After a moment of thought, Zero decided to put down doubts about Franklin's identity. It's a secret about him, even if you ask the giant, you won't necessarily be able to tell it, so it's better to wait and find out later. Changing the subject, he said, "I heard Cinderella say that you've been to Ishtar. Then why are you here?"

Franklin rolled his eyes and said, "You want to go to Ishtar?"

"Yes, I want to make a deal with the rebels. "Zero ambiguity.

"Then you don't have to go. The giant sighed slightly, and said, "Ishtar is finished, and I escaped from there." ”

"What?"

In the meeting room aboard the Destiny, Zero summons Kaede and the others and Cinderella to tell all about Estar that he had heard from Franklin. Franklin didn't hide this, from his encounter with the Knights of the Papal Hall, to the Iron Scale's intervention, to Sauron's secret cooperation with Deborah and finally the destruction of Istta. However, he concealed that Sauron had taken him away, and simply said that he had escaped from Ista and was still pursued by Zoro and his wife, and he fled to this sea area to be saved.

But this does not prevent Zero from grasping Estah's current information, and at the same time, he also has a more intuitive understanding of Zoro's ability from the side. From this incident, it can be seen that Zoro is not simple, the Iron Scale and Deborah are a chess piece that he has arranged for a long time, and only now has used it. And with a thunderous posture, completely destroyed the headquarters of the rebels.

Next, the Western Continent will usher in the most turbulent era. The three corners of the Papal Chamber, the pirates and the rebels are like the cornerstones, and now one corner has collapsed, and the Papal Hall is powerful. Without the rebels' restraint, Sauron may soon take on the pirates. Then Roaring Bay will no longer be a refuge for pirates.

It's just that the news of the destruction of Ishtar should not have spread yet, and there are very few people who have predicted the undercurrent of the times. And when it was discovered that the undercurrent had turned into a tsunami that destroyed the world, it was too late to reverse the unchangeable fate.

"No, something has to be done!" Cinderella stood up, as one of the four pirate groups, she naturally knew what the consequences would be after the destruction of Ista would be: "I have to go to the Sea House immediately, I must tell everyone about it." Especially Deborah, he turned out to be Zoro's lackey, this matter must not be left like this!"

"Don't be impulsive. Zero grabbed her hand and said, "The news must get out so that the others can prepare in advance." But the time of transmission is very important, not to mention to deal with the Pope's Chamber, your liliang alone is not enough. ”

"Franklin said that Sauron had just sabotaged Istar and killed the leader Ulsen. Of course, there must have been quite a few soldiers killed on the rebel side. But don't forget, their two remaining leaders aren't dead yet, and all their forces aren't going to let Zoro and Deborah eat them all like that. In other words, they still retain a certain amount of strength. ”

Zero looked at everyone and said, "I want to go to Ishtar, and Franklin has asked me to take him back." He said that Ishtar was indirectly destroyed in his hands, and that it was necessary for him to go back and confirm the current situation of the rebels. ”

"When I'm back from Ishta, I'll go with you to the Sea House to tell the others the news. Believe me, we still have a lot to do, and Sauron won't let that sit on his laurels. Because" Zero looked at Cinderella and said lightly, "I'm here!"

Cinderella was stunned for a moment and said, "Can you walk with me to the side of the ship?"

Zero nodded, and asked Kaede to pass on his instructions, and Billy went to ask Franklin for advice on the route to Ishta. He and Cinderella came to the side deck of the ship outside the Destiny, facing the sea, and Cinderella suddenly turned around and said: "Who are you? Intervening in the disputes on our continent should not be the work of the so-called adventurous merchants, right? What's more, your strength is far more than a caravan should have!"

"Put away your liliang. Zero calmly sat down on the deck and said lightly, "I know, Cinderella." You grew up in the midst of war, and you chose to become a pirate to rebel against the Papal Chamber. But you don't want outsiders like me to interfere and make things worse, so you're going to do whatever it takes to use force against me if necessary, do you?"

Cinderella took a look, bit her lip and said, "That's right, even if I don't want to be happy in the future because of this." But the continent is chaotic enough, and I don't want you to make it even more chaotic. ”

"You're wrong. Zero beckoned, motioning for Cinderella to sit next to him.

Cinderella hesitated for a moment, but sat down as she said. Zero took her hand and kissed her lightly on the hand, "Whether you believe it or not, I'm going to tell you." Cinderella, my enemy is not here. It's not on any continent, it's powerful, so powerful that it takes Liliang to gather everyone to be able to fight it. For the Western Continent, I am indeed an outsider. But what I bring is not chaos, but order. Because I hope that after the restoration of order, the Western Continent can become my ally in the future, and join me in the fight against that powerful enemy. It's not just for me, it's for this shijie. ”

"You may not understand it now, but please stay with me. I believe that it will not be long before you will understand, and you can also supervise me, and if you find that what I am doing is contrary to what I am saying at this moment, you can always take action against me. Zero looked straight at Cinderella.

