In the bar of the Hyperion, Jim Reynaud continued to drink his wine, and drinking had become his daily routine, and he liked to soak here when he had nothing to do.

The good wine in his hand now was fresh from the Aglia colony on Haven Star, and it tasted pretty good.

Dr. Hansen and her people of Aglia gave back all they could for the help they had given to Renault.

Therefore, Renault is very satisfied with these fine wines, which is not only the fruit of the victory, but also the affirmation of the Agrians for them, which makes Renault feel that their great cause seems to have taken another step forward and gained a part of the hearts of the people?

So, while sipping his wine, he watched with interest at the huge television hanging on the bulkhead of the bar, on which a news was playing:

"I'm Donnie Vermilion of UNN, the first, last, and only Truth Spokesperson! Tonight, Kate Rockwell will uncover the mysterious Shadow Wars, starring the brave ghost agents of the Tyranid Empire, silently guarding us and fighting brutal enemies......"

The first thing that appeared was the head of the UNN studio, Donnie, a funny guy full of lies, and after he finished speaking, he quickly switched to another picture.

"Thank you Donnie! I'm journalist Kate Rockwell, and I'm talking to someone right now... (masked), the Tyranid Empire's toot... (masked tone) We know that you and your partner have been with some beeps... The beep... Combat. Can you tell us something? ”

After the switch, on the TV screen, in addition to the beautiful reporter Kate Rockwell of UNN, another small screen behind her showed that the person who was talking to her was a black shadow who could not see the specific appearance, obviously dealing with it, not wanting the true face of the other party to be exposed to the public.

"Okay, Kate, but I can't give away too much ......"

Soon, the shadow began to gush endlessly, and then, whenever it came to the keyword, it was always artificially cut off and added to the blocked beep.

"Knowing that the Empire's army will guard us, I suppose we can all sleep better at night? I'm Donnie Vermilion of UNN, and I'll see you tomorrow! ”

Hum!

Watching the TV who was ready to tell the truth being blocked in time, and the lying ones were full of benevolence and morality, which made Renault, who was drinking, sneer with disdain.

This kind of fake news, I don't know how that Donnie dares to say that he is the only spokesperson for the truth?

I'm afraid he's actually working for that Monsk bastard, right?

Look at him just now, he is so skilled at cutting off other people's live conversations at critical times, this thing must not have been done once or twice......

After thinking about it, Renault, who felt that he had drunk enough, stood up slightly swayed and began to walk towards the door of the bar.

"How's it going, Matt? What is the situation with our supplies? ”

After a routine drink at the ship's bar, Renault staggered back to the bridge of the Hyperion, and asked Matt, who was sorting out the supplies.

Three days had passed since the battle on Haven, and by now, Reynolds and his Hyperion had long since left the barren agricultural planet where birds didn't, and had reverted into the universe, sailing on a remote course, ready to make the next move after repairing.

"Sir, at present, we have sufficient living materials, and we don't need to replenish them in a short time! As for energy, because of the deal with the Hero Federation, we have exchanged for high-energy crystals and high-energy gas that are enough for us to use for several years, so we are not short of energy at present! ”

After looking at the list of supplies displayed in the smart terminal in his hand, Captain Matt Horner quickly reported.

"That's good, how can I see that you're still a little sad?"

This is exactly what Renault wonders, look, now they have no worries about eating and drinking, and they don't have to worry about energy, how good is that? You should be happy, why is this Matt still like this?

"Sir! Because...... We're running out of money now......"

After looking at the list of supplies in his hand, and then at Jim Renault, who was standing opposite him, who almost never asked about these chores, Captain Matt could only speak helplessly.

Although he also knew that his commander must not want to hear this bad news, he could only say it.

If anyone thinks that they don't need money to build the Monsk, they are very wrong!

On this battleship, except for some like-minded people who are willing to follow Jim Renault to do this risky and rewarding career, a considerable number of other people are those mercenaries they hired at a high price for money and death!

Only these mercenaries who put their heads on their belts every day dare to fight anyone after collecting money!

