"… "
Phaeth didn't know how Xu Cenfeng had the nerve to ask this question. He just suddenly realized that Xu Cenfeng's disguise skills were first-rate. He looked like a soft bun that anyone could step on, but when he cut it open, he found that it was filled with sinister sesame filling.
Phaeth gritted his teeth silently, secretly hating himself for having made a mistake: "Why didn't you say so earlier?"
Xu Cenfeng hesitated for a moment and said, "Are you sure you wouldn't put me in jail if you knew the truth?"
Phaeth raised his eyebrows coldly: "I can also lock you up again now."
They had just flown a short distance from Blackrock Prison and there was still time for them to turn back.
Xu Cenfeng smiled and said, "Are you willing to do that?"
Upon hearing this, Phaeth choked up, thinking that there was nothing to be reluctant about, but facing Xu Cenfeng's curious gaze, he couldn't utter that word. Finally, he turned his head and looked away, frowning and said, "I can't bear to part with it!"
He was righteous and confident, yet a little angry and embarrassed.
Phaeth was silent for a moment: "... Of course not. At most it can delay the time before we are discovered."
Xu Cenfeng noticed that a warning red circle appeared on the mountain map on the screen, indicating that they had entered the surveillance range of the garrison base. He asked in confusion: "Can we avoid detection just by catching these birds?"
Phaeth: “???”
But this technology is not mature and has a fatal flaw. Although Star Network has reported it in his previous life, he still needs to verify it.
Facts have proved that the troops trained by Phaeth are quite sharp. As soon as he finished speaking, there was a sudden violent explosion outside, followed by a noisy electric sound from the intercom: "Sizzle... Report to the leader! The garrison base has discovered our traces. Currently, thirteen TP-300 starships are chasing us from behind. The other side ordered an attack without any negotiation. Please give instructions, over!"
"grass!"
After he finished speaking, he cursed and tore off his safety belt. He was ready to spread his wings and fly away with Xu Cenfeng to escape, so as to avoid a starship collision and they would all die.
Phaeth picked up the intercom and gave an order: "Quickly evacuate the base monitoring area. The TP-300 starship will have to return for supplies in an hour at most. Try to consume them. Don't fight to the death. Save your strength. Over!"
In fact, even if Xu Cenfeng had exposed his identity as a space pirate, Phaeth would not have been willing to put him in jail.
Phaeth explained lazily, "This detection bird is a first-generation product. It usually relies on ultrasound to drive away predators. It's actually just a bunch of rigid machines without any avoidance programs."
Before Phaeth could react after hearing what he said, he saw Xu Cenfeng suddenly control the starship to dive downward, then turn around and fly towards the Black Rock Mountain below, followed closely by three tracking missiles.
Hawke's curse sounded from the intercom: "Damn it! Chief, they are using a new type of tracking bullet. Unless they hit and lock onto the target, there is no way to get rid of them!"
The attack was launched without any air negotiations. It must be Yenia's spies.
The garrison base is the last line of defense for the entire north. If any little guy can slip away from under their noses, the north will basically be half finished, so...
Not far from the team, there was a group of simulated detection birds. They flapped their black wings and looked no different from ordinary birds, but their eyes were flashing red and they released interference sound waves from their throats that were inaudible to human ears to ensure that they would not be accidentally eaten by large birds.
The first time Phaeth saw Xu Cenfeng, he felt that this male insect was quite pleasing to the eye. Although it was not love at first sight, it was not far from being love. If he was to be imprisoned, he would be imprisoned in his own home. Why would he be imprisoned in a shabby place like a prison
Phaeth curled his lips slightly: "We will be discovered in three minutes at most."
Xu Cenfeng: "...Give me half an hour to play."
Xu Cenfeng only said three words: "Sit tight."
However, Xu Cenfeng's control skills were much stronger than Phaeth had imagined. When he was only one fuselage's distance away from the enemy starship, he suddenly dived down at a high speed. The three shells behind him instantly lost track of the target, but because the distance was too narrow, they could not avoid it and directly hit the TP-300 starship.
