The vicinity of the snake's nest is a hilly area covered in forests, and the undulating terrain makes it easy to find a place to hide. www.biquge.info Wen Dao carefully moored the landing craft under a cliff formed by a collapsed mountain wall somewhere, and the accompanying knights quickly went to the forest to find materials such as branches and vines, and hid the landing craft with reference to the standards of camouflage bunkers. In this way, even if the optical camouflage is turned off, the landing craft will not be easily exposed to the detection of the viper.

Of course, it is difficult to say whether those bandit parties have such a concept as "reconnaissance".

Judging from the map, the distance between the concealment point of the landing craft and the snake's nest was less than two kilometers in a straight line, and the surprise attack operation advanced to the most critical position quite smoothly. In order to avoid startling the snakes, everyone did not dare to rush forward again, and used the landing craft as a temporary stronghold, Matyuya sent several scout knights to reconnoiter the situation first, and then formulate a more accurate battle plan after obtaining information.

Although the surprise attack operation was proposed by Wen Dao, after all, he was a layman in the military, so the actual command of the operation was still handed over to Ma Qiuya. The female general's strategy did not intend to make the dragon envoy charge, and the task given to Wendao would be successfully completed when the people were transported safely to the snake's nest, and then he just had to stay in the landing craft and wait for the good news.

However, looking at the knights' fierce and ready to go, Wen Dao really couldn't accept the fact that he couldn't do anything, so he made a request to go with the scouts. Such a request was immediately rejected by the female general.

"War is a game of fierce men, how far can a layman who can't even make a sword hide!"

The female general with a high fighting spirit was not polite even to the envoy of the virtuous dragon. The appearance of the commander made the knights around him tremble.

However, after Wen Dao demonstrated the "Eagle Eye" program of long-range reconnaissance, the female general had to retract her opinion, after all, even the scout knight with good eyesight could not be compared with the high-magnification Eagle Eye. Reluctantly, Matyua admits the usefulness of Bun Rice and gives him the task of scouting the stronghold and sending a scout knight to serve as an escort.

"Fili, you go watch him, we'll use the landing craft when we get back. ”

"Roger, General. ”

The female knight who was tasked with guarding was named Fili, a girl with a slender waist and emerald green hair, who looked smaller than Wendao in appearance, but was said to be the best scout knight in the Celestial Cavalry. The posture of holding a silver spear and wearing light armor is almost like a trumpet opened by a female general.

Although the position of being a vassal of the landing craft made Wen Dao's mood quite complicated, it was extremely pleasant to be given the permission to move freely. Wen Dao, who left the landing craft, prepared to climb to the top of the hill for the convenience of observation.

Due to the periodic attenuation of stellar light and heat, the vegetation of the Mura Forest is not very dense, but even so, walking in the forest without roads is still unexpectedly hard work, and on several occasions Wendao even had to use the force field matrix to build a stepping platform to cross the mountain stream and continue to walk. On the other hand, on the scout knight's side, his posture was as light as a deer, jumping all the way to the front and back of Wendao, as if he was free from the constraints of gravity.

（…… It's really not a trumpet for a female man. ）

Wen Dao secretly vomited in his heart, and at the same time, he also found that although Fei Li was very dutiful in carrying out the escort mission, she always avoided his gaze intentionally or unintentionally. Several times Wen Dao tried to find an opportunity to talk to her, but was cleverly avoided by Fili.

(Is it really hated?)

Thinking of the female general's attitude towards the dragon envoy, Fili's coldness was not a strange thing. Wen Dao quickly gave up on this matter and shifted his attention to the viper stronghold in the distance. By this time he had climbed to the top of the hill, covered by the trees above him, so he could observe the snake's nest ahead without hesitation.

For a moment, Wen Dao's eyes widened.

Previously, the Lensta people had asked for some information about the snake's nest from the captives, and according to the captives' descriptions, Wendao sketched in his mind the appearance of "an abandoned mountain fortress occupied by bandits". Perhaps it was because the preconceived notions were too strong, and it was only after witnessing Shi Wendao that he was more impacted.

At least from those five big and three rough bandits, Wen Dao would never have imagined that the so-called "snake nest" was such a majestic base!

The entire base is built according to the mountain, and its main body is an iron-colored bastion half embedded in the mountain and glowing with a metallic luster. The fortress occupies almost half of the mountain, and at the top of the hill at the top of the fortress, there is a group of giant array antennas with a span of more than 100 meters. The antenna of the array is aimed at the sky dome overhead at an elevation angle of nearly 45 degrees, and on the left and right sides of it, several sets of laser gun mounts that appear to be shocking are also installed.

