Under the cover of the orbital airborne troops of the Wandering Earth Expeditionary Force, Qiao Lu and 2B rushed to the place where the flying mecha landed.

On the way, an AT-ST rushed up and tried to stop the two, Qiao Lu was just about to pull out his lightsaber to solve it, but a big red and blue truck suddenly drove in front of him, and he knocked the AT-ST out head-on, and the ferocious momentum was almost like a train crashing head-on.

After knocking the AT-ST into the air, the truck immediately transformed into a ten-meter-tall steel giant, ejected a high-temperature hot melt knife from the wrist, and cleanly split the AT-ST in half, without giving the other party any chance to struggle.

There is no doubt that this Transformer is Optimus Prime, the leader of the Autobots who came down with the orbital airborne force of the Wandering Earth Expeditionary Force, to help cover Jordy and bring the Death Star blueprints back to the Ark.

"I'm so glad to see you again, Qiao Lu."

As he spoke, Optimus Prime pulled out a canister from behind him, blasting another approaching AT-ST into a blazing fireball, turning the cockpit inside into a scorching purgatory.

"Me too." Qiao Lu said with a smile.

Realizing that they would not be able to compete with the Wandering Earth Expeditionary Force on a frontal battlefield, the Imperial Army's course of action changed to recapture or destroy the Death Star blueprints at all costs.

Qiao Lu has naturally become the primary target, almost all the rapid mobile units of the Imperial Army are coming at him, and if there is no cover from the Wandering Earth Expeditionary Force, he will probably need to spend a long time fighting his way out of the encirclement.

At this time, a yellow Chevrolet sports car galloped over, needless to say, it was the Bumblebee that came with Optimus Prime.

The doors of the sports car automatically opened to signal Qiao Lu to get into the car, and in terms of speed, Bumblebee was absolutely confident.

"Go, we'll follow." Optimus Prime said to Qiao Lu.

He helped block the pursuers who kept catching up from behind, like an insurmountable copper wall, and of course there was fire support from the Wandering Earth Expeditionary Force behind him.

"Thank you."

Joe Lu got into the driver's seat of the Hornet and drove away at an unreachable speed of the AT-ST.

Bumblebee carried Qiao Lu and 2B all the way, quickly came to a safe landing point, and watched the two of them get on the flying mecha and rush back to the Ark in space.

After Qiao Lu successfully evacuated the ground, the orbital airborne troops of the Wandering Earth Expeditionary Force gradually organized a retreat. Their mission here has been completed, and the next step is the work of the space fleet.

Genji evacuated with the orbital airborne troops, after all, he couldn't fly a flying mech, so he took one of the Kun fighters and evacuated from Scarif.

It's just that entering space doesn't mean that the empire is willing to let Qiao Lu go.

As more and more Imperial Star Destroyers rushed into Scarif's orbit, the intensity of the space battlefield was far greater than that on the ground.

A large number of Imperial fleet TIE fighters were entangled with the X-wing fighters of the Rebel Alliance, but after discovering that the flying mech Qiao Lu was riding on was out of the atmosphere, they immediately swarmed towards him like piranhas that smelled blood.

"What a grand welcome ceremony."

Qiao Lu had already expected this to be the scene, the powerful space power was the foundation of the First Galactic Empire, and he would never be so easily allowed to return to the Ark with the Death Star blueprints.

The Ark was also approaching Qiao Lu's side, but the Imperial Star Destroyers that arrived were constantly blocking it.

Although these Imperial-class Star Destroyers can only be regarded as small ships compared to the huge size of the Ark, after all, they are still starships of a certain size, and they will not be easily destroyed by point defense turrets like TIE fighters, and only the Ark's eight main naval guns can destroy them relatively effectively.

The fleet of the Rebel Alliance tried to help the Ark get out of the encirclement of the Imperial Star Destroyer, but with the size of the Rebel fleet, it could only be regarded as powerless, and it was completely unable to defeat the Imperial fleet that felt a large number of reinforcements.

Qiao Lu could only rush back to the Ark by himself, but along the way, there were many starry TIE fighters and several Empire-class Star Destroyers eyeing each other.

For this reason, the empire did not even take into account the orbital airborne troops of the Wandering Earth Expeditionary Force, and allowed the ground troops of the Wandering Earth Expeditionary Force to return in Kun-style fighters, focusing all their energy on recapturing the Death Star blueprint.

This is a very correct judgment, nothing can compare to the confidential information of the Death Star blueprint, otherwise the Rebel Alliance would not have poured out of the nest and tried every means to cover Qiao Lu's withdrawal with the blueprint.

It's just that they obviously underestimated the air combat performance of the flying mecha, as well as Qiao Lu's terrifying strength as a pilot.

In order to invest more resources in the cannon of the giant ship, in order to save money to create a poor-performing TIE fighter, the empire will have to pay the price for it today!

I saw Qiao Lu piloting a flying mecha to maneuver at high speed in space, and the flight trajectory seemed messy and unfixed, but it was cleverly interspersed with the rain of laser cannons fired by TIE fighters and Imperial Star Destroyers.

The laser bullets in the sky chased the figure of Qiao Lu's mech, intertwining into a shining net in the dark space, trying to envelop Qiao Lu's flying mecha.

However, these attacks were all very different, just passing by the body piloted by Qiao Lu, as close as if passing through a shadow without mass.

On the contrary, the Empire's TIE fighters were constantly accidentally injured by friendly fire, and exploded into brilliant fireworks in space, further aggravating the chaos of the scene.

Qiao Lu didn't need to fire back at all, as long as he kept dodging at high speed, the TIE fighters who dared to approach him would be surrounded by friendly forces, and it wouldn't be long before they were accidentally damaged and destroyed.

He drove the flying mecha all the way to the Ark with sparks and lightning, and Zhang Zhe on the Ark ordered a salvo of the main guns with great understanding, and the eight main naval guns fired dazzling firelight, destroying a series of TIE fighters chasing him behind Qiao Lu, which was like a string of hanging cannons being blown into pieces.

The Rebel Alliance pilots on the side were dumbfounded, they were all excellent fighter pilots, but such an exaggerated operation was unheard of.

On the one hand, the performance of the fighter cannot reach this level, and on the other hand, it is impossible to predict so many incoming laser barrages, even with the assistance of supercomputers.

What's more, after so many complex high-speed steering, even a seasoned pilot should be dizzy, how can he still fly so smoothly.

However, this is Qiao Lu's driving ability, although it is not as good as the ace of machine combat in Gundam, at least it is not a second-rate character, and in the face of these laser barrages without tracking ability, it is still easy to get out.

If all the laser cannons of the TIE fighters were replaced with high-performance homing missiles, there might still be a certain risk, but unfortunately the Imperial ones would not have spent so much effort on the fighters.

Qiao Lu switched the flying mecha back to the form of a space fighter, rushed all the way into the hangar of the Ark, and successfully returned to the steel battleship, and his mission was basically completed.

It's just that at this time, the Empire's ultimate weapon is also gradually rushing to the battlefield, and the huge Death Star slowly leaves hyperspace and appears in the sky above Scarif like a full moon.

The next step is to find a way to escape the pursuit of the Death Star and return to the wandering earth!