Fang Zheng was not surprised by Sidonia's choice. In fact, he had long guessed that this was the only choice she would make.

The reason is very simple. When the difference between the two sides is too great, the weaker side will either work hard or die. This is true for people and countries. A weak and impoverished country will naturally have to make a lot of sacrifices to catch up with advanced and wealthy countries. What's the point of just shouting that everyone is equal?

What's more, people are born unequal.

Who will be your equal?

If Sidonia wants to control her own destiny, she has to make sacrifices, because apart from sacrifice, they really have nothing else to offer in exchange.

The suggestion made by the other party was similar to what Fang Zheng had thought, that is, Sidonia would attract the other party's attention in the front, and the Blue Fleet would launch a surprise attack from the rear. Fang Zheng certainly would not object to this and nodded in agreement.

As for Xing Baixian and Shirohagi Tsumugi, they were naturally stationed in the Azure Fleet as representatives of Sidonia. To put it bluntly, she was just a messenger. If there was anything going on in Sidonia, it would be passed on to Fang Zheng through her, and Fang Zheng's answer would also be passed back to Sidonia through her. From this point of view, Xing Baixian was like an ambassador of Sidonia at the moment...

Xing Baixian naturally had no objection to staying on the Azure Fleet. As the saying goes, it is easy to go from frugality to luxury, but it is difficult to go from luxury to frugality. In the past, Xing Baixian grew up on Sidonia and got used to the environment there, so she didn't think there was anything wrong. But after living on the Azure Fleet for a few days, she felt uncomfortable when she went back.

It’s like the rural college students in the 1970s and 1980s who went to the city to enjoy city life, and then returned to the countryside with a completely different feeling.

As for Shiroha Ito, she also likes to stay in the Azure Fleet, and her reason is a little special. Although everyone in Sidonia is very warm and friendly to Shiroha Ito, as a 15-meter-tall behemoth, Shiroha Ito can't move freely and can only sense the outside world through tentacles. In addition, although Shiroha Ito is a human, she is also a fusion individual of Qijuzi after all. No matter how close she is to others, seeing that everyone in Sidonia is human, she can't help feeling that she is an alien and out of place.

But it was different in the Azure Fleet. After all, the Azure Fleet was full of Zergs. Although Zergs and Kijuku were not the same thing, they were all "monsters", which was at least much better than being alone. And in Shiraha Ito's opinion, those Zergs were also very enthusiastic about her, often surrounding her like kittens and puppies...

Of course, if Fang Zheng knew what Bai Yu Yi Tsumugi was thinking, he would tell her that these Zergs surrounding her were not trying to get close to her, but were discussing how to transform and integrate her better...

So sometimes not being able to speak the language is a good thing.

In addition to Xing Baixian, Sidonia also sent a team of guard mechas to garrison together. The pilots of these guard mechas are all clones, similar to Misaka sisters, and everyone looks almost the same, with long pink hair and the same appearance.

But compared to Misaka sisters, the personalities of these clones are still closer to normal people.

And their names are not like Misaka sisters, which are just Misaka followed by 12345. This group of clones are called Ping sisters. The most interesting thing is that their names are all Ping with a Chinese character next to the character for fire, starting from the beginning. They are Pingyan, Pinglian, Pingfeng, Pinglu, Pingchao, Pingdeng, Pinglao, Pingjiong, Pinghuang, Pingchi, Pingzhu...

Compared to Misaka12345, this naming method obviously gives people a more cultured feeling.

Although I still can't tell who is who.

Of course, these Guardian mechas didn't come here just to eat and drink. Fang Zheng needed them to serve as sparring partners for his little girls, so that they could get used to fighting in the weightless environment of space. Considering that Qi Juzi would definitely fuse a bunch of mecha replicas as the vanguard army, as long as they fought with the mechas, they could accumulate experience.

This is also the reason why Sidonia sent a team of mechas to serve as sparring partners.

For Kiana and other Valkyries, it is not easy to maintain balance and control direction in a weightless environment, and practicing with the Guardian mechas also exposed some of their shortcomings. Of course, this does not mean that the Valkyries cannot beat the Guardian mechas. They are just mechas, and the Herrschers can dismantle them with their bare hands.

