"Lieutenant General Thomas, can you explain why you allowed the white ghost to disappear in front of you?"
In a dark hall decorated with holographic projections.
Thomas stood under a spotlight, with two-tiered seats in front of him.
There are three chairs at the top. The middle chair has various reliefs representing supreme status. An old man wearing pajamas sits on it, but the old man's figure is very weak and he does not pay attention to it.
The chair on the left is slightly lower, and sitting on it is a kind old woman wearing a robe and a complicated high crown. Her eyes are gentle and she is looking down at Lieutenant General Thomas.
The chair on the right is lower and empty at the moment.
These three chairs are symbols of the highest power of the Sherman Empire.
Under the three chairs, there are eight figures in different costumes, three old generals with medals on their chests, two old men wearing the iconic white robes of the Presbytery, two old men wearing formal clothes, and one wearing a robe.
Young woman wearing a robe and veil.
This represents the military, the Council of Elders, the Minister of State, and the Holy See.
Although Lieutenant General Thomas ranks high in the military, he is still only qualified to use honorifics here.
Why let the white ghost go?
"Because of public opinion."
Lieutenant General Thomas replied solemnly:
At that time, I could not give the order to imprison the White Ghost or directly destroy the mecha.
"This war against pests has achieved an outstanding victory, which is enough to boost the empire's military prestige and people's morale."
"White Ghost has been regarded as a folk hero. His heroic performance in the face of the Zerg has been recognized by grassroots officers and soldiers."
"The decision to let him go was not because I cherish my personal reputation! It was because of the current situation where the whole country is working together to fight against the insect plague and the evil federation! It was also because of the empire's broad mind and tolerance for the people.
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He added:
"This was not a mistake, but the only choice made based on the situation at the time."
"Of course, if you all judge that I must be responsible for this matter, I will accept all punishments with all my heart!"
An old general said slowly: "Lieutenant General Thomas, you did nothing wrong. This was a great victory. We saved 26 million people from the evil bugs. You did a great job."
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The white-robed old man in the Presbytery said: "The behavior of the white ghost is very suspicious. Before we are sure of his purpose, we must control him as soon as possible. He can be a hero if he wants to, but he must be a hero who obeys your majesty and the empire."
The Minister of State for Affairs retorted: "There are various indications that this is a nobleman of our country who has excellent conduct and uses the glory of the Imperial Star as his source of motivation."
"No, you are wrong. The existence value of the nobility is bestowed by Your Majesty," the old man in white robes said with a cold look, "His separation from Your Majesty's glory is a kind of betrayal in itself."
The Minister of State said: "Can't a powerful empire tolerate a folk hero? His contribution to the empire is indelible. If it weren't for everything he did, if the insect plague had been allowed to break out in a few years or more than ten years, we would have
Will be pushed to the edge of the cliff!"
The old man in white robe said: "This cannot change the objective fact that he is an uncontrollable factor."
"alright."
An old and gentle voice came from the highest stage, and the old men arguing below immediately shut up.
The old lady sitting next to the emperor smiled and said:
If the empire can't even tolerate a young man with a full personality, why should it call itself the most powerful country in the galaxy?
Reward him, praise him, give him enough honor, but he needs to show up to receive it.
"When he kneels before His Majesty, you will naturally lift off his mask and make him become His Majesty's loyal dog, serving for the glory of the Emperor Star."
"Continue to inquire. Don't let General Thomas delay too long. He still has to deal with subsequent troubles."
"yes."
"Lieutenant General Thomas, the Presbytery still has a question. White Ghost's Ghost Mecha has shown extremely outstanding performance. Why hasn't the military studied this type of mecha before?"
Thomas smiled and said: "Because it's not practical."
"Not practical?"
"Yes, distinguished elder."
Thomas explained simply:
"We have done a rigorous analysis of the data of that mecha. According to the preliminary analysis results, this is a mecha specially designed for the Zerg, and the driver must be a high-strength modified human."
//Its strength, endurance, stability and response speed are all based on greatly reducing the number of buffer circuits, which places extremely high demands on the driver's physical fitness.
"We have developed many similar mechas and have tried many times to use genetically modified warriors as pilots. However, the experimental results have been unsatisfactory and cannot guarantee the balance between power and speed."
