Chapter 715 Rescue
At this time, on the edge of the battlefield, there is a hidden pseudo-V generation pure mechanical mecha, the Shadow Cab.
Arles watched the Blue Whale's self-destruction indifferently. From the moment it was attacked, the Blue Whale's fate was doomed.
His eyes were always on Su Mo, after watching his battle with the pseudo V-generation mecha Bone Eater. A smile appeared on his face, and he confirmed his suspicion.
"Golori, now it seems that compared to five years ago, do you think Su Mo is stronger or weaker?"
Without any hesitation, Glory replied firmly: "Stronger."
"Hey~ It's a pity that he was so contaminated by negative energy that his body couldn't bear the load and he couldn't fight for a long time."
"Yes, it's a pity."
"Okay, things are over here, let's go! The front line is still waiting for us."
Arles gave the order calmly.
In fact, the main reason Arles chose to take the Blue Whale to the front line was to see Su Mo. Now that the goal has been achieved, there is nothing to stop at.
"Yes!"
Glori controlled the mecha and left quietly.
At this time, Su Mo took a few deep breaths and controlled the lightning shadow to escape quickly.
Soon he caught up with the fleeing frigate.
At this time, the owner of the forgery, the Devourer, said to Su Mo in a low voice: "There is a concealed magnetic mine ahead!"
In Su Mo's eyes, red dots appeared one by one in the starry sky in the distance.
So he sped up and rushed in front of the frigate. Lin Xiaoyu saw this and followed him.
Su Mo controlled the Thunder Shadow to accumulate thunder cannons and swept them along the way, sweeping away the magnetic mines that could threaten the escorting ships.
Lin Xiaoyu reacted immediately and controlled the mecha to rush in and help clean up.
They broke out all the way.
However, the imperial ships did not intend to let them go. Several battleships locked on the frigate and tried to catch up.
At the third space base site and the fourth space base site of the interstellar channel.
After the interstellar ships assembled one by one.
He was anxiously heading towards the location of the Blue Whale's accident.
The commander's roar kept ringing throughout the communication channel.
"Hurry up!"
In the Earth-Star Federation, Long Ming led Tang Qin and others towards the special conference room with very ugly expressions.
"Is the news confirmed?"
"It has been confirmed that the Blue Whale's signal has been completely interrupted. According to the information transmitted by some surviving personnel from the Star Ring Forum. It can be confirmed that the Blue Whale has self-destructed and all members have basically died in the line of duty."
Tang Qin replied quickly
"Where are the fleets at the nearby space base?"
"They are all heading to the area of the incident non-stop, preparing for combat and search and rescue missions. Under normal circumstances, if the Imperial Army cannot get any benefits, they should choose to evacuate and will not fight us again. So the rushing fleet will With search and rescue as the main task”
"Let them rescue as much as possible."
Long Ming said hoarsely.
"Understood!"
Tang Qin nodded in response.
Soon Long Ming and the others walked to the door of the special conference room, and the guarding soldiers opened the door respectfully.
Long Ming walked in alone, while Tang Qin and others were waiting outside and did not follow him in.
Entering the special conference room, a circular conference table comes into view, with five chairs placed on the entire conference table.
Long Ming walked straight to the chair in the middle and sat down.
At this time, the holographic simulation imaging system automatically unfolded, and figures appeared in various positions.
On the far left is a figure wearing a silver high-collared corset, arrogant eyes, and a crown on his head.
The second figure was an old man wearing a loose robe, with a tense old face and angry eyes. He was none other than Lufat, the parliamentary speaker of the Republic of Gauga who was attacked this time.
The first figure on the right is a woman wearing a blue skirt, with long blue hair like a waterfall, skin that can be broken by blows, and an extremely outstanding appearance. She is none other than Amy, the great sage of the Heike Free State. Luo.
The figure on the far right is a middle-aged man wearing V-generation colonial armor with a calm expression and noble temperament. He is Pope Maodo of the Amak Free State.
