Chapter 175: Long Night and Long Song (5)

Everything was thrown into chaos.

In the chaos, Ryan reluctantly protected Raymond and his team from the central area.

In the middle of the journey, people kept falling behind, but it was impossible to save them one by one. Those who can still move forward take the flying mecha, break through the turbulent flow of crystal particles, and advance to the east area.

Looking at the horizon, Xie Yuduo's army finally stopped fighting desperately. They gathered in the northern and eastern districts and retreated, letting the group of mechas carrying the corpses of the Crystal Sect rush towards the center.

"Your Highness!"

The Major General's urgent voice was coming from the communication, "How are you, that bishop!?"

"Also, I can't contact your little lord. Has he come to find you? If you can see someone and persuade him to go back, it will be very troublesome for his body to be damaged again..."

Ryan's eyes darkened, he gritted his teeth and did not speak.

The East End is already at hand.

Looking from a distance, the national flag that was hoisted yesterday was still agitating in the wind in front of the ruins.

Ryan suddenly stopped the movement of the mecha, and said to Raymond and the others: "Go the rest of the way by yourself! Xie Yuduo's army will pass by soon, let him cover you back."

Wilson was stunned: "Your Highness, are we not leaving?"

Ryan didn't answer.

He turned his head, and his cold eyes crossed the sky——

Central District.

Margaret, whose body was covered in white crystals, fell to the ground and moved weakly.

The turbulent flow of crystal particles swept over, and countless mechas from the Crystal Cult crashed into the defensive blue net of the main gun and crashed beside her.

The death bishop slowly got up, and his face was blank.

She dazedly stretched out her hands to the horizon, then retracted them, slowly making a prayer gesture.

"Crystal particles... grace... sentient beings..."

Just as Her Excellency Archbishop Gaius had taught her.

Countless white crystals emerged from her face, and Margaret opened her mouth wide. She pinched her neck and vomited out strands of white crystals.

Out of control crystal bones emerged from her arms, legs and feet, from her chest and waist, and lifted her tremblingly off the ground.

- She turned into a monster.

Eastside, temporary treatment area.

Hearing that Lieutenant Raymond was seriously injured, Tang Zhen rushed out anxiously, just passing by the returning Zheng Yue and his party.

"The whole army retreats!" Zheng Yue waved his arms and shouted sharply as he ran, "Retreat with the wounded, the concentration of crystal particles here will soon increase, and those who have tranquilizers at hand have been given three injections!"

Tang Zhen was startled, and quickly pulled out the sedative he had brought with him and put it on, secretly fearing: the need for sedatives for new humans is very low, closer to special emergency medicine; usually even Yin Beidou would not bring so many injections with him on expeditions. of.

Fortunately, before Xiao Jiang came over from the second fortress, he insisted on bringing a tranquilizer that could be supplied to every soldier. If this is not the case, the number of deceased people will be more than doubled!

Suddenly, Tang Zhen's eyes widened, and the empty needle fell from his hand, "Fuck... what is that!?"

In the center of the fortress, a giant white crystal rose.

锃! Brilliant! !

Countless giant tree-like crystal bones pierced the surface and the alloy iron walls of the fortress along the way, sparks flying, and smoke and dust scattered.

Margaret's originally slender body had swelled to dozens of times its original size, and was lifted into the sky by the crystal bone.

Her eyes were wide open, and she glanced dully at the fortress area, then raised her "legs" and stepped out.

The earth trembled, and the bishop of death, who was already in inhuman form, took a step towards the main gun.

...

"She's still conscious."

"Remember the orders assigned to her."

It was not until the voice of the crown prince sounded coldly that Alan Wilson vaguely understood what was going on now.

The order received by the bishop of death. She has said it herself just now: kill the imperial army and destroy the main gun.

The shield of the main gun can even block the particle cannons of the starship, but what about such a monster that is beyond current understanding?

"No way, it seems that the main gun cannot be kept. Your Highness, hurry back. In the worst case, we may consider withdrawing from Alpha Alien..."

In the built-in communication of the mecha, Xie Yuduo was shouting: "His Royal Highness, are you listening to the subordinate!?"

Suddenly, Wilson realized a terrible problem.

Why was the communication channel so quiet when the crown prince was fighting the death bishop on the fort just now?

Why should it be his turn to drive a mecha and shout to His Highness to retreat! ?

The answer couldn't be clearer.

At the moment when the crystal frenzy broke out, it was more important to protect the large army or to get rid of Margaret.

Should the lives of hundreds of thousands or even tens of thousands of soldiers be exchanged for the life of a bishop who may be a great threat in the enemy army?

Whether it was Xie Yuduo or Jiang Jianming, they were not at the forefront and dared not make this judgment.

So they chose to trust the crown prince's judgment, even if it might just be instinct or intuition.

But... Wilson's face was pale, was he interfering with His Highness's judgment?

