After handing the solar furnace, gn-x and drone information to Lux, Xiao Ran finally solved another problem. Giving something to Lux is completely different from giving it to Luo. Giving it to Luo is to increase your favorability and bring Luo back to Prometheus, but giving it to Lux is to do more things in the future. Foreshadowing, even if there is no chance to return to this world later, at least it can give Lux, Kira, and Orb the power to protect themselves.
It can be regarded as repaying the favor Kira owed for protecting him and Orb supporting him.
The place where warships such as the Archangel are currently hiding is in a gravel belt in the universe. After several warships counted out the supplies that were in short supply, the complex environment of the gravel belt also made it impossible to effectively convey the information, so Whether it was to pass on the information, or to find a safe path for the Waste Merchant Guild's transport ship to come over, Xiao Ran had to attack with the Lightning Holy Shield and protect Luo's ship from the recycling house.
Waste recyclers have their own communication methods and channels. In some cases, they even require special passwords. This communication method is the same as the military's communication. Naturally, it is impossible for people outside the waste dealers' union to understand it. You know, it is not difficult to contact the headquarters of the Waste Merchants Guild, but while contacting the headquarters of the Waste Merchants Guild, you can state your needs without being known by other forces that the Waste Merchants Guild is actually supporting Orb's United Fleet, then Waste dealers like Luo need to contact them themselves to get it done.
Also protecting the ship from the recycling house were Graham and Nalo. In addition, there were a total of four aircrafts driven by Xiao Ran, which were hung so far behind the ship in the recovery room. Even when they drove out of the gravel belt, no trace of the Earth's army was found, and they were recovered without any danger. After the house's boat was sent away. Xiao Ran and the others watched from a distance as the ship left its original path and returned to the Archangel.
Before the ship from the recycling house left, Luo connected to the communication on the Lightning Shield, first said hello, and then said: "Just go to this place. The area ahead is no longer under the jurisdiction of the Earth Army, and there will be no The Earth Army showed up. See you in three days, don’t worry, I will definitely bring the things."
"Be more careful." Xiao Ran nodded.
Three days was the time for Luo and Xiao Ran to make an appointment to meet again. It was also the time for Luo to go back and forth to the Universe branch of the Waste Merchants Guild, and for the Waste Merchants Guild to prepare and transport supplies, and agreed on a place to meet again. Exactly where they now parted ways. Although we didn't meet any Earth troops when escorting the ship just now, no one could tell clearly what would happen in three days. Just in case, it was necessary for Xiao Ran to bring someone over to greet them.
If Luo and the others happened to meet the Earth Army when their ship came back and were asked to inspect it, it would be very bad news for Luo and the others. After all, by that time, all the ships would be loaded with military supplies. The Earth Army will never let them go easily, and if Luo does not follow the Earth Army's request for inspection, his nerves will be strained, allowing the Earth Army controlled by Blue Cosmos to attack.
But now, when there is nothing on Luo's ship, the Earth Army cannot detect anything and will not embarrass the Waste Merchant Guild's ship too much.
The main task of Xiao Ran and the others when they came over was to take the lead in launching an attack on the discovered Earth Army when they discovered it, and to attract the Earth Army's patrol fleet that might appear. Then let Luo and the others leave in the chaos.
Wait until the four aircraft return towards the Archangel. The enemies we didn't meet when we came out encountered them on the way back. A reconnaissance team composed of four daggers was currently patrolling and investigating the route Xiao Ran and others took back. Fortunately, the Lightning Holy Shield, mk-ii and The three Black Heretics machines all have solar furnaces turned on. Under the dense concentration of GN particles, there was no heat source to reflect, so it was Xiao Ran and the others who discovered the enemy's existence first.
The Lightning Holy Shield and other machines slowly leaned against the edge of a huge piece of gravel. Watching the four daggers attack large or small gravel at will, and the direction of the daggers is clearly heading towards the area where the Archangel is. If they move at full speed with the daggers, , it takes at most half an hour to break into the hiding place of the Archangel and other battleships, and something the size of a battleship, or four battleships, does not need to get too close to be discovered.
Naluo watched the four daggers on the screen slowly leaving. After a moment of hesitation, she asked aloud: "Sir, do you want to shoot them down? If they go further, they may find where the battleship is parked."
Xiao Ran frowned and did not answer yes or no, but asked Graham: "Graham, what do you think?"
Graham pondered for a moment and said, "Once the opponent attacks, the lack of a reconnaissance team will definitely attract attention. If we calculate the direction of this team, sooner or later we will also deduce where our battleship is hiding."
"And it is not meaningless for these people to break through these rubbles. This is originally a rubble belt. The rubbles are larger than the battleships. The smallest ones are only one meter or two meters. There are not many routes for the battleships to advance. When we came in, we all slowed down and came in slowly. Just like that, several warships were more or less damaged due to hitting the rubble. That was because our route was cleared at that time. .”