However, in terms of speed, the Valkyrie is slightly inferior.

Especially when the Guardian Mecha launched a sudden attack, only Kiana could keep up by teleporting through space jumps.

However... As we all know, spatial positioning in the universe is extremely difficult due to the lack of reference objects, so a lot of calculations and locking are required to calibrate direction and distance.

But Kiana's brain is like that of a paramecium, and talking to her about this is basically like talking to a cow...So every time Fang Zheng sees her jump in the wrong direction, he gets so angry that he almost dies, and he wishes he could replace her brain.

Fortunately, there are still smart ones. For example, Bronya plans to improve the Heavy Armor Bunny according to the jet device of the mecha... Well, Fang Zheng still has full trust in Bronya's IQ.

The ability of the Ruler of Reason is also trustworthy in this regard.

Through Xing Baixian, Fang Zheng also discussed the battle plan with Sidonia.

Actually, there was nothing to discuss. Sidonia's original plan was to enter the Rem Galaxy, occupy the ninth planet first, and use the ninth planet's star ring as a barrier to fight the mass fleet. Now the plan will naturally not change. It is the same as before, except that this time they don't need to fight alone, but are mainly responsible for resisting the attack of the mass fleet and attracting the opponent's troops. Then Fang Zheng led the Blue Fleet to attack from the rear and kill it by surprise.

As for how Fang Zheng is going to seal the core, that is the business of the Blue Fleet. Sidonia doesn't have that ability.

Fang Zheng would not let them work in vain. He would leave the Valkyrie and several aircraft carriers here to assist Sidonia in resisting Qijuzi's attack, while he would lead Rodney and several other large warships to attack the rear. After all, given the size of the Volkswagen Combined Ship, ordinary destroyers would be useless.

This was also thanks to Sidonia making the right decision. If they really intended to sit on the mountain and watch the fight, Fang Zheng would not mind letting them know how dangerous it was to stand there and watch two giants fighting.

However……

"This Volkswagen boat is running too slowly."

Tesla immediately complained as he watched the mass-transport ship moving towards Sidonia. Although everything went smoothly, it would take at least three days for the mass-transport ship to reach the battlefield according to its speed... This was not a strange thing for Sidonia. Because the power that currently propels the mass-transport ship comes from the immigrant ship that was previously devoured by the Qijuzi, the engine simulated by the Qijuzi was that immigrant ship's engine.

Although the Qijuzi that simulated the immigration ship had been destroyed by Sidonia, since it had been swallowed and digested, it was not surprising that this mass-merger ship would have such ability.

However, it is conceivable that without opening the technology tree for superluminal travel, even if the engine thrust is amplified tens of thousands times, it is not an easy task to push such a huge machine.

"It's still too soon for Sidonia. They wish they could come back a year later to give them enough time to improve their mecha technology."

Fang Zheng shrugged and spoke.

By the way, after Ochiai became a fused individual, Hoshiro Kan returned to Sidonia and explained to the captain that Ochiai used the tentacle monster to control his brain. So Sidonia then conducted a major inspection of the entire ship and actually found several people who were also controlled.

From this we can see that Noriyuki Kitsugami was actually also controlled by Ochiai, but his experience was even worse. After Ochiai's consciousness was transplanted into the fused individual, Noriyuki Kitsugami lost his usefulness and was thrown aside by him. As a result, the guy was reduced to ashes under the graviton emission rays reflected by Kiana, without even a hair left.

When Tesla heard Fang Zheng's answer, an idea suddenly flashed in his mind.

"Didn't they absorb the Guardian mecha and the pilot? If they use the skill called Palm Position, wouldn't they be able to run faster?"

"You should be thankful that these guys are not that smart..."

However, before Fang Zheng could finish his words, a rapid alarm suddenly sounded, followed by Leander's voice.

"Report to the commander, the target has increased its speed and is rapidly approaching Sidonia!"

"What's going on? Let me see?"

"yes."

Soon, the image of the Mass Manned Ship appeared on the screen again. At this moment, everyone also saw that at the rear of the Mass Manned Ship on the screen, the originally simulated jet nozzles had become several in number. They were arranged to form a circle, interlaced and connected together, spraying bright red particle winds, pushing the huge body forward.