At this time, everyone in the conference room looked unhappy. They held an emergency joint meeting this time because of the attack on the Blue Whale.
Long Ming said in a deep voice: "Everyone must have received the news that the Blue Whale has fallen."
"I don't understand why something happened to such an advanced Blue Whale. Logically speaking, it shouldn't happen!"
Amy Luo said in confusion.
"This matter is indeed beyond all of our expectations. Everyone knows how powerful the Blue Whale is. In its super-light flight mode, even a Star Destroyer may not be able to intercept it. Historically, transportation has been so There was no problem many times, but I didn’t expect it to happen this time. A series of problems such as internal and external cooperation, dereliction of duty, and leaking of secrets must be involved in the failure. Although the Blue Whale is taking our own route, how do they accurately target it with such a large route? This is more difficult than finding a needle in a haystack. Big.”
Long Ming said in a deep voice.
"Needless to say, these guys from the Imperial Army are openly provoking a war. This is an act of provocation!"
Rufat, the president of the Caucasus Republic, roared angrily.
"That's right, the usual conflicts are just small fights at best, but this time they actually touch our lives. Since they dare to do this, let's go to war with them. There is nothing to say."
Maodo was also angry. The Blue Whale was attacked and he lost the most supplies.
"Calm down."
Long Ming comforted him.
"How can we be calm? Our ship was bombed, everyone's supplies were sunk, and there is a problem with the frontline supplies. If we don't fight them, they really think we are stupid."
Lufat replied angrily.
"You can't fight. You can't fight if your name is not justified."
Long Ming objected again.
Amy Luo also expressed his anger very angrily: "What you said, Chairman of Council Longming, is wrong. Why is the name so unfair? This is obviously done by the other party. This kind of thing can't be covered up by pretending to be an interstellar pirate." ”
"I think they are not covering up, but they are rubbing our intelligence on the ground. Which group of interstellar pirates has level 5 ships and so many fourth-generation mechas? Which group of interstellar pirates dare to attack us? And they are still... Our shipping lane is on the line.”
Memikas said with great resentment.
"Then have you ever thought about why they still pretend to be interstellar pirates?"
Long Ming asked in a deep voice.
Everyone was speechless for a while.
"Although we know that they did it, we have no definite evidence. The war will begin without a name. The morale will be very good at the beginning of the war, but will be weak later. On the other hand, the opponent's morale will definitely be high. You must know that the Imperial Army is stronger than us. They are brave and good at fighting, and they have one more member country than us. What do you think are the chances of winning in a fight? You guys may have forgotten the previous days? How did the participants of the Cup perish? How many died in this kind of thing? There is another thing. Each of us now owes the City of Stars a huge loan of more than 100 billion star coins. We will pay it back at the end of the year. When the money is repaid with interest. If we go to war with the Imperial Army now and we don’t have the money to pay for it by then, do you plan to let the City of Stars deal with us?”
Long Ming glanced at everyone present.
"What should we do? Are we going to swallow our breath like this? Our frontline troops will soon be out of supplies."
Lufat asked through gritted teeth.
"How could we just let it go? This incident is blatantly trampling on our bottom line, but we can't go to full-scale war. But since they like to play dirty, we will play with them too."
Long Ming said with a flash of coldness in his eyes.
"How?"
Everyone present asked.
"My informants buried in the major empires reported back an important message. The supplies shipped to the front line by the Imperial Army have not yet departed. Since they dare to do the first grade, we dare to do the fifteenth. We also dispatched a large number of ships to dress up as interstellar pirates. , as long as their transport ship is out of the range of Halo City , attack them if you can. If you can't, kill them. If our frontline soldiers starve, they will also starve. If we don't pay them at the end of the year, they won't be able to pay them back. We don't want to. If you want to live a good life, don’t live it up!”
Long Ming said fiercely.
"That's right, let the Imperial Army know how powerful we are, and our people will not die in vain."
