On the tenth day, the rainstorm was approaching, the clouds in the sky were extremely low, and it was dark.

At the airport of the First Imperial Army, the lights of the signal tower flickered frequently, and huge and hideous forts with black holed muzzles were sent to the Mountain by carrier vehicles.On the top of the huge starship, a platform rises to the highest point, unfolding in a half-moon shape, and densely packed silver fighters settle on the platform.At the bottom of the starship, thousands of mechas are being sent into the open mecha warehouse door along the tracks.

With the huge mountain number as the background, in the wide open space ahead, 20 soldiers in imperial uniforms and battle uniforms lined up in a square formation, waiting for the emperor's inspection.

Huo Lun, the former head of the Far Eastern Army, was appointed as the deputy commander of the expedition. Standing in front of the battle, he glanced at faces that were either young and reckless or mature, and spoke slowly.

"Yesterday, I executed a deserter, and he flinched in the face of war."

"He said that he is not afraid of death, but he is afraid of dying in a foreign land in the universe, turning into the dust of the stars, and even the bones cannot be left for his family."

"He said he was willing to guard the country's gates for the empire, but taking the initiative to attack is asking for death. He doesn't want to make unnecessary sacrifices."

"I think he's too ridiculous." Commander-in-Chief Huo Lun shook his head, and cast his gaze on everyone in the formation, "But what about you? Are you also afraid?"

Seeing the soldiers looking at him with tense expressions, Commander Huolun twitched his lips, "I'm not afraid of anything, I'm only afraid that I will regret it."

He shook the gun in his hand, and then clenched it tightly, "When I was 12 years old, my father used the whole family's property to buy a spaceship ticket to the star field in the inner ring of the empire to send me away, and they, together with Everyone on that planet was reduced to scorched earth under the iron hooves of the Knights of Radiance, and I have spent endless years regretting not being able to drive out those cruel invaders, and I don't want to regret it anymore."

"Passive defense can only get them more brutal attacks every time. I want to step on their territory and tell those arrogant invaders that we are not prey to be slaughtered by them, and they are not superior hunters."

"I want them to tremble under our artillery fire, let them break their swords and sink their halberds, and let them see that 18 years after the Hundred Years' War, the courage of the empire is still intact, and our fighting spirit is still alive!"

"I want to tell them that the victory of the Hundred Years' War was not their pity. We are the chosen victors. Since we won once, we will continue to win!"

Huo Lun took a deep breath and stared fiercely at the soldiers in front of him, "If you still have blood and loyalty, then fight for the empire, for the emperor, for the land and relatives you cherish!"

In the reviewing car, a certain older general couldn't help but lower his voice and muttered, "This old guy, Huo Lun, still likes to stir up people's hearts so much."

Another person laughed out loud, "The group of brats in the Far Eastern Army were deceived by him and died on the battlefield. I thought that after the war, he resigned from the army in despair and went to serve as a soldier." The mercenaries will get better, but now it seems that dogs can’t change their food... Ahem, it’s true that the country is easy to change and the nature cannot be changed.”

The previous general looked forward, "But this occasion is indeed suitable for him to play. You can see that the spirits of those little boys are different immediately."

When everyone looked forward, Huo Lun just turned around and turned back. He glared fiercely at the people in the car who were talking about him, and bowed to Xia Lin: "Your Majesty, please give a speech for the soldiers."

Xia Lin stepped out of the car. He was wearing a black military uniform, and his leather boots stepped on the solid ground. Everyone held their breath and watched the young emperor. The surroundings were solemn and solemn, only the sound of "tattling" footsteps Like knocking on everyone's heart.

Ye Xiao's soldiers put on a windbreaker for him, and the leader of Rosen stood behind him with a big black umbrella to shield him from the wind and rain.

Xia Lin stopped in front of the army, and his tall and straight figure caught everyone's eyes. He stretched out his white-gloved hands to straighten his neckline, and the golden chain buttons and medals slipped down from the cuffs showed his noble status. Although standing alone in front of the army, the aura on his body seemed to be able to stand up to thousands of troops.

When his gaze swept over, all the Alphas present instinctively felt suppressed and trembled, and then looked at Xia Lin with even more fanatical gaze.

Xia Lin didn't like nonsense, and he didn't speak as provocatively as Huo Lun, he only said one sentence.

"I'll let you win."

The audience was silent, and then burst into applause.

"Fire the gun."

"Flag raised."