"This can be regarded as a route for warships to move. It is similar to the route we took to enter the gravel belt. However, after their random attack, the route was full of large and small gravels, and our warships simply could not move. There is no way to pass here at high speed. If we encounter an attack from the MS cluster under such circumstances, it will either be attacked or hit the gravel, which will cause great damage to the battleship."
"What I'm worried about now is not that the battleship will be discovered. If it is discovered now, the worst it can do is to fight and then continue to escape." Graham frowned and said: "But if there is more than one team like the one just now, If so, has the opponent arranged such small teams everywhere in the gravel belt to attack the gravel? In this way, our warships will almost be completely blocked in the gravel belt. What does the opponent want at that time? If we do this, we won’t have the right to refuse at all.”
"When the other party did this, it definitely caused a lot of noise. I think Captain Bucky Lulu should have discovered it and made corresponding arrangements. So I suggest we take a detour and rush back first to see what's going on over there. We will make decisions after the situation, after all, cleaning up such a large area of gravel cannot be completed in a short time."
Graham finished. He looked at Xiao Ran who was looking thoughtful through the communication, and said with some admiration: "But speaking of it, the commander of the other party is really powerful. Among the people I know, Miss Huang is probably the only one who can compete with this Earth Army commander. The commander competed."
"Commander... must be the commander on the Main Angel." Xiao Ran frowned tightly and murmured: "But when did a commander of this level appear in the Earth Army? This shouldn't be the case. , if there really is such a powerful commander. It makes no sense. In the original plot, regardless of the main story and side stories, his face has not even been shown. Who is this guy?"
Seeing Xiao Ran deep in thought, Graham shouted again: "Sir? We don't have much time."
"Oh oh oh." Xiao Ran raised his head and nodded, and said: "Then as you said, we will take a detour first and then talk about it."
The solar furnaces behind the three machines lit up at the same time, spewing out countless GN particles. It brought the machine body to an extremely high speed in an instant. It shuttled through the rubble as fast as a meteor, bypassing the few daggers just discovered in front, and rushed towards the Archangel and other battleships as quickly as possible. passed.
In just ten minutes, it took the dagger half an hour to complete the distance, and it still took a long circle to complete. Although it took so much time, although it was a bit urgent to rush in such a complicated place, But considering the skills of the three of them, there is no problem.
After the three planes entered the Archangel's Gnaku, Xiao Ran hurried to the bridge of the Archangel, while Naluo and Graham took advantage of this time to have a good rest. And solve personal physiological problems. Eat and drink when it's time, and prepare for the battle that may happen again.
As soon as Xiao Ran entered the bridge, he saw Ma Liu with an eager look on his face. Xiao Ran had not yet spoken. Malu took the lead and said: "The reconnaissance team sent out found traces of the Earth Army's MS operations, and is crushing large rubble along the way."
"I already know this. The other party's purpose should be to seal us in this rubble belt." Xiao Ran waved his hand, pointed at the screen to signal Mirialia to connect the communications of other battleships, and faced Ma Liu Said: "Is there any solution to the problem now?"
"We have discussed it before, and Bucky Lulu's opinion is to leave here immediately." Ma Liu sighed and said: "But if we leave here, where can we go, and the Dawn is under maintenance, because the replacement Many parts of the outer armor have been removed and it has no ability to sail long distances. If we leave now, we can only abandon the Dawn here and use the other three warships to receive the Dawn's MS and personnel."
Xiao Ran sat down in the vice-captain's seat with a helpless expression. When the communication was connected, Xiao Ran looked up at the screen: "You should all know that the Earth Army is cleaning up the gravel belt now. , do you have any opinions now?"
Before anyone else could speak, Bucky Lulu was the first to speak: "My opinion is to abandon the Dawn and leave here immediately before the Earth Army completely blocks us. Once the route is completely blocked, we will become the Earth Army." If the opponent launches a nuclear bomb like us, we won’t even be able to find a place to hide, and we will either hit the huge rubble and destroy ourselves, or disappear together with the nuclear bomb.”
"And if a nuclear bomb explodes in such an environment, the destructive power of the nuclear bomb will be unlimitedly expanded. If it is not directly hit by the nuclear bomb, it will be shot down by countless rubbles."
Andrew also nodded solemnly: "I agree with Captain Bucky Lulu's opinion. Evacuate here immediately and find other places for resettlement. As for the lost Dawn, there is nothing we can do."
Kisaka also nodded and said: "Based on our current situation, the Eternal is still unloaded. Dawn's MS and personnel can be picked up by the Eternal. I also agree to leave immediately. "
Xiao Ran knocked on the armrest, if he wanted to evacuate here. Then the Shuguang must be abandoned. The loss of a Shuguang battleship is a big deal to Xiao Ran. At the most, it means losing a fort with huge firepower. At worst, it means losing a ship that can carry more MS. carrier ship. Xiao Ran suddenly frowned.
