under the mask

Leia sat in front of the porthole, the yellow and blue planet in the distance was like a jewel in the black universe.

"Commander," a lieutenant walked into the watchtower and gave her a military salute, "everything is ready, please instruct."

The frail female commander tilted her head slightly, and was about to say something when she suddenly let out a muffled groan.

"Commander?" The lieutenant raised his head.

"...It's okay, you go out first." The voice of the female commander was vague and rough.

Although the lieutenant was a little puzzled, he still saluted and exited the watchtower.

Leia bent down almost immediately, spitting out a mouthful of dirty blood mixed with internal organs.She raised her head, and her originally dark brown pupils turned into cold vertical pupils, surrounded by blue radial lines, and a thin layer of pale fish scale-like spots spread along the corners of her mouth and around her eyes Come on, it looks very scary!

Panting heavily, she raised her hand and clicked on the light screen, and her terrifying appearance appeared on the virtual light screen, which made her gasp.

'Sharman!Sharman!They really are shape-shifting people - one more point will grow fish tails, but what will happen if there is less? ! Dr. Bockman's fanatical look seemed to be still in front of her eyes, as if that monster in the observation room was some kind of hero.

How about a little less...

what--

Leia's hands trembled, and she touched her face against the screen. Instead of the softness and delicateness of the past, she felt rough, hard, and slightly sticky scales!The hanging hair is no longer light brown, but white with a touch, just like the snake girl... She looked at herself on the screen in disbelief, and made a gasp sound from her mouth.

She used her body to verify Clive's conjecture.

The time interval between transformations is getting shorter and shorter, and every time Leia can feel the internal organs continue to die and regenerate, but the newly born things seem to no longer belong to humans.This repeated process made her look more terrifying each time.

During the expedition to Guard Six, she felt at a loss more than once.

All of this... is it really what I want?

In the hatches separated by metal in the mothership, countless genetic soldiers began to move around with the disturbance of the "brain". The more than 100 human bodyguards accompanying Leia didn't know anything, just wondering why all the soldiers Free movement is not allowed.

And why young female officers are shutting themselves up in the observation pod.

Time returned to four days ago, the trainees seized control of the entire planet from Davos, took over Guardian Six, and then began to find ways to get in touch with the missing companions.

"This is obviously a conspiracy," Seth tried to analyze rationally, but the result of the analysis was frustrating, "Do you think the signal will respond?"

Even though Kashgar was not smart, he could understand what he meant, but he smiled reluctantly and said to him: "We can't give up, maybe they want to get in touch with us somewhere?"

As he spoke, he raised his hand to the table, but then quickly put it down again, because he found that his fingers were trembling unbelievably.Seth's conjecture sounded damn reasonable, but these reasons were like a sharp knife cutting his heart back and forth, making him miserable!The life and death of his best friend, his only love, and the two most important people in his life are uncertain, yet he can only sit here and can't do anything!

Kashgar suddenly felt that no moment would be more difficult than the present moment... What should he do to bring them back to him?

"We can't give up, we can't give up," he repeated with firm eyes, "I'll stay here and send a signal every half hour!"

Seth opened and closed his mouth, and finally nodded.The reason is that there is no other way now.Most of the ships of the Guardian Six were out of the cabin in the previous assessment exercise, and the rest was not enough to accommodate all of them to leave, and although Papa controlled the network terminal on the Guardian Six, they did not dare to easily communicate with the central city. Or contact with the auxiliary star, after all, this is likely to be a conspiracy initiated by the upper echelons of Jialai Vance.

In short, they now have nowhere to turn but to rely on themselves.

Papa's translucent figure quietly leaned aside, like a ghost, with a pearly brilliance, and a dazed and confused expression.

Nicholas pushed open the door of the main control room and strode forward, with frost on his body: "We still have nearly 800 warships, if they are used as transport ships, they can only carry [-] people in total, plus food and fuel." I'm afraid it's not feasible."

Seth looked up at him numbly with an expression that he had known for a long time.

Nicholas rolled his eyes, leaned on the console next to him, folded his arms and said, "Can you be more optimistic? Anyway, we still have so many warships, even if people can't leave, but there is enough fuel, and some of them are sent out every day Searching is better than sitting here waiting for a signal to respond, right?"

Kashi's eyes lit up, and he turned to look at Seth.

Seth frowned and thought for a while, then nodded: "Okay, we have to make a list of personnel, and also have a general understanding of the nearby interstellar environment, and all the people in the starship system are gone, you still have to get the rest of us." Among these people, find someone who can pilot a battleship."

Nicklus took a deep breath, and without saying a word, he strode out to work again.During this period of time, his changes are not insignificant. In the eyes of his surroundings, it is as if he has changed.But at this moment of life and death, who hasn't worked hard enough to win a little hope for himself?

