The Star Knight

When they arrived at CT-U7, a violent thunder broke through the atmosphere, as if splitting the sky in two. The orange-gold scorching sun shrouded the clouds, dyeing the clouds in the atmosphere blood red.

There is no outer space station or land landing pad on this planet, only a huge city covered with a hemispherical air filter cover, and the patrol airships of the Republic are everywhere.

"Report your identities—"

There was still radio communication over there, and there were dense light bombs flying in the distance, and thunder and lightning joined together, jumping between the branches of root-knotted plants. The patrol airship immediately exploded, and Times-VI began to call the police.

"What's going on!" Opal switched between manual manipulation modes between vibrations.

"What am I going to do!" Cullens exclaimed.

Opal: "Go and control the fort!"

Cullens rotated the manual turret, fired a burst, and there were explosions everywhere. Opal was startled. This is a real hit, which is better than Raymond's aim, and hits every shot.

"Come up!" Cullens shouted.

Cullens cleared a path, Opal spun the disk, and Epoch-VI flew towards the sky with a round of light bullets, and then plunged down obliquely, like a fish rushing into the deep sea, the red sky was bright and dark from time to time Every time it flies through the light hole in the clouds, the water droplets on the Era-VI will evaporate in the sunlight, and it will travel through the dark cloud area and fall into the pouring rain.

Opal sent a communication to his employer according to the instructions in the mercenary diary, and the other side was connected almost at the same time, saying: "Are you a mercenary?! Don't go into the city, it has been occupied by the army of the Republic—!"

Opal shouted: "What's going on! We're at war! Why didn't you make it clear on the commission!"

Cullens pressed the firing button and said, "Guide the way!"

"Follow us! Follow the civilian spaceship—!" shouted over there.

Four civilian spaceships led the way, took Era-VI across the plain, and rushed into a large root nodule forest. Outside the forest stood a row of thousands of light energy cannons. As soon as the spaceship passed by, the defensive formation fired at the same time, and more than a thousand The beam of light shot into the sky, and the drone of the Republic fell with thunder and fire.

The chasing team of large fighter jets raised their heights to avoid and return.

Epoch-VI rushed into the forest, crashed many trees, and sank into the crown of a towering tree with a bang.

Opal: "Where is the employer?! You are cheating!"

"Open the hatch!" said the comm channel. "We're running out of time! Please hurry!"

Cullens looked at Opal questioningly, and Opal said, "Put on the spacesuit and open the hatch."

Cullens went to get the belt, and the two opened the hatch. A middle-aged man was outside and shouted: "Hurry up! Hurry up!"

Opal said: "I want to see your leader, what is going on?"

"Civil war!" The man shouted: "The situation is imminent, and you have already started fighting when you received the entrustment!"

Opal said: "It's really enough..."

Step outside and smell the pungent smell of ammonia, the sky was covered with colorless acid rain, Opal opened his protective clothing, and the forest was dark and full of people.

"Everyone be quiet!" Someone yelled anxiously: "The mercenaries have arrived! Send everyone to a safe place right away! Protect the children! We can leave smoothly!"

Opal has been a mercenary for so long, and this is the first time he has encountered a situation where he can't get out of a tiger. The situation in front of him seems to be more critical than that of the female star. There are more than 1 people in the forest. The middle-aged people who came to join him used small The flying board carried them away from the big tree and landed beside a swamp.

A light curtain filter was erected in the center of the swamp, and many people were arguing and talking anxiously.

"Jocks!" The middle-aged man shouted: "The mercenaries are here!"

"Great!" A young man came over and said, "How many people are here?"

Opal: "..."

Jokes: "Only two people?! This is a C-level commission, shouldn't it be a B-level mercenary group?"

Opal said: "Yes, I thought so too, I applied to cancel the mission."

Jocks: "There's no time! It's urgent! I'll add money to you!"

Opal: "It's not about money...I'm going to seek arbitration from the labor union!"

Jokes looked at Opal silently, Opal said: "You guys are deceiving! Mercenaries cannot participate in any political disputes..."

"Look, come with me, look." Jocks pushed Opal to the edge of the swamp. In the distance, there were restless crowds, endless, standing in the acid rain and waiting silently.

"Save so many people." Jokers said: "You can save tens of thousands of lives just by nodding your head. Everyone will thank you, bless you, remember you for the rest of your life, and bless you in all corners of the universe." , such a good opportunity, I am willing to do it without paying me, but unfortunately I can't leave."

