At 20:57 p.m. on August 23, 2552, night had quietly fallen......

After destroying several of the Covenant's communications jammers, Noble6 flew the Fighting Falcon helicopter through the high-rise buildings of New Alexandria, silently watching the once-bustling port city now shrouded in fire and smoke for a long time.

In the afternoon, the three Covenant warships suspended over the city were destroyed again, resulting in the loss of four SDV warships in New Alexandria, so the Covenant and their soldiers who had stopped attacking and were about to retreat were once again angry and bloody with the remnants of the UNSC troops, making the fighting atmosphere here quickly become the same as a few days ago.

'Zizi ......'

'You're such a ruthless warrior, Noble 6!' Good news for you, because you successfully completed all the missions and destroyed all the Covenant jammers, all the personnel at the ONI headquarters have just been safely evacuated......

'Well done! ’

'Come back now, Lieutenant, we're waiting for you at ONI headquarters, the coordinates of the platform have been transmitted to you!' ’

After completing all the escort, rescue, attack, and demolition tasks, especially after the Covenant jammers were successfully blown up, Noble6 quickly discovered that the communication signal was indeed much better than the previous one, and then, of course, No. 2 Catherine immediately sent the communication through the team channel when he was driving the fighter plane in the sky and didn't know what to do next.

'Roger! ’

'Has everybody arrived?' Then I'll go back now......

Looking down at the huge interstellar city that was still full of fire, explosions, smoke, and gunfire, Noble6 sighed and gently controlled its Fighting Falcon helicopter to rise and accelerate, and began to slowly fly towards the coordinates that Catherine had just sent to him just now, according to the position indicated on his Mjolnir armor eyepiece.

'No! ’

'Not all of them are back.......

'Noble Anne No. 7 and George No. 5 haven't returned yet, but I've just communicated with them and have urged them to be back soon. ’

'Sorry! I'm very busy right now! ’

'If there's anything you want to talk about when you come back, there are a lot of Covenant fighters in the sky outside, so you'd better not linger too long?' ’

'Communication is complete! ’

After a few hurried words, Catherine 2 interrupted the communication with some impatience.

‘……’

After looking outside the cockpit of the Fighting Falcon helicopter again, Noble6, not intending to disobey the order to assemble, sighed and began to speed up, heading in the direction indicated by the eyepiece in the helmet, towards the ONI headquarters in New Alexandria.

However, what he didn't know was that in the sky on the other side of the city, a little girl who was disobeying was also flying a Fighting Falcon helicopter and was constantly flying and attacking in the sky, causing those Star Alliance fighters to flee in confusion, and no longer dare to participate in the air attack on the ground or that airspace?

This is not?

At this point, she had her sights set on a new target......

"Aha!"

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"What a big spaceship, and you still want to run when someone finds it? Dream!! ”

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Anne saw a Star Alliance Type 44 Phantom Transport Plane in the distance, and saw the other party's huge and clumsy fuselage and black shadow in the night, and then, without thinking about it, she directly pulled the joystick in her hand and rushed over, and quickly rushed to the top of the enemy who wanted to escape with her dexterous speed, and then, she actually dived directly, making the nose of the Fighting Falcon helicopter ninety degrees downward, and then the chain cannon hanging from the nose directly bombed in a dive bombing way, Shoot violently at the weak armor on the opponent's back and in the cockpit.

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

The shells of the dull large-caliber armor-piercing cannon exploded huge hideous holes in the enemy's back, engine, cockpit and other vital parts under the dive speed bonus of the Fighting Falcon, and blasted a lot of explosive shrapnel and armor fragments into the cabin, knocking down the crew inside, and before she was about to crash into the opponent, she pulled the joystick again, letting the belly of the Fighting Falcon helicopter she was piloting dangerously rub the opponent's back, after rubbing a series of sparks and bursts of stabbing sounds, only then did he walk away in a violent shake......

Behind her Fighting Falcon helicopter, the enemy's Type 44 Phantom Transport Ship was already emitting fierce fire and smoke, and it spun from the sky hundreds of meters high as if it was 'drunk', and fell headlong to the ground of the city!

As for the Covenant invader soldiers on the Phantom Transport Ship, there are probably at least twenty or thirty people, whether they are elites, ghost-faced beasts, or hunters, they must be not alive, right?

"Hey, hey!"

(^_??) ☆

"Uncle George, look? They've knocked out another enemy transport ship, how many are they?! ”

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For Führer Anne, who is a super ace pilot and has the title of 'Fire Eagle That Never Falls', there is no pressure at all to fly this Fighting Falcon against the enemy's seemingly indecent transport ships and ground support fighters!

