Morningstar had thought that countless people would have doubts about his identity as guardian of the stars, but he never thought that Norin Hill would not believe it.

"Can you tell me why?" Morningstar's face was very serious and he asked.

Norin Hill covered his mouth and smiled, that cunning look made Morningstar suddenly have a feeling of being deceived, and now Nolin Hill was exactly the same as when Andrea had a bad idea.

"The Guardian of Time and Space is a hero, how can there be a hero like you, the same, bad ......" Norin Hill's words just fell, and the flush on his face appeared. Norin Hill, who has always been quiet and very holy, has never made such a joke with Morningstar, although in Morningstar's opinion, this is just a normal ** between lovers, but for Norin Hill it is the first time in the world. With his head bowed slightly, his face was ruddy, and his big watery eyes peeked at Morning Star from time to time, and found that Morning Star was not displeased, but was surprised, and Norin Hill's heart slowly calmed down, like a child who did well in exams and asked his parents for rewards, but was worried about being rejected.

"Poof!" Vasily's suppressed laughter was heard from the side, and Morningstar could tell that he had tried hard to restrain himself, but he just couldn't hold back. Ignoring Vasily, Morningstar continued to stare at Norin Hill, holding her cheek with both hands, kissing her lightly on the forehead, and then said with a wicked smile: "Then I won't be the guardian of the starry sky, I will only be bad to you in the future, and it will be even worse." ”

Norin Hill was a little worried when he heard Morningstar's first words, but he was relieved when he saw Morningstar's expression.

Vasily on the side coughed lightly, as if to remind Morning Star that he was still there, not to let the bloody love scene continue, but Morning Star turned around and glanced at Vasily and said, "What are you coughing about." Then after a moment's thought, he continued: "You wait for me, one last question. Then he turned around and asked Norin Hill, "Norlin, in the picture you showed me just now, that woman is your grandmother?" ”

Norin Hill nodded, looking at Morningstar's eyes full of confusion.

Morning Star rubbed his nose and said, "So, do you still have an impression, how old was your grandmother at that time?" ”

Morningstar didn't have any strange idea when he asked this question, but from the image Nolyn Hill had shown him, the woman Nolyn Hill called his grandmother looked too young, and she was simply a sexy version of Norin Hill. The figure is elegant, the skin is smooth, and there is no old look like a human woman on her face. It stands to reason that the body structure of the starry sky elves is very similar to that of humans, and the maturity period of their bodies should not be much worse than that of humans.

"Well, if you use the human calendar, my grandmother may have been in her seventies at that time, right?" Norin Hill replied with a finger poking at his bouncy face.

"Ahem!" Morning Star was shocked in his heart, although he knew that the women of the starry sky elves were extraordinarily beautiful, although he knew that they could live longer than humans, but, seventy years old! That's 70 years old. Although the average age of human beings is now about 100 years old, people who are 70 years old will more or less show some old age, and few people can maintain a young face. Think about Zhu Nianguo, think about Tommy Collinthey, and then think about Old Man Bai, none of them have the energetic appearance of Grandmother Norin Hill, even Zhao Ya, who is known as an ageless angel among humans, has lost her tight skin on her neck and crow's feet at the corners of her eyes, and she no longer reminds others all the time, no matter how hard you try to maintain your physical condition, human beings will eventually lose above age.

Morningstar doesn't know if he will keep his youth after experiencing genetic changes, although he doesn't want any immortality, but he is surrounded by beautiful women, and he has to live more or less a few more days, while enjoying the joy of family to the maximum. Looking down at Norin Hill, he remembered that the noble and holy starry sky elf girl in front of him should be thirty or forty years old, but this cute and simple appearance really made Morning Star have a huge sense of contrast.

No, no, Morning Star hurriedly ran these strange thoughts out of his mind, shook his head and said, "My little Norlin will be like your grandmother in the future, forever young!" ”

"Hmm!" Norin Hill smiled sweetly, completely unaware of how miserable Morningstar's heart was at this moment.

Vasily's voice sounded from behind him again, and he said, "Morning Star, the road ahead will be extremely difficult. ”

Morning Star looked back at Vasily in confusion and asked, "Why did the general suddenly emphasize this issue, aren't these things that we have already agreed on?" ”

Vasily smiled faintly and said, "I'm not talking about facing the enemy, but about facing these warblers and swallows of yours. Have you ever thought about what you will do in the future when you will become what I am and what you will do if Nolin and Quinn and the Prisenchus girls are still the way they are? ”

"This ......" Morning Star didn't think about these questions, but in the end, maybe it was because of the fear of the ostrich mentality, and he didn't dig into it, and now that Vasily said it, Morning Star felt that he couldn't escape anymore, and took a deep breath and said, "I understand what you mean, General Vasily." For human beings, there is nothing happier than with

Your lover will grow old together, but if either party grows old before the other, it will cause great harm to the other. But emotional things can't be controlled, since it has happened, there is no need to dwell on the future, do you have to be happy in life, do you say yes. ”

Vasily smiled and nodded, not dwelling on the issue.

