When the singing gradually died down, the snow stopped.There are no longer thick dark clouds gathering in the sky, and the wind is also a little lighter, which is considered a good weather.

In the sky, more than a thousand mechas took off from the northern and eastern districts at the same time. After turning on the invisible light curtains and anti-detection interference waves around them, they galloped towards the center at low altitude along a road covered by a remnant wall.

East End.Jiang Jianming put his hands on the black broken wall and watched from afar.

He hung up the headset, and the wrist computer projected a virtual screen beside him.On the screen is the cockpit of the mech, and Lai An is talking to him.

"This will boost morale, maybe you are more suitable to be emperor than me."

Lai An had a half-smile: "I should make a will, if the crown prince is buried in the battlefield, let his legal spouse inherit the empire in the future."

Jiang Jianming said with a headache: "...Your Highness, don't make trouble with me."

Lai An glanced at the screen defiantly.The habit of handicapped human beings to talk about death at will is simply torturing everyone around them.

Now he has also learned that he can retaliate in a similar way.

Jiang Jianming shook his head helplessly, straightened up and walked into the fortress. He pressed the headset and said in a deep voice: "In short, today's situation is very unpredictable. Please be careful, Your Highness. Now Major General Xie is in charge, and I will go there immediately."

"Soldiers in both districts are waiting for orders, and the starship is ready to take off at any time... You can tell us anytime you need any support."

Lai An responded with a "huh" and remained silent for a long time.

Seeing his serious expression, Jiang Jianming didn't dare to speak out, for fear of interrupting the other party's train of thought.Unexpectedly, a few seconds later, Chu Jun asked, "Have you taken your medicine in the morning?"

Jiang Jianming: "."

...

In the co-pilot seat of the mech L-Gemini, Wilson was in control.

He had already begun to get used to the way the two His Highnesses got along with each other, and at this moment he followed the policy of never looking up to avoid being blinded.

Just below them, the speeding mecha army can be vaguely seen.

The team was led by three officers from Jinrilun and Yinbeidou, namely Major Zheng Yue, Lieutenant Raymond, and a chunky officer named Kanter from the Second Fortress.

Regarding the upcoming battle, last night, the two Highnesses had a private discussion with the two generals.Lieutenant General Jin Min said that he had reported the current situation to the empire, and Marshal Chen said that he could still call in reinforcements.

But Jiang Jianming believes that the role of reinforcements is a bit subtle.This stems from the nature of this war, which is very different from previous wars between humans.

In wars throughout the ages, killing is only a means of deterrence rather than an end. What the winner wants to win is power, land, or resources.On this basis, we must try our best to minimize our own casualties.

However, when facing Crystal Cult, this principle changed. The enemy army hoped to create enough crystal chaos dead, and killing really became the ultimate goal of the opponent.

The empire needs to avoid the death of Crystal Chaos, because this is equivalent to replenishing the crystal nest; the Crystal Cult is not afraid of death, and there are even crazy congregants who use their own crystal mines to trigger Crystal Chaos when they are dying, and then drag the soldiers of the empire togetherto die.

Therefore, this is an extremely unfair war.

...

Jiang Jianming walked through the narrow passage inside the fortress.

Temporary lights were hung along the way, and soldiers on both sides were fully armed, leaning against their respective mechs.This is a state of readiness.

Walking to the innermost part, he used iris recognition to open the automatic door of the command room.

Xie Yuduo sat in the center, giving remote lectures to the three leading officers.

"Major General, don't worry!"

In the small window on the screen, Raymond saluted, "We will definitely complete the task."

"As long as we can get the main gun back today." The lieutenant's face showed a bit of urgency, "The fortress can be recovered."

...In view of the extremely unfair status quo today, relying on large-scale high-tech weapons to fight is the best choice.

After taking back the two main defense cores yesterday and successfully taking down the northern and eastern areas of the fortress, their goal today is to regain control of the central heavy artillery.

It is also the only weapon in the fortress that can effectively strike high-altitude starships and high-level giant alien creatures close to the ground.

As Raymond said, with the main cannon back, the victory is basically guaranteed.

Xie Yuduo put on a fake smile and glanced at Raymond through the communication: "Okay, you know the truth, Crystal Cult doesn't know?"

