Interstellar Examiner

Both Tan Yeran and Qi Lan are veterans of many battles, this heavy blow did not make them panic, but they immediately contacted the cockpit to prepare for the battle.Tan Yeran is just a reserve member and has never been to the front line, but Qi Lan is different. He participated in the war with the Imperial Army, and he immediately said to Tan Yeran: "Uncle Tan, go to the control room to command, I will drive the mech to fight .”

"No!" Tan Yeran and Yang Xiaotian said in unison.

It was very unwise for Yang Xiaotian to intervene at this time, but he still rushed ahead of Tan Yeran and said: "It will be very dangerous for you to go out."

He had a feeling that this attack was aimed at Qi Lan, but he didn't know how to describe this feeling, so he could only explain it briefly.

It's a pity that Tan Yeran and Qi Lan didn't take him seriously, they went their separate ways, leaving Yang Xiaotian aside and letting him move freely.

Yang Xiaotian first followed Qi Lan to the combat readiness cabin, and watched helplessly as he activated the mecha, opened the hatch and rushed out. He wanted to follow Qi Lan into a mecha and followed him out, but every mecha here has Main, iris needs to be recognized to start.In addition, he had never been in contact with this kind of high technology, and he could not drive a mech at all, so he had no choice but to be brought back to Tan Yeran by the guards.

If it were someone else who made such a mess, Tan Yeran would have locked him in some room long ago.But Yang Xiaotian is different, he...he...he is still a child.Tan Yeran, who really couldn't think of a reason to forgive Yang Xiaotian, could only use a universal sentence to solve the problem in the end.Anyway, he just felt more at ease keeping Yang Xiaotian by his side, don't ask him why.

Despite Tan Yeran's gentle appearance, he is actually an excellent commander.After Qi Lan rushed out of the battleship, he immediately dispatched small battleships and mechs to support him. This time he came out to pick up Qi Lan, and he brought a squadron out with quite good combat power. Tan Yeran had information to repel the attackers.

Through the display screen in the command room, Yang Xiaotian saw the scene in the universe for the first time. In the pitch-black universe, several huge warships appeared on their light screen. These warships were shooting at them crazily. The wings were constantly being battered, and one power source had been destroyed.

Every time they are hit, they will receive a huge shock, but the soldiers are very used to this situation, and their expressions are very calm.Yang Xiaotian was very scared. If he was still Xiaotian, he would definitely be scared by the terrible noise and hide under his master's feet with his ears drooping.Dogs are naturally afraid of fire and explosions. When Xiaotian was young, fireworks and firecrackers could make him scream. Now that he is facing war at such close range, let alone dogs, even normal people will feel afraid.

Even though he was very scared, Yang Xiaotian still stood firmly beside Tan Yeran. His face was pale with fright, beads of sweat dripped from his forehead, but he still gritted his teeth and stood upright. The soldiers who were busy fighting around didn't notice his panic.

"Start the backup power source." The power source was hit, and the battleship began to bump in the void. Tan Yeran calmly ordered, "The engineering team will repair the power source. Captain Lin will lead the team to cover, and Qi Lan will lead the team to attack the battleship. The engineering team repairs the power source to buy time."

The backup power source was activated, and the battleship regained its stability. Qi Lan led a few small battleships to avoid the opponent's attack flexibly, and continued to attack the opponent's weakness, and soon the opponent's warship was also scarred.

Qi Lan's combat prowess was impressive. Seeing that her side had gained the upper hand, Tan Yeran breathed a sigh of relief, carefully observed the markings of the opponent's warship, and was surprised to find that it was a type of warship produced by the empire.He immediately opened his personal terminal, entered the military password, and contacted the intelligence department of the Imperial Capital Star. Tan Yeran said: "I will send a few stereoscopic projections to find out when these warships were produced, and give them to Which group army, why did it attack us!"

After saying this, he felt his arm being tightly grasped. Who was causing the trouble at the critical moment? Tan Yeran turned his head irritatedly. Seeing Yang Xiaotian's pale face, he immediately let go of the anger in his chest. Press it all down, take a deep breath, and ask in a soft tone: "What's wrong?"

"I recognize that battleship." Yang Xiaotian's face became paler, he pointed to a battleship in the light screen and said, "I saw this battleship when I checked the combat readiness for the expedition team in Banyue Harbor. This is a battleship belonging to the First Army..."

"How is it possible..." Tan Yeran's face instantly became paler than Yang Xiaotian's.

Unexpectedly, in the next second, he received a message from the intelligence department: "Reporting sir, this large warship numbered LFGS2345XX was shipped in December last year and was assigned to the First Army. This new type of warship has stable performance and strong combat effectiveness. , is currently one of the most advanced warships in the empire, the command ship of the First Army, and the battleship that General Albert Lawson was on! The last information about the use of this warship was in Half Moon Harbor, and it left through the space base station 12 hours ago the Milky Way."

