Darkness is the background color of the universe, and the light emitted by celestial bodies is weak and blurry, just like the human heart.

It was Gaia's 2694 year and Plato's 494 year.

It is really a long story to say that the human race is divided into two branches - the Gaians and the Platons. They are still so opposed and hostile to each other. In fact, it has been nearly 500 years since they moved out of the old earth. Both sides have long evolved independently. The past events that were once Earthlings were left behind by both sides, and they only knew that the other side was a mortal enemy who robbed valuable resources, and that was to be eliminated.

The shallowness and forgetfulness of human thinking can also be seen from this that every generation can only live in the present.

Among the vast interstellar stars, there is a very small planetary military base NGC2547 near the FF star Aquila, which has been away from Gaia for more than 2,700 light-years. This is an inconspicuous mini base in a large number of base groups, with only 8,000 garrisons and a small fleet with limited cruise capabilities and equipment.

Maintaining a huge interstellar base group is the top priority of the Gaia War Department. The countless Gaia fleets traveled day and night, which has been the norm in the universe for centuries. Why?

It is for mining cosmic minerals, especially a precious one called aquarium. It has been named "water concentrate" because of its crystal clear and light blue color like sea water. This radioactive complex similar to water molecules has become the best energy source for the space age of the 27th century - whether it is a fleet that consumes huge energy and performs time-space jumps, or various laser weapons that consume amazing energy, they all need "water concentrate".

The most important thing is that Gaia is originally the K-type main sequence star HDb on the sail 36 light-years away from the Earth. This planet is 50% larger than the Earth's diameter, 3 times larger in mass, 2.27 times larger in surface area, and rich resources. It seems to be an extremely suitable place for immigration, but in fact, the atmosphere and gravity are not suitable for human survival. It is necessary to establish a huge "life and environment group" to carry out "geography", which requires millions of oxygen stations that consume huge energy throughout the planet, and there are also major projects such as greening, planting and maintenance. In short, humans consume countless energy every moment of survival on Gaia. Therefore, the super energy body "water concentrate" that exists in liquid gas has become the first choice. Now the Gaia people have grown to 42.2 billion, and the "water concentrate" can be regarded as a divine gift for maintaining hundreds of millions of creatures.

The Platons had already migrated further to the planet Kepler-452b in the constellation Cygnus area, and had more than 1,400 light-years away from the Earth and Gaia. Originally, both sides could live in peace and life. The Platons, who abide by a special set of doctrines and etiquette, were self-respecting themselves and despised the Gaias who reproduced like animals. However, because the two sides had ideology wars before they separated, and the great value of "water concentrate" also made the Platons covet, and they began to plunder Gaia's transport fleet.

Therefore, more than 400 years ago, the two sides began to fight for cosmic resources.

Faced with the more violent and powerful Platonians, in order to ensure unimpeded mining in the universe and transport important mineral resources, the Gaians set up a large number of space bases on various mine sites and transportation channels to prevent robbery, which can ensure the unimpeded lifeline. Two centuries ago, the planetary belt near the FF of Aquila had discovered "water concentrate" and other mineral rich areas. In order to ensure that mining is not harassed by the Plato fleet, there were a large number of space bases in this area. However, with the rumbling and lively

Large-scale mechanical mining, large-scale explosion of planets and asteroids surfaces, use mechanical pipelines to penetrate hundreds of kilometers into the planet to absorb "water concentrates", and other rich mineral deposits, such as peladothe, which can cast "light steel" in the space age, after two centuries of crazy mining, the FF star mining area gradually mined and its strategic importance decreased. Gaia Congress passed a decree to gradually reduce the number of space bases in this area. NGC2547 is the last military base in the area that floats alone in the vast space.

After being mined by the Gaias, these planets that seemed to have been sucked out of their normal orbit and disappeared into the vast darkness. Before this, there was a chaotic collision between them. Therefore, the environment of the NGC2547 base is similar to that of the universe desert, with various gravel belts floating, with a wilderness. In addition, it is far from the front line of the conflict between the two sides, and it is silent as if it is confused.

However, it seemed as if in a moment, the dull atmosphere of NGC2547 was suddenly broken.

A Gaia fleet that was escorted by 18 newest spacecraft to carry out diplomatic missions, docked in the NGC2547's cliff-like airport. The uninvited guest Brigadier Benini walked down the flagship in the uniform of the Gaia space fleet surrounded by a large group of followers.

