Late at night, several visitors were yawning in the sky garden on the top floor of the Meteor Building. Opal parked the car on the public platform of the Central Government Office, where Allen and another officer were waiting.
The officer shaved his head and held his cap in his hand. Allen said a few words to him from time to time, but the officer nodded slightly to show he knew.
"He?" Andore asked.
Allen nodded, Opal jumped out of the car, walked quickly towards the hall with his sword on his back, and asked, "What do I need to do? Hello, Lieutenant General Andore."
Andorei was unsmiling. Compared to Aaron, this man seemed more mature and ruthless. The shaggy beard reminded Opal of Azeroth.
That is a very long memory.
"What do I need to do?" Opal asked Alan.
Andore frowned, "You don't know anything?"
Opal instantly read Andore's first impression of him, and replied unceremoniously: "I didn't come back to quarrel with you, Lieutenant General Andorei, I know you don't look down on me very much, but you can't meet me. Foreign guests, I think so."
"You..." Andore's forehead burst with blue veins.
Arun was struggling to endure the smile, and Opal said again, "If you don't mind, how about coming up for a cup of tea? It's hard work going out."
Andore was stunned again. Opal knew that Corollin seldom called his subordinates to chat in his palace except on official business. Even the four generals regarded it as an honor.
After a short period of thought, Opal read a bit about the relationship between the Guards under Corolin and the four generals—the entire Guards once headed by Black Hawk was in conflict with the military system.
Opal stopped and made a gesture of invitation.
Andore groaned, and Aaron followed behind Opal and boarded the lift.
"When is the tactical meeting?" Opal asked.
Allen replied: "Everything is faster than expected, maybe all preparations can be completed tomorrow."
Andore said, "Has Your Majesty taught you tactics too? Prince Meteor."
"No." Opal smiled: "On the contrary, he told me not to point fingers, everything is up to the generals."
Andore's face softened a little. The three of them arrived at the Hanging Garden and entered all the way. Andore and Allen habitually stopped outside the gate.
"Please," Opal said. "This is my sincere invitation."
Aaron smiled and followed Opal with Andore into the palace.
Opal walked up to the main hall, and there were many people waiting by the fountain. When he saw him, he frowned. When he passed by the visitor, he radiated the power of faith in an instant, accurately capturing everyone's thoughts.
Allen said: "This is the heir of His Majesty Cororin, His Royal Highness Opal."
"Everyone, please feel free." Opal walked into the main hall, turned and sat down on the throne of Cororin, and everyone was moved in an instant.
Four middle-aged men, a young man, the representative of the mining company of the galaxy - the young man he knew, Kadir Hollens.
"Sit down," Opal said.
Andore said: "When His Majesty receives foreign guests, we never take a seat. I hope you will respect this throne."
Opal smiled and said, "It was me who made a blunder, a few..."
Opal pondered for a while, and a middle-aged man said: "I am the representative of Huge Mining Company, I heard recently..."
Opal read his thinking activities clearly, these people had no secrets to hide from the power of his beliefs, he knew they were all there to sell energy, and there was a war to come, maybe a big deal. Business.
Opal interrupted him and said, "We don't want fluorite mines, please come back."
The middle-aged man said: "But Punes..."
Opal said: "There will be a period later."
The middle-aged man smiled disapprovingly and turned to leave.
"Three, please quote." After the middle-aged man left, Opal said, "How many credits per ton of fluorite mine?"
Kadir's eyebrows moved, and the rest of the people were not surprised by Opal's neat and tidy way of doing things. They each took out the chip and installed it on the projector. direction can be seen.
Opal said: "Mr. Hinds from Black Rock Mining, is your boss still doing business with pirates?"
The man named Hinds smiled, held his wrist, and said, "That was a long time ago."
"You two, please come back." Opal sent the other two middle-aged men away, leaving Hinds and Kadir behind, leaning on the throne and thinking for a moment, Allen also took out a chip and was about to tell Opal them When he needed how much fluorite ore, Opal raised his hand to signal that he didn't need to say more.