"Morning Star, continue with the previous topic, since the Heavenly Mandate Sect has mastered our whereabouts, what are you going to do?"

Vasily's question Morning Star had already made up his mind and replied: "Get rid of Song Siyuan's group of guys first, although he didn't have the courage to fire just now, but we still have to guard against him, order all the captains of the fleet, locate the coordinates where the Goddess's Eyes are, we will leap forward, and then, just wait for the results of Salot's investigation." ”

"Well, I'm in favor of you doing that, but are you so relieved that you've entrusted them with such an important task?" Vasily asked worriedly.

"Don't use suspicious people, don't suspect people!"

Morningstar's plan is actually very simple, use the leap to get rid of the pursuers that may exist behind him, find a relatively well-defended area to stop the fleet, and then find the inner ghost. As for the rest of the things, it is much easier to do, without the inner ghost to provide information for the outside Heavenly Mandate Sect, the tactical arrangement of the fleet will be more threatening, and at the same time, there will be higher concealment, increasing the safety factor.

The Combined Fleet began to make a leap forward after Morningstar had met with each of the captains individually, and the destination was really unknown to everyone. After the Eyes of the Goddess leaped away, Vasily's ship was the last to enter the state of the moon as the ship of the Royal Highness. This is something that Morning Star can arrange, because there are spies of the Heavenly Mandate Sect among the captains who are not sure to be met by Morning Star, and Morning Star is afraid that there will be any moths after the others enter the fold, so there is such an arrangement. But fortunately, there was no mess.

Morningstar's chosen stopping place is one of the Republic's famous military fortresses, which plays an important role in the entire territory of the Republic, covering a wide range of the Republic's major trade routes, with heavy troops and firepower equipment always the most advanced in the Republic. The leader of the fortress is a legendary general named Li Que, a veteran general who participated in the counterinsurgency war in the Dead Mercury region of the Republic fifty years ago, and created many classic battles in which fewer won more, and was considered a pivotal figure in the military of the Republic. Morningstar remembers that his father, Layton, once said bluntly after a drink that he admired no more than five people in his life, and this general named Li Que was one of them. Zhu Nianguo also mentioned General Li Que in his casual conversation with Morning Star, and commented that he was the mainstay of the Republic and the Needle of the Sea. So Morning Star has a very good impression of this old general, although he has never met, he has been longing for it for a long time.

The name of the fortress is the Fortress of the Firmament, which literally looks like a fortress, but in fact it is a fully military planet. Morningstar doesn't know how many troops are stationed on this planet, but thinking about the area covered by the Firmament Fortress, I'm afraid there are at least tens of millions, plus military families, staff of various military industrial enterprises and related service industry practitioners, the number of people on this planet must be hundreds of millions.

The location of the jump was chosen by Morning Star near a space-time channel not far from the Firmament Fortress, of course, Morningstar sent out a request to enter in advance, and was responsible for fearing that the scene of the previous United Fleet against the Heavenly Mandate Sect would be staged near this space-time channel.

Out of the state of the jump, Morning Star woke up from the uncomfortable muddy nightmare, and stood on the bridge to see that there were already nearly a hundred large and small defense ships surrounding the United Fleet. The communication request in the communicator was immediately connected, and a heroic woman appeared in front of Morning Star on the screen.

"I am Shen Mengqi, commander of the Second Defense Force of the Republic Sky Fortress, please inform me of your name."

Morning Star is also a person who is used to seeing beautiful women, and has also had a lot of contact with Caterina and Eva, but I have to say that the woman named Shen Mengqi in front of her is indeed unique under the stars in this field of high coldness, even if it is Morning Star, she can't have any special thoughts when she sees her.

"Hello Commander Shen Mengqi, this is the tripartite joint fleet that came to the Republic for military assistance at the request of Leader Zhu Nianguo, requesting to temporarily station in the Firmament Fortress and apply for the Firmament Fortress to assist in defense." If you follow the character of Morning Star in the past, I am afraid that I will not let go of this opportunity to flirt with the beauty in front of me, at least I will not answer the other party with such a formal and official words.

However, what Chenxing didn't expect was that his stiff attitude actually made Shen Mengqi have a good impression of him, his originally straight body relaxed slightly, and his tense face also showed a slight expression, even if he couldn't tell whether the mood was good or bad, but at least he had the appearance that a human should have.

"Commander Morningstar, we have received orders from the leader, but we still have to inspect your fleet, this is a necessary procedure, please understand." Shen Mengqi put his hands behind his back, and the leader, Morning Star could only be amazed in his heart.

Morningstar nodded, he knew very well that in such a sensitive time, any contact between strangers had to be extremely careful, let alone such a large army as the combined fleet led by Morningstar. Morning Star said: "Commander Shen Mengqi, we will cooperate with your inspection and provide the greatest convenience, but this is limited to verifying your identity, I don't know if you can accept it."