(Hey, what's that...... ）

Wen Dao felt his breath suffocated. Whether it's the iron-colored bastion, the array antenna, or the laser gun mount, it is full of hardcore interstellar armament style, and it is definitely not equipment that a mere bandit can have.

After a few seconds, Wen Dao's first thought was the court scholar's explanation in the Hall of Forgetfulness.

Before being occupied by the dragon king "Emperor Shun of the North", the Emerald Star Field was a military stronghold fiercely contested between the San Vano Empire and the Harpy Federation. The empire, which seeks to annex Gülambert and turn it into a forward base, destroys the original city-state of Grumbel while establishing many military strongholds on the surface.

According to the court scholars, the San Vano Empire had made great efforts to transform the Gulambel, but just as they were almost successful, Emperor Shun of the Northern Heavens suddenly seized the Emerald Star Field. As the Empire's conquest fleet fell apart, the military bases built on the surface of the Grumbel were abandoned. In the centuries that followed, the planet slowly entered an ice age due to the periodic decay of the stellar emerald, and the abandoned imperial bases were buried in glaciers that covered the globe......

The desolate ruins that towered in front of him made Wendao feel the truth of the history of the Hall of Forgetfulness for the first time. If his recommendation was correct, the communications base in front of him should be one of the Imperial bases that were abandoned centuries ago. Because it happened to be built in the territory of the Lensta Kingdom, it was able to escape the fate of being buried by the glacier, and then it was discovered by the viper and used as a stronghold.

(Probably right?, otherwise it's a big deal...... ）

Wen Dao hurriedly opened the "Eagle Eye" and looked out through the virtual window that appeared in his right eye.

Hawkeye automatically adjusts the focal length, pulling the laser mount and array antenna in the distance to the front. Through the window, you can clearly see the rust on the laser gun mount and the withered vines wrapped around the antennas of the array. It was a mark of time that could never be faked, and it was enough to prove that the base had not been used for centuries.

Wen Dao exhaled deeply and let go of his hanging heart.

(It's okay...... I almost thought I was going to be tough with the Empire...... ）

Through the majestic and desolate ruins of the base in front of him, Wen Dao can imagine the grandeur of the San Vano Empire in the past. If this communications base is still in use by the Empire, then their only option is probably to flee as far as they want. But fortunately, it is the rabble Viper Party that occupies the base at the moment, so there is still the possibility of a strategy.

(What are those guys doing...... ）

Wen Dao adjusted the focus of Hawkeye, and soon found traces of the Viper Bandits in the school field below the base.

The base school is quite spacious, forming a two-story structure according to the mountain. More than a dozen armed warships were parked in a haphazard manner on the upper floor, while some shoddy tents and wooden houses had been erected in the lower school yard. The style of architecture is closely related to the character of the owner, and there are many drunken viper bandits in the vicinity of those tents. As for the not too drunk bandits, they either gathered in a heap of gambling in groups and threes, or they boasted in front of the wooden cages where the precious beasts were kept away from the topic of health.

Judging from the current situation, it seems that the bandits' use of the base is limited to the outermost layer, but there is also an unexpected foreshadowing if it is not good. Just in case, Wen Dao carefully patrolled around the base with his eagle eye, and even activated the red spot detection mode, but not to mention the secret whistle, there was not even a single guard at the door! The guard of the nest was lax to such an extent, and it could be said that the thieves were extremely disrespectful!

Recalling all the worries on the march, Wen Dao even felt an insult to his IQ!

Possessing powerful interstellar munitions and hiding in the ruins of a little-known forest are enough for the bandits, who are already unorganized, to break their thin vigilance. For the Liensta knights who are ready to attack, the only threats are probably the heavily armed Viper ships. In the pre-drawn battle plan, suppressing the warships before the bandits reacted was also considered the highest priority.

However, at this moment, the warship was moored in the upper school yard, and if you want to suppress the warship, you must first break through the position of the lower bandits. As long as a warship takes off, the battle situation will evolve in an unpredictable direction, and such a situation may feel difficult for a female general, right?

Wen Dao stared closely at the almost unguarded Viper warships moored in the upper school yard, and a crazy thought suddenly popped into his mind. If it can be realized, then this battle may be able to end in the most beautiful form......