"Whew~~"

With the sound of a huge wind, a luxurious spaceship with a dark green body and a smooth shape entered the atmosphere of Blue Mercury.

When the spacecraft reached the stratosphere, two small warships appeared, following closely from both sides of the spacecraft, looking as if they were the ship's followers.

The dark green spaceship did not stop at speed, nor did it change the direction of flight, and landed straight all the way to the ground.

When the altitude of the spacecraft reached more than 500 meters, the small battleship quietly retreated, and the spacecraft began to slow down and slowly descend to the altitude.

Below the ship was a vast sea of forest, shrouded in mist, and the trees were tall and lush, looking like a large expanse of dark green silk.

What's even more peculiar is that at a height of about 800 meters below the forest sea, a large number of interference signals appear very abruptly in the environment.

After flying for a while, the main control brain of the luxury spaceship sounded an alarm: "Attention! Note! Contact with the Mercury positioning tower was lost, and the spacecraft's positioning system failed. ”

There was a black-haired young man sitting in the cockpit of the spaceship, it was none other than Chu Muping, the third prince of the empire who had escaped from the imperial capital, after hearing the alarm, he quietly entered a signal frequency band, and took out a thumb-sized amber crystal and put it on the console.

"Search for the band, and when you find it, activate the quantum code."

"Yes, the order is being executed."

About 3 seconds later, the main control brain spoke again: "The new base tower has been discovered, the current position has been determined, the landing site has been determined, and the landing has begun." ”

The spacecraft lowered its altitude all the way to only 100 meters, at which point the terrain fluctuations became very noticeable, and the canopies of many tall trees were even 100 meters higher, but the speed of the spacecraft remained at a super-high speed of 3 times the speed of sound.

Looking at the canopy, hillside, and river valley rushing ahead, the luxury spaceship continued to make orbit maneuvers, looking at it from a distance, the spaceship seemed to be speeding close to the ground, and Chu Muping in the spaceship was also shocked: "The route set by this is really terrible." ”

After a thrilling flight for 3 minutes, the ship finally began to reduce its speed, and a large area of tall and dense trees appeared in front of it, and their dense canopies joined together to form a natural green arch more than 200 meters high.

The luxury spaceship plunged into it, and inside the arch, there was a huge landing platform, next to which were several buildings that almost blended into the woods, and on the balcony of one of the buildings, two people were standing.

Chu Muping narrowed the observation distance of the spaceship and found that he was very familiar with these two people, one was his sister, and the other turned out to be Zhang Yuan, the governor of Heyue who had covered his escape from the imperial capital.

"This guy is really fast!" Chu Muping said secretly.

When he fled the imperial capital and entered the Nightingale Nebula, Zhang Yuan was still fighting the Imperial fleet in the Iowa Star Belt. By the time he completed his ultra-long-range jump, traversing more than 2,000 light-years and rushing all the way to outer space of Heyue Bi Mercury, it took no more than 5 hours before and after.

With his knowledge of the speed of interstellar travel, this speed is already remarkable.

What made him even more frightened was that before he left, he had detected the signal of the broken asterisk, that is, Wang Qianyuan had made a move, and Zhang Yuan was not only safe and sound, but also came back faster than him, this method was really unfathomable.

For the first time, Chu Muping had a strong sense of awe for Zhang Yuan in his heart, he had been the commander of the gray-clothed guard for many years, and he had never seen such a strong person.

At this time, the spacecraft had finished landing, Chu Muping stood up and walked all the way to the hatch.

The hatch had been opened, and outside the door, Zhang Yuan and his sister Chu Mulian, who were still on the balcony just now, were already waiting on the edge of the landing platform.

Seeing his brother who had returned safely, Chu Mulian shouted 'brother', and then trotted over and threw himself into Chu Muping's arms.

Chu Muping hugged his sister tightly, and he felt infinite emotion in his heart.

Now, he can be said to have lost everything, the identity of the prince, the commander of the gray guard, has nothing to do with him, all the glory is gone, but his sister is the same as ever to him.

He suddenly realized the huge mistake he had made. In the past half a year, he only had the throne and power in his mind, and he had been intriguing with others, but he completely left his most beloved sister behind, and even used her as a tool for power.

