Today is another peaceful day for Alpha Space Fortress...
The warships at Chaohai Base took off one after another, and everyone abandoned the speedboats, evacuating the Chaohai area as quickly as possible.
The Tide Sea Mermaids migrated to the ocean as close as possible to their main base, plunging into the deeper waters.
Sain held her youngest daughter tightly as they boarded the private warship. Her eyes were red as she watched Matthews, Lilybeth, and Cyreno say goodbye to her before turning and swimming into the deep sea.
If the Tide Sea is destroyed, the Tide Sea Clan will also disappear from this universe.
Saiyin sought help from Lin Shuangqiao and Wu Jinyue, but the other two S-class guides were far away in other star systems, and even if they rushed back immediately, it would be too late.
Before the others could react, Sangye and Du Yuan were stuffed into Rong Cheng's warship and set off for the main base.
Looking back, Sangye saw that the sea was calm and the tide was still, making their escape seem like an overreaction.
Half an hour after the warship had sailed, a huge roar suddenly came from overhead, like the roar of some giant object about to descend.
Rong Cheng didn't look up, but her expression was serious.
"What is that?" Du Yuan looked up, and the sky suddenly darkened, becoming pitch black.
"Space Fortress." Rong Cheng lowered the flight altitude. "The Space Fortress has arrived."
As her words fell, the sharp, silver-gray fortress pierced the planet's atmosphere, slowly and irresistibly.
Its enormous body resembles a continuous snow-capped mountain range, blocking out the sky and dominating everyone's view.
Moreover, the air pressure from another space fortress behind them forced a massive crater into the ocean below.
The Sentinels' individual warships are like bees in a hive compared to the main warship, while the main warship looks like baby bees in front of the space fortress.
Insignificant and vulnerable.
Rong Cheng's communication channel buzzed twice, followed by a notification tone that pounded on their hearts like a death knell.
“Take it.” Sangye nodded.
Rong Cheng pressed the bright red communication button.
The person on the other end of the communication seemed to be able to see every move inside the warship. Lin Shuangqiao's voice rang out, calm and gentle but not stern: "Colonel Sangye, please log in to Alpha Fortress."
A small T-platform descended from the belly of the space fortress, with bright red indicator lights constantly urging it on.
"You all get out." Sangye looked at the giant metal object and cut off the communication. "Rongcheng, you take your master and Jinwu back to the base. Then ask your parents to pick you up and leave Black Tower Star."
Rong Cheng's face was pale.
Before she could speak, Kuwano opened the fuselage of the warship and dragged her from the cockpit.
"Sang Sang!" Du Yuan screamed, but was pushed down by Sang Ye, followed by Rong Cheng who jumped down next to her.
The colossal creature remained unmoved. Its target was not insignificant people.
The fuselage slowly closed, leaving only a stunned Kuangye in the cockpit.
She looked at the communication that had just been "cut off," the indicator light flashing green, like a silent mockery.
The communication was never cut off; from the moment the conversation began, Eve had taken control of the small warship.
Rong Cheng's warships are base property.
"Coordinates have been set, Colonel Sango, please be seated." Eve's sweet, mechanical voice rang out.
Sangye looked at the golden light on the sea surface, where the golden crow trailed its long tail feathers, illuminating that small patch of sky and earth.
*
Not long had it been since I last saw Lin Shuangqiao, less than half a year.
The few people on the bridge were all her close advisors and confidants, and they looked at Kuwano who had been brought in with solemn expressions.
Kuwano was still dressed for vacation, wearing only a knee-length shirt over her swimsuit.
At this moment, two important officials were standing next to Lin Shuangqiao, and coincidentally, Sangye knew them both.
Sain lowered his eyes and pursed his lips.
Wu Jin was tall and imposing, his black hair pulled back, and he had changed into his combat uniform. A snow-white fox tail bloomed on his cuffs and chest, and he was expressionless.
Lin Shuangqiao, dressed in black and gold, stood in the center of the bridge, exuding imperial majesty, with two giant saber-toothed tigers lying beside him.
Lin Shuangqiao patted Sain on the shoulder, as if to comfort him.
When Lin Shuangqiao saw Sangye, she neither blamed nor was angry.
"Your Majesty, we cannot locate His Highness's position. The locator appears to be severely damaged," a technician reported to Lin Shuangqiao.
Lin Shuangqiao nodded, remaining calm and composed.
She gestured for Sangye to come to her side. The saber-toothed tiger represented the master's inner state; it was very calm, not even its whiskers twitched.
She and Kuwano looked out at the tidal sea through the huge porthole, as if reminiscing about the past with friends:
"Colonel Kuwano, all active legions in the Empire are named with G. Because when my mother named her children, I was the seventh in line, so G is my order and my legion. Later, I won the War for the Throne, and the other legions either disappeared or were merged. But this fortress is the only one that is not named with G."
Sangye remembered that Lin Shuangqiao called this space fortress "Alpha".
Lin Shuangqiao, however, started talking about something else.
