Chapter 744: 'Gone with the Wind'
Eastern Star Region, Austin Star Region, 'Venus' Residence Planet.
This planet, which used to be famous for entertainment and film, is now engaged in a battle that is difficult to distinguish between true and false.
A tall dark blue mecha flew over the side of a building in the city, and the shrill explosion shattered many of the building's glass. In the sky not far away, another white mecha fired at high speed, and two laser beams violently tore through the space distance, passing through the dark blue mecha shell, leaving two burnt marks.
Soon, the building slowly fell down, and the people who had not yet fainted and died inside fled from the main body of the building like ants, some leaving quickly, and some falling into the billowing smoke below.
"Ah--"
Various screams came from inside and outside the building, and some rescue hovercrafts with red and white shells came to the sky above the collapsed building and began to rescue, and various fire-fighting and disaster relief teams were also busy.
However, the two sides in the sky had no intention of stopping the fire at this moment, and they were still fighting fiercely.
After rushing into the sky, the jet behind the dark blue mecha burst out with huge thrust again, like five blazing white petals gathered, making it shuttle between the intersecting particle beams at a very high speed and sensitive trajectory, avoiding attacks several times.
Soon, the two intersected in the sky, and in an instant, two beams of different colors collided with each other, and violent sparks like magnesium powder bursting and sprinkled from the sky. Then the two turned around and shot at each other again in the sky. Blue and orange-white beams passed through the atmosphere from time to time, and shrieking and tearing sounds came one after another.
As a planet famous for its entertainment and film and television industry, there are no important resources and interests here, so when the envoys of the central star field and the major factions of the eastern star field clashed, this place was not included in the focus.
However, it is often the least noticeable place, and it is also the most likely to cause problems.
In order to avoid the sight of the three major factions in the Eastern Star Region, some small forces in the Eastern Star Region chose to contact the peripheral personnel of the envoys on this planet. The reason why they did not use the Internet to communicate directly was that they were afraid of leaks and that the things traded needed to be kept absolutely confidential and could not be uploaded directly to the Internet.
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6 hours ago——
White Beach Resort Hotel, East District 3, Venus's residential planet.
This is the node where many tourists settle on this residential planet. The hotel is right on the coast, where you can enjoy the beautiful scenery, blue sea waves, white and delicate beaches, and beautiful movie stars.
Under normal circumstances, the tourists here are often full, so that the hotel rooms cannot accommodate them. Some people can only choose capsule hotels. However, in recent years, due to economic changes in the Federation, there are fewer tourists in this area, making the expensive resort hotels in the past now affordable.
A small plane flew out from the white clouds, drew a beautiful arc, slowly lowered its altitude along the coastline, and finally landed at an airport not far from the hotel.
Soon, a man in a plaid shirt and casual jeans came out with a suitcase. He looked around curiously, and he must be a tourist who came to this planet for the first time.
After leaving the airport, he quickly called a hover car to take him to the nearest resort hotel. During the process, he deliberately let the hover car fly around the hotel building and captured many scenes with a camera in the car.
"I hope to take a good look at the scenery here and take pictures as a souvenir." The recording of the hover car described his request at the time.
After flying around the hotel building, the hover car landed under the resort hotel, and then the man walked in with his suitcase.
After finding the reserved room, the man stayed in the room for an hour and a half before walking out of the room, apparently preparing to find something to eat.
"Do you have any dining spots with particularly good scenery, fewer people, and relatively quiet?" He directly asked the self-discipline service machine in the hotel.
"Hello, according to your question, we recommend you to go to the Sunshine Restaurant in the west area of A32 floor, or the Garden Restaurant in the east area of B23 floor of the hotel, or the Red Crab Restaurant in the beach area D outside the hotel. Each of the three has different specialties, including high-end food above T3." The self-discipline unit looked up, and the route and pictures were displayed on the panel on the chest, as well as various suggested plans.
"Okay, then take me to the Sunshine Restaurant in the west area of A32 floor, and remember to reserve a seat for me."
"Okay, I received your order." Then the robot led the man to the destination area.
It was as described here, the sun was bright but not dazzling, you could enjoy the refreshing sea breeze, and you could also overlook the coastal beach below.
After sitting down, the man ordered the meal, then leaned on the beach chair to bathe in the sun and close his eyes for a nap.
At this time, there were not many guests here, and they would not deliberately disturb this corner tourist.
Time passed by minute by minute, and when the self-discipline unit brought the prepared iced drinks and food, the guest had fallen asleep.
"Hello, your drinks and food are ready." The self-discipline unit sounded a reminder, but the man was still sleeping soundly on the beach chair and had no intention of waking up.
In this case, the self-discipline unit had to sound a reminder again and turned up the volume to try to wake the other party.
Unfortunately, this effect was not great. The other party remained unmoved. Instead, this sound attracted the attention of some other guests in the restaurant.
