What the Marquis of Kane needs is a heroic martyr who can serve the country loyally, not a bad seed who is greedy for life and afraid of death.

Aldrich looked at Aros, who had taken the elevator into the hull and killed all the way to the bridge command center. He took a deep breath, and suddenly a sneering smile appeared on his face. But I don't know whether to laugh at the other party's naivety or my own incompetence.

"Lord Kane, in the afterlife, Aldrich will be loyal to you again!" He pressed the touch interface under the armrest of the seat, typed in a few character passwords, and then pressed the vermilion button in the center without hesitation.

"No...... Oh no. The energy supply exceeds the threshold, the engine unit is overloaded, the main operating system is unresponsive, and if it goes on like this, it will explode! ”

The leader of the power group suddenly stood up and reported loudly. Everyone on the bridge was shocked, and quickly turned their heads to look at Aldrich. It just so happened that the Governor had just withdrawn his hand and gently closed the lid.

There was no response, no instructions, so he sat down, leaned back on the couch, and watched the temperature readings of the reactor rise and rise.

Even if you are mentally retarded, you may understand it when you see such a scene. He went crazy and even started the mothership's self-destruct program. Even if he wanted to die, he actually had to drag everyone to the funeral together.

Even if Aldrich was Governor of Crotan, their immediate boss. However, at this moment, in the face of such a situation, some people have ignored their duties and quietly moved towards the door.

Aldrich turned a blind eye, still silent, quietly watching the temperature indicator climb and climb.

More and more people left their posts and quickly rushed towards the door, which eventually turned into a riot. Most of the young officers and staff rushed out of the bridge and ran towards the outer escape pods. Few people were willing to bury him, for young people. Especially for these young people who have a small status and do not have to worry about food and clothing, living is far more attractive than any honor or military exploits.

His Excellency the Governor is willing to die for his country, that is his business. But...... Please don't drag anyone else into the water. According to the current situation, a discerning person will know at a glance that the Northern Expedition has failed, the mothership will not be saved, and even Aldrich himself will become a prisoner of the rebels, after which the entire Crotan Star will fall into a leaderless situation, the revolutionary uprising will sweep the entire Odin continent, celebrities and rich people will tremble, and nobles, politicians, and officers will flee in a hurry. Chaos. It will sweep the whole world like an autumn wind.

In such a situation, social order will collapse, the law will become a dead letter, and even military discipline will no longer exist. Go to TM's loyalty to the country! Only fools will be foolish and loyal to the end.

The younger officers fled, and only a few of the elderly staff officers remained where they were, motionless, and together with Aldrich, quietly watched the temperature indicator rise and rise.

They are old. If he stays and dies generously with the Governor, he will be cleared of the Marquis's fleet. Recapture Crotan and they will be named martyrs, which will benefit their families and future generations. On the contrary, as a high-ranking general with a head and face in the military, if he is afraid of death, he will flee. What awaits them will be the sanction of a court-martial, and the legacy of the legacy.

Wealth, power, and status are always a double-edged sword. In a harmonious and prosperous world, perhaps you will have a comfortable life, generous treatment, and a superhuman sense of superiority. You can even bully the weak and play with women at will. But...... When a rebellion comes, those low-level weaklings who have suppressed infinite anger and long-term resentment in their hearts will tear down your fortress, overturn your throne, trample your face under your feet, and even shoot you in the head, or push you to the guillotine, and cut off your head in front of those ants who you can't even look at, in exchange for their cheers and support.

In the past, when you went in and out of high-end clubs, fashionable noblewomen and celebrities, and beautiful wives and concubines would become the playthings of the mob, so that even if you go to hell, your head will be full of greenery.

The higher you stand, the harder you fall! Everyone understands this. Therefore, dying in honor is the best option at the moment, at the very least, the empire will take care of their descendants.

There was a muffled sound at the feet of the "rumbling ......," and the hull of the ship shook violently.

The temperature indicator was on the verge of extreme values, and the explosion spread from the engine compartment to the entire powertrain.

Aldrich sat quietly in his chair, his face already restored to normal, and the moment before death may be a good time to meditate on the meaning of life.

On the other side, the Tang side transmitted the information on the status of the mothership obtained by the eyeworm to Aros. The veteran, who was determined to capture the Governor alive, cursed angrily and turned back the way he came.

The mothership was already in chaos, the explosion was like a gale of wind, spreading rapidly from the lower space, all kinds of debris were blown up, the bodies of the crew were scattered in the corridor in twos and threes, and some of the crew members who were lifted by the air wave slammed into the bulkhead, and then were engulfed by the raging flames like a flood.

The young officers on the bridge had already arrived at the escape pod, however, something happened to them in despair. The power supply to the escape system was artificially cut off.

