Xia Chujian sneered, thinking she was surrounded, not scared witless.
Let her hand over the Longevity Flying Fish? Believe it or not, the moment her Longevity Flying Fish entered their cold storage, they would unleash a barrage of fire, completely vaporizing her Starry Sky Cruiser!
At that time, even if she could escape with the special functions of the Shao Siming Black Silver Mecha, her comrades would all die here.
If these people died on the battlefield, she wouldn't feel the slightest guilt.
How could there be no deaths in war? It would be fine if they died for a worthy cause.
But if they were implicated by her, dying in confusion, even unjustly, she wouldn't be able to forgive herself.
Xia Chujian's mind raced. She really wanted to have Seven Lù try to connect to the communication channels of those Combat Aircraft and Starry Sky Fighters, to persuade those ordinary soldiers not to be accomplices of Ji Shunliang.
But Seven Lù said that the serial numbers of these Combat Aircraft and Starry Sky Fighters proved that they originally belonged to the General Logistics Department Execution Brigade of the Beichen Empire Military.
In other words, surrounding her and arresting her was just their job.
They were executing orders from their superiors.
No matter how eloquent Xia Chujian was, no matter how much they sympathized with Xia Chujian, they would not and dared not disobey their superiors' orders.
This move wouldn't work.
Xia Chujian remained silent, simply opening the virtual display screens on each level of the Cruiser, explaining the situation to her people.
As these virtual display screens appeared before everyone, Xia Chujian projected the situation in the airspace ahead onto each virtual display screen.
She calmly said, "Comrades, we are surrounded, and it will probably be difficult to get out."
"The other side is targeting me, it has nothing to do with you."
"I will now negotiate with them to let you out first..."
As soon as she said this, the Marine Corps and pilots exploded, including Gu Zhongjin's pilot team.
They shouted in the Cruiser's public channel.
"Which bastard is so black-hearted! Daring to touch our Captain Xia!"
"We owe Captain Xia two lives! It's a pity we can only give up this one life for Captain Xia! We still made a profit!"
"Captain Xia, don't say anymore! We'll still take them on!"
They were all Gene Evolvers now, and they felt like they had inexhaustible energy.
They weren't afraid of the Combat Aircraft and Starry Sky Fighters outside at all!
Even Gu Zhongjin's pilot team was filled with indignation, and they all said, "Captain Xia! Although our Cruiser isn't high-level, our technology is even better!"
"As long as you give the word, it's not impossible to fight them!"
Even the pilot team, who usually didn't participate in combat, was so angry, which showed that the other side had really incurred public wrath.
But Xia Chujian also understood that no matter what the outcome, these people's lives would be accounted for here.
Even if they could be vindicated in the future, it would be after they had paid the price of their lives.
Who cares about this vindication? Xia Chujian took a deep breath and said, "Everyone, don't be too excited."
"I know it's not impossible to fight."
"But as long as we fight, the other side will die, and we will die too."
"Those who die on the other side are ordinary soldiers driven by Ji Shunliang."
"They are just acting on orders, what's wrong with that?"
"And those who die on our side are our elite warriors who have returned from the bloody battle on Senze Star!"
"No matter how you look at it, we're at a great loss."
"As you know, I, Xia Chujian, never do things that are disadvantageous."
"So, I appreciate your kindness."
"I will plead with them to let you live."
At this time, Sang Yadi said quietly, "Captain Xia, you are judging others' hearts with your own."
"You telling them to let us go is useless. They won't believe you don't value your own life; they'll just think you want to escape with us."
"So they won't let any of us go. They'll kill us all to make sure you don't escape."
Xia Chujian was silent.
She actually knew they would do this, so she had already planned to have Seven Lù follow the magnetic field frequency of the communication system to see if it could control the other four Starry Sky Cruisers.
As long as she could control their Cruisers, she would have a way to help everyone escape.
But this plan could only be known to her and Seven Lù; no one else could know.
However, since these people didn't want her to escape and wanted to live and die with her, Xia Chujian accepted their sentiment.
It wasn't in vain that she used such precious Blood Kirin and Kong Sang to save so many people.
Good intentions are indeed rewarded.
Xia Chujian took a deep breath and said, "Okay, since everyone wants to stay, then stay."
"On the Road to the Yellow Springs, we'll walk together, so we won't be alone!"
After Xia Chujian said this, everyone felt sad, but they also smiled.
They looked at each other and suddenly felt that having these comrades who had shared life and death with them made it possible to die with a smile.
Just as Xia Chujian decided to expose Seven Lù and control the other four Starry Sky Cruisers, suddenly, the magnetic field signal on the 3D virtual display in front of her became chaotic.
Above the lifelike Starry Sky Cruisers, Combat Aircraft, and Starry Sky Fighters, which were like scaled-down real objects, a dark, colossal object quietly revealed the outline of a bottom hold.
It didn't need to show the entire outline; just a bottom was enough to cover the sky and earth, even more heart-stirring than the figure of the Starry Sky Yuan-chu that Seven Lù had shown her before.
