"That's the form of crystal particles gathering!? It's so disgusting..."

The red dragon stared at the screen with an ugly expression. This was the first time he had seen this indescribable nest life form.A swarm of white locusts rushed towards the fleet, which made people feel frightened.

There was a smile in Jiang Jianming's eyes: "It's very good."

——The jump wormhole is opened in the smectic nest space. If there is no obstruction, it means that the crystal nest is not afraid of reinforcements.It may even be an attempt to lure the reinforcements to the depths and annihilate them, achieving the effect of encircling the reinforcements.

And now that the crystalline creatures appear, they obviously don't want the imperial reinforcements to enter the crystal nest range.This shows that whether Crystal Nest or Gaius, they are at least afraid of reinforcements.is a good sign.

Jiang Jianming tapped the virtual screen with five fingers: "Execute the first plan."

Chilong's Adam's apple moved, and he stared at Jiang Jianming strangely.

This guy actually made different plans for different situations... Cruel, brutal human beings!

"Execute the first plan!"

"Fire!!"

The order was issued to every silver Beidou battleship.Immediately, hundreds of vanguard ships were the first to fire at the attacking crystalline creatures!

This is not the original plasma cannon and positioning missiles of normal warships, but an explosive and dispersed toxic combat agent, containing crystal particle activity inhibitors, which is one of the specially developed anti-crystal nest weapons.

Immediately afterwards, the starships in the central array changed rapidly and spread out to all sides.Both sides of the battleship's bow were lit up with strong lights, and beams of light like giant searchlights swept past.

The upgraded solidifying rays alone also have the effect of numbing and deactivating the crystal particles.

Under the cover of nearly a thousand starships, this space domain is reflected as bright as day.Cannon fire and strong light interweave into a net to kill the enemy.The crystalline creature screamed silently, its body shattered inch by inch, and the speed of its surprise attack also slowed down.

"The enemy's movement speed is reduced..."

"The front end of the enemy is in a partially collapsed state, and there is no obvious gap yet."

"It is predicted that we will contact our army in four minutes and twenty-one seconds!"

On the circular screen in front of Jiang Jianming, five or six small windows popped up in succession, all of which were real-time data sent by the scout ship in Pioneer.

"Not yet, little colonel."

Behind him, Yu Piece's old black sheep raised his thick eyebrows, pointed at the image and said in a rough voice: "This thing is densely packed and endless. If the starship rushed into that large group like this, how much would it be smashed by them?"

Chilong looked back with angry eyes, and jumped: "Hey! What do you call him!"

The old black sheep scratched his scalp sullenly, because of his son Gao Long, he actually didn't have much hostility towards Jiang Jianming.

"That's right."

Jiang Jianming leaned on the command seat and said calmly: "So according to the first plan, we will not use starships in this battle."

Inside the vanguard ship, Chief Yin Beidou gave an order.

"The whole ship slows down, there are mecha soldiers, leave the ship in groups!"

Orders and prohibitions were imposed, and the mecha array slid out from the interior of the battleship, galloping forward and sagittal, leaving the starship far behind in a blink of an eye.

"No starship!?"

Chilong's eyes widened: "Are you crazy, starships are not used in interstellar warfare!?"

Today's various battles on a cosmic scale, long-distance jumps, personnel transportation, loading of large weapons and logistics supply systems...why don't they need the support of large starships?

But what is going on with this crippled human being, who is actually planning to completely leave the battleship, and rely solely on the strength of the mech army to complete the breakthrough!

Jiang Jianming stood up, and raised his hand to the soldiers in the command room to signal: "Let's go too."

Turning around, he said lightly: "Little friend, drive Hephaestus out, and bring your gang of space robbers to follow."

Red Dragon: "...Hi!!"

Soon, Jiang Jianming left the flagship under the escort of Yin Beidou soldiers.

The mecha that drove out was a handsome half-humanoid machine, with copper-yellow lines engraved on the four pairs of mechanical arms like stars, dangerous and charming.

