When we were thinking about what to use to hang Harlan out quickly, efficiently and without revealing anything, Bingtis had a flash of inspiration. "Striking? Isn't there a super striking one here?" Bingtis said, turning her head to look at Phyllis, "Apart from your ancestors' graves, these Fiali people are the most striking..."
For the first time in my life, I saw a person can perform a backflip and a 360-degree turn in a sitting position. Finally, the cat was behind the back of the sofa, and Phyllis almost turned into a black shadow to complete the set. Seeing her poking out from behind the sofa, I was very surprised, and said to myself that this queen has trained her akimbo muscles well...
"Is that what you guys do?" Phyllis glanced at the three of us with the gaze of a class enemy, "Do you think it's appropriate to discuss this in front of the victims?"
In fact, I want to say that in front of Bingtis, a female hooligan, do you expect anything that has anything to do with morality to be "inappropriate" in her mind-but Bingtis said before I opened my mouth: "Oh , That’s right, I should have said this while you were away.”
Sandora and I at the same time: "..."
Phyllis began to poke holes in Bingtis' face with her eyes: I don't think this has any effect, not to mention the eyes on Bingtis' face, even the Dinghaishen needle would be smashed into the sand.
"But this is a good idea," Sandora looked at us, and analyzed calmly, "You see, Harlan has seen the spaceship of the Fiali people, he may not have seen the homeland material with his own eyes, but for the Fiali The merchant ship was very impressed. He knew that the people on these ships had dug the ancestral graves of the ancestors of Xiling. Secondly, the Fialis are not the apostles of Xiling, and the fallen apostles also have a little understanding of the macro-world system of the new empire. It is nothing for the Fialis to leave the empire. Suspicious things could be interpreted as a group of peddlers who had dug their ancestral graves once, or that they were going back to their hometowns—Harlan would not be suspicious of that.”
Sandora's analysis was in order, and Phyllis continued to lie on the back of the sofa and stare at it: "What about me?"
"I didn't let your people stay with me," Bingtis finally couldn't help reminding the somewhat amusing Her Lady Queen, "Pull your boat here, and your people will follow us back to the Empire District." Got it?"
Phyllis was stunned, and finally realized that she had been in a short-circuited state for the past few minutes, and she didn't realize that there was such a choice at all, so she smiled apologetically at Sandora and me: "Oh, so that's it — a boat is cheaper for you..."
Me: "Shut up."
"You can't do this! Do you know how much work it took us to test the trans-empty ship? It takes two years to build an engine!"
Me: "Shut up—your adjutant has revealed his secrets long ago, your hometown still has at least 20 ships for cross-border sailing..."
Phyllis: "..." I guess she started to calculate again and went back to sell her adjutant. This time, she might get a 10% discount, and then packed it in a sack and sent it to me.
In fact, of course we can’t just take advantage of others. No matter how we think about it, there is one fact that is obvious: if the Fiali ship is used to hook up with Harlan’s army, it is probably impossible to return in full. Optimistically, Harlan is The first thing I did after I found out that I was cheated was to melt those ships into slag and sprinkle it all over the universe. So I figured out that I need to use something to compensate Felice, such as another ship, or some civilian technology or something—but this matter cannot be brought up in front of Felice. After getting along for a while, I I already know the nature of this peddler queen. She is a guy who will die as long as she sees Qian Jingguang. Let her know that we still have a compensation plan. It is estimated that she will pry it over. We'll never have peace before a fleet...
All kinds of facts tell us that the best way to deal with this kind of dumbfounding guy is to kill her first and make a compensation plan secretly before talking about it. When the time comes, there will be no trouble after the fait accompli. You have to talk to her about the compensation on the spot , she can blame your actions for her back molars getting angry, and then blackmail a bunch of vitamin tablets to go back... It's not impossible for her to do this!