Xu Cenfeng sensed the tension in the air and glanced out of the porthole. Sure enough, he found that the garrison base was not far away. The high tower searchlights on it provided 360-degree surveillance of the surroundings. The sky was filled with simulated bird detectors, which transmitted the collected information back to the main station once every half an hour on average. Any movement within hundreds of kilometers nearby was under close monitoring.
Phaeth: "Sit in the back!"
In order to facilitate combat, there are joysticks on both sides of the starship. Seeing Xu Cenfeng flipping through the driving manual while operating the screen unfamiliarly, Phaeth suddenly had a bad feeling in his heart: "What do you want to do?"
Xu Cenfeng used to be a space pirate. When he found that the control method of the military starship was similar to the one he used to drive, he threw away the instruction manual in his hand. He controlled the starship to fly near the mountain, circling again and again, until one of the TP-300 starships flew towards them. Xu Cenfeng took action, but it was not to escape as he imagined, but to control the starship to rush directly towards the enemy and increase the speed to the fastest.
Upon hearing this, Faus subconsciously looked at him, only to see Xu Cenfeng had already sat in the passenger seat without him noticing, and had fastened all the seat belts tightly. He said in an orderly manner: "However, this type of tracking shell still has a big flaw that has not been improved. He is too impatient."
His orders were clearly heard by every soldier. All of a sudden, all the starships accelerated and changed their routes to fly in different directions. However, those light energy shells seemed to have eyes and kept following them, and they could not be shaken off.
Phaeth stared at him: "Do you think I look like a 'normal' person?"
A gloomy look flashed across Phaeth's eyes. "Aren't tracking bullets still in the experimental stage? How come they are equipped to the garrison for no apparent reason?!"
Xu Cenfeng: "Hmm?"
Phaeth gently stroked Xu Cenfeng's chin with his fingertips and spoke in a low voice: "Actually..."
Tracking shells are a new type of weapon that has been developed for a long time in the North. Once successful, it will bring endless benefits on the battlefield. In the previous life, it dominated the headlines on the Star Network for half a month, and even Xu Cenfeng had read a lot of reports about it.
Xu Cenfeng replied coldly: "It was Yenia. He wanted to arm his own private soldiers a long time ago, and those weapons were equipped by him privately."
Xu Cenfeng: "I didn't play."
Xu Cenfeng knew he would say that, so he gently held Phaeth's hand and kissed it softly. Phaeth felt the wetness and itch on the back of his hand, and subconsciously looked at Xu Cenfeng, only to see him say seriously, "I have turned over a new leaf."
Xu Cenfeng thought so too. Phaeth was obviously more brutal than the star pirates, so he corrected his words and said with a smile: "Reform and return to evil."
Seeing this, Phaeth's pupils shrank: "You are crazy! Get out of the way!"
Seeing this, Phaeth controlled the starship to cast an electric net, directly capturing all the detection birds. Xu Cenfeng only heard a dull noise coming from the rear cabin, followed by the sound of some mechanical device starting to work, and all the detection birds were smashed and destroyed.
Phaeth had not sat firmly just now, and he felt dizzy when he fell during the dive. He quickly pulled the safety rope to steady himself, and uttered with difficulty: "Damn it! Xu Cenfeng, who told you to play with the joystick!"
Outside the porthole was the endless night. As the distance went by, the Black Stone Prison became farther and farther away, turning into a tiny black dot. Only the rolling mountains were dormant in the cold snow like giant beasts, with their empty mouths wide open, ready to devour the sky.
The aircraft was about to fly out of the range of Black Rock Prison. The entire team was very careful and the pilot turned off all the lights to avoid being discovered by the nearby garrison base.
But this kind of talk was too sentimental and not Phaeth's style, so he said nothing in the end and withdrew his hand as if nothing had happened: "Nothing."
"boom!"
"boom!"
"boom!"
Three loud explosions were heard, and the starship suddenly burst into a dazzling flame in the night sky, followed by a puff of black smoke coming out of the tail, and it crashed from the sky like a kite with a broken string.