Brigadier Benini, who is in his forties, has a typical Italian appearance, barely considered handsome, with shiny black hair and a little yellowed skin. He looks extremely anxious because he is too nervous and looks a bit mechanical when walking.

"Brief General, you are here, welcome...! I only represent all the garrisons..."

Colonel Yamamoto, the commander of the NGC2547 base, respectfully brought a group of subordinates to the entrance of the space interface bridge, and said enthusiastically in Gaia's Chinese with a Japanese accent, while constantly bowing. It was said that the rank of the brigade general of Benini was only one level higher than that of him, but Colonel Yamamoto had been accustomed to being humble all his life. Moreover, although Brigade General Benini was not at a high level, he was a person in the core circle of power of the coalition government, and his political energy was far superior to that of the commander of the small base that was stationed in a distance.

“We are in big trouble now.”

Before Colonel Yamamoto finished his flattering and long welcome speech, Brigadier General Benini said straight to the point, raised his hands and made an exaggerated gesture.

It turned out that he had secretly contacted the Dzogami as a special envoy, because according to the war convention signed by the two sides under the auspices of the Alien Alliance 400 years ago, neither side was allowed to contact aliens with super weapons. The tragedy of human extinction occurred and could only independently develop and upgrade weapons. However, in fact, secret transactions were inevitable. Brigadier General Benini and his group sailed tens of thousands of light years before secretly contacting the Dzogami. You must know

Originally, the Dzogami Star was only 388 light-years from Gaia, which was closer than Plato Star. It can be seen that both sides wanted to hide the feelings of the Plato people. The two sides connected on an unknown planet and brought back the latest military technology and information instructions, which was of great benefit to the Gaia's technological upgrade. Just when Gaia's diplomatic fleet wanted to quickly return to the huge capital "Manting City", on the way back, they were suddenly intercepted by a Plato fleet.

Varuna!

The space radar monitor at the flagship command screamed. He used the identification system to easily identify that the enemy flagship was the flagship "Faluna" of the commander of the Plato White Tiger Knights.

The entire flagship command was in an uproar due to the shock. The guilty Brigadier General Benini ordered an escape at the highest speed.

Plato has 14 space fleets, and four "Knights" named after the four spirits of the sky - Qinglong, White Tiger, Vermillion Bird and Xuanwu. They correspond to the four major human races of yellow, white, black and brown. The leader of the four major Knights is at the peak of Plato's generals. Each large leader has 40,000 space knights, of which 10,000 are called "Immortal Army". The number of people remains unchanged. They are Plato's combat elite group, and of course they are also the object that Gaia soldiers fear the most. They are the main force in the military-style encirclement battle in the space age.

The commander of the White Tiger Knights received an order from the huge agent "Logos" who controlled Plato, and immediately led a fleet, jumping space for 2,500 light-years, and came at a rapid speed towards the Gaia diplomatic fleet, hoping to intercept the secret program.

This Gaia fleet, which is responsible for the secret diplomatic mission, has the most sophisticated space cruise speed, so that although the huge "Valuna" is Plato's most first-class flagship, it is not enough to lead a huge fleet to chase a very small diplomatic fleet. Therefore, the commander of the White Tiger personally led 1,000 transformed fighter jets to pursue it wildly.

At this time, the military development of the Gaias and Platons showed a trend of bipolarization. A Gaia military observer nicknamed the showdown between "objective materialism" and "subjective idealism". The two human races even had very different brain circuits for developing military. Gaia's interstellar battleship battle group actually continued the war concept of the "aircraft carrier battle group" of the old Earthlings. There were 36 extremely complex and huge interstellar battle groups, including a large number of space fighters of various types on the main ship, and combined with the proton cannons, plasma cannons, photon cannons and laser cannons of various ships to form a fierce firepower coverage. Of course, each ship also has various types of airborne drones, and its rank rank also continues the old Earthling system.

