While the First Fleet Command was still studying countermeasures, the Honghuang and Xuanhuang, which had returned from Miwa Blue Star, converged.

Qin Su, who came to the Xuanhuang through the traffic boat, hurriedly found Lin Zhong in the command room.

"Have you seen everything you sent?" As soon as Qin Su came in, he said with a sullen head.

"I've seen it, and I think Miwa Bluestar is suspicious." Lin Zhong pointed to the earthy yellow asteroid on the star map and said.

"The Tigris must have perished with the enemy, but the problem is that the battlefield is so clean that there is no trace of battle, and I suspect that an unknown force is involved." Duan Xiong said.

Qin Su noticed that Duan Xiong was also here, and hurriedly saluted, and then said, "Then should we enter Miwa Blue Star for reconnaissance?" ”

Lin Chong and Duan Xiong glanced at each other and shook their heads in unison.

"Why?" Qin Su was a little puzzled.

"Quantum communication has failed, this unknown force is very powerful, and we can't act rashly." Duan Xiong sighed, feeling a little sad in his heart, the Tucker people and they all fought so hard, and now there is an unknown powerful force, it is really a bumpy road.

"Our two ships, plus the other six frigates, and eight ships, are all the power of humanity here, and we have to keep it useful." Lin Chong walked up and patted Qin Su's shoulder, with a hint of loss in his tone.

Hearing this, Qin Su couldn't help but nodded, indeed, it is very likely that there will be no return to rush to Miwa Blue Star, it is better to hide and standby, and observe the situation secretly, if there is really an unknown force appearing here, it must have its purpose, besides, the fleet of the Tuckers on the battlefield has also disappeared, and there is not even a scum, which can't help but make people wonder whether this unknown force is friend or foe.

Suddenly, the deputy captain of the ship, Han Tianhu, walked in with a big grin and saluted: "Report to the commander, captain, we have just found a floating escape pod in the orbit of the Tumen Star, which has been captured, it is an officer on the Red Flag, and it is being rescued in the medical cabin." ”

"Do you know what's the name?" Duan Xiong asked eagerly, hearing that there were still people who survived, his heart was both happy and painful.

"The scan shows that his name is Wu Dieyi, the logistics officer on the red banner." Han Tianhu thought about it for a moment and replied.

When Lin Chong heard this name, he chuckled in his heart, and the face of a girl with a ponytail and bright eyes came to mind.

She also managed to secretly deliver food to herself when she was confined.

Why did I forget about her, damn it! Lin Zhong blamed himself as he ran towards the medical cabin.

Duan Xiong, who wanted to visit, saw that Lin Chong disappeared in an instant, thought for a while, and stopped.

Han Tianhu saw that something was wrong with him, so he pouted and left, he was still in a hurry to smoke two puffs of cigarettes to relieve his fatigue.

"So what do we do now? Commander? Qin Su asked.

"Return to the Tumen Star Base and rest and wait." Duan Xiong didn't talk nonsense, and didn't let the pain of defeat and the sadness of losing his comrades sway his judgment.

Although he longed to rush into Miwa Blue Star now, even if he died, it would be a comfort. But he knew that he couldn't die in vain, he had to live to figure out the situation and leave valuable intelligence information for future humans.

"Yes!" Qin Su replied with a salute, and then hurriedly returned to the Honghuang and began to return to the Xuanhuang in formation.

Eight lone human ships, in this cold void, flew towards Tumenxing.

The observation window outside the Xuanhuang Medical Room.

Looking at Wu Dieyi, who was lying in a fully enclosed medical cabin for treatment, Lin Chong felt a little uncomfortable.

Suddenly, Wu Dieyi suddenly woke up, her eyes widened in horror, she took a deep breath, and punched and kicked the transparent hatch of the medical cabin, shouting hoarsely: "Help, help me!" ”

Lin Chong hurriedly rushed in, quickly opened the hatch, and the frightened Wu Dieyi bounced up directly and hugged Lin Chong to death, still muttering about help.

Sighing slightly, Lin Chong's heart couldn't help but feel a little pity, and he gently stroked her back while whispering comfort.

"It's safe, it's safe, don't be afraid!"

"Woo woo woo ......"

Wu Dieyi, who gradually calmed down, grabbed the corner of Lin Chong's clothes and refused to let go, and cried bitterly.

Lin Zhong understood that it must be the closed medical cabin that reminded her of the fear in the escape pod. The kind of lonely drifting alone in the escape pod, in this vast universe...... Then, after the oxygen is exhausted, he slowly suffocates to death.

Looking at Wu Dieyi's curled up in his arms like a frightened bird, Lin Chong's heartbeat gradually accelerated.

"Dieyi, how are you? Don't cry, you're safe! Don't be afraid! ”

Mu Nanqi hurriedly ran in from outside the door.

Wu Dieyi raised her head and saw that it was Mu Nanqi, so she nodded lightly and wiped her tears with her hands.

"Rest well, we'll be back to Tumen in no time. She'll be left to your care. Lin Zhong got up and said to Mu Nanqi with a serious face.

Mu Nanqi didn't dare to look at Lin Chong's eyes, but nodded silently. Since she was rescued, she has been hiding in her dormitory all day, without the ghosts and spirits of the past.

Seeing her eyes that had lost their light, Lin Chong also sighed slightly in his heart, this failure, the sacrificed comrades were unwilling to die, and the living people were also psychologically and spiritually put on heavy shackles.

……

Soon, the Xuanhuang slowly began to enter the hangar at the base of the Sunset Mountains with the formation...... At this time, it is the early morning of the sunset mountain range, the red glow is flying all over the sky, and the mountain wind is rising.

"It's beautiful."

