While we were thinking about what we should use to lift Harlan out quickly, efficiently and without being easily exposed, Bingtis had a flash of inspiration. "Eye-catching? Isn't there a super eye-catching one here?" Bingtis said, turning to look.
Xiang Felice, "Aside from the ancestral graves of your ancestors, these Fiyali people are the most eye-catching..."
It was the first time in my life that I saw a person complete a backflip and then a 360-degree turn while sitting upright. The cat ended up behind the back of the sofa. Phyllis almost turned into a black shadow to complete the set.
I was very surprised when I saw her popping up from behind the sofa. I thought to myself that the Queen had trained her muscles akimbo quite well...
"Are you guys doing this?" Phyllis glanced at the three of us with the eyes of class enemies, "Do you think it's appropriate to discuss this matter in front of the victims?"
In fact, I want to say that in front of Bingtis, a female gangster, how do you expect anything related to moral sense to be "inappropriate" in her mind - but before I spoke, Bingtis spoke: "
Oh, that's right, I should have said this when you were not around."
Shandora and I said at the same time: "..."
Phyllis began to poke holes in Bingtis's face with her eyes: I don't think this has any effect. Bingtis's face, let alone the eyes, would fall into the sand even if the Dinghaishen needle and pestle were applied to it.
"But this is a good idea," Sandora looked at us and analyzed it calmly, "You see, Harlan has already seen the Fiyali people's spaceship. He may not have seen the hometown material with his own eyes, but he is very familiar with the Fiyali people.
The merchant ship was deeply impressed. He knew that the people on these ships had dug the ancestral graves of the Xiling ancestors. Secondly, the Fiyali people were not Xiling apostles. The fallen apostles also had little knowledge of the new empire's macro-world system. It was nothing for the Fiyali people to leave the empire's territory.
The suspicious thing could be explained by the fact that these vendors who had dug their ancestors' graves once came to dig for the second time, or it could be explained that they were going back to their hometown - Harlan would not be suspicious of this."
Sandora's analysis was in order, while Phyllis continued to lie on the back of the sofa and stared at her: "What about me?"
"I didn't ask your people to stay with us," Bingtis finally couldn't help but remind the somewhat funny Queen, "Pull your ship here, and your people will follow us back to the Empire District.
Come on?"
Phyllis was stunned, and finally found that she had been in a state of brain short-circuit for the past few minutes, and did not realize that there was still this option, so she smiled apologetically at Sandora and me: "Oh, that's it.
——A ship is cheaper for you..."
Me: "Shut up."
"You can't do this! Do you know how much time it took us to build the experimental ship across the void? It only takes two years to build one engine!"
Me: "Shut up - your adjutant has been exposed a long time ago. Your hometown still has at least twenty ships for cross-border navigation..."
Phyllis: "..." I guess she started planning to go back and sell her adjutant again. This time, she might be able to get a discount, and then put it in a sack and send it to me.
Actually, of course we can't just take advantage of others. No matter how you think about it, one fact is obvious: if the Fiyali people's ship is used to hook Haran's army, it is probably impossible to come back intact. It is optimistic that Haran will be there
The first thing I did after I found out that I had been deceived was to melt those ships into slag and spread it all over the universe. So I figured out what I needed to compensate Phyllis with, such as another ship, or some civilian technology -
But this matter cannot be brought up in front of Phyllis. After getting along with her for a period of time, I already know the nature of this peddler queen.
The stubborn guy, let her know that we have a compensation plan, then we will probably never have peace until she can win over a fleet...
Various facts tell us that when faced with this kind of guy who makes people laugh or cry, the best solution is to deal with it first and then decide on the compensation plan secretly for her. When the time comes, there will be no further troubles as a fait accompli. You have to negotiate compensation with her on the spot.
.She can blame your actions for the inflammation of her back molars, and then extort a bunch of vitamin tablets back... It's not like she can't do this!
It took us two full days to evacuate all personnel and equipment. In fact, it is quite easy to evacuate personnel and equipment: the biggest advantage of engineering sites such as pioneer research stations is that they are easy to disassemble, assemble and transfer. Most of the asteroid belt engineering bases
They can all be discarded. Several core facilities can be deformed and assembled on the engineering ship and packed away. As for the large laboratory built later, Tavel pushed it into the void and annihilated it after transferring all the key data.
