The Guide to the End of the World: Four Sentinels Compete for Favor

"General."

The three people who brought Jon back were sent to the lounge on the upper floor of the ship. Andy stopped Jon who wanted to follow them in.

Jon turned around and looked at his adjutant who was worried. He patted his arm, smiled casually, and said, "I've told you so many times. When no one is around, just call me Jon."

Andy glanced at him helplessly, then looked towards the lounge with the door closed, and whispered, "You left suddenly yesterday, just for them... for her?"

Jon looked around and took Andy into his own room nearby. Only here would their conversation be absolutely safe.

"What do you think of her?" Jon's eyes flashed with a strange and burning light, "Do you think she looks a bit like someone?"

Andy's handsome brows frowned. "I don't understand what you mean, Jon. Where did you get her from? Who is she? Is she from this planet? Why doesn't she seem surprised at all by our starship?"

"It's fine if she mocks Wagner. If you don't offend that villain, he won't stop. But how could you let her scold the marshal? The marshal is not a broad-minded person."

"Wagner just left in a huff. He must have gone to complain. Last time he took away one of our frigates. I wonder what he's going to take from us this time."

"Don't blame me for not reminding you, Jon. As the commander of a star zone fleet, you don't have many starships left. The remaining ones are all scraps discarded by other fleets. If a war really breaks out, you will be like a mobile coffin box in space."

"They are now mixed up with those demons again. Are they the kind of people who can be sent away by just a few planets?"

"We will inevitably have a war with the demons sooner or later. When the time comes, the marshal will send you to the front line and use the demons to get rid of you, and then accuse you of being cowardly and passive. You know, they are very good at killing people with borrowed knives. You have endured for so many years, why are you tearing your face with them today for a woman? If that's the case, you might as well run away with the others."

Jon smiled bitterly and said, "Andy, you asked me so many questions at once, which one do you want me to answer first?"

He felt mixed emotions as he looked at his brother who had fought alongside him for many years and was holding the last line in this interstellar navy that had lost its commander.

Andy is different from him. He is not from the Knights Templar and does not have such a deep mark on him.

As long as he wanted, he could surrender to the Speaker and the Parliament. According to his talents as an outstanding graduate of the First Military Academy of the Interstellar Federation, he would have been promoted to a general by now. There was no need for him to suffer with someone like himself who was targeted and constrained at every turn.

Andy took a deep breath and looked up at the sky in silence: "You're making that expression again, please control it, I'm not the kind of guy who's willing to follow anyone just to climb up the ladder!"

Jon bared his big white teeth, finally revealing his first relaxed smile of the day. He chuckled and said, "I really can't hide anything from you."

With this interruption, Andy knew that Jon had brought up the topic, so he had to give up trying to persuade his partner and asked, "You just said that she resembles someone. Who does she resemble?"

Jon restrained his smile, was silent for a moment, and whispered, "Like her."

"..."

"Are you trying to play me a substitute for Bai Yueguang?" Andy said blankly, "We all know that the commander-in-chief did not defect as the parliament claimed, but died in battle on a distant star. Even if you find someone who looks a bit like her, then what? With these few broken ships, can you still support a puppet and fight against the parliament?"

"Of course, I can't rely on just these few broken ships, but don't forget that Ludwig and his men were dissatisfied with the charges imposed on the commander by the parliament, and left the Federation with their fleet in anger. Over the years, they have established a resistance army under the banner of the commander, and have continuously absorbed members of the Federation who are dissatisfied with the parliament and interstellar nomads. Their power cannot be underestimated."

"Because of the Far Star War and the disintegration of the expeditionary force, the Speaker has been questioned by the citizens of the Federation, and his approval rating has been falling. The election year is coming soon. We can take this opportunity to drive him out of office. Only in this way can we find out the truth about the Far Star War and vindicate the commander."

"what do you mean……"

"I plan to let her contact Ludwig as the commander-in-chief and gain support from the rebels." Jon's eyes were as firm as iron, and he spoke in a sonorous and powerful voice.

"Jon..." Andy looked at him hesitantly, "I think this 'strategy' has a big loophole..."

"Ludwig has been with the commander-in-chief longer than you have. Do you really think you can deceive him?"

"Besides, even if you temporarily deceived him and gained the support of the rebels, he would ask to see the commander sooner or later, and then wouldn't he be exposed? I remember that he is not a good-tempered person. Aren't you afraid of harming the girl?"

