While they were talking, the bridge of the Pegasus was busy. After confirming the new chain of command, the fleet continued with its previous mission. Pegasos made a planned jump back to the star system where the ring was located, preparing to observe the destruction of Ring 04 from afar.

They didn't have to worry about the reliability of the antimatter bomb they had set up earlier and the possibility of the Covenant dismantling it, because the bomb was custom-made for this mission, and although the fuse was timed, the option of remote detonation was retained.

The entire antimatter bomb is bound to a control platform on the Pegasos, and the password is changing at any time, and theoretically only on the Pegasos can the bomb that is about to destroy the Miè ring be disarmed, and they will never do that.

Of course, there is one last little thing to take care of before they blow up the belt, and that is to release the "kamikaze martyrs" they have captured. It's hard to explain how he survived if he had been released after the ring had been blown up.

Of course, there are many difficulties in releasing people even now, for example, when Shen Chao personally came forward to negotiate with this elite senior general during the previous negotiations, and now he is suddenly contacted by a change of person, it is difficult to say what the "kamikaze martyr" will think and do.

Despite this fear, Custer finally decided to release the "kamikaze martyrs" as originally planned and see them off at the airport in person. Under the escort of a whole team of soldiers, the "kamikaze martyrs" with handcuffs rushed to the airport, as Custer expected, as soon as he saw that there was no Shen Chao at the scene, the other party immediately became alert.

"Where's your boss?" I made a deal with him, and if he doesn't show up, we won't have anything to talk about! The "Kamikaze Martyr", who had already changed back into his golden armor, immediately turned his face and twisted his body after confirming that Shen Chao was not there. He said that he was ready to return to the cell where he had been held.

Just as Shen Chao was not completely satisfied with the agreement reached with him, the "kamikaze martyrs" also had many dissatisfaction with the expedition's requests, and Shen Chao's absence at this time undoubtedly aggravated this dissatisfaction and brought a new sense of distrust.

"I advise you to calm down and think about your words, because it seems to me that you have two choices now. One is that we'll send you back to the Ring, from where you can safely return to your fleet. Deliver on your promises. Or, you can stay here and watch the massive Covenant soldiers still in the Ring die from their lives! Custer had the soldiers stop the elite and force them to reconsider.

When Shen Chao and the "Kamikaze Martyrs" talked before, the two sides did not talk about destroying the Miè Ring Belt, because according to the timetable at that time, destroying the Miè Ring Belt was not a task that needed to be carried out urgently, and now, in order to destroy the evidence that Miè himself had been to the Ring Belt, he continued to hide the identity of the expedition team in front of the Star Alliance. They must do their best to destroy the ring.

"What, you're going to destroy the belt?" The "kamikaze martyr" immediately became excited when he heard this, although he was not a religious fanatic himself, but the ring belt did have a very important meaning in the religious culture of the Star Alliance, and he also saw the consequences of destroying it in the video that Shen Chao showed him.

According to the preliminary agreement that Shen Chao had reached with him before, he was free to choose how to end the war, but if the ring belt was destroyed, he would basically have to follow what was shown in the original plot. He was removed from office and executed by the High Council of the Covenant, not to mention when the Ring was destroyed. The fate of the soldiers who are still on it.

"How long do I have! Considering these heavy responsibilities, the "kamikaze martyr" forced himself to calm down and asked.

"From now on, it's up to 30 minutes. After that, no matter what happens, that bomb will explode! Custer gave the answer.

After understanding this, the "kamikaze martyr" also knew that he had no choice but to listen to the other party honestly. Hurry back to the ring belt to achieve an effective "stop loss" and preserve the strength of your fleet as much as possible.

Although the Covenant is a multi-racial intelligence alliance, it has a seemingly powerful central power and advanced technology. However, in terms of military management, they are still in a semi-feudal state that is relatively backward compared to the human army, that is, there are many mountains within the army. Deployment is difficult.

The name of the fleet commanded by the "Kamikaze Martyrs" directly translates to "Supreme Justice", and it is one of the most powerful main fleets in the Star Alliance. It should also be directly seconded by the Supreme Council.

But in fact, the "Supreme Justice" fleet, like all the other mountain forces formed by the Star Covenant Grand Fleet, must maintain their strong military power in order to maintain their political position within the Star Alliance.