"This game can't be easy. You three, be careful not to lose your life at the gate of your own house, do you hear me?"

Jiang Jianming walked in at this time, he looked at the image and said, "Have they entered the central area?"

Xie Yuduo nodded: "Well, let's divide the troops."

Lei Meng: "Instructions received. Silver Beidou first army belongs, stop!"

The wind howled, and the mecha army galloped across a high platform at high speed.

At this moment, a few of the mechas suddenly slowed down and separated from the main force.

Their wings were folded, and their mechanical feet turned on the magnetic force, silently sticking to the outer alloy wall of the fortress like a gecko.

Lieutenant Raymond gave an order: "Go!"

The mechs "buzzed" horizontally for a few centimeters, slid down the outer wall for about a hundred meters, turned into a dark corner a minute later, and came to a stillness silently.

Raymond pushed open the cockpit, panting for white mist, stretched out his hand to brush away the snow on the seemingly empty alloy outer wall, and pressed a few times.

The password was correct, and a flat gap was split from the outer wall. The alloy first shrank a few centimeters, and then shrank to both sides, forming a dark passage.

The sound of shelling was faintly heard from above.

Raymond looked up and saw that the large army had already encountered the Crystal Cultists in the Central District.

He retracted into the cockpit: "High alert, sneak in with me."

In the command room, Jiang Jianming and Xie Yuduo looked at each other and nodded.

Sure enough, he was the elite of the empire's elite, and the execution of the order was so perfect that it seemed to be manipulated by a program.

According to their plan, Kanter and Zheng Yue led 3,000 soldiers in mechas from high altitude to attract the attention of the enemy.

Secretly, Lei Meng led five hundred silver Beidou soldiers who were familiar with the first fortress to detour through the secret passage, sneak into the main control room, and regain control.

"Your Excellency, the lower officials have to go too."

Xie Yuduo stood up and turned around, put his hands on Jiang Jianming's shoulders, and said seriously: "Soon the Crystal Cults in the southern and western districts will rush to the center, and I have to take someone to intercept them myself."

"Stay here and control the overall situation, don't move around, ah."

Jiang Jianming frowned, he knew that Xie Yuduo was worried about him: "Don't worry, Major General, please take care."

Just like that, Xie Yuduo also left.

Jiang Jianming was the only one left in the command room.

The black-haired young man unhurriedly pulled away the chair in front of the big screen, and took the seat Xie Yuduo had just sat on.

The window in front of him was divided into many pieces, and he saw the scene above the fortress from one of them:

Zheng Yue's mecha soldiers approached to a certain distance, the invisible light curtain was cracked, and they are now fighting fiercely with the Crystal Sect, temporarily tied.

Sure enough, there were Crystal Cults in the southern and western districts preparing to rush over, but they were intercepted by the imperial troops in the eastern and northern districts respectively.At the same time, the small and medium-sized starships parked in the fortress also took off one after another, rushing towards the position where the central main gun was located.

Jiang Jianming put on the headset and adjusted the channel.

"Your Highness, can you hear me?"

Casualties had already begun on the battlefield, but Lai An remained unmoved.L-Gemini hangs in mid-air not too far away, like a sword of Damocles.

The crown prince is a deterrent and a hole card, and must be kept as a backhand.

"can hear."

The voice came from the headset, low and itchy.

"So have you taken your medicine?"

"Eat." Jiang Jianming looked calm and said seriously, while taking out the medicine bottle from his coat pocket, "Is there anything unusual over there?"

He chewed the pills and swallowed them, and heard Lai An's voice: "Not yet... What are you biting?"

"Sugar tablets, it's not important." The medicine was very bitter. The black-haired young man's eyelashes drooped and his brows were wrinkled, and he swallowed it reluctantly.A girl bishop?"

... At the highest level in the center of the fortress, stands a huge black heavy cannon, its muzzle pointing obliquely at the sky.

In mid-air, the laser beams formed a network vertically and horizontally.A mecha spins to the limit, dodging Crystal Cult's special "missile": the raw material is the true crystal ore with crystal particles activated.