Anyway, the dozen or so enemy planes that came to encircle her just now have all been knocked out by her, and none of the Phantom transport ships encountered along the way can escape her cannon strafing.

‘……’

'That should be the eighth transport!' ’

'But Anne, is it time for us to retreat?' The M247H heavy machine gun here in my cabin is out of ammunition! The MG460 Automatic Grenade Launcher is a ground attack weapon, and I can't help you use it to target and bombard enemy air targets! ’

Yes, during this time, Anne had destroyed at least thirty or forty Covenant fighters and eight of those Phantom transport ships! Plus countless Covenant Snipers, Shadow Batteries, Troop Stations, and more!

And the price they paid was nothing more than some hideous bullet marks and holes in some non-critical parts of the Fighting Falcon.

Anyway, by now, the M247H heavy machine gun installed on the left side of the engine room has completely run out of ammunition, and the trajectory of the MG460 automatic grenade launcher with ammunition is parabolic, and the rate of fire is still slow, and the effective attack distance is short, so it is obviously unrealistic to use it for an anti-aircraft attack, after all, the enemy will not be stupid enough to run to the side of their plane and get very close to let him bomb.

"If you can't hit, it's because you're stupid!!"

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"Huh?"

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"Uncle George, wait, they still have a little ammunition here, wait until I knock down the spaceship in front!!"

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After glancing at the remaining amount of cannon ammunition in the cockpit, Anne thought about it, she was also about to retreat, but when she saw a slow-moving Covenant Phantom transport ship in the distance again, her eyes couldn't help but light up again, and then she pressed the nose again, causing the two turborotor engines of the Fighting Falcon to spin again, and after blowing a bigger wind and waves, she resolutely dived towards the enemy transport plane that was flying at a low altitude in front of her.

‘！！ ’

'Oh! Not again! My God! ’

'Annie! It's really time for us to go back, there are so many people in the Star Alliance, you will never be able to finish fighting like this!! ’

Seeing a certain bad little girl once again using the Fighting Falcon helicopter to perform those difficult dive attack moves, there was no way, and Noble No. 5 George, who was afraid that he would be thrown out of the cabin by the other party, had no choice but to sigh, clung to the weapon rack and bulkhead, and firmly fixed himself on it.

At this time, George definitely does not support Annie to wantonly slaughter the Covenant's fighters and troop carriers here, although the three SDV warships of the Covenant have been destroyed, but now the UNSC's forces are not dominant, plus Manassas, Quezon, and Esztergom have been plasma bombed and vitrified, and now the UNSC marines, key departments and civilians in New Alexandria have almost evacuated, The best thing for them to do now is to go back and make peace with Captain Carter, and then see what the mission is, or should they follow and get out of here, instead of tangling with the enemy like they are doing?

"Don't worry! People will fight this last one, it's really the last one!! ”

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"Hah! Uncle George, it seems to have spotted us...... Ha! But it flies too slowly, and there is no cannon on its back, so it will definitely not be able to escape, look at the move!! ”

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Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

Soon, after Anne slammed a button, the dull sound of a cannon rang out again.

Then, in the dark night sky of New Alexandria, the back and the cockpit of the Covenant 44 Phantom Transport Plane, which was targeted by a certain bad little girl pilot, flashed a series of tragic fires like the previous one, and soon lost control and fell to the ground......

For a certain little girl pilot, against the kind of non-anti-air mission aircraft with powerful ground firepower, but clumsy movements, and only a Type 44 heavy plasma cannon under the nose and two Type 52 plasma cannons on both sides of the fuselage, is she still fighting like a play?

'Toot! Honk! ’

'Warning! Warn! ’

'The cannon is out of ammunition, please replenish it in time!' ’

'Warning ......'

Syllable!

"Really!"

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"Let's go! Uncle George, it's almost time for us to go back! ”

╮(╯▽╰)╭

After reaching out and turning off the alarm message directly, seeing the big red '0' displayed in the ammunition inventory, and seeing that she really couldn't continue to play, Anne had to compromise, and in the silent protest of Uncle George, she gently pulled the joystick, and let her Fighting Falcon helicopter fly like a nightingale towards the ONI headquarters, which was not too far away, towards the meeting point.