Opal let out a long breath, looking at the bare tree branches in the acid rain, Jokers said again: "There is a civil war here, but rescuing civilians does not violate your rules of interfering in the country's internal affairs, as long as they are sent to a safe place." The commission is considered completed. Because the situation was tense when the task was commissioned, and the war has not yet started, the union promised that I can issue this strategic transfer commission."

"When you leave here, I will deliver the entrustment certificate together, and it will take effect after 48 hours. At that time, the union should no longer be able to find me, and can only pay the remuneration and rating points in one lump sum according to the previous promise."

Opal said: "You are very good at taking advantage of commissions."

"Because I used to be a mercenary too," Jocks said.

Jokes took a step back and gave a mercenary salute to Opal. Karens standing at the bottom of the slope and Opal at the top of the slope were moved at the same time.

"I'm sorry that I didn't go back during the Star Wars." Jokers said, "Because the Thor galaxy is going to break away from the Republic's control and we want to be independent, I really can't leave."

Cullens said, "So what now?"

"We're losing," Chaux said. "The Republic's firepower is too strong. Everyone needs to be moved."

"You can't let them go! Jocks!"

Next, a middle-aged man in military uniform ran up and shouted: "Our soldiers' families are all here, who wants to fight when they are all gone?!"

Jocks shouted at him: "Recognize the situation, Simon!"

The middle-aged man named Simon said: "No! Let the mercenaries go back! You can't take this risk!"

"The people of the combat bases on the Eastern Front are already on their way, and the people here must go too!" Chaux said.

"Wait!" Opal said, "Do you still have a group?"

Jokes said: "The people from CT-U2 and U3 are here. They were transferred the day before yesterday. There is a warrior at the East Combat Base who promised to cover the retreat of more than 1 people over there. You need to join him..."

Simon said: "Jocks! Your order is invalid! Now your post as secretary general has been relieved!"

After a long silence, Opal said: "I need to discuss with my deputy head."

Jocks said: "Give you five minutes, I believe you will accept this commission."

Jocks turned and jumped down the slope and ran to the swamp, Simon chased him away.

Cullens walked up to the top of the slope and watched tens of thousands of people in the wilderness. Opal faced him and asked inquiringly, "Are you willing to accept this commission?"

Cullens said: "The Thor galaxy has always been unwilling to be controlled by the Republic. The environment here is too bad."

Opal said: "You are also a retired soldier of the Republic, and I respect your opinion."

Cullens took off his hat, thought for a while, and said, "Rescuing civilians does not violate the Galactic Sovereignty Convention, after all, they are all innocent."

Opal said: "What if you need to fight with your former comrades in arms?"

Cullens: "It's hard to say, really hard to say."

Opal said: "Then forget it..." He glanced at the wilderness.

Cullens was silent for 2 minutes with a cigarette in his mouth, and finally said: "Take it, if you don't face it now, you will face the same thing in the future, and you have to pass your own test."

The two trotted downhill to find Jocks.

"They came from the western front." Jokers said, "This is our last chance. As soon as the people leave, the death squads will go to Red Mist City to distract them. This is the strategy that Mr. Bai has planned for us." Plan, he believes that as long as the central command system is paralyzed, the war situation will change..."

"You trust him too much, Jocks," said an old woman.

"We had no choice," Chaux said.

Jocks is negotiating a course of action with a group of rebels.

Opal pushed away the people who stood in front of him, and Jocks glanced at them and said, "Have you thought about it?"

Opal said, "Get ready to retreat."

Several people looked at Opal distrustfully, and someone said: "This is the helper you invited from Lie Xing?"

"Our morale will become even lower!" Simon said: "The civilians cannot be allowed to leave, otherwise how can this battle be fought?"

Jokes said: "There is no need to fight! We are finished! Simon! If you don't die in this battle, if you return to the Star of Glory, you will be charged with secessionist court-martial!"

In dead silence, Simon stared at Jocks, and left resolutely after a while.

Everyone's eyes were full of sadness, and Jokers opened another light screen and said, "Now I will give you the road map."

Opal: "What about mechs? Didn't you mean mechs?"

Jokes said: "The mecha is in the underground warehouse in the south, I will take you there later..."

