Starborn Zero II: Tales of the Dragonmen

Sen's words silenced everyone.In the empire, some people always believed that the Alora black-headed bee plan promoted by Rhine was too radical, and the exploration of the time axis was even more fanciful, which was a complete waste of taxpayer money.Little do they know that the universe is a world where there are countless possibilities and the weak are prey to the strong. It is an eternal truth that if you fall behind, you will be beaten.

"Jin, you left more than one locator here, didn't you?" Sen said suddenly.

Gene froze for a moment and nodded, "Do you want to leave here and come back to see what happened?"

Sen shook his head, "Those locators are the equipment of the Imperial Army, with the imperial logo on them. We must take back all the locators immediately, and then leave here."

Donald nodded in agreement, "If the catastrophe is really because the civilization behind it doesn't want to be disturbed, those locators will bring trouble to the empire."

Gene recalled, "At that time, we explored in three ways, and left locators in at least ten places. Now there is no aircraft, and it is impossible to collect them all in a short time."

Sen thought for a few seconds, "In this case, let's leave first, and then send an unmanned aerial vehicle to recover the locator through the portal."

Everyone agreed unanimously, and immediately activated the portal on the spot and returned to the Red Giant Star.After returning to the mothership, Jean ordered to activate the automatic aircraft on the ship, preparing to use them to retrieve the locator on the dragon-human planet.However, when relocating, everyone was surprised to find that all locators had disappeared without a trace on the tracking equipment.Jean tried to call up the transmission record of the portal again, but the transmission record just now had been displayed as an error and could not be reopened.

At this moment, the same idea was in everyone's mind.Advanced civilizations have noticed their visit and have closed all passages leading to the dragon-human planets.This mysterious race, whether it is really extinct or not, has become a legend forever.

Sen's attitude was very cautious, and he immediately decided to report the matter to the top of the military department.In a situation that may have attracted the attention of an advanced civilization, there is no other way to save oneself than to quickly advance the exploration of the time axis.

After everyone left, Jean also took Mo back to the residence in the residential area under the military department.His heart had never been so anxious, worried that Mo would suddenly disappear.He even wanted to put a locator on Mo's body, but he didn't want to make him feel uncomfortable.Three days passed like this, and then he received a notification from the military department.

In order to celebrate Emperor Rudolph's birthday ten days later, a rehearsal for a military exercise will be held in Kelin Star Territory.

In the early morning of the next day, Santa Nata leads the sky, the eyes of the stars

One of the Bastion space stations, Santona

The Eye of the Stars has a total of 229 fortress space stations, and the distance between adjacent space stations is 180 kilometers (the volume of Santa Nata is set to be twice that of the moon).There is no physical connection between the space stations, such as passages, and they rely entirely on small military spacecraft. The 229 space stations are not divided into primary and secondary, and the command center is replaced irregularly. In order to prevent a main station from being destroyed by the outside world, the entire defense system will be paralyzed.

As the current command center, the space station Santona is responsible for the security monitoring and early warning of the entire territory.Early this morning, the space station received a video call from Rhine himself.There will be a rehearsal of the military exercise around Kelin Star, and the Eye of the Stars does not need to participate in the military exercise, and all operations will be suspended to avoid activating the alert state by mistake.

Lieutenant General Guderian, the head of the garrison, was very surprised.Since the Eye of the Stars was put into use, there has never been a situation where it has completely stopped functioning.Even the largest military exercise in the history of the empire - the military exercise celebrating the inauguration of the current emperor Rudolph - only partially shut down the eyes of the stars.What's more, this time it's just a rehearsal, and it's a rehearsal on Colin Star.

Guderian knelt down on one knee in front of the holographic screen, his expression extremely terrified, but he had to insist, "Your Highness, to completely stop the Eye of the Stars requires His Majesty's own order. Please forgive me!"

The corner of Rhine's mouth raised slightly, "In this case, lower the alert level first. I will go to the palace immediately, and then I will ask my father for direct orders."

"Yes!"

Guderian did not dare to neglect.The signaler's order was immediately transmitted to Santona, and within 5 minutes it was transmitted to all 229 space stations.All space stations implement a unified order, reducing the monitoring of mass change, heat source energy monitoring, and object activity monitoring within the sky to three levels.The soldiers in front of the monitoring equipment were talking and laughing, looking forward to the rehearsal of the military exercise on Colin Star, wanting to see it first.

ten o'clock in the morning

Colin Star itself and the surrounding warship bases, mecha bases, and space military fortresses have all entered a first-level state of readiness.Battleships and combat mechas were launched from each base in an orderly manner, and several simulated battlefields were formed after entering space.Every battlefield has a command ship, a mothership-class battleship responsible for fire support, a battleship responsible for main firepower, a special function ship responsible for energy and communication interference, and a combat mech that combines mobility and attack power.All warships and mechs are fully charged and equipped with actual combat weapons and equipment, as if they are ready for actual combat at any time.