Mecha L-Yaoguang...Major General Emma was worried and lent him her exclusive mecha before leaving.

In the cockpit, Jiang Jianming's eyes flashed a glimmer of awe-inspiring light, holding the silky spiritual bond, connecting!

The S-class mech radiated a faint white light, and the mechanical arm popped out a three-meter-long laser blade, blatantly chasing forward, and arrived at the formation from the end of the formation in less than half a minute, without slowing down!

"Colonel Jiang!" Those Yin Beidou guards couldn't keep up with him, "Slow down!!"

It wasn't until the mecha array collided with the crystalline creature and the fierce battle broke out that most people, including Chilong, realized how advantageous this tactic of splitting the mecha and starship was.

Since the starships are arrayed in the rear space, the crystalline creatures are always under the irradiation of curing rays, if they fight with the mechs rushing forward, they will only become weaker and weaker.

But if they let go of the mechs and rushed to attack the starships behind, they would not be able to prevent the reinforcements from entering the crystal nest.

Not to mention, mechs are much more maneuverable than starships, and their advantages are evident in melee.

The blood-red L-Hephaestus went on a rampage, and the red dragon became red-eyed, kicked open the cockpit, and released crystal bones directly in the universe.

"Die to me!!"

The crystal bone smashed down on the crystal creature.The latter was smashed to pieces, but the wreckage slowly dissipated in the universe, like a ghost.

"!?" Chilong was dumbfounded, "No, no?"

Jiang Jianming, who was watching the battle, narrowed his eyes, "Sure enough..."

He remembered the information provided by Chang Ze before the expedition.

"...their speed is very fast, and it is useless to smash them physically. The life form of crystal particles is microscopic particles. They dissipate here, and they will condense in other places."

"Both our starships and mechs must keep the particle barriers on to avoid being destroyed from inside by them."

Jiang Jianming: "Have you found an effective means of fighting the enemy?"

Chang Ze: "Either attack from the mental aspect, or use a special weapon against the crystal nest. It seems that only these two methods are more effective now."

So at this moment, Jiang Jianming nodded secretly: Although already know it in heart, still have to see it with own eyes to feel it.

No, this is where Xiaoyu Pirates come in handy.

Chilong: "Crippled human beings, you fuck me—"

With a flash of white light, Yao Guang slashed the knife horizontally, cutting off the "limbs" of the crystalline creature, sending out a series of suppressing bullets while turning around, and the crystalline creature twisted its torso in pain and sat there.

"Hey!!"

Chilong was almost bitten by a crystalline creature just now, and now his face is pale, and he yelled into the communication, "Without a starship as backup, the energy of the mecha will be exhausted in two days if you fight like this!? YouCan the fuck know how to command—!?"

"It won't take two days." Jiang Jianming looked calm, and turned on the military channel, "There is a time limit of two hours, and the whole army will enter the crystal nest."

The leading officers at all levels were excited: "Did you hear that, Colonel Jiang said, enter the crystal nest in two hours! Give it to me!!"

"Huh!?" Chilong almost wanted to curse.Heart said hell, one dared to order, a group dared to carry out!

He was deeply doubting whether his decision to bear the burden of humiliation and cooperate with Jiang Jianming was out of his mind, when he saw a silver Beidou mech in front of him twist up suddenly, avoiding the pounce of the crystalline creature.

At the same time, the two mechas exposed at the rear rushed towards the alien creature, bumping head-on—exploding!

Chilong became even more messy: "No way, you let them carry out suicide attacks!?"

The soldier with Yin Beidou finally couldn't see it, and shouted: "I said you little brat, you have been nagging since just now, keep your mouth clean!"

There was faint pride in his tone: "Everyone in the special mecha team of the third fortress has the ability to control at least five mechas at the same time. Those mechas that exploded are all empty!"

