Even in this rather busy space port, the scene of more than a hundred strong men and a handsome man saying goodbye to each other is quite eye-catching.

The brothers and nobles of Yu Lian and 101 Company are going to officially say goodbye today. The cargo ship they took ended up at the β Star Port of Gibraltar, and now they naturally need to change trains. Captain Winter and his party were to return to their home station, the cruiser Don Quixote, the new Bukhara, which had three star jumps from the stargate; As for Yu Lian, he was supposed to return to Earth directly on a passenger ship, but he received a communication that the commander of the Outer Ring Fleet wanted to see him.

"You see, as I said, the reputation will reach the superiors before you even graduate. It's really time for you to think hard about the future. Captain Winter laughed.

"So, you can really consider coming to serve in the Outer Ring Military District. It would be better if I could come to the Hell Paratrooper Division, maybe in two or three years we can be the commander of our regiment. The greatest blessing for a soldier, in addition to reliable comrades-in-arms, can only be reliable commanders. "Lieutenant Parkin is so authentic.

All the brothers of the 101st Company are laughing, and Yu Lian is also laughing. After a battle, a big victory and zero casualties, everyone was naturally in high spirits. Friendships forged in the midst of war are naturally formed. To put it bluntly, the friendship of men is very pure, and the friendship of soldiers is even purer.

"Well, have a nice trip!"

"Have a nice trip! Take care! ”

Bidding farewell to the big guy of the 101st Company, Yu Lian carried his salute and left the transport ship berthing area of Starport according to the communication sent before. He accompanied the passenger ship bound for the solar system to announce that it was "about to set sail", and then passed through the civilian passenger ship zone, and then entered the military area outside the port.

Farther away, the city is surrounded by transparent domes, with pavilions and pavilions intertwined next to each other. At first glance, it seems that the Heavenly City in the midst of the sea of stars also has a bit of a wonderful dreamy feeling.

This Gibraltar β Starport, the largest space station of the Blue Star Community before the Star Gate, but it is actually a semi-military fortress-shaped city, with a permanent population of more than 100,000.

And there are 21 space cities of this size in this galaxy, including 3 mobile fortresses armed to the teeth. Coupled with the more than a dozen stargate scientific research stations jointly built with the Empire, it constitutes a busy but patterned space city cluster.

Passing through the outpost at the door, Yu Lian entered a three-story building and arrived at the innermost office on the top floor, led by a round guide robot.

"Come in." The voice in the office is warm and peaceful, and if it sounds good, it is gentle and polite, and if it doesn't sound good, it is a facenut that has no temper and is not aggressive, and is particularly easy to bully.

Yu Lian felt that this voice was very familiar, and when he saw the real person, he felt even more familiar, and the excitement of seeing the "future" celebrity again was instantly suppressed by the joy of seeing the "old friend".

Yu Lian smiled and said, "Oh, Mr. Yang, didn't you go to the Military History Research Institute?" Why did you run here? Is there really something more about your career that doesn't match your attitude towards life? ”

"I don't want to, but the institute has been laying off employees recently! The director said that I was young, so I hid in the pile of old papers to study the history of Raushzi, which was too wasteful, so he forced me to write an application for transfer! I later learned that my original position as a researcher had been taken by Admiral Reus's brother-in-law of Alzheimer. ”

"Why don't you retire if you have Alzheimer's? Can you actually become a military history researcher? ”

"That's what I thought, too! But a brigadier general or a doctor of history or something, even the commander of the Battle of Proxima Centauri doesn't know, so there is no other explanation except for Alzheimer! ”

This person complained to himself, and accidentally thought he was a depressed middle-aged greasy social animal. But in fact, he is in his early thirties, but he is already a naval colonel, his temperament is not only not greasy, but also clear and elegant, very bookish, and his appearance can barely rub the lower limit of a handsome guy.

Although there is indeed a visible gap compared to me. Yu Lian thought.

In short, if this kind of person is single, he can be regarded as a promising diamond king. Unfortunately, he is married and has three children.

"Is Sister Jessica okay?"

"Fortunately, I'm already a state legislator, and I said I want to run for mayor next year. Really, the reason why I became a researcher is to take care of the children nearby! Now, I've been forced to come to work in this hellish place, and the children have to be handed over to their grandparents. Yu Lian, what do you call this......

The two of them chatted like this, like two old friends who hadn't seen each other for a long time.

In fact, they are old friends.

The colonel's name was Yang Xiyi, 33 years old, a very old-fashioned name that suited his temperament - at least those who were not familiar with him had always thought that Colonel Yang was a moral gentleman with a good demeanor and a full reading of poetry and books, just like those famous men of the ancient East Asian continent.

