After Crossing Over, I Marked the Empress

Having matched wits with her behind-the-scenes nemesis many times, Gu Junwan could predict that he would use a decoy to break through her blockade.

For White Ant, who understood Li Jianye even more deeply, she had realized much earlier that her commander intended to sacrifice a pawn to protect the king.

She knew Li Jianye needed her sacrifice, and she had no regrets.

White Ant, Red Fox, and Black Rat were all disciples personally cultivated by Li Jianye.

In their hearts, Li Jianye was like a faith.

White Ant even felt that being able to die for him was a great honor.

With few people left around her, White Ant put away her gun at this moment.

She took out a hand grenade and a remote control device resembling a phone from her bag.

Just as she was about to end it all, the Federation army’s firepower suddenly ceased.

A cool voice sounded near White Ant and the others: “You’re the one impersonating Zhang Qi, aren’t you? Used as a substitute, then pushed out to attract fire. I have to admit, when it comes to manipulating people’s hearts, Li Jianye is more skilled.”

Before White Ant could react, the speaker added: “I forgot, Li Jianye’s awakened ability is mental control in the first place.”

Hearing this, White Ant’s heart inexplicably panicked.

But immediately after, she burst into laughter.

“Gu Junwan, I didn’t expect you to come personally!”

“Your whole family of noble rulers have all been played in the palm of the commander’s hand without realizing it. This time, you’ve lost again!”

“And, what do you know about the matters between us? You’re just a little girl who hasn’t even grown up yet!”

With the final sentence roared out, White Ant raised her gun and fired violently towards the source of the voice.

Only when she had emptied the entire magazine did she have to stop.

Gu Junwan appeared under the tight protection of her guard team members.

She wore a crisp white military uniform, walking through the smoke and blood on the ground, giving people a sense of both sanctity and killing intent.

Soldiers holding anti-explosion and bulletproof shields lined up in front of the Empress, while guard team members with loaded guns defended the flanks.

Shen Han followed closely by Gu Junwan’s side, not a step away.

As they walked, their elbows touched slightly.

The Alpha’s body heat subtly permeated through the thick military fabric onto her arm, making the Omega feel comfortable even in the blood-filled battlefield.

Gu Junwan didn’t take White Ant’s previous words to heart.

In psychological warfare, whoever lets their emotions be disturbed by the opponent first has already lost.

“Of course I know about the matters between you. Do you want to hear? I can say a few things at random.”

Gu Junwan stopped at a distance neither too close nor too far from the other. With the aid of amplification equipment, she wasn’t worried that her words wouldn’t reach the other’s ears clearly.

“When you first entered Li Jianye and his wife’s residence, you used the identity of an apprentice who loved bonsai art. In those years, you frequently went to the villa to curry favor. Besides delivering intelligence to Li Jianye, you also instinctively imitated Zhang Qi’s actions and habits. That’s why no one saw through your disguise when you later became a substitute.”

“Living in Li Jianye and his wife’s villa, on one hand, you were immersed in the secret joy of being a fake wife, but on the other hand, you were also in pain because Zhang Qi was also in the house. Li Jianye violated his operational principles and didn’t kill his wife. As for the reason, I think you know better than I do.”

“You dare not admit or accept that he used mental control on you, because you’re afraid that you-”

The third verbal bullet Gu Junwan fired was interrupted halfway by White Ant’s shout.

But it was a step too late.

All three “bullets” had hit her most vulnerable and sensitive nerves, tearing a huge gap in her supposedly impenetrable mental defenses.

She could calmly face death, but the premise was that this “great death” was of her own will.

If the faith she had held onto from the beginning was just a carefully woven dream by someone else, then all her devotion, all her sacrifices, would just be a joke!

Whether this was the truth or not, she didn’t want to hear Gu Junwan continue.

White Ant raised the phone-like device in her hand, waving it at Gu Junwan.

Then she pressed several function keys on it in sequence.

Suppressing the hatred and panic in her heart, she raised a victorious smile.

“What a pity, it seems you’ve discovered the basement where that vegetative person is.”

“But it doesn’t matter now. Although I couldn’t end her life with my own hands, I can send the Empress a wave of paint bombs before I die. I think it’s worth it.”

As she spoke, White Ant stared at Gu Junwan’s face without blinking.

But surprisingly, she found that the other’s expression didn’t change at all, not even a furrowed brow.

Just as she was wondering whether to directly tell the other about the remote detonation she had just triggered, Gu Junwan spoke at this moment.

“You mean those bombs you buried in the villa area of the rest home? They’ve long been removed.”

As she spoke, Gu Junwan turned her head slightly to give some instructions to the communication soldier.

Soon, two holographic projection screens appeared in the confrontation area between the two sides.

One was an aerial image of the current situation in the rest home.

The other screen showed a hospital room.

Zhang Qi sat in a wheelchair, her eyeballs slightly cloudy but staring very firmly at the device lens in front of her.

Then, a mocking curve gradually appeared at the corners of her mouth.

Zhang Qi was still in a minimally conscious state.

Actions that seemed very easy and normal to healthy people were extremely difficult for her to complete.

She even relied on external force to maintain her posture of sitting upright in front of the camera.

Zhang Qi knew who was watching her on the other side of the lens.

She wanted to counter-attack in her own way!