It only takes about half a day for these personnel and equipment to set off. What really takes time is the ancestral relics. They are huge in number and fragile in structure, and more importantly, Sandora is not willing to throw away even a single slag - and more importantly,
In the end we packed up the entire asteroid belt and took it away...
Well, we spent a day and several mass-produced bubbles personally supervising the work to create a temporary world gate, and then pushed the entire asteroid belt through the world gate into the shadow space - I admit that the amount of work was
It's a bit big. But you have to understand Sandora's excitement when facing the materials of her hometown and the relics of her ancestors...
Anyway, Phyllis spent an hour rereading it after seeing a scene in which a crack as big as the moon opened up in space, and then the entire asteroid belt was pulled in by the gravitational field generators arranged into a stick of gravel that reached into the sky and the earth.
In one sentence:
"You bunch of crazy people..."
In fact, if it weren't for the worry that the large-scale information flow would attract the remnants of Haran in the dark, Shandora would have the intention to pack up this star system and take it back. You have to believe that the Xiling Apostles are drilling holes in the rules of the world.
Can something as large as the Death Star jump between several universes?
In this way, after staying in this desolate and remote universe for a few days, we hurriedly returned to the capital world, including everyone, and Sandora began to prepare for a surprise attack on the far frontier. We need the fastest and most ferocious troops,
This was to give the remnants of Harlan a devastating blow, and not allow them to run away like last time. For this purpose, Sivis mobilized the Royal Fleet, which had just recovered from the last border defense battle, and six legions.
All the elite units form a powerful mixed force on standby at any time. The reason why we invest such a huge force to deal with Harlan is that the opponent still has the King's Lander on hand. Although Harlan's main force now only has a part of the royal fleet left,
But his King's Lander formation is really a huge threat, and we have to use overwhelming numbers to deal with those things. Of course, I also considered letting the celestial system fleet deal with the King's Lander. However, that fleet moves too slowly and will not be able to catch up in a while.
.We want to engage in an interception war against Harlan, and the celestial system fleet is not suitable.
In addition to the above-mentioned forces, there is also a group of special fleets that are also prepared for this battle: the seventh fleet that has just been formed but has not yet verified its combat effectiveness - the Magic Energy Legion.
The Seventh Fleet is the old Royal Fleet of the Fifteen Days that we got from the Merova people last time. Of course, it changed its name after it was reorganized. They were all the most advanced mysterious warships of the year. Although they have a long history,
Still continuing the unscientific and durable style of the Xiling Apostles, as long as they are properly repaired, they should be able to exert their full power as before. With the assistance of Tavel, Alleria led all the current technical personnel of the mysterious side
Working day and night, it took several months to repair most of those spaceships (because we did not have enough star shaping pools-that is, the star port buildings of the mysterious system), so the progress of the repair work was a bit slow, and some were repaired by Melova.
(The starships that were severely damaged by humans are still lying in the outer space of the Celestial City, unable to move). These ancient mysterious creations formed a new fleet that is much smaller than other legions. At present, we temporarily call it the Seventh Fleet.
Or the Seventh Legion.
Because the number of captured spaceships is limited, and not all of them can be activated, the scale of this "Seventh Fleet" is indeed the smallest among all the legions of the New Empire. The Royal Fleet is half of the normal legion, and the scale of the Seventh Fleet is
Even half of the Royal Fleet - As the senior leader of the mysterious army, Alleria is quite depressed about this situation, but there is no way. Before the Star Shaping Pool is completed, the mysterious side "has troops but no ships"
I'm afraid the current situation will continue for a while.
Of course, I think that to deal with the remaining troops under Harlan, the elite mixed force organized by Sivis plus the Seventh Fleet should be enough. It is also a good opportunity to test the combat effectiveness of the Seventh Fleet and their ability in the new era.
Adaptability in the imperial environment. Anyway, we don’t have to hide things like mystery now. In fact, when the last border battle started, I had the intention to let the Seventh Fleet take part at the last moment, but the plan couldn’t catch up last time.