He actually did it, and there must be a strong scientific research team behind it. This will help us find out his true identity.
"Moreover, it is a pure melee mecha. If this mecha is on a frontal battlefield, it cannot survive for too long in the fire net, and it will not be of any value."
"It only targets the Zerg."
Thomas paused and then said:
"Of course, I think that the military research institute should restart similar designs now to prepare for the dangerous situation of insect swarms buried under the administrative star happening again."
"I must remind you that I am a general. Leading the formation is my speciality. The research and development of weapons and equipment. You need to talk to those guys who are not on the battlefield to talk about this topic."
The three old generals showed faint smiles.
The Minister of State suddenly asked: "What happened in those ten minutes when the white ghost broke into the underground insect swarm to detonate the queen? The live broadcast was cut off at that time."
General Thomas, who had always been at ease, fell silent.
His eyes flickered slightly, with a bit of light in his eyes:
"Captain Gris fought side by side with him and recorded the general process. Do you want to watch it? If you don't mind the horror elements in it."
"This is a strong soldier."
"Putting aside all political factors, if he is willing to serve the empire, I will work hard to apply to become his commander."
The elder said: "You can simply describe it."
"The simple description is that he alone killed the queen who was protected by the insect swarm."
Zubin battlefield, edge of artificial crater.
Captain Gris of the Empire's special forces was currently in a trance facing the insect corpses on the ground below.
One warship after another entered the atmosphere and began to bombard the remaining insect swarms indiscriminately. The insect swarms that lost their mother worms only had the instinct to flee.
It stands to reason that by this time, half of the bugs in the Zerg race will be stubbornly resisting;
But today's insect swarm seemed to have been frightened in some way, and they all broke up and fled in panic.
Gris held the battery supply box and sat down slowly, listening to the reports coming from the team's voice one after another.
I need to recruit people again when I go back.
Four people in the thirteen-person squad died in the battle.
If you just look at the losses, Gris's heart will naturally be extremely painful.
However, he had previously expected that most of the team would be destroyed, but now that he had received the news that most of the team had survived, it became much easier to accept it.
This is the fate of a warrior.
Gris sighed softly and took off his protective helmet in front of the imperial soldiers who died at the bottom of the pit.
Gris gradually regained his ability to think calmly, and he frowned and thought.
It's so abnormal.
The white ghost is so powerful that it’s abnormal!
However, the white ghost was hiding in the mecha, making it impossible for Gris to determine whether the white ghost itself was too powerful or whether the mecha had too much technology and hard work.
After our own commandos began to charge, the war scenes could only be described as tragic.
Ordinary soldiers rushed forward to tear up a passage and cover the charge of several reinforced teams acting as sharp knives.
When the soldiers were unable to rush forward and were surrounded, blocked, and devoured by the swarm of insects, all the pressure fell on these sharp knife teams.
No one stepped back.
Even if everyone is full of resentment on weekdays and feels that the empire is squeezing them, the warriors who have accepted the transformation;
But at this moment, facing the Zerg, facing the Queen, and facing the mission, everyone is fighting with all their might.
There are just too many bugs.
Because of the Zerg flagship-level protective shield above, the most powerful fleet fire support cannot reach them. All they can rely on is part of the firepower of the ships behind them.
When the Sharp Knife Team was still more than a thousand meters away from the mother insect, they fell into a real wave of insect swarms.
There is simply no way to move forward.
Even though they had strong physical fitness and individual firepower systems, they still felt hopeless and powerless when faced with the layers upon layers of insect swarms.
At this moment, a shock wave of red light suddenly erupted.
Gris did not see where the red light came from, but he found that the movements of the surrounding insect swarms suddenly became sluggish. The insect swarms that were originally swarming towards them began to wander around mindlessly, following the insect swarms further behind.
Collided together.
That familiar flame danced in Gris' sight again!
The white ghost and his ghosts, who had already disappeared into the swarm of insects, rushed back to Gris.
Who is the bomb on?’
‘Me! The activation key is my iris!’
Captain Gris, try to keep up with me.’
Gris did not hesitate, and led his team members to quickly move through the formation, followed closely behind Li Gui, and charged towards the female insect.
