Hunting Game [Interstellar]

The crashed mecha had a second explosion, flames shot up into the sky, and thick smoke billowed.

Bella was shocked by the scene in front of her. She put down the military binoculars and remained silent for a long time before looking at Su Shichuan with great uncertainty: "What's going on, the red mecha is actually equipped with live ammunition?"

Su Shichuan didn't answer, his eyes fixed on the battle situation in the distance without blinking.

Suddenly, there was a sound of electric current in the headset, and immediately after the communication was connected, the voice of the assistant instructor of the air combat team trembled, and he reported out of control: "The two chief instructors have just received feedback that the other party used live ammunition to attack. Lieutenant Colonel Xiao En, who led the students first, he , He died in battle!"

This is the No. [-] channel for the instructors. Right now there are only three teaching assistants, Bella, and Su Shichuan on the same channel.The assistant instructor of air combat was emotional and his voice choked several times, but in order to avoid panic among the students, he calmly chose to report to the other two chief instructors first, so as to discuss a solution as soon as possible.

Those who can serve as military academy instructors are all newcomers to the military department. They have never experienced any actual combat, and their emergency response ability in the face of emergencies is not much better than that of students. situation!

Bella's face was pale, and the left hand holding the headset trembled slightly inconspicuously. After a few seconds, she pretended to be calm and asked: "You are at the base, have you contacted the military academy?"

"Already contacted," the assistant instructor said anxiously, "The communication between Hagrid Fortress and the outside world is completely blocked, and only basic internal communication can be maintained."

Bella's heart suddenly went cold when she heard that, she looked at Su Shichuan again as if asking for help, and murmured: "Jiao Su, we..."

Su Shichuan did not respond, took the telescope from Bella's hand, and focused on the situation in the sky.

The sky was overshadowed by a blizzard that fell from the sky, and the telescope could provide little effect.The attack from a distance was still going on, and the opponent was obviously not using the exercise mechas provided by the military academy. They didn't show their face during the whole process, but they systematically eliminated the six blue mechas one by one.Horrific shocks could be heard endlessly, the night sky above the battle situation was illuminated by the flames as bright as day, and the entire Hagrid Fortress was shaking precariously.

"I am Su Xingchuan of Special Tactics," Su Xingchuan pressed the headset, his voice was as calm as before, and he calmly ordered, "The order will be passed on, and all majors will fully withdraw their teams to avoid confrontation. Confess to the students that we have encountered a terrorist attack. The military exercise is cancelled. A supporting air-raid shelter should be built under the base, and students should be arranged to take refuge there temporarily, and keep people on the ground, and continue to contact the military academy.”

He paused, and called his name after a few seconds: "A-Ning, you are in charge of staying behind and communicating."

Aning: "Yes, Teacher Su."

"Then..." Bella's brows were tightly frowned. Under the frighteningly low temperature, the girl's cheeks were pale from the cold, and her eyes were bloodshot and red. She reached out and clasped Su Shichuan's arm, her voice trembling uncontrollably, "Follow Xiao What about the students who went ahead?"

Su Shichuan let go of the headset, lowered his eyes to meet her gaze, and said lightly: "It's too late, I can only try to make sure nothing happens."

Bella was startled suddenly, and opened her mouth, but she didn't refute after all, and asked again: "What about us?"

Su Xingchuan knew that the girl was lost, but he was pretending to be calm out of the instructor's sense of responsibility. He grabbed Bella's shoulders and brought her back to the armored vehicle, then took her backpack from the co-pilot and handed it to her, and went around to He opened the door of the rear compartment and signaled the three students to come down.

"There was an accident, the military exercise was suspended, you and Bella went back to the base first." Su Shichuan said and looked at Bella, "I will drive the car, go over and see the situation."

Bella was taken aback, and asked anxiously, "Are you crazy, go alone?" She intentionally lowered her voice for fear of scaring the three students, but the attack on the air combat team was too obvious, and it wasn't of this level It can be counteracted by concealment.

Austin looked expressionlessly at the burning forest fire in the distance, then turned to look at Su Shichuan after a while, and said in a deep voice, "Teacher, where are you going?"

Su Shichuan said: "You have all seen it. There was an accident in the exercise. The red team used lethal weapons, causing casualties to the air team. The current situation is that the communication of the entire fortress is isolated. I have arranged for Aning Try to restore the signal, but before that, we can't sit still, someone needs to find out what happened on the other side."

"I'll go with you." Austin said without thinking.

Su Shichuan said in a calm voice, "I can't guarantee your safety, and I can't risk taking anyone there."

"But—" Austin wanted to refute, but Su Shichuan motioned for silence.

"Don't say any more," Su Shichuan said, "Either I walk back to the base with Bella, or I break my leg, stay here and don't go anywhere."