Variety……
Regarding the insufficient establishment of the Seventh Fleet, the top general on the mysterious side did not express any opinions: Alaya still lives a leisurely, relaxed and happy life, although now she has a lot of work to be busy. But I really didn’t find this
What kind of change has happened in the personality of the somewhat naive angel sister? I remembered the rules I summarized at the beginning: In the fifteenth day area, the people who work are probably the second-in-commands. Look at Pandora and Sivis.
Raye and Alleria...
Okay, let’s not discuss the work style of the two general-level figures. In short, after some emergency mobilization, we have hoarded a considerable number of troops in the remote areas. After Harlan appeared, we sent the troops to travel long distances from the empire.
It was obviously too late to attack, so Sivis asked the army to stand by in an inconspicuous universe near the far frontier in advance. This is the limit distance that will not cause the enemy to notice, and it can also intercept the enemy as soon as it appears.
The optimal distance. I believe that as soon as Harlan and his remnants show up, these fleets will be able to seal off another universe within minutes: each of their spaceships is filled with world barrier jamming devices, and the entire fleet is ready
Implement the classic "anti-jump" tactic.
While the fleets of all parties were actively preparing for war, we also threw out the bait prepared for Harlan.
On a dark, windy, cold night with few stars, Phyllis stood on Starport No. 5 above Gaia, biting her handkerchief and fingers and bid farewell to her three ships with tears in her eyes.
He was the biggest one in the Philis merchant ship. Shandora, I, and Felice's female adjutant were also present. Seeing Felice like this, everyone felt like their heads were full of black lines.
When Phyllis was about to compose a long poem inspired by the scene, the adjutant next to her finally couldn't help it anymore: "Your Majesty, please be more decent."
Phyllis seemed to suddenly remember that this adjutant had unintentionally ruined her blackmail plan, so she suddenly frowned: "Did I sell you the letter? Does the discount offer cash on delivery and free packaging of the letter?"
The adjutant's face was expressionless: "Your Majesty Queen, you have planned to sell me three hundred and twenty-seven times, including buy one, get one free. So please be more decent."
Phyllis: "..."
I had to interrupt these two strange people: "As for you, didn't I leave two ships for you?"
In fact, we originally planned to send all three Fialli merchant ships out, but Phyllis felt that it was their first time to jump out of the world, and at least one of these three ships must be left behind even as a historical souvenir - after she
Sandora chose to give in when she was close to death. Sandora's own explanation was that it was just a bait anyway, and there was no difference between one and three ships, but I think the main role was that Phyllis was too trouble-making.
Before Sandora changed her mind, the Fiari Void Consortium had already prepared loudspeakers and banners in front of their company. All they had to do was disguise themselves as more than a hundred unpaid migrant workers and broadcast in a loop, "The Black-Hearted Shipping Authority Tow Us Away"
Three ships, no explanation is given and no starting money is paid. Ministry of Imperial Control, please pay for our spaceships and return our hard-earned money! Now that we can’t survive, we can only sell equipment. The original price of a meteorite smelting furnace is 1888, but now it only costs 998..."
I think this Phyllis really dares to do this!
"Is there any contradiction between keeping two ships and losing one?" Phyllis settled the score. "I have feelings for this ship, okay!"
I waved my hand and then talked about the compensation issue with her. My compensation plan is as follows. First, the Fiyali people lost a ship, and the empire will build a replica for them - exactly the same, equivalent replacement.
, of course, because this new ship uses some high-grade materials unique to the empire, it will be even better than the prototype. In fact, Felice has made a profit. Secondly, for the "righteous sacrifice" for Fiari (you say these four words
There must be as much water as possible!) to express her praise and gratitude, Sandora decided to open low-level void calibration and primary nether energy extraction technology to them. These two technologies should be quite high-end in the current view of the Fiari people, but they will not
It has a great impact on their local technology tree: for a Ming who can already jump out of the universe, void calibration and nether energy extraction are already knowledge that is only separated by a piece of paper, and teaching them will have no impact. And Sandora
There are additional plans for this decision:
The Void Consortium formed by the Fiyali people has not yet been officially put into operation, but they have already shown their superb business and diplomatic talents in the process of communicating with the major races in the Shadow City, especially the major servant army races. This consortium will be able to effectively improve
Regarding the efficiency of circulation and the level of communication among private channels in various worlds, Sandora and I both believe that this novel but very useful organization should be put on the table as soon as possible. And let it have sufficient loyalty to the empire - the support of key technologies.