Yang Xiyi also graduated from the Central Defense University and later returned to teach there. During his first two years of college, he was one of the most popular instructors on campus, and because of his young age, he was more like a friend with his students in private.

Of course, if it is really the type that attaches great importance to the superiority and inferiority, the age difference of about ten years is enough for them to put on a class level shelf. Fortunately, Mr. Yang is not this kind of person.

Yu Lian still remembers that he made a bet with the sons and buddies of the "Blue Blood Brotherhood", so he took his childhood sweetheart's young sister and the student union's Yingying Yanyan secretly ran out of the school, rode a mining truck through the wilderness of the moon, and ran to the urban area of Guanghan City.

The big guy bought 6 cases of beer and a dozen roast chickens, and returned the same way, but was caught by Mr. Yang on patrol.

"It's time to pay attention to it in the future. It's okay to leave a backdoor on the academy's surveillance network, but the screen of the monitor will still reveal flaws after a long freeze. Also, if I were you, I wouldn't buy beer but white. Teacher Yang said a few words, accepted Yu Lian's bribes, a case of beer and a roast chicken, and swaggered away.

Looking at the back of the other party who left with the steps of the six relatives who did not recognize him, Yu Lian suddenly became in awe, and he often went to disturb, motivate each other, and came and went, and they actually became friends.

Before Yu Lian started his junior year, Yang Xiyi finally got his dream position, a researcher at the Military History Research Institute. His dream was to be a historian, so he naturally ran to take office.

"Then, you see, I was assigned to the Outer Ring Fleet and became the chief intelligence staff officer of the fleet staff......" Speaking of this, Yang Xiyi's face was full of sadness, and he gritted his teeth with hatred for the brigadier general who was suspected of having Alzheimer.

From a military history researcher to the chief intelligence staff officer of the Outer Ring Fleet, only you think this will be a "distribution".

After complaining, Yang Xiyi woke up like a dream, motioned for Yu Lian to sit down, and asked while making tea: "Yu Lian, on the New Yumen Star, I have received several specific reports." But I want you to say it again, and tell me everything you see with your eyes! ”

This is the concern of his friend and big brother, and it is also the inquiry of Yang Xiyi, the future "fox of the outer ring". Yu Lian nodded, and explained everything except that he was a traverser and an aggravated person.

"The new jade gate itself can be stable for a while. With the loss of Hesson, they lose a spiritual leader who has enough charisma anymore. With the loss of Kazkhan, they also lost their future. Yang Xiyi nodded.

"You...... I think about Kazhan very much! "This guy is not a cheater like Yu Lian, who actually noticed Kaz, the little-known chieftain of the small tribe, so early?

"I only found out about this person after I took office. You know, the Sandfolk chiefs and city-state lords are all under the watchful eye of the military intelligence network, and that includes of course what they 'legally' procure from the Galactic Mainland through the Stargates. When I took office, I checked their shopping list for the past three months, and the rest of the chiefs were all daily necessities or luxury goods, but he was the only one who had all kinds of teaching materials. Of course, they are all primary and secondary school textbooks that can be bought in the world, and I have no reason to deduct them! Yu Lian, it's a pity for this person! He may have a great future. ”

“…… Oh, yes! ”

"Right now, the pressure on the New Jade Gate, and even all of our colonies in the Andromeda Galaxy, is actually on the outside." Yang Xiyi pondered for a moment and asked again: "Because of those goblins, the government has already launched a protest to the Compass Chamber of Commerce, but I don't expect anything to come of it." On our side, because of Eleanor, and your boy's cannons, it gave Cathay the truth. ”

"Well, they didn't heed our warnings and entered the orbit of the planet, this is the invader!"

"Yes! But they were also able to find a good reason to say that they had been invited by the Governor's Palace to evacuate the expatriates and protect the safety of friendly cities. The colonel sneered and said, "So, you should have guessed the reason why the Outer Ring Fleet is gathering here, right?" ”

"Kaitai's big cats want to do it?"

"It may not be possible to do it, but intimidation is possible. The combined fleet composed of the First and Third Fleets of the Cathay people has indeed assembled in the West Tail Galaxy on the opposite side and has engaged in some kind of exercise. Scold...... They come here every few years, and everyone is used to it. But this battle is really big. In addition to this fleet, according to intelligence, the fleet of the Praetorian Guards stationed in their capital Bamu has also left the port. ”

No, I'm familiar with this script...... But that's almost a year early!

“…… Woo, Mr. Yang, I think that the other party is so excited, it is not just as simple as confrontation and threat! There must be a bigger goal! ”

"For example?" Colonel Yang put down his teacup, an almost imperceptible flash in his calm eyes.

"Completely puncture the tiger skin of the community!"