Restricted by the rules, the self-discipline unit was not allowed to actively touch the guests to avoid conflicts and accidents, which made it only call the other party over and over again.
"What a stupid robot." A guest couldn't stand it, came here, woke up the sleeping man directly, and told him what happened.
"Sorry, I disturbed you." The man waved to the people in the restaurant, and then chatted with the person who woke him up.
It was crazy. The two of them felt that they had met too late. The synchronization of topics and senses made the two get along particularly happily.
"Sandy, do you like the feeling of flying in the sky?" The guest who helped had brown skin, wore a white suit, and had a full briefcase at hand.
"Oh, of course I like it. It feels like being suffocated by the pleasure of freedom!" The man used an exaggerated metaphor to describe the feeling of flying freely.
"Hahaha, I like it too. It just so happens that I also work for an aircraft company, specializing in debugging flight control parameters and optimizing and improving the next generation of aircraft."
"In order to make a more comfortable and popular aircraft, our company has conducted a lot of research, accumulated data, and applied for some patents~" the guest in the white suit continued to introduce.
"If the system we developed is equipped, it can enable completely novice pilots to achieve good results with the assistance of AI." Local confident propaganda.
"This technology seems to be very 'interesting'." The man lingered on the word "interesting" for a while, as if he was sighing at something unknown and fresh.
After that, the two of them looked at the scenery for a while, chatted about some current affairs, etc. Finally, when they were about to leave, the guest in the suit rummaged through his briefcase and found a small white conch.
"This is a local specialty 'three-chamber conch' that can make a nice tide sound and help you sleep. I'll give it to you."
"Thank you, I have a gift here too." As if exchanging gifts, the man took the other party back to the living room and handed him a black gift box.
Whether it was the surveillance camera or the onlookers, this was a very normal little thing. However, when the man was about to get off the elevator and walk on the beach, two police officers in police uniforms quickly approached him and prepared to arrest him.
"You are mistaken." Unlike ordinary tourists, he did not cooperate easily, but frowned and carefully stepped back.
"No, please come with us, sir. We found that you are smuggling important items." The two took a few steps forward.
"No, if it is a smuggling problem, the police officers who came must be from the Customs Department, and you are obviously not." After saying this, the two policemen were obviously stunned.
They looked at each other and quickly denied this statement.
"You are mistaken, we are the police officers from the Customs Department." The two were confident that there was no problem with their identity and clothing.
But just when the two thought that the other party would make excuses or run away again, the man suddenly drew out a hidden thin lightsaber and stabbed one of the police officers. When he attacked the second police officer, he was dodged by the other party's superb strength.
"Sure enough, you are not ordinary policemen at all." He is a special elite among Sequence 6. Under the surprise attack, even some Sequence 7 extraordinary people would be disappointed, but the other party resisted.
"Put down your weapons, raise your hands and squat!" The police officer who was still standing took out his pistol and pointed it at the man, but unfortunately the man still did not stop or run away, but kicked him directly.
"Bang, bang." Two rapid bursts of fire, one shot brought blood to the other party's body, and the other shot passed by his face and sank into the wall behind him.
After the gunshot, thanks to the seemingly ordinary but extremely protective outer coat, the man only suffered minor skin injuries, and his fierce kick destroyed the other party's pistol and kicked him out of the high building and fell below the hotel.
After dealing with the two "abnormal" policemen, the man picked up the suitcase, quickly got into the complex elevator network in the hotel, and disappeared.
A few minutes later, teams of combatants wearing exoskeleton armor rushed into the hotel, completely sealed its entrances and exits, and began to check layer by layer with the help of scanners.
"Catch this man. He is a spy from the Central Star Region. He has stolen confidential information. He must stay here and cannot return!"
"Yes!"
A group of fighters began to act. Their actions were commanded by high-level AI, and they were disciplined and very orderly.
First, they closed all exits, then shut down all elevators in the hotel, and then operated the hotel's central system to isolate and block each block. After that, they checked and cleaned one by one.
While these people were taking emergency actions, the man was hiding in the mezzanine space between the floors, carefully contacting the other side of the data network.
The two sides talked for 1 minute and 39 seconds, and then the man made up his mind and began to disguise his appearance and body shape, and completely changed his image after 12 minutes.
At this time, a woman wearing sunglasses and wavy black hair walked out of the bathroom. She was holding a fashionable handbag, with bright red lips and clean and neat lines on her face. The cool and beautiful beauty, like sharp high heels, stepped on the hearts of many passers-by. No one could associate it with the ordinary-looking middle-aged man not long ago.
The woman walked towards the human wall, her pomegranate-red nails stroking the white exoskeleton armor, and then her face approached the soldier.
