Pinnacle Armor

Xin Xunyang saw that the enemy had escaped after him, and immediately locked on to the bear-headed lifeboat.But when he was about to shoot, he was stopped by Lu Xingxi.

"The situation is wrong. Apart from Feng Yao and this lifeboat, a small heat source was also detected to escape from the explosion area...the latter has already been received by another warship." His eyesight is not as good as that of Xin Xunyang, so he directly looked at the feedback from the detector Information, sometimes can find some blind spots.

His fingers paused, Xin Xunyang thought for a while and said, "Take control first and then ask about the situation."

Speaking of control, in the end it was Han Boqing who was responsible for recovering Feng Yao's escape capsule and the bear-head lifeboat—his Regid's remaining energy could only support basic operations, and it was unable to fight any more. It was just right to take over the logistics work .As for the mechas of other people, they are worse than Regided, and have become scrap iron floating in the universe waiting to be recycled, or in other words, living targets.

Xin Xunyang could only try his best to block in front of his own mechs and intercept the pursuit of the flying bear mercenary mechas.

The opponent's knights seemed to know that Shuguang was not easy to deal with. When they fought against Xin Xunyang, they would deliberately avoid confrontation.Relying on the cross-support of long-range artillery fire from battleships, the mechs of the Flying Bear Mercenary Corps performed more easily in combat, while Xin Xunyang had almost reached the point of fighting alone.

This situation made Xin Xunyang gradually feel a little impatient, "Tsk, it's all because of the useless materials from the military getting in the way, I didn't make good preparations for coming out this time, and I didn't bring the ship-killing knife and the like... In other words, I escaped earlier. That group of people should have successfully contacted the Space Force, why haven’t they received any news of reinforcements coming back?”

"I don't know. The signal transmitting station seems to be affected by something. I can't contact the regions outside this star field." Lu Xingxi had already discovered this problem before Xin Xunyang asked the question, but he didn't say anything to avoid distracting his partner.

Hearing this, Xin Xunyang had some ominous premonition.

Before he could express his guess, several large warships suddenly appeared on the battlefield, and the emblems of the Ninth Legion were inlaid on the bodies of these warships without exception.

Seeing the appearance of "my own people", the knights who were floating and waiting to die instantly regained their spirits.

Without much thought, they popped out of the escape pods one after another, and flew towards the Ninth Legion battleship.As a result, in the next second, these escape pods were directly blasted into pieces by the powerful shelling of the battleship.

"what happened?!"

"We are our own people! We are..."

The dying cries of those knights who escaped from the battlefield continued to be heard on the communication channel, and they didn't even have time to report their identities.

Xin Xunyang, who didn't approach rashly at the beginning, frowned, and didn't bother to think about why the Ninth Legion attacked the friendly side. Instead, according to the current situation, he directly classified the warships of the Ninth Legion into the enemy camp—— He is not interested in why these warships took such actions. What he is concerned about now is how to keep himself and Lu Xingxi from retreating safely under the assumption that the newly joined warships are in collusion with the Feixiong mercenary group?

Before he could come up with a solution, the muzzle of the opposite battleship had already aimed at Shuguang.

Even if Suguang has a special self-healing function, if it is directly hit by the main gun of a large battleship, this function has no room to play at all, because the entire mech will be directly reduced to dust.

Xin Xunyang quickly adjusted Shuguang's flight direction, and at the same time, a shining laser beam suddenly slashed between the Ninth Legion battleship and Shuguang.

"That's it!" The voice that made Xin Xunyang feel familiar resounded through the radio in the area where the two sides were fighting, "Next, if you show any intention to attack, it will be regarded as an active provocation, and you will not die!"

The neatly configured and rigorously arranged fleet appeared above the battlefield following this loud announcement.

Lu Xingxi glanced at Xin Xunyang in surprise.

He didn't hear this voice much, but because of the special occasion when he came into contact with it, he still had the impression that the voice was Xin Xunyang's father, Xin Guoli.

Obviously, Xin Xunyang couldn't understand why it was his father who had always been at odds with him who came to rescue him at the critical moment, so he was stunned.While he was distracted, Xin Guoli's fleet and the Ninth Army quickly reached a truce agreement, and both sides were carefully monitoring their opponents while withdrawing their combat power.

Seeing this, Lu Xingxi reminded Xin Xunyang, "Let's retreat too."

After regaining his senses, Xin Xunyang nodded indiscriminately, and asked Shuguang to follow Xin Guoli's fleet out of the battle zone, and helped Regid carry Feng Yao's escape capsule and the flying bear's lifeboat together.

A transport ship in the First Legion Fleet sent a signal to Xin Xunyang and others, and took the initiative to open the teleportation port.

A few minutes later, the group was successfully received by the transport ship, and soon special maintenance personnel came around to help check the mecha, and another group of soldiers cautiously approached Feixiong's lifeboat with weapons.