It took us two full days to evacuate all personnel and equipment. In fact, it was quite easy to evacuate personnel and equipment: the biggest advantage of engineering sites such as pioneering research stations is that they are easy to disassemble and transfer. Most of the asteroid belt engineering base All of them can be discarded. The core facilities can be deformed and assembled on the engineering ship to be packaged and taken away. As for the large laboratory built later, Tavel pushed it into the void and annihilated it after transferring all the key data. These personnel and equipment can be set off in about half a day. What really took the time was the Ancestral Relics, which were huge in number, fragile in structure, and more importantly, Sandora was reluctant to drop even a single slag—and more importantly, in the end we packed up the entire asteroid belt …
That’s right, we spent a day and a few mass-produced bubbles personally supervising the work, creating a temporary world gate, and then pushing the entire asteroid belt through the world gate to the shadow space—I admit that the amount of work is a bit big. But you have to understand Sandora's excitement when facing the materials of her hometown and the relics of her ancestors...
Anyway, Phyllis took an hour to reread after seeing a gap as big as the moon opened in space, and then the entire asteroid belt was pulled in by the gravitational field generators into a stick of rubble piercing the sky. In a word:
"You crazy bastards..."
In fact, if it weren't for the fear that the large-scale information transfer would attract the remnants of Harlan in the dark, Sandora would have wanted to pack this star system and bring it back. You have to believe in the Apostles of Xiling's ability to drill holes in the rules of the world. Can't something as large as the Death Star still be able to jump between several universes
In this way, after staying in this desolate and remote universe for a few days, we hurried back to the capital world, and then Sandora began to prepare for a surprise attack on the far frontier. We need the fastest and fiercest troops to deal a blow to the remnants of Harlan: without making them run away like last time. For this purpose, Sivis mobilized the Royal Fleet, which had just recovered from the last border defense battle, and all the elite parts of the six legions to form a powerful mixed force on standby. The reason why we have invested such a huge force to deal with Harlan is that the opponent still has King's Lander on hand. Although Harlan's main force is now only a part of the Royal Fleet, his King's Lander formation is really a huge threat, and we have to deal with them with overwhelming numbers. Of course, I also considered letting the Celestial System Fleet deal with the King's Lander, but that fleet is too slow to catch up for a while. We want to engage in interception warfare against Harlan, and the celestial system fleet is not suitable.
In addition to the above-mentioned troops, there is also a group of special fleets ready for this battle: the Seventh Fleet that has just formed but has not yet verified its combat effectiveness - the Magic Legion.
The Seventh Fleet is the old 15-day Royal Fleet that we got from the Melovas last time. Of course, it changed its name after reorganization. They are all the most advanced mysterious warships of the year. Although they have a long history, they still continue the unscientific and durable style of the Apostles of the Spirit. As long as they are properly repaired, they should be able to exert their full power as they did back then. With the assistance of Tavel, Alleria led all the current technicians on the mysterious side to rush to work day and night, and spent several months repairing most of those spaceships (because we don't have enough plastic star pools—that is, the mysterious system The star port building—therefore, the progress of the restoration work is a bit slow, and some starships that were severely damaged by the Melovas are still lying in the outer space of the Celestial City, unable to move), these ancient mysterious creations form a large-scale The other legions have new fleets that are much smaller. For the time being we call it the Seventh Fleet or the Seventh Army.
Because of the limited number of spaceships captured, and not all spaceships that can be activated, the size of this "Seventh Fleet" is indeed the smallest among all the legions of the New Empire. The Royal Fleet is half of the normal legion. It's even half of the Royal Fleet—as the senior leader of the mysterious army, Alleria is a bit depressed about this situation, but there is no way, before the completion of the plastic star pool, the mysterious side "has soldiers but no ships" The status quo may have to last for a while.
Of course, I think the elite mixed force organized by Sivis plus the Seventh Fleet should be enough to deal with the remaining troops under Harlan. It is also a good time to take this opportunity to test the combat effectiveness of the Seventh Fleet and their adaptability in the military environment of the New Empire. Anyway, we don't have to hide these mysterious things now. In fact, when the border battle started last time, I was determined to let the Seventh Fleet play at the last moment, but last time the plan couldn't keep up with the changes...
