The paper man I raised is a dragon boss

This mecha base was built very concealed, it should be a backup stop, and there are not many soldiers guarding it.

When they arrived at the gate of the base, there were not even a few lights on in the entire venue, and the metal walls were glowing with cold light gray light, covering the faces of people with a layer of gray.

For some reason, Nan Xiao felt a little uncomfortable in his heart, and this weird feeling became more intense after stepping into the gate of the base.

He frowned, trying to convince himself.

The spare mecha base was built near the snowy forest, and it must be for concealment. Of course, it is impossible to be brightly lit in the middle of the night.

"Did you find anything unusual on duty at night?"

"Report, sir, there is no abnormality."

Han Yuan glanced sideways at the young man beside him with furrowed brows, his eyes swept across the saluting soldiers, and his voice remained calm.

"Where is the latest model of mecha parked? Take us there."

"Yes!"

Nan Xiao subconsciously wanted to keep up with the pace of the soldiers leading the way, but Han Yuan grabbed his wrist violently. He immediately slowed down and looked at Han Yuan questioningly.

They drew a little distance from the soldiers, and Han Yuan's voice was lowered.

"There is something wrong with the soldiers guarding here... Maybe they are pretending to be interstellar pirates."

Nan Xiao's throat tightened, he didn't respond immediately, his eyes fell on the soldiers who were leading the way ahead.

The opponent was wearing the same military uniform as an ordinary soldier, with epaulettes and armbands neatly worn, and his steps seemed to have been formally trained, without the looseness and banditry of interstellar pirates.

Nan Xiao recalled the action of the other party's military salute to them just now, it was definitely up to standard, and his tone of speaking to them was also very respectful—what's the problem?

"When he just saluted, his sleeves were rolled down and he had tattoos on his wrists."

The light here was too dim, and he could barely see the outline of Han Yuan's face when he walked beside Han Yuan. Of course, he failed to notice the tattoo on the soldier's hand.

The imperial conscripts clearly stipulated that no tattoos could be worn on the body. Once it was discovered that they would be expelled from the military, ordinary people would definitely not dare to take such a big risk.

"Also, please smell it carefully, Your Highness, is there a strange smell here?"

Nan Xiao lowered his head, the faint citrus scent in his nose receded, and there was a trace of it, so faint that if Han Yuan hadn't reminded him, he wouldn't have paid attention to it at all.

"...It's the smell of fire oil."

The mechs of the Empire have long since used kerosene as fuel.

Ordinary mecha bases will not be equipped with such flammable and explosive things.

The only explanation is-

"They want to burn down the base?"

Han Yuan's dark golden pupils were dark in the night, like an eagle hovering in the sky, with cold and sharp eyes.

"Yes... I will take His Highness into the cockpit of the mecha in a while. Although they have not done anything now, they must be prepared for me. I will send you away first."

"The soldiers outside are not fools. When they see a fight here, they will go back and send reinforcements...I will stay with you."

Han Yuan pursed his thin lips into a straight line: "Your Highness..."

Nan Xiao noticed that the soldiers in front turned their heads to look at them, and immediately raised his tone.

"You promised me, you can't count your words! I'm going to play with the mecha today, anyway, Yue Huaiying is dead, and you don't have any military affairs, so just stay with me at night, okay?"

The coquettish tone even gave him goosebumps when he realized it.

Han Yuan raised his eyebrows slightly, and the corners of his lips curled up a little, and he answered cooperatively.

"Okay...then His Highness has entered the cockpit of the mecha, and the buttons inside are not allowed to be messed with."

"I know, I know, I'm not a child, I won't mess around."

Nan Xiao gritted his teeth, leaned close to Han Yuan, kissed him on the cheek, and blushed at the tips of his ears, seeing that the soldiers in front did not turn back to peek at them.

The latest model of the empire's military mechs has nearly doubled battery life and stored ammunition, and is equipped with the highest level of protective shields.

It's just that the cost is too high, so it can't be mass-produced, and there are less than ten such mechs in Beicheng.

There are only two parked at this base.

"Master Shengzi, Your Highness, this is the latest model of mecha."

The separate warehouse door opened, and two mechs about the size of a starship appeared in front of them.

Han Yuan didn't change his face: "Where is the mecha training site?"

"Just around the corner."

"Okay, I see, you step back."

Nan Xiao watched as Han Yuan turned on the light screen, scanned the mecha's sensor, and the hatch of the driver's cab opened immediately.

Step into the cab quickly, and the hatch closes.Nan Xiao watched the rows of control buttons and the holographic map light up, and knew that Han Yuan needed to check whether the mecha was functioning properly, so he didn't bother.

The interstellar pirates came to pretend to be imperial soldiers, smuggled kerosene and wanted to blow up the base, so it shouldn't be unnecessary to destroy the mecha before the explosion.

But they have already come to inspect, and the army has also issued an announcement. The entire army will start a thorough investigation tomorrow morning. The interstellar pirates are worried that their identities will be found out, and the plan to blow up the base will definitely be implemented tonight.

They had to get rid of them before the interstellar pirates arranged the fire oil and ignited it.

"There is no problem with this mecha. Let's go to the training ground now and observe the guarding soldiers along the way."

Nan Xiao nodded.

"Although this base is not big, there is a snow forest not far away. If the interstellar pirates want to hide fire oil, it will be very convenient... us?"

"We can't startle the enemy. If we check the base and find nothing, His Highness will stay in the mecha. The highest-level protective cover of the mecha is opened. Ordinary explosions will not hurt people in the cockpit."

"how about you?"

"I will quietly go to the snow forest to have a look—Your Highness really can't follow me this time, there must be someone in the mech, so that the interstellar pirates will not notice the abnormality and carry out the explosion early."

Nan Xiao's hand hanging by his side tightened, hesitated for a moment, and reached out to grab Han Yuan's sleeve.

"...I see, then you have to be careful by yourself."

Han Yuan smiled lowly, wrapped Nan Xiao's hand in his palm, and comforted him.

"I promise Your Highness, I won't get hurt this time. I originally promised to take you skiing and drive mechs, but in the end—"

"We are also driving the mecha now. After the interstellar pirates here are dealt with, we can go skiing on the nearby hillside."

With time running out, Nan Xiao quickly memorized a few basic buttons to control the mecha.

"This is the button to open the protective cover. Once your highness hears the explosion, you must immediately open the highest-level protective cover. I will rush over as soon as possible, understand?"

"Yeah." Nan Xiao stretched his eyebrows and smiled, "Although I haven't really opened a mecha, I can still match these buttons with the ones in the book."

If he heard the explosion, he wanted to drive the mech to Xuelin to find him.

But... don't talk about it, he is afraid that Han Yuan will worry.