"Simon!" someone shouted at once.

A pale green mecha spewed out flames, hovered in the air, and rushed to the south.

Everyone chased them out, and Jokers cursed: "Simon! You bastard!"

Opal stopped behind him, Cullens looked up, and everyone was silent.

"He went to blow up the communication center in Hongwu City." A woman said, "May he succeed."

Jocks punched the table and roared angrily, "He drove the mecha away!"

"Don't get excited." Opal said, "Do you still have mechas?"

Several people shook their heads.

Jokes was silent for a while, and said: "I'm sorry, the mecha was driven away by our partners, but as long as you are careful along the way, you will not encounter any battles. You go through the dry underground river bed here, and the exit is two feet away from here. The edge of the Red Sand Plain, [-] kilometers away."

"Go west until you reach the Gale Crack." Jocks marked a Y-shaped valley on the map, and said, "The other warrior will wait for you in the valley with the people from the West Combat Base, and the two sides will meet. Then turn to the north, there is a refuge base, there is a spaceship in the base, there is a list of personnel, these people can fly the spaceship, we must protect them.”

Opal nodded, and Jocks said, "I wish you a long life, mercenary."

"I also wish you a long life." Opal said.

Tens of thousands of civilians set off with Opal and Karens. There were too many people. They retreated into the dry underground riverbed along the remote part of the forest. With colorful brilliant light.Opal turned on the communicator and asked Cullens, "Is your side okay?"

Another wave of thunder from Sol came to the zenith, and the communication was rustling, and Cullens' voice could barely be heard.

"It's business as usual."

Opal walked in the front silently with a big sword on his back. After an hour and 3 minutes, they entered the red sand plain. There is a full 45 kilometers of road to go here. The plain is full of nitrogen-fixing moss, and the place where light beams fall from the clouds Mottled charred areas form.

The civilian migration team walked around the beam of light and looked up at the sky from time to time. This is a very dangerous planet.The luminosity of the blue giant star is too high and too hot, and the clouds block part of the light, but as long as there is a little sunlight leaking down to the ground, it is enough to burn all living things into charcoal.

"Captain." Cullens said in the communication: "The old, weak, sick and disabled here need to rest."

Opal said: "It's too dangerous here, it's an open area, can you still persist?"

Cullens said, "No, we're only halfway there, and we're expected to reach the Gale Gap in eight hours. If we don't rest now, we won't be able to keep up later."

The walking time was longer than Opal expected, and the wounded soldiers and old people behind slowed down the progress, so they had to rest on the spot first.

"Be vigilant." Opal said, "Rest in place for 15 minutes."

The civilians sat down one after another.

"Are you okay?" Opal said, "You, how about you?"

After walking for eight hours, the direct sunlight gradually shifted, the intensity of ultraviolet rays weakened, and the blue giant star Thor obliquely cast a warm light from the horizon.

It's hot.

Opal was sweating profusely from the setting sun, and there was a wine-red scar on the bridge of his handsome nose. He put on sunglasses and inspected the resting people one by one.

Someone gave him water to drink, and the water also had a pungent smell.

"How do you feel?" Cullens came over.

"It sucks, try it." Opal handed him the water bottle, and Cullens took a sip and smacked his lips with a very painful expression.

"Like drinking piss," Cullens said.

Opal: "Have you ever drank urine?"

Cullens said: "Of course, when I was a recruit, I often drank it during field survival training."

Opal was completely speechless, and said, "This planet is like a huge urinal."

The pungent ammonia smell is indeed like a place full of urine. The sun gradually sinks, and the earth is plunged into darkness. Occasionally, a tangled thunderbolt crosses the sky, splitting the sky in two.

"Don't light the fire!" Opal shouted: "Put away all the lighting things!"

Cullens counted at the end of the line and said, "Follow the ones in front of you!"

"Someone is left behind," Cullens said in the communication: "What to do?"

Opal said: "How many people?"

Callens said: "Twelve adults are missing, four children. Among them is the pilot of the spaceship."

Opal thought for a while, and said, "Let people into the Gale Crack first."

The wind blows across the entire plain, and the temperature is getting colder and colder, approaching the cosmic temperature scale of minus ten degrees. The migration team has been walking for fifteen hours, hungry, cold and tired.

"Hold on," Opal said loudly, "We'll be safe in a moment."