Lin Chong, who had just stepped out of the spaceship, looked up at the sky and sighed.

"Welcome back......" Luo Ping'an, who had been waiting for a long time, said in a low voice. When he saw in the video of the command center, only eight spaceships had returned, he was silent for a long time.

"Lao Luo, it's a great pleasure to see you again." Duan Xiong walked out of the hatch of the spaceship and said to Luo Ping'an with a wry smile.

Luo Ping'an didn't reply, stood upright, and saluted everyone!

On the way back to the command center, everyone was speechless. Lin Zhong walked at the end, looking at the backs of Duan Xiong and Luo Ping'an, he knew that the hearts of these two were probably dripping blood.

……

A few hours later, Lin Chong, who had just returned to the dormitory after eating and teasing the jumping mushrooms, received a call from the command center of the base, asking him to go to Duan Xiong's room, thinking that there was something important, Lin Chong did not dare to delay, and hurriedly went to find Duan Xiong.

Duan Xiong's room was the office of Alexander, the former commander of the task force, and at this time, he was sitting on the polished leather chair, looking at the soot on the table, and his thoughts were full of thoughts.

"Report!"

"Enter!"

Lin Zhong pushed open the door and walked in for unknown reasons.

"Are you looking for me?" Lin Chong was not polite, and sat on the sofa with a butt.

"yes, I'm going to talk to you." Duan Xiong said with a smile.

Lin Chong, who was confused, didn't understand what it meant, what to talk to him, and if he wanted to find a big beauty, it would be interesting to talk to him.

"Now the whole Tumenstar, oh no, the entire Andromeda galaxy to be exact, we're the only humans left." As Duan Xiong spoke, the smile on his face gradually disappeared, replaced by a sad face.

"I understand, you're a bare-bones commander now." Lin Zhong said with a wicked smile on his face.

"You kid...... Alas, it is said that it is the entire Andromeda Galaxy, in fact, our navy actually controls the four colonial planets closest to the Milky Way, and the rest of the city is black-eyed. Duan Xiong said helplessly and lightly knocked on the table.

"Huh? No, didn't I say when I was on Earth that we would take the entire Andromeda Galaxy? Lin Zhong sat up straight, as if he had heard some big joke.

Before on Earth, I watched all kinds of overwhelming propaganda every day, and at every turn, the navy sailed out of the solar system, sailed out of the Milky Way, or controlled where and where.

"Hey, publicity, everyone is happy. In fact, since the establishment of the United Empire and the explosion of technology in certain fields, citizens have misconceptions and illusions about the power of the Empire. The Navy can only respond to the expectations of citizens with such propaganda. Duan Xiong said, his words were full of helplessness, he once tried his best to persuade the fleet command, hoping to promote the naval strength realistically, but the answer he got was only one sentence, that is: This is a white lie!

Lin Chong was speechless for a while, and Mr. Gao Wencai also said to him privately that human beings have not reached the height imagined by human beings, and this state is very dangerous, and the failure of the navy is not just that the enemy is too strong? This is something to reflect on.

At that time, Lin Zhong didn't really understand Mr. Gao's words, but now, he seemed to understand in his heart.

"As a joke, we don't even understand the galaxy! The navy, on the other hand, is obsessed with the farthest distance it can reach. ”

"It's like we're paving a road in the universe, and we don't care what's on either side of the road, we just think about how to pave it fast and far?"

Lin Chong looked at Duan Xiong and smiled a little speechlessly.

Duan Xiong nodded very approvingly, exactly. The current technology of mankind is not enough for the Navy to be so aggressive. The most advanced weapon of the entire human race is the antimatter cannon, and the only one is still installed on the "Dragon City", because the volume is too huge to be equipped with the navy, and the research on miniaturization is still in the research room of the Imperial Academy of Sciences.

At present, the Navy's interstellar navigation capability is available, but the combat level is difficult to describe. It's like a little hairy kid with scuds, and it's useless to run far away, and a small ball of meat in Tucker is enough for you to drink a pot.

"Saying so much, I came to you today just to tell you that we don't know if we can wait for support, with the state of the navy, I estimate that there is a high probability that they will give up on us, and we will have to rely on ourselves in the future." Duan Xiong said, looking at Lin Zhong with a look of relief.

"Hey, you don't have to report this to me, isn't it your Commander Duan?" Lin Chong said with a flattering face, and then leaned over and lay on the sofa.

"In the future, I will be in charge of the base, and the fleet will be handed over to you."

Duan Xiong got up, stared at the lazy Lin Zhong with a serious face with his hands behind his back, and said solemnly.

Hearing this, Lin Zhong was excited, what the hell is it??? I heard you right???

"You're not kidding, are you?"

"Private forest, in view of your excellent performance in the battle against the Tuckers, I hereby promote you to the rank of major in the name of the headquarters of the First Fleet! Take on the role of the Commander of the Garrison Squadron at Sunset Mountain Naval Base! ”

Lin Chong's eyes widened, and he looked at Duan Xiong incredulously, repeatedly confirming that this old boy was not joking.

After observing for a long time, Lin Zhong confirmed that he was indeed not joking.

"No, the promotion is not so promoted, right, the private goes directly to the major? Why don't you get me a general? Lin Zhong was a little speechless and said, how sloppy this sounds, it is not reliable at all. Besides, this garrison squadron, a total of eight ships, what about the trouble?

I saw Duan Xiong, who had a serious face, suddenly smiled, grinned at Lin Chong and said: "Isn't this the command of the first ship that can't be controlled now, the sky is high and the emperor is far away, Lao Tzu has the final say, you behave well, next time Lao Tzu will give you a major general!" ”

Lin Zhong immediately rolled his eyes, and said silently in his heart: Big silly fork!