No wonder they are proud.For a long time, the Third Army of the Silver Beidou has almost no dazzling record, and is often even secretly looked down upon by the First and Second Army.

But these two years have been different. Backed by the Black Shark Base and guarded by Jiang Sheng, the Third Army of the Silver Beidou is not only a pilot site for various anti-nesting weapons, but also the earliest application of mind manipulation technology in the entire empire.Legion of popularization and evolution!

This time, Yin Beidou of the third fortress was finally able to feel proud.

Didn't everyone say that the first fortress fights alien creatures, and the second fortress fights space pirates?Our third fortress is directly in charge of fighting Crystal Nest!

"It's just that the mecha is a little expensive..." Jiang Jianming murmured, "It doesn't matter, the military supply problem, let His Majesty have a headache."

...

When the first team of Silver Beidou's mecha array broke through the encirclement and entered the sky above the crystal nest, it was only forty minutes since Jiang Jianming gave the order.

When the vast, dead and pale crystalline surface appeared in the field of vision, even the silver Beidou soldiers who had experienced hundreds of battles couldn't help being moved by it.

But soon, they saw their compatriots fighting at low altitude, and immediately sent a call through the military channel.

"It's Yin Beidou's mecha, it's reinforcements!!"

On the surface, Tang Zhen wiped the sticky blood on his forehead in surprise, "Major General Xie, our man!"

The high-intensity battle lasted for seven days.The soldiers basically have to leave the ship and use their mechas to fight. Even if they take turns to rest, they can't bear it until today.

In the Jijia Tianshu, Xie Yuduo also received a call for reinforcements from Yin Beidou!

After all, the major general is a major general. Compared with the many ecstatic soldiers, Xie Yuduo remained calm for the first time.

The first thing he judged was: to be able to come so quickly, it should not be a large army, but just a small group of reinforcements.It's hard to believe that someone really broke through the outer defense of the crystal nest.

That being the case...you can't just wait for friendly troops to rush in, the interior of the crystal nest has completely become a den of poison, and you may not be able to get out if you come in.

People stretch out their arms to grab you, so you have to do a run-up and jump yourself to reach their hands, right?

Xie Yuduo made a decisive decision and switched on the communication: "Your Highness! Reinforcements are here, we will try to break through the sky again, you should withdraw quickly!"

"Your Highness!?"

Chu Jun's communication channel did not reply for a long time, and after a few seconds, a hoarse and indifferent voice came:

"Break out, break out, call me what to do, you can find a way by yourself."

Xie Yuduo was taken aback for a moment.

Then his face changed instantly.

"No?"

The major general patted the mech console and screamed, "You won't tell me that you can't withdraw again, ah!!?"

"...."

Nest, unknown coordinates.

Looking around, there are no human figures in the surrounding area including the sky.

"Won't."

Ryan gritted his teeth slightly, cold sweat dripping silently from the tip of his hair, "But if you don't leave, I can't leave!"

His body released a huge red gold crystal bone, but it has been glued together with the translucent white of the crystal nest.

Continuous severe pain and continuous spiritual pollution are coming through the crystal bone, and the crystal nest is trying to swallow him and assimilate him into a part of itself.

"..."

Leian panted and raised his head. In the gradually blurred field of vision, the Golden Dawn Crown was suspended above, and the crystal particle barrier was crumbling.

If you directly cut off the crystal bone entangled by the crystal nest, you should still be able to escape.But now he is trying his best to see-saw with the crystal nest consciousness. Once this side withdraws, the army's breakout plan may be... come to an end.

Lai An made a decision with little hesitation.

He put his mind to one side: "Dog, cut off the communication, you manipulate Jin Xiao to go back first."

Since Jingchao insisted on grabbing him, well, then he simply wouldn't leave.Just like the original body, through complete crystallization in exchange for the power to resist the crystal nest.

In the hope that in a few days, months or years the Imperial Army can dig him up...

The communication was disconnected, and Zhinao quickly executed the first command.