Austin was dumbfounded by the two choices that had no room for resistance.Song Xiao next to him was much calmer. He neither showed fear, nor was he impulsive to accompany him in danger. Instead, he silently accepted Su Shichuan's arrangement, and said: "Su Jiao, be careful yourself."

Su Shichuan nodded to him, and finally looked at Xifa.Before he had time to speak, Sifa had already walked over, pulled his arm without saying a word, walked around to the other side of the armored vehicle, avoiding others: "I have something to tell you."

Su Shichuan only thought that he was planning to forcefully stay, took a breath, and said calmly: "Hagrid Fortress has lost contact with the outside world, but the internal communication has no effect. Now that there is such a big accident, there is no reaction from the other side. This means that something may have happened to them, and it is really impossible for me to bring anyone together, especially you."

"We don't have a choice," Sifer said.

Su Shichuan heard the clue, his brows furrowed, and he asked doubtfully, "Do you know something?"

Xifa clicked on the communicator issued by the military department, did not answer, but took it off and handed it to Su Shichuan.Seeing his actions, Su Shichuan's heart sank, and he immediately had a guess, took a look at the communicator, and saw an email.

The sender of that email was displayed as the name of the head coach of the Red Air Team, but the tone of voice was obviously not his own, and it said——

【Respected His Royal Highness Sifa Tranze, please come to the red base of Fort Hagrid for an interview before dawn, otherwise we will bomb and clean up the whole island.You can consider the stakes in this before deciding whether to attend the appointment or not. We are looking forward to your visit. 】

Su Shichuan read it word by word twice, and then said to Xifa: "The co-pilot wait for me." After finishing speaking, he returned to the other three without explaining, just said, "Xifa is with me, hurry up and wait for me." Time to return to base."

As soon as these words came out, the other three were shocked at the same time, and Bella looked at him in disbelief: "He is the Third Highness, how could..."

"No way, he has to go." Su Shichuan said.

Bella was silent for a moment, and said after a few seconds: "The target of the attack is Your Highness?"

Su Shichuan nodded slowly, reached out to pat her on the shoulder, and said: "You are the only chief instructor at the base, take good care of the students."

Afterwards, the two stopped talking. Su Shichuan returned to the armored vehicle and sat in the driver's seat. After turning off all the lights, he drove on.

The beach of Hagrid Fortress was so dark that it was difficult to discern, and a suffocating silence spread, as if even the air had frozen.

Seventeen, who had been waiting in the rear compartment for a long time, noticed that the car started up again, so he opened the fender, looked at Su Shichuan, and said, "Master, what do you need me to do?"

"Something happened to the Red Fortress. Go and have a look and tell me about the guards." Su Shichuan said.

Seventeen let out an "oh", turned into a black bird, flapped its wings and flew into the cab.Su Shichuan lowered his lower car window, Shiqi jumped onto the window frame, turned his head to look at Su Shichuan, and said worriedly: "Be careful yourself, wait until I hear from you."

"Understood," Su Shichuan said, "Be careful."

As soon as the voice fell, the black bird spread its wings and disappeared into the darkness of the flying snow like a shadow, disappearing in an instant.

When finally only the two of them were left, Su Shichuan returned the communicator to Xifa, and wrote lightly: "Do you know who is here?"

Xifa was silent, and after a long while said frankly: "It's the alliance."

Su Shichuan guessed that the person who attacked the military exercise might be the alliance, but he really didn't expect Xifa to be really clear about it!

The email was a real threat, but the choice of words was subtle.Bella said that "the target of the attack is His Highness the Third Highness". This statement is actually very inaccurate, because the other party did not sneak attack at all, they just arranged air combat power in a grand manner, intercepting the aircraft that is the easiest to find and the easiest to be noticed by the ground personnel. Jiakong stood in line, the act of killing was not so much for clearing the field, but as a declaration-we are coming.

At the beginning of everything, they were outspoken and the methods were simple and rude. This was not an assassination at all. Their purpose was the "interview" mentioned in the email.

why?

Su Shichuan vaguely had the answer, and he suddenly understood the biggest secret hidden from him by Xifa in the previous life.

"You and Rex...have been in touch?" He looked sideways at Sifa.

"It doesn't count." Xifa said, "It's just that on the eve of his treason four years ago, he once hinted whether I should go with him."

The shock in Su Shichuan's heart couldn't be overstated: "He wants you to treason with him, why?"

Xifa: "It's probably because I'm worried that if I continue to stay on the White Emperor Star, I will end up like my elder brother in the end, or it may be because I want to give myself a high-sounding reason for my betrayal. After all, the rebellion of the first knight is treason. If the third prince is brought along, it is a legitimate crusade against the culprit who assassinated His Highness the Crown Prince, the meaning is different, and the support he gets will also be different."