Jon shook his head and said, "Andy, from the beginning to the end, I didn't want to hide it from Ludwig. I wanted to deceive those who joined the resistance in the name of the commander-in-chief and the citizens of the Interstellar Federation who still believed that the commander was innocent."

"Over the years, the Speaker and the Parliament have been trying to clean up the expeditionary army. You just said that when the war with the demons begins, they will send me to the front line to kill two birds with one stone. I can't wait until then."

"Andy, when the dust settles on the election, the Speaker will definitely take action against the rebels. That will be the best time to eliminate expeditionary generals like me who came from the Knights. If we fight, it's fratricide. If we don't fight or flee, it's treason."

"Ludwig must know this, so even if he sees the flaw, he won't expose me."

"What we need is a flag, a flag that can unite the rebels and the citizens of the Federation."

"Andy, to be honest, this idea had been on my mind for a long time before I met her, but I couldn't find the right person."

"Not only must this person look like a commander, he must also be courageous and resolute, and not change his expression when a mountain collapses in front of him, or look at a deer rising to his left without blinking."

"You have to know that the commander has been through hundreds of battles and has led the Galactic Expeditionary Force for so many years. The decisiveness and determination tempered in the flames of war is not something that just anyone can imitate."

"Her figure is almost identical to the commander, and her mental strength is extremely high. It was she who took control of the robot soldiers from the main brain yesterday. When I went to her house, she didn't seem to be in prison at all. She looked so arrogant, as if everything was under her control."

"I took her to the shuttle and into the starship. She didn't seem surprised at all. Including what you just said, she not only made the Inspector General lose his mind, but she also ignored the Marshal."

"Andy, I don't think this is ignorance or fearlessness. She looks so calm and composed. If she didn't look so different from the commander, I would have thought it was the younger commander who came back."

"At this critical moment of life and death, I met her in another time and space. Maybe this is the last chance that fate has given us. No matter what, I have to give it a try!"

Andy looked at Jon's face. The heaviness that seemed to have been etched on his face over the past few years disappeared. He seemed to have turned back into the spirited young captain who had just left the Knights Templar and was sent by the commander-in-chief to the Perseus Naval Expeditionary Operations Command.

Andy showed a relieved smile in his eyes. He punched Jon's muscular shoulder and said, "Just give it a try."

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Fifteen minutes ago.

The hatch closed behind Quan Zhengyu, and there were only three of them left in the fairly spacious lounge.

He approached Ai Wanxin, who was sitting comfortably on the sofa, and asked cautiously, "Master, do you know where this is?"

Ai Wanxin said casually: "The Blue Crystal, the command ship of the Interstellar Fleet in the Fifth Star Sector of the Third Quadrant, a heavy battleship."

Quan Zhengyu's knowledge of the common language was not that good. He only understood the words "blue crystal" and "interstellar". Seeing him in a daze, the girl translated it in a low voice. Quan Zhengyu seemed to have his soul punched out of his body. He was completely stunned.

Could this be the so-called solar boat?

Quan Zhengyu suddenly realized that those guys who made promises to Park Seung-gi must be these aliens, and the Sun Boat is a starship. He understood it completely!

He was overjoyed because he felt he had seen through the truth of everything, but Ai Wanxin didn't have time to pay attention to what he was thinking.

Jon's last words on the tarmac replayed in her mind.

"This planet will soon join the Interstellar Federation."

what does that mean?

Could it be that the parliament of the previous life is now beginning to expand its territory across time and space?

"Sister." The girl half-knelt beside Ai Wanxin, her bony hands resting on her knees. She tilted her head and whispered, "Sister, did that brother just now have a high position? I heard you call him Major General."

Ai Wanxin came back to his senses, pulled her up, asked the girl to sit next to him, patted the back of her hand, and said, "He is a major general, what's wrong?"

The girl bit her lip and grabbed Ai Wanxin's hand tightly. "Sister, I want to ask him to do me a favor, but I'm afraid he won't do it. Sister, is there any way to make him agree to it? I... Although I don't have money now, I will do my best to repay you, please, sister."

As the girl spoke, her eyes filled with tears uncontrollably. She choked and wiped them away with the back of her hand, revealing the fair, tender skin beneath her eyes.

Ai Wan thought of what the girl said. The reason she squeezed onto the ferry and entered the inner island was because of something important, not for the pursuit of eternal life. Could this be what she wanted to ask Jon for help?

Ai Wanxin took out a clean handkerchief from her bosom, wiped the girl's tears, and said softly, "Don't cry, no matter what, sister will help you."