4 September 2020 at 17:02 GMT.

The atmosphere in the operational intelligence room aboard the Osiris was depressing, and almost every department on board sent one or more representatives to the meeting, and everyone was silent, staring at the holographic projection in the center of the room.

Brigadier Colonel Lee You-deok, the captain of the ship, held a long stick in his hand, pointed to the earth in the projection and said, "I think you also know that just like you returned to the universe before, if we want to enter the earth again, we will have to break through the earth encirclement network of HER again. The reason for the urgent call to the meeting this time was the new information that the Mycenaean Strategy Department had received from the Star Alliance, and HER had sent two warships to stop us! ”

A staff officer stood up and said, "Ask for reinforcements from the Star Covenant or any other force!" Two enemy ships and a group of warships that were originally deployed in low-earth orbit cannot be defeated by our ship alone! ”

Li Youde shook his head: "This is too difficult, first of all, the Star Alliance has rejected us. I'm afraid that the fleets of other forces in the universe are only enough to protect themselves. There is only one way for us to quickly break through the encirclement network and break through into the atmosphere! ”

"Is it just us?"

"No, Mycenae will send a warship to support us, which is already rare given the strength of our homeland. While waiting for reinforcements to arrive, all departments are ready for a fierce battle! ”

At the end of the meeting, Li Youde could see that everyone's faces were not very good, after all, this mission was very difficult, and the last time he broke through the HER encirclement, he relied on the support of the new Moscow principality.

Lieutenant Anton came over and asked, "How many reinforcements are there?" ”

"One battleship, 8 lifeguards."

"Is it one of the two ships that were disarmed by the former council..."

"That's right, Agamemnon."

Anton saw that Li Youde's face was not very good, thinking that it was the first time he was commanding such a big battle, and comforted: "Don't worry, this ship has a big life, we will definitely be able to go to Earth." ”

Li Youde nodded: "Well, but what I'm curious about is how did the intelligence department of the Star Alliance get this information?" At their level, it should be known to HER when the Star Alliance General sneezes, but this time they actually made a meritorious service?? ”

"That time is given for this time, maybe they will grow up."

"I think someone deliberately leaked it to the Star Alliance, so let's prepare in advance." Li Youde said.

…

Not far from the control range of the HER Earth encirclement, there were two HER warships traveling side by side.

"Lieutenant Colonel Taglis! Thank you for stopping by! ”

Major Vega, the captain of the Leon, saluted Taglis, who had just arrived on his ship, and Taglis nodded slightly and said, "Vega, you are still so energetic, you are one of my few subordinates who can be relied upon." ”

"You're in love!"

"Alright, don't hesitate, show me what you've brought."

Vega welcomed Taglis into the captain's seat and ordered the operator to switch the display to the hangar.

"Oh... This is..."

Targres appeared in front of three airframes in the hangar that he had never seen before, and this was HER's new airframe, the Eagle Flyer 2. Compared to its predecessor, the body is more slender and toned, with a crown decoration on the head that mimics the helmet of a Roman soldier and a faint blue glow at the seams of the body's armor.

Vega began: "These three are the Yingyang 2 testing machines, and their armor is made of HER alloy using a new process, which is smaller and less weight than the old armor. Armament was a rapid-fire machine gun, a new rifle that could also be equipped with a grenade launcher, replacing the semi-automatic smoothbore gun that needed to be mounted on the Eagle Boom arm. In terms of performance, the output has been increased by 30% and the engine power has been increased by 20%. ”

Taglis pointed to the screen and said:

"These three AIs with HAL are right? Let them do a simulated battle, I'm going to send my three Hawks to test the AI's performance. ”

"Yes! Notify the maintenance team and start up three new machines! ”

Half a minute later, the eyes of the three eagles lit up, and unlike the bloodthirsty red eyes of the old eagle eyes, their eyes emitted a faint blue light that made people hairy. The three AI-controlled bodies moved as naturally as manned, and when they flew out of the ship, the three Hawks from the Khamera were already in formation.

Simulated combat with humanoid weapons usually uses signal weapons or fires paintballs, but this time Tagliste intends to use more expensive paintballs in order to show it more intuitively.

"Start the mock battle!"

The signal to start the war was issued, and the three eagles attacked the AI formation in a V-shape, and the AI had also parried in formation, and after more than ten rounds, it gradually gained the upper hand.

Taglis couldn't help but admire: "Oh... This AI is much stronger than the previous AI, and the HAL that the empire spent a lot of money on to build has paid off. It's a pity that there are only these three at the moment, and I don't know how well HAL controls the big army. ”

Vega said: "As long as we play steadily in the battle against the Osiris this time, we will soon be able to realize the battle of the large army controlled by AI, so that the soldiers on the front line can also sacrifice less." ”

"I'm more trusting of humans."

After Taglis finished speaking, his three eagles were "knocked down" and surrendered, and the competition was won by the AI.

…

"Colonel, Lieutenant Colonel Taglis reported that HAL's trial machine is doing well, and he will use it in the next operation."

"Of course, thank you for the debriefing."

Zhuge Daozi shook his red wine glass and turned off the projection of his personal terminal. Just as he was about to take a sip of red wine, another message came in.

"Colonel, Captain Aboud asks to see you."

"Let him in!"