It was the Bat-style Fighter Jet she had been familiar with and even coveted! It was Huo Yushen's exclusive vehicle!
In the entire Beichen Empire, it was also one of only two Warplanes that could directly Space Warp! Was Kang Shanxing here to save her?!
Xia Chujian's heart, which had been in her throat, finally settled back into her chest.
Okay, everything was fine now.
They were all saved.
The scene in front of Xia Chujian was being projected throughout the Starry Sky Cruiser, so everyone saw it.
Few of them had seen Huo Yushen's Bat-style Fighter Jet in person, and they didn't know who had appeared for a moment, thinking that the enemy's reinforcements had arrived again.
When they saw that the warship was even larger than the highest-level Starry Sky mothership, a strong sense of unwillingness and despair rose in everyone's hearts.
But Xia Chujian said with joy, "Great! Our reinforcements are here!"
In the Cruiser, the hearts that had just sunk to the bottom of the valley were now invigorated again.
"What did the Captain say?!"
"Are they our reinforcements?!"
"Which fleet are they from?!"
"I don't know which fleet has such a powerful warship?!"
"...Is it a Star Destroyer?"
They had never seen a Star Destroyer, but they had heard of its reputation. It was said to be a new type of Space warship being developed by the Empire's most powerful military experts, and it would be their trump card in the future!
Xia Chujian raised her eyebrows and said, "No, this is... anyway, I don't know what it is, but I know it's definitely not the enemy's reinforcements, because..."
The scene on the bottom of the colossal object became clearer.
An icon appeared on it: a Divine Sword falling from the sky and cutting through the darkness! Xia Chujian said emotionally, "This is the mark of the Special Security Bureau!"
This mark was probably familiar to everyone in the entire Beichen Empire.
Everyone was silent for a moment.
Because they were not sure which side the arrival of the Special Security Bureau was helping.
Only Xia Chujian was particularly sure that they were here to save her! At this time, next to the Divine Sword of the bottom layer mark, the hatch suddenly opened, and Flying Vehicles flew out of the bottom hold.
Then, in the headphones of everyone present, in the communicators of every Cruiser, Warplane, and Combat Aircraft, the unique calm and cold voice of the Special Security Bureau personnel sounded.
"Special Security Bureau Audit and Discipline Department is handling a case, everyone remain silent."
"Anyone who leaves without permission will be executed on the spot."
Everyone fell silent immediately, not daring to make the slightest movement.
They were even afraid that the sound of their machines' engines would attract indiscriminate attacks from the Special Security Bureau!
After those Small Combat Aircraft flew out from the Bat-style Fighter Jet's lower hold, they surrounded the Starry Sky Cruiser where Ji Shunliang was! Ji Shunliang's face was drained of color as he trembled, fumbling to sit down in his Captain's Room.
The subordinates around him, who had been arrogant just moments before, now had beads of sweat the size of beans on their foreheads.
Some of the more hàn hàn desperate individuals were already casting unfriendly glances at Ji Shunliang, contemplating whether to perform a "meritorious service to atone for their crimes"...
Ji Shunliang never expected that pursuing a commoner with no backing, who wasn't even a Gene Evolver, would attract the Special Security Bureau Audit and Discipline Department! The Special Security Bureau was only responsible to the Emperor, and usually, they and the Military minded their own business.
But the Special Security Bureau's Audit and Discipline Department could supervise and interrogate all state institutions.
Including all departments of the Military.
This power was a bit too much, and the Senate, Cabinet, and Military were recently discussing limiting the Audit and Discipline Department's power.
However, they were obstructed by the Emperor, so the situation remained deadlocked.
At this moment, Jiang Yuanshu, the Director of the Special Security Bureau Audit and Discipline Department, had arrived with her people in front of Ji Shunliang's Starry Sky Cruiser.
She calmly hailed them: "The Special Security Bureau Audit and Discipline Department is executing a mission. Ji Shunliang, open the hatch and assist the Audit and Discipline Department in its investigation."
Ji Shunliang's face was drained of color, and his hands trembled as he tried to open the hatch, but he couldn't press the button.
Finally, he hardened his heart and pulled out his sidearm.
Bang, bang, bang! After several shots, all of his trusted subordinates were killed by him, and he pointed the gun at his own temple.
Bang! A gunshot rang out, and he also fell into a pool of blood.
Although Ji Shunliang had turned off the surveillance in the Captain's Room, he didn't know that everything had already been transmitted to the Special Security Bureau's surveillance system.
Huo Yushen stood in his office, watching the virtual display screen in front of him with his hands in his sleeves, just as cold as ice, but with no intention of intervening.
Meng Guanghui was anxious to death, saying, "Marshal Huo, are you just going to watch this bastard Ji commit suicide?! He's an important witness!"
"He wanted to deal with my subordinates, I definitely won't let him have an easy time!"
Huo Yushen didn't even look at him, only coldly ordering Kang Shanxing: "Take people to clean up the aftermath."
"The General Logistics Department Execution Brigade must be intact."
"Ji Shunliang committed suicide out of fear of punishment. Randomly promote