Whether it's the Star Spirits, the Bugs, or the Imperial Army in Mengsk, as long as they have money to take, they dare to copy the guys and go to the battlefield to do them!

And once there is no money, when the contract expires, some of the combat personnel on the Hyperion are likely to shrink by half in an instant, or even more?

"Why is there no money so soon?!"

Hearing that it was about money again, and I didn't know if it was because of the alcohol, Renault suddenly felt a headache and a heart-piercing pain......

Over the years, they have not had a good life by the Monsk Empire, who have been constantly hunted down and squeezed by the empire of Mengsk, and lack of money and materials is a common thing, which is normal.

And now, with great difficulty, they have made a lot of money in Hai Wenxing, and after receiving a large amount of daily necessities from Dr. Han Sen's people for free, Renault, who originally thought that they could live a good life for a year or two, never expected that they would be short of money at this time?

"Or ...... Let's take out those high-energy crystals and high-energy gas first, and sell some of them for emergencies? ”

Thinking about it left and right, Renault, who had no good way, immediately started the idea of the batch of energy that had just been put into storage.

In his mind, these energy sources should be relatively easy to sell in short supply, and the price is ridiculously high, if they sell some of them on the black market a little, it is estimated that it will be enough for them to live happily for a while?

"Sir! I don't recommend you do that! Those energy sources are very important to us on the Hyperion, and you shouldn't have that in mind! ”

As soon as he heard that Renault was going to resell energy, Captain Matt immediately became anxious!

In the past few years, their Hyperion has often been in a state of embarrassment due to energy shortages, and often has to go up and down, so they have to do some robbing and robbing houses, or recycling rags!

You know, the monster-class super battleship has a big appetite that can consume energy in particular, and once it encounters a fierce battle, a big battle, the energy consumed will be even more terrifying!

Although the Hyperion can be used as a clean energy source with a fusion reactor as the core, when ultra-high power output and folding are required, where is the energy source of high-energy crystal?

Now, they have finally become a little more generous, and they no longer have to worry about energy, which is a good thing that has not appeared in a few years, how can they resell the precious materials that they have finally obtained to pay back?

Anyway, for Renault's plan to sell energy for money, he Matt will never agree!

"Okay, so what do you say we should do? Or, what do you have a great idea? ”

Seeing that his friend Matt was unwilling to do this, Renault had nothing to do but sit on a chair with a slight sigh.

At the same time, he was also thinking in his heart, should he go to that trust to do those businessless transactions again? Last time, that bastard also said that he wanted to go to the Bell Stone planet of the Star Spirit and fight those Star Spirit Relic Crystals?

Tut! Renault thinks it's a bit embarrassing......

You know, he, Reynold, had just offended that Thrandis executive on Haven Star, and if he went to give a gift to the god who had asked Xu to fight that star spirit now, and robbed that kind of "Creator's Breath" morphed cyanide......

Then, he, Renault, has really become a cosmic thief!

And then it was an honor to be on the wanted list of the Star Spirit again after the Monsk Empire?

At that time, he may really have to sneak to Hai Wenxing and live a secluded life with that beautiful doctor......

"Of course, sir! Because, I just happened to receive a message! ”

As he spoke, Matt clicked directly on the holographic strategic map of the HMS Hyperion's bridge, bringing up a holographic model of a planet, its orbit, and other information.

"This is...... Santanis?! ”

After seeing the planet that Matt had called, Renault immediately said that he was very familiar with the planet!

It is the administrative star of the capital of the old federation, the Tyranid Federation.

A beautiful planet that was once highly economically and demographically prosperous, and one of the most prosperous administrative planets that human exiles have ever appeared in this Kphoru colony!

Of course, that's all in the past......

When Akturus Monsk formed the Sons of Keha and led the terrorist group to grow into a full-fledged interstellar rebel army, the invasion of the Alien Worm soon caused internal and external difficulties in the Tyranid Federation, and eventually, Tasannis was eventually defeated by the Alien and was severely damaged.

It is estimated that at least two billion humans on this planet died in the havoc of the bug invasion at that time...... But soon after, the insects voluntarily abandoned the planet they had conquered, and the exact reason for this is unknown to outsiders......

