Him and their stars

Of course, this isn't surprising if you think about it.

Thinking back to the past, I have lived in this pirate city for so long. Although I cannot fully satisfy my appetite, I have not really fallen to the point of relying on nutritional paste for a living. I can always get some canned frozen meat, dehydrated vegetables and so on.

I have seen better and more luxurious ingredients a few times, but I just don’t think they are important.

"Not only did we eat it, we even took some away with us." Feifei added.

In fact, the wealth of the Great Freedom City was even richer than Yu Lian had imagined. According to everyone, right after getting off the ship and before he even had time to attend the banquet, the manager on the other side took out at least 10 billion worth of wealth, including precious metals, gems, cash, and even bearer securities.

They didn't even say it was a "ransom for life", they just said it was a tiny, insignificant gift to make friends or something, still lowering their posture to the extreme.

As the saying goes, never hit a smiling person, so the subsequent banquet and negotiations were of course a joyful occasion.

Colonel Singh, who was in charge of intelligence, reported to Yu Lian that all the 11 managers of the Great Freedom City were present except for two people who were not in the city. The current chief, who was equivalent to the mayor of the Great Freedom City, was actually a Carda goblin named Bache, who was short and capable, honest and nice to talk. He looked like a gangster boss who could not fight or fight, but more like a well-trained banker.

It is understandable that a good banker must not look shrewd and mercenary, but must be very capable but have a kind face.

In fact, Mr. Bache’s last job was at Libra Bank, where he even held the high position of deputy general manager of the Star Region branch.

He did not shy away from admitting this.

Yu Lian nodded. This was the same information he knew. When he lived in Da Zi Zai City, Master Bache was the previous mayor and was very much missed by the old people. They all thought that this master was a loyal and respectable master!

Of course, Master Bache was not killed in a fight, but retired home to enjoy his grandchildren.

It can only be said that when one reaches this level in the underworld, he has become well-versed in the ways of the world, and all that is left is to blend in with the world. There won't be so many bloody incidents where entire families are wiped out.

"Isn't the manager of this Great Freedom City the Alliance's Glove? They're not even pretending!" Of course, Annie had her worldview overturned the most. This was different from the world she imagined. But she had to admit that this was the real world.

"This is a good thing. It's easier to talk because we are all businessmen," Colonel Singh said with a smile.

Of course, because they were all businessmen, Feifei directly declined the huge sum of money offered by the other party. She knew what was important and knew that no matter how humble a businessman was, there was a limit to the price he could offer.

The managers were helpless, so they called in Edward "Firebeard" from the Flame Pirates.

Edward saw that all the Earth officers at the scene were skeptical, and saw that the young colonel in the lead was still smiling, but he felt a strong sense of oppression for no reason.

This person was naturally a decisive person. He cut off a section of his little finger on the spot, pointed his bloody finger in the direction of the galactic center and swore to the Spirit of the Universe that he had really not harmed the Bazan fleet, and even helped a little bit... No, to be precise, he had actually made a mutually beneficial deal.

It was not until this time that the Yulian Fleet received the follow-up information of the Bazan Fleet.

This heroic fleet, which had been carrying out the most dangerous mission since the beginning of the war, was still holding on. If nothing unexpected happened, they were now in the Sumoa star region of the empire.

Of course, if we want to be more precise, we can no longer call it the "Bazin Fleet".

In fact, on March 11, when Commodore Bazin made his last report to Said, his anti-communition fleet, including the cruiser Xiaguang, had only 18 ships left. Compared to when they first set out from Said, the number of personnel had been reduced by nearly half, and the surviving ships were all damaged.

From a purely military perspective, it is difficult to say whether it is a gain or a loss, but from a political perspective, the appearance of the Earth's fleet in the heart of the empire is already the greatest victory.

The next thing to consider is how to escape from the increasing gathering of the Empire's encirclement and suppression fleets.

Brigadier General Bazin once again announced to the soldiers: "We are carrying out a dangerous mission, but it is definitely not a mission to send you to death. You are soldiers and warriors, but you are definitely not dead soldiers. Only when we leave the empire smoothly can this mission be considered successful. Your fighting is a feat that starts and ends well, Commander Yu's decision is a stroke of genius, and I, an old man, will be eligible to go back and get my pension. Damn it, I have fought for the country for almost 60 years, and I have never received a pension. How can I bear it?"

His words caused a burst of laughter.

In fact, the old general didn't need to make any speeches to mobilize the troops. Which of the soldiers who could hold on to this point had not already fully awakened?

It doesn't matter if you die in battle. Anyway, we have fought to this point, so it's a gain no matter how many enemies we kill.

Of course, being able to escape is also good. Didn't Commander Yu Lian also say that a true hero is not afraid of death, but lives towards death.

