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"Kang Dang!"

The rusty iron fence door was heavily closed, the faint green light group gradually disappeared, and the surroundings plunged into darkness again.

Fortunately, the gap between the ship's boards can still show a little starlight, so that you can't reach out your fingers.

Chen Xing looked around. This was a cell located inside the cabin, with the deck above his head, and starlight shining from the gap.

The carrion squatted on the ground, motionless.

Chen Xing occupies one of the corners, next to the hull of the ship, through a fist-sized hole, you can see the stars outside.

Just like sitting by the window on the train, at least you can see the scenery outside, so the journey will not be too boring.

But in fact, what should be boring is still boring. The starlight is always boring to look at. It is better to look at the starlight in a daze than to look at the carrion corpse in a daze.

After a while, a long horn came from above, and the hull shook a few times and moved slowly.

The boat sailed, and finally embarked on the journey!

At the end of the starry sky, is it the shipwreck cemetery that Shad Sinclair said?

And what kind of ship will he get?

Chen Xing couldn't help but think about it, whether it was a battleship with tens of thousands of guns, a cruiser across the Seven Seas, or an aircraft carrier for a maritime hegemon, or even a star warship that conquered the universe...

In fact, it doesn't matter what it is, but it must be powerful enough and imposing enough.

A philosopher once said that a man's romance is a huge cannon. Originally, he did not agree, until the day he saw the deep-sea warship.

The majestic bow of the ship sailed out of the void, thousands of artillery raised their heads to the sky, the huge hull covered the clouds and the sun, and the majestic momentum made people boil with enthusiasm, as if there was no existence that could be blocked.

The starlight in the hole suddenly dimmed, and Chen Xing's thoughts were pulled back, and he looked out subconsciously.

Large white shadows are drifting from outside, thin as gauze, like dreams and illusions.

Seeing fixedly, it turned out to be a jellyfish. They vary in size, the small ones are like dandelions, and the big ones are like white whales. The umbrella shrank one by one, cruising along with the hull.

Low-level spirit body.

This is introduced in the book. The life imprint of the low-level spirit body is very weak, unable to form a stable psionic aggregate, and will gradually degenerate into the appearance of a jellyfish.

As the psychic energy decays, the volume will become smaller and smaller, and finally merge into the endless void, and the remaining life imprint will also die.

Perhaps this is what people say, the soul is scattered.

The theoretical imperial powers are pure psychic aggregates, which have been freed from the imprisonment of the carbon-based life shell, pupa into butterflies, and travel the universe from then on, immortal.

Suddenly, the low-level spirit body of the **** seemed to be frightened and dispersed.

Chen Xing half-faced his face on the hole, looking around, trying to see clearly what it was. .

A behemoth flew slowly into sight, blocking all the starlight.

That thing is too big to see the whole picture at all, only pits and pits can be seen, like the cortex on the surface of the moon.

In my memory, I seem to have seen this kind of thing, but I can't remember it for a while.

Chen Xing widened his eyes and tried to remember what it was.

At this moment, a huge eye suddenly opened on the gray cortex. Bright red through, like a blood crystal. Then there is the second slightly smaller one, and then the smaller one.

From big to small, opened a row of eyes.

The dark red eyeballs turned, looking at Chen Xing together.

In a moment, Chen Xing froze as if there was an electric current passing through his body.

"Woo..."

The sharp whistle sounded, and countless holes appeared in the cortex, dense and dense, making the scalp numb.

Immediately afterwards, small black shadows emerged from the epidermis, forming a dark cloud in a blink of an eye.

Steam corpse kun!

Chen Xing's scalp is numb, is it because he alarmed the other party?

"Buzzing buzzing buzzing!"

The next moment, the sound of membrane wings pulsing overwhelmed the sky and swept toward the ghost ship.

Chen Xing quickly looked around, looking for a place to hide. He has personally experienced the power of steam corpses. According to the current situation, he is afraid that he will be torn to pieces by migratory locusts in an instant.

