Limited Ambiguity

Chapter 74

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Qiyan also heard what Black Jack said.

After the communication was cut off, Qi Yan spoke up: "The 'messenger favored by the light of God's wisdom' mentioned by the rebels should be a high-ranking scientific researcher within their ranks. It is not surprising that he can see that 'Mirage' and 'White Falcon' belong to the same theoretical logic. But like 'White Falcon', Mirage will not be easily deciphered in a short period of time."

After hearing what Qi Yan said, Lu Fenghan's heart felt like it was being pulled hard.

Qi Yan was still analyzing: "Although the rebels are aware of the existence of the 'Mirage', they have no countermeasures, so Black Jack communicated with you and said some ambiguous words, trying to see if he can use your emotions or concerns to gain some benefits."

Lu Fenghan shouted: "Pray."

The voice is hoarse, as if containing some emotion.

Qi Yan stopped talking and found that Lu Fenghan's eyes were deep and complicated, and he was a little clumsy and couldn't make it out clearly.

"Qi Yan, you don't have to worry too much. With 'Mirage', it will be easier to win, but if 'Mirage' is cracked, it will only take a little more time to change tactics on the spot."

Lu Fenghan paused, wondering if he should organize his words, but in the end he followed his heart and asked directly, "Are you scared?"

Qi Yan was stunned, then reacted: "You mean Black Jack said he wanted to kill me?"

Lu Fenghan's voice became even lighter: "Well, Black Jack said he wanted to kill you, are you scared?"

Qi Yan thought about this question seriously, and then gave an answer: "I'm not afraid, I'm used to it."

I'm used to facing the murderous intentions of strangers and being in an environment where "many people want to kill me."

I'm used to my name appearing on the blacklist or becoming the subject of some kind of high bounty.

The word "habit" made Lu Fenghan feel really distressed.

Not fear, nor indifference, but—

I'm used to it.

On the Chanyuan, Mei Jielin's throat was almost splitting. He took a big sip of water to moisten his throat. Suddenly, he saw the real-time battle situation displayed. He couldn't help but take a breath and asked Du Shang in the channel: "What's wrong with the command? The fighting style is suddenly so brutal! It's like a lion that has been hungry for half a month and hasn't smelled meat!"

"You ask me how I know!" The Jiangling, where Du Shang was, was hit by a cannon. The ship was shaking and the alarm was blaring. He cursed, "It's over. I'm going to be despised by those people in the technical department when I go back!"

Mei Jie Lin was paying attention to her own battle zone while keeping an eye on the movements of the Star Shield where Lu Fenghan was. She exclaimed in amazement: "The Star Shield is a heavy ship, equipped with three high-energy particle cannons and abundant ammunition reserves. The commander is determined to penetrate Black Jack!"

After critically defeating the enemy's main ship, the One-Eyed Man died quickly, and the Eighth Legion was left without a commander, and immediately fell into chaos.

Before the scattered sand could reunite, the expeditionary force reaped like a sharp knife, seizing the opportunity to sweep through ruthlessly. Up to now, it was easy for Metierin to clean up the remaining fleet and he even had the mind to chat with Dushan.

"Although the commander is a graduate of the First Military Academy, his fighting style is really not standard. When I first followed him, I always felt that he was a pirate who changed his career and got a new job! Look at him now, he is fighting too fiercely. Those starships dare not approach his range! Once they get close, they will only end up being smashed!"

Duchamp also noticed: "Is he angry? The conductor usually looks like he has no manners when standing and seems to have a good temper, but that's just appearance."

"Yes, he's a habitual liar," Mei Jie Lin flipped her hair, "I guess Black Jack did something terrible, but it's good this way, let's finish the fight early and eat early!"

Dushan agrees: "It must be hard for Black Jack!"

Mei Jie Lin raised the corner of her mouth: "When he is not feeling well, I feel comfortable both physically and mentally!"

There was no smile in her eyes, and what she didn't say was -

The more miserable the rebels on the front lines are, the better it may make Leto's people feel.

Black Jack on the rebel flagship was indeed not feeling well.

After the death of the One-Eyed Dragon, his men immediately became like paramecium lost in the desert, without any brains. He planned to recruit combat forces, but he didn't expect that before he could do so, many of them were swept away by the Chanyuan and Jiangling's guided missile laser cannons.

Now, Lu Fenghan on the opposite side played fiercely, and the interference from the "little toy" made him angry.

"The analysis cannot be completed for now. I need more time!"

The person who spoke was a young man in a white robe. He was very tall, with medium-length hair. Judging from his appearance, he should not be on a cold and hard starship. Instead, he should be holding a thin wooden stick and preaching in some religious building.

This group of messengers all like to lean towards this style, and Black Jack's eyes are tired of watching them, but he doesn't know what to say.