Operations staff officer Lieutenant Colonel Deng Zhengqing felt that these words did not sound like what the Commander Yu he knew would say, but more like the same idea in a modified form. However, as a traditional East Asian gentleman who held himself to the standards of ancient generals, he remained silent.

However, having said that, just the autonomous deep space probes left behind by everyone during the transfer (flow) battle (escape) are enough to discover that at least seven or eight imperial fleets are approaching them, and each of them has a greater paper combat power than themselves.

It looked as if a pack of wolves were hunting a wounded lone deer.

Fortunately, they still have the star map seized from the plunderers.

Following the remote route that these space bandits spent thousands of years to explore, the Bazan fleet finally escaped the interception of the imperial fleet near the polar border and entered the uninhabited area of ​​the Gaixian star zone.

This star field, called the "Diamond Nebula" by the Empire, is located at the intersection of the four border star regions of the Empire and is composed of 26 star systems. Although they are all stable stars, there is not a single Earth-like planet in its vast starry sky. There are only trillions of silicified meteorites floating around, reflecting the afterglow of supernova explosions tens of thousands of light years away. It is as if all the surrounding star regions are wearing a necklace made of broken diamonds. Although it is barren and desolate, it is also beautiful like a dream.

The purpose of the Bazan fleet is to pass through this star field that seems to be made up of gorgeous broken diamonds and enter the more remote Helots star region.

This star sector, together with the neighboring Syrmaëa star sector, can basically be regarded as the largest slave labor camp in the Galactic Empire. In theory, it is also a (relative) vacuum period of the Empire's military power.

If it were a year ago, this road would actually be a typical dead end.

However, an unknown member of the Pioneer Party took a group of slave laborers and escaped from the Helots star region on an ice spaceship, all the way through the vast abyss to the Sanqi star region and succeeded, which gave them some hope.

"If even ice spaceships can do it, why can't our warships do it?" said Brigadier General Bazin.

Although the warships were covered in wounds, they were still legitimate warships after all.

More importantly, this miraculous escape operation, although destined to be included in history textbooks in the future, is still a secret. The empire masters are focusing their energy on the war of conquest of the earth, which leaves room for maneuver.

Their judgment should be correct. At least in the more than one week since entering the Diamond Nebula, it was relatively safe, and even the officers and soldiers of the fleet began to slack off a bit.

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This is actually instinct. Rather than being slack, it is better to say that the officers and soldiers were exhausted after half a year of fighting behind enemy lines. When they encountered a rare window of opportunity, they became sluggish both physically and mentally.

When the gravity source radar of the Xiaguang first captured a sudden flash of gravitational distortion nearby, it took the officers and soldiers of the entire fleet nearly ten minutes to enter combat readiness.

This made Brigadier General Bazin furious.

If the enemy is already in a better position to fight, they can fire a volley at us first. In many cases, in a small fleet encounter, victory or defeat is often determined by this first move.

However, what is surprising is that this slight gravitational fluctuation disappeared behind the stardust in an instant, like a meteor across the sky.

However, the gravitational data recorded in the radar also formed a contour projection, which was a thing like a pupa and could not be a naturally occurring celestial body in the universe.

"Is it some kind of cosmic Leviathan?"

"There is a cosmic Leviathan in the heart of the empire?"

"We can't rule out this possibility. Don't you remember the star-eating worm in the extreme border two years ago? The universe is very mysterious!"

"But if it's Leviathan, why didn't it attack us?"

The conversation did not last long. Soon, the Bazan fleet detected dense electromagnetic signals and gravitational storms again. More than 30 high-speed warships, including four battlecruisers, jumped out from the gaps in the gravity well.

This was the worst news. Facing such a fleet, the Bazin fleet had no chance of winning. Fortunately, because the unknown gravity had sprained everyone's waist, they were all alert and started to execute the escape plan in advance.

It is a plan that no one wants to make.

All the remaining 18 community warships simultaneously fired the remaining strong photon jammers in the direction of the Imperial fleet. At the same time, the escape pods carrying the antimatter cores were disguised as torpedo clusters and fired in another direction.

The success of this elaborate deception also caused the Imperial Fleet to lose some ground. Or rather, they did not expect to encounter the remnants of the defeated army from Earth.

It took them three minutes to react slowly before they launched heavy fire into the void, but in the direction of the "torpedo group".

At this time, the Community's light warships had already passed through the dense, diamond-like stardust and distanced themselves from the Empire's pursuers.

Those majestic Imperial battlecruisers did not take action immediately, but that did not mean the crisis was over.

Thousands of fighter planes, ten light cruisers and twelve destroyers rushed towards the fleeing Community fleet.

Both their ships and their men were well-rested, in high spirits, and full of murderous intent, like a group of hungry hounds that had run out of gunpowder.

"You know what to do." Brigadier General Bazin said to Deng Zhengqing.