The Platos are much more interesting. The army even canceled its ranks, and only the military ranks. The most eye-catching thing is Plato's "Knights," which developed the tactical ideas of the "armored Army" of the old Earthlings. The army composed of these super fighters can conduct interstellar long-distance cruises, interstellar jumps and insect holes, and act extremely rapidly. The Gaians' ordinary space fighter jets must take off and land on a huge mothership, and cannot conduct interstellar travel for a long time. They must return to the mothership before they can cross the star with the mothership. The Gaians' mothership and their

His space warship is too large and so it is relatively slow, but it has a considerable advantage in artillery fire. The Plato transformed fighter is the fastest cruising vehicle in space. After energy is full, no matter how fierce the battle is, there is almost no shortage of ammunition. Therefore, the transformed fighter is a perfect balance of maneuverability and fierce firepower, known as the "Pearl of Plato's military industry". In short, for the Gaias, war is the sea of ​​stars, and for the Platos, war is the origin of the universe.

Although Brigadier General Gaia's fleet used super-energy space-time jumps several times to get rid of the White Tiger Knights' pursuit, it was useless. 1,000 "White Tiger" transformed fighter jets were clenched and got closer and closer. If they were caught up, with the combat effectiveness of the "White Tiger" Knights' combat power, 18 frigates would be torn to pieces in an instant. Just when Brigadier Benini was sweating profusely, the space radar showed that the NGC2547 base was the only Gaia space base within hundreds of light years.

When Colonel Yamamoto learned about the purpose of Brigadier General Benini, sweat beads oozed out of his forehead. Thousands of troops under him, plus backward equipment that had not been upgraded for several years, he actually wanted to protect the secret data given by the Tyrannosaurus in his hands and face Plato's commander of the White Tiger Knights. Although Yamamoto immediately ordered the sound of the battle alarm and the whole person entered a state of combat, his heart was almost broken.

Faced with the fierce enemy, the garrison fleet of the small base was almost at a loss in front of the elite White Tiger Knights. In the base command of the spherical dome, Brigadier Benini focused on watching the virtual images of the battlefield on the 3D battlefield live projection platform. In the era of space war, there were special flying ball-shaped battlefield observers, and both sides would release a large number of space scanning and observation balls as soon as possible, so that the command center could know the current situation on the front line, otherwise it would be a melee billions of kilometers away. In addition to fierce battles, the combatants of both sides should also try to identify the opponent's observers and destroy them. Of course, this kind of observer is very small and difficult to completely destroy, and both sides will continue to replenish them. Therefore, the command centers of both sides can continuously monitor the battlefield situation in real time.

Brigadier General Benini saw that his frigate had lost two of them within ten minutes and began to circle the circular battlefield live projection platform anxiously. Although he was a brigade general, he was an army diplomat. In other words, he didn't know how to turn the situation around.

“ I left the most important thing to you,please protect it.”

Benini was stunned for a moment and added, "If you can’t, you can destroy it. Good luck!" (If you can’t, you can destroy it. Good luck)

The brigade general also made an exaggerated blow-up gesture, immediately boarded his flagship and quickly left the NGC2547 base. The other 16 frigates were ordered to retreat and threw down friendly forces from the base fleet. They escaped from the battlefield in a very unkind manner and flee directly to the Mason City.

He left the "big trouble" in the command center of NGC2547, and the Platons seemed to have special tracking devices. Instead of pursuing this diplomatic fleet that escaped like a frightened bird, they continued to siege this small space base.

Faced with all this, Colonel Yamamoto was completely stunned. He was originally a person who was scattered in the army and was here to be the commander through relationships. Because he received high military pay from the foreign space base, he did not undertake the arduous combat tasks of those important bases. He was just a little bureaucratic person, cautious all his life, timid and obedient to his superiors, and never thought that he would fight against Plato's elite troops.

The command center was in panic because the small main ship where Lieutenant Colonel Hoffman, the commander of the base fleet, was destroyed by the combat group of space fighter jets. Although many escape boats successfully escaped before the main ship exploded into cosmic debris, it was unknown whether Commander Hoffman survived.

The deformed fighter fleet that had broken through the fleet's defense line had begun to launch missiles at the base. The entire base was shaking like a crack in the sky and the earth under the bombardment.

Thirty-six strategies are the best. This is the brigade general who came from Mangxing City to run away first, and it is his philosophy of life that always follows his superiors. Yamamoto has removed his psychological burden, but he just follows the same thing.