This is the most thrilling, difficult, and heart-wrenching battle for Gris.
All kinds of bugs appear like a military parade, constantly becoming an obstacle to them, but under the sweeping sweep of Li Gui's light blade, there is no one enemy at all!
The team members began to fall behind, and Gris ordered them to cooperate with each other in twos and threes to snipe the insects on the rear.
The figures beside Li Gui gradually became fewer and fewer, and finally only Gris remained.
This is because Li Gui occasionally took care of Gris a few times.
It’s right here.’
The white ghost's processed voice sounded again.
Gris couldn't imagine how this guy managed to remain so calm at this moment.
The Ligui mecha launched its foot hammer and hit the ground hard after taking off. Cracks immediately appeared on the ground mixed with insect corpses and glass-like material.
The ghost's light blade swept across and strangled the attacking swarm of insects. He held the light blade upside down, held it with both hands, and thrust it into the center of the crack. A shock wave erupted, and the glassy ground exploded with a bang.
The Ligui mecha plummeted toward the huge cavity below.
Densely packed Zerg elite combat units rushed from everywhere below, completely covering the protective cover of the Ghost Mecha!
Seeing that the mecha's energy shield was about to be breached, the red shock wave appeared again, sweeping in all directions like a wave, and briefly illuminated the countless space zerg inside.
The Ghost Mecha fell together with a large number of insects, and a fierce battle broke out below again.
Gris did not forget his mission, and he crashed into the cavity.
The bug paid no attention to Gris.
All the insects converged on the evil spirit.
Li Gui waved the light blade out of the phantom and maneuvered at high speed in the direction of the darkness.
Charge, charge, endless charge!
The Li Gui mecha lost its left arm, with several blade limbs embedded in its back, and it seemed that it might fall down at any time.
But this mecha showed extremely tough strength!
For a few moments, Gris had an illusion. He felt as if the mecha had become a living thing. It seemed to have come alive. The body of steel was not driven by those precise circuits.
When Gris came to his senses, the third red light shock wave erupted again, and the surrounding insects stopped moving again.
Li Gui jumped suddenly, and when he fell again, the light of the light blade illuminated the queen's shadow.
This monster!
This bloated and terrifying monster was trembling and dodging backwards at the moment!
It kept sending adult insects one after another into the mouthparts on its chest, and hissed at the Ghost Mecha.
Gris's eyes were red.
This is the target he wants to blow up!
As long as they detonate the bombs they carry, the deaths of those soldiers will be valuable, and this beheading operation will achieve the desired goal!
Gris shouted and rushed forward.
But the one that was faster than Gris was the Ghost Mecha.
The light blade slid quickly, the propeller exploded with full force, and the Ligui mecha bore the last of its protective energy and penetrated directly into the queen's huge abdomen!
The queen screamed, roared, and trembled!
A beam of red light suddenly appeared on its chest and abdomen, and the evil ghost rushed out of the female insect's neck, covered in blood.
The female insect fell down with a crash.
The swarms of insects fled in all directions.
Gris roared and became confused. He found that rushing over had no effect at all.
Captain Gris!’
The white ghost shouted, his voice finally adding some emotion, which was full of tiredness.
Explode it!’
Gris: Isn’t this fucking unnecessary?
Isn't this all done? It would be a good idea to leave a sample for further study.
At that time, the white ghost saw his hesitation and said something that makes Gris sound extremely ridiculous now.
This thing can be resurrected, it can be killed completely, and little female insects can pop out.’
Gris believed it.
Gris immediately rushed forward and notified all personnel on the periphery to retreat in advance. Fortunately, the insects outside were also escaping, and the remaining combatants had time to evacuate the area affected by the explosion.
Snapped!
Gris sat on the supply box and covered his eyes with a big hand.
Why did he believe this guy's lies!
Although the Zerg are scary, they are also living organisms. How can they be resurrected for no reason!
After entering the underground, Gris lost contact with the outside world. There was a shielded area composed of special insects below.
When Gris checked his battle videos afterwards, he found that several videos had disappeared for no reason.
Two red shockwave bursts in the cavity were not recorded.
The scene of the evil ghost entering the queen's body was also not recorded.