If the main gun is really destroyed, if the first fortress fails to be recaptured because of this, then he...

At this moment, the eyes of the young sick and disabled human officer became extremely calm and profound in his memory, and his eyes pierced at him like ice ridges!

There was an abnormal click.

Wilson turned his head, and he saw that the crown prince's palm was pressed against the separation rod of the mecha.

In the end, Ryan seemed to give him a small smile.

"Don't think too much of yourself, Lord Wilson."

The prince's voice came faintly.

"There is no second person who can change my judgment."

In the blink of an eye, the L-Gemini separated into two halves, and the fuselage where the main cockpit was located jumped into the air!

"Your Highness—!!!"

The cold wind interrupted Wilson's shouting.

Looking around, the central main artillery area is already a pale ocean, and the imperial army in the air keeps retreating backwards.

The long-range guns in the northern and eastern districts fired at the white crystal. The soldiers roared with red eyes, but the monster stood still and took another step in the direction of the main gun, and the iron walls of the fortress fell apart along the way.

At the moment when the shadow of "death" really shrouded the sky above the alien star.

The main half of the L-Gemini turned around, and it was oriented differently from all Imperials.

The mecha flew to the central battery alone.

He is alone.

There was a mighty light in Ryan's eyes.

In my memory, the noisy night of fire rose.

"Is this empire important to you?"

It was he who asked.

"People always have a place to live," someone replied with a gentle look, "people are willing to live for it, or die for it."

He didn't understand it at the time, so he could only hold that person and hand over all his power to the other person.

So what about today?

What about today?

A familiar voice pierced his eardrums.

"—Your Highness!!"

Ryan's eyes trembled. He saw Jiang Jianming running along the broken wall at the top of the fortress.

The sunlight was clear, and the thin figure was the only silhouette between heaven and earth.

They both saw each other for the first time. Surrounded by the sound of loud cannonballs, the collision when the eyes met was so clean and lonely.

Jiang Jianming opened his eyes slightly, and the wind passed between his outstretched fingers.

"His Royal Highness," he called, "Lee..."

In the sky described by the fingertips, the mecha that the crown prince was riding flashed by!

In the central area, the monster Margaret was only a few steps away from the fort, and she raised her crystal bone high.

"No...it's too late."

Outside the temporary treatment area, Beimaner and Tang Zhen who came over helped Lieutenant Raymond, who was covered in blood, with the wounded to evacuate to the rear.

I don't know who looked at the sky and murmured, "I can't catch up."

"Your Highness!!"

Xie Yuduo is going crazy, "What are you trying to do, it's too late for the savior, so you can only give up - you come back first, and we'll find a way when you come back!!"

Quarrel.

Ryan reached out his hand and was about to cut off the communication.

But the next second came out Jiang Jianming's voice.

"Your Highness." The man called him.

No, don't persuade me.

Lai An thought sorely, and then, he heard Jiang Jianming spit out fast words——

"Listen to me, the speed of the large mecha is not enough, now remove all the parts that can be removed!"

Ryan's eyes suddenly lit up. The real crystal pierced out instantly, violently penetrating the alloy structure of the mecha.

Crack-! !

A total of more than a dozen components, such as robotic arms, robotic feet, probe claws, main and auxiliary gun barrels, treatment cabins, and storage bins, were cut off at the same moment, and fell into the vast snow in the gust of wind!

L-Gemini suddenly accelerated one level.

Boom... There was a tremor in the wind, and it was the crystal bone of the monster Margaret that slammed into the fort.

The blue defense net rose again, but it made an overwhelmed sizzle, and the light net was intermittent!

"Keep calm, the defensive cover should be able to hold up," Jiang Jianming's voice came almost at the same time, "There are alien creatures approaching ahead, I just took over the control authority of the long-range guns in the North District of the East District, five seconds. After a wide range of fire, you have to hold on to it - no problem, right?"

"……certainly."

Ryan gritted his teeth and said, but his eyes were red.

He had already left the East District very far, but Jiang Jianming could still accurately judge his current situation, which could not be done by looking at the map from the back.

But Chu Jun can't even separate his energy to look back now, so he can only ask: "Where are you?"

As soon as he came out, his voice was hoarse.

The rising tail is choked.

The communication side laughed when they heard it, and said warmly, "Didn't Your Highness know?"

In the vast sky, two mechas swept across the low sky one after the other.

Frost, thick snow, white crystals, skylight skimmed across the surface.

The latter chased after the afterimage left by the former.

Ahead, the dense alien creatures were stimulated by the rich crystal particles, and rushed over in a frenzy.

Shadows shrouded, connecting the sky with the horizon, like an early night.

"Of course I," Jiang Jianming said quietly in the mecha Xuejiu, "I will always be behind you."

Both mechs speed up at the same time.

It seems that we can go to the end of this darkness together.