Carter finally agreed to take them to see Obi-Wan Kenobi.
On the way to meet Kenobi, Shen Yi and the others noticed that the architectural pattern of Anchorhead Town was quite unusual.
Most of these buildings are exactly the same, making it difficult to tell them apart, and there are no road signs.
The road that should be connected in all directions often shows signs of disconnection. There are almost no intersections. The road conditions themselves are also complicated. If you are not careful, you will end up on a dead end.
Sometimes they even have to pass through some "residences" to get to the opposite road.
"The layout here is a bit strange." Zhou Yiyu whispered.
Hua Tianrui immediately said: "They are used for street fighting, specifically to bully those who are not familiar with the terrain. There are many hidden firepower points on those buildings, where manpower can be placed secretly. The surface of the building is made of sand, but there are also some It’s disguised as sand, but the interior is actually an alloy structure.”
Speaking of disguise, Hua Tianrui is a master in this field. This level of disguise is too childish in front of him. However, if used to deal with ordinary people, its confusing effect is still quite good.
Shen Yi also added: "Carter himself is also deliberately taking us in circles. Do you see the road on the left? We have walked that road twice."
Hua Tianrui smiled and said, "It's a pity that he didn't lie to you."
"Even if he blindfolds me, I can write it down for him." Shen Yi curled his lips and replied.
For him, this detour only made him more familiar with the layout and structure of the town. In fact, the terrain was automatically generated in his mind as he walked along the way.
After removing the overlapping parts and finding out the differences in details between seemingly similar buildings, a complete and clear map of the town was gradually formed.
"Remember to remind me that I will never use the maze-like illusion array to deal with you in the future." Hua Tianrui said suddenly.
"I will." Shen Yi replied seriously, and everyone chuckled together.
Little Luke, who had been following them, suddenly said: "Please don't blame Uncle Carter. Caution is the guarantee for our survival in this world. Sand bandits and prisoners often come to attack us. They have heavy firepower and walls cannot stop them, so we We have no choice but to deploy defense in this way."
Shen Yi was a little surprised: "Can you understand what we are saying?"
Luke shook his head: "No, but I can feel what you are saying. The Force guides me, and it helps me break through the obstacles!" After saying the last sentence, Luke lowered his head piously.
Hua Tianrui looked at Zhou Yiyu: "His force power is much better than yours."
Zhou Yiyu shrugged and pretended not to hear.
Shen Yi has continued to ask: "Is this place often attacked by sand bandits and prisoners?"
"Yes." Luke replied, the little guy's eyes were bright and his tone was firm: "They always come to harass us, grab food, grab money, grab everything they can, they are the worst people in the world!"
"About how often do they come?"
"It's hard to say, sometimes three to five days, sometimes a month, it depends on their mood."
"How do those sandmen and prisoners get along with each other?"
"They hit harder!"
As she talked with little Luke, Shen Yi gradually understood that the sand bandits, composed of local indigenous sand people, and the prisoners, who were mostly exiled prisoners, were not only at odds with each other, but had almost become mortal enemies.
To them, if local humans are the prey, then the sand pirates or prisoners are the hunters.
Hunters only fight against hunters!
In order to compete for territory, the two sides have fought fierce wars more than once.
In terms of strength, the prisoner forces are not only extremely vicious in character, but also have their own strengths as interstellar-level wanted elements. In addition, due to the continuous air transport, the number of prisoners is increasing, and they are already at an overwhelming advantage. However, because of these prisoners
Because of his domineering nature, he easily disobeys anyone, so he is divided into multiple organizations internally and fight against each other.
But the Sand Pirates were much more united, and coupled with their adaptation to the local terrain and climate, they were able to withstand the attacks of the prisoners again and again.
Small towns like Anchorhead actually exist in the cracks between the two forces. Their maze layout is not actually for street fighting and destroying enemies, but for delaying and hiding themselves.
"What about the emperor? They just ignore it?" Wei Chibai asked.
Carter in front said without looking back: "They'd better kill everything here."
Wei Chibai understood.
To the emperor, both prisoners and bandits are just as troublesome as the separatists. Even if they are all dead, they will not suffer any losses. As for the local people - who cares about them?
As for now, the Imperial Fleet itself is finished, and no one cares about them anymore.
"In recent days, there has been no movement from the Sand Bandits. On the contrary, the Minsk Brotherhood has been extremely active. They seem to be making some big moves and are constantly sending people out. The Burka who was taught a lesson by you before
, one of the operatives they sent out.”
"I thought they were all that group of people." Shen Yi pretended to be confused very skillfully.
Sure enough, Carter curled his lips and said: "They? They are just a group of gangsters who are begging for food around the Minsk Brotherhood. The Prisoners Organization is a loose federal organization, consisting of five major forces. It calls itself the Alliance of Freemen, with the slogan
Long live freedom, of course, their freedom means freedom to kill, freedom to rob, and freedom to be lawless."
Carter continued: "The Minsk Brotherhood is one of the five major forces, and below them, there is also a distribution of forces of their own. Each prisoner has the power to recruit his own people. The more he recruits, the higher his status.
Burka is the lowest member of the Brotherhood, and he is surrounded by guys who are not even qualified to enter. Don't underestimate him.
These prisoners have great powers and are omnipotent. They bribed the Imperial Fleet and purchased a large amount of weapons from the outside world. Although the Imperial Fleet did not dare to sell them strategic weapons such as battleships, they had all the ground heavy firepower. When they were armed
At that time, it was like an army. Even though it looked a bit mixed, it didn't mean it was easy to deal with."
"What action did you say they are planning recently? Do you know what it is?"
"It's not very clear, but I can make some guesses." Carter shook his head: "There have been a lot of people from the Minsk Brotherhood who came to town recently, and I noticed that they seemed to be very interested in the equipment on the battleship... even though they pretended not to be interested.