Unlike him who changed his career halfway and joined the rebels, the man in front of him was brought up in a centralized environment since childhood under full military management because of his excellent IQ. He was instilled with the idea that "all wisdom comes from God". He believed from the bottom of his heart that pure white clothes could show his piety to God.

"You don't have that much time to analyze it now." Black Jack held the skull cane, "You don't need to analyze it clearly. You just need to think about whether there is any way to avoid the interference of the 'little toy' on the opposite side."

The messenger shook his head and repeatedly emphasized: "The person I am facing now is 'y', and the things he makes rarely have defects. Although I can see that this little toy has the same theoretical logic as 'White Falcon' and is in the style of 'y', I know that this is useless! Just like I know that four plus four equals eight, it does not mean that I can know that eight divided by two equals four."

Black Jack was too lazy to listen to his nonsense and knocked the ground with his cane: "You just need to answer me, do you have a solution?"

The messenger shook his head again: "No, that's y."

Black Jack raised his hand, and then two people came forward and forcibly pulled the messenger out.

The messenger paid no attention to the bad attitude. Instead, he stared with his eyes wide open, muttering words like "frequency" and "interference wave", and shouted to Black Jack: "That's something made by Y. You can't deal with it! You're doomed!"

Sitting in a high-back chair, Black Jack habitually stroked the handle of his skull cane. He was thinking. The current situation was that because he was blinded, he could not be sure of the specific strength and deployment of the expeditionary force. He was not sure which loopholes were real and which were traps. He was not even sure whether there were other main ships hidden in the dark besides the currently known main ships, just waiting for the opportunity to give him a fatal blow.

He had to admit that Lu Fenghan's new toy was very useful.

"Pass the order, gather all the fleets, medium-sized ships in the front, frigates on both wings, locate the best jump channel, send a fleet to take that route, and then locate a farther jump point, and two scout ships to explore the way. The rest follow me, find a remote place, use missiles to clear the way, and we'll go."

Black Jack never had such things as "face" and "dignity".

What if I flee without a fight? As long as I survive, that's all.

When he was a child, he had searched for food on the garbage planet and killed people for a few star coins.

As long as there is a life.

He would never be like the one-eyed man, who didn't even know how he ended up dying and died in a daze.

In the Star Shield command room, Metierin almost choked up the last line of her voice: "They're trying to run! Command, should we chase them?"

"Chase." Lu Fenghan looked at the changing enemy formation on the star map, "Pojun, locate all nearby coordinate points, calculate the probability of selection according to the direction of the rebels' movement, and predict the route."

In less than ten seconds, eleven jump points were marked on the star map, three of which were marked in red, and several predicted routes were also marked with lines of different colors.

The light reflected on Lu Fenghan's face, making him look cold and stern.

"Do you think they are most likely heading to jump points y896 or y897?"

Po Jun: "Yes, General. According to the current trajectory, the probability is 79%, which is the optimal solution. The probability that jump points y891 and y893 will be selected by the rebels is also very high, 71%."

The communication channel was unusually quiet. Mei Jie Lin and the others chased and fought, waiting for Lu Fenghan to make a decision.

After a few seconds of silence, Lu Fenghan ordered: "Black Jack will choose jump point y885. Pojun, open the 'Mirage' and pretend that we are heading to directions 896 and 891. Long Xiyun, you lead the team to jump point y885 at full speed and do not allow anyone to enter the jump channel."

Everyone heard Pojun's judgment, but no one questioned Lu Fenghan's order and they quickly began to execute it.

Po Jun was puzzled: "General, why do you think the rebels would choose jump point y885? This jump point is far away and cannot be reached in a straight line."

"Intuition." Lu Fenghan thought that this artificial intelligence was created by Qi Yan. "You are an artificial intelligence, you don't need to understand human things." It was barely a consolation.

If Lu Fenghan really had to explain everything in detail, he could only give the same answer.

"Intuition" has no data to support it, but he believes in it.

Po Jun: "Is this why I always lose to you in simulation strategy games? Humans are so complicated."

A few minutes later, the fleet led by Black Jack's main ship was intercepted in front of the jump channel.

The Fei Lian had the strongest maneuverability and took the lead, blocking Black Jack's way. Lu Fenghan and others who arrived shortly afterwards immediately joined the battle circle, and countless starships were reduced to ashes in the artillery fire.

The Pingning exchanged fire with a small fleet in front of another jump channel.

Probably knowing that he couldn't escape easily, Black Jack, contrary to his previous avoidance, began a frantic counterattack, with the fangs of a wild beast, ready to fight to the death.

The heavy ship Star Shield, where Lu Fenghan was, turned into a gun platform in an instant, and the fire blade slashed down, creating a gap in the densely packed fleet.

