Accompanied by the cold mist sprayed by the low temperature, the giant ray slowly left the castle pavilion pier and jumped into the sea of twinkling stars. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

At the suggestion of the chief of the chamberlain, after a short detour through the Amber Pavilion, Wendao can be said to have gained a lot, not only getting the castle hall of the garrison stronghold, but also having an additional military advisor who gave advice. The daunting task of building a garrison and expanding the border line is a step forward, although the future is still far away.

"Next, let's go to Liensta. ”

Wen Dao browsed the navigation window of the traffic boat and pointed his course at the Gurumbel star.

Next, he planned to go to the kingdom of Liensta. After all, if you want to build a garrison from scratch, you can't do without the assistance of the local people, and there is no more suitable person to select the members of the dragon garrison than the Lian people who believe in the holy dragon. Moreover, the financing and procurement of equipment and so on have to start from the city of Leubek.

Flipping through the address book on the bracelet, Wen Dao regretted leaving the business cards of those hobby merchants, otherwise he could have called them directly to the city hall to negotiate. The Hobbits of the Galactic Kingdoms are known for their ability to build elaborate machines, and the ships made by the Harpy Federation are highly regarded in the interstellar market. Considering the good relationship between the Harpy Federation and the Jade Dragon Leader, Wendao has decided to purchase the hardware and equipment needed to establish the garrison from the Hobbits.

"Well, the things made by the Harpy dwarfs are really weird. If you can't buy Imperial products, it's a good idea to settle for the next best thing. Hector also expressed his support and enthusiasm for this decision. "Don't worry! The old man knows the virtues of the Harpy cub well, and he will definitely choose the most valuable equipment for the fleet!"

The old madman who was so assured of this did not know how to contact the military industrial enterprises of the Harpy Federation, and began to browse the catalog of military products on the quantum network with great interest.

"Seawolf cruiser, is the equipment still the same as the Terra Prism?tsk, the Harpy cubs haven't made much progress in more than two hundred years, and sure enough, peace is ...... Oh oh! this is a compliment!" the bronze beast face that jumped in the passenger seat let out an excited admiration while browsing the military materials of the Harpy Federation.

（…… This guy doesn't really want to form a fleet, does he?)

Glancing at the tonnage of ships larger than the other in the window, the corners of Wen Dao's mouth twitched faintly. Although it is true that the purchase of equipment with a mental model familiar with military affairs to help staff officers can save a lot of effort, the price paid by Wendao is also heavy.

(Removed most of the program, just to fit this old madman...... ）

Wen Tao looked at the dragon scale bracelet on his left wrist with a mixed look.

Originally, Hector's mental model was based on the super mind crystal in the center of the castle pavilion, and communicated with him through a quantum protocol. However, no matter how high-end quantum protocols are, there are unavoidable transmission delays, and Hector can't tolerate delays, so he strongly asks Wendao to move his mental model to the dragon scale bracelet in order to achieve real-time processing without delay.

This is certainly not a bad thing for Wendao, but the problem is that Hector's mental model is too large. In order to make room for Hector, he had to delete many of the bracelet's original programs. After weighing all the pros and cons, Wen Dao gritted his teeth, only kept the controllable force field and the basic communication module, and handed over the space for the rest of the programs to Hector to toss.

As a result, this dragon scale bracelet equipped with many sensors has become the new body of the former imperial military advisor.

Of course, Hector retained control over the super-mind crystal while migrating the mental model - the advantage of this is that Hector's daily inquiries to Wendao can be replied to instantaneously, and when powerful computing power is needed, it can be transmitted to the super mind crystal of the castle hall through the quantum protocol.

As for the bronze beast face that was making noise in the passenger seat at the moment, it was actually a real virtual image created by the holographic projection of the bracelet and the miniature force field. However, it seems that the old madman is quite satisfied with his new body.

