Chapter 1319 Fishing

While we were thinking about what we should use to lift Harlan out quickly, efficiently and without being easy to reveal, Bingtis had an idea. "Eye-catching? Isn't there a super eye-catching one here?" Bingtis said, turning to look at Felice, "Apart from the ancestral graves of your ancestors, these Fiyali people are the most eye-catching..."

It was the first time in my life that I saw a person complete a backflip and then a 360-degree turn while sitting upright. The cat ended up behind the back of the sofa. Phyllis almost turned into a black shadow to complete the set. I was very surprised when I saw her popping up from behind the sofa. I thought to myself that the Queen had trained her muscles akimbo quite well...

"Are you doing this?" Phyllis glanced at the three of us with the eyes of class enemies, "Do you think it's appropriate to discuss this matter in front of the victims?"

In fact, I want to say that in front of Bingtis, a female gangster, how can you expect anything related to morality to be "inappropriate" in her mind - but before I spoke, Bingtis spoke: " Oh, that’s right, I should have said this when you were away.”

Sandora and I said at the same time: "..."

Phyllis began to poke holes in Bingtis's face with her eyes: I don't think this has any effect. Bingtis's face, let alone the eyes, would break even if the Dinghaishen needle and pestle was applied to it.

"But this is a good idea," Shandora looked at us and analyzed it calmly, "You see, Harlan has already seen the Fiyali spacecraft. He may not have seen the hometown material with his own eyes, but he is very familiar with the Fiyali people. The human merchant ship was deeply impressed. He knew that the people on these ships had dug the ancestral graves of the Xiling ancestors. Secondly, the Fiari people were not the Xiling apostles. The fallen apostles also had little knowledge of the new empire's macro-world system. It was nothing for the Fiari people to leave the empire's territory. It’s a suspicious thing. It can be explained that these vendors who have dug their ancestors’ graves once are digging for the second time, or it can be explained that they are going back to their hometown – Harlan will not be suspicious of this.”

Shandora's analysis was in order, and Phyllis continued to lie on the back of the sofa and stared at her: "What about me?"

"I didn't ask your people to stay with us," Bingtis finally couldn't help but remind the somewhat funny Queen, "Pull your ship over, and your people will follow us back to the Empire District. Come on?"

Phyllis was stunned, and finally found that she had been in a state of brain short-circuit in the past few minutes, and did not realize that there was still this option, so she smiled apologetically at Sandora and me: "Oh. So that's it. ——A ship is cheaper for you..."

Me: "Shut up."

"You can't do this! Do you know how much time it took us to build the experimental ship across the void? It only takes two years to build one engine!"

Me: "Shut up - your adjutant has been exposed a long time ago. Your hometown still has at least twenty ships for cross-border navigation..."

Phyllis: "..." I guess she started planning to go back and sell her adjutant again. This time, she might be able to get a discount, and then put it in a sack and send it to me.

Actually, of course we cannot just take advantage of others. No matter how you think about it, one fact is obvious: if the Fiyali ships are used to seduce Harlan's army, it is probably impossible to come back intact. Optimistically, it is estimated that the first thing Harlan will do after discovering that he has been deceived is to melt those ships. Spread the slag all over the universe. So I calculated that I needed to use something to compensate Phyllis, such as another ship, or some civilian technology or something - but I couldn't bring this up in front of Phyllis. After getting along with her for a period of time, I already know the nature of this hawker queen. She is a bright person who only wants to see money. The guy who refuses to give up despite all the swords and fires, let her know that we still have a compensation plan, then we probably will never have peace until she can pry over a fleet...

Various facts tell us that facing this kind of guy makes people laugh and cry. The best plan is to deal with it first and then tell her the truth. Secretly decide on the compensation plan for her first. By the time it is a fait accompli, there will be no further trouble. You have to discuss compensation with her on the spot. She can blame your actions for the burning of her back molars, and then extort a bunch of vitamin tablets back... It's not like she can't do this!