Feng Yao came out of the escape pod, saw this situation, and quickly said: "The technicians who were kidnapped in this exchange meeting are inside, not the enemy!"

Everyone was stunned.

Under everyone's watchful eyes, the door of the lifeboat slowly opened, and a person's head was carefully poked out from behind the door, and Lu Xingxi was able to confirm the identity of the person at a glance with the iconic purple skin.

"Aisa!"

"Lu! I thought it was impossible for me to come back alive, hahaha, it seems that I am really lucky!" Seeing the acquaintance, Azalea immediately ran cautiously to the back of her head and rushed over happily .

Xin Xunyang grabbed the other person's shoulders quickly with his eyes and hands, and didn't let him just lean on Lu Xingxi.

Then Chu Ning, who came out of the lifeboat, curled his lips and said, "You have a great fortune? I think you are a disaster." Hanging unnaturally, apparently broken.

The other abducted technicians followed the two of them and got off the lifeboat one after another.

Seeing the soldiers of the First Legion around them clearly, the technicians breathed a sigh of relief, and their faces showed expressions of rejoicing after the disaster.

After confirming the identities of the technicians one by one, and verifying that there were no enemies mixed in, the captain of the transport ship immediately sent someone to arrange for the technicians to heal their injuries and rest.Finally, he turned to Xin Xunyang and said, "The general wants to talk to you about something."

Xin Xunyang immediately showed a conflicted expression.

The captain added: "There are also Mr. Lu and Mr. Han. The general also wants to see you. If it is convenient for everyone, I will arrange for someone to send you to the flagship right now."

This arrangement made Xin Xunyang somewhat suspicious.

If Xin Guoli only asked him to go with Lu Xingxi, he would still wonder if the other party was going to say something that would make him angry, but he also called Han Boqing... It is impossible for Xin Guoli to discuss housework in front of Han Boqing Bar?

He turned his head and saw Lu Xingxi looking at him with questioning eyes.

After thinking about it, I am no longer the boy who would be firmly controlled by Xin Guoli at the beginning, so there is really no need to look forward and backward for such a thing as meeting the other party.Xin Xunyang nodded to the captain and said, "I'm sorry to trouble you."

This polite attitude made the captain who had heard of Xin Xunyang's temper a little surprised, and then, worried that Xin Xunyang would repent, he quickly arranged for people to escort him to the flagship—has there been any change in this uncle's personality? Or leave it to his own Lao Tzu to study!

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The place where Xin Guoli met with Xin Xunyang and others was the flagship conference room.This meeting place made Xin Xunyang more certain that what the other party was going to discuss this time should not be a personal matter, so he lowered his vigilance a little.

Seeing three attractive young people walking into the meeting room, Xin Guoli nodded his head hastily as a greeting, then raised his hand to signal them to sit down, "I've saved the greetings, now is not the time to be polite."

Xin Xunyang secretly looked at Xin Guoli, and found that he was a little older than when he escaped from Chenxing, and his figure seemed to be thinner, and there was still unshaven stubble on his chin...Obviously, this The life of a great man has not been very easy and comfortable lately.

I thought I would take pleasure in other people's misfortunes, but when I saw Xin Guoli's back, which was always upright, as if the sky would not be crushed, was a bit bent, Xin Xunyang only felt an inexplicable unhappiness in his heart.

Sensing that the atmosphere in the meeting room became a bit dignified after Xin Guoli finished speaking, and seeing that neither Xin Xunyang nor Lu Xingxi had the intention to speak, Han Boqing had no choice but to continue: "General Xin, the original person in charge of patrolling this star field It should be the Fifth Legion, but why is it the First Legion that came to rescue us? Also, what happened to the warships of the Ninth Legion?" Since Xin Guoli had already said that the politeness was omitted, he simply entered directly. theme.

Xin Guoli tightened his hands on the table slightly, hesitated before saying: "You should know about the turmoil in various parts of the alliance a few days ago, right? Now the impact of this upheaval is spreading. At present, more than half of the signal stations in the alliance are not controlled by traitors. Control, that is, has been destroyed, and interstellar communication has become a big problem. And if the situation continues to deteriorate, maybe... the Starlight Alliance will split."

Unexpectedly, what Xin Guoli was going to say was such a serious matter, and the other three people present were speechless for a while.

"This...wasn't it just some remnants of the empire who were active at the beginning? Even if those people are a bit tricky to deal with, they shouldn't cause the alliance to split!" Han Boqing said incredulously, "Is there anything else we don't know about? General Xin, since you called us here, you probably meant to tell us the truth, right?"