(In this way, it is a made-to-order product from the inside out, and I don't know if it's good or bad...... ）

Wen Dao, who was rubbing the dragon scale bracelet, showed a rather subtle expression. Originally, the terminal bracelet should be the standard equipment that the Dragon Palace configured for the retainers, and it was the same from structure to performance. However, Long Dao's bracelet was first fused with the dragon scale core given by Long Ji in the hardware, and then Hector's mental model was stuffed into the software, and the result was completely different from other retainers' bracelets inside and out.

Eighty percent of the cases that go unlawful to the deacon will be criticized, but in view of the daunting mission entrusted to them, it is reasonable to explain that the task is necessary. In fact, if you want to ask Wen Dao if there is any joy in the performance improvement of the hand ring, then the answer is of course yes.

"Approaching the low-earth orbit of Gurumbell, preparing to break through into the atmosphere, it is advisable to enable the manual mode. ”

At this time, the prompt sound from the navigation device pulled Wendao's attention back.

“…… It was agreed to use the manual mode, and the landing target was located to the city of Lübek. ”

Wen Dao, who came back to his senses, grabbed the control rudder with both hands and aimed the bow of the ship at the Gurumbel Star in front of him. The window next to it shows the geographical coordinates of the city of Leubek and the forward base not far from it. Wen Dao's gaze lingered on the forward base for a moment, thinking about waiting for the city of Ulbeck to stop by and then go there after finishing his business. Although I couldn't do it before, with Hector's help this time, I should be able to dig up some useful information from the Memory Crystal Nest.

In any case, Wen Dao has always been afraid of the black hand of the empire who does not know where to hide.

Thinking of this, Wen Dao couldn't help but glance at the passenger seat. The old madman who had just jumped and jumped somehow fell silent, and the window in front of it shifted from the Harpy Federation's armaments catalog to a strange interface like a waveform diagram, and the curious Fumidao couldn't help but lean over.

"What is this?"

"Shhhhh ”

Hector stared intently at the pulsing ripples on the interface, adjusting the frequency of the echoes until the two gradually became one. "This is what the old man found when he just cleaned up the clutter, and looking at the waveform, it should be the Empire's third-level encrypted communication. Hmph, it's been a long time since I've played this, and the old man is trying to decipher it. ”

"Emperor, Imperial Communication!?" Wen Dao's burnout instantly flew out of the clouds, and his knees slammed into the control rudder as he jumped up. A dull low sound echoed in the cab with a painful moan, and Wen Dao held his knees and endured the sharp pain, while looking calmly at the mental model. “…… What does the correspondence say?"

"Wait a minute, the old man is interpreting. The bronze beast furrowed its eyebrows, and the window on the other side began to process the signal at a speed that the naked eye could not keep up with. "Tsk, those little cubs are still using the code of the last century, it's really hard to learn...... Okay, the old man let it out. ”

Hector released the deciphered communication, which rustled for first a few seconds as if it were a bad signal, then became clear, but the content was interrupted. “…… The target location has been confirmed...... It is difficult to advance the plan with the current forces, and reinforcements are requested...... Repeat, request for reinforcements ......"

Due to the need for calculus decipherment, the overall delay of the playback is several seconds. When the encrypted signal disappears completely, only a few ambiguous words are heard, and it is difficult to guess the content of the communication. However, the slightly hoarse and low male voice in the communication, Wen Dao always had a feeling of déjà vu.

"Isn't that new?"

"No more. In order to ensure the security of lurkers, the third level of encryption is mostly one-way communication. The bronze beast face raised an eyebrow excitedly. "Ahhh

"Can you determine where the signal is being transmitted?" Wen Dao pretended to ignore the old madman's statement.

"The source of the message is gone, and it can't be traced, but I can deduce that it's pointing to a coordinate, and it should be not far from here. Hector's voice was tinged with excitement. It seems that it has nothing to do with the position, as long as anything related to the war seems to be of interest to the old madman.