"I am Frelia from the Four Winds Family. I am going to meet Mr. Aisen from the Mokodanta Group. We have a date this afternoon. Let me go, baby~" After saying that, she leaned her face against the other's shoulder, and her lips were imprinted on the mask of the exoskeleton helmet, leaving a touching lip mark.
The young soldier was a little stunned and surprised to be approached by such a beauty. According to the data scanned on the helmet, the other party was indeed the eldest daughter of the Four Winds Family and had a noble status.
If so, should he make way? At this time, he hesitated, and the woman also patted his shoulder with her delicate fingers, and then walked sideways through the gap on the side.
When the woman walked a few meters away, his companions looked at this side in confusion and asked.
"What happened? Why did you let her through?"
"She said she was the eldest daughter of the 'Four Winds Family', Frelia, and the information on the identity chip also matches..." the soldier answered somewhat embarrassedly.
At this time, the teammates on the same channel also paused for a while. After all, for them, the heir of a giant enterprise was a person with a much higher status than them, like a person in the clouds. This huge gap in status brought them a shock, making them unsure whether to strictly follow the order. What if they offended someone? What if the boss also wanted to flatter the other party.
Just like this, half a minute later, a stern voice came into the channel, which woke them up from their dreams.
"What are you doing! You actually let someone pass through the blockade!" This was the angry voice of their superior.
"She said she was..." One of the soldiers explained in a low voice.
"Bullshit! If she says yes, then it's fine. If the data shows that it meets the requirements, then we'll let him go? When did I say there was such a precedent?"
"Immediately dispatch a quarter of your personnel to join the pursuit team. The vehicle will arrive in 7 seconds. Act quickly!"
"Yes!"
Soon, the second arrest operation was launched on the streets of the city. Because this is a tourist city with many tourists, in order not to affect the local reputation and minimize the impact, the local government had to act cautiously and did not dare to use weapons of mass destruction.
But in the next hour, their pursuit failed repeatedly. The opponent's methods were always endless and he evaded the pursuit again and again.
"The opponent may be a core operator of a top firm. I'm afraid it will be difficult to succeed if we pursue him blindly." Someone in the command room said worriedly.
"Close the star port, cut off all incoming and outgoing starships, and completely block the East Three Blocks. Raise isolation barriers along the way and make sure to keep him here."
"Is it necessary to do this? You know, tourism is now the pillar industry of the 'Venus' residential planet. Such a large-scale blockade will definitely bring bad public opinion." The local officials were still a little hesitant and did not want to give the order.
"Stupid, it's time to worry about these things. You just need to know that if he escapes and takes away the key patent information, our Eastern Star Region will lose another important bargaining chip. At that time, there will be many people who will make you regret it!"
"This, this, okay, I know, let them block the area immediately, and stop the entry and exit of starships in the starport." Wiping the sweat from his forehead, the official gave an uneasy order.
Orange lights lit up in various locations in the area, and then all broadcasts began to take over, notifying residents and tourists that the area was blocked and a large-scale war film and television drama rehearsal was about to take place. All audiences should enter the surrounding shelters as soon as possible to avoid them and not continue to walk on the streets.
"Oh, is this true?"
"Why did they suddenly arrange such a rehearsal? How can we have a vacation? We finally came here."
"What a bummer."
"War film and television drama, there is also a large-scale rehearsal, the scene is so hot?" Some people thought differently and became more excited.
Although the pedestrians on the street were somewhat dissatisfied, they still began to line up and separate under the guidance of the self-discipline unit, following the bright yellow lines projected on the ground to enter the nearby safety facilities.
"Look over there!" Suddenly someone shouted with joy and eagerness.
In the distance, outside the huge barrier that was slowly rising, a dark blue mecha rushed over like a giant, violently smashing the hundreds of meters high light yellow transparent barrier, and then rushed into the city.
The shattered barrier energy, the violent airflow, and the scorching airflow that hit their faces made passersby almost fly up and fall. Many people were panicked, but a few were extremely excited and shouted.
"Mech, it's the Federation's elite mech!"
The cold mech that reflected the cold blue tone in the sun passed through various obstacles along the way, and caught a figure standing on the high platform under the fire siege of many autonomous units. Then the violent airflow turned around, and the black hair danced wildly in the wind. The sunglasses that were originally worn were also blown off, revealing an exceptionally beautiful face.
Countless bullets poured down, all of which were blocked by the mech armor and barriers, and only various broken sparks bounced off. Then it turned sharply, protecting the woman in its grip against its heart, and then flew straight head-on, rushing into the dazzling sky with a halo.
This scene was accidentally captured by a photographer on the road. The fierce gunfire, the broken metal shells, the sturdy and tall mecha, and the beauty in the wind, this powerful photo became the most influential picture of the year, and many fans also gave it a classic and enduring name
- "Gone with the Wind"
(End of this chapter)
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