"Boom!"

There was a dull cannon sound above the head, the whole ship shook violently, and the carrion corpses swayed and rolled around.

Chen Xing immediately posted it on the ship board, trying to see what was happening outside.

The cannonball exploded a faint green ball of light on the steam corpse kun, and large swaths of rotten flesh spurted out. The corpse Kun seemed to have been severely injured, let out a huge wailing, slowly turned around, and escaped from the ghost ship.

The swarms of migratory locusts also turned around and sank into the body of the corpse Kun.

Chen Xing wiped his sweat, it turned out to be just a false alarm. This ghost ship is also powerful enough, even the existence of the corpse kun level can be easily repelled. But it is not surprising that no two brushes have been wiped out long ago to be able to sail in such a place.

Because of the corpse kun, Chen Xing changed his inner position. Curiosity killed the cat, this time it was a corpse kun, and I don’t know what it is next time. The undercurrent of time and space is full of dangers, and any ancient and powerful existence may appear, and perhaps it is not something that ghost ships can deal with.

While Chen Xing was huddled in the corner and was embarking on a long and boring journey, Lin Shiyuan rushed to Dada Town with the staff.

After he settled down, he rushed into the headquarters immediately and asked Xiang Caidiexing.

"I am Lin Shiyuan, Chief of Staff of the Expeditionary Army, and Deputy Commander Xiang. Please answer my two questions."

Lin Shiyuan had an expression of business affairs. The chief of staff is the third person in the group army and has the right to know important military information.

"First, where is the supreme commander now, and why has he lost contact for so many days?"

"Second, why not choose to retreat when the forces of the Four-Nation Alliance are crushing the border and the reinforcements are unknown?"

Xiang Caidie did not answer Lin Shiyuan's question, but led him into an abandoned mine.

After walking through a dark and damp road, the two came to a passage with many iron doors.

A kerosene lamp hung on the stone wall, and the light was dim. Xiang Caidie took off one of them and came to an iron gate. A small window was opened on the iron door, which was welded to death with iron bars. Xiang Caidie raised the kerosene lamp to the window to signal Lin Shiyuan to come.

Lin Shi is far from knowing why, but still craned her neck to look in. In the dim flame of a kerosene lamp, a man with bruises and bruises was hung in the air in shackles, his head hung, dying.

"Meng Hongzhen, captain of the First Brigade of the Fourth Infantry Brigade."

Xiang Caidie finished her introduction and walked to the next iron gate. Lin Shiyuan looked in, also hanging a man.

"George Gallaher, Captain of the Second Squadron, First Group, Seventh Armored Brigade."

Xiang Caidie took Lin Shiyuan to continue watching. There were a dozen cells in prison, and they were all officers of the expeditionary army.

"They all received a large sum of money in their accounts to assassinate the Supreme Commander of the Expeditionary Army."

Lin Shiyuan couldn't help but frowned, "Who is the leader?"

"The other party hides it well, leaving no clues. The payment account is in the Western Continent. With our current ability, there is no way to track it down." At this point, Xiang Caidie sighed, "To be honest, I am already I don’t know who I should trust."

Her look was a bit lonely, as if she was confused about the future.

Lin Shiyuan was silent for a while and said, "Then why did you bring me here?"

"You could have stayed in a safe place, but you came here anyway. This is enough to prove your loyalty." Xiang Caidie replied, staring into the other's eyes.

"It seems that I was almost included in the list of traitors." Lin Shiyuan said with a slight smile.

"Please forgive me for my special method in a special period. Even now, I still feel that it is necessary." Xiang Caidie said seriously.

"Agree." Lin Shiyuan nodded and said, and then added, "If you change to me, maybe you will do more than you."