It was the Governor who did it, it must be him, he is going to let everyone bury him for him!

One young officer after another grabbed the communicator on the bulkhead and cursed Aldrich with what they thought was the most vicious words, the fear of death, the despair of life, made them forget their usual fear of the Governor, and the resentment and anger that had been stored up for a long time completely exploded.

Aldrich still sat solemnly on his noble leather seat, his expression was indifferent, his eyes were like a blue lake, and there were no ripples in his calmness.

The empire does not need cowards, the marquis does not need deserters, he has already chosen the path for these people - to die together, to add glory to the "Celtic" holy sword, to sacrifice his life for the empire, and to be loyal to the marquis.

Several old staff officers next to him looked unbearable, they were all still young, and some of them were still old people.

"Isn't it too cruel to do this, Your Excellency the Governor? We old guys have lived so long, and when we die, we die, but ...... But they're still young. Finally, a staff officer couldn't look at it and stepped forward to say a word.

Aldrich glanced at him, squinted slightly, raised his right hand, and pulled his index finger on the trigger of the "Silver Knight".

"Bang." A gunshot rang out.

The staff officer's head burst like a watermelon falling from a height of 100 meters, and the corpse with only half of the head smashed on the floor, spilling red and white things on the ground.

The stench of blood and brains splashed on the faces of several staff officers who wanted to admonish, and the bluffing people took a few steps back.

"Do you have something to say?" Aldrich swept over the group with a calm face.

"Boom!"

Just as the faces of the high-ranking officers turned extremely miserable, with a tremor, the hull began to roll to one side, and the light of various electronic devices flashed a few times before turning into a dim.

The entire bridge was dark, and only the dim red light of the emergency lights shone on everyone's faces, red as blood.

……

"Long, Long......"

The whole continent trembled, huge clouds of dust obscured the sky for thousands of meters, and frozen soil and ice chips fell like raindrops, "crackling" on the armor on the surface of the ship's hull.

The sound of the explosion was incessant, and the churning flames were like springs, sending large clouds of black smoke into the sky.

The nearly 800-meter hull of the "Skidflatney" No. 1 mothership fell crooked on the ice field, the freezing snow melted, the ground burned by the flames "hissed", and the destructive impact produced by the zero-element explosion shattered the heavy armor layer of the mothership, and the flames were incessant, and the smoke was billowing out, and a sea of smoke was filled within several thousand meters.

The sound of gunfire gradually stopped, and on the ice field, sporadic flames burned in the permafrost, and the extreme wind stirred the smoke clouds and quickly drifted into the distance. Faint moans and screams drifted by, and occasionally a wolf howl or two was heard, which was the excited cheer of the icefield wolves who smelled blood.

Tang Fang stood on the back of the eyeworm, calmly looking at the huge "coffin" of the Governor, at the scattered fires on the vast snowfield, and at the mottled muddy soil layer sprinkled with blood and steel wreckage, and was silent.

Aros jumped up beside him from a king worm and whispered, "It's over." ”

Tang Fang glanced at Haosen, who was smashing and bombing the wreckage of the No. 2 mothership in the distance, and nodded: "Yes, it's over......"

Aros patted him on the shoulder: "I know what you're thinking?" To kill or to be killed, you can only choose one, life may be a philosophy, but to live, there is never a thought at all. In the face of killing, either kill to stop killing, and then live and go on. Either drop your weapons and let the mermaids eat you. ”

Tang Fang nodded: "I know ......"

Aros turned around and jumped on the other eyeworm: "Let's go, remember, people are in the rivers and lakes, and they can't help themselves." ”

"You old fellow, pretend to be deep." Tang Fang shook his head with a wry smile, looked down at the huge wreckage of the mothership again, and in an instant, took all the king insects back into the system space, and then commanded the eyeworms under his feet to fly towards the missile base.

About 3 minutes later, Haosen's angry roar came from the communicator: "Tang Fang, Aros, you two bastards, how can I go back?" ”

“……”

In this battle, the three races invested a total of more than 1,000 troops, and the total population reached the upper limit of 3,000. After the post-war statistics, the remaining units of the three clans are as follows.

Zerg: King Worm X76, Euglena X30, Puppy X658, Queen Worm X87, Cockroach X151, Spine Needle Crawler X88, Population 805/850.

Protoss: Zealot x268, Stalker x57, Dragon Knight x64, Mechanical Sentinel x52, population 882/1000.

Terran: Heavy X189, Reaper X8, Marauder X23, Fire Bat X16, Medic X26, Fire Chariot X29, Siege Tank X67, Viking X119, Medic Transport X19, Population 753/1000. (To be continued......)