Although he has no one to worry about, he values ​​himself.

Seth and Kashi naturally wanted to join the search team, but Seth stayed in the end.He is now acting as the "brain" part among the students. His intelligence was fully demonstrated in the previous coup and he has also won everyone's respect, so the base needs such people to stay in charge.Kashi had participated in the virtual battle competition before. After several hours of practice, he drove a dark blue battleship, rushed out of the six escorts with his companions, and began to look for his companions in the vast universe.

In the first two days, everyone set out with hope and returned with disappointment.On the third day, not only was there no good news, but a sudden nightmare befell this fragile planet.

Nicholas searched for a signal, and at first he thought it was a companion, but out of caution, he jumped carefully, lurking in the meteorite belt.As a result, he saw a mothership with the logo of Jialai Vance, and warships scattered around like a halo.

His heart immediately sank deeply.

Nicklus wasn't naive enough to think someone was coming to save them.Yes, he does know that his family will definitely find a way, even if their family is not enough, but in Amelia's family, the famous Mrs. Elizabeth will definitely not sit idly by and ignore her heir... However, the ship in front of him has Jia Laiwan The ship marked by Si, but quietly parked so close to the escort six, doing nothing.To him, their behavior is more like a kind of spying.

It's chilling and disgusting.

His driving skills are relatively good, so he has been responsible for searching for distant areas these days. If it were another person, it would be impossible to jump here, and no one would find such a large mothership observing them.

Nicholas gritted his teeth and drove the battleship carefully away from them, then quickly jumped back to Guardian Six, and told Seth everything he saw.

Seth's face sank, and there was an ominous premonition in his heart.

"Are you sure you're seeing the sign of Gary Vance?" he asked eagerly.

Nicklus thought about it again, frowned and said, "It seems a bit different when you ask me this way..." He described the pattern he saw carefully, and even gave him a rough sketch on the light screen.

Seth only glanced at it, and said slowly and surely: "This is the logo of Greed's Special Guard, which is very similar to the national emblem." It is enough to see Grad's ambition.

Nicholas froze.His father was reused by Greed for a time, and he had heard about Prime Minister Secret from his father.That mysterious and terrifying team is equivalent to the knife in Greed's hand, eliminating dissidents for him!Could it be that these ten-year-old heirs of the nobility have become "dissidents" in the eyes of the prime minister?

His father belonged to the Prime Minister's faction. In the past, the royal family valued the great nobles, but Prime Minister Greder showed full closeness to the upstarts as soon as he came to power. He was also very confident for a while, thinking that the Inqui family would definitely surpass the Miuka group in the future. Woman... However, during this period of time, being in danger made him completely awake.

They are just pawns in the prime minister's hands. If he doesn't want them anymore, he can throw them away at any time!

"If it's special guard... what should we do?" He asked in a panic, his expression finally showing the panic that belonged to a young man.

Kashgar was dizzy and looked at Seth helplessly.

Seth didn't know what to say anymore.He mobilized all the information he knew and came to dire conclusions.

Grad is about to make a move, his ambition has swelled to the extreme, and he can't bear it anymore!

Will they die?

Seth looked at Nicholas, and denied it again in his heart.

no, I can not.Neither he nor Nicholas' fathers would give up on them easily, and since Grade had relied on the great nobles to get to the present, unless there was a possibility of a decisive victory, he would not risk angering the great nobles.

Perhaps the Sixth Guard is just an introduction, a threat, an unexpected incident that arouses conflicts between the military and the people.

People like him and Nicholas won't die, maybe they will be sent back, but civilians like Kashgar...

Seth stared at Kashgar with blue eyes, and the big boy on the other side looked at him full of trust and worry.If it was more than a year ago, he probably wouldn't hesitate too much, as long as he hugged himself.But Kashgar is a good boy and someone Li Wei values.

The education he had received since he was a child did not allow him to abandon his comrades for the sake of saving his life!

"Papa, do you have a way to contact Admiral Lynn?" Seth asked the highest brain in a daze.

The pale and illusory young man moved his eyes towards them, and said with an echo after a long while: "My authority has long expired, but I can try it, and there is a certain risk of exposure."

Seth shook his head: "I know Grad will definitely monitor the network, but the military's network has always been relatively independent, and Admiral Lynn has not completely leaned on Grad, and he is also considered a civilian, and he is also the principal of the Imperial University. If he ignores this matter, he will definitely be seriously implicated in the future."

Grad dug such a big hole for Lynn and the top military officials. It didn't make sense for him not to drag Lynn and the others into the water.It's too late to save them, but Lynn and Greed may make Kashi and the others escape unharmed.

He was ready to be escorted back to Central City.