"Hey, time is running out now, what are you thinking about!" Cagalli looked at Xiao Ran who was in deep thought, and suddenly shouted dissatisfied: "Hurry up and make a decision for me!"
Xiao Ran raised his head and glanced at Cagalli. He groaned and asked: "Can you confirm which direction the other party's MS was sent from?"
Baji Lulu nodded: "We can determine the approximate area. Based on the information gathered by the investigators I sent, we can deduce that the opponent's MS's forward route should be like this."
After Bucky Lulu finished speaking, a current star field map popped up in the corner of the big screen that Xiao Ran was looking at. Several flashing dotted lines were marked on it, and a large red dotted circle was drawn on the other side of the dotted line. .
Baji Lulu said: "I know you want to lead people to attack the opponent's main ship, but I don't recommend doing so. I have also thought of this as a way to solve the current situation. But the problem is that you can think of it, and I can think of it. The other party must also want it, so it is very likely that the other party's warship has left that area."
"Baki Lulu..." Xiao Ran looked at Ma Liu again and asked: "As far as you know, does the Atlantic Federation have such a powerful commander?"
Ma Liu frowned, then shook his head and said, "If it were before. I think General Halbarton should be able to do this, but now I really don't know."
Bucky Lulu also shook her head: "No, as far as I know, I have never heard of anyone with such a direct, decisive, and even one-step commanding style."
Speaking of this, there was a hint of hesitation on Bucky Lulu's face: "But what really surprised me was that the other party knew everything about us, and had made very confident arrangements before us. . As a result, the Shuguang suffered heavy damage. And this time, it was as if they were sure that we were hidden in the rubble belt, and then sent people to clean up the rubble belt to seal our retreat. But the other party's command felt strange. Familiar."
Lux of the Eternal frowned for a moment, then showed a thoughtful expression. Suddenly he said: "Then who is the person who knows us best? If we think about it this way, maybe we can find a better way."
Cagalli on the Grass Pheasant held her head and began to think: "The person who knows us best? The members of the Archangel that I know are all on the Archangel. Those who know something about our Grass Pheasant , there are not many, and the Eternal is even less likely."
"That's not the case." Lux smiled at Cagalli on the screen and said, "What if the person who knows us best is replaced by the person who knows us best?"
Lux's words immediately caused a wave of waves in the bridges of the four battleships. Almost everyone's expression changed, and then there was a period of speechless silence and heaviness.
Xiao Ran patted his forehead with a headache and said with a wry smile: "Ma Liu, Bucky Lulu, did you have a physical examination and blood draw when you were in Alaska?"
Bucky Lulu and Malu looked at each other through the screen. Both of them had shocked expressions in their eyes and nodded silently at the same time.
"It's not just a physical examination..." Baji Lulu gritted her teeth and said: "But they also conducted a thorough interrogation and questioning of us, allowing us to provide the most detailed report and all the image data from the Archangel. Take them all away. Although we were well prepared, weakening Kira’s existence and importance, and deleting things about Kira in advance, we didn’t expect that it would turn out like this in the end! Damn it!”
"Now I understand why I feel restricted in everything, why the other party understands us so well, and why that sense of familiarity comes about." When Bucky Lulu thought that she might be copied, she felt in her heart It felt very scary and shocking. When I thought about people who were exactly like me, whose bodies were exactly the same as me being manipulated by people who didn't know what they were doing, I just felt my anger burning, and my body started to tremble with anger.
Not only Bucky Lulu, but also Ma Liu also showed a look of fear. She unconsciously held her hands on her chest and glanced at Xiao Ran. Xiao Ran just smiled bitterly at this time, not expecting to cause Bucky Lulu to do anything. came over, but the Earth Army may still have gotten another Bucky Lulu to be the captain of the Lord Angel. Is this Bucky Lulu’s fate or the inertia of the plot development in this world
Perhaps noticing Ma Liu's eyes on him, Xiao Ran turned his head and took a look. He looked at Ma Liu comfortingly and then said: "Lux's speculation is not impossible. Hey, if the people in that battleship If the commander is really another Bucky Lulu, the other party will indeed know us very well. Bucky Lulu, if it were you, what do you think the possibility of success would be if I led someone to attack. "
"No." Baji Lulu gritted his teeth and said, "I will leave as soon as I finish dropping the MS, and I will place explosive mines outside the gravel belt and ambush the MS troops. As long as you pass by, you will fall into a well-prepared trap."
"Huh..." Xiao Ran breathed out gently, stood up and said: "In this case, I order to abandon the Dawn and retreat immediately!" (.)