Endless Silver Machine

——You are just victims.

With these words, No. 5 activated the transfer magic that had been arranged in the driver's seat, and his figure disappeared together with Lan Ming sitting next to him.

At the same time, the control panel showed that the escape hatch at the rear of the airship was open, and it was no longer possible to stop him when he discovered it.

"That bastard!"

Aika rushed to the empty driver's seat in a hurry, and the joystick without the driver swayed left and right in vain.

The direction the airship is heading now is definitely not the smuggling group's home base, and No. 5 deceived them.

There was a violent impact from the outside of the airship. The inside of the airship tilted greatly, and the boxes on the ground slid to one side.

"Aika, we have stepped into their trap." Ling looked out of the side window and saw that he was surrounded by dozens of hostile airships of the same type. "Get ready to rush out immediately!" "

This is an abandoned urban area that looks like the border of the Protoss' territory. There are already many small armed airships occupying the undefended airspace.

Judging from their attack patterns and the controller of this airship, they use the same magic technology as the civilian airships of the Bis Empire.

Although the magic ship-borne cannon equipped on the enemy airship is small, it is enough to penetrate the deck of the airship that weakens its defense for the sake of speed.

The magic light beams are intricately intertwined high in the sky. Without saying a word, he launched a fierce offensive, making it clear that there was no way for the prey that fell into the trap to survive.

Aika sat in the driver's seat and took over the manual driving of the airship without even fastening the seat belt.

I don't know if it was to avoid leaving Aika and the others a chance to counterattack. Apart from the most basic maneuverability, this airship was not equipped with any weapons and was extremely simple to operate.

For Aika, driving this airship to break through the encirclement is as easy as a game.

"Ling, can you find Lan Ming's location?"

"Wait a moment... we can still find it. It happens to be in the direction you are going. The escape plane No. 5 is not much faster than us. If it goes faster, we can catch up."

"Fortunately, Lan Ming still has our transmitter on him."

In order not to be discovered, the transmitter has been specially processed and hidden in Lan Ming's hairpin.

But breaking through a path in this hail of bullets to chase the escape machine is not something that can be done just by thinking about it.

Seeing that the distance between the escape plane and the airship was gradually widening, Aika tried hard to calm down the anxiety in her heart and piloted the airship to flexibly avoid the surrounding attacks.

Although Lan Ming took the initiative to become a hostage in this operation, Aika would never let this happen.

——I don’t ask this because of my status as a princess. Didn't Aika say that he hopes I will live as "Lan Ming"? Now is the meager strength I want to contribute to everyone as "Lan Ming". If I were just a "Lan Ming" girl, no matter how I was treated, it wouldn't become an international issue... In fact, it shouldn't matter if I admit it, right? I just want to accompany you to do adventurous things.

If this heart-wrenching feeling is wasted, Aika will never forgive the self-proclaimed knight.

At this time, the unencrypted channel of the airship opened by Aika received a strange signal.

——Don’t worry about the bullets, just step on the accelerator and catch up!

Those were the bold words thrown out by Feili.

A three-dimensional geometry like a floating fortress appeared in the originally empty sky, and it seemed to have faded away its camouflage and came to dominate the battlefield as the overlord of the airspace.

Several hatches in Tusi Kong opened, releasing dozens of flying sub-ships shaped like thin needles.

Dozens of sub-ships began to launch a counter-encirclement and suppression campaign against the armed airships that surrounded Aika and the others, and the battle situation reversed in an instant.

In Tusi Kong's command room, Leilu and Corel collapsed on the seats behind them as if they had exhausted all their strength.

"Thank you for your hard work, little sister Leilu, and Corel."

"I am the senior sister of classmate Corel..."

Leilu feebly added to the question she had emphasized so many times, but Feili always went in one ear and out the other, always assuming that Leilu was younger than Corel based on the height difference between the two of them.

"Your elves' hallucinations are already at the level of magic equipment, right? You can actually use hallucinations to hide such a big thing all the way."

This time Feili probably turned a deaf ear to Leilu’s protest. She casually dealt with the tired and dissatisfied Reilu and thrust two glasses of water into their hands.

In fact, Tusi Kong, who was following Aika and the three of them, had been waiting nearby as a mobile unit since the beginning of the plan. As the commander, Caroliel stayed in the palace due to important matters, so the command was temporarily transferred to Feili according to Ruby's request.

When the micro airship carried Aika and the others at high speed, Tusi Kong also kept sailing at a higher level according to the transmitter in Lan Ming's hairpin. But in comparison, it was not as fast as the micro airship, so it arrived at the scene a few minutes late.

Except for Feili and two elven children, the rest of Tusi Kong's cabin were all male gods.

"Gentlemen, let's not talk nonsense! Show off the glory of our sea fog fleet and drive out the enemies without leaving any trace!"

"Sister, we have been on vacation for more than a year. Don't talk about this big thing, we can't even control the ocean fleet."

"That's right, eldest sister. It's already difficult for us to be able to control Tusi to fly such a long distance by ourselves."

"Are you worthy of the name of the Sea Mist Fleet by saying such things?"

"It's the 'original' crew member, right?"

That's right, the crew here are all elite crew members of the original Sea Mist Fleet. They were pathetic men who were robbed of their place by underage beauties and had to end their careers and return to the beautiful Protoss territory for vacation.

"Ah - show me what's going on down there."

On the screen in the command room, the airship carrying Aika and Ling had broken away from the encirclement and was speeding away in pursuit of Lan Ming's signal.

