After a long journey of 92 days and countless boring wormhole jumps, the battleship finally jumped out of the wormhole near the second base of the expeditionary force, and it was only at this time that everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

After a routine inspection, the battleship sailed safely into the military port.

"Is that okay?"

Before stepping out of the battleship, Eller's face was full of hesitation.

According to his idea, before returning to the base, Qin Yan put him somewhere and took him with him when he took over the next mission.

But......

Qin Yan actually asked him to go back to the base together!

You know, he is Prince Alderru's most valued son, his future is limitless, and his life safety is of paramount importance.

Therefore, if his participation in the front-line mission is discovered, His Royal Highness will be furious, and may even forcibly take him back to be grounded.

He also asked Qin Yan why he did this, why he let him go back to the base together, Qin Yan just smiled and said that it was okay, but did not give any reasonable explanation.

Of course, Eller knew that it would be best if his father could allow him to join the expeditionary force and enter the front-line combat unit, at least not secretly, but he knew even more that it was absolutely impossible - where did Qin Yan get so sure?

However, he knows very well what kind of person Qin Yan is: he will definitely not make a completely unreasonable decision without reason.

But where did he get the faith that could change his father's mind?

"Let's go." Qin Yan smiled.

"I'll believe you once!" Eyler stepped out of the cabin.

"The formation leader will come with me, and the others will be disbanded."

After Qin Yan finished saying this, he took a group of subordinates from the No. 51 formation and the formation leader of the formation he brought back, each took the small flying machine that was specially used at the base, and flew it into the distance......

Each base has the same rule, that is, after returning from a mission, you must go to the resource reserve center as soon as possible.

Regardless of whether the mission is a trophy or not, this link must be taken as soon as possible: in fact, this link began much earlier, that is, when you first enter, the routine inspection of all warships - not only to check whether there is anything in the battleship that should not be there, but also to connect the inspection results to the resource reserve center, once the resources found in the ship will be taken away after docking in the military port, and recorded as a war exploit.

After the ship is inspected, all members of the team carrying the space box must immediately go to the resource reserve center and hand over the space box for inspection.

Suddenly!

As soon as a group of hundreds of people arrived at the window of the resource reserve center, the staff immediately got up and saluted Qin Yan and Hou Qing: In the expeditionary force, even if Eller's identity as the son of the army is not as good as Qin Yan's status as the captain of the fleet, because the most respected by soldiers is always their own kind.

Suddenly, just as Qin Yan was about to greet the staff and let him not be so polite, there was a sound from his communication equipment.

"Qin Yan! Are you crazy?! ”

As soon as he turned on the communicator, Salon's roar came from inside: "You actually took the prince on a mission?" Don't go to the Resource Reserve Center just yet, get to my office right now! Right now! Immediately!! ”

Syllable!

After Saron finished speaking, he hung up directly, and it could be seen from his tone and attitude that his heart was full of burning anger.

When he turned on the communication device, he heard a roar, and hung up directly after roaring, and when the call had ended on Salon's side, Qin Yan hadn't come back to his senses.

"The commander is not very good-tempered, hehe......"

Seeing the people around him, they all looked at him with strange eyes, and after Qin Yan snorted, he actually used the communication device to call back to Salon.

"I told you to get here, didn't you hear?!" Saron was furious.

"Commander, I have something here, aren't you afraid that I will quietly hide some things on the way to your office?"

"Huh?"

Sharon was stunned for a moment, then frowned, "What is it?" ”

"Just come and see."

"Good! You wait for me! ”

Saron gritted his teeth and shouted angrily: "You, a small formation leader, dare me to see you in person. Very good! If you don't see anything of value, I promise you'll not be able to eat and walk around! ”

The current Saron was still full of anger, but Qin Yan knew that the current anger was all faked, and this guy had long been curious in his heart.

And, of course, the excitement.

Because from Qin Yan's voice, Saron had already heard that he had made a big gain this time, and Qin Yan asked him to come over in person, which was definitely not an ordinary thing.

Not long after, Saron came with a group of people: not only did he come himself, but he also brought a group of high-ranking people from the base.

"Qin Yan!"

Salong stared at Qin Yan with a tiger face, and said in a deep voice: "It is said that when you were inspecting, you reported that the team you were going to rescue on this mission had all the warships destroyed. Of the ten five-star warships of the 51st formation, only two remained—how much did you lose this time? ”

"Captain, what else did you lose?" Qin Yan looked at the formation leader who was rescued by him with a smile and asked.

"Your Excellency, Commander, I am humble...... Humble ......"

"Say!"

"Humble ......"