It was then that Sarah Louis Carrigan was confined to the hands of the swarm and transformed into what is now the Queen of the Blades! It was also at that time that Mengsk's abandonment of the troops caused a mutiny in the army, and Renaud and many others who had been loyal to Mengsk left angrily and turned to the anti-Monsk business......

Then, after Akturus Monsk succeeded in overthrowing the old Tyranid Federation and establishing the new Tyranid Empire, the refugees of Tasanis (now the Monsk Constitutional Monarchy) were scattered to other colonized planets, and the planet itself was not recolonized.

The Tyranid Empire has imposed a strict military blockade on Tasannis, and only the official recovery team searches the ruins for the technological and military secrets left behind by the old Federation, and even Renault does not know what kind of crooked idea the Mengsk blockade of this ruined and nuclear bombed planet wants to fight on this planet?

"You read that right, sir! This planet is indeed Santanis! ”

Nodding, Matt manipulated the holographic map, zoomed in on the planet Santanis, and eventually locked on to one of the Empire's excavation sites.

"We stumbled upon the latest report of the Tyranid Empire's excavation in Santanis: there are many supply trains in operation right now, but their defenses are very weak!"

"If we intercept the Empire's military train and get its contents before those goods are sent to other planets, I think we'll be able to make a huge profit?!"

To put it bluntly, Matt suggested that Renault go and do a deal without a book, intercept the military materials of the Tyron Empire, use what can be used for himself, and sell it for money if it can't be used! This kind of thing is much more reliable than reselling precious energy!

Moreover, the defense of the other party's army is very weak, and they are still wanted criminals of the Tyranid Empire, so if they don't loot the military materials of the Tyranid Empire, will they still rob the merchant ships of those civilians or merchants?

If they do that, their Ranger forces will really become the interstellar thieves that everyone shouts about.

They are now, but a group of freedom fighters, definitely not some interstellar thieves! Moreover, the robbery of the army in Mengsk and the robbery of civilians are of a completely different nature!

"Okay...... Then listen to you! It seems that you are prepared...... So, Matt, do you have any plans? ”

After thinking about it, Renault felt that since Matt felt that robbing the empire's military supplies was more affordable than selling his own energy, then he might as well go for this ticket!

"Of course! As far as I know, the Tyranid Empire has restored the energy of the old Union-era suspension rail system, and they use trains to transport those bulky recyclables to a central processing station. ”

"We've got information: a digging site in the Tyranid Empire, something very important has been found, I heard it is very valuable?! In two days, they're going to take it to the processing station, so that's the perfect time for us to act! ”

"And that thing is probably valuable! Otherwise, the Imperial military would not have installed anti-scanning protective carriages on the trains? So, we'd better intercept enough trains to get our hands on the one that makes the Empire nervous...... Let's hope we'll have the best of luck then! ”

Soon, Matt was pointing to the holographic map of the suspended railway lines, and then a no-man's land in the middle was designated as their landing site two days later.

He plans to land at this location and intercept the military trains that are raiding the Empire and get their hands on the valuable things.

"Hopefully we'll be lucky enough?! Matt, it's not like you'd say it......"

Leaving a combat operation to luck?

Renault, who had never heard Matt say such a thing, was a little surprised.

Matt's style of planning military operations has always been known for its rigor, if he is not very sure, he has always come up with a plan, but now, he has to play luck like a gambler?

"So, sir, do you have any good ideas? I'm listening! ”

That thing must be very valuable, or very important, otherwise, the Imperial Military would not have blocked the information so strictly, and even the trains were equipped with anti-scanning carriages! So, apart from trying his luck and trying to intercept as many trains as possible, Matt didn't have much to do.

They don't have enough money to buy accurate information right now, and they can't necessarily buy core military secrets like this even if they have money!

"Excellent! Matt...... You convinced me! ”

"Okay, I'll listen to you, let's go rob the train in two days! I think old Tykes will love it! ”

Renault, who didn't have a good way and didn't want to say anything more, nodded and generously responded to the action.

Isn't it robbery, this is Renault's old business, he promised: when the time comes, not a single train will be missed!