Regarding the lack of establishment of the Seventh Fleet, the top general on the mysterious side did not express any opinion: Alaya is still living a leisurely, relaxed and happy life. Although she has a lot of work to do now, I really didn’t notice this The little sister Angel, who is a little natural, has changed in her personality. I remembered the rules I summarized at the beginning: In the fifteen-day area, the work is probably the second-in-command. Look at Pandora and Sivis, look at Ah Rye and Aurelia…
Well, let's not discuss the work style of the two generals. In short, after some emergency mobilization, we have already stockpiled a considerable number of troops in the far border area—after the appearance of Harlan, the troops were sent to make long-distance raids from the interior of the empire. Obviously, it was too late, so Sivis asked the army to stand by in an inconspicuous universe near the far border in advance. This is the limit distance that will not cause the enemy to notice, and it can also block the enemy as soon as it appears. optimal distance. I believe that as soon as Harlan and his remnants show up, these fleets can seal off another universe in a few minutes: each of their spaceships is full of world barrier disruptors, and the entire fleet is ready to execute the classic "counterattack" "jump" tactic.
While the fleets of all parties were actively preparing for battle, we also threw out the bait prepared for Harlan.
On a dark, windy, cold night with few stars, Phyllis stood on Starport No. 5 above Gaia, biting her handkerchief and her fingers and tearfully bid farewell to her ships, that is, three ships. The largest of the Fiali merchant ships. The female adjutant Sandora, Phyllis, and I were also there. Seeing Phyllis like this, everyone felt black lines in their heads.
When Phyllis was about to compose a long poem with emotion, the adjutant next to her finally couldn't help it: "My Lady Queen, please be decent."
Phyllis seemed to suddenly remember that this adjutant had unintentionally ruined her rip-off plan, so she immediately raised eyebrows: "Did you sell the letter? Do you support cash on delivery and pack the letter for free?"
The adjutant's face was expressionless: "Your Majesty, you have already planned to sell me 327 times, and you have already planned to buy one and get one free, so please be more respectable."
Phyllis: "..."
I had no choice but to interrupt these two strange people: "I said what about you, didn't you leave two ships for you?"
In fact, we planned to send all three Fiali merchant ships out at the beginning, but Phyllis felt that they jumped out of the world for the first time, and at least one of these three ships should be kept as a historical souvenir—in her case Sandora chose to give in when she was forced to die. Sandora's own explanation is that it is just a bait anyway, and there is no difference between one ship and three ships, but I think the main factor is that Phyllis is too troublesome. Before Sandora changed her mind, the Fiali Void Consortium had already They prepared big speakers and banners in front of their company, and they just pretended to be more than a hundred unpaid migrant workers and broadcast there in a loop, "The Black Heart Ship Management Bureau towed our three ships, and they didn't say anything and didn't pay the start-up wages." , Imperial Military Command, you pay our spaceship and pay back our hard-earned money! Now that we can’t survive, we can only sell equipment. The original price of 1888 meteorite melting furnace is now only 998... "
I think this Phyllis really dares to do that!
"Is there any conflict between keeping two ships and losing one?" Phyllis settled the accounts, "I have feelings for this ship, okay?"
I waved my hand, and then I talked to her about compensation. My compensation plan is like this, first of all, the Fiali people lost a ship, and the empire will recreate a replica for them—exactly the same, and replace it at an equivalent value. Material, it will be better than the prototype, Phyllis actually earned it. Secondly, in order to express appreciation and gratitude to Fiali for his "great sacrifice" (you say these four words with a lot of water!), Sandora decided to open the low-level void calibration and primary psionic energy extraction technology to them. These two technologies should be quite high-end in the eyes of the Fiali people at present, but they will not have a great impact on their native technology tree: for a civilization that has been able to jump out of this universe, void calibration and psionic energy extraction are already It is knowledge that is only separated by a piece of paper, and teaching them has no effect. And Sandora has additional plans for this decision:
The Void Consortium formed by the Fialis has not yet officially operated, but they have shown superb business and diplomatic talents in the process of communicating with the major races in Shadow City, especially the major servant races. This consortium will be able to effectively improve Sandora and I both believe that this novel but useful organization should be brought to the stage as soon as possible regarding the circulation efficiency and cultural exchange level of the non-governmental channels in various worlds, and let it have sufficient loyalty to the empire—the support of key technologies is The most effective and the method we are most familiar with.