The formation leader cautiously glanced at Qin Yan and said in a low voice: "A total of about 80,000 tons of bright crystals, colored crystals and a small amount of black crystals are gone. ”

Salon's face was even more unsightly now, and he stared at Qin Yan deadly: "Look at his expression, this batch of energy crystals should be your loss." ”

"Because if we don't use these energy crystals as bait, it will be impossible to lure away the enemy fleet guarding the wormhole, and we will not be able to come back." Qin Yan said confidently.

"80,000 tons of energy crystals! You bastard! ”

Salon, who was trembling with anger, pointed at Qin Yan's nose and scolded: "Don't you know to contact the base and let the base send more people over?" ”

"The enemy has more than 24,000 warships, more than 80 million men, led by three Tianwu Seven Heavenly Masters - Your Excellency Commander, I don't think the second base can be sent, enough to compete with the enemy's men!"

"Damn it!"

The high-level leaders led by Sharon showed a look of horror at the same time: they even didn't believe Qin Yan's words, thinking that he was telling a joke.

That's right, 80,000 tons of energy crystals is not a small amount, but it is definitely not enough for any country to dispatch a fleet of this size.

So...... Unless there are more than 80,000 tons of energy crystals!

"Follow me."

Sharon didn't say anything more, to everyone's surprise, he turned around and flew towards the outside of the Resource Reserve Center: "Qin Yan, Hou Qing and Eller Shizi just come here, and the others are waiting here." ”

After a while, a group of high-level leaders of the base, led by Salon, as well as Qin Yan and others, appeared in a very secret place.

"Say it." Sharon stared at Qin Yan.

"It's a bit small." Qin Yan said with a grin.

"How big do you need space?"

"The bigger, the better."

“……”

Saron glared at him fiercely, and had no choice but to change places, and finally he led everyone to an empty square with a large area.

"Is it old enough?!" Saron said angrily.

"Actually...... Forget it, barely. ”

Qin Yan opened the space box and took out a fist-sized gray crystal from it: "Hehe...... In order to protect this thing, other energy crystals can only be sacrificed. ”

Gray Crystal!

The moment he saw this gray crystal, Salon's pupils constricted, and then relaxed: "How many?" More than last time? ”

"Qin Yan, why are you using rules to restrain Gray Crystal?" A high-ranking base member asked.

"Then I'm letting go?" Qin Yan said with a smile.

"Putting ......"

As soon as the man finished saying the word 'put', Qin Yan withdrew the power of spatial confinement exerted on the gray crystal, and then the man's words couldn't be spoken.

Because the fist-sized gray crystal was like a balloon that had been blown up, it expanded at an incredible speed, and in the blink of an eye, it turned into a giant gray crystal with a diameter of more than twenty meters.

What is Energy Crystal?

In fact, it is the so-called diamond on the earth, and the energy crystals of different colors correspond to diamonds of different colors, and the diamonds are usually not too large.

A gray crystal with a diameter of more than 20 meters, this is simply ...... Even with Salon's knowledge, I haven't heard of it a few times!

"This one is a bit small, do you want to see a bigger one?" Qin Yan said with a smile.

"More ...... Bigger? How big? "Even Saron was a little dumbfounded.

"For example......"

Qin Yan took out a gray crystal with a diameter of dozens of meters from the space box, and Sharon couldn't help but change color in shock, and shouted, "Don't let go of the space confinement!" ”

Then, when Qin Yan stuffed the giant gray crystal with a diameter of tens of meters back into the space box, Sharon swallowed his saliva and asked, "What the hell is going on with these gray crystals?" It's going to get bigger...... How much did you get? ”

In everyone's shocked eyes, Qin Yan took out a large number of space boxes from a space box one after another: "These gray crystals are not bred on planets, but are bred in the core of stars. Due to the extremely strong pressure in the inner core of the star, the density of each gray crystal is very large, and once it is placed in normal space, it will expand and become the density of normal gray crystals. ”

How many are there?

Qin Yan opened all the space boxes, and then Sharon personally checked them one by one, reading a series of data inside: Of course, the gray crystals stored in the space boxes are in a high-density state, and if they are converted into regular gray crystals, the amount will increase by more than 10,000 times.

At the beginning of the examination, Salon's eyes were excited and excited, but as the examination continued, his eyes became dull, and finally became extremely solemn.

"Am I supposed to kill you?" Sharon stared at Qin Yan.

"I understand what the Commander means."

Qin Yan shrugged his shoulders with a smile and said, "You don't trust me enough in the first place, and in the face of such a secret, you can't theoretically trust me - only dead people can keep secrets. ”

"You're right."

"But you won't do that, because when you saw these gray crystals, you already had absolute trust in me."

"Oh?"

"If I were from an enemy country of equal strength to the Lyra Empire, it would be impossible for me to have so many Grey Crystals to trust you. If I were from a stronger country, there would be no need to take such a heavy treasure to win the trust of a weaker country - if I had a different heart, I would not give away these gray crystals. ”