It took us two full days to get all the personnel and equipment back. In fact, it is quite easy to evacuate personnel and equipment: the biggest advantage of engineering sites such as pioneer research stations is that they are easy to disassemble and transfer. Most of the asteroid belt engineering base can be discarded, and several core facilities can be deformed and assembled. Pack it up and take it away on the engineering ship. As for the large laboratory built later, Tavel pushed it into the void and annihilated it after transferring all the key data. It only takes about half a day for these personnel and equipment to set off. What really takes time is the ancestral relics. They are huge in number and fragile in structure, and more importantly, Sandora is not willing to throw away even a single slag. What is more important is that in the end, we packed up the entire asteroid belt and took it away. Already...

Well, we spent a day and several mass-produced bubbles personally supervising the work to create a temporary world gate, and then pushed the entire asteroid belt through the world gate into the shadow space - I admit that the amount of work was a bit big. But you have to understand Sandora’s excitement when facing the materials of her hometown and the relics of her ancestors...

Anyway, Phyllis spent an hour rereading it after seeing a scene in which a crack as big as the moon opened up in space, and then the entire asteroid belt was pulled in by the gravitational field generators arranged into a stick of gravel that reached into the sky and the earth. In one sentence:

"You bunch of crazy people..."

In fact, if it weren't for the worry that the large-scale information flow would attract the remnants of Haran in the dark, Shandora would have the intention to pack up this star system and take it back. You have to believe that the Xiling Apostles are drilling holes in the rules of the world. Something as large as the Death Star can still jump between several universes.

In this way, after staying in this desolate and remote universe for a few days, we hurriedly returned to the capital world together with everyone, and then Sandora began to prepare for a surprise attack on the far frontier. We need the fastest and most ferocious troops to give Harlan's remnants a crushing blow: and we can't let them run away like last time. For this purpose, Sivis mobilized the royal fleet, which had just recovered from the last border defense battle, and all the elite parts of the six legions to form a powerful mixed force on standby. The reason why we invested so much force to deal with Harlan is that the opponent still has the King's Lander on hand. Although Harlan's main force now only has a part of the royal fleet left, his King's Lander formation is really a huge threat, and we have to use overwhelming numbers to deal with those things. Of course, I also considered letting the celestial system fleet deal with the King. However, that fleet is moving too slowly and will not be able to catch up for a while. We want to engage in an interception war against Harran, and the Celestial System Fleet is not suitable.

In addition to the above-mentioned troops, a group of special fleets are also prepared for this battle: the seventh fleet, which has just been formed but has not yet verified its combat effectiveness - the Magic Energy Legion.

The Seventh Fleet is the old Royal Fleet of the Fifteen Days that we got from the Merova people last time. Of course, it changed its name after it was reorganized. They were all the most advanced mysterious battleships of the year. Although they had a long history, they still continued the unscientific and durable style of the Xiling Apostles, as long as they were properly repaired. They should be able to exert their full power as they did back then. Alleria, with the assistance of Tavel, led all the technicians on the mysterious side to work day and night, and spent several months repairing most of those spaceships (because we did not have enough star shaping pools - that is, the mysterious side The star port buildings of the system - so the progress of the repair work is a bit slow. Some starships that were severely damaged by the Merova people are still lying in the outer space of the Celestial City, unable to move). These ancient mysterious creations form a A new fleet that is much smaller than other legions. For now, we temporarily call it the Seventh Fleet or the Seventh Legion.

Because the number of captured spacecraft is limited. In addition, not all of the spacecraft that can be launched are available. The scale of this "Seventh Fleet" is indeed the smallest among all the legions of the New Empire. The Royal Fleet is half of the normal legion, and the scale of the Seventh Fleet is even half of the Royal Fleet - - As the senior leader of the mysterious army, Alleria is also quite depressed about this current situation, but there is nothing she can do until the Star Shaping Pool is completed. The status quo of "there are soldiers but no ships" on the mysterious side may continue for a while.

Of course, I think that to deal with the remaining forces currently under Harlan, the elite mixed force organized by Sivis plus the Seventh Fleet should be enough. It is also a good opportunity to test the combat effectiveness of the Seventh Fleet and their ability to adapt to the new imperial environment. Anyway, we don’t have to keep these mysterious things hidden now. In fact, when the last border battle started, I had the intention to let the Seventh Fleet take part at the last minute, but the plan couldn't keep up with the changes last time...