Mobilizing the huge computing power crystallized by super thinking, Hector began to use the only remaining trajectory of the signal source to calculate its pointing coordinates. According to the old madman's explanation, the shortwave signal is not only directional, but also the communication range is limited to low-earth orbit, so theoretically, as long as the trajectory is drawn, it is also a matter of luck to find the receiving source.

"Wait!You're saying there might be Imperial ships in low Earth orbit!?"

Wen Dao was horrified when he heard this, and hurriedly called up the holographic star field map of the traffic boat and turned on the scanning mode.

Although it is not as good as a patrol boat for special security, the giant ray is also equipped with a simple multi-band reconnaissance device. Under the control of Wen Dao, the reconnaissance device began to repeatedly scan the surrounding star field, from infrared light to radar waves, from radar waves to energy strings, several scanning lines repeatedly swept across the star field map, but except for two or three meteorites captured by planetary gravity, there were no more discoveries.

(Fortunately, otherwise this product alone will only be a part of the cannon...... ）

Wen Dao exhaled weakly. The big rays are not equipped with any armament, and even the shield armor is very weak. Not to mention starships, any armed gunboat can beat him to the point where he can't fight back.

"Hehe, the rabbit cub is quite good at hiding, but he can't hide it from his grandfather!"

At this moment, Hector suddenly let out an ominous laugh. I saw the bronze beast face tremble with thick eyebrows, and from the functional window of the passenger seat, the only gun port of the traffic boat, the photon signal flare, was called up, and aimed it at the void in front of the left.

"Twelve degrees on the port side, twenty-three .7 kilometers away, salvo from the main guns!"

"Wait ......"

Wen Dao's stop was a beat slower. The photon flare dragged a straight line in the void, flying a distance of nearly twenty-four kilometers in a few breaths, and then burst out with dazzling brilliance.

The brilliance of the flares covered the void for several kilometers in a radius. Destroyed by the energy wave, the void space that was originally reflected by the starlight rippled like water waves, as if the curtain of darkness was lifted, and a behemoth hidden in the starlight shadow slowly revealed the wheel corridor.

It was a huge, fierce pitch-black battleship, with three sharp ramming angles from its round and blunt bow, its thick hull covered with gun muzzles, and six tower-like engines lined up at the tail end, silent as a mountain.

In contrast to the unfurled black ship, which exudes an incomparably fierce aura, the transport boat is as inconspicuous as a reef fish in the shadow of a humpback whale. The overwhelming sense of presence broke through the space, and Wen Dao, who looked up at the starry sky, clearly heard the sound of himself gasping.

(No, why didn't you notice it all the time...... ）

The pitch-black giant ship lurking in Gulambell gave Wen Dao a great shock, and when he pondered the reason why such a huge ship of this mass had not been discovered at such a close distance, a chill that could freeze his soul rushed up from his back.

It would be fine if it didn't go unnoticed, but now it's a praying mantis that has been let go just jumps back, baring its teeth and claws to the rhythm of slapping to death. Wen Dao wanted to cry without tears, and there was no way to retreat, but the old madman next to him was still shouting.

"Black Hole Engine!?Oh ho, when did the Empire come up with this?"

"Hey, there's a little bug popping up. ”

In the bridge of the ship, which was filled with a quiet blue light, a refreshing young voice sounded.

"Do you want me to help you get rid of it?"

"No, I don't. He was answered by a voice that lacked warmth. The man lying on his back on the bow throne moved his finger slightly, and a low-power laser light shot out from the side side, and the traffic boat that was making a panic U-turn was pierced in an instant.

"Is that okay? That's the Ryugu traffic boat. The teenager was quite surprised.

"The enemy should have also noticed our presence and had no time to waste on details. The man who had the audacity to call Ryugu an "enemy" looked indifferently at the transport boat that had turned into a flaming fireball and crashed into a gravity well. "All the conditions have been met, and the last ghost card is missing, can I ask you?"

"I can't do fine work, don't blame me if I break it. ”

Although the content seemed to protest, the teenager's voice sounded interested.