The Crown of Dawn did not turn away, and Seth hesitated before the second order.

"Go!" Lai An yelled, "Go find him, and when he wakes up...protect him!"

The white crystal clusters of the crystal nest slowly climbed up the crown prince's neck like a poisonous insect.

No more sensationalism or nonsense.After giving the final order, Lai An closed his eyes and allowed his body to mutate.

He is now able to actively crystallize. Although his sanity will inevitably fall into chaos after the complete mutation, he has improved a lot compared to the time he lost Jiang a year ago.

The limbs soon lost their senses, and the five senses gradually faded away.

Just before the last sense of hearing completely disappeared, he seemed to hear a familiar voice.

...Your Highness...

don't make noise.Lai An thought, Am I not doing enough?You should praise me, at least wake up and see me soon.

Even at times like this, I still miss you.

...

"Your Highness!"

"Lai An, where are you, answer me!!"

"—Lai An!!!"

In the cockpit of the Crown of Dawn, the communication that should have been cut off was reconnected.

That voice, which was always cold and steady, now called out almost sternly, echoing in the empty mecha.

"Seth, are you in Jin Xiaoli? Are you with His Highness? Protect him, stay by his side! Send me the location!"

The words "Wow, woof" danced in the corner of Jin Xiao's display screen. The authority of the two masters was colliding, and the orders conflicted with each other.

If it's an ordinary brain, it's probably stuck with a bug by now.

But Seth is not only a brain, but also a dog. A smart dog can follow his heart, which is the privilege he was given when he was born in the base.

The Crown of Dawn turned back and swooped down the way it had come.

And inside the communication, more messy voices sounded:

"Colonel Jiang, you can't go!"

"The concentration of crystal particles is too high, you will not be able to stand it!"

On the surface of the crystal nest, Lai An has been completely wrapped in crystalline matter, and his body has gradually broken away from the human structure.

But when the distant voice faintly came, the light in the depths of the already slack and dim eyes suddenly shone, and then shrunk into a point!

Jiang... Jiang is calling him!

Sanity has slipped into the abyss of confusion, and he doesn't even realize what it means, and he doesn't realize that his sleeping lover has awakened.

He just heard Jiang Jianming calling him.

In an instant, it seemed like tens of thousands of pieces of glass were shattered, and it was like quicksand pouring into the wind.

The memory merged into a distorted look, and he seemed to see the depths of the dim mecha cockpit again.

That was before the farewell, before the dawn.

Someone knelt in the cold, calling him softly with tears in his eyes.

He didn't respond.

The monster, which is no longer in human form, fought against the imprisonment of the crystal.

It was furious because of this confinement, and let out a strange and cold low cry, which made the whole earth tremble faintly.

it knows.

If not respond now.

The person it loves the most will leave it forever.

In the next second, a golden red corona-like dazzling color exploded in the depths of the crystal nest.

"His Royal Highness Lai An!?"

The incomparable power shook the world, whether it was the expeditionary army struggling to break through or the reinforcements desperately responding, they were all startled by this fiery light.

In another corner of the low altitude, Jiang Jianming showed an expression of disbelief.

"Varied……"

Just a few seconds ago, a red-golden crystal appeared out of thin air, wrapped around his mecha suddenly, and pulled the whole body down!

"Lai... Lai An? What are you doing, put..."

Jiang Jianming tried to manipulate it, but the S-level mecha Yao Guang couldn't get rid of it at all.

In the next second, the violent acceleration caused the red alarm light to explode in the cockpit!

"Well……!"

It was the mecha that was violently dragged and accelerated to fall, and even the protection system of the cockpit couldn't keep up. Looking down, you can only see a large piece of red gold.

Before losing consciousness, the last thought in Jiang Jianming's mind was a complete breakdown.

——Help, if Major General Emma's L-Yaoguang crashes, he really can't afford it!

The author has something to say:

Silence, is this barely a meeting...?

Lai: Responded (proud

Jiang: Heh.