This battle video has been handed over to the military, and Gliss mentioned that some of the data disappeared due to the impact of the battle.
In fact, Gris recalled carefully that when they left the underground without any hindrance and quickly escaped from the detonation zone with the Ghost Mecha, Gris was invited to sit on the mecha's shoulders and was given a ride by the other party.
Gris suspected that the battle records were manipulated at that time.
"Who the hell is this guy!"
Gris uttered a few meaningless curse words.
A female team member wearing a tight-fitting combat uniform with several spheres floating around her floated over on a hoverboard and handed Gris an energy drink.
"We don't know who he was before, but from today on, he is already a hero of the empire and a living legend."
Gris curled his lips slightly.
An interesting picture suddenly occurred to him.
If the white ghost's ghost mecha faced off against that cosmic creature Valkyrie, who would be better?
He voted for Valkyrie.
At the same time, inside the Feinan, which was far away from Zubin Star.
Yang Luo fell to the tail cabin covered in insect blood and was carried back to the treatment cabin near the bridge by 026.
This ghost mecha turned into a ball of scrap metal.
When Yang left the cockpit, its various components were rapidly discarded.
Fortunately, Yang Luo was not physically injured. He just spent too much energy and fell into deep fatigue.
"The boss only needs to sleep for about ten galaxies to return to normal."
Ritsu explained softly, making 026 and Hera relax.
Hera stared at Yang Luo for a while and said, "I'm going to process the data. If he finds anything unusual, please call me immediately."
026 hurriedly said: "You go ahead, I'll just stay here and watch."
Hera nodded, lowered her head and left quickly, diving into the various instruments placed on the bridge.
Law pouted.
She began to handle the follow-up incidents and guide public opinion, so that the boss could get the highest benefit from this hard battle.
It’s no problem if the mecha is scrapped.
The income from this live broadcast alone is enough to build ten such mechas.
The important thing is the combat data, which is of extremely important significance for the next step of development of insect-specific mechas.
Moreover, Lu noticed that during high-intensity battles, this mecha showed signs of being assimilated by the boss. It was similar to the ability of the Zerg to assimilate human ships.
This may be the direction for the development of the next model of mecha.
"law!"
026 shouted in surprise:
"Look! The boss is shining!"
In the treatment cabin, Yang Luo's skin showed light red lines all over his body.
Lu smiled and said:
"The boss is expected to make a big improvement this time."
"Inject the gene stabilizer into the boss in two hours. I will keep an eye on the data. You don't have to worry."
"Also, don't notify Miss Hera of this abnormality. Let her do research on the bugs first. You stay here and watch carefully while I handle the follow-up of the live broadcast."
"Well! Go quickly!"
026 nodded quickly, then stared at Yang Luo with bright eyes, and sat on the chair next to him meticulously.
In this battle, the Ghost Mecha captured more than just the young men of the Sherman Empire.
026 has actually been training in mecha driving combat for two years, as the boss's fire support unit, but this time the restrictions were too great, and she had no room to exert herself.
Ten galactic hours later.
Lu's projection appeared again. Looking at 026 sitting next to him and falling asleep, he couldn't help but pinch 026's face forward.
If you don’t turn on the simulated touch, you will naturally not wake up 026.
Then, Lu frowned slightly and thought about whether to wake Yang Luo up.
There's a little problem with Emilia.
The boss values the brother and sister Edwan and Emilia very much and will most likely not just sit idly by.
The boss's physical data has now returned to normal, and his brainwave pattern has returned to that of a normal human being. There will be no problem if he wakes up now.
But even if I wake up my boss now, will it be of any help to the emergency that just happened?
It would be better to let the Feinan arrive in the airspace where Count Mensa's fiefdom is located first. This also takes two hours and goes through several jumps.
Lu was a little confused.
But she soon realized a problem - her understanding of the complex human emotional system was not very comprehensive.
She couldn't fully characterize the significance and value of Edwan and Emilia to her boss.
"boss!"
Lu's voice sounded next to Yang Luo's ears:
"Emilia severely injured Count Mensa's grandson, and Emilia was judicially detained by the Imperial Noble Court."
In the treatment cabin, Yang Luo opened his eyes, and the red light in his eyes slowly faded.