The Shadow of Doom Fortress command building, Hathaway walked through the long hallway to the door at the end, hesitated for a moment, and knocked on the door.

The door opened automatically.

The room is small, with only a set of sofas and coffee tables, and a panorama of the fortress on a wall monitor. What is rare is that the room actually has a small window, a real window.

There was a man standing in front of the window, overlooking the fortress.

Seeing his back, Hathaway's whole body shook slightly, and she lost her voice: "Why are you here?"

The man turned around and smiled, "Why can't I come?"

Hathaway calmed down and said, "You are the front-line commander of the legion, how can you leave your post?"

The man smiled and said, "So you were talking about duties, I thought you were going to talk about identity." ”

"As the heir to the high position of the Winton family, you shouldn't put yourself at risk. ”

The man shrugged indifferently and said, "Since the heirs in the third line of the line can land in person, why can't I come?"

"Looney, do you think you're here and I'll think you didn't hurt me?"

"This is your freedom. It's just that I'm also a member of the Winton family, since something happened to you, I always try my best to rescue, this is the bottom line. ”

"Do you still have a bottom line?" Hathaway sneered.

"If a family doesn't have a bottom line, it will quickly fall apart. The Winton family not only has a bottom line, but also a tradition. No matter how much I hate you, I won't sit idly by while you're in danger. I'll do my best to rescue them, and I'll talk about the rest of the story after I get them back. ”

Hathaway said, "I've never seen you as a good person. ”

"No, no, no, I've never been a good person. Looney shook his finger and said, "Not to mention mending the prey in the trap, at least it is my forte to see death and not save it." But you're different. Let's put it this way, if it's just an ordinary heir in line, then I'll just send someone and not come down myself. But because it's you, I'm going to land in person and meet you in this hellish place. ”

"I have that much charm?"

"If you talk about glamour, of course it's not that big. But you have talent, a bottom line, and dignity, and that's enough. The first is talent. ”

Hathaway put away some sneers and said, "The higher the talent, the greater the threat to you?"

Looney smiled: "There is a threat, but it's hard to say how big it is. At least for now, a lot of people are more of a threat to me than you are. ”

Hathaway's face softened a little and said, "Anyway, you saved me." I owe you a favor, what do you want, say it. ”

Looney spread his hands and said, "This favor is not as great as it is in the likeness." I've received reports from Middleton that you're doing pretty well over there. But there's no way to survive here with just a single-function survival base, so your Alien Survival mini-game is over. ”

Hathaway didn't speak. Base 2 is by no means an easy survival base, and for some reason, Middleton doesn't seem to be telling the truth, at least not when he tells everything about it.

"As for the size of this favor......," Looney pondered for a while, and said, "The universe is vast enough, and the star fields are numerous enough. The Winton family's interest chain spreads across 11 star fields, which can not only accommodate you and me, but also more people. I have only one small request: not to deliberately compete with each other in my core interests. ”

Hathaway immediately said, "No problem. ”

She couldn't help but say again: "I really didn't expect your request to be so simple. Are you sure you don't want to ask for anything else?"

"That's enough. Now and in the future, I have only one core interest. ”

"Okay! I'm never going to set foot in that field in the future. ”

"There is no need to avoid it completely, as long as it is not malicious competition. No industry, or even any star field, can afford any of us. ”

"Then that's it, thank you for saving me. ”

"It should be said that it is the interruption of your little game. The spacecraft is ready to return to orbit at any time. ”

Hathaway was slightly moved, "So quickly developed a spaceship that could travel through the storm layer?"

"It's just a clever prop. It can only hold out for a round trip. ”

Hathaway said, "When I'm back in orbit, I'll leave. ”

Looney shook his head, "No, you can't go yet, and you don't need to." ”

"Wouldn't it be nice to give this place to you completely?"

"It's not for me, don't forget, besides us, there are the lancers. Looney raised his hand, an image of the N7703 galaxy appeared in his palm, and said, "A new plan is brewing, and I plan to launch a sizable campaign here." Aren't you interested?"

"To deal with a single-function survival base?" Hathaway's expression was slightly exaggerated.

Looney smiled and said, "Of course not! You'll find out when you're back on track." Our opponents are strong!"

"Red Hitomi from the Special Operations Division?

"It's not him, he's not a threat, he's just a nuisance at best. ”

Hathaway was intrigued, "Who could that be? Community, it can't be! Their nearest galaxy is more than 100 light-years away. ”

"When we get back on track, we'll know. ”

Hathaway sighed and said, "Okay. When do you go?"

Looney looked at the time on the personal terminal and said, "It will take another four hours to prepare the ship. Depart on time after 4 hours. Now we have a little time, let's talk about the two little agents you met. ”

Hathaway felt a pang in her heart, and on the surface she was silent, and asked, "It's just 2 junior agents, what's the matter, you're also interested in this?"

"Two not-so-ordinary junior surrogates," Looney said. They shot you down, but also took care of you for a while, and none of that mattered. But the report of this battle is interesting. I organized two large-scale resupply and united lancers to send out a heavy army of more than 10,000 men. Of course, this force is not for the sake of those two small agents, but to deal with the beast tide that may appear at any time. In fact, they also have a mission, which is to search and destroy the lair of war beasts if possible. But I didn't expect that I still underestimated the war beast. ”

After a pause, Looney said: "The losses caused by the beast tide are acceptable, and they do not exceed the previous casualty ratio. However, to my surprise, when I launched an attack on the base in order to pick you out, I actually lost hundreds of combat vehicles and many mechs in just ten minutes. Aren't you going to say something about that?"

"Nope. Hathaway refused plainly.

"Then let's forget about it for now. ”