As soon as Phyllis heard that there was indeed a compensation plan, her eyes lit up and she came over with a playful smile.
Sandora and I teleported home without saying a word before the peddler opened his mouth...
The next two days are the most difficult two days: We all hope that Harlan will appear as soon as possible, and then the empire will march out with a large army, but we don't want the most powerful guy in history to appear, and he can just disappear into the void The depths are simply a matter of joy: after all, as long as there is a war, there is a chance that the worrying universe will be affected. We did try our best to keep the Fiali merchant ship as a bait away from that world, but after all, Harlan is roughly Knowing where his target is, he should hide there. The bait can't deviate too far, otherwise it will be ineffective.
However, two days later, no news came.
The Fiali merchant ship controlled by the automatic system patrolled the remote area, and no one came out to trouble them: with the technical strength of the fallen apostles, two days were enough for them to find this conspicuous target.
After the third day was calm and calm, Sandora and I couldn't help but wonder if there was something wrong with our initial guess: maybe it was just an accident that Harlan's remnants passed by there, maybe they were Just passing by, maybe they have left the far frontier and disappeared in the depths of the void, or maybe...
Harlan wasn't aiming for the home world, nor the Fiari anymore, and he wasn't interested in our bait.
Without any information at hand, the enemy hiding in the void is the most difficult to deal with. Sandora and I are worried, and there is nothing in our hearts. We began to reflect on our combat deployment, and re-examined the analysis results of the armor fragment. Comparing the analysis process at that time with Harlan's behavior before and after the border battle, the conclusion is still that there is a 90% possibility that Harlan's remnants are in Far Border, but—
Why don't they come out
I can't understand why a Legion of Fallen Apostles with terrible obsession and amazing hostility to the empire suddenly changed their nature, humans and animals hid harmlessly in the corner of the void, and even turned a blind eye to the bait we threw out. Both Sandora and I are 100% sure that the Fiali merchant ship has nothing to hide: the imperial equipment on it has been camouflaged, and the spaceship itself has no psionic response. In order to make this illusion more realistic, Sandora even ordered the ship to find a nearby universe to stop, and used mining drones to dig out several tons of stone belts. superior…
Therefore, the "bait" link is unlikely to cause problems.
It seems that an enemy like Harlan is difficult to deal with after all. Perhaps he is extremely vigilant and cautious. Fishing does not work every time. We are lucky to have successfully caught a Melova once. .
In short, we are temporarily entangled and waiting. In fact, Harlan's temporary concealment is not the most entangled part. The most entangled thing is that the ship used as bait has been circling in place for two full days. If this continues, even if Harlan's intelligence is on par You have to see the problem—a small boat with no guards, no weapons, wandering around in the void. It has been hunted down once before but dared to be so high-profile. Now it is short of pasting two lines of banners on the side of the boat with eight big characters "Halan Nima, come and chop if you don't accept it"...
No matter how good the plan is, problems will arise over time. This is a life principle I have learned a long time ago. When I was in elementary school, I and Qianqian once planned to skip class to catch cicadas. The situation at that time was like this, when we finally made up our minds and found an opportunity to skip class, the National Day had passed for more than a month... Well, let’s not talk about this.
But just when Sandora and I were about to give up this trap and let the ship run to the depths of the void to disintegrate (not daring to let it come back, because if the identity of its bait is not revealed, maybe we can execute the second set plan), finally came a piece of good news that the whole world celebrates:
The Fiali merchant ship was attacked.
Uh... At least it's good news for us, Phyllis's side will not be listed for the time being. RS