Opal said: "Please ask Mr. Hinds to go and talk to the people in the logistics department."
Hinds nodded politely, turned to leave, and Opal said again: "Kadir, I would like to invite you to stay in the grip of the light, how about a cup of tea tomorrow?"
Kadir was a little flattered, he didn't know who Opal was at all, and the memory of the past had completely disappeared in his mind, saying: "I actually brought the company with me..."
Opal nodded and said: "I know, as the president of the consortium, I appreciate it very much. I have other cooperation plans that I want to talk to you about later. But before that, I need to meet a few other friends, if you don't mind , please wait a day."
Kadir nodded hurriedly, knowing that he was favored by Opal, and immediately became elated.
"Next visitor." Opal yawned, feeling a little sleepy, but he fought back and said to Andore, "Can I do this? Brother."
Andore was a little surprised. He was somewhat flattered by the title, but he still replied, "I don't know, I don't care about economic matters."
Opal said: "But you also know a lot, give me some pointers, I need your opinions."
Andore pondered for a moment, and Allen said, "I think it's okay."
"But His Majesty never does that," Andore said.
Opal said, "What does he do?"
"Okay, these guys are taking risks," Allen said.
In fact, what Allen and Andore were thinking, Opal could read their thoughts. He was a little tired of this way of communication, so he stopped reading their thoughts unilaterally and used language to communicate.
"These people are dishonest," Andore said. "The man named Kadir is also dishonest. Why did you leave him alone?"
"He's very young, and I think I can build a long-term partner," Opal said.
Allen said: "We have our own fixed fluorite mining stars. In fact, we don't need to buy too much from them. In terms of war expenses, the logistics department has already made a considerable budget."
Andore said: "It's always good to prepare more energy. After all, the transition of the aircraft carrier consumes too much, and no one can say how the battle situation will change."
Allen stopped talking, and the three of them were silent. After a while, a blue female Shui Lanxing entered the hall and said in a hoarse voice, "I bring some news that His Majesty Cororin will not like."
She raised her eyes and stared at Opal. Opal released the power of belief, read the thoughts of everyone present, and knew from the memories of Allen and Andore that this woman was a politician of Mercury Blue Star, and she promised Kolo Lin made the terms and successfully planned a coup to oust Banshee Rou.
To Shui Lanxing, she was a betrayal, but to the Meteorite Empire, she was a chess piece with extremely high utilization value.
But now, the blue demon girl was very angry. She came with information she thought was important, but she was left to hang out all night, and Cororin was not here.
Opal stepped off the throne and took her webbed hand, her expression softened a little, and her eyes softened.
Opal kissed the back of her hand lightly, and said, "I'm sorry to keep you waiting. According to the teacher's rules, the more important people are, the more important they should be put behind. What to drink? My queen."
She was very satisfied with this title, and felt Opal's respect, and asked, "Are you an apprentice of Cororin? When did you accept such a young apprentice, how old are you?"
Opal said: "Less than a year ago... He has no time to clone now, but he warned me that we are each other's most loyal allies, let me think about it... You are here to tell us that the Republic is about to go to Iraq. Szur went to war?"
Bina's eyes narrowed into slits, and her scaly eyelids reflected the lights in the hall. She said with a little surprise, "You are not only very smart, but also very smart."
"I won the prize." Opal smiled and said, "Let's have a cup of tea in the garden. In fact, I am not as young as you think... The teacher performed a genetic operation on me, which made me grow in reverse."
"Yeah." She nodded thoughtfully, and Opal knew that she had calmed down now, and the water blue star people are very good at talking, they are not too aggressive by nature, and they are accustomed to thinking that the inhabitants of the sea are the same as their land. People are two different kinds of people. They have basic courtesy to each other.