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Haiwen Star, on a continent close to the equator of the planet, on a tropical plain with a suitable climate and abundant resources, a huge human colonization spaceship, Hope, has landed here from space.

Then, with this spaceship as the center, the humans of the original Hope, and now the citizens of the Hero Federation, are in full swing with the efforts of countless SCV engineering vehicles, and they are starting to build the first ground colonial city belonging to their Federation and their new capital - the City of Hope on this huge construction site!

At this time, little Anne was not in the bustling construction site, nor in the cramped cabin of the USS Hope, nor on the heavy battlecruisers patrolling the skies.

At this time, she was leading the two elite marines of Demacia and Noxus, who had recovered from their cultivation, aboard a heavy armored transport ship, and forcibly requisitioned two Wraith fighters, and then went to a savannah on the other side far from the construction site to conduct combat training initiated by her!

"Hey! Galen, take note! The enemy is moving towards you at high speed, our fighters have driven the enemy over, hurry up, you must come forward and intercept it! ”

Next to an armored transport ship parked on the ground, in a military tent, little Anne was crouching on a metal stool, looking at the holographic map in front of her military combat table, vigorously directing Galen and Darius to fight.

Behind her, the two technical staff officers also stared nervously at the holographic combat map on the table, and wanted to step forward to give the little head a hand, but they didn't dare much, so they could only stand in a hurry.

"No, sir! This goal is too big! We can't beat it, and we can't eat it! Unless, you let us go back first and put on the armored power combat suit first! Or give us a gun? ”

Outside the encirclement, Galen and two of his own subordinates struggled to hold on to their Demacian greatsword, and after seeing the enemy who was driven by the fighter plane in the distance, they didn't think about it, and the three of them directly dragged their respective broadswords and ran to the side, narrowly giving way to the other party's escape route, so that they were not hit.

Wearing only the civilian clothes of the officers and not the armored power combat uniforms, the three of them really had no way to deal with the enemy who had just rushed over......

"Humph! You're useless!! ”

After seeing that the other party let go of the target she had chosen with great difficulty, little Anne muttered very dissatisfied.

Then, she hurried to the battle map to operate, and soon she found a slightly weaker enemy.

This enemy seems to be weaker than the one just now? In that case, they will definitely be able to fight, right?

"Attention Fighter No. 2, the target has been found: at your seven o'clock, at a distance of 486, I have marked it, you hurry up and drive it to the Darius and their side! Make no mistake! ”

Now that Galen and the others have let go of the first target, there is no way, and little Anne can only choose a slightly smaller one.

"Fighter No. 2 received, and I'm turning...... The target has been seen, and the mission is confirmed! Now, I'm going to rush it right away! ”

In the encirclement, a Wraith swooped down towards the target that Little Anne had marked on the radar after doing a backflip and reversing its direction.

"Hey! Big Black! The enemy is fleeing towards you, so be sure to intercept it! Otherwise, I won't give you food later! ”

A big guy just now has been let go by the useless Galen, and now this one, she will never miss again!

In any case, she must ask Darius to defeat that enemy and drag the corpse back to skin and cramp to relieve her hatred!

"Chief, sir! Can't you just pick a good enemy for me? This guy is obviously more ruthless than the one just now......"

Seriously, looking at the enemy who was being chased by fighters and rushing towards his five-man team, Darius was almost not frightened.

Looking at the opponent's strong and powerful claw-shaped hooves, fine and hard scale armor, majestic body and protruding muscles, he looked a little offended without wearing an armored suit or a rifle......

If you put on an armored power combat suit, he, Darius, will dare to go up and cut the other party alone!

However, now all of them are dressed in civilian clothes, plus a battle axe or big sword, which is not only a serious lack of strength points, but also obviously belongs to the configuration of high attack and low defense, which is really not suitable for fighting!

"I've decided! That's it! If you dare to let it go, I'll lock you all up in a little dark room for a week! ”

Today, for this battle, they have been preparing and grinding for a long time, and now, little Anne must not miss that goal, that enemy, must be taken at the first time!

If they dare to let it go again, just disobeying the order, then they will wait to go back and be confined, no one will persuade them!