At the same time, Xu Cenfeng had already controlled the starship to fly to a safe distance in the distance. Seeing that Phaeth was looking at him with a look of doubt, he took the initiative to explain: "The tracking bullet technology is not yet mature. If you are too close to the host, the signal will be interfered with and you will not be able to determine the tracking target. It is very simple to avoid those shells. Just fly back." Phaeth held it in for a long time before uttering a word: "How did you know?!"
Damn it, he didn't even know! Xu Cenfeng had no choice but to reveal his past dark history: "I knew it when I was a space pirate. The West is also developing this kind of tracking bullet... to attack us."
Phaeth: “…”
Faus always felt that Xu Cenfeng, this evil worm, must have a lot of things to hide from him, but now was not the right time to dig deeper. He swallowed the words that were on the tip of his tongue and could only pick up the intercom and order Hawke and the others to do as they were told and get rid of the group of pursuers in the shortest possible time.
As a result, the situation in the air suddenly took a turn. Hawke and his men turned around and flew towards the enemy, and they all increased their speed to the fastest, not giving the enemy any chance to escape. For a while, continuous explosions rang out in the air, and most of the enemy's thirteen starships crashed. Seeing that the situation was not good, the few surviving ships immediately turned around and flew back to the base.
Phaeth gave another order through the intercom, his voice low and majestic: "Everyone stop chasing, speed up and leave the Black Rock Mountains, and drive towards the Laguna Deep Sea."
As long as it reaches the airspace over the Laguna Deep Sea, it is the navy's territory and the garrison base has no right to interfere.
After Faus finished speaking, he put down the intercom. He turned around and saw Xu Cenfeng still sitting in the passenger seat. He said unhappily, "Sit in the back!"
Xu Cenfeng didn't move: "But I want to sit with you."
Phaeth: “…”
Phaeth grabbed Xu Cenfeng by the collar and dragged the disobedient male insect to the back to sit down. He gritted his teeth and said silently, "Just sit here and don't go anywhere!"
Xu Cenfeng knew that he had just scared Phaeth, so he did not refute what he said, and could only say: "Okay, I'm not going anywhere."
After hearing this, Faus let go of Xu Cenfeng, but did not return to the cockpit. Instead, he squeezed in with him in the back. He picked up the light computer next to him and skillfully logged into the military network account to contact Admiral Weather. Because they were worried that the call would be monitored, they could only use encrypted files to transmit information to each other.
[We have left the Black Rock Mountains and are expected to arrive over the Laguna Sea in three hours. We are ready for action at any time.]
Phaeth typed out a line of words and clicked send.
[Ding ding!]
Admiral Weather was sitting in the military office, having not slept all night. When he heard the sound of the computer, he immediately clicked on the file to decipher it. After seeing the content clearly, he deleted the record directly, got up and left the office.
The adjutant had been standing outside the door waiting. When he saw Admiral Weather come out, he hurriedly went up to him and asked, "Admiral?"
Admiral Weather walked quickly downstairs while giving a solemn order: "Go, pass the order to the Sea and Air Monitoring Department. A fleet is expected to arrive over the Laguna Sea in three hours. Tell them not to stop them and let them pass."
Since taking power, Yenia has been trying to replace all the guards of Horsburg with his subordinates, but Admiral Weathers has been gritting his teeth and refused to give in, so he only allowed the other party to replace half of them. Fortunately, Phaeth came back today. If it was a few days later, Yenia would definitely notice something was wrong.
Admiral Weather walked to the detention area on the second floor, and saw the corridor full of soldiers armed with live ammunition. One of the generals saluted and said, "Report to the Admiral, all of Yenia's relatives have been arrested by us."
Upon hearing this, Admiral Weather looked towards the detention room, and saw a group of ragged soldiers inside, with their hands and feet locked in electronic shackles. It was obvious that they were arrested in their sleep. Unfortunately, their mouths were blocked and they could not speak, but their eyes were all filled with panic.
Admiral Weather said, "Tell the rest of the rebels that their leaders have all been captured by us. If they surrender now, it's still not too late. If they don't want to surrender, just shoot them."
The detention center holds only the core members. Once the leader is gone, the remaining soldiers will be a mess and there is nothing to be feared.
The general hesitated and asked, "Admiral, when will the city gate take action? There was news just now that an unknown attack occurred at the garrison base. It will probably reach Yenia's ears soon."