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The supreme commander is communicating with the undercurrents of time and space, and cannot see you for the time being, please forgive me. "Xiang Caidie said with nodding. Although she chose to believe in Lin Shiyuan, she still did not tell the truth about the core issue. Chen Xing did not communicate with the undercurrents of time and space normally, but fell into a coma for unknown reasons. Both. There is a big difference. The former is controllable and can be separated at any time, while the latter is uncontrollable and cannot be separated actively.

The enemies hidden in the dark are really terrifying. They have huge power and wealth, as well as powerful intelligence capabilities. Those who instigate them are accurate and precise.

What she didn't know was that the person behind this incident was Lacey Maris, who used the intelligence agency of the Red Dragon Principality, the authority of the royal family, and the financial resources of the treasury. Naturally, a group army could not fight it.

"Okay, I see." Lin Shiyuan nodded and replied.

He probably understood what Xiang Caidie said. Although Xiang Caidie deliberately concealed something, but the rhetoric was too crude, and those with a better mind would understand it after thinking about it.

If Chen Xing hadn't had an accident, with the cautious style of the opponent, seeing so many troops approaching, he would have already withdrawn with people. How could it be possible to stay here, leading the entire army into a dangerous situation.

But this kind of thing doesn't need to be broken, just understand it in your heart.

After a while, the two returned to the combat command room.

"In terms of the current situation, what does the Chief of Staff think we should do?" Xiang Caidie asked.

Lin Shiyuan thought for a while and said, "The best strategy is to run, the middle strategy is to drag, and the next strategy is to defend."

"How to drag?" Xiang Caidie asked.

If she could run, she would have led the team to run, so the best strategy is meaningless. If it is a guard, everyone knows it and it is meaningless, so only the strategy of "dragging" has the value of inquiry.

Lin Shiyuan did not directly answer this question, but asked, "There should be many refugees in the six towns we occupy?"

"Yes." Xiang Caidie nodded.

"Control them and don't let them leave casually. When attacking, the Silverclaw Principality will throw a rat-avoidance weapon." Lin Shiyuan said.

"Do they care about the life and death of the refugees?" Xiang Caidie asked rhetorically. Refugees do not have human rights and will not be held legally responsible no matter how many they die.

"No, they will care..." Lin Shiyuan paused, "If someone makes a lot of publicity."

Xiang Caidie understood immediately. Although she is not smart, she is not stupid, and she knows how to weigh the pros and cons of ordinary people.

Although refugees do not have human rights, and they do not need to be legally responsible for killing them, this is only at the individual level, not at the national level.

No country dares to massacre the refugees publicly, and even most of the time, it must show a friendly and tolerant attitude towards them.

Quite simply, the refugees are also productive. If there are no refugees, who will do the dirty work at the bottom? Who will live in those marginal areas with harsh environments?

Generally speaking, every country has about 30% of the refugee population, and some countries have even 40% or even higher. There are only special places like Ice Blue City and Puffin Duchy. The number of refugees It will be less than ten percent, but not without.

At the same time, there will be new citizens among the refugees, and new citizens will also emerge among the citizens. Exchange fresh blood with each other to promote productivity.

Therefore, even if the Silver Claw Principality does not care about the refugees in these six towns, the pressure brought by public opinion must be considered.

One of the reasons why refugees are called refugees is that the population is highly mobile and the world runs everywhere. If a country is unfriendly to them, they can live in another place. There is no need to stay there and be slaughtered.

"But would it be too cruel to do this?" Xiang Caidie hesitated.

Using innocent refugees as a shield is a little bit of abuse, and she is very resistant in her subconscious mind. And their ideal is to establish a mercenary country. If they don't even have the most basic humanitarianism, they are afraid that the ship will sink before reaching the other shore of their dreams.

"In order to achieve the goal, some necessary sacrifices are unavoidable." Lin Shiyuan said, "but you can rest assured that only a small part of them will be harmed. Once the matter becomes serious, the silver claw will ask to negotiate with the red dragon. ."

"In this way, the purpose of procrastination is achieved."