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……

While Noble No. 7 Anne and No. 5 George were rushing back, the ONI headquarters, in the almost empty Naval Intelligence Bureau building, in the communications host room of the military intelligence department under the UNSC, the Noble No. 1 Carter, No. 3 Joon, No. 4 Emile, and Noble No. 6, who had just arrived, were standing boredly or sitting in front of the corner windowsill, watching the terrible apocalyptic scene outside the window, while silently seizing the time to rest.

On the sidelines, Major Catherine Noble2, a technical officer, was working hard to fix the communicator that I don't know if it was sabotaged by the Covenant or by the retreating ONI HQ personnel themselves, so that they could have a safe connection with one of the officers they wanted?

‘……’

At this time, leaning against the windowsill, looking at Catherine who was busy for a while, and feeling that she could not help much, the captain of the Noble team, the lieutenant colonel Carter, slowly turned his head and continued to look out the window in silence, without saying anything, just silently and patiently.

'Huh! ’

'Look, look at this place, it was once the jewel in the crown of the four heavenly gardens of Zhiyuan, and it was the most prosperous city in the Nearland Colonies......

But now, everything has been destroyed by the Covenant! ’

Noble No. 3 Jun, who was also looking out the window, didn't know what he thought of at this time, so he suddenly sighed with a wry smile.

Everyone can see that the street fighting in the city has reached this situation, even if their UNSC troops win and repel the invaders of the Star Alliance, I am afraid that if New Alexander wants to recover here, it will not be rebuilt in a while! Of course, the results of the intelligence and analysis they have obtained so far show that their UNSC army is obviously about to lose, and it is the kind that is losing in a mess?

'Hmm......'

You're right! ’

However, the planets and cities destroyed by the Covenant are definitely not just Reach and New Alexander, and believe me, this will not be the first, nor will it be the last! ’

At least, it will continue to happen until they destroy us completely, or until we defeat them completely. ’

'Look away, that's what we fighters are and have been fighting for!' ’

Self-deprecating, Noble6 also smiled wryly and shook his head.

He had just learned from his teammates that the cities of Manassas, Quezon, and Esztergom had been completely destroyed by the Star Alliance, and that the invaders had once again plasma bombardment and vitrified the surface, and that the defenders of the aforementioned cities, as well as the civilians who had not had time to retreat, must have been one in ten.

This is just like in the more than twenty-seven years of war, like the colonized planets that have been brutally destroyed by the Star Alliance since the outbreak of the war between the Covenant and humanity, those evil and crazy Covenant invaders are carrying out genocidal orders, and only one side between them and the Covenant can survive in the universe, there is definitely no possibility of compromise or peace, they can't even surrender!

Of course, he Noble 6 will not surrender, and the UNSC will obviously not ......

'yes......'

'It's almost the same scenario, we've seen it many times on other colonies, the Covenant people have destroyed countless of our planets, killed tens of billions of our humans, and killed countless of our warriors on the battlefield......

But at least we all survived, at least for now! ’

'We can kill more Covenant Fragments, we can keep fighting, that's the only thing we can do and exist at the moment!' ’

Noble No. 4, Emir was also frustrated at this time, but also said with some gritted teeth.

Since July 28th, their Noble squad has done a lot, and every mission and attack has been a huge success! From the Visgrad Relay Station to the bayonet base of the Babd Catha Ice Shelf, then the Vieri Valley Assault, and finally the orbit of the Reacher...... The members of their Noble squad managed to destroy the 'Long Night' and the other four SDV-class ships that were most likely the Valiant fleet, but the result was ...... In the end, I still have to watch the bad fate of the new Alexander in front of me being destroyed little by little, and even the entire Zhiyuan Star will be destroyed?

This kind of thing is really frustrating, at least not at the moment!!

'Everyone! ’

I didn't really understand it all along! ’

'Although at 12:48 on August 14th, another Star Alliance fleet arrived at Zhiyuan, but sixty percent of the fleets of our other UNSC colonies were also summoned to Zhiyuanxing and Tianyuan Four, and it should also be 48 hours, that is, around August 16th, a lot of fleets have been assembled, and with the help of the orbital defense platform, the battleships in the universe will not be able to break through to the atmosphere of Zhiyuanxing by the Star Alliance warships and launch plasma bombing. ’

'I can't imagine what the hell is going on with the commanders up there, what the hell are they doing?!' ’

Noble No. 6 said hatefully, he didn't understand, in this situation where the strength of the enemy was not too bad, with the unremitting efforts of their team and the extraordinary performance, why the war was still in such a bad situation, how stupid those commanders were?