Cinderella looked at him conscriptively, and after a long time, she nodded, "Okay, I trust you." But like you said, if one day I find out that you are cheating on me, then we are enemies!"

"Don't worry, I won't let that moment come, my Queen. Zero stood up and learned the tone of the pirates aboard the Monster.

Cinderella couldn't help but laugh.

Zero said, "Let's see how Billy's waterway picture goes." ”

When the two arrived at the infirmary, they bumped into Billy coming out. Franklin's description was clear and on point, allowing Billy to quickly map the passage to Ishta. At Destiny's speed, they could reach Ishtar in three days. So the Destiny rounded the Sea House and followed the course provided by Franklin towards Ishta.

At night, the Destiny is moored near an isolated island. Haiwei and the others couldn't sit still on the boat, so they planned to go to the isolated island. Knowing that everyone was going to be busy next, Zero suggested that a party be held on the island. The crew was delighted to hear the news, and Zero invited Franklin as well. The giant's injuries were basically fine, and he didn't want to stay in the medical room, so he gladly accepted it.

It was only when he walked out of the medical room that Franklin was visibly symptomatic. And when he came to the isolated island to watch the Destiny, Franklin couldn't help but tremble.

"Scare, big man. Kaede had just taken some food from the Destiny, and when he saw Franklin like this, he smiled and said, "Our ship is not like a normal one." ”

"yes, I was scared. Franklin lowered his head, his hands still trembling slightly.

Next to the zero in the eyes thoughtful.

Soon, a bonfire was built on the beach side of the isolated island. Kaede and Cayton also went to the island to bring a few mutant beasts to roast and eat, and the crew ate to a great extent, they hadn't relaxed like this for a long time. Zuihou didn't return to the boat at all, and just set up a marching tent and slept on the beach.

Zero was no exception, but in the middle of the night, he suddenly woke up. Zero crept out of the tent, just in time to see the Destiny rise and fall slightly on the water in the dark red skylight. A huge figure jumped onto the ship's side deck and stepped into the Destiny.

It was Franklin, who didn't use the passkey, but pressed his palm against the hull of the ship like the Zero, and the Destiny opened the entrance for him. There were other people on board, but they were all asleep at this time. What's more, Franklin landed silently, and the tall figure walked along the main passage of the spaceship to the control room, and no one knew it.

He walked into the control room and went straight to the console. Franklin's hands kept sliding on the light screen of the console, and if Billy was next to him now, he would definitely jump with excitement, because the weapon systems that neither he nor Dr. Kord could decode were unraveled one by one under Franklin's complex operation. In addition to the particle beam cannon, one antimatter cannon on each side of the bow and other weapon platforms were shown on the screen, all of which changed from a red unusable state to a green activated state.

Franklin searched for other systems, and Zuihou said to himself, "Good, all weapons are still working." The efficiency of the energy system is not as good as before, but it is okay. With it, maybe we can get everyone back."

"That's not going to work. ”

Suddenly, another voice rang out at the door of the control room, and Franklin turned abruptly. Behind the dimly lit control room door, Zero walked out. He looked at Franklin condescendingly from the captain's platform and said, "It took a lot of effort to get the Destiny into service, and we can't let Mr. Franklin drive away at will, can we?"

"Fate?" said Franklin, "is this its current name?" ”

"Let's talk about you, Mr. Franklin. The weapon system that our engineers have been unable to decode has been opened for you in three or so clicks, and it seems that you are familiar with this ship from the last era. So can I speculate that you're not from this era, Mr. Franklin?" said Zero lightly.

Below the control room, Franklin fell silent. But as his eyes gradually lit up and flushed, a rough and thick power quietly emanated. Zero shook his head and said, "Don't get me wrong, Mr. Franklin. I don't intend to pursue your identity, there are already too many strange things in this shijie, and it's nothing to have you as a person who doesn't belong to this era. I'm sorry for overhearing you, but it seems that you were going to save some people, who are of course your compatriots."

"You went to Ishtar again, which means you want to cooperate with the rebels in some way in exchange for a chance to save your own people. Since the object of cooperation is the rebels, then your enemy is naturally the Papal Chamber?" Zero showed a faint smile: "If it is the Papal Chamber, then our goal is the same. I thought you might be able to work with me as well. ”

Franklin looked at Zero seriously, and he had to admit that Zero was smart. The contours of the whole event were already deduced from his few words, and Zero showed that he did not intend to dig into his identity, which won Franklin's favor. So he nodded and said, "How do you want to cooperate?"

Zero said lightly: "It's very simple, I still lack a deputy captain on the ship." Franklin is also very familiar with the Destiny's system, and if you are willing to join, I believe that the performance of the Destiny can be greatly improved. Of course, I hope you can tell my engineers how Destiny really works. In return, I'll help you get those people back, how about that?"

Franklin thought for a moment, nodded and said, "That's fair, I can't think of a reason to refuse." ”

"Then you are welcome, our vice-captain. Zero smiled.