Opal, very small, took her by the hand through the garden at night, the robot served tea, and the two took their seats.
Andore and Allen were still standing behind Opal, and Bina said: "Let's be honest, I can't leave the homeworld for too long. A previous domestic reshuffle caused the situation to remain unstable. I think, maybe What can we do for His Majesty."
Opal read some information about the water blue star from Andore's mind - the Republic sent a peacekeeping force during the water blue star coup, but was expelled from the outer system of the galaxy by the armed forces of the Cororin.
This force has remained outside the water blue star to monitor its new movements, and is always ready to intervene in any disputes on the planet. Andorei made several demands to Cororin to annihilate it all at once, but Cororin didn't think the time was yet.
Opal said straight to the point: "The Republic has a team of small patrol warships outside the Mercury."
Bina asked, "Did His Majesty tell you?"
Opal nodded and said: "His plans are not hidden from me, and now I will send you a detachment of 20,000 drones and a command ship to assist you to completely destroy the Republic stationed in the water blue galaxy. Peripheral forces. At the same time contain their local army, so that they cannot draw the armed forces that deter other planets to join the main battlefield of Iszur."
Bina laughed, nodded slowly, and said, "I still need a batch of mechas."
"No." Opal said helplessly: "I don't have many mechas on hand. You know, the teacher is not here, I can't just send the mecha team out."
Bina frowned slightly, Opal said, "I'll think of a way. If the situation is really in crisis, maybe I can send a batch of female Luoxing to help you, but I can't guarantee, and I can't promise you easily, please first Make sure you are fully prepared.”
Bina thought about it, and was a little reluctant.
Opal stared into her eyes and repeatedly said in her mind: This is the only way, this is not a difficult thing to deal with.
Bina said, "Okay, but I..."
Opal grasped another idea of hers in an instant, and immediately said: "Once the teacher is free, he will contact you as soon as possible."
Bina closed her eyes and nodded.
Opal made a gesture of invitation, she turned to leave the palace, and Opal breathed a sigh of relief.
He felt a little tired. When he was with Cororin before, the power of their belief seemed to be shared, like backing an inexhaustible energy pool, but when he released the power of belief alone At the time, he was nervous, coupled with high-speed thinking without buffer time, analyzing the other party's intentions, and then making decisions. Multitasking caused him to be very tired.
"There are no outsiders now, please take a seat." Opal said.
Andorei sat down with Allen, the little robot served tea, and Andorei said, "I don't drink tea."
"I know, this is your wine." Opal put the empty glass away and came over to pour him a drink.
The appearance of his child holding a thirty-centimeter magnum made Allen smile.
"I'll do it." Allen took the bottle with a smile. Andore was very satisfied with the opal now, but he remained calm.
Opal looked up at Andore and said, "What do you want to say to me?"
Andorei took a sip of wine and replied, "Sometimes, your tone is very similar to His Majesty's."
Allen said, "Especially when you tell Bina that she can't guarantee that she will go home and eat her... very much like His Majesty's tone."
Andore and Allen both laughed.
Opal smiled and said: "It may be because I have been imitating his relationship unconsciously, but I have no plans to let our people help Shui Lanxing die. I wish you two long lives."
Opal raised his teacup and touched Alan and Andorei on his own initiative. He knew that he had gained Andorei's initial trust, and his decision-making basically followed Andorei's mind, referring to all his thoughts. with thoughts. Although he didn't know Andorei's weight in the Meteorite Empire's army, it was better to use Andorei's cognition to make decisions when facing a diplomatic situation for the first time without Cororin's guidance, rather than making a random decision by himself. .
"Treasure the lives of the soldiers." Andorei said solemnly, "Because these lives are your precious treasures."
Aaron has been busy for a long time, and obviously he finally managed to rest for a while. He leaned back in his chair, looked at the mountains opposite, and said, "There will be another war in a few days."
Andore asked, "Major General, is the ground mech team ready?"