The enemies planted in the hands of their Noble team alone include a CSO-class 'Long Night' and four SDV-class warships, and if you add the Star Alliance light warships that were targeted at the time and used to carry out the 'Uppercut' plan' Fervent Prayer', their Noble squad has almost single-handedly wiped out the entire Covenant's heroic and cautious fleet, and eliminated the advance fleet that first infiltrated Zhiyuan, so what kind of commander is in command to bring that seemingly good situation to today's situation?

'Don't ask what you shouldn't!' Don't say what you shouldn't say! ’

'And! No. 6, don't slander your boss casually, we are soldiers, they are commanders, that kind of thing is not something we should discuss, let's do our part first! ’

Carter actually wanted to know what caused the battle of Zhiyuan to become the current terrible and almost ruined planet, because if this continues, I am afraid that this new Alexandria City will soon become like other cities, destroyed by enemy warships, right?

'Okay......

Shrugging his shoulders, Noble6 stepped aside in embarrassment, not continuing with the topic he had just made.

"But sir, I was on my mission when I heard about the G-Squads, R-Squads, and E-Squads being sent to evacuate civilians, are those claims true? ’

Suddenly, Sniper Jun of Team Noble spoke again and asked their captain, Lieutenant Colonel Carter, in confusion.

‘……’

'Sorry! Those are top secret! ’

'Joon! Don't bother with those confidential things, because I don't know more than you do, especially if you don't want us to know too much? ’

Carter shook his head and replied softly, pointedly.

'Anyway......'

I only believe what I hear...... But the point is, I don't understand, why did they send so many super soldiers to the Reach, and send them to carry out that futile defensive deployment? ’

However, No. 3 Jun still didn't give up, and continued to tell the news he heard and his doubts.

This is unreasonable! ’

'Carter! Do you have anything to say about this?! ’

Catherine, who had been fiddling with the communication equipment, finally couldn't help but be distracted and spoke, because she also wanted to know the news.

'That's it! ’

'Don't ask! Kate, is the instrument fixed? I want to connect with the satellite, and we have to have a good chat with Colonel Holland now. ’

Carter didn't say anything or explain, but directly interrupted the other party's question, and then silently walked up to Catherine No. 2, who was repairing the instrument, and asked what the other party had been doing.

'I'm sorry, you saw it, I'm fixing ......'

But maybe a little longer, because there is more shrapnel on this console than its own receiver, and the ONI guys have actively sabotaged it, and it's not easy to get it working again! ’

'Damn it! ’

Thankfully, it's not the plasma that was damaged, otherwise you wouldn't have counted on it today! ’

Catherine didn't want to say anything more about the people at the ONI headquarters who carried out the 'Cole Protocol' to destroy important data or something when they were evacuated, but this kind of tool that was just used for communication did not carry any important intelligence and data, and the ONI people actually destroyed them, and they were so completely destroyed, and even shot a few times, which seriously increased the difficulty and workload of their own repair, which is really undeserved.

Of course, the ONI people had already run away and were evacuated under their protection, and no matter how hard she scolded, they wouldn't hear it.

'Whew! So you continue? ’

‘……’

'Captain? ’

'Huh? What's wrong, Kate? ’

You just haven't answered our question yet! ’

‘……’

Hearing Catherine's question, Captain Carter fell silent, and silently walked to the window, looking at the still loud firefights outside.

However, the intensity of the fighting has been much lower than before, after all, the UNSC troops have begun to evacuate in an orderly manner after the civilians have basically evacuated, so it is normal for the gunfire and other movements to be reduced.

However, the battle in the sky has not decreased at this time, because there are still many Covenant and UNSC aircraft busy in the sky above the city, and from time to time there will be bursts of fierce air battle roars.

'Alright! ’

You're wondering if we're going to lose, am I right? ’

There was silence for a while, and Carter, who couldn't resist the eager eyes of the players, had to speak again.

'No! ’

We all know we're going to lose, just from the situation here in New Alexandria, or the ONI people wouldn't have evacuated, and we're just wondering: Are we already losing? ’

'If so, I think it's almost time for us to evacuate......

That is, Major Catherine No. 2 dared to use such words to confront Captain Carter, and if he was replaced by someone else, under Carter's majesty, he would definitely not dare to say it so bluntly.

‘……’

Carter was silent again.

He didn't explain anything, just sighed lightly, and continued to turn his head, looking out the window at the city that was almost completely burning, and was speechless for a long time...... And his reaction is obviously to convey a specific message to the team members, that is: their UNSC battle with the Star Alliance in Zhiyuan Star is indeed almost lost, and it is a complete loss, not only the loss of Zhiyuanxing, I am afraid that the loss of the entire Tianyuan Four, and the loss of the portal of the solar system is already a matter of certainty, even if their Noble team has done their best!