"Everyone is on the ship. We still have ten hours to reach Sidonia!"

"…You have a bad mouth."

Fang Zheng glared at Tesla speechlessly. Just as Tesla said, it seems that the Honkai beasts in this world are not stupid either...

"Notify Sidonia... but I think they already know."

Just as Fang Zheng expected, Sidonia had already acted quickly at this moment. The acceleration of the mass ship was completely beyond their expectations, but now there was no other way except to set up a defense line immediately.

Soon, mechas flew out from Sidonia and quickly formed into a formation. At the same time, the warships of the Azure Fleet also appeared from the rear and began to merge with Sidonia.

"Is that the battleship of the Azure Fleet? So impressive..."

Looking at the huge warship shining with golden light, Sidonia's operators couldn't help but sigh with emotion. It was the first time for them to fight side by side with others. In the past, when dealing with these strange creatures, Sidonia could only rely on herself to fight alone, but now... this feeling of having someone around is really good.

Riding in the white feather robe, Xing Baixian was a little nervous at the moment. At this moment, suddenly, a communication signal sounded, and then a man's voice appeared in Xing Baixian's ears.

"Xingbai?"

"Ah, Tanifu-kun? What's going on?"

Hearing this voice, Xing Baixian's heart skipped a beat. The person she was talking to was Gu Feng Changdao, who was also Sidonia's ace pilot. Xing Baixian also had a deep connection with him and the two had a good relationship. During the time when Xing Baixian was missing, Gu Feng Changdao was worried about Xing Baixian. And Xing Baixian also had a good impression of this young man named Gu Feng Changdao.

Unfortunately, after Xing Baixian returned to Sidonia from the Azure Fleet, she found that Tanikaze Nagamichi had some ambiguous relationships with two girls, Kohuse Izana and Midorikawa, and she could no longer get close to them as before.

"Is this okay? Let the blue fleet take the lead... do we really not need to help?"

According to the tactics discussed between the Azure Fleet and Sidonia, the entire defense network is divided into three layers. The first layer is composed of the Azure Fleet's aircraft carriers and destroyers, responsible for intercepting most of the Kijuzu. The second layer is managed by the Valkyries, mainly responsible for sweeping up the fish that escaped the Azure Fleet's fire. Sidonia's own mecha troops are deployed in the rear to defend their own motherships and deal with the remaining enemies.

"This is the decision made by the Commander and the Captain. We just need to guard our line of defense."

Xing Baixian certainly understood the purpose of doing this. It was not that he looked down on Sidonia, but he had seen on Leander before that the Qijuzi that attacked this time were almost all simulated as Guardian mechas. When Sidonia's defense forces encountered the Qijuzi simulated as mechas before, only four Qijuzi caused half of the casualties of the defense forces.

The number of Qijuzu simulated as mechas dispatched this time is as high as hundreds of thousands. With the number of mechas in Sidonia, it is likely that they will not be enough to fill the gaps.

Perhaps the two sides were destroyed the moment they met.

"I understand... Be careful, Xingbai, and Shiyou."

"Okay, Gufeng-kun."

"Thank you, Mr. Gufeng."

Hearing what Gu Feng said, Xing Baixian and Bai Yuyi Tsumugi immediately responded, and at this moment, an unhappy voice interrupted the communication channel.

"Really? Why don't you come and ask me, Changdao?"

"Ah, Izana..."

Hearing the conversation between Izana and Tani Kaze Nagamichi, Xing Baixian couldn't help but smile. Kohuze Izana is also a crew member of Sidonia, but "she" was not originally a man or a woman, but a "neutron" who is neither male nor female. This is also one of the races that appeared after Sidonia's genetic adjustment. A major feature of this race is that it will change its gender according to the gender of the object.

When Hoshira Kan died for the first time, Kohuse Izana was just a "neutral" that was neither male nor female.

But this time when Xing Baixian returned from the Blue Fleet, he found that it had turned into "she", and from its original genderless body, it had completely transformed into a female.

As for who is the object of her change...that goes without saying.

"The Qijuzi army is approaching the defense line!!"

Hearing the notification from behind, Xing Baixian collected his thoughts and looked forward again.

"Come on, Siyou, we will definitely be able to protect Sidonia!"

“Yes, Onee-sama!!”