"Bang dang!"

The rusty iron fence door was slammed shut, and the dark green light faded away, and the surroundings fell into darkness again.

Fortunately, there is still a little starlight in the gap between the planks, so that you don't lose sight of your fingers.

Chen Xing looked around, it was a cell inside the cabin, with a deck above his head, and starlight spilling through the cracks.

The rotting corpses crouched on the ground, motionless.

Chen Xing occupied one of the corners, next to the hull of the ship, and through the fist-sized hole, he could see the starlight outside.

It's like taking a window seat on a train, at least you can see the scenery outside, and the journey will not be too boring.

But in fact, what should be boring will still be boring, and the unchanged starlight will always get tired of looking at it, just looking at the starlight in a daze is always a little higher than looking at the carrion in a daze.

After a while, a distant horn came from above, and the ship shook a few times, moving slowly.

The ship is open, and it's finally on the journey!

Is the end of the starry sky the shipwreck graveyard that Shad Sinclair said?

And what kind of ship will he get?

Chen Xing couldn't help but think about whether it was a battleship with 10,000 cannons, a cruiser that crisscrossed the seven seas, or an aircraft carrier that dominated the seas, or even a starry battleship that conquered the universe......

In fact, it doesn't matter what it is, but it must be majestic and imposing enough.

A philosopher once said that a man's romance is a giant ship cannon. Originally, he didn't agree until the day he saw the deep-sea warship.

The majestic bow of the ship sailed out of the void, thousands of cannons raised their heads to the sky, the huge hull covered the clouds and the sun, and the magnificent momentum made people can't help but boil their blood, as if there is nothing in the world that can stop it.

The starlight in the hole suddenly dimmed, and Chen Xing's thoughts were pulled back, and he subconsciously looked out.

A large white shadow was floating outside, light as a veil, like a dream.

When I looked at it, it turned out to be jellyfish. They vary in size, from small ones like dandelions to large ones like beluga whales. The umbrella is shrunk one by one, cruising with the hull of the boat.

Lower spirits.

This is described in the book. The life imprint of low-level spirits is very weak, unable to form a stable psionic aggregate, and will gradually degenerate into jellyfish.

As the psionic energy decays, it will become smaller and smaller, and finally melt into the Endless Void, and the remaining life marks will also die.

Maybe that's what people say, the soul is gone.

The theoretical emperor-level powerhouse is a pure psionic aggregate that has been freed from the confinement of the carbon-based life shell, turned into a butterfly, and has since roamed the universe, immortal and immortal.

Suddenly, the low-level spirits accompanying him seemed to be frightened and scattered.

Chen Xing put half of his face on the hole, and looked around with great difficulty, trying to see what it was.

A behemoth slowly flew into view, obscuring all the starlight.

It was so big that you couldn't see the whole picture, only craters, like the cortex on the surface of the moon.

In my memory, I seem to have seen this kind of thing, but I can't remember it for a while.

Chen Xing's eyes widened, trying to remember what it was.

At this moment, a huge eye suddenly opened on the gray cortex. Bright red and clear, like blood crystals. Then there is a second one that is slightly smaller, and then a smaller one.

From large to small, a row of eyes was opened.

The dark red eyes rolled, and they all looked at Chen Xing.

Suddenly, as if an electric current was passing through his body, Chen Xing's whole body froze.

"Woo......"

A sharp whistle sounded, and countless holes appeared on the cortex, densely packed, making people's scalps numb.

Immediately after, tiny black shadows emerged from the epidermis, forming a dark cloud in the blink of an eye.

Steam Corpse Kun!

Chen Xing's scalp was numb, was it because of him that he alarmed the other party?

"Buzz buzz buzz!"

The next moment, the sound of membranous wings agitating was overwhelming, and it swept towards the ghost ship.

Chen Xing quickly looked left and right, looking for a place to hide. He had personally experienced the power of the steam corpse kun, and according to the current situation, he was afraid that it would be torn to pieces by the locusts in an instant.