"I'll go! Everyone, shrink the encirclement and run to support Darius immediately, but don't let the enemy escape! ”

As soon as he heard Little Anne say this, Galen was also anxious, if he really let go of the enemy, the little broken child could really do it!

Therefore, he didn't want to be locked up in a small dark room for a week, so he quickly greeted the other team members in the channel, and then rushed straight into the Haiwenxing grassland that was almost half his waist high.

"Yes, sir!"

"Roger, we're now in the ......"

After the echoes rang out in the channel, all twenty marines shouldered their weapons and quickly closed in the direction of Darius, intending to unite and take down the enemy.

"Your Excellency! Why don't I help them with a cannon? ”

Hovering in mid-air, looking at the Darius and others who were fighting hard with the enemy below their fighter plane, the pilot on the second fighter plane hesitated for a moment and asked.

"No shooting! Otherwise, I'll lock you up in a little dark room for a month, and then transfer you to the engineering team!" ”

Hearing that the other party was actually planning to shoot, or using an aerial gun?

Little Anne immediately became anxious, quickly got up from the metal stool in front of the holographic map, and warned loudly. If she could shoot, would she have tossed this laugh for a long time?

You have to hack your enemies to death, and you have to keep their bodies intact as much as possible!

“……”

（…… ）

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"Adjutant Doug, now the Führer seems to be doing an important military battle? Perhaps, we can go back later? ”

In the sky, in the cabin of an armored transport ship, the officer who was sitting in a position listened to the shouts of Führer Anne and the shouts of the Marines in battle over the channel, and after thinking for a while, he turned to Doug, who closed his eyes and recuperated.

He thinks that what they are going to do now to find the Führer seems to be less important than what the Führer is doing, right? The other party seems to be fighting the enemy, so wouldn't it be bad to bother the other party rashly?

"You're still too naïve......"

Doug opened his eyes and looked at the second lieutenant officer beside him with some surprise, and then, the corners of her mouth twitched for a while before she could barely come up with something that made the other party unclear.

“……”

The officer scratched his head slightly, looking at Doug, who continued to close his eyes and not speak, a little unsure of what the other party meant.

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"Original...... That's right......"

After about half an hour, when Doug's armored transport stopped next to Little Anne's ship and opened the hatch, the second lieutenant officer who came out saw the scene in the distance and finally understood what Adjutant Doug had said to him earlier......

It turned out that in the distance, outside the military tent, that group of Marines was happily roasting a huge six-legged Hyvenstar animal on a large fire?

These are the people...... At this stall where everyone was busy building, not only did they lazily organize a group to go out, but they also requisitioned two military ghost fighters to help them drive away their prey?!

What, where is the anonymous report box for complaining about the Supreme Governor? He thinks that he seems to be able to write an anonymous report letter of tens of thousands of words with his left hand?

“……”

Doug, who had already been prepared in his heart, glanced at the stunned ensign beside him, and walked towards the front with some documents in a somewhat amused way.

"Oops! Aunt Doug! I've said it many times, if there's anything or something that's not very important, don't bother me! ”

Little Annie, sitting at the military map table, dressed in a silver civilian dress and waving two light military boots, was commanding Galen's Marines to brush the prey they had just caught with that delicious spice and various barbecue powders to season.

Then, when she saw that the armored transport ship flying down was Doug with a file terminal, her little face quickly collapsed.

It's so boring!

This Aunt Doug knows all day long to take some trivial things that seem trivial to her and ask her to sign or authorize, which is annoying!

Things like the construction of the capital, the construction of the space station, the construction of the military port, where is it important for her to play happily?

Won't they discuss it themselves?!

There is also the matter of persuading the glasses elder sister and her Aglians to join the Federation of Heroes, and asking her to appear in those meetings and negotiations one by one all day long, which is annoying!

In her opinion, where does these things need to be so troublesome?

Wouldn't it be better to drive the battleship directly to the other side's continent, aim the guns at their colonial gathering place, and threaten them while directly ordering them to submit quickly? Do you still need to negotiate all day?