The crew members who had already been deployed in the Tusi sky drove a one-man sub-ship and started a melee with the blockers sent by the smuggling group.

From time to time, dazzling light effects and dull explosions came from the sky. Although both sides have suffered certain losses, it can be seen initially that the Gods now have the upper hand.

Feili watched the battle situation for a while, tapping the control panel with her fingers, and one of the sub-ships in the cabin began to unlock.

"Will eldest sister go into battle in person?"

"I see you are so anxious," Feili turned around and left the command room, her cool military uniform flying, "and there are very few opportunities to pilot a Tusi Kong. I haven't been so excited for a long time."

"Pay attention to friendly forces! Pay attention to friendly forces! Sister, be sure not to accidentally injure friendly forces!"

"How is that possible? Don't worry."

Feili raised a hand to signal and disappeared behind the door of the command room.

The captain of the Sea Mist Fleet - Fili, is now on the battlefield as a berserker who can't tell the difference between friend and foe.

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Above the clouds, an inconspicuous escape plane was flying at a constant speed.

This kind of escape machine is the product of magic technology. It has not yet been cracked by the Protoss, so it has outstanding concealment and maneuverability in the Protoss territory. A molecular power furnace is used as the power source.

In order to escape from Aika and the Protoss, the molecular power furnace of the escape machine has just been overloaded and is now in a cooling period.

No. 5 was sitting on the console, which could only accommodate one person, checking the status of various parts of the escape machine. Lan Ming was restrained in the back seat by the fixed straps of the seat device.

"I didn't expect that I, now that I have lost my identity, would still have such a worthy role for you. Should I feel honored?"

Lan Ming, who had lost his body's freedom and whose flow of magic power was restricted, said this in a tone that could not detect any tension.

No. 5 seemed to glance at her from the side of his black sunglasses, but he couldn't see clearly from Lan Ming's position.

"As expected of the Blue Rose of the Bis Empire, you are already like this, but you are still so tenacious. I don't need to say more about your value, right? Whether you are used as a bargaining chip in the transaction with those two countries, or as a bargaining chip, If you stay with us, you will get unexpected benefits."

"I see, do you just need me as an exiled princess? I thought you cared more about my eyes."

"Do you think the Candle Dragon Molten Gold is more important than you? The royal magic equipment is certainly a good thing, but if it is difficult to control, it may lead to self-inflicted fire. At least the 'workshop' already fully understands your magic equipment and does not need to study it anymore. It. As for the 'Chamber of Commerce', maybe anyone with magic equipment will be interested."

Lan Ming looked at the chains on his wrists, and the fact that he had become a hostage was clearly in front of him.

But this time, Lan Ming will no longer wait to hold his helping hand. Even if he becomes a burden, there is still something he can do. Before the light of hope comes to him, he must at least strive to get closer to him.

"No. 5, do you know about 'Project Zero'?"

Lan Ming said it without hesitation as it looked like a code name.

No. 5 did not answer, and Lan Ming, who was behind him, couldn't tell the answer from his expression.

"'Project Zero' was originally a plan to be implemented in the northwest district of the imperial capital. It was proposed in the early days of the establishment of the Bis Empire. The core of this plan was the mass production of magic equipment, and the failed product is the current magic technology. It has been recorded The magic technology in the history of human development is just a failed product of this plan, doesn’t it sound like a joke?”

"There should be hundreds of interpretations for big people. In the final analysis, mass-produced magic equipment is just a fantasy that can't even be called a dream. No one should place their hope on such a fantasy now. . To be honest, the Mimicry Magic Equipment is just a failed product of that plan. It was just a prototype when the plan was frozen, and now the 'Workshop' has completed the prototype."

"It seems that you really know something about this plan. When I saw the mimicry magic costume, I was thinking, there should be people from the northwest district of the imperial capital in the 'workshop', right?"

"Isn't this already seen through by Her Royal Highness the Princess?"

No. 5 finally pressed one of the buttons on the console, and the magic power of the molecular power furnace began to be consumed rapidly.

He stepped off the console and took out a finger-length needleless syringe from under his windbreaker.

"It's impossible to reach the destination just by flying like this. In the final analysis, this escape machine is just a degraded version of a conventional airship, and the molecular power furnace is just a defective product of the 'Workshop'. Now preparing to jump in space may have a negative impact on the body. It’s an influence that you can’t adapt to, especially if your magic power is still suppressed like you. So please take a nap, Princess.”

No. 5 walked up behind Lan Ming and pressed the needleless syringe against Lan Ming's white neck.

Lan Ming, who was restrained by the fixed belt, could not turn around. She only knew that her final struggle could only end here.

Although it is a bit regretful, it is not nothing.

"Don't you feel scared?"

All the white medicine in the injection tube was pushed into Lan Ming's body without any pain.

The effect of the drug is immediate, and the next moment you may fall into a deep sleep without knowing anything.

Incredibly, Lan Ming didn't feel the fear No. 5 said deep down in his heart.

"No," Lan Ming closed his eyes naturally, "because my knight will wake me up from my sleep."

The medicine spread rapidly in Lan Ming's body, and after saying the last sentence, she fell into a peaceful sleep.

No. 5 casually threw the empty needleless syringe on the ground, and the syringe rolled into a dark corner.

He returned to the console at the front of the machine. Forty percent of the preparations for the space jump were completed.

At this moment, looking at the sleeping Lan Ming behind him, the face of a girl of the same age appeared in front of No. 5's eyes.

Is my daughter, whom I haven’t seen for many years, blooming like this blue rose at this moment?

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