After staring at the image transmitted back for a while, Lu Fenghan ordered: "Pojun, give me the high-energy particle cannon launch button and sight."

"Yes, General."

As soon as he finished speaking, a black square hole appeared on the table in front of Lu Fenghan, and a silver metal joystick rose up.

He asked Qi Yan to come over.

Qi Yan was analyzing the data sent back by "Mirage". He stopped what he was doing and came to Lu Fenghan.

Lu Fenghan held Qi Yan's hand and placed it on the joystick.

Thinking of what happened on the Fontaine One, Qi Yan turned around and asked Lu Fenghan: "Set off fireworks?"

Lu Fenghan obviously thought of it as well. His sharp eyes softened for two seconds: “Yeah, almost.”

Manually aiming at the target point is a test of patience, but Lu Fenghan has no shortage of patience. He placed his palm on the back of Qi Yan's hand and slowly moved the joystick with him, inch by inch, to set the hit point at the location of the rebel main ship's weapons depot.

His breath was just behind Qiyan's ear.

As the breathing sound stopped, Lu Fenghan and Qi Yan overlapped their thumbs and pressed the launch button together.

I saw an arc of light like a white rainbow, falling precisely at the predetermined position. After a silent explosion, thick smoke billowed.

Lu Fenghan chuckled: "Hit it."

He guided his hand as if teaching Qi Yan how to shoot, and aimed it at the opponent's energy system.

The high-energy particle cannon tore through the vacuum, and flames suddenly lit up!

Qi Yan asked: "Where else do you want to bomb?"

"No, from now on, Black Jack can experience the moment of struggle before death."

Lu Fenghan never concealed his sinister intentions, not to mention that the man on the main ship was clamoring to kill Qi Yan with his own hands.

In the time it took for two high-energy particle cannons to hit the rebel fleet, it was already shattered.

Lu Fenghan said that no one could enter the warp channel, so Weiyin really guarded the warp point and didn't let any starship escape. The two killers, Mei Jielin and Du Shang, were even more furious, like the nightmare of the rebels.

Until the wind stopped and the thunder ceased, in the silent space, countless metal wreckages floated among the numerous starships, showing how fierce the battle was here.

Lu Fenghan maneuvered the Star Shield and sailed to the front of the destroyed enemy main ship.

The door to the docking channel opens.

Lu Fenghan was wearing a military jacket, his body was wrapped in heavy smoke, and his thick-soled military boots made muffled sounds as they stepped on the ground.

Before the soles of his boots touched the ground, Lu Fenghan said, "Pojun, control the entire ship."

As his footsteps fell, Po Jun replied: "General, it's under control."

Lu Fenghan stood still inside the enemy ship.

There was a sound of something dragging on the ground. Lu Fenghan turned his head and saw Black Jack being dragged over by several expeditionary forces.

Both legs were obviously broken, but I didn't know whether it was due to the impact caused by the explosion or being beaten.

When he saw Lu Fenghan, Black Jack smiled, but the expression on his face looked particularly strange.

In the past, Lu Fenghan was constrained from all sides. The internal forces of the expeditionary force needed to be balanced, and the military far away in Leto needed to be dealt with. He had many concerns and was not as fierce as he is now.

No, it should be said that after two defeats and having endured for half a year after its establishment, the expeditionary force was reborn in blood and turned into a bloodthirsty steel knife that was unsheathed. Lu Fenghan, who was in charge, controlled it as if it were his own arm.

The destruction of the 11th Legion and Donner, they thought, was nothing more than the death of the weak.

Now, he truly realized that no one can escape when the sword flashes.

Without further ado, Lu Fenghan pulled out a particle gun and pointed it directly at Black Jack.

His eyes were frozen.

Black Jack pulled open his mouth, his eyes widened, and he spat out a mouthful of blood, and said hoarsely: "You are still angry, aren't you! Let me guess, you know Y, not only do you know him, but you have a close relationship with him?"

He seemed to be able to see through people's hearts and said proudly, "Otherwise, you, Lu Fenghan... would not have boarded the ship in person just to kill me with your own hands!"

"You really don't have the qualifications."

Lu Fenghan was like a ferocious beast in the jungle whose territory was touched, and every word he spoke was filled with sharp intent.

"Say hello to him? You're not worthy enough."

Black Jack's expression became more and more weird, but before he could say more, Lu Fenghan pulled the trigger.

A headshot.

Blood splattered all over the ground, and a few drops fell on the surface of Lu Fenghan's black military boots, making the marks slightly deeper.

Without looking further, Lu Fenghan put away his gun, turned around, and returned along the way he came. The silver stars on his military uniform jacket shone with a cold light.

A few breaths later, behind him, the entire starship suddenly exploded.

Silently.

Only the gushing flames illuminated the darkness.