'Ahem......'

'That's bad news......

‘……’

Hearing Carter's words, the other members of the Noble team present lowered their heads one after another, their faces couldn't help but be a little solemn, or then silently thought about their own affairs, or continued to concentrate on their work, and no one bothered to talk about their own bored.

Cha!

Suddenly, there was a knock on the elevator door, and the warriors of Noble's squad subconsciously picked up their weapons, but they quickly put them down again.

“！！”

"Annie! And George! You're finally back!! ”

It turned out that after seeing the elevator open and seeing that it was a little girl wearing a red 'GEN2' type Thor Hammer power assault armor and a familiar figure of a large man, Noble No. 6 took the lead in greeting a little girl, and after saying hello to a little girl, he directly gave No. 5 George a big hug.

"Welcome back! Brothers! ”

"Whoa! Your dog tag, take it yourself, don't let me keep it next time, or I'll lose it! ”

After letting go of the other party, Noble 6 ripped something from his neck and shoved it into the other's hand, saying it hatefully.

"Hmm......"

"Thank you!"

Of course, George knew what Noble 6 was trying to say, but he didn't say anything more, just nodded at the other party with his resolute face and took his armor.

'Ahh Look, this is our big hero! ’

'Little ......'

'If you don't come back, we'll leave you behind!' ’

'Haha! ’

'We've heard, you've killed at least dozens of enemy planes?' I can't imagine how you can do anything?! ’

'Annie! I have to say to you: well done! It's true!! ’

'How pretty! It's like God possessed!! ’

'That's it! ’

'Annie, take a break when you're back, maybe a new mission is coming later, but now that Kate is working on it, we have to wait a while?' ’

Seeing the two of them return, Noble No. 3 Joon, No. 4 Emile, and Captain Carter all greeted or nodded to the little girls Annie and George who had just arrived, and even No. 2 Catherine, who was concentrating on repairing the equipment, turned around and praised.

"Hi~! Hello all of you! ”

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Anne, who was carrying her sniper rifle that she had picked up at the air defense position, smiled and waved her hand when she saw the friendly crowd.

Because they don't need to praise Anne herself, she knows that she is an omnipotent genius, and no matter how much they praise and envy them, it can't change anything.

（…… ）

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'That's it! It's finally done! ’

'Captain Carter! I've contacted Colonel Holland, and he's calling us, but you'd better hurry, and while the Covenant's jamming device has been destroyed by Six, I can't assure you that this line is safe or that it might be overheard by the Covenant! ’

So, you'd better cut it short? ’

At this time, No. 2 Catherine, who had been repairing the communication host that had been destroyed by ONI's own people, suddenly stood up with a sigh of relief, and she just casually glanced at Anne and George, who had just returned, and then said to the captain Carter immediately.

'Zizi ......'

'Captain Noble, this communication is very important, if you receive a signal, please confirm it immediately! ’

At this moment, from the communicator in Catherine No. 2's hand, there was the anxious emergency call of Colonel Holland on the other side of the radio.

'Remember! Long story short? ’

No. 2 Catherine handed the communicator to Captain Carter, and then did not forget to remind the other party of this.

'Colonel Holland! I'm Carter, and I'm talking to you at ONI headquarters using a communications host to connect to a satellite! ’

‘！！ ’

'Okay ......'

'Understood! ’

Are you sure? Okay, I got ......'

'Yes! ’

‘……’

What exactly did Carter say to Colonel Holland over there, the team members didn't eavesdrop, because eavesdropping didn't make any sense, and if there was a task, the captain would definitely explain it to them in detail, so they just chatted casually with a little girl and George, and leaned in front of the windowsill to look out the window at the burning New Alexandria.

‘！！ ’

'Wait! ’

'Something seems to be moving...... I see that there are a lot of Covenant ground vehicles outside the city that are rapidly evacuating, and there are also more than double-digit Covenant vehicles in the sky that are evacuating our area, they look quite rushed, and they seem to be full of soldiers? ’

At this time, Joon, who had been in charge of observing the enemy situation and the surrounding situation on the windowsill, suddenly put down the sniper rifle in his hand and reported loudly.

'It's weird! ’

'The Covenant is about to win, there's no reason for them to retreat like that, it's not normal!!' ’

Although Anne and George teamed up to kill the three SDV warships in the afternoon, the Emir knew that the Covenant still had the absolute upper hand in the city, otherwise the ONI headquarters would not have been forced to evacuate.