Lufat shouted almost in a roar.
"I agree!"
"I agree too!"
Everyone present expressed their opinions.
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Three days later, in the frigate command room, Qian Chengxue and others gathered together to discuss the current situation.
Among them, Su Mo has been escorting outside the frigate in the Thunder Shadow, but he has been using the holographic projection of the mecha to participate in the discussion.
Zi Qing began to briefly report on the current situation.
"Our current situation is not optimistic. Most of the supplies we originally carried were placed on the transport ship. The supplies on the frigate are very limited. With so many people crowded in, it is estimated that it will not be long before the survival supplies will be in short supply. .”
"Then how far are we from the third stop?"
Qian Chengxue asked.
"When the Blue Whale left the third station, it flew at super-light speed for about seven days. Our frigate could not even fly at sub-light speed. If we relied solely on ourselves, it would have taken at least several months or half a year. And the worst part is that because we did not dare to escape to the main channel in order to avoid the pursuit of the imperial ships, we have now deviated a long distance from the main channel, and it will take longer to actually sail back."
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Zi Qing made some calculations and said with great concern.
After hearing this, Su Mo said with a headache: "It's been too long. If this happened, we would have starved to death."
"The only thing we can hope for is to ask for help and rescue, but there is also a big problem. The communication performance of our frigate is limited, and there is no way to directly contact the checkpoint. We can only try our luck along the way and constantly use radar to send distress signals. Let’s see if we can hit the rescue fleet. But even if we do, it’s still a question of whether the other party will give us priority.”
Zi Qing said somewhat unoptimistically.
At this time, Qian Chengxue raised her head and said calmly: "Ziqing, just control the ship as normal and search for rescue ships along the way. I will figure out the rest."
"Okay."
Zi Qing didn't say much, this was the only way so far.
"Everyone has been trying their best to endure it recently and take in food and water to a minimum. I believe we will be able to get through it."
Qian Chengxue said to everyone.
"Sister Xue, we believe you."
Although Sun Li and others were a little depressed, they still cheered up one by one.
"Okay, that's the end of the meeting. Let's go and have a rest."
Qian Chengxue said, now basically everyone lies down and rests as much as possible when they have nothing to do to minimize consumption.
"Okay."
So many sisters left one after another.
Qian Chengxue turned to Su Mo at this time and said: "Su Mo's safety is up to you."
"It's not a big deal, I will do a good job in this regard, so you don't have to worry."
Su Mo pretended to be relaxed and replied.
"Well, okay, then I'm going to take care of the injured sister."
Qian Chengxue nodded and left.
In the cab of the Thunder Shadow mecha, Su Mo cut off the communication and stretched out. At this time, a prompt popped up on the operating interface in front of him.
"Warning, the remaining 20% of Thunder Shadow's nuclear fuel rods are about to fall below the warning line, please pay attention in time!"
Seeing this message, Su Mo sat up suddenly and looked at the prompt with a look of disbelief.
"Isn't it? Running out of fuel so soon?"
"What's so strange."
The owner of the forgery, the Devourer, was not surprised at all. Everything seemed to be expected.
“This is too rubbish, why not be as strong as the Gluttony Mecha??”
Su Mo couldn't help but complain.
"Of course it's not as good as Gluttony. The Gluttony Mecha can at least be barely noticeable. Although these two mechas are IV generation mechas, they are not on the same level at all. The brand new Gluttony Mecha is sold in the City of Stars. The price can reach at least 500 million star coins. This is why, when they compensated you for the Gluttony Mecha, I felt like they were giving away a beggar.”
The owner of the forgery, Devourer, spoke.
Su Mo coughed and said: "This is not what you think. Do you know what it means to be confused? You only consider whether it is rationally correct, but you have not considered the human world. Anyone who has money in the Federation will never withhold it from me. For compensation, you have to think about the battle pension from five years ago. Chairman Long Ming had to wait until the compensation was paid before he could pay it in full. From this, you can imagine that the federal finances are not as good as they appear on the surface."