Brigadier General Benini left at least one sentence, while Colonel Yamamoto ran away quietly. Before leaving, he had not forgotten to bring his mistress Emily Choi, a Korean beauty of white blood. Under Yamamoto's "care", she became the logistics manager of NGC2547 base. Of course, some of the top figures with good relationships with the base commander followed behind her butts, boarded the escape airship that had escaped from the other side of the planet. The long-tail comet-shaped airship immediately entered the insect hole, traveled through the vast universe and time, and threw the fierce battlefield behind her.

In this way, the command of the entire base command fell into the hands of a young staff officer, Lanther Xu, who had just arrived.

“Stella, ich liebe dich.” (Star, I love you)

After being promoted to commander for no reason, Ranser, who was either dead or running, pulled a girl in tight combat suit to confess with affection. The dome-shaped top of the command center shows the magnificent scene of the entire space war. As this sudden and inappropriate confession background, it is perfect.

A tall, slim and beautiful oriental girl looked at him with a slightly surprised expression. She pursed her rosy lips tightly and didn't know how to respond.

Seeing that the other party was silent, he continued to say in Chinese: "Too bag, I love you."

The girl he called "Shibaila" is real name "Xuan Ji". She has no surname, and many people call her "Miss Xuan" because her real identity is a Plato. When she was 6 years old, her parents took her to defect to Gaia from Plato Star, and both died in a spacecraft crash during a long interstellar journey. She was rescued by the garrison of a small base of Gaia, and since then, the orphan survived as a Gaia. The Gaia military system found that she came from the Plato military aristocratic class. When she fled, she had been trained as a future "female knight" for two years. This means that she was at the top of the best human genes in the entire human race, and was raised in the system by the strange goods from the Gaia War Department.

At the summer camp hosted by the War Department for orphans, the 8-year-old met Lanther Xu, who was with the same fate.

Lanther's father is of Chinese descent and is in charge of a fleet of transporting "water concentrates". When Lanther was two years old, the ship was destroyed by the Platos and turned into cosmic dust in a huge explosion. His beautiful mother of American descent immediately ran away with a successful businessman. The little baby Lanther, who had just walked, was abandoned to her grandparents. Fortunately, as a traditional Chinese, his grandparents gave all their love to their only grandson.

Of course, this kind of love always has a desire to control, and even his future life path was arranged - through his relationship, his grandfather allowed him to study staff major in military academy. In the end, he barely graduated with poor grades and was sent to NGC2547 as a garrison staff member, which was far away from the transportation supply line guarded by heavy troops. It belonged to the edge of the birds without shit. The Platons did not even want to destroy the Gaian stronghold, because NGC2547 was exhausted in the FF star mine area after it was exhausted.

, no longer has any strategic significance. People from the War Department often call going to NGC2547 to change defense "vacation", but for young people like Lanser, this place is too boring. His basic daily work has become to serve tea and coffee at the command center, and he flirted with the female school officials with a lustful attitude of "not to be treated inappropriately" when Colonel Yamamoto flirted with the female school officials. His fun was to secretly make instant noodles in a small dormitory room and read the traditional Chinese military books brought by the traditional Chinese.

In his mind, Xuan Ji was much better than him. In the eyes of Gaians, Plato nobles were "noble". When Lanther participated in the summer camp of the War Department at the age of 10, he met the 8-year-old Xuan Ji for the first time. At this time, she was so beautiful that she was eye-catching, especially when she was wearing summer hot pants and exposed her straight and slender legs. Lanther blushed instantly. The first time he discovered that a little girl could be so beautiful, and later he realized that she was an alien girl. This was his first time to come into contact with the legendary Plato nobles. She shone as fresh as a mountain spring, and also had an inaccessible arrogance.

"My name is Lanser, what's your name?" The mixed-race boy wearing a baseball cap looked very cramped. He mustered up the courage to talk to such a beautiful girl.

"Xuan Ji." Her way of speaking was very direct, but her voice was crisp and wonderful.

"Suspension...? Aircraft?"

The girl smiled slightly, and there was always a special brilliance in her eyes. "Xuan Ji is the star, the most noble star in the sky."

"That's Stella, I'll call you Stella in the future."

The girl made acquiesce, and was probably impatient to explain her name to her new friends. For the Platos, the name was originally a code name given by "Logos".