"At first, my legion and my fellow sisters' legions were evenly matched, and we had no way to deal with each other."
"Until Changli was born. He displayed extraordinary strength even in his childhood, crushing all S-class Sentinels in the world, and leading my legion to defeat one opponent after another. I conquered planets, cultivated power, won over the hearts of the people, and stabilized internal affairs. And he always fought for me. Until the end, we won."
“I was also convinced that the future would belong to him.” Lin Shuangqiao frowned slightly, and the two saber-toothed tigers stood up and paced back and forth somewhat uneasily.
"This may be the first time you've heard these things, because you're not from this world."
Lin Shuangqiao recounted the incident in a casual tone.
Sangye knew she couldn't hide it anymore; her drastic change was inexplicable except for the fact that she had changed people.
She lowered her head, avoiding Lin Shuangqiao's gaze.
"It's really nothing. There are too many wonderful things in interstellar space. I'm not trying to intimidate or threaten you. I didn't bring the space fortress here for you."
The instruments on the bridge kept spinning, trying to locate the ship.
Space fortresses are only meant to be crushed and destroyed; they are forever destined to be pulverized or crushed.
The target is self-evident.
“I’ve been prepared to lose him for a long time. After the mental upheaval, there’s no telling what might cause it to rage again, or what might lead to its final beastly transformation. Even if it’s not today, something else in the future could be the trigger.” Lin Shuangqiao was gentle yet strong, and she accepted everything with equanimity. “So I won’t blame any of you.”
“I bear a great deal of responsibility for how Changli has become like this.” Lin Shuangqiao finally revealed her regret. “As a mother, I don’t want him to die. So I will do everything I can to save him.”
She turned to look at Sangye, “Changli rejected all of our mental power, especially during the mental upheaval. We had no way to enter his mental realm, but he never rejected you. Now only you can awaken him again. I know this is very dangerous, your mental power is not equal to his at all, but I also know you are very special, you are different from all of us guides.”
Sangye was stunned for a moment, and after a long while, he heard his own voice: "What if I don't want to, Your Majesty?"
Lin Shuangqiao didn't mind: "Cooperation has its advantages, and non-cooperation also has its methods."
Sangye remained silent.
"As long as you go there, regardless of the outcome, I will wipe your sentence clean, allow you free access to Black Tower Star, and even grant you a military rank."
As long as I can come back alive.
This was an immense temptation, so great that Kuwano could not resist.
Moreover, once Black Tower is destroyed, where will she be sent, and what will her situation be, given that she is already serving a life sentence?
What should Rong Cheng and his master do?
Kuwano seemed to have no reason to refuse.
“It’s okay if we fail.” As if to comfort him, Lin Shuangqiao pointed to the space fortress. “This is one of the three major space fortresses that Chang Li once commanded, Alpha; and the only legion with an independent name. This is his honor.”
Kuwano guessed the answer.
“But today, I cannot let him escape. I will use this planet and his Alpha to pay for his death. He is a marshal, and like a marshal, he will die gloriously on the battlefield.”
"Beep—beep—beep!!!" A sharp beeping sound rang out in the bridge.
"Your Majesty, we have located the location."
"Where?"
"On the artificial island."
Lin Shuangqiao was visibly stunned.
“That was the island you built for him.” Sangye had heard Lin Changli mention it before.
For the first time, Lin Shuangqiao showed a sad expression. But she could no longer get close to her.
"Colonel, I wish you success."
*
The air near the artificial island was scorching hot, and violent mental energy raged throughout the space. The seawater boiled and surged, and the rising steam blurred everyone's vision, making it impossible to see what was happening on the island.
Occasionally, flames streaked across the sky, as if the phoenix was issuing a warning.
Instead of entering from the air, Kuwano chose to dive into the deep sea.
Like all the islands in the Chaohai area, the artificial island also has a pool dug that leads to the Chaohai Sea.
What was originally just a routine custom construction has now brought great convenience to Sangye.
Lin Changli's beast transformation wasn't beyond redemption, otherwise the seawater would have been boiled by now.
The temperature was still bearable, and with his rapid progress in diving over the past few days, Kuwano didn't spend much time getting to the bottom of the pool.
Inside the space fortress not far away, which had been observing the island's movements, the testing personnel measured that the temperature around the island had dropped, while Kuwano was still traveling in the sea.
Although the island was shrouded in mist, obscuring the specifics of the situation, Lin Shuangqiao suddenly chuckled.
Wu Jinyue turned his head to look.
"Jin Yue, you have more children than me. What do you think about that?" Lin Shuangqiao asked with a smile.
“I think Alpha Fortress and Black Tower will be safe and sound today,” Wu Jinyue replied, watching the temperature slowly drop.
Before surfacing, Sangye spent a long time preparing himself mentally.
It would be a lie to say she wasn't afraid, after all, she had never dealt with this situation before.
She didn't know how much rationality Lin Changli still retained.
When she furtively emerged from the pool, she realized something was wrong; the water was warm.
A huge black shadow fell around her. She looked up, and the phoenix looked down, meeting her gaze.
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