It is the most effective and the most familiar method for us.
When Phyllis heard that there was indeed a compensation plan, her eyes suddenly lit up and she came over with a playful smile.
Sandora and I teleported home without saying a word before the vendor opened his mouth...
The next two days are the most difficult two days: we all hope that Harlan will appear as soon as possible, and then the empire will send out all its troops, but we don’t want the most powerful guy in history to show up and disappear into the void.
The depths are simply a joyful thing: after all, as long as the war starts, there is a chance that the worrying universe will be affected. We do try to keep the Fialli merchant ship as a bait as far away from that world as possible, but after all, Harlan is roughly
Knowing where his target is, he should hide nearby. The bait cannot stray too far, otherwise it will be ineffective.
However, two days later, no news came.
The Fiyali merchant ship, controlled by an automatic system, patrolled the remote areas, and no one came out to cause trouble for them: with the technical strength of the fallen apostles, two days was enough for them to discover this conspicuous target.
After the third day also passed in calm conditions, Shandora and I couldn't help but start to wonder if there was something wrong with our initial guess: maybe it was just an accident that the remnants of Harlan passed by there, or maybe they were
They were just passing by, maybe they had left the far frontier and disappeared into the depths of the void, or maybe...
Harlan's target is not his home world, and he is no longer a Fiari. He is not interested in our bait.
We didn't have any intelligence at hand, and the enemies hiding in the void were the most difficult to deal with. Sandora and I were worried, and we began to reflect on our combat deployment and re-examine the original analysis results of the armor fragment.
Comparing the analysis process at that time with Harlan's behavior before and after the border battle, the conclusion is still that there is a 90% possibility that Harlan's remnants are hiding in the far frontier. However -
Why don't they come out?
I can’t understand why a fallen apostle legion with terrible obsessions and alarming hostility to the empire suddenly changed their gender, hid harmlessly in the corner of the void, and even turned a blind eye to the bait we threw out. Sandora and I both
He was 100% sure that the Fiari merchant ship had no secrets: all the imperial equipment on it had been camouflaged, and the ship's body had no psionic response. It sailed according to the route it had taken in the past, in order to make the impression that "these ancestral gravediggers are digging up their ancestors' graves."
In order to make this illusion more realistic, Sandora even ordered the ship to find a nearby universe to dock, and used mining drones to dig out several tons of stones and bring them with it...
Therefore, the "bait" link is unlikely to cause problems.
It seems that enemies like Harlan are difficult to deal with after all. Perhaps he is extremely vigilant and cautious. Fishing does not work every time. We are lucky to have successfully caught a Merova man once.
.
In short, we are waiting in a dilemma for the time being. In fact, the temporary absence of Harlan is not the most troubling part. The most troubling thing is that the boat used as a bait has been circling in place for two full days. If it continues like this
, even if Harlan's intelligence is as good as Dingdang's, he still has to see the problem - a small boat without guards or arms is wandering in the void. It has been hunted down once before but still dares to be so high-profile. Now it is just around the corner.
A two-line banner was posted on the side of the boat with the words "Halanima, if you don't accept it, I'll chop it down" with eight big characters...
No matter how well-laid a plan is, problems will arise over time. This is a principle of life that I have learned a long time ago. When I was in elementary school, I and Qianqian once planned to skip class to catch cicadas, but it was ruined because it took too long.
The situation at that time was like this. By the time we finally made up our minds and found the opportunity to skip class, more than a month had passed since the National Day... Well, let's not talk about it.
But just when Sandora and I were about to give up on this trap, let the ship run to the depths of the void and disintegrate on its own (we didn’t dare to let it come back, because if its identity as the bait was not exposed, maybe we could still execute the second set)
When planning), finally came the good news that everyone was celebrating:
The Fialli merchant ship was attacked.
Well... at least it's good news for us, let's not talk about it for Phyllis.