They added social accounts to each other, and the distance between Gaia people can be very far or very close, because everyone has exclusive social accounts, even children are no exception. You can use the "wristband" to project the screen instantly, there is a personal life platform for the whole people to see, and there is a private circle of friends, from the president to the people, no one is exceptional. This is an era when private life is on the Internet, and it is very convenient to find or contact someone. They keep in touch like this. Lanther began to actively participate in the military summer camp twice a year, so that they could meet her. Later, they could make an appointment to go out for a few times a year, and then gradually became more familiar with each other. Time flies, and they suddenly became adults. Looking back at each other, they have become so-called "children". Lanther also joked that her name should be "Shibala", and then laughed, and she really called it like this. Xuan Ji didn't seem to care too much. She was a little strange girl.

The longer I know Xuan Ji, the more Lanther feels that she is special. Her hobbies are completely different from those of Gaia girls. Those girls go shopping and gossip and entertainment all day long, but she has no interest in these things. Instead, she is simple in mind and devotes herself to martial arts and military training, just like an ancient Spartan woman. It may be the insecurity brought to her by the orphan experience. She came into contact with society early and started to make money. Gaia Star’s electronic virtual currency is called Luna. In order to earn Luna, she looked for a job everywhere. At the age of 18, she had already used "traveling"

Cavalry" - a small fighter pilot who joined the mercenary army. In fact, she could completely seek a stable position in the army. Almost all the Plato Knights who served in the Gaia army could make a fortune, but she was so unique and disliked being dispatched like a combat robot. The bureaucracy was very heavy, and the internal corrupt Gaia army was not suitable for her, so she was always a mercenary with a low-ranking military rank. The Gaia War Department was well versed in the way of "using barbarians to control barbarians". Although it was dangerous, it could bring her generous rewards.

Three months after coming to the NGC2547 base, Lanther Xu missed Xuan Ji because he was too bored. He sent a Ranger team from the mercenary army to NGC2547 to change defense. Xuan Ji was in it. Xuan Ji's arrival made him happy and felt a hint of sorrow.

At Xuan Ji's 20th birthday party, he was shocked to find that Xuan Ji met so many male friends because of running around. They brought her flowers and gifts. Fortunately, he knew her well. Xuan Ji was a girl with a soul that was outside Gaia. She greeted many people with a smile in order to make a meal, but in fact she did not forget her identity as a Plato. She was a vegetarian, but she had been to Gaia for a long time and followed the customs. She could not strictly abide by the vegan diet of the Yuan Cult. She would eat all kinds of aquatic products, but she almost didn't eat meat. The difference in diet is the gap between people. When he went to the Military Command Academy to school, he developed the habit of eating instant noodles, but Xuan Ji never ate it. She had a good taste in her diet, as if she was still in the civilian life of Mangxing City, stubbornly insisting on the identity of a Plato noble.

He had long been in love with her, and while worried that she would be snatched away sooner or later, he did not dare to confess his love. His temperament was always forward-looking, and the Confucian scholars were weak and not as decisive as her. He planned to develop his relationship with Xuan Ji during her garrison. As a result, after only a few days, Brigadier General Benini suddenly led the war to this originally calm and boring space base.

Xuan Ji immediately drove the single-seater Peregrine Falcon PX-08 small fighter jet to fight. However, facing the most elite fighter jet group directly under the command of the large regiment, she was exhausted. Although she was dodging and flying at the fastest speed, her fighter jet was still injured. She took great effort to stabilize the "peregrine Falcon" and did not let it get out of control and directly crashed into the NGC2547 base. Then, she drove the severely damaged fighter jet and swayed back to the base maintenance station like an injured bird.

Just as she jumped out of the fighter and breathed a sigh of relief to save her life, she felt the ground on the base was shaking under the fierce bombing of the White Tiger Knights fighter fleet. She glanced at the transparent curtain wall of the maintenance base and happened to see several missiles hitting the base command center. Fortunately, it was not a close-range attack. Moreover, the architectural design of NGC2547 took this into consideration, and special materials blocked the attack, but it still looked extremely tragic. There must be many casualties nearby.

Oops! Lanther-

Xuan Ji did not continue to change the plane and took off, but instead ran to the command center in one breath in the pilot's combat suit. The Knights' attack was too fierce, and everyone responded in a hurry, and there was chaos, and no one had the time to take care of the reactions of other combatants.
Chapter completed!