been sentenced to death as a 'war criminal' a hundred years ago and removed the greatest obstacle for the reconciliation between the demon race and human beings?
Although the sentence was not carried out, he had been frozen with a very crude hibernation technology. It was agreed that he would be executed again after a treatment for his brain was found and he was back to normal again.
But right now, Jin Xinyue said that Jin Tuyi was' gone '. What did she mean by that?
"That's how it is."
Seeing that Li Yao and Ding Ling Dong were both confused, Bai Xingjian explained in a hurry, "When we were investigating the case of Bai Xingjian's defection, we discovered that he sent two signals toward the Tian Yuan Realm before he performed a space jump. The second one was for me, but the first one was sent to a certain place in the capital city.
"After we traced the source, we discovered that it was an unregistered piece of secret communication magical equipment, which was related to another person. Another person … whom Jin Xinyue referred to as Jin Tuyi.
"Jin Xinyue has been investigating the matter. I'm afraid that she has found something. Let her explain the truth." Shua! Shua!
Shua! Shua! Shua!
Li Yao, Ding Ling Dong, and Bai Kaixin all looked at Jin Xinyue in confusion.
"Jin Tuyi woke up from the hibernation state a long time ago and regained his real thinking ability?"
Seeing Jin Xinyue's sorrow, Li Yao immediately understood part of the truth.
Looking at Li Yao carefully, she bit her lips and said, "He has woken up from hibernation, but I didn't know that he had fully recovered his thinking ability. I thought that his brain was still seriously damaged." Li Yao nodded his head first, but then he shook his head. Looking at Li Yao carefully, she bit her lips and said, "He has indeed woken up from hibernation, but I didn't know that he had regained his thinking ability.
Li Yao asked suspiciously, "Then, what exactly is going on?"
"In the eighty-sixth year when he was in the 'human hibernation state', human beings and demons had long been reconciled," Jin Xinyue said. "As the new worlds joined and the expedition army of the Imperium drew closer and closer, the grudge between the Tian Yuan Realm and the Blood Demon Sector in the past was gradually forgotten. How to deal with the 'war criminal' in the past was no longer the focus of attention.
"Few people even remembered that such an ancient hibernation cabin was stuffed in the corner of the 'hibernation warehouse' that was covered in dust.
"Naturally, I would never forget my father.
"As my position in the Federation rose day by day, the Dim Moon Fund grew more and more powerful. Director Guo of the Secret Sword Bureau was in touch with me in secret, too. Seeing that everybody had forgotten about him, of course, I wanted to get him out.
"Because he adopted the first-generation hibernation technology and traded his identity as a 'test subject' for the condition that he would not be executed immediately, a lot of problems occurred during the hibernation. Most of his body was frozen.
"With that and my secret operations, I finally got him out in secret and sent him to a trustworthy person for treatment and modification. His brain was separated from his body that was incomplete and could not maintain normal functions. After some processing, he was placed into an artificial body, which more or less restored his sanity and mobility.
"Although he could not be restored to the status of Jin Tuyi, the commander-in-chief of the Coalition Army of Demons in the past, and he was nothing more than a silly old man, I was already very satisfied. I did not think too much about it in the beginning. I only wanted to … spend more time with my father and talk to him."
Li Yao frowned. "Where exactly did you send him for the 'brain treatment and modification' surgery on such a confidential matter?"
"Deep Blue Super Brain Hospital in Hundred Flowers City," Jin Xinyue replied.
"What!"
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