In the cockpit, Zheng Yue panted and roared, and bombarded the enemy's formation without hesitation.In an instant, there was a bright light all around.

Lai An: "That girl with white hair? Her crystal bone level is very high, almost able to compete with me... Under what circumstances do you think she will appear?"

"If she participates in this battle," Jiang Jianming said calmly, "there are two possibilities."

Inside the fortress, the team led by Raymond finally encountered the alien creature, and had to start a bloody battle head-on.

The Crystal Cult discovered that Yin Beidou had sneaked in, and the congregation flocked to this group of soldiers like ghosts.

After fighting several times, the Imperial Army has a general grasp of the fighting style of the Crystal Cult.Most of the opponent's combat power relies on alien creatures, and the most threatening thing is the means of causing crystal chaos.

Fortunately, before this expedition, the tranquilizers equipped have been replaced with the third generation, and the soldiers are much more resistant to crystal chaos. With some strategies, they can barely fight normally, and they are no longer helpless at first.up.

Jiang Jianming: "If she appears outside the main artillery area and tries to lure His Highness away, it means that the enemy is showing cowardice. The bishop of destruction can only stop you for a while, and cannot win quickly."

Lai An: "Yes."

"But if she appears near the main cannon, it means that the Crystal Cult judges that the Bishop of Destruction has a chance to beat you. In other words, it judges that while she is fighting you, she still has the power to stop those who try to take back the main cannonsoldiers."

"..."

Lai An was silent, and there seemed to be waves surging in the emerald green eyes.

"This," Wilson next to him broke out in a cold sweat.

He swept his eyes around the sky, and murmured, "But now, that bishop hasn't appeared yet, doesn't it mean..."

Jiang Jianming sighed softly: "Yes, so I am a little worried."

He shook his head, suddenly regretting it.This morning, I should have chosen to go to the mecha with Lai An.

...

Inside the fortress.

Accompanied by a loud noise, the automatic door of the main control room of the fort was blown away by the flame wave of the explosion.

A bloated alien creature flew in together with the door and smashed hard on the floor.A Yin Beidou officer roared with blood all over his face, his limbs were all on top of its body, and he strangled the head of the alien creature with crystal bones, twisting it tighter and tighter.

With the exertion of force, the officer's crystal bone "cracked" and cracked, but he kept fighting as if he didn't know the pain.

"Lieutenant!"

After an unknown amount of time, two or three soldiers behind the man pulled him back together, "Lieutenant, lieutenant...it's dead!"

Raymond's eyes were already red.He was panting and coughing roughly, spit out a few mouthfuls of blood foam, and it took him a while to catch his breath: "Dead... dead?"

"The rest of the enemy army has also retreated," a soldier wiped the stains on his face, and said ecstatically, "We are going to win, lieutenant!"

"Don't be too happy."

Raymond struggled to stand up, and a soldier supported him, "Come and follow me in, cough...go in and check carefully. Others don't get off the mecha, and stay on guard outside."

The inside of the main control room was dark, and all kinds of organisms were silent inside the blue defensive membrane.The embers of the explosion were still burning in the corner, illuminating a string of bloody footprints made by the soldiers.

They supported each other and dragged their tired feet after the battle.And more comrades-in-arms have fallen forever on the road behind them.

Raymond walked to a raised control screen and unlocked the first layer.

At the beginning, before the strategic retreat, the Silver Beidou First Army locked all large weapons to prevent them from falling into the enemy's hands.The Crystal Cult couldn't get the unlock code of the empire, so they chose to destroy it violently-this is how the rest of the defense main core was destroyed.

Fortunately, the main gun and its corresponding main control room have their own additional defense system. Even after two rounds of starship bombings by the Crystal Cult and the Empire, they are still not damaged.

"Beep..."

The first layer was locked, and the blue defensive film dissipated.

All the soldiers showed their crystal bones nervously and raised their weapons.The mechs outside the main control room also aimed their guns inside.

It was quiet.

There are no enemies in the main control room, only the staggered breathing of Yin Beidou is clear.

Bang, bang, bang... Everyone could hear their heart beating violently.

Raymond cautiously called out the numbers of the three mecha soldiers, and beckoned: "Come in, turn on the searchlights and take a look around."