Regarding the insufficient establishment of the Seventh Fleet, the top general on the mysterious side did not express any opinion: Alaya still lives a leisurely, relaxed and happy life, although now she has a lot of work to be busy with. But I really didn't notice any change in the personality of this somewhat naive angel sister. I remembered the rule I summarized at the beginning: in the fifteenth day zone. The people who work are probably second-in-commands. Look at Pandora and Sivis, look at Alaya and Alleria...

Well, we won’t discuss the working style of the two general-level figures. In short, after some emergency mobilization, we have hoarded a considerable number of troops in the far frontier areas - after Harlan appeared, we sent the troops to travel long distances from within the empire. It was obviously too late to attack, so Sivis asked the army to stand by in an inconspicuous universe near the far frontier in advance. This is the limit distance that will not cause the enemy to notice, and it can also intercept the enemy as soon as it appears. the optimal distance. I believe that as soon as Harlan and his remnants show up, these fleets will be able to seal off another universe within minutes: each of their ships is equipped with world barrier jamming devices, and the entire fleet is ready to perform the classic "counterattack" Jump" tactics.

While the fleets of all parties were actively preparing for war, we also threw out the bait prepared for Harlan.

On a dark, windy, cold night with few stars, Phyllis stood on Starport No. 5 above Gaia, biting her handkerchief and fingers and bid farewell to her three ships with tears in her eyes. The largest of the Fiari merchant ships. Sandora, I, and Felice's female adjutant were also present. Seeing Felice like this, everyone felt like their heads were full of black lines.

When Phyllis was about to compose a long poem inspired by the scene, the adjutant next to her finally couldn't help it anymore: "Your Majesty, please be more decent."

Phyllis seemed to suddenly remember that this adjutant had unintentionally ruined her blackmail plan, so she suddenly frowned: "Did I sell you the letter? Does the discount offer cash on delivery and free packaging of the letter?"

The adjutant's face was expressionless: "Your Majesty, you have planned to sell me three hundred and twenty-seven times, including buy one, get one free. So please be more decent."

Phyllis: "..."

I had to interrupt these two strange people: "As for you, didn't I leave two ships for you?"

In fact, we originally planned to send all three Fialli merchant ships out, but Phyllis felt that it was their first time to jump out of the world, and at least one of these three ships must be left behind even as a historical souvenir - after she Sandora chose to give in when she was almost on the verge of death. Shandora's own explanation is that it is just a bait anyway, there is no difference between one and three ships, but I think the main role is that Felice is too troublesome. Before Shandora changed her mind, the Fiery Void Consortium had already Big speakers and banners were prepared in front of their company. All they had to do was disguise themselves as more than a hundred unpaid migrant workers and broadcast in a loop: "The evil ship management office towed our three ships without saying anything and refused to pay us the wages for starting the work. Ministry of Imperial Control, please pay for our spaceships and return our hard-earned money." ! Now that I can’t survive, I can only sell equipment. The original price of a meteorite smelting furnace is 1888, but now it only costs 998..."

I think this Phyllis really dares to do this!

"Is there any conflict between keeping two ships and losing one?" Phyllis settled the score. "I have feelings for this ship, okay!"

I waved my hand and then talked to her about compensation. My compensation plan is as follows. First of all, the Fiyali people lost a ship, and the empire will make a replica for them - exactly the same, equivalent replacement. Of course, this new ship adopts some unique features of the empire. High-grade materials, it will be better than the prototype. Phyllis, this is actually a profit. Secondly, in order to express praise and gratitude for Feiyali's "righteous sacrifice" (you must say these four words are full of water!), Sandora decided to open low-level void calibration and primary nether energy extraction technology to them. These two technologies should be quite high-end in the current view of the Fiari people, but they will not have much impact on their local technology tree: for a civilization that can already jump out of the universe. Void calibration and nether energy extraction are already knowledge that is only separated by a piece of paper, and teaching them will have no impact. Moreover, Sandora has additional plans for this decision:

The Void Consortium formed by the Fiyali people has not yet been officially put into operation, but they have already shown their superb business and diplomatic talents in the process of communicating with the major races in the Shadow City, especially the major servant army races. This consortium will be able to effectively improve the circulation efficiency and level of communication among private channels in various worlds. Sandora and I both believe that this novel but very useful organization should be put on the table as soon as possible. And let it have sufficient loyalty to the empire - the support of key technologies is the most effective and the most familiar method for us.

