Qiao Lu disembarked from the Antarctic Courtyard space station and urgently returned to the United Government headquarters to rendezvous with Rogue One Squad that had informed him.

Captain Andor said to him anxiously, "Based on information intercepted from Imperial communications, we have determined that Princess Leia has fallen into the hands of Darth Vader, and that the Tantwi IV she was riding on was captured by the Executor's traction beam near the planet Tatooine, ready to be brought back to the Death Star for interrogation. ”

"Do you want us to save her?" Qiao Lu asked.

"Of course, the longer she is imprisoned in the hands of the Empire, the more likely she is to leak the location of the rebel headquarters. We're not ready to deal with the Death Star right now, the Battle of Scarif caused the Rebels to suffer heavy losses, and now we have less than thirty planes left!"

It seems that the Battle of Scarif really hurt the vitality of the Rebel Alliance, at least when the breakthrough began, the Rebel fleet still had a few corvettes and nearly a hundred fighters of various types.

Now there are only thirty left, which is really insignificant compared to the Imperial fleet, and it is impossible to carry out any operation to save Princess Leia.

The Rebel Alliance was so helpful in stealing the Death Star blueprints that it didn't make sense for him to sit idly by.

In particular, the Tantwi IV that Princess Leia rode on objectively led Darth Vader's Executor away for Jolu, and he still needs to bear some responsibility in this matter.

It's just that from the perspective of the interests of the wandering earth, this is not a good time to dispatch large-scale troops. At least until the Earth Cannon is built to fight the Death Star's super laser cannon.

Qiao Lu finally decided: "I will go to the Tatooine system with you to find an opportunity to rescue Princess Leia." But it's not yet time to fight the Death Star, and I hope you understand. ”

Although according to the original plot, even if Qiao Lu didn't save her, Princess Leia would meet her brother Luke Skywalker, and the brother and sister would work together to escape from the Death Star.

It's just that now that the Wandering Earth has interfered with the Star Wars world to a great extent, just a small butterfly effect may make the plot completely different from the original, not to mention that now that so many things have happened, it is unknown whether Luke Skywalker will still appear.

For this reason, Qiao Lu still decided to go out in person to ensure the rescue of Princess Leia.

At the same time, it was also to fulfill his promise to the sacrificial Admiral Radus, if it weren't for the latter's sacrificing cover, Qiao Lu would not have been able to bring the Death Star blueprint back to the Wandering Earth so easily.

Hearing that Qiao Lu was willing to go with him, Captain Amdo suddenly felt a lot more relieved, Qiao Lu's strength was obvious to all, let alone in this kind of situation that required the team to act secretly.

He immediately began to plan: "We have an Imperial cargo shuttle that can land inconspicuously on the planet Tatooine. If we're lucky, the Executor will stay there for a while to resupply, and we can find a chance to touch it and get Princess Leia back. ”

Of course, this is just a light statement, and besides, the Executor will not necessarily stay on Tatooine, and it is very likely that it will eventually chase all the way to the Death Star.

In any case, at least the question of how to get to Tatooine is solved. With the assistance of the Wandering Earth Force, Rogue One has successfully rescued Galen Urso, so this time they will think of repeating their old tricks and saving Princess Leia as well.

Qiao Lu nodded and said, "In that case, I'll bring two more people over, plus your Rogue No. 1 squad, the number will be about the same." ”

"Of course, if there were two more good players, things would be much easier." Captain Andor said happily.

Qiao Lu planned to bring 2B and Genji, and since this operation was more of his own will, he didn't plan to ask the Wandering Earth Expeditionary Force to provide too much support.

The main task of the Wandering Earth is to concentrate on completing the Earth Cannon, after all, this is the ultimate weapon that can deal with the Death Star.

Qiao Lu went to Genji to explain the situation and said to him, "I'm sorry, Genji, I just came back from Scarif and asked you to accompany me on such a dangerous mission. ”

"It's my pleasure." Without hesitation, Genji replied, "Only the battlefield is where I belong." ”

As for 2B, there is no need for Qiao Lu to open his mouth at all, and he follows him silently all the way. On the one hand, because of her duties as a personal bodyguard, on the other hand, only she knows about it.

After learning about this, Liu Peiqiang and Wang Lei both found him and said to him:

"Qiao Lu, you don't have to carry it yourself. As long as you give the order, the entire Wandering Earth Fleet can provide support, so why risk it? ”

Qiao Lu shook his head and said, "No, I can do it myself." More importantly, this is my personal decision and should not involve the entire Wandering Earth fleet. ”

Objectively speaking, Princess Leia is not necessary for the wandering earth, and whether she is or not will not affect the next actions.

Qiao Lu only wanted to save her for personal reasons, and if the entire Wandering Earth Fleet accompanied him on his adventure, it would be putting the cart before the horse, in other words, it would not be worth it.

All his previous actions, Qiao Lu was for the purpose of wandering the earth, but all this was just for himself, not about the lives of all mankind, but for his own conscience.

Qiao Lu can ask others for help for this, but he will not use public power to ask others to accompany him to death, which is why he rejected Liu Peiqiang and Wang Lei's proposal.

"You stay here and wait until the Earth Cannon is ready, and then come and rendezvous with me. Until then, I'll find a way to keep the Rebel Alliance at bay so that they don't have time to care about the situation here. ”

Although it is said that there is a shield to cover the world, the wandering earth is not absolutely undiscoverable, especially the test firing of the earth cannon, you can imagine how much movement it will cause.

If there is nothing else to divert the Empire's attention to a certain extent, it is still possible that the showdown between the Wandering Earth and the Death Star will come early without preparation, which is a situation that no one wants to see.

So this is another reason why Qiao Lu decided to participate in this operation, the existence of the Rebel Alliance is still necessary, otherwise after the wandering earth leaves this plane, there will be nothing to prevent the resurgence of the empire, and it will be troublesome to create a death star again.

So after saying goodbye to Liu Peiqiang and Wang Lei, Qiao Lu took the cargo shuttle of the Rogue No. 1 squad, the last time he rescued Galen Ersor he didn't have a chance to act with them, this time he had to fight side by side to rescue Princess Leia.

If you're lucky, you'll meet Jedi warriors like Luke Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi to help Jolu better understand the mysteries of the Force, and maybe even use it like a psionic power on the Wandering Earth!