Huo Lun roared, and as his words fell, there was a gunshot, and all the battle flags in the airport were raised, and the flags were connected into one piece, fluttering and flying in the sound of hunting wind.At the same time, the squares, government halls, and landmark buildings throughout the empire also raised the three-in-one flag symbolizing the royal family, the military, and the empire.

Soldiers lined up entered the parked starship one by one. After all the soldiers entered, the silver mountain slowly started. The roar of the engine was deafening, so that no other sound could be heard between the sky and the earth, and the strong wind gushed from the bottom of the starship. Come out and blow up the hair and hem of the ground staff.

Xia Lin tugged at the neckline, "Let's go."

He led the generals into the Mountain, and the gate of the starship was completely closed. Silver light flashed across the surface of the starship, and the ring lights around the starship were lit. to the sky.

After it left the ground, the other accompanying starships parked aside followed suit.

The signal tower of the military airport emitted a long-range light, and the floating lights in the sky lit up one by one, leading to an empty road.The aircraft in the sky gave way one after another, standing quietly on both sides of the sky, seeing off the fleet.

The fleet flew out of the airport and crossed half of the imperial city. Countless imperial people crowded the streets along the way, looking at the legion in the air, waving the imperial flag in their hands. I don't know who spoke first, and the crowd suddenly uttered "The empire is undefeated! The Empire will prevail!" Then this slogan swept along the streets like a plague, and the entire imperial city was drowned by the shouts like a wave.

Xia Lin stood in front of the panoramic observation window, looking at the surging crowd below, while Yixiute stood quietly beside him.

Commander Huo Lun suddenly walked up behind him and said: "The imperial people have been suppressed for too long, and they are too eager for a real victory. If we can triumph this time, Your Majesty, you will surely be able to stand shoulder to shoulder with the twelve supreme emperors." the monarch."

After speaking, he looked at Xia Lin, his eyes were full of heat.

Xia Lin turned around and looked at the veteran with a smile, "It turns out that you are not only good at speeches, but also good at flattering."

Commander Huo Lun was exposed, and smiled cheekily, "My flattery is not casual, I really felt this way when I was at the airport just now."

Xia Lin moved his eyelids, turned around and walked towards the conference room, "It's too early to look forward, let's discuss the next arrangement first."

Days of interstellar travel followed.

After they arrived in the deep blue star field, they carried out simple maintenance and supplies on the starship, and then entered the barren star belt on the southern border of the empire through the quiet window.

Xia Lin sent Feng Bai to lead people to investigate the route in advance. According to Feng Bai's feedback, this route is still valid. At the same time, it is confirmed that the fortress on the side of the meteorite belt is still in a state of isolation from the outside world.

The only thing I didn't expect was that there were many people from Glory City in the barren star belt where there were no people in the past. Feng Bai went to investigate and found that they were all Moz's admirers. They came here purely for traveling and taking pictures.

After listening to Feng Bai's report, Xia Lin fell silent. In order not to reveal their course of action, she endured the shame and took out a pair of underwear that was said to be picked up and signed by Moz, and asked Salad to drop it on a remote star nearby. The area lured these idlers away, and finally entered the meteorite star area smoothly.

After traveling through the meteorite flow for five days, the meteorites in the panoramic observation window gradually became rarer.

In the cockpit of the starship, the captain reported to Xia Linhui: "Your Majesty, we expect to leave the meteorite area in one hour and enter the unnamed star field you mentioned."

"Can you find Feng Bai's signal?" Xia Lin asked.

This place is far away from the star field where the empire is located, unable to access the net, and can only conduct short-distance interstellar communication through the signals between devices.

"Searching, please wait..." An intelligence officer sitting in front of the console replied.

"Yes, this is the information Feng Bai returned." The intelligence officer presented the received information to Xia Lin.

Xia Lin glanced, his brows gradually furrowed, and he tapped lightly on the operation panel with his fingers.

"Your Majesty, what's wrong?"

"Feng Bai has updated the information. The situation in the fort ahead has changed. The commander-in-chief Godot suddenly appeared near the fort a few hours ago, and he seems to have taken over the fort."

"But the good news is that Godot should have come here purely to take over the fortress of Nado. They don't know our actions and plans, but if he is here, we may not be able to break through the fortress in a short time."

Xia Lin knew the existence of the subspace tunnel only after he read Nado's memory directly. Judging from Nado's memory, he did not disclose this tunnel to anyone, even Godot, who is his own brother. .

According to Feng Bai's information, Godot traveled through the starry sky, which also verified this point, but after Godot took over the fortress, the secrets guarded by the fortress may have been exposed.

But even so, Godot would not have thought that this secret passage had been known by the empire, let alone that the empire's army was close at hand.