Admiral Weather looked down at the time and said, "Act immediately. Leave one team behind to guard the rebels, and the rest of you, follow me to the city gate!"
Yenia was no fool. After hearing the news, he would definitely rush to the city gate and guard all entrances and exits. Fortunately, Admiral Weather was careful and did not replace any important positions. All he kept were his own confidants.
Horsburg was destined to be sleepless tonight. The nobles were sleeping peacefully in their luxurious beds when they were suddenly awakened by a burst of dense gunfire. They hurriedly got up in their clothes and sent their servants out to inquire about the news while cursing in a low voice:
"This bunch of damned soldiers! They've been quiet for so long and are making trouble again. I'm going to file a complaint with the military headquarters tomorrow!"
"Who on earth was that blind guy disturbing my sleep? I'm going to tear his ears off!"
"We already fought once when Yenia seized power. Don't tell me that another deputy leader has come to seize power and usurp the throne!"
To some extent, this statement is not wrong.
When the servants of the nobles went out to get information, they were all shocked by what happened on the street. They ran back to report the news, their tongues tangled with fear:
“No, no, no… It’s bad! There’s a fight outside! Admiral Weather and Chief Yenia are having a gunfight! All the entrances and exits to Horsburg have been blocked!!”
"There's a new fleet of warships outside Horsburg!! Chief Phaeth is not dead!! He and Deputy Chief Hawke are back with their team!!"
The same news, falling into different insect ears, meant completely different things. The nobles who secretly hooked up with Yenia almost fainted when they heard it. They couldn't believe their ears. They grabbed the collars of their servants and asked in shock: "Phaes is back?! How could he be back?! Wasn't he dead?!!!"
The generals who were suspended by Yenia and were idle at home were ecstatic when they heard this: "What?! The great leader is finally back?! Quick! Prepare the aircraft, I want to rush to the military headquarters!"
There was chaos outside the city, there was chaos inside the city, the military was in chaos, and the nobles were in chaos. It was a mess.
When Phaeth and Xu Cenfeng led the team to the sky above Horsburg, they saw a river of blood below and dense gunfire. The female soldiers entered a semi-insect state to fight, and the white snow was directly dyed blood red.
"You stay up there and don't run around."
Phaeth smelled the long-lost smell of blood, and a dark light flashed across his dark green eyes. He opened the cabin door directly, quickly took off his military jacket and threw it on the ground. The biting cold wind from outside blew in with the wind and snow, blowing his red hair into a mess.
Xu Cenfeng squinted his eyes due to the wind and snow, and subconsciously asked, "Do you want to go down?"
Hearing this, Phaeth raised his eyebrows and looked at him: "Why, you want to go too?"
Does Xu Cenfeng dare to kill
Xu Cenfeng smiled and shook his head: "I want to go, but I can't fly."
He must be hinting at something.
Phaeth had his back to the cabin door, the corners of his clothes rustling in the wind. Hearing this, he hooked his fingertips at Xu Cenfeng, motioning him to come over, and said in a low voice: "Come here and hold me tight."
Xu Cenfeng hugged Phaeth tightly as he was told, his movements very skillful.
Phaeth lowered his head and sniffed the faint pheromone scent on Xu Cenfeng, and said to himself: "We will go together this time, and we won't leave you behind."
As the last word fell, a pair of pure black wings suddenly spread out behind Phaeth, which were as sharp and fierce as those of an eagle. He jumped down from the starship holding Xu Cenfeng, passing through a field of bitter snow. The cold wind blew past his ears like a knife, cold and painful.
But because I hold each other in my arms, that warmth can dispel all the pain.
Xu Cenfeng was in a trance for a moment.
He recalled the first time he met Phaeth in his life. He was accidentally pushed off a cliff by a space pirate. The other party swooped down from the sky in the same way, with cold and unruly green eyes, as if he wanted to trample the whole world under his feet.
The Zerg in the north are never bound by constraints, their ambitions and selfish desires are open and aboveboard, and they can be bad in a way that pleases him.
Xu Cenfeng really liked that encounter.
I like it more than in my previous life.
(End of this chapter)