"What!" Tan Yeran only felt that the blood in his whole body turned cold, why did the battleship that should have sailed out of the Milky Way appear in front of them, and what exactly is Qi Cheng planning this time!

"Evacuate, evacuate at full speed!" Tan Yeran immediately said to the fighting soldiers, "All return to the battleship!"

The opponent came prepared, and they couldn't fight against it at all. They could only withdraw all the people and leave quickly with the battleship, hoping that they could escape.

The closest space base station to them in the Milky Way is... an hour's journey away! MD!Tan Yeran slammed the cockpit hard. The time was too long, and it was impossible to escape.The opponent's choice to ambush here must have been calculated, and it was basically to make them inescapable and inescapable.

Hearing Tan Yeran's order, the soldiers immediately retreated under the cover of their teammates, but it was too late.The large warships that had been clumsily strafing and unable to hit small warships and mechs before suddenly released a firework-like attack. This move was extremely beautiful, and the dark void was illuminated by it and became colorful. In the eyes, this is a harbinger of death.

The fireworks, as if the goddess scattered flowers, accurately penetrated every battleship, and all the soldiers who went out to fight had no way to return.

"MD!" Tan Yeran swears, the new type of battleship not only has advanced weapons, but also has the latest tracking and positioning system in the battleship.This positioning system may make some mistakes in locating warships in other galaxies, but it is of course [-]% accurate in locating warships in one's own country.Before, they didn't dodge the attack at all, but the opponent was inducing them to enter their own attack circle, and then caught them all.

Such a fighting method is undoubtedly Qi Cheng's. Tan Yeran can be sure that the person driving this battleship is Qi Cheng himself.

"We were wrong, we were wrong!" Tan Yeran murmured, "Qi Cheng never left the Aedra Empire at all, and Qi Dingmao's ultimate goal in Banyue Harbor was to make us think that Qi Cheng had left the Empire for two years." Month, let the group army rush to attack, so that he will have a way to directly snatch the most advanced weapons of the empire..."

Everyone's blood became cold, and they couldn't imagine what kind of enemy they were facing.

Qi Cheng was the God of War in the empire back then. He used his tactics to make the enemy unpredictable. There was a marshal of the older generation who praised Qi Cheng. All the commanders in the empire for 500 years, none of them can surpass Qi Cheng. It is simply unprecedented. No one came after.

After 20 years, this myth is still circulating within the empire.It's just that most of the soldiers in the empire are new recruits. They haven't experienced the era when Qi Cheng slaughtered all directions. They think this kind of statement is just an exaggeration and dismiss it at all.But now the people in the battleship are facing Qi Cheng's terror for the first time.

What makes Qi Cheng great is not his combat power, but his terrifying mind.

How can anyone be imprisoned by the Empire for 20 years and finally have a chance to escape, but instead of leaving the Milky Way to hide in a safe place immediately, they lurk in the Empire and wait for the opportunity to come?

When did this layout start?Since Qi Dingmao was deliberately arrested in Hong Kong two and a half months ago, or when Qi Cheng planned to escape from prison?Or go further, Qi Cheng resisted the pursuers by himself for 20 years, in exchange for all his men to flee?

How many steps did he see backwards? Are all the people in the empire being led by the nose by him?

Tan Yeran grew up with Qi Cheng, and he understood his terror better than others. At that time, he felt that following such a person would definitely lead the empire to a brighter future.But now, when this person became an enemy, Tan Yeran only felt unprecedented fear.Ever since he was a child, he has never won against Qi Cheng in chess. Now, can he win?

"Qi Lan is fine." When everyone's will was crushed by the terrible fireworks, only Yang Xiaotian was still paying attention to his mission goal as always. He watched Qi Lan's mecha dodge the fatal attack in the light screen, Just a few scratches on the outside, and occasional sparks from some garbled wiring.

"Qi Cheng——" In the communicator, everyone heard Qi Lan's distressed roar, and they just froze, and the mecha disappeared in the light screen.

"Qi Lan is invisible..." Tan Yeran regained his sanity, and he immediately said to the communicator, "Qi Lan, I know you can hear my voice, listen, we still have hope. That battleship is the newest warship in the empire. This type of warship is indeed well-equipped, but it also has weaknesses. Just now, the intelligence department has passed on the weaknesses of the warship to me. I will send you the structure diagram. As long as you attack the bottom of the left wing, the warship can self-destruct. This is Qi The battleship Cheng is on, if something happens to him, the rest of the battleships will panic, and then we will be able to escape!"