"Well. Anyway, you will know sooner or later, so instead of letting you be affected by inaccurate news, I think it's better for me to explain to you directly." As if making up his mind, Xin Guoli pressed a button on the long table, a three-dimensional The star map of the Star Alliance floated above the conference table, "In the beginning, the military, like you, believed that this turmoil was just a struggle of the remnants of the empire, so the initial response plan was to pass ten The regiment meeting discussed the areas responsible for each legion, and then suppressed them one by one. As a result, something went wrong at the tenth regiment meeting..."

This news made Han Boqing's eyes widen.His father and his teacher were both one of the ten legion commanders. If something happened at the meeting of the ten regiments, he would undoubtedly be the one who would be most affected.

Fortunately, Xin Guoli quickly reassured him: "Your father and Moore are fine, don't worry. To put it simply and directly, we thought it was just an external problem at first, but later found out during the meeting that the alliance has long since The interior is rotten - on the day of the meeting of the ten regiments, a small-scale civil war broke out. This news is still blocked from the outside world, but I believe it will spread throughout the alliance soon. After all, this is the entire four legions working together with the empire Rebellion from the remnants!"

"Four legions?!" Xin Xunyang finally couldn't help but speak out.

Since the establishment of the Starlight Alliance, the Tenth Legion has always been the most stable and powerful military force in the alliance.Now, Xin Guoli said that the Tenth Legion was divided internally, and nearly half of the legions rebelled?

Even Lu Xingxi, who didn't care about politics, couldn't help frowning at this moment.

Xin Guoli smiled sarcastically and said, "Isn't it unbelievable? Even we thought it was ridiculous at the time, but it really happened."

"Actually, it's not so unimaginable that such a thing happened."

Hearing what Lu Xingxi said, Xin Guoli turned to him expressionlessly, "Oh, what's your opinion?"

"It has only been 71 years since the establishment of the Star Alliance, but how many people still remember the concept of 'equality, mutual assistance, and common progress' that was put forward when the alliance was first formed?" As if he could not feel the pressure from Xin Guoli, Lu Xingxi put his own The thought came slowly, "The 71 years have only made the originally rich and advanced planets richer and more advanced, while the poor and backward planets are still poor, even worse than in the early days of the alliance. Over the years, those struggling to survive Looking at the residents of other planets enjoying all the treatment that is much higher than theirs, how could they have no grievances? Don’t forget, the reason why these planets supported the alliance’s actions was because they couldn’t stand the empire’s Oppression. When the Alliance is gradually becoming the same as the former Boundless Empire, how can you ask this part of the planet to continue to be loyal? Although the Tenth Legion is said to be a force shared by the entire alliance, in fact, because of the different backgrounds of the generals, There are planets with their own preferences, right? Now that the planets in the alliance are divided into camps, it is only natural that the Tenth Legion will split according to their own positions."

Xin Guoli was silent.

Although he didn't want to admit it, Lu Xingxi's analysis did hit the nail on the head.Or should I say, in the current situation, only people like Lu Xingxi who have absolutely no political stance can be seen clearly by the sidelines.It's just that the other party's words are suspected of slapping Xin Guoli in the face - after all, those who want to keep the alliance from being divided, like the First Legion, are the so-called vested interests.

"This is a turmoil that was destined to happen, but it broke out a little earlier under the catalysis of the remnants of the empire." Lu Xingxi concluded.

The meeting room was dead silent.

After a long time, Xin Guoli said slowly: "What caused the current situation, there is no point in discussing it now. The most important thing is that the split of the alliance will do no harm. I came to you today because the army needs your strength. So I just want to know your position. Xiao Han, you should still be on the side of the alliance, right? After all, your father and Moore also have the same views as mine.”

Han Boqing who was named was taken aback for a moment, then smiled wryly and said, "Of course I also think that the alliance should be maintained."

"Xun Yang, what about you?" Leaving Lu Xingxi aside, Xin Guoli looked at his son.

Xin Xunyang felt a little conflicted.He instinctively wanted to confront Xin Guoli, but his reason was very clear that this was not the time to be arrogant.In the end he reluctantly replied: "As long as you don't let me obey your command, I can be with you." He was not familiar with those splinter parties, but he had a deep grudge against the remnants of the empire headed by the Flying Bear Mercenary Corps , It is impossible to join forces with the other party.

Being disgusted by his son like this is not completely unaffected to Xin Guoli.But he still controlled his emotions well and said: "I knew you would say that a long time ago. In fact, our remaining five legions are preparing to join forces to form a special elite team. If you want to participate, you should Included in this elite team, led directly by Salfi."

For a moment, the three young people present didn't know whether to be surprised that Salfi was willing to join forces with the military, or whether to wonder why Xin Guoli only mentioned "five legions".

Xin Guoli glanced at the faces of the three of them, and said calmly: "What did Salfi think? If you are interested, you can ask him yourself. Anyway, he has indeed joined our side. As for why he said 'five legions'... this is Because there is still the Seventh Legion that has not expressed its position, and Wenqin maintains an ambiguous attitude, as well as Chuyang Planet and its affiliated planets."

