Zerg: After being rescued by the Major General, I pledged myself to him.

Philo shook her head.

"I knew you were going to ask, so I specifically looked it up."

The Flame Society also emerged suddenly from its underground research institute.

"There were a few research institutes that claimed to have escaped the purge, saying they had preserved some research data. You know, that data is readily available on the black market now, and many new research institutes want to find out some information."

Philo also contacted such research institutes, hoping to find some information that would be beneficial to the research progress.

"Two years ago, any research institutes that claimed to be part of the Great Purge were wiped out. Rumors say that the Yanhuo Society did all of this. They took all the data from those research institutes, but otherwise, there was nothing else. Until this year, the Yanhuo Society started kidnapping male insects. Apart from the travel spaceship on Cangnan Star, all the male insects that have gone missing recently were kidnapped by the Yanhuo Society."

Philo picked up his teacup, took a sip, and continued, "Recently, they also purchased a large number of instruments and equipment on the black market. Some insects speculate that they probably discovered something in those materials, which is why they kidnapped male insects to conduct experiments to verify it."

Yan Mo looked grave. He couldn't understand why Yan Huo would target him.

Back on Epha Star, I was still an undifferentiated male insect. Was there anything special about me that caught the attention of the Flame Society?

If the Flame Society was only looking for male insects to conduct experiments, kidnapping other male insects would undoubtedly be easier than kidnapping one themselves. They wouldn't risk being targeted by the Fourth Army and the Federal Government by specifically kidnapping an undifferentiated male insect.

"Philo, how did you know that Yanhuo was going to attack me?"

Philo thought for a moment and said, "It should be after you returned to Epha Star from Star 1347. Before that, I went to the military headquarters to try to contact Lanze once. I heard that he took you to Star 1347 for a mission."

Philo gave Yan Mo a strange look, and then said, "Later, after you returned from Star 1347, a group of insects appeared on the black market inquiring about Lord Yan Mo's background."

He paused for a moment, then said meaningfully, "The strange thing is, no matter how much we inquire, we can't find out anything."

Philo smiled and said, "It seems that Lord Yanmo suddenly appeared on Star 1347. Everyone on the StarNet thinks there is a hidden underground research institute on Star 1347, and that Lord Yanmo is an experimental subject left behind by the underground research institute. But the black market has never heard of any underground research institute hiding its hideout on Star 1347."

"Philo".

Lanze's tone was slightly somber as he looked at Philo with a warning.

Philo waved her hands repeatedly, apologizing, "I'm sorry, I didn't mean any harm, I was just curious."

Lan Ze said coldly, "There's nothing to be curious about. The interstellar space is so vast, didn't you all not know about the Flame Society before?"

Philo gave an embarrassed laugh: "Okay, okay, it's my fault..."

Yan Mo smoothed things over, casually replying, "It's okay, I'm curious about that sometimes too."

It means that you have "amnesia" and don't know anything.

However, Philo reminded Yan Mo that he had so many flaws.

He recalled Bai Ye, who had been teleported away by the interstellar rift. At that time, Bai Ye had become suspicious of the interstellar rift based on his own behavior. Perhaps Yan Huo had some insects hiding in Blackwater Street and had noticed this.

Philo also tried to ease the tension.

Following Lan Ze's words, "This kind of statement also exists in the black market. However, later on, Lord Yan Mo differentiated into an S-class male insect. You should know that although there is no actual research to prove the influence of the environment on the differentiation of male insects, it is a tacit consensus."

"If Lord Yanmo had grown up on a garbage planet like Star 1347, where planetary energy was exhausted, it would be a miracle if he had differentiated into an S-class male insect."

However, when the Zerg encounter problems, they never think of miracles first.

"There's a rumor circulating in the underground research institutes that the Zerg haven't had an S-class male Zerg for hundreds of years, and the one who's appeared now, Lord Yan Mo, might have been genetically modified."

Philo shared his guess: "Perhaps this is why Yanhuo wants to kidnap Lord Yanmo. If they can find a way to modify the genes of male insects and create a batch of S-class male insects, no research institute could resist such a temptation."

Yan Mo frowned.

Lan Ze was equally agitated. With the protection of the Fourth Army and the Lan family, other underground research institutes might not dare to make a move.

But the Flame Society is different. They were able to kidnap male insects several times under the current circumstances, and they succeeded. Even the Male Insect Protection Association could not find any clues. The power behind the Flame Society must be extraordinary.

"Could we use the whereabouts of those instruments to search for traces of the Yanhuo Society?"

Philo dismissed Lanze's idea: "I've checked, but I can't find anything. They're hiding it too well; there's not a trace of them at all."

"Can't find it?"

Yan Mo and Lan Ze exchanged a glance.

Yan Mo suddenly had an idea.

"Such a large batch of instruments would take hundreds of years to transport to other star systems using only spaceships. If their base is in another star system, they must be using interstellar jump points. I'll go and check the travel records of the jump points in the Epha Star System."

As Lan Ze spoke, he had already turned on his personal terminal.

Yan Mo then offered another perspective, looking at Lan Ze and posing a question.

"Lanze, if you were the leader of the Flame Society, and you were asked to choose a base, where would you choose?"

Lan Ze frowned.

After a moment's thought, he said, "The Rhodes region."

Philo asked, puzzled, "The Second Army has jurisdiction over the star system? Why?"

Yan Mo had the same question, but before he could ask it, he shut his mouth when he heard Philo say it was the Second Military Star Region.

Thinking of the flowers and gifts that Had had been sending to the Lan family manor and the Dandelion Association every day recently, Yan Mo dared not speak.

She secretly complained to herself that this Hader was such a blockhead who couldn't understand anything, even though she had clearly rejected him several times.

He still stubbornly insisted on delivering it.

Sending them to the Dandelion Association was fine, anyway, Yan Mo didn't keep any of those things, and sent them all back to the Second Army Base exactly as they were.

However, those sent to the Lan family manor could not escape Lan Ze's notice.

Yan Mo felt wronged. He hadn't done anything wrong, and Lan Ze wasn't angry with him. He was cautious because of the increasingly heavy cold aura emanating from Lan Ze.

Yan Mo cursed Had again.

The corner of the wall has been pried up right under Lan Ze's nose; it seems he really wants to fight Lan Ze.

When Lanze brought up the Second Army's star field at this time, it couldn't be because he disliked Had and was deliberately taking his anger out on him.

Lanze clearly didn't do it for such a superficial reason.

He thought for a moment, his eyes revealing undisguised contempt: "Because the Second Army is too weak."

Yan Mo: ...

Philo had obviously heard about the current feud between Lanzer and Had.

Unable to resist adding fuel to the fire with a laugh, he asked, "How so?"