"It's definitely not normal!"

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"When the big guy and George flew in, they saw that the enemy kind of battleship appeared in the same place, and it seemed to be bigger than that kind of SDV battleship! So, they must have come to burn down New Alexandria, just like the other cities they burned? So, let's hurry up and run?! ”

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It's a pity that the Gulf missile launch base they captured in the afternoon has been recaptured and destroyed by the Covenant forces, otherwise, Anne might try to saturate the ship with another bombardment of the larger Covenant warship?

‘！！ ’

'I see, look at that dark shadow in the sky, it must be an ORS-class heavy cruiser!' It's over, New Alexandria doesn't have any weapons against such a behemoth!! ’

After glancing at the direction of a terrible sound in the sky with the 10x magnification scope on the SRS99 Special Purpose Sniper Rifle in his hand, Noble No. 3 Jun exclaimed again and said in an anxious tone to Carter, the captain who had not stopped communicating with Colonel Holland.

Obviously, he was in favor of Annie's little fellow's judgment, and it was not difficult to analyze the enemy's reaction and the arrival of the ORS-class heavy cruisers: the annoyed Covenant must have planned to completely destroy New Alexandria, the city that had humiliated them several times and destroyed a full four SDV-class warships!

'Captain! ’

'A radiation burst was discovered, and the radiation value was very large, 40 million roentgenium!!' ’

At this time, Catherine, the technical officer No. 2 in the team, also saw the anomaly of a certain instrument, and then quickly reminded loudly.

'Damn! ’

'Holland's communication is broken, what's going on?!' ’

Carter also noticed that something was wrong, and hurriedly looked at No. 2 Catherine after dropping the communicator.

'It's the powerful atomic radiation that disrupts the communication signal!' ’

'Not good! ’

'Now the radiation has increased to 90 million roentgenium!!' ’

No. 2 Catherine exclaimed again.

'Bastard! ’

'Where is the source?!' ’

Carter also realized that something was wrong and hurriedly asked.

'Air! It's close! ’

‘！！ ’

'Air? Close? How close?! ’

‘……’

However, before Captain Carter's words fell, and before Catherine No. 2 could answer, a flash of light in the distance instantly lit up the night sky, and then a huge shockwave followed, as if New Alexander had suffered a nuclear attack! But fortunately, this shock wave seems to be much more docile than the attack of a nuclear bomb?

'Look! ’

'It's so close!!' ’

Catherine immediately rolled over, put on her helmet like the others, and ducked against the wall to avoid the splashing window panes.

It turned out that at this time, the menacing ORS-class heavy cruiser of the Star Alliance blatantly launched a plasma bombardment on New Alexandria, and there was no intention of giving the UNSC and humanity the slightest chance.

"Run!!"

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Anne took the lead directly, taking advantage of the fact that the plasma bombardment had not arrived, and hurriedly ran towards the elevator that could still be used, towards the device that could at least fall rapidly.

‘！！ ’

'Quick! Everyone retreats immediately! ’

'Go downstairs!!' ’

Obviously, continuing to stay on the top of the ONI headquarters building at this time can only be a dead end, so after seeing a little girl's movements, Carter also made a quick decision, asked the team members to quickly follow, followed a little girl, ran to the elevator, and did not wait to close the elevator door and directly smashed the emergency physical switch that could fall without any electricity and control.

After all, when the enemy is now starting plasma bombardment, the elevators and ordinary equipment that are not protected against electromagnetic pulse (EMP) attacks will certainly be useless, even at ONI's headquarters, after all, they cannot provide critical protection for an entire building.

'Kate! ’

'Are there any good options?' ’

Apparently, it was the first time that Carter had experienced enemy plasma bombardment at such a close distance!

However, fortunately, the enemy did not directly attack here, and the Thor Hammer Assault Power Armor on their bodies also has perfect three-defense capabilities, so they still have no major problems in a short period of time, but once the other party moves over and continues to plasma bombard and burn glass throughout the city, then their lives will be lost!

'Don't worry! ’

'On the second floor of the ONI headquarters, there is a three-defense shelter that leads to the underground, even if the nuclear bomb explodes in New Alexandria, it will be fine, and now the Covenant has not bombed this side, we still have time!' ’

After Catherine No. 2 quickly checked the information on her mechanical arm, she soon found the blueprint of the ONI headquarters and found a radiation fortress on the second basement floor, and it was very close, and when the elevator reached the bottom, they only needed to run less than 100 meters to enter that safe place, which was very convenient!