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A smile finally leaked from Shen Mengqi's face, and she replied, "Lord Morning Star, these things naturally don't need to be said, I still know very well what to do and what not to do. I will be in contact with your personnel immediately. In addition, at the request of General Li Que, I have sent you an invitation, and the general has invited you to come to the fortress for a while. ”

What does that mean? With Morning Star's identity, it is far from enough to let such a town general take the initiative to invite, although Morning Star is the master of It Gleeson, but no matter what aspect you look at, Li Que has no need to make this invitation. Morning Star pondered for a moment, then exchanged glances with Quinn and Vasily behind him, and after getting a response from the two, Morning Star turned to Shen Mengqi on the screen and said, "Commander Shen Mengqi, please tell General Li Que that I accept his invitation." Allow me, though, to arrange the work in the fleet, and I'll be there. ”

Shen Mengqi regained that expressionless face and said, "Yes, I will bring your words and wait for you." ”

Cutting off the communication, Morning Star turned his head to look at Vasily, and saw that the other party was also frowning, as if thinking about something. And Novitsky, who was behind Vasily, looked at Morning Star with a wicked smile and said: "I said Lord Morning Star, you can, that is General Shen Mengqi, a well-known cold-faced beauty, today I followed you to get naked, I actually saw her smile, it's over, I'm in love." ”

"Don't mess around, and don't look at what time it is, you still have the heart to joke." The voice of reprimand came from Vasily, and when he heard Vasily's inappropriate joke, he said sharply: "There is a time to joke, it is better to tell me what you think about this matter." ”

Nowitzki rubbed his hands together and said, "That's a tricky question, teacher." Everyone knows that part of the chaos in the republic this time is due to the Fan family, as far as I know, the Fan family has a good strength in the republic, who knows if this general named Li Que will have any collusion with the Fan family? ”

"Probably not, General Li Que is the Dinghai Divine Needle in the mouth of the leader of Zhu Nianguo, if such people are all in collusion with the Fan family, then what is the point of what we are doing now?" Morningstar shook his head, completely disagreeing with Nowitzki's opinion.

Although Vasily also had some doubts in his heart, he couldn't help but shake his head when he saw the attitude of the morning star, and thought in his heart that although this young man from the Republic was already the lord of Itgleason, the emotion in his heart for the place where he was born and raised really did not weaken in the slightest. But emotions belong to emotions, and power struggles can be swayed by emotions. Vasily pondered for a long time and spoke: "Morning Star, although you may not be happy, there are some things I still have to say. Vasily walked to the side of Morning Star, lowered his voice a little, and said: "The current situation in the republic, we must be careful everywhere, one wrong step can bring about a total rout. Although this General Li Que is a person that Zhu Nianguo's leader trusts very much, you must know that over-inflated power will definitely make people produce certain **. Look around us, so many high-class warships of the Republic, don't you think of anything? ”

Morning Star couldn't have imagined it, but it was a little difficult to cross the hurdle in his heart. Also lowering his voice, Morningstar said, "There are already such a large number of troops in charge of monitoring us, and we don't know how many people are hiding in the shadows. Moreover, the Firmament Fortress is responsible for the security of such a large area in the vicinity, and I am afraid that there are far more ships used to patrol than we have seen. ”

Vasily nodded, adding: "Not only that, but if you look at this fortress of the sky, which sits on the most important commercial routes of the empire, and has built such a large fleet with the military funds of the republic, do you think they will have some gray income?" ”

"You mean?"

Vasily nodded slightly, and replied, "I'm afraid that even if they don't take the initiative to ask those merchants for it, the merchants will take the initiative to send them a lot of silver in order to get better protection." That's a lot of money. The army on the surface is definitely under the surveillance of the top of the republic, but what about in secret? You can't afford to be on guard. ”

Vasily was right, what was on the surface was not terrible, but it was the forces behind that that made Morning Star the most feared. If, as Vasily said, this General Li Que has a heart of disobedience, then what should he do most at this time? It seems that he intercepted his aid force and made the chaos of the republic more serious, and then he relied on his powerful troops and the accumulation of contacts over the years to establish a strong defense line in the Firmament Fortress and the surrounding area to resist the invasion of the Fan family and the Heavenly Mandate Sect.

Morningstar raised his head and looked at the shuttle battleship in the distance, and Morningstar's heart became more and more suspicious. With such a powerful army, he didn't send troops to fight at this time, but instead stuck to the Firmament Fortress, isn't there really something wrong?

Quinn also understood the conversation between Vasily and Morning Star, and walked to Morning Star's side with a little worry and said: "Otherwise, don't go over, he won't dare to do anything to you, after all, the deterrent power of the Goddess's Eyes is here, if he dares to do it again, then we will use the main cannon and let his Sky Fortress give us a burial!" ”

Morningstar glanced at Quinn with emotion, shook his head, and said, "I have to go, at this time, I have to fight for resources that I can't use, how can I give up such a strong army?" ”