When Phyllis heard that there was indeed a compensation plan, her eyes suddenly lit up and she came over with a playful smile.

Sandora and I teleported home without saying a word before the vendor opened his mouth...

The next two days are the most difficult two days: we all hope that Harlan will appear as soon as possible, and then the empire will send out all the troops, but we don’t want the most powerful guy in history to show up and disappear into the void. The depths are simply a joyful thing: after all, as long as the war starts, there is a chance that the worrying universe will be affected. We do try to keep the Fialli merchant ship as a bait as far away from that world as possible, but after all, Harlan is roughly Knowing where his target is, he should hide nearby. The bait cannot stray too far, otherwise it will be ineffective.

However, two days later, no news came.

The Fialli merchant ship, controlled by an automatic system, patrolled the remote areas, and no one came out to trouble them: with the technical strength of the fallen apostles, two days was enough for them to discover this conspicuous target.

After the third day also passed in calm conditions, Sandora and I couldn't help but start to wonder if there was something wrong with our initial guess: maybe it was just an accident that Harlan's remnants passed by there, maybe they were They were just passing by, maybe they had left the far frontier and disappeared into the depths of the void, or maybe...

Harlan's target is not his home world, and he is no longer a Fialli. He is not interested in our bait.

We didn’t have any intelligence at hand, and the enemies hiding in the void were the most difficult to deal with. Sandora and I were worried, and we began to reflect on our combat deployment and re-examine the original analysis results of the armor fragment. Comparing the analysis process at that time with Harlan's behavior before and after the border battle, the conclusion is still that there is a 90% possibility that Harlan's remnants are hiding in the far frontier. However -

Why don't they come out?

I can't understand why a fallen apostle legion with terrible obsessions and alarming hostility to the empire suddenly changed their gender, hid humans and animals harmlessly in the corners of the void, and even turned a blind eye to the bait we threw out. Sandora and I are both 100% convinced that the Fiari merchant ship has no secrets: the imperial equipment on it has been camouflaged, and the spacecraft body has no psionic response. It sailed according to the route it took in the first place to make " In order to make this illusion more realistic, Sandora even ordered the ship to find a nearby space to dock, and used mining drones to dig out several tons of stone belts. superior……

Therefore, the "bait" link is unlikely to cause problems.

It seems that enemies like Harlan are difficult to deal with after all. Perhaps he is extremely vigilant and cautious. The fishing method does not work every time. We are lucky to have successfully caught a Merowa once. .

In short, we are waiting in tangle for the time being. In fact, the fact that Harlan has not shown his face for the time being is not the most troubling part. What is most troubling is that the boat used as a bait has been circling in place for two full days. If this continues, even if Harlan's intelligence is as good as Dingdang's We have to see the problem - a small boat is wandering in the void without any guards or weapons. It has been hunted down once before but it dared to be so high-profile. Now it has only two lines of banners posted on the side of the boat and eight letters written in it. The big words read "Halanima, if you don't accept it, I'll behead you"...

No matter how good the plan is, problems will arise over time. This is a principle of life that I have learned a long time ago. When I was in elementary school, I and Qianqian once planned to skip class and catch cicadas, but it was ruined because it took too long. The situation at that time was like this. By the time we finally made up our minds and found the opportunity to skip class, more than a month had passed since the National Day... Well, let's not talk about it.

But just when Sandora and I were about to give up on this trap, let the ship run to the depths of the void and disintegrate on its own (we didn’t dare to let it come back, because if its identity as the bait was not exposed, maybe we could still execute the second set) When planning), finally came the good news that everyone was celebrating:

The Fialli merchant ship was attacked.

Well... at least it's good news for us, not Felice's side.