After pondering for a moment, Xia Lin turned to Yixiut, "Later, when we are approaching the edge of the meteorite belt, we can't hide. You will lead the Dark Star Legion to lead Godot out and restrain the knights in the fortress. Then enter the subspace tunnel at the fastest speed."

The communication distance that the Conscious Light Network can support is very limited. Messages across star regions can only be transmitted by manpower in the City of Glory. It takes at least three to five days for a message to be transmitted from the Foglight Fortress to the City of Glory.And if they accelerate with all their strength in the subspace, they are expected to reach their destination within three days, so they can still give them a heavy blow before Glory City reacts.

Yixiute bowed, "Obey."

Xia Lin watched Yixiut leave, and a black mecha flew out of the huge Shanshan, entering the accompanying Dark Star, and then the Dark Star suddenly accelerated, breaking through the meteorite area first, and entering the vast star field ahead.

"Leave the next battle to Yixiut. Let's go directly to the subspace tunnel."

Commander Huo Lun said with some concern: "Gordo is not easy to deal with. I am afraid that the Dark Star alone will be difficult to fight against. Don't you need to send people to support?"

"No, I trust him." Xia Lin said in a deep voice, "Let's move forward."

There is a lot of space turbulence near this weak point in the subspace, and space storms often occur, so it is not suitable for setting up a fortress. Therefore, there is a certain distance between the location of the fortress and the weak point in the subspace, and a small number of knights are left outside the weak point to be on guard. , once there is a change, the fortress can be notified immediately through the optical network.

But this time, when the huge monster emerged from the space, the vigilant knight found that the signal sent in the past had not received an echo for a long time.

"It seems that Lord Yixiut has successfully stopped the people in the fortress." In front of the operation desk, the young intelligence officer was overjoyed.

They looked at the weak point of the subspace in front of the panoramic observation window. From the outside, the weak point of the subspace is no different from the surrounding void of the universe, but when the light passes by, there will be slight distortions and fragments, just like a huge A spider's web, or a space-opening scar.

The starship accelerated at full speed, ignoring the knights blocking the way, and crashed into the weak point of the subspace.

The moment they entered the subspace tunnel, the flow of time around them suddenly became extremely slow, and the gravity became unbalanced for a moment. Several inexperienced young soldiers and civilian personnel in the command room floated into the air, but they were also stopped by the sudden stop of time. Stuck in the air, unable to get up or down, they could only stare at each other with big eyes and small eyes.

Then the starship trembled violently, the internal environment was synchronized and coordinated, and the surroundings returned to normal in an instant.A few disgraced young soldiers and civil servants fell from the air and quickly returned to their seats, pretending nothing happened.

"It's time to fire." Xia Lin reminded.

"Obey." The captain pressed the red button on the top of the operation panel.

A huge muzzle emerged from the back of the starship, aiming at the void behind it and bombarding it.

When the bombing stopped, the cobweb-like cracks in the subspace behind the starship had collapsed and disappeared.

Different from the stable cosmic channel like YouWindow, the weak point of the subspace is usually very fragile. After this bombing, it will not recover for at least half a year, and may even disappear permanently.

"That way they won't be able to catch up." The captain smiled.

"But... we have no way out." The intelligence officer in front of the console had a sad expression.

Xia Lin took one last look at the chaotic space vortex behind the starship, and turned his gaze to Commander Horun.

Commander Huolun nodded knowingly, and said to everyone: "Since we have chosen the expedition, we have already given up the retreat. If we can defeat Glory City, even if there is no such way, we can still return triumphantly. If we lose... ..." His voice became severe, "Even if there is such a road, who of you has the face to go back to the empire on this road?"

Seeing that everyone stopped talking, he slowed down his voice again, "The functions of the human body in the subspace will be much weakened. All parties should go back to the lounge and prepare. When you wake up, it will be a big battle."

In the sound of the broadcast of the starship's intelligent system, everyone quickly returned to their respective lounges.

Xia Lin also went back to the lounge and lay down. Atreus's constant cabin was placed beside the bed. He glanced at the stable cabin, felt a little more stable in his heart, and closed his eyes hard.

The dagger that was given to Atreus and finally returned to him lay in his arms, and he clenched the dagger tightly.

He didn't need to retreat, since he stepped out of the empire, he never thought of retreating.

Can only go forward.

The author has something to say: Yixiut: I, I, I was abandoned like this? °-°〃

Xia Lin: This is for your own good. (▼へ▼メ)

Thanks to the little angels who irrigate [nutrient solution]: 1 bottle of Faurecia brocade;

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