Michiko put down his wine glass, got up and picked up an empty glass and poured wine. When Captain Aboud came in, he had just filled the wine.

"To you! Aboud! We haven't seen each other in months! Daozi handed the wine glass to Aboud, who respectfully took the glass and said, "Thank you!" Captain! ”

After Abd tasted a sip of red wine, Zhuge Daozi asked: "It's been almost two months since you went back and forth to Mars, what's going on?" ”

"The situation is very bad, what we know now is that the governor we sent to the Martian colony tried to betray the empire to stand on its own, his subordinates chose to rebel against him, and the war between the two sides led to the collapse of the Martian colony, with a casualty rate of up to 90%, only a few residents and soldiers survived, and most of them fled to other colonial moons."

"Where did he get the confidence to stand on his own?"

"Superpower Research Center."

"Oh... Has the secret facility deployed on Mars achieved anything? ”

"As far as I know, yes, didn't the Moore Chamber of Commerce send the Ten Swords No. 9 machine to Mars, it just so happens that it is a body that needs superpower humans to pilot, and the Martian Governor wants to use this to mass-produce it and form a superpower force for his own use."

"Hmph, how can it be so easy to mass-produce ten swords, is he dead?"

"Dead, miserable."

"What about Ten Swords Unit 9?"

Aboud sighed and said, "It's been recovered by the Moore Chamber of Commerce, and it's one step ahead of us." ”

"Did the test subjects from the Superpower Research Institute survive?" Michiko asked.

"Of the 9 found, two had mental problems, and the rest are still being treated."

"Transfer those seven to me." Michiko said, shaking his glass.

Puzzled, Aboud asked, "Why?" The empire did not have weapons developed specifically for them, and their combat effectiveness was about the same as that of ordinary soldiers. ”

Michiko smiled and said, "I'll let them make the most of it." ”

"I know, I'll do it."

"Thanks, another drink?"

"No, no, I have other jobs, and I can't be greedy." Aboud saluted and turned to leave, but suddenly stopped and said, "The Red Knight has been promoted to major, right?" Has he already been assigned a battleship? ”

"yes, what's wrong?" Michiko didn't know why he was asking this.

"When I came back, I happened to meet him commanding a warship to set off, very hurried, since you sent it out, then it's fine. Farewell. ”

The wine in Daozi's cup shook because of the trembling of his hands, and quickly calmed down. After Captain Aboud left, he began to confirm the matter with his subordinates, only to hear that the Red Knight had set off with a battleship and several humanoid weapons, and the target was unknown, and Daozi's mind began to think quickly:

"Why didn't Vlad leave me without asking me? Isn't he afraid of going to court-martials? Just to find the Osiris that reappeared, or did he know something? I also confirmed that the No. 2 aircraft had returned to the Osiris, and that Elizabeth should be with them. If he finds out... Old classmate, since you're going to hang yourself, let me help you get ready to stretch. ”

…

At this moment, HER controls a certain celestial domain.

The Red Knight sat in the cockpit of the special aircraft "Xiahoudun", looking at the monitor uneasily, which displayed various values and a blood-red body shuttling through the asteroid belt. It was a high-performance mech based on the Roman Stiletto, and its stats surpassed that of the Red Knight's own car. It weaves rapidly through the blood-red hummingbird asteroid swarm, shooting at rocks that can't be countered from time to time.

"Hahahaha!!"

A rock was destroyed by a blood-red cannon, and the pilot let out an innocent but chilling laugh like a silver bell.

"Amazing, this one! It was a gift from my father! ”

The Red Knight looked at the irregular fluctuations in the values of the blood-red body on the display, which were within the normal range for the performance of this body, but the person driving it made the Red Knight really feel at ease.

"Princess Mary, you've had enough, right? Let me send you back to the capital, His Majesty the Emperor will be worried. ”

"No! Didn't I say I wanted you to take me to my sister! ”

The blood-red body suddenly turned around and swung its sword at the Red Knight, but was dodged by the Red Knight. Mary said stupidly: "Sure enough, you can't just rely on the performance of the body!" ”

"Princess, you're not trying to kill me, are you?"

"Kill you? Of course not, but you haven't explained to me yet, why the Ten Swords No. 2 captured by you disappeared from the Imperial Armory and reappeared in 'Liangzhu'? Does my sister's disappearance have anything to do with it!? Why don't you take a boat away without asking your superiors for instructions! ”

The Red Knight's cold sweat broke out, and he wanted to bypass Zhuge Daozi to confirm whether Elizabeth was with Lin Ao, because they had disappeared together. But he didn't expect that he was entangled by Princess Mary before he set off, this little girl was too smart to guess so much, and now he wants to take her with him to find Princess Elizabeth.

"I... I don't really know. ”

Mary said, "You must have something to hide from me!" If you listen to me, I will be able to degreasing you when my father blames me in the future, if not, how can I tell my father that it will not sound good! Hehe, you don't have to worry about me getting in the way, with my 'Bloody Mary', we have no undefeated opponents! Hahaha! ”

The Red Knight could only smile wryly at the screen, although Mary was the child of his enemy, and it would not be impossible if he was ruthless enough to control him. But Mary still has some blood with him, and he doesn't want to do anything to this girl.

"It's... I see, Your Majesty. ”