Therefore, every time the Supreme Council issued an order for a new encirclement of humanity, the major fleets would only send a small part of their forces to participate in the war against humanity. The "Kamikaze Martyr" is a special case of promotion from a low-ranking samurai to fleet commander based on his military exploits.

As a result of his direct support from a High Prophet during his early years of promotion, he himself had always had a favorable opinion of the Council of the High Prophet. Therefore, under the soft and hard bubble of the Supreme Prophetic Council, he carefully considered the gains and losses before he drove all the main forces of his fleet and participated in the battle of Zhiyuan.

As he expected, his fleet suffered heavy losses in the battle, but the gains were also enormous. If the destruction of the Ring had not happened, he would have been promoted by the great victory at the Reach Star and the discovery of the Ring after the arrival of the Supreme Council, and the fleet's ships and personnel losses would have been quickly remedied.

When the time comes, he will naturally have the ability to use his military strength to influence the local political situation of the Star Alliance, and find an opportunity to end this war. However, this is all based on the premise that the ring belt has not been destroyed.

Once the Ring 04, which is regarded as a sacred relic by the Covenant, is destroyed, the "kamikaze" and his descendant fleet will immediately be demoted from the status of war heroes to "untrustworthy" who are powerless to protect the legacy of the sages, and may even be considered "apostates".

When the time comes, not only will his personal reputation be discredited, but his descendant fleet will also be demoted or even dismantled. That's why he reacted so much to the expedition's attempt to blow up the belt. But as a person who has experienced strong winds and waves, the "kamikaze martyrs" can naturally see that the destruction of the ring belt is a foregone conclusion.

Now his immediate task is to return to the fleet to take back command, withdraw the troops that are still in the ring, and retain his descendants to the greatest extent. Only by preserving his lineage can he and his race have a future to speak of.

Seeing that he was willing to cooperate, Custer immediately arranged for a shuttle and a small team of expedition members to "escort" each other back to the ring. Five minutes later, the kamikaze Martyr finally stepped off the shuttle and returned to the ring.

He found the nearby Covenant forces as quickly as he could, and immediately issued an order to urgently retreat. Although the command of the fleet was confused after receiving his news, the vast majority of commanders still carried out his orders honestly.

It only took ten minutes for the millions of Covenant soldiers who had landed in the Ring to return to their ships in various means of transportation, and before they could question their respective commanders, a huge explosion occurred in the Ring they had just left.

The explosion of the antimatter bomb unleashed a huge amount of pure energy, causing great damage to the ring structure of the part where it was located, and forming a small sun at the location of its explosion that lasted for half a minute, until its core poured in too many heavy elements, and the guide zhì collapsed completely.

By this time, with the exception of a small number of Covenant forces that had been affected, most had returned to their respective ships. They watched in amazement, especially the commanders of the fleet.

Although they didn't know exactly what was going on on the ring, they knew what this scene meant. Many of them have begun to regret participating in this battle with the "kamikaze martyrs".

In the bridge during the period, the "kamikaze martyr" who had just returned only sighed when he saw this scene, and after issuing the order for rescue and search, he left behind a group of generals who wanted to ask him what happened, and returned to the captain's office to "think about life".

He already had a clear idea of what was going to happen next. After the ring belt is destroyed, he will inevitably be used as a scapegoat by the Supreme Council, and when the time comes, he has two choices, one is to tell the truth about what happened, and exonerate himself while leaking the space-time expedition.

In doing so, he has a great deal of confidence in retaining his current position, and although his descendants will become a second-rate force, at least he does not have to worry about immediate annihilation. However, considering the conspiracy of the Council of Prophets to eliminate the elites, he would undoubtedly be betraying his own people if he chose to do so.

Therefore, he actually has only one choice, that is, to obediently accept the trial as in the plot, bear all the responsibility, and then become a real "kamikaze martyr", looking for an opportunity to expose the pilgrimage lies of the Supreme Council.

"Is this your fate?" Do you have to fall out with the Council of the Prophets? "Kamikaze martyrs" can't help but think so.

Recalling his early history, he was a strong supporter of the Council of the Prophets, and he was appreciated by the Prophets and received many material benefits. However, the conflict of racial interests between the two sides seems to be greater than these "private feelings" after all. For the sake of his race, the Prophet could kill the elite who had done his best, and now he had to step up and stop that tragedy. (To be continued......)

PS: First of all, thank you for today's reward "valky", and I'll continue the code in the next chapter when I finish dinner