Su Shichuan was noncommittal and did not speak.

Four years ago, he was just a student in the military academy, and it was impossible for him to know what happened at that time no matter in which life.Rex's act of treason is a secret to the entire empire. Up to now, no one can give an exact reason, and no one will ask, and no one knows that on the eve of the first knight's treason, he lured the Luo Yin Empire. little prince.

And now he's here again, which shows that he still hasn't given up persuading Xifa!

If you put it in the previous life...

Su Shichuan couldn't imagine how many times Rex had private contact with Xifa during the 50 years of confrontation between the Empire and the Alliance. He suddenly felt scared, but after a brief shock, he suddenly realized something more important thing.

if……

if!

Su Shichuan's five fingers holding the steering wheel were unconsciously clenched, and his knuckles were so hard that they bled and turned white—if Xifa agreed to Rex's invitation, betrayed the empire and joined the alliance.

In that way, even if Baidi Star is captured by the alliance's Star Destroyer 50 years later, the empire will collapse and Cisse will flee.Even if the tragedy happens again, but with the position change, he is no longer the regent guarding the last line of defense, no longer the prince of the Luo Yin Empire, then he can survive!

"100 years later, the person sitting on the throne of the White Emperor Star will be the leader of the alliance."

The empire is destroyed, but the king star is immortal, so there is the prophecy of the witch.

Is that so? !

Su Shichuan's heartbeat was fast, and his brain, which was originally full of information, gradually became clear.He suddenly realized that there was a shortcut in front of him. As long as he took that path, he no longer needed decades of painstaking efforts to build it, and he no longer needed to balance the relationship between the empire and the alliance.

What is the reason for Rex's invitation to Xifa? Imperial forces led by Leah to contend.In any case, it took Rex four years to build the foundation of the alliance. If he can occupy the magpie's nest and use the power of the alliance to attack...

This is a very bold assumption. Although the time can be greatly shortened, the operation will be more difficult than the current plan.

And the first problem to be faced is - Su Shichuan looked at Xifa, pretending to be calm and said: "I am very curious, you have such a good relationship with the eldest prince, why didn't you listen to Rex's words and treason with him? Your elder brother revenge?"

Xifa frowned lightly, with a strange look in his eyes. He stared intently at Su Shichuan's side face. After a long time, he didn't answer and asked instead: "Shichuan, there is something I have asked you many times, and you also I have never answered directly, I asked who you are working for, and why you are so nice to me—"

Su Shichuan suddenly realized, and even felt a little dumbfounded, Xifa continued: "Now you can tell me frankly, are you from Rex?"

This time it was considered a thorough talk, Su Shichuan was full of emotions for a while, and now he finally understands why Xifa is always obsessed with this.It turns out that he has always been very clear-headed and has never been blinded by emotions.From the standpoint of Xifa, knowing Rex's purpose, and looking back on the two people's acquaintance until now, this suspicion is indeed very reasonable.

No wonder he said he believed his people, but he didn't believe what he said.

"I'm not," Su Shichuan said, "After knowing that Rex wanted to win you over, I was also surprised to be honest."

Xifa was completely confused: "Who are you then? Could it be the second brother's?" He stopped suddenly, his eyes became complicated, "Could it be that you are also the training object he selected early in the morning, and the emperor's tutor was also pre-determined ?”

Su Shichuan couldn't help laughing when he heard the words, and cursed: "Little brat, the teacher is so kind to you, if you push me to this and to that, aren't you afraid that I will leave you alone someday?"

"I've been trying to figure it out just because I'm afraid." Xifa said stubbornly, "Whether it's Rex or the second brother, to be honest, I can understand what they're doing. People have privacy. The higher the desire, the more inflated, I am not very interested in the throne, and I still fantasize about sitting in that position, which is also one step away, but the second brother just thinks more, so he let go of it."

Su Shichuan was stunned, infinitely surprised by the sophistication of Xifa's thinking.

"But what's the point of this revenge? The struggle for power in the royal family is nothing more than normal. That position is always for those who are capable. The second brother's methods are indeed cruel, but you have to admit that he is more suitable to be The future leader of the empire." Xifa smiled to hide, "Besides, you think the father will not know at all?"

Su Shichuan said flatly, "Yes," and said, "He understands you best."

"He knew who the assassin was, but he didn't know anything. He still agreed to the position of the second brother as the crown prince. What do you think this means?" Xifa asked.

Su Shichuan was silent for a moment, and said cautiously: "I'm afraid I saw that Rex's purpose was not pure. The eldest prince was killed, and he, the emperor's mentor, was directly abolished. After weighing the matter, His Majesty chose to protect his own son. The last name is Tranzer."