A huge sense of guilt welled up in his heart, and he gently patted his sister's back and whispered, "I'm sorry, my eldest brother was wrong." ”

Chu Mulian's eyes were red, she raised her head to look at her brother, and said with a smile: "Brother, it's all over, everything will be fine." ”

"Hmm." Chu Muping nodded, but sighed in his heart: "How can it be better, from the moment he returned to Heyue, he was destined to be impossible to stand on the interstellar stage." In the future, my best destiny is to be a rich idler. ’

After a few more words between the brothers and sisters, Chu Muping walked to Zhang Yuan, who was waiting on the side: "Brother Zhang, thanks to your help this time, otherwise I would have been placed under house arrest by my father, and when my eldest brother or second brother takes the position, it is estimated that I will live to the end." ”

Zhang Yuan smiled faintly: "Don't thank me." If you really want to thank you, thank your sister. ”

"Huh?" Chu Muping was stunned, he looked at his sister beside him, and at this time, he found out that his sister was actually wearing the black blue military uniform of the Heyue army, and looking at the insignia on the uniform, she was still a lieutenant colonel, this rank is not low, especially since my sister is only fifteen years old this year.

"What's going on?" Chu Muping asked suspiciously, he really didn't care enough about his sister during this time, and even removed all the eyeliner on Bi Mercury, so he didn't know about it at all.

Zhang Yuan smiled: "Don't stand here, please inside, and then I will elaborate." ”

Chu Muping had no choice but to nod, followed behind Zhang Yuan, and entered the forest villa with his sister.

When they arrived at the hall of the villa, after the three of them sat down, Zhang Yuan instructed the smart housekeeper to bring a drink, and then began to talk about Chu Mulian's joining the Heyue army.

When he finished speaking, he smiled and said, "Mu Lian promised to work for me, on the condition that in a critical moment, I would personally save your life." ”

Chu Muping was still a little confused: "For you...... Effectiveness? Sorry, I still don't understand. Moreover, Mu Lian is the princess, now at this juncture, it is not appropriate to show her face, once it is discovered, Heyue is afraid that there will be big trouble! ”

Zhang Yuan smiled, took a sip of the light fruit wine in front of him, and then looked at Chu Mulian who was sitting on the left.

Chu Mulian pondered for a few seconds, and suddenly stretched out her left hand, and at the back of her white and tender left hand near the tiger's mouth, a silver badge was impressively printed, and the badge was engraved with very complex patterns, and there were faint points of light with the size of needles in the lines that were constantly flowing rapidly, which looked very strange.

What kind of person is Chu Muping, in terms of his extensive knowledge, he can definitely rank in the top ten in the interstellar world, just by looking at it, his vision becomes extremely complicated: "Level 1 battleship command key, sister, you are now the supreme commander of the fleet?" ”

Chu Mulian withdrew his hand and shook his head: "It's not formal yet." I am now a reserve commander, and in another half a year, when my battleship is completed, I will have full authority. As for now, I can only watch from the sidelines of the active fleet and learn from the commanding experience of the active commanders. ”

Even if it wasn't official, even if it was half a year later, the younger sister was not yet 16 years old, a 15-year-old fleet commander....... Not to mention age and experience, just talking about Chu Mulian's identity as a princess, how could Zhang Yuan dare to rest assured that he would hand over a fleet to her command?

As far as he knew, there were only 8 main fleets in the entire Heyue.

"Zhang Yuan, I don't understand. Although my sister is intelligent, she is not strong enough and she is too young to take on a big job. ”

I don't know why, when he said this, Chu Muping was a little jealous in his heart.

Zhang Yuan smiled: "It seems that you don't know your sister. ”

Chu Mu calmed down the emotions in his heart and began to objectively analyze the situation: "That's good." Even if my sister has enough ability, but she shows her head like this, how can you guarantee that she will not be discovered by the imperial capital? And once her identity is revealed, my father will inevitably be furious and send troops at that time, how can Heyue resist the imperial capital fleet? You have to understand, this time you can make a big fuss in the imperial capital in the Iowa Star Belt, because my father is not prepared, if there is really a war, Heyue will have to face the imperial coalition army, more than 30 provinces, plus the imperial capital itself, there are hundreds of fleets alone! How do you resist these forces?! Just eight fleets? ”

Zhang Yuan smiled silently.

Chu Mulian on the side spoke: "Brother, I can guarantee that the secrecy of my identity is not a problem at all. Also, although the empire has more than 30 provinces, it may not all be on the side of the imperial capital, and you said that Heyue only has 8 fleets, which is also old-fashioned news. In fact, there are currently 16 fleets in Hatsu, and there is a big backer behind Hawaet! ”

"What's the situation?" Chu Muping blinked, and asked again: "What backer?" Could it be the Aum Empire? Or the Castle in the Sky? ”

Chu Mulian spread his hands: "I can't say this, anyway, judging from the current situation, if there is really a war, Heyue may not necessarily lose." ”

"Can't even say it?" Chu Muping was a little shocked.