‘……’

'Sir, have you received an order from Colonel Holland?' ’

Even if it was an emergency physical descent, it was still a bit troublesome for the elevator to descend from the high ONI headquarters building to the second floor, so in the short waiting time, Catherine asked with some curiosity about the communication between the other party and Holland just now.

‘……’

He's sending us to the bayonet base again. ’

After watching the team members look over, and then look at the terrible plasma beam bombardment in the distance outside the elevator, after a moment of silence, Carter did not hide it, and said it directly and generously.

'Bayonet base? ’

But didn't the Covenant already take that place? ’

In this regard, Joon said that he did not understand this order, because the last time, although they repelled the enemy attack, even the SDV battleship that attacked the bayonet base was destroyed by the MAC cannon fired from the orbital defense platform, but later, on August 14, when they carried out the 'uppercut' operation against the 'Long Night', the bayonet base was attacked and occupied by the Star Alliance again.

So, Joon doesn't think there's any point in them going to the bayonet base again! After all, in such a long time, the Star Covenant that attacked the bayonet base twice must have already obtained something they wanted, right?

So we're going on a scorched earth mission, and we're going to enforce the 'Cole Protocol' to prevent Dr. Halsie's archaeological data and vital information from falling into the hands of the enemy." ’

Carter didn't explain much, anyway, that's what Colonel Holland said, and they just had to comply.

'God! ’

'That kind of important thing, they didn't even do it when they were attacked by the Star Alliance?! ’

Catherine was very surprised by this! Because, once some important information is obtained by the Star Alliance, the result must be very bad, even for the UNSC, and for humanity.

'I don't know! ’

"Anyway, the Covenant guys at Bayonet Base haven't given up, they still seem to be searching for something, so we have to go!" ’

'This is the highest priority order!!' ’

Carter didn't want to discuss too much about it.

Anyway, since the order has been given, and it is an urgent order from Colonel Holland, they just need to carry it out as soon as possible! Of course, that was until the enemy's plasma bombardment and 'glass-burning' brutality against New Alexandria was over, and before that they would probably have to stay in some fortress of refuge underneath for a considerable time.

‘！！ ’

'Damn! Why did he give top priority to sabotage?! ’

Catherine was still a little resentful, for she always felt that it would be unkind to give them that kind of order at this time.

Bang!!

Soon, as soon as the words fell, without waiting for the captain Carter to answer, the elevator made a violent 'clang' crash, obviously, their elevator had reached the negative second floor by physical descent.

'Quick! ’

'Enter the underground fortress now!' If you have something to say, let's go in and talk about it!! ’

Seeing that he had arrived, Carter and George joined forces and directly broke open the elevator door, and then the seven members of the Noble team rushed out one after another, running towards the steel-alloy gate that looked extremely tough and led to the fortress below, which could already be seen not far away.

However, on their way to the iron gate, it seemed that some kind of attack had pierced the ground and the floor of the negative floor directly from the sky, so that they could clearly see the sky outside on the second floor? However, that kind of thing didn't take the Noble team to heart, and they just ran towards the gate as soon as possible.

(Report to the little master, there is a situation in the sky ahead, beware of the snipers of the Star Alliance!!) ）

(●￣(??) ￣●)

(Originally, Tiebs didn't want to remind him, after all, some of his bad little masters had a small goal and were very exciting, and he definitely wouldn't be killed!) However, if you think that if the others in Noble's team are killed, maybe you will also be accounted for by the Autumn Queen? Therefore, Tiebs, who felt that his bear life might be a little more important, hurriedly reminded him. ）

"Huh?!"

∑(?? △｀)？！

Suddenly, Anne seemed to notice something.

"Aha! Still want to play Sniper Sneak Attack? What do you think is the most powerful ghost agent in the world?! ”

(??????????) 【デ═一 ?? Bang!

After hearing a certain bear-like peripheral, and hearing the reminder of the 'stupid' AI bear, Anne didn't think about it, and jumped out directly, and then shot directly at a Phantom-class transport ship in the sky that was resting on top of it with the rear door open.

‘！！ ’

'Ugh! ’

It seemed that some unlucky guy didn't expect it and was shot by her, and then, the other party planted directly from the top, directly from the ground and the gap between the shells on the negative floor, and with a 'bang', fell into the floor pit on the negative second floor and remained motionless.

‘！！ ’

'It's a Phantom Transport!' ’

'Fire!' ’

'Fire!!' ’

Da! Da! Da!