The howling wind rushed towards his face, like countless knives scraping through his naked skin.

Opal: "Cullens, come and take them into the valley, I'll find someone."

Cullens: "How do you find such a dark place?"

While talking, the crowd panicked, and then shouted. In the dark night in the distance, there were a few beams of light searching along the ground. Opal said: "Don't make a mess! It's just a patrol plane!"

The first Republic patrol plane spotted the tail of the migrating team on the plain, and fired shots all the way. At that moment, the whole team exploded. Opal said: "Don't push! Speed ​​up!"

Cullens yelled, "Run into the Gale Gap!"

Opal said: "Culence! You go to the front!"

The six patrol planes fired at the same time, chased the crowd and began to shoot. Opal rushed out to block the flying light bullets with his sword, and covered everyone's retreat against the hail of bullets.

When the strong wind came, he rolled on the ground one after another, turned on the electromagnetic traction on the big sword, and flew away with a sword. A galloping electric dragon glowed in the hands of the tiny figure, like a roaring whip, and the patrol plane was completely blown up with one whip !

"Opal! Be careful!" Cullens shouted in the communication.

A patrol plane rushed towards the ground, firing at Opal with full firepower. There was a loud bang on the cliff in the gust of wind in the distance, and the spiral light cannon flew over thousands of meters, and instantly penetrated the patrol plane!

Opal rolled three times in a row, hid behind the rock, and looked into the distance, standing alone on the rock, his arm guns condensed the light of energy.

Opal: "Who?!"

Cullens: "Me!!"

Opal yelled: "Don't fire—! You will lead the fighter into the canyon—!"

The explosion, the fireball instantly attracted more patrol planes, and another flying squad joined the battle. Opal carried a big sword on his back and ran wildly on the pitch-black plain. As the chase got closer, Opal rolled on the spot, and then swept out obliquely, avoiding the light bullet.

Someone came running hundreds of meters away, they were civilians who were left behind.

"Don't run this way—!" Opal roared anxiously.

A woman screamed loudly, ran with a child in her arms, and then fell on the ground. The patrol plane found the group of people, and shot them with light bullets.

Everyone yelled desperately and ran in fear. Ten patrol planes abandoned Opal and began to chase and kill the running civilians.

At that moment, the blood in Opal's whole body seemed to freeze.

"Ah—" Opal roared like a mad tiger, he pushed his hands to the sky, and the tangled thunder streaked across the sky, making a loud bang, illuminating the earth brightly.

The leading fighter plane suddenly deflected, the light bullet hit the escort plane, and then the third patrol plane rushed over, and the three unmanned fighter planes collided together.

The power of faith is back.

Opal stared blankly at his hands, there was another explosion, and he realized that there was no more time left!

Three of the seven patrol planes came to deal with him. Opal strode across the plain, drew his sword with his left hand, and pointed his right hand towards the sky while running, and the two patrol planes crashed!

The civilians running for their lives were about to be caught up again by the light bullets. Opal pushed flat with his palm and shouted: "Avoid!"

Several civilians were pushed away by a force. Five drones turned their heads at the same time and flew towards Opal. Opal threw a big sword with both hands. The big sword spun and shot into the sky, with an electromagnetic glow Turn into a silver platter and cut a fighter plane in half!

There was an earth-shattering explosion, more and more fighter planes, thousands of annihilator planes rushed from all directions, strafing the entire plain, Opal was unavoidable, simply stood in the middle of the plain, lowered his head, and waited for the artillery fire from the zenith to shoot down obliquely .

I'm finally going to die... I hope Cullens can successfully complete the task.

The next moment, the hurricane that rolled out of the gale gap seemed to stop briefly.

A majestic power of faith swept in like a tidal wave, and a shield of shining white light spread out around Opal's body.

"Teacher—!" Opal roared.

Recter stood at the top of the gust rift, pushing forward with his left hand. The silver bracelet on his wrist disintegrated and turned into thousands of snowflake-like metal blades, pouring towards the fighter planes between heaven and earth like an overwhelming sea.

Every piece of metal blade passed over the fighter plane and divided them into two. The sky was full of brilliant fireballs and explosions, which were reflected in Opal's dark pupils, like a vast expanse of fireworks blooming one after another.

The power of faith is like a strong wind, like a raging sea, like a blizzard under the thunder, flooding the entire Hongsha Plain in an instant.