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Su Mo just paused for a moment, then continued: "One more thing, didn't Chairman Longming give me a huge sum of money? It has long surpassed the Gluttony Mecha. And anyway, I used to be in the GT department. Yes, I can’t be at odds with my department. Some things are almost fine.”
In fact, Su Mo guessed it right. The Federation's economy was even tighter than imagined, and every sum of money was planned.
There is no extra money at all!
What's worse is that the Federation also borrowed a large amount of star coins from the City of Stars and has to pay high interest every year.
Of course, you can also choose not to repay it, but no one dares not to repay the money from Star Ring City these days.
After hearing this, the owner of the forgery, Devourer, just said in a low voice: "Then what are you going to do next?"
"What can we do? There is only 20% energy left. Of course we have to return."
Su Mo controlled the Thunder Shadow to fly towards the frigate. Although the previous purchase of the Thunder Shadow came with a set of nuclear fuel rods, that set was on the transport ship.
Of course, I didn’t even think about replacing it before, but this time I was really screwed.
On the frigate, Qian Chengxue took out her mobile phone and logged into the forum of Star Ring City. She hesitated and then sent a message to an anonymous person.
"Father, I am Qian Chengxue. I am escaping from the Blue Whale on a frigate. I am now deviating from the main channel. The starry sky coordinates (21121, 1252, 1423) are severely lacking in supplies on the ship."
The message was sent out not long ago.
A message popped up immediately.
"How are you doing now? Is the crisis over? If possible, you can find a place to hide and I will find a way to coordinate the rescue."
"There is nothing wrong with me. I have escaped the pursuit of the imperial army. It was just when we were escaping that we separated from Lin Hai and the others. Is everything okay with him?"
"He's fine there. You just need to pay attention to your own safety. We'll talk about the rest when you get back."
Lin Yaotian immediately provided recovery.
"Okay, I understand."
Qian Chengxue breathed a sigh of relief.
Fifteen days later, the frigate docked on a deserted planet.
Su Mo sat on the floor of the command room, leaning against the metal wall.
Sun Li and the others were also leaning on each other weakly. They were so hungry that they didn't even want to say anything.
They saved food as much as possible and divided the food to take care of the injured sisters.
After all, they can endure it, but those injured sisters cannot.
"Su Mo, do you think that when we are found, there will only be bones left?"
Zhao Han joked with Su Mo.
"Theoretically it's not possible, at most the corpse will stink"
Su Mo replied with a wry smile.
"Then when I die, you might as well throw me into space. It will stink and be so embarrassing."
Zhao Han couldn't help but said.
"It's a pity to lose it. How about we suffer a little loss and cook you."
Sun Li squeezed out a weak smile and joked to Zhao Han.
"Sister Sun Li, you have gone too far. You can even say this."
Zhao Han replied angrily.
"Okay, stop making trouble. If nothing happens, just be patient. Maybe rescue will come soon."
Su Mo quickly comforted him.
"After I am saved this time, I will never lose weight again. I must eat enough."
Zhao Han panted feebly and replied.
"It's okay. Let's have a good meal when we get back."
Su Mo immediately stood up and walked out.
He saw Qian Chengxue patrolling each sister and asking about their status one by one.
"You go and rest for a while, I will help you patrol."
Su Mo said with some distress.
"It's okay. After all, I have also been injected with high-level genetic medicine. Even if I don't eat at all for ten days, I will be fine. Not to mention that I also ate some nutrition bars. They are the ones who are really suffering."
Qian Chengxue shook her head. These sisters had been following her since childhood, and she could not let anything happen to them.
Su Mo also sighed slightly. If he was asked to fight, he would not be afraid at all.
But if you let him conjure food, you probably won't even be able to kill him.
Where can I find it in this vast sea of stars?
The most important thing is that there is not much fuel left in the Thunder Shadow, so it is difficult to go out and try your luck.