Allen made a virtual circle with his finger on the table and said: "We have the most abundant energy, and the research institute of Lexina has provided a new power system, all modified for the Republic Galaxy U7 model. Through the last time Feedback at Fierce Star…”
Andorei let out a mocking groan in disapproval.
"The Battle of Fierce Star was a mistake." Andore said, "60,000 soldiers and an aircraft carrier were sacrificed..."
Allen smiled and said nothing.
Opal didn't read Andore's thinking anymore. He could almost already understand what kind of person he was. This kind of person was absolutely loyal to Cororin and would have no other thoughts. Even if he raised a dispute, the only purpose was To make this country stronger and better.
After a short silence, Allen thought that Opal would explain something, but he didn't, so he had to speak again: "Your Majesty said, he has his own plan."
"I will still say it until now." Andore said coldly: "That was the king's decision-making mistake. He was overwhelmed by the news of Black Hawk's death. What happened? There are traitors in the Guards, but the Aurora Falcon is not. What a good thing, he betrayed everyone..."
Opal said: "I think he may have realized it too."
When Opal spoke, it meant Cororin's tactful apology. Andore seemed to finally be able to breathe a sigh of relief, and raised his eyebrows at Allen, who smiled and shook his head, looking at Opal.
Opal said: "How do we win next? The teacher asked me to learn from you. I brought back a new type of weapon, which is specially designed to deal with the Republic's drones. Would you like to hear it?"
Andore put down the glass and said, "Say."
Opal told the Far Star radio adapter, and Andore immediately became excited and said, "Since this is the case, we have a chance to win."
He was in the same mood as a child, and when he encountered a war, he mobilized great enthusiasm, planned a route at the tea table, and said, "The vanguard sent by the Republic cannot be this army of intelligent fighter planes, we must lure the enemy into the depths. , smash him in their own territory, make them think they're driving straight in, and hit him hard at the last moment..."
Allen smiled and said, "Li Wei leads the army, this time the opponent is not easy."
Andorei expressed his disdain in a muddy voice and said, "Li Wei is not worthy of being your Majesty's opponent. You can see that he doesn't even look at Li Wei."
Opal laughed and said, "I have to install radios in many places first, have they been made?"
Allen said: "At present, 3,000 units have been processed, and it may take about 100,000 units to cover the whole star..."
Opal frowned and said, "How long will it take?"
Allen: "It will be much faster once you are familiar with the structure. It is expected to be as fast as ten days..."
"No need," Andore said. "It's enough to cover one area."
Opal said: "But..."
Andorei: "You won't make traps to lure them all in?"
"That's what I thought at first," Allen said, "but Li Wei wouldn't necessarily be the one to hit the jackpot."
Andore said: "So we need to formulate a detailed and deceptive plan to cover an area and focus on eliminating Li Wei's main force..."
When Andore talked about tactics, he was very excited. Opal couldn't even interject. Just listening to Allen kept reporting the names of places that could be deployed, Andore poured a puddle of wine on the tea table and drew a map. , the two of you come and go to practice. Opal has already come into contact with Cororin's previous deduction, and the tactics are almost the same. He said: "The space defense station can turn to the two poles at this time..."
Andore said: "Yes! This idea is not bad."
Opal added a few words from time to time, and when he was talking, a civilian came in outside the sky garden.
The three stopped talking, and Allen frowned, "What's the matter?"
The civilian replied: "Anomalous gravitational fluctuations were detected outside 97 AU, and there were traces of transition energy in the direction of the Milky Way. It is estimated that there are four aircraft carriers and no less than 10,000 escort battleships approaching Iszur."
Opal: "!!!"
Allen and Andore got up at the same time and ran out of the sky garden. Opal said, "It came so fast?!"
Andore: "It's just right! See how I can crippling the Republic! This time I will let Li Wei die in Iszur!"
Allen said: "First the combat meeting! We have at least a day of buffer time."