"Boom!"

A dull sound of cannon sounded overhead, and the whole ship shook violently, and the rotting corpses staggered and rolled around.

Chen Xing immediately stuck to the plank of the boat, trying to see what was happening outside.

The cannonballs exploded into a dark green glow on the steam corpse, and large swaths of rotting flesh splattered out. The corpse kun seemed to have been hit hard, let out a loud wail, and slowly turned around and fled the ghost ship.

The swarms of flying locusts also turned around and sank into the corpse kun's body.

Chen Xing wiped his sweat, it turned out to be just a false alarm. This ghost ship is also powerful enough, and even an existence of the level of corpse kun can easily repel it. However, it is not surprising that to be able to sail in such a place, no two brushes would have been extinguished long ago.

Because of the matter of the corpse kun, Chen Xing changed his position inside. Curiosity kills the cat, this time I met a corpse kun, and I don't know what it will be next time. The undercurrent of time and space is full of dangers, and any ancient and powerful existence may appear, perhaps not something that the ghost ship can deal with.

Just when Chen Xing was huddled in the corner, going on a long and boring journey, Lin Shiyuan rushed to Dada Town with the staff group.

After settling his subordinates, he rushed into the headquarters as soon as possible and asked Xiang Caidie Xingshi to ask for his guilt.

"I am Lin Shiyuan, Chief of Staff of the Expeditionary Force, Deputy Commander Xiang, please answer my two questions."

Lin Shiyuan had a businesslike expression. The chief of staff is the number three person in the group army and has the right to know important military information.

"First, where is the Supreme Commander now, and why has he been missing for so many days?"

"Second, when the Four-Nation Alliance army is pressing the border and the reinforcements are unknown, why don't you choose to retreat?"

Xiang Caidie did not answer Lin Shiyuan's question, but took him into an abandoned mine.

Walking through a dark, damp road, the two came to a passage with multiple iron doors.

Kerosene lamps hung on the stone walls, and the lights were dim. Xiang Caidie took one of them and came to an iron door. There was a small window open on the iron door, welded to death with iron bars, Xiang Caidie held the kerosene lamp to the window, and motioned for Lin Shi to come afar.

Lin Shi was far from knowing why, but he still stretched his neck to look in. In the dim light of the kerosene lamp, a man covered in shackles hangs in the air, his head bowed, and he is dying.

"Meng Hongzhen, Captain of the First Brigade of the Fourth Infantry Brigade."

After Xiang Caidie's introduction, she walked to the next iron door. Lin Shiyuan looked into it, and there was also a man hanging from him.

"Squadron Leader George Gallaher, Squadron Leader of the Second Squadron of the First Brigade of the Seventh Armored Brigade."

Xiang Caidie took Lin Shiyuan to continue to watch, more than a dozen cells were locked up with people, and they were all officers of the expeditionary force.

"They all received a large sum of money in their accounts for the assassination of the Supreme Commander of the Expeditionary Force."

Lin Shiyuan couldn't help frowning, "Who is the mastermind?" ”

"The other party hid well and left no clues. The transfer account is in the Western Continent, and with our current capabilities, there is no way to trace it down. Speaking of this, Xiang Caidie sighed, "To be honest, I don't know who to trust now." ”

She looked a little lonely, and seemed to be very confused about the future.

Lin Shiyuan was silent for a while and said, "Then why did you bring me here?" ”

"You could have stayed in a safe place, but you came over anyway. That's enough proof of your loyalty. Xiang Caidie looked into the other party's eyes and replied.

"Looks like I'm almost on the traitor list." Lin Shiyuan smiled slightly and said.

"Please forgive me for my special methods in this special time, even now, I still feel that it is necessary." Xiang Caidie said seriously.