If there is no food on the boat on the vast sea, maybe you can still try to catch fish in the sea. If there is no food and supplies in the star sea, we can't take advantage of those mutated monsters, right?
Therefore, many high-end ships have built-in ecological circulation systems to avoid this situation.
But Su Mo quickly adjusted his mentality.
"I'm here to help."
"Yeah."
Qian Chengxue nodded slightly.
A few days later, the last remaining food on the frigate was completely consumed.
Su Mo, Qian Chengxue and others all gathered in the command room.
Sun Li's lips turned white and she said to Qian Chengxue: "Sister Xue, what should we do now? There really is no food at all. We people can still hold on for a while, but those injured sisters might really be able to hold on. No more.”
Qian Chengxue also didn't know what to do.
Lin Yaotian had already started to help them coordinate the rescue. Logically speaking, the rescue should have arrived a long time ago.
But there are no traces yet. Most likely, there are too many people asking for help.
Seeing that Qian Chengxue didn't speak, everyone lowered their heads, their morale getting lower and lower.
Su Mo was also scratching his head, not knowing what to say. There was nothing to eat, so everything he said was empty talk.
At this moment, a buzzing sound came from the ship's public communication channel.
Then there were intermittent sounds.
"This is the Search and Rescue Ship-026, please tell me if you can receive the signal!"
Hearing this voice, Sun Li and others got up in surprise. Zi Qing immediately walked to the communicator and replied.
"This is the federal registration number C-2541 frigate. We are Chenxi Group's escort personnel. The Blue Whale escaped here after being attacked. We are now requesting rescue."
"Understood, the message has been received, please wait patiently, we are approaching you quickly!"
After hearing the reply, Qian Chengxue finally slowly let go of her worries.
Su Mo also secretly breathed a sigh of relief. The rescue spacecraft finally arrived.
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More than a month later, a escort ship landed at the Imperial Capital Interstellar Airport.
Su Mo, Qian Chengxue and others walked off the ship.
Tang Yao and many other sisters immediately came forward. She said with red eyes: "Sister Xue, you are finally back. We are all worried to death."
"Okay, there's nothing to worry about. We're not back."
Qian Chengxue reached out and hugged Tang Yao.
"Well, when we heard about the accident on the Blue Whale, we were almost scared to death."
Tang Yao nodded quickly and replied.
"I know, I'm worrying you."
"Sister Xue, something happened to the Blue Whale. What will happen to our goods and orders?"
"We'll discuss this later. Let's go back to the company first."
Qian Chengxue said to Tang Yao.
"Okay, the car is ready."
"Let's go."
A moment later, Su Mo and Qian Chengxue boarded Tang Yao's speeding car.
Tang Yao took off in his flying car and left according to the designated navigation route.
Just after driving out of the interstellar airport, Su Mo and Qian Chengxue looked at the scene outside the window and were slightly startled.
The roads were filled with residents holding red flags, angrily accusing the Imperial Army.
"The villain, the butcher!"
"The source of all evil, the barbaric Imperial Army."
"Blood debt must be paid with blood."
"This is?"
Su Mo asked Tang Yao slightly surprised.
"The Blue Whale incident has spread throughout the Federation. Although the Imperial Army deliberately disguised themselves as interstellar pirates, no one is a fool. Everyone is completely ignited with anger towards their despicable behavior. This has been the case recently. This kind of protest has been going on for a long time. ”
Tang Yao roughly explained the matter.
"What's the reaction from the Imperial Army now?"
Su Mo asked curiously.
"How can we react? Not long ago, the five major alliance powers issued the most severe questioning in history to the Imperial Army. But what's the use? The Imperial Army's attitude is very arrogant. Its spokesperson even took the opportunity to mock us, saying that we are too The garbage was intercepted by interstellar pirates and beaten up! You didn’t watch that press conference, otherwise your lungs would be blown away.”
The more Tang Yao talked, the angrier he became. It was simply unbearable. (End of chapter)