After seeing Anne shoot and see a Covenant elite fall, the members of the Noble team didn't think much about it, and they all picked up their weapons and fired at the gap in the sky, at the Covenant transport ship in the sky that was opening its hatch wide but still had its ass at their Covenant transport and inside, and also knocked down several enemies who were standing at the hatch.

'Don't fight! ’

'Come in and take refuge!' Let's wait for the end of the enemy bombardment!! ’

By this time, Carter had opened the steel door to the Vault and hurriedly shouted to the team not to fight, and then, after everyone had entered, he hurriedly closed the door of the Vault, making everything in front of him pitch black and cutting off everything outside, including the terrible radiation and shockwaves.

'Whew! ’

'Carter, there seem to be a lot of civilians here......

'I saw it! ’

'You say, how many civilians and soldiers are there in the city who have not had time to evacuate?' ’

'Definitely!' ’

'And how much?' Lakh? Or two hundred thousand? ’

'I don't know! ’

‘……’

Captain Carter stopped talking, because he knew that there must be a lot of people who had not been evacuated, which could be seen from the fact that they could see a lot of people hiding inside after they turned on the night vision devices! Now, in addition to a small number of people who can hide in the shelter in time like them, the rest of the people, as well as the remnants of the UNSC troops, must be .......

'Let's go! ’

'Everybody go inside, there's a military facility where we can repair and replenish ammunition!' ’

After turning on the searchlight in front of Thor's hammer armor and looking at the surrounding civilians hugging each other in panic, Carter sighed, and did not disturb them, but silently waved his hand and motioned for the team to walk further into the shelter with him.

"Hey!"

(?? ˊ????????)??????

"Uncle Carter, how long are we going to stay here? Also, when are we going to the bayonet base?! ”

(??????.??????)????????

Anne looked around, and it was clear that she didn't like this dark, crowded and dreary place a little bit of a boring place, so she hoped to get out of here quickly if she could.

'I don't know ......'

'At least, after the enemy bombardment is over?' ’

Carter continued to walk forward silently, and looked at the emotions in the eyes of the refugees around him as they looked at him and the others.

Because he knows that those refugees must have some hatred for them, because they are UNSC soldiers, because of their incompetence, which led to the fall of Zhiyuan Star and the destruction of New Alexandria, and caused those people to have to stay here?

"Oh......"

(???? ▽????)

"How long will it take?"

(???? ▽????)？

‘……’

The enemy's plasma bombardment won't last long, and you can get out in about two or three days. ’

'However, the six of us will go to the bayonet base on a mission, and you don't need to go, Anne!' ’

As he spoke, Carter suddenly stopped, turned to a little girl who was clutching the barrel of a gun and dragging her unfit to speak.

“？？”

ヽ(゜Q。 )ノ？

"Why is that?"

(??????)？

Anne was puzzled, because she was also a member of the Noble team, and she was much more powerful than the guys, so she didn't understand, why was this guy not allowed to go by herself?

'Don't worry! ’

'Colonel Holland just said that you have been transferred now!' When the enemy bombardment is over, another transport plane will come to take you to the 'Autumn Wind Mound' to report! ’

I don't know why, but maybe there's something else going on for you? ’

Of course, it is also possible that the idea from above is that this little guy who has destroyed most of the enemy's heroic and cautious fleet with his own strength is planning to protect or reward him or something? But in any case, since Colonel Holland said that there was a high-level plan to transfer Anne away, and he still sent the other party away from Zhiyuanxing, then he must have no reason to stop him.

"Huh? The villains here in Zhiyuan Star haven't finished fighting yet, and they don't know what kind of broken pier number they have, so they won't go! ”

o(?? ^｀)o

'You have to go!' ’

'Because that's the order!!' ’

Carter looked at a certain little guy who wanted to disobey the order with an unquestioning expression, and straightened his face.

"Abominable ......"

（?? ╭╮?? ）

Anne suddenly stopped talking, but she said that the inexplicable order in that Ah Zhong was not binding on her, and when the time came, it was a big deal for her to run to other places on Zhiyuan Star and cut off the communication to see what they could do with her.

After all, it's not like she can't live without UNSC!

If she is in a hurry, she will simply summon her own fleet directly, and fight for the huge risk of this world being disturbed and colliding with other worlds, and she will also teach those Star Alliances a hard lesson! Anyway, the situation won't be worse, it's a big deal to give this world a frame, anyway, she is now more lice and not itchy, and she doesn't have to worry about more debts, what's the love!

"Humph! Hum! ”

o(?? ^｀)o

（…… ）

(lll￢?? ￢)

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