"Agreed." Lin Shiyuan nodded and said, then added, "If it were me, I might have done more than you." ”

"Our Supreme Commander is communicating with the undercurrent of time and space, and I can't meet you for the time being, please forgive me." Xiang Caidie said. Although she chose to believe Lin Shiyuan, she still did not tell the truth on the core issue. Chen Xing did not communicate the undercurrent of time and space normally, but fell into a coma for unknown reasons. The former is controllable and can be separated at any time, while the latter is uncontrollable and cannot be actively separated.

The enemies lurking in the shadows are too terrifying, with great power and wealth, as well as powerful intelligence capabilities, and the people who plot against them are accurate and accurate.

And what she didn't know was that the mastermind behind this matter was Lacey Maris, who used the intelligence agency of the Red Dragon Principality, the authority of the royal family, and the financial resources of the treasury, which naturally could not be fought against by a mere group army.

"Okay, I got it." Lin Shiyuan nodded and replied.

After listening to Xiang Caidie's words, he probably understood in his heart. Although Xiang Caidie deliberately concealed something, the rhetoric was too shoddy, and people with a slightly better brain could understand it after thinking about it.

If Chen Xing hadn't had an accident, with the other party's cautious style, he would have withdrawn with people long ago when he saw so many troops coming around. How is it possible to stay here and put the entire army group in danger.

But there is no need to say this kind of thing, just understand it in your heart.

Moments later, the two returned to the operations command room.

"In the current situation, what does the Chief of Staff think we should do?" Xiang Caidie asked.

Lin Shiyuan thought for a while and said, "The best strategy is to run, the middle strategy is to drag, and the next strategy is to guard." ”

"How do you drag it?" Xiang Caidie asked.

If she could run, she would have run with the team a long time ago, so there is no point in the best strategy. If it is guarded, everyone knows it, and there is no point, so only the strategy of "dragging" has the value of asking.

Lin Shiyuan didn't answer this question directly, but asked, "There should still be a lot of homeless people in the six towns we occupied, right?" ”

"Yes." Xiang Caidie nodded.

"Keep them under control and don't let them leave. When attacking, the Silverclaw Principality will throw a rat trap. Lin Shiyuan said.

"Will they care if the displaced people live or die?" Xiang Caidie asked rhetorically. Displaced people have no human rights, and no matter how many people die, they will not be legally responsible.

"No, they'll care......" Lin Shiyuan paused, "If there's a lot of hype." ”

Xiang Caidie immediately understood. Although she is not smart, she is not stupid either, and she still understands the ordinary trade-offs.

Although displaced people have no human rights and there is no legal responsibility for killing them, this is at the individual level, not at the national level.

No country dares to massacre displaced people in public, and even most of the time, it has to show a friendly and tolerant attitude towards them.

Quite simply, displaced people are also productive forces. If there are no displaced people, who will do the dirty work at the bottom? Who will live in those fringe areas with harsh environments?

Generally speaking, every country has about 30% of the displaced population, and some countries even have 40% or even higher, only in special places like Ice Blue City and the Principality of the River Sparrow, the number of displaced people will be less than 10%, but it is not nothing.

At the same time, new citizens will be born among the displaced people, and new displaced people will be born among the citizens. Exchange fresh blood with each other and boost productivity.

Therefore, even if the Silverclaw Principality does not care about the displaced people of these six towns, it must also take into account the pressure brought by public opinion.

One of the reasons why displaced people are called displaced people is because the population is highly mobile and runs around the world. If a country is not friendly to them, they will survive in a different place, and there is no need to stay there and be slaughtered.

"But wouldn't it be too cruel to do that?" Xiang Caidie was a little hesitant.

Using innocent homeless people as shields is a bit of a bad taste, and she is very resistant in her subconscious. And their ideal is to establish a mercenary state, if they don't even have the most basic humanitarianism, they are afraid that the ship will sink before they reach the other side of their dreams.

"There are some sacrifices that are necessary to achieve the goal that cannot be avoided." Lin Shiyuan said, "But don't worry, only a small number of them will be hurt." As soon as things get bigger, Silverpaw's side will ask to negotiate with the Red Dragon. ”

"In this way, the purpose of the delay has been achieved."