The way it looks.”
"Battleship? You mean... they want to build a battleship?"
"Yes, those are the strategic weapons of the few remaining Imperial fleets that are strictly prohibited from entering Tatooine. Longger Philips, the president of the Minsk Brotherhood, once said that he must obtain a battleship at any cost.
to destroy all those who dare to oppose him. Even though he asked the emperor
** has sworn that the warships will never be used against the emperor, but the remaining fleet of the empire still dare not make this promise. Of course, you know that those prisoners are extremely brave, and there is nothing they dare not do, so Philips
The asshole might want to get one of his own."
"Are they planning to use the garbage in the town to build a battleship?" Ahsoka couldn't believe her ears.
"I find it incredible, but they are already taking action on this... They have collected a lot of abandoned ship-based artillery, energy cannons, etc. Although most of them are incomplete, they can still be used as long as they are repaired." Carter answered.
They officially entered the building underground.
"Is it just shipboard firepower equipment? No engines or other needs?" Shen Yi asked.
"No, or not much." Carter shook his head.
"Then unless they have other plans, they already have a spaceship."
"This is impossible. Philips is by no means a man who waits. He is impatient and violent. If he had it, he would definitely use it."
"That's probably what will happen."
"Who knows." Carter shrugged.
While they were talking, they entered a round fort made of white stones.
Carter pushed open the round castle door.
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the next day.
Michelle crossed her arms and crossed her chest, leaning against the kitchen door.
Shirley chopped potatoes, veal, and space orchids fiercely.
She exerted great force, as if she had a grudge against those vegetables.
Michelle looked funny, thought for a moment and said, "Thanks to your care yesterday, I'm much better today."
"You're welcome, that's my duty. I won't save you until you die. Besides, I'm also worried about what if you put a time bomb on the ship." Shirley replied coldly, still chopping vegetables hard.
Michelle looked at her without saying a word. Shirley felt as if there were thousands of bugs crawling on her body. She finally couldn't help but asked: "What kind of disease is that? I've never seen it before."
"...I can't explain clearly. I've never done it before. Maybe it's because I'm not used to the space environment. So anyway, thank you."
Shirley remained silent.
Michelle could only say: "I know someone must have advised you to kill me when I was in a coma, or simply read my memory to find those bombs."
"I refused. I hope you won't mind this. They are doing it for my own good." Shirley didn't even raise her head.
"...I don't mind, everyone has their own opinions. By the way, the Nancy I called yesterday...she is my first love." Michelle lowered her head to explain, like a child who made a mistake.
Is it first love?
Michelle doesn't know.
He only knew that it was a woman he once loved, in another identity.
But none of this matters.
At least that's true for cities.
This kind of emotion does not affect any events, does not trigger any tasks, it is just a kind of fluctuation, just like ripples in water... It exists but is meaningless.
But for Shirley, that didn't seem to be the case.
Her eyes turned red and she just said: "Oh, really."
"She's dead." Michelle said with a long breath.
With a tremor in her heart, Shirley yelled "Oh!"
She cut her finger.
Michelle quickly bandaged her, but saw the joy in Shirley's eyes.
"You..." Michelle looked at her blankly while holding the medicine bag.
Shirley looked serious and replied seriously: "Should I say: I am very sorry for this?"
Michelle laughed.
This smile seemed to untie a knot in the hearts of both people at the same time.
He couldn't help but say: "Seeing you, I forgot about her."
At that moment, Shirley was drunk.
Gently holding Shirley's hand, Michelle said softly: "The ban has been lifted. From now on, you don't have to cook anymore. All crew members can resume their normal lives."
Shirley was stunned, her face was happy at first, and then suddenly changed, she said viciously: "Am I rare?" Then she turned away and left Michelle alone in a daze.
This bastard really doesn't understand any sense of humor. This is a rare world for two people.
"What a big stupid pig." Shirley said to herself.
Having said that, Shirley contacted Uncle Ma immediately: "Uncle Ma, from today on, all the crew can go back to the rest cabin to sleep. Oh, and they can also take care of their own meals. But Jin Na... this guy
The ban continues to remain in place, huh, she actually hit him with such a cruel method, it really pisses me off." Shirley didn't realize that her resentment towards Jin Na even exceeded Michelle.
Uncle Ma was puzzled by what he heard, and it took him a long time to react. "This is good news, miss. But I have bad news to tell you."
"how?"
"There is a problem with our external communications. It has been ten full minutes now and we have still been unable to transmit any information to the outside world."
"Could there be a huge magnetic field nearby that interferes with our information transmission?"
"Miss, we go on this route three times a year, and nothing like this has ever happened."
"Are you sure we don't have any equipment malfunctions?"
"No, miss, I'm not sure because it's still under investigation."
A feeling of uneasiness arose in Shirley's heart.
These days, she has switched to working as a chef, and most of the flying matters are left to Uncle Ma. Only when passing through the Nebula Storm, she and Michelle jointly take action. When she suddenly heard the news today, she couldn't adapt to it for a while. She hesitated.
After a moment, he quickly changed his mind and issued an order in the tone of a formal captain: "Order all staff to enter the second level of alert, strengthen the defense of the prisoner hall, and make every effort to find out the cause of the malfunction... I will go to the control room right away.
.”
As soon as Uncle Ma said yes, he suddenly heard a scream.
Several sharp magnetic sounds made Shirley's heart skip a beat, and she shouted: "Uncle Ma, Uncle Ma."
Then I heard Uncle Ma yelling in panic: "The prisoner has escaped!!!"
In shock, Shirley looked back in astonishment.
Michelle was standing behind her with a solemn face.
Swallowing a mouthful of saliva with difficulty, she said: "We are in big trouble."
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