After hearing that it was the Seventh Legion and Chuyang Planet who remained neutral, everyone immediately understood.

Wen Qin, the head of the Seventh Legion, is a brother of Wen Lin, the Prime Minister of Planet Chuyang. With the financial and material resources of Planet Chuyang, he can survive without relying on any party of the alliance or the empire.On the contrary, if Chuyang planet chooses either the alliance or the empire, it will have to provide a lot of resources for it.This kind of dedication is obviously not in line with Wenlin's consistent businessman's thinking, and Wenlin chose to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, and Wenqin, as his younger brother, naturally supported him unconditionally.

Han Boqing sighed, "At least it's good that I'm not an enemy."

Xin Guoli snorted.

"There is another piece of news. You should decide whether to tell Feng Yao." Xin Guoli said with deep eyes, "At present, we have obtained enough evidence to prove that the Fenghuo Consortium has been supporting the actions of the remnants of the empire. With the Feixiong Mercenary Group The Wordsworth who acted together has been determined to be one of the partners of the Fenghuo Consortium. The reason why your rescue of the technicians this time was known to the Feixiong people is also because Feng Yao's father, Feng X, leaked the secret. Yang, you and Feng Yao are classmates. You can test his position later. It is best if he is willing to stand on the side of the alliance. If he chooses to be neutral, I can also send someone to send him away. Father has the same position..." His voice lowered with a sense of danger.

There are basically so many things that need to be discussed, and the rest of the arrangements will not continue until the elite team directly under Salfi is officially established.

Seeing that the other three people seemed to have no doubts, Xin Guoli stood up and said, "You guys have gone through a lot today, so take a rest first!"

Han Boqing was the first to stand up and say goodbye when he heard this—he had received too much information at the moment, and he needed time to digest it, and before digesting the information just received, he still had to try to get in touch with his father.

Xin Xunyang then pushed away the chair and stood up.

"It's a good thing that you can be accepted as an apprentice by Salfi, but he has no blood relationship with you. When you get along with him, you should pay attention to restraining your temper." Xin Guoli said suddenly.

Xin Xunyang looked back at him, and said with a sneer, "Don't worry, I get along well with everyone except you."

He thought Xin Guoli would be angry, but he didn't expect Xin Guoli to show a gratified expression when he heard his words, "Really? Then keep it up."

These words that seemed to reveal family affection made Xin Xunyang feel extremely awkward for a moment.

And Xin Guoli didn't seem to be very good at dealing with such a weird atmosphere. After saying that, he hurried away with a straight face.

"...I thought he would want to beat me to death if he saw me again." After standing there for a long time, Xin Xunyang whispered.

Lu Xingxi, who was quietly by his side, smiled when he heard the words, "Probably when a person reaches a certain point, his concept will always change." In two lifetimes, he couldn't get along with people who could be regarded as relatives. Now seeing Xin Xunyang and his father There is still a chance for change in the relationship, and I can't help but feel that this is a good thing.

Xin Xunyang showed a thoughtful expression.

Later, during the operation with the fleet of the First Legion, Xin Xunyang slowly learned that after Xin Guoli received the news that Han Boqing and his party might be ambushed that day, and that he had rushed to join Han Boqing, he rarely changed his face and ordered the fleet to set off immediately, at full speed. Forward, that's why he just arrived on the battlefield at the critical moment.Regardless of whether Xin Guoli wanted to save Xin Xunyang simply because he was his son, or because Xin Xunyang was the son who inherited his knight blood, so he wanted to save him... In short, it is true that he came here on purpose to save Xin Xunyang.

After Xin Xunyang accepted this fact, the relationship between father and son finally eased a little.At least when they meet again, Xin Xunyang will take the initiative to greet Xin Guoli, and the two are not like before, as long as they talk for more than five sentences, they will immediately quarrel.

However, this period of relatively harmonious days only lasted six days. On the sixth night, when the Xin family father and son seldom had a meal together, Xin Guoli was touched by something and suddenly became concerned about Xin Xunyang's personal problems.

"Although you are still young, it's time to consider your marriage partner. There are many outstanding girls in our army. If you are interested, I can ask someone to introduce you to them. Or if you are not interested in female knights , those female technicians in the military-affiliated research institute..."

Xin Xunyang put down the wine glass in his hand with a "snap", interrupting Xin Guoli's words.

"You asked me out for dinner today just to talk about this?" Feeling absurd, Xin Xunyang glanced at Xin Guoli, and said directly, "Then I'll tell you some good news - I already have a partner, Lu Xingxi, you don't have to worry about it concerned about issues.”

Hearing this, Xin Guoli slapped the table suddenly, stood up angrily and stared at Xin Xunyang.