Santona Space Station

The alarm sounded one after another in the space station, and Guderian hurried to the monitoring area to check.In the case of reducing the safety level by three, the quality change, heat source change and object activity in the sky still exceed the safety standard.On the monitoring screen, some rehearsal warships and mechs have entered the surrounding area of ​​Duxing Territory.Guderian pursed his lips. If he had not been notified by Rhine in advance, this would have already constituted a first-level war threat to Duxing.

"Sir, is this... all right?"

Some monitoring soldiers also began to worry.When the distance between Duxing and Kelinxing is one and a half light, it stands to reason that no matter how wide the rehearsal range of the military exercise is, it will not expand here.

Guderian bit his lip and hesitated for a moment, "Contact His Highness again, and monitor all warships and mechs entering the territory at the same time. Once you get close to the safe range of the Eye of the Stars, immediately activate the defensive mask!"

Duxing Santa Nata City, the Emperor's Palace

Rhine and Kleedrich passed through the portal to the guard station outside the palace, where a waiter was already waiting.The waiter led the two into the palace, walked across the square, and came to the main palace.Looking at the familiar scenery, Kleedrich remembered what kind of mood he had left here last time.He unconsciously looked at Rhine beside him. All the peace and calmness in his heart at this moment came from his existence.

The two entered the main palace, and the waiter saluted and said, "Your Majesty has an order, and I only see His Royal Highness the Crown Prince alone."

Rhine looked around after listening, and saw the guest chairs displayed in the hall of the main palace.He took Kleedrich's hand to a chair and asked him to sit down.

"Wait here for me." He kissed Kledrich's hand, and the confidence revealed that everything was under his control.

Kleedrich nodded, returning a trusting smile.

Rhine then turned and left, followed the waiter up the elevator and reached the top floor of the palace.This is where Rudolph received Kleedrich last time.

The waiter stopped in front of the elevator.Rhine left the elevator alone and walked through the familiar corridor.This is a forbidden place for his brothers, but he has been allowed to come and go since he was a child, because it is the former residence of his mother Linel.In Rhine's childhood memory, the statue in the cross corridor was his mother.When he was afraid, wronged, and angry, he would come to the statue and sit quietly.It was not until he was established as a reserve at the age of 15 and had his own palace, Rhineburg, that he stopped going in and out of it.

cross corridor

Rudolph sits alone in front of Linel's statue.There was a small table in front of him, and an empty chair opposite.

Rhine walked up to him, bent down and saluted as usual, "Father."

After a long time of no reply, Rhine straightened up.His eyes fell on the small table, where there was a chessboard.Rudolph's chess pieces on the chessboard are running out, and there is only one coach left in the defeat.Rhine smiled and sat down on the opposite chair.He looked at his side, there was a piece that could kill the opponent immediately, but he didn't move that piece.

"This game of chess doesn't have to be played to the end, father." Rhine looked at Rudolph opposite, and said meaningfully.

There was also a smile on the corner of Rudolph's mouth, and he looked up at the person opposite.He looked so much like the man he loved so much, and looking at him was like seeing Linel alive again.

"You brought little Clyde here?" He asked leisurely, not angry after losing.

"The shadow in his heart has not completely dissipated. If he can revisit the old place with a different mood, it should be able to erase all the scars in his heart."

"You really love him that much?" Rudolph looked at him.

Rhine didn't answer, but turned to look at the statue of Linel, "When he was alive, no matter how much his father loved him, he couldn't allow him to be his partner. When he died, no matter how reluctant his father was, he would be with another Omega who didn't love him." , I didn’t even see him for the last time. I just ask, did father regret it?”

Rudolph also turned his head to look at him, with endless regret in his tone, "I want to kiss that warm lips again, but he was already cold at that time. I can't wait to give up everything, as long as time can be turned back once, let me kiss again Kiss him once."

Rhine snorted coldly, "So, I don't want to leave the same regret as my father."

At this time, the voice of the communicator sounded.Rhine took out the military communicator, which was an emergency contact from the Santona space station.The corner of Rhine's mouth raised, and he placed the communicator on the chessboard, and placed it on Rudolph's side.

"I almost forgot that there are chess pieces here. This game is not over yet." Rhine's tone was very relaxed, as if he was really just playing chess. "Father, would you like to see how I managed to eat this chess piece?"

He then took out his personal communicator and put it on his side, "Several warships have entered the sky of Duxing and stopped at seemingly unrelated positions. But now even the United Kingdom of Angola knows , as long as you understand the refraction angle of the eyes of the stars, and fire the light cannon from the correct position, the eyes of the stars will instantly... bang!"

Rhine made an exaggerated gesture of scattering flowers, then looked at Rudolph and smiled.

"Kamiya VI, who stepped down, held a grudge against the empire. Taking advantage of the rehearsal of our army's military exercise, he ordered warships to sneak in and attack the Eye of the Stars. What does father think of this plot?"