The rest of the soldiers were divided into three teams, and followed by the three mechs to start the inspection.

The footsteps were scattered but orderly, and the searchlights swept through the darkness, occasionally illuminating tense faces.

"Report to the lieutenant, there is no enemy situation!"

"Report, nothing unusual."

Every corner was searched carefully, and Yin Beidou walked along the main control room to the open-air fort.The glare of the sun shone in, and they saw the mecha hovering in the sky.

Cannon lights and the shadows of alien creatures flickered, and they watched helplessly as a mecha of the Imperial Army fell down in flames.

Finally, someone couldn't help it: "Lieutenant, the battle is still going on outside. After a while, those Crystal Cult bastards will rush over, we have to hurry up and open the main gun, this time we will cover the other brothers!"

Raymond shook his head. The main gun is too important. It can only be unlocked after confirming that large troops are stationed in the central area.

He put on the headset, connected to the communication channel, and said in a hoarse voice: "Report to the major general, the main control room has been cleared, and the main gun can be activated at any time."

At the end, Raymond couldn't help getting a little excited, and the ending was a little unsteady, "I request the large troops to settle in as soon as possible!"

It was a gentle and clear voice that came from the opposite side.

"This is the command room of the Eastern District. Major General Xie has gone to lead the army to support you. I am Jiang Jianming."

Raymond was stunned for a moment, and he touched his head in embarrassment, "Oh...it's Your Excellency."

It was only then that he remembered that Major General Xie had indeed said that he would personally go to the front to supervise the battle. The battle just now was too cruel, so he forgot.

"Then, I would like to ask your Excellency to inform the major general, or you can directly order the large troops to enter the central area as soon as possible."

As Raymond said, he raised his legs and was about to walk up the long steps connecting the main control room and the open-air battery. "The main gun has been taken back..."

"Wait." Jiang Jianming lowered his voice.

"Don't get close to the fort yet, it went so smoothly, there is a strong enemy that has never appeared."

"Your Excellency," Raymond was a little anxious, "There is no one in the main control room, and there is no one on the fort with the naked eye. We know it in our own place. The underside of the fort is solid, and there is no way to hide any mechanism!"

command room.

The blue light from the screen dyed Jiang Jianming's pupils a mysterious color, his expression was indifferent, and he didn't speak.

"Your Excellency!"

Raymond's anxious voice was still coming from the headset.

Finally, Jiang Jianming took a light breath, leaned his upper body forward, and reached out to connect another communication channel: "Your Highness."

"exist."

Lai An's voice.

"Please……"

Jiang Jianming stared at the big screen, and scanned the images one by one——

The high altitude where the wind whistling, the low altitude where the gunfire raged, the alloy outer wall of the fortress, the main control room covered with bloody footprints, and the main gun emplacement pierced directly into the clouds.

His eyes stopped at the end, Jiang Jianming calmly said: "Go and see the...inside of the main gun."

in?

Wilson, who was sitting in the co-pilot's seat, almost doubted his own understanding, inside the muzzle?

Could there still be something hidden there?

But Lai An didn't even have the slightest hesitation, and the red gold crystal bone was attached to the console, and the mecha reached the maximum speed almost at the moment it started.

hum!

The wings of L-Gemini's mecha made a sound of cracking wind, and the fuselage galloped towards the main gun in a circular arc.

The main cannon of the fortress is too huge, and you can see it clearly when you come to the front. The frost that has not melted for many years has condensed on the dark surface, like a treacherous vortex that wants to choose someone to eat.

When the L-Gemini is completely submerged into the depths of the muzzle of this heavy artillery, visually it seems to be swallowed by the vortex.

So, Lai An and Wilson also saw it.

A small white figure.

Margaret sat there.

The girl is wearing a white dress, barefoot, with her arms around her knees.

If the main cannon is activated, the position she is sitting on will be bombarded into pieces by the energy in an instant.But the Bishop of Death is quiet, like a doll that has been placed.

Too bad she's not a real doll.

Margaret stared at the flying mecha with those blue eyes, she stood up slowly, stretching out the spider web-like snow-white crystal bones from her back.

"You," the girl bishop full of weirdness, said in a soft and tender voice, "you will all die today."