When Tan Yeran was commanding, he noticed that Yang Xiaotian wanted to speak several times, but he didn't give Yang Xiaotian a chance to speak, but instead said to his opponent: "Take him to the lifeboat, you guys, escape in the lifeboat. From the beginning, my personal terminal could not send out messages. The other party must have blocked our signal. You immediately evacuate in different directions, and at least one person must escape to pass the news to Congress. Tell them, Qi Cheng is What an enemy."

After finishing speaking, Tan Yeran saluted all his subordinates.

He who stayed in the battleship was going to live and die with Qi Lan.

Everyone's heart was very heavy, they saluted Tan Yeran one after another, and Yang Xiaotian was also taken down.Before leaving, he looked back at Tan Yeran and said loudly, "Sir Tan, you will be fine."

Tan Yeran turned back and smiled at him, no matter what, he had to protect the child, Yang Xiaotian was implicated by him, he could have been his temporary employee in Banyue Port.

"This is the setting button, and this is the star map. As long as you select the planet you want to go to in the star map, the escape pod can automatically locate and take you anywhere." The soldier in charge of taking Yang Xiaotian to evacuate taught him patiently, "In the escape pod, you can choose to sleep or stay awake. Once you encounter an attack, the escape pod can also fight back, but there are not many ammunition stored, so you should save it. In addition, this is a manual control mode, and this is the thruster. , The design of the escape pod is based on speed. If you use propellers, the speed is two to three times that of ordinary warships. It can be used in emergencies, but it is very energy-consuming, so use it with caution."

After the explanation, the soldier stuffed Yang Xiaotian into the escape pod, helped him set the escape direction to Banyue Harbor, and entered the escape pod himself.

The escape pod is enough to accommodate two or three people, but there are enough escape pods in the battleship. In order to let them escape in different directions and distract the enemy's attention, Tan Yeran gave each of them an escape pod.Yang Xiaotian sat on the seat, watching alone being released by the battleship.

Entering the starry sky, in the pitch-black universe, there is only a medium-sized warship in the distance, facing the attack of several large warships in front of it alone.

And the leading battleship is under attack under the left wing.It seemed to want to kill the attacker, but Qi Lan's invisibility made it impossible for the battleship to hit Qi Lan several times.

Yang Xiaotian could see very clearly in the dark, every one or two minutes, sparks would flash on the bruised part of Qi Lan's mecha...

The ominous premonition gripped Yang Xiaotian's heart tightly again. He didn't understand the history of the empire, nor did he know what kind of person Qi Cheng was, let alone what his purpose was, why he attacked their warships.

Yang Xiaotian only knows one thing, his task is to keep an eye on Qi Lan and escort him back to the Imperial Capital.

It's such a simple task.

He Xiaotian never failed to complete a task from birth to death.

Thinking of this, Yang Xiaotian decisively followed the instructions of the soldiers just now, changed the automatic navigation to manual mode, turned on the thrusters, turned the direction unskillfully, and rushed towards the huge battleship at full speed.

At this time, Tan Yeran in the command room also saw the sparks flickering on Qi Lan's body that were not controlled by his invisibility ability, and his whole blood couldn't flow.

The scattered fireworks just now didn't miss Qi Lan at all, but deliberately and precisely scratched his mecha, just to locate Qi Lan who was in an invisible state!

From the very beginning, Qi Cheng had only one purpose, and that was to take away his best experimental subject, Qi Lan.

But now...

Seeing that the large warship releases a huge light net, which tightly wraps the place where Qi Lan flashed the fire, the light net slowly shrinks, Qi Lan has become Qi Cheng's pocket, it is impossible escape.

Tan Yeran knelt powerlessly in front of the podium, he was completely calculated.

Qi Cheng not only understands the people of the empire, but also Tan Yeran's fighting style.He designed Tan Yeran to be led by the nose all the way, and sent Qi Lan to the door foolishly.

Just like playing chess together back then, even after 20 years, Tan Yeran is still under Qi Cheng's control.

However, at this moment, a brilliant flame suddenly flashed across the light screen, and flew straight towards the light net covering Qi Lan.

The flame pierced Tan Yeran's frustration, he quickly adjusted the angle of the light screen, and saw the small escape pod, like a moth to a flame, plunged into the light net, and at the same time tore it vigorously on the light net .

It's Yang Xiaotian!

Tan Yeran had never thought of escaping, so he gave Yang Xiaotian the best escape pod in this battleship that belonged to him, so he recognized at a glance that this ship had the most energy reserves, the strongest firepower and the fastest speed. The escape pod was driven by Yang Xiaotian.

The moment when everyone fled, the moment when the crown prince was arrested, and the moment when the commander's will was completely disintegrated, this 19-year-old kid was driving a small escape pod, trying to save people... It's ridiculous Well, it's simply sending you to death...

However, looking at the struggling figure on the optical net, Tan Yeran felt his blood warm up again.

The large battleship had already started to gather its firepower, trying to gently crush this dead bug that was trying to shake the tree to death, Tan Yeran absolutely couldn't let this happen.