Three days later, the Destiny made its way through the natural tunnels of the island to the inner bay, where it saw Ishtar in the distance. During these three days, the people on board were shocked. First Franklin suddenly became the Fate's co-captain, and then he began to instruct several engineers, including Billy, on some of the Destiny's previously encrypted systems. Under Franklin's guidance, the operators in the control room were finally able to use other weapon systems. According to Billy's assessment, the Destiny's performance has improved by at least 50%.

As for how Franklin was able to decipher the Destiny's encrypted systems, Zero only gave an explanation for how their co-captain, who was also a weapons engineer. Naturally, no one will really believe this explanation, but since Zero doesn't want to say it, no one else will get to the bottom of it. After all, everyone has more or less secrets of not wanting to be humane.

Compared with Franklin's identity, Ishtar's appearance shocked everyone's attention even more. From the windows of the Destiny's control room, the flames burning on Ishtar can be seen extinguished. But there are still pillars of smoke rising on the island, a scene after the disaster. Franklin had been to Ishtar before, and now he has revisited the same place, and he is most impressed.

In particular, the inner bay that was calm before Quarter Moon Island is now divided into two because of the change of the ocean currents in the sea, so the previously calm inner bay is now turbulent. The natural whirlpools on both sides of the island disappeared, leaving the rebel base without the protection of its natural barriers. If the Papal Chamber were to arrive at this time, Ishtar would be exposed to the guns of the Knights of the Holy Seal.

Seeing this scene, a thought arose in everyone's hearts: Ishtar is finished!

Ishtar is now divided into two peninsulas, east and west, and the Sunken is being overhauled on the East Peninsula docks facing the inner bay of the island of String Moon. They hadn't returned to Ishtar until two days before they had pursued the Iron Scale a few days ago. The damage to the Sunken was not serious, but it caused the air waves caused by Sauron's String Moon Vacuum Slash and Void Burst to weigh on one of the ship's masts and some scattered parts of the ship's hull.

Now that Ulson is dead, Jesse and Orlan are taking over the remnants of Ishtar's manpower. Sauron's attack was vicious, and the heaviest loss was the loss of the chieftain, followed by the destruction of the nuclear power plant and the Tower of Fertility at the north and south ends. The nuclear power plant is the source of Istah's energy supply, and the Tower of Fertility is the command center. The former is like blood, and the latter is the brain. Now that the blood has been cut off and the brain is gone, the iron giant Ishtar has naturally collapsed.

At present, the remaining two giants work together, Jesse recruits fighters, and Orlan urgently forms a temporary combat team. Of course, these two are no longer comparable in terms of scale and capacity.

Ishtar has already existed in name only, and the fragmentation of the islands has caused the current to change, causing the former natural barrier to disappear. This island can't stay any longer, otherwise the Pope's Hall only needs to dispatch two or three knights, and they can eat all their remaining liliang. The combat team led by Oran provided several plans, and of these plans, only two were more suitable.

One is to choose another base and start all over again, and the second is to break the whole into parts, infiltrate the Western Continent with all the staff, and then through the cooperation of the Pope's Chamber, continue the previous "harvest Jihua" in a different way.

Of the two options, Jesse and Oran unanimously decided to choose the latter. After all, it takes time and effort to choose another base, and it is impossible to rebuild a base of Ishtar's size in ten years. And now, they can't wait that long.

Since the second option was chosen, now the remnants of the rebel army Liliang had to be mobilized. It takes time to recover all the materials that can be used, gather the remnants, and prepare the ships to move to the mainland.

So when the Destiny sailed into the inner bay of Moonmoon Island, the docks on the Eastian Peninsula were busy. At the Sunken lookout at Pier 3, the Destiny was quickly spotted by the soldiers above and relayed the news to Jesse. Moments later, Jesse returned to the docks from the inner island and boarded the ship. Taking the binoculars from the soldier's hand and looking into the inner bay, the Destiny immediately caught Jesse's eye.

"There are no flags, I don't know if it's a pirate or someone from the Papal Chamber. But the appearance of this ship is very strange, is the blue flame an energy propulsion system? There should be no such technology on the pirate side, so it is more likely to say that the Pope Hall is more likely!" Jesse put down his binoculars and shouted: "Let the dock heavy gunners prepare, and if the enemy ship is in firing range, fire at me!"

"Can you hear me?"

Jesse was giving orders when suddenly a loud voice came from the inner bay: "Ishtar guys, don't get me wrong! I'm Franklin, I'm back to see where I can help! I beg you to let my ship dock!"

On the broadside deck of the Destiny, Franklin yelled at Ista in his loud voice. The giant's voice was like muffled thunder, resounding throughout the inner bay.

Jesse looked through the binoculars, and sure enough, there was a tall figure standing on the strange ship, it was none other than the giant Franklin they had brought back from Roaring Bay not long ago. But looking at the giant, Jesse gritted his teeth and said, "Leave him alone! It's because of him that we will give Sauron a chance, maybe he is also Zolon's lackey like Deborah!

On the Destiny, Zero saw that the battery on the other side's dock was still aimed at their direction, and immediately said: "It seems that they are not so friendly, there is no way, so they can only force landing." ”