"That's right." Xifa sneered, "I was young at the time, and I couldn't see many things. Now that I think about it, I found something wrong. Compared with the crown prince, the elder brother is more like Rex's puppet. The mentor obeyed. According to the development of that kind of relationship, I am afraid that after the eldest brother takes the throne, within a few years, Rex will personally abolish him and take that position by himself."

"That's why you rejected Rex's invitation?" Su Shichuan said.

Xifa said: "He chose me because he wanted to find a convincing reason for his betrayal, and secondly, he wanted to bind another puppet prince. The real purpose is still the throne in the Double Moon Palace."

Su Shichuan's mind suddenly became clear, and several key points that had doubts about his past life and present life were finally connected together.

This is also the biggest hidden danger of using the alliance's hand. Rex's ambition to use Xifa is clearly revealed, so the turning point must be after the capture of Baidi Star.After figuring out this idea, Su Shichuan calmed down a bit. He had a brand new plan that was taking shape in his mind, but it was somewhat difficult to implement, and there were still several important turning points that he hadn't considered clearly.

After that, the two stopped talking, and the armored vehicle sped northeastward.

Fort Hagrid fell silent again, and the blizzard from the sky and the earth swallowed up the remains of the mechs in the depths of the forest, extinguished the fire, and left only thick smoke rising into the night sky, lingering for a long time.

At the same time, the combat hall of the Imperial Military Academy fell into a stagnant silence.

The severely disturbed live broadcast screen was severely snowflakes, and it was showing a picture of the blue mech being hit by a particle cannon.

Principal Connor's forehead was soaked in a dense layer of cold sweat, and his shirt was soaked with sweat.

The subordinate who was dispatched not long ago went back and forth, bowed deeply towards him, and said in a trembling voice: "We can't contact Haig Fortress, the result of satellite scanning is that someone covered the island with a protective cover, not only isolating the signal, but also... ..." He glanced at His Royal Highness the crown prince who was a distance away with lingering fear, "And it is still impossible to deploy additional personnel."

The voice of his report was not loud, but it was enough for the people next to him to hear it clearly in the environment of complete silence.

Xisai picked up the teacup and took a sip of the warm tea, then shattered the cup on the table with a "snap".

Everyone's hearts were immediately suspended, and Connor quickly got up, walked around to the other end of the table, and bent down towards him: "Your Highness, calm down!"

"We were attacked in the first military exercise, and you didn't notice it." Xisai's fingers were cut by broken porcelain, and blood overflowed from his fingers, dripping into the stagnant water on the table, "Do you know the three The prince is right there, do you know where His Royal Highness's tutor is?!"

"Your Highness!" Connor bent his knees and knelt down in front of him, "Your Majesty, find someone—"

"No need." Cisse interrupted him, "Come here, take the principal of the military academy, together with the two vice-principals, and imprison them temporarily, waiting to be held accountable afterwards."

"Yes!"

Cisse's fingertips rubbed against the wound, rubbing away the blood, and after a long while, he called his name directly: "Feng Chen."

Feng Chen stood up and bowed to him: "Your Highness."

"Contact the military department to send additional personnel, let them take the time to break the protective cover of Haig Fortress, and at the same time establish contact first, I want to know the situation inside." Cisse took a breath, and said, "The command here is handed over Here you are, I must bring Xifa and Shichuan back to me within 24 hours, otherwise..."

He paused, but after a long silence, he didn't speak again, but waved his hand, signaling to do it.

Feng Chen bowed his body to accept the order, turned around and left the battle hall quickly.

At the same time, in the outer suburbs of the imperial capital, the basement floor of the old opera house.

Cang Xingyun sat on the carpet in the corner of the bedroom, with his back against the wall, the whole room was only light blue cold light from the communicator, illuminating the man's slightly furrowed eyebrows.

It has been more than an hour, but the message has not been sent out.

It's very strange, how could the dog participate in military exercises with Su Shichuan in a place where the signal is blocked?

Mr. Assassin thought in bewilderment.

At this time, there was a knock on the door, Cang Xingyun narrowed his eyes sensitively, closed the light screen, and said coldly: "Who?"

"It's me." Perry's voice sounded, "Can I come in?"

"Wait a minute." Cang Xingyun didn't let the person in, but got up and went to open the door, "What's the matter?"

Pei Li was wearing pajamas, her two snow-white feet stepped on the ground, she reached out and grabbed the hem of Cang Xingyun's coat, and tugged eagerly: "Fate cannot be predicted when it comes to it," she looked up at the man's blood-stained pupils , "Do you understand?!"

Cang Xingyun fell silent for an instant.