When she thought that the representatives of both sides had been in that smoky conference room all day long, listing the treaties one by one, and the people on both sides arguing for a long time over such a trivial matter, she felt a burst of fire!

"Yes, I see! However, these documents still require your authorization! ”

Doug angrily handed over the instrument in his hand, and after opening the files on it, he motioned to little Anne to quickly use her authority to authorize.

She already knows a lot about the temperament of this little girl.

In her eyes, as long as she is not interested in something, no matter how big and important it is, in her opinion, it is some dispensable little things!

Just like now, as the supreme head of the Federation of Heroes, every week, there are usually only two days off, and today is also a working day, but ...... was also forcibly turned into a rest day by her in the name of going out to practice......

But now? This little girl, not only does she not work, but she also doesn't bring office equipment, but she also insists on pulling this group of Marines from Galen and Darius to this meadow here to have a barbecue meeting?

That's what the drill is? What to rehearse? Hunt?!

Not only did Galen and them wear civilian clothes, risking being attacked by wild animals, and went to the dense tropical meadows to hunt, but even privately dispatched two Wraith fighters to drive away their prey?

Look, it's made this place jumpy, and even wild animals have been eaten a lot by them these days, right?!

Thinking about the luxury ocean yacht with anti-gravity flight ability that the Führer privately ordered to be built in the heavy factory, she Doug can already imagine the future life of the other party's Haiwenxing......

It's nothing more than going up to the mountains to hunt or going down to the sea to catch fish, right? Let's hope they don't eat any poisonous animals! After all, the collection of animals and plants in Haiwenxing, the establishment of archives and epidemic prevention have only just begun.

"Oh......"

After reluctantly taking over the instrument, little Anne held the hind leg of a roast animal that Galen had just handed over in her mouth, and opened the documents with her oily little hands, and quickly swiped over dozens of documents without looking at them.

The amount of work that might take others a day to read was turned into a boring clicker game, and it took less than ten seconds to complete it.

"Alright, you can take it now!"

When she was done, little Anne threw the device into her arms, and hurried to the side of the barbecue grill, where the great Havenstar specialty, the six-legged predator, was roasting after being skinned and cramped, bubbling with tantalizing grease and aroma.

Today, they have hunted a lot of prey, big and small, to ensure that everyone can eat all-you-can-eat!

“……”

Looking at the most important power device of the Federation that had become covered with grease in his arms, Doug could only roll his eyes helplessly, and then took out his handkerchief and wiped it and carefully put it away, and then took out another instrument.

"Huh? You're not leaving? Anything else? ”

Little Anne, who had just cut off a slightly smaller front leg from the six-legged creature, couldn't help but ask curiously when she turned around and saw that Aunt Doug hadn't left yet.

Do they want to join their barbecue too?

But...... She Doug has always been disgusted, even Galen and Darius have been reprimanded by her several times!

"One more thing, we need you to record a declaration of the founding of our Heroic Federation, which will be released to the entire Kprustar District in a month's time, when our capital city is almost complete!"

With that, Doug waved for the crew of the transport ship, brought out a holographic camera and handed them a draft of the manifesto to their Führer Anne.

"Where is the need for such trouble? Right now, right here, you guys hurry up and record it! ”

After glancing at the manuscript, little Anne threw it away with disdain.

Do you want her to change her clothes? Memorize the manuscript?!

She is very skilled in making speeches, so where does she need to be spicy? It must be simplified and cost saving! In this difficult time, when they were just starting to build on this planet, no one could afford to waste manpower and material resources casually, yes, that's it!

Then, she grabbed the front leg of the freshly baked animal with one hand, her bear Tibers pinned to her waist, and the other hand pulled the steaming piece of meat, and stood directly in front of the camera equipment, and while gulping down the delicious food, she signaled to the stunned TV crew that they could get to work.

"Your Excellency...... Wouldn't it be nice for you to do this? ”

A female reporter asked a little uncertainly, after seeing little Anne's outfit and what she was doing, and then at the same time asked for help, and looked at the Führer's adjutant who was silent.

“......”

However, to her disappointment, Doug only glanced at her and said nothing.