White Ant’s pupils suddenly contracted, and she kept repeating “impossible” and “how is this possible” in her mouth.

If Gu Junwan’s previous words had opened a crack in her psychological defenses, then Zhang Qi’s final smile towards her was the heavy punch that completely shattered her mental world.

Gu Junwan stared intently at her state and suddenly spoke: “The army has already caught Li Jianye at the border! This time, I’ve won!”

If it were at any other time, White Ant naturally wouldn’t be tricked into revealing anything by such a statement.

But now it was different.

Her body had been wounded in multiple places by shrapnel, and the loss of blood made her reactions no longer sharp.

The collapse of her mental defenses further caused her brain to fall into a state of stagnation.

White Ant’s eyes were full of bloodshot, and her palm holding the grenade trembled incessantly.

She retorted to Gu Junwan: “The commander can’t possibly lose! New Li-”

Her shout stopped abruptly halfway through.

White Ant knew she had misspoken.

She clasped her hands together, immediately about to pull the safety pin of the grenade.

But at this moment, the sniper who had long been in position fired, extinguishing her stubborn resistance.

The tranquilizer dart that followed pierced her skin and muscle, completely erasing all hope of her ending her own life.

After the gunshot, all external enemies fell.

Federation army soldiers rushed forward, disarming and controlling the situation.

The subsequent interrogation didn’t require Gu Junwan’s further supervision.

Moreover, she didn’t believe that any useful information could be extracted from the enemy leader’s mouth in a short time.

The Empress led those around her directly towards the command vehicle.

On the way, she suddenly grabbed Shen Han’s arm and asked, tilting her head up: “You heard it just now too, didn’t you? The enemy leader let slip the words ‘New Li’?”

The Omega’s strength wasn’t great to begin with, and through the military coat, the force transmitted to the Alpha’s side had become very weak.

But Shen Han clearly felt Gu Junwan’s tension.

She also knew why the other had such emotions.

Given Li Jianye’s cautious nature, he would definitely choose to cross the border when the port battle was at its fiercest.

Now that the battle here had subsided, yet there was no news from the team that had gone to the border area between the Federation and New Li.

Either Gu Yuwei’s team had arrived a step too late,

Or she had encountered some restraint or accident.

Whichever the case, it wasn’t good news.

The communication soldier who had received a signal from the Empress had already begun to contact Gu Yuwei’s side.

Xu Zhao immediately called the secretary of the New Li president.

Shen Han, looking at the hidden anxiety in her Omega’s golden pupils, wished she could extend her arms and hold her close to comfort her.

But with so many eyes watching now, she couldn’t make a move beyond her role as head of the guard team.

After quick consideration, she softened her voice and spoke clearly and firmly: “Yes, one of your earlier estimates was correct. Li Jianye wants to escape through New Li.”

“Don’t worry, even if he really escapes this time, it doesn’t matter. There’s still a long way to go.”

At this point, Shen Han lowered her voice, saying in a tone only the two of them could hear: “Li Jianye’s matter will soon come to an end, but the final battle that follows is just beginning.”

Without needing Shen Han to remind her too much, Gu Junwan adjusted her mood as quickly as possible.

Yes, in this battle heading north, she had to deal with more than just Li Jianye and his group!

At this moment, the personnel responsible for communications reported back.

They temporarily couldn’t contact the Northern Commander, but they had reached the secretary of the New Li president via satellite phone. However, the other side kept hedging, delaying and not allowing the president to speak directly with the Federation’s Empress.

This attitude once again indirectly confirmed Gu Junwan’s previous guess.

The New Li president was playing both sides again.

After returning to the command vehicle, Gu Junwan immediately began issuing a series of orders.

“Contact Ping Jiashi, immediately activate the Fuyang Grassland interception operation, keep Yu Xiao’s troops tied up abroad-”

“Contact Professor Wu Yan, hack into the Northern fighter jet system, change the drive mode-”

“Xu Zhao, contact the former empress’s residence, I need to speak with mother immediately-”

“Leave the port stabilization to the relevant local departments. All combat personnel will board the assault ships with me, heading at full speed to the border with New Li-”

Order after order was transmitted accurately, and a tense atmosphere enveloped every soldier’s heart.

After nearly two years of lying low, the Empress’s full-scale counterattack had finally arrived at this moment!

Just as Gu Junwan was rushing to the border with the assault fleet, Gu Yuwei was on the verge of a belief collapse.

She had searched all the way to the area where the Free Federation bordered New Li, only to find she had arrived just a step too late.

Li Jianye had already been picked up by the Yin side, retreating into New Li territory.

The two sides had engaged in small-scale fire, but in the end, constrained by international laws of war, they had to abandon this arrest operation.

Li Jianye didn’t leave immediately, but instead had a video call with Gu Yuwei through holographic projection.

In the projection, Li Jianye, dressed in Yin military uniform, smiled kindly at her.

“Let me introduce myself, my name is Takeda Tatsuya.”

“Tsk tsk, both children carefully educated by Gu Qianqiu, you’re really disappointing. I secretly cleared all obstacles for you, put you in that position, yet you couldn’t even hold it for two years.”

“You have no other skills, but your luck is very good. You probably still think it’s your ideas that were recognized by the military and political officials? In fact, they chose to support you because it was more convenient for them to abuse their power under your leadership.”

“An incompetent fool with delusions of grandeur, farewell!”