Chu Mulian looked embarrassed: "Brother, this is Heyue secret...... I am now a Ha Viet officer...... There are secrecy regulations in the army, and that's all I can say. ”

"Okay." Chu Muping was unhappy for a while, but he was also a commander, and he knew that the military law was difficult to violate, so he was silent for a few seconds, and he looked at Zhang Yuan: "Governor Zhang, so you have long been preparing to go to war with the imperial capital and the Chu family?" ”

"I'm afraid that's the only way I'll survive." Zhang Yuan smiled slightly, and then asked rhetorically: "The royal family can't tolerate a god of war who has betrayed, am I right, Brother Chu?" ”

"Whew~~"

Chu Muping let out a long breath and nodded: "Father really can't tolerate you." ”

He looked at his sister: "There is one last question, about the Dark Age, did you tell Governor Zhang?" ”

Chu Mulian nodded: "Governor Zhang already knows, he has developed a warship that can sail in the dark nebula...... In fact, the main use of this material is Chaos Bronze. ”

As soon as these words came out, Chu Muping was suddenly shocked: "Governor Zhang, are you actually going to go deep into the nebula?" ”

"What, there's a problem?" Zhang Yuan asked with a smile.

Chu Muping shook his head again and again: "Of course there is a problem, the problem is very big." You know, you're not the first to do this, there have been many people who have done it before, but no one has ever succeeded, all the investments have been wasted, and thousands of adventurers have died for it. The matter of entering the Dark Nebula has long been proven to be a dead end. ”

"The matter is man-made, and the fact that the predecessors have not done it does not mean that the descendants will not be able to do it." The expression on Zhang Yuan's face did not change at all, and even his smile did not decrease by half a point.

As soon as he heard this, Chu Muping knew that it was impossible for him to convince this governor, indeed, how could a few simple words shake the will of the god of war.

He sighed again, was silent for five or six seconds, and asked, "Then how are you going to arrange for me?" ”

"It's here, it's very private." Zhang Yuan pointed to the villa.

"How long?" Chu Muping asked again.

"I don't know, maybe 1 year, maybe 10 years, depending on the changes in the interstellar situation."

This answer obviously did not satisfy Chu Muping, he looked at his sister, and said thoughtfully: "I am very familiar with interstellar affairs, and now I am also a wanted criminal in the Empire, Heyue is my only way to retreat, maybe I can help you." ”

"No, you don't." Zhang Yuan simply refused, and seeing that Chu Muping's face was displeased, he added: "It's not that I'm not worried about you, but because of your lack of ability." The generals under my command are all selected from among millions of people, and if you go, you will be held back. ”

On the side, Chu Mulian was afraid that his brother would not be able to stand it, so he hurriedly said, "Brother, you can be my advisor." I have a lot of things to ask you that I don't know. ”

"Okay then." Chu Muping can't help it, he is no longer the third prince, it is very good to be alive, as for the rest, it will not be too late to talk about it later.

After settling Chu Muping, Zhang Yuan beckoned to Chu Muping, and the two got up and left.

When he walked out of the villa in the forest, Chu Mulian suddenly said: "My brother has been in an important position for a long time, and he is used to holding power, so I am afraid it will be difficult to calm down." In the future, if my brother causes any trouble, I hope that the governor will be forgiving. ”

Zhang Yuan smiled: "There are many people who are not willing to be lonely. He wasn't the first, I coped with it and had experience. ”

Chu Mulian was stunned for a moment, and he didn't quite understand the meaning of these words.

Zhang Yuan continued to walk forward: "Your Royal Highness Princess, don't think about it. This time it won't be hidden for long. When the time comes, I will rely on your ingenuity. ”

His voice was calm, as if the coming war was nothing more than a breeze.

Chu Mulian looked at Zhang Yuan's indifferent back, thinking that he had created the imperial capital alone before, and faced Wang Qianyuan alone, not only to save his brother, but also to return safely, as if nothing had happened. Compared with him, even Wang Qianyuan, the god of war who is radiant and overwhelms the stars by force, is much inferior.

She felt a heartbreak, and she was a little stupid for a while.

"Don't be in a daze." Zhang Yuan's voice came again.

She woke up in shock, hurriedly quickened her pace to catch up, and said with a smile: "Your Excellency, rest assured, I will not fail your trust!" ”