He immediately connected the battleships. All warships in the empire can communicate internally, and this one is no exception.

"Qi Cheng," Tan Yeran said, "I know it's you, and I also know that I'm like a clown in front of you. It's impossible to defeat you."

"But there is one thing you have to remember. The people of the empire are not your puppets. As long as there is a glimmer of hope, I will not let you succeed." After finishing speaking, Tan Yeran pressed a button.

His battleship quickly disintegrated in the air, and every part flew towards Qi Cheng's battleship at an extremely fast speed, including the command room where Tan Yeran was.

This is a self-destruct mode of the imperial battleship. As long as this mode is turned on, the battleship will explode with great combat power, but it is impossible for the people inside to survive.This mode started after the first genetic war. In order not to become captives of the enemy, the soldiers who participated in the genetic war were studied their bodies. As long as the battle failed, the self-destruct mode would be activated, and the body would be blown into the universe. The dust in it prevents the enemy from getting a little bit of genetic information.This setting has been used to this day, and every warship of the Empire has this function.

However, Tan Yeran's battleship is a little special. It is different from other battleships. On the commander's battleship, there is a small protective cover, which is left to protect the only person who escaped with information.This protective cover can only be released when the battleship self-destructs. It is almost indestructible. No matter how terrible the attack is, the protective cover can last for five to 10 minutes.

Because of this function, the name of this warship is - "Tinder".

It has been the battleship of the royal family since ancient times.

The small but extremely strong protective cover firmly guarded Yang Xiaotian's escape pod, making it impossible for the battleship's attack to hit him.

"Tan Yeran, are you crazy!" Qi Cheng's voice finally sounded through the communicator, a little hoarse and familiar, "You would rather be smashed to pieces, but also protect an...an inexplicable escape pod? Even if you use it to protect Qi Lan can do it too!"

"You don't understand." Tan Yeran, who was injured all over his body due to the energy of the battleship, smiled, "You don't understand how the fire that pierced the starry sky encouraged me. You don't know what I saw just now."

Those pure and persistent eyes, that stubborn and firm expression.That is the simplicity that cannot be shaken no matter how tricks are tried, the purity that will never give up hope no matter what.

Tan Yeran suddenly remembered what Yang Xiaotian said before he was sent away. He said that he would definitely survive.A big boy who never likes to talk nonsense, why would he suddenly say such a thing?With such a strong sixth sense, did he feel something?

What kind of courage did that child who turned pale with fright just because of the firing between the battleships lead him to drive the battleship alone to the embrace of the enemy?

Tan Yeran really wanted to ask Yang Xiaotian, but after thinking about it, he felt that there was no need to ask.

In fact, the answer is very simple, that child has been performing tasks.He is also, his task is to escort Qi Lan back to the imperial capital, no matter what happens, he must not give up.

The torn apart battleship slammed into Qi Cheng's large battleship fiercely, exploding countless brilliant sparks in the starry sky, and the command module exploded right next to Yang Xiaotian, and the light net torn by the force of the explosion allowed Yang Xiaotian to rush through smoothly. go in.

"Tan Yeran!" Qi Cheng shouted loudly in the command room, he watched helplessly as the small command cabin exploded, and a huge explosion came from his communicator.

"My lord, the battleship is seriously damaged." The subordinates ran over and said, "It is impossible to locate Qi Lan's and the rescue cabin."

Qi Cheng closed his eyes quietly, opened them after a long time and said, "Aren't there other battleships? Chase!"

"Yes!"

At the same time, Yang Xiaotian finally found Qi Lan who was exhausted and showed his figure, and put him into the escape cabin after taking off his mecha.

There was still a little time for the protective cover, Yang Xiaotian turned on the propeller, and rushed out in a completely unfamiliar direction with all his strength.

Qi Lan's whole body was injured, and she passed out when she entered the escape cabin. There was still a drop of water hanging from the corner of her eye, whether it was tears or sweat.Yang Xiaotian quickly put on a sleeping device for him to preserve his energy.

The speed of the escape pod far exceeded the speed of the battleship. Under the protection of the protective cover, Yang Xiaotian blocked the attack of the battleship. Relying on his speed, he escaped from the attack range of the battleship before the protective cover disappeared, and the escape pod fled to an unknown distance.

The moment the protective cover disappeared, Yang Xiaotian wiped his wet cheeks and continued walking.

"Where are they going?" Qi Cheng opened the star map and asked with a frown.

"This..." The subordinates hesitated and couldn't explain why, "The place they went to seems to be an undeveloped area..."

The scope of the Milky Way is very wide. Although the empire has entered the cosmic era for many years, it has not yet explored the entire Milky Way.The direction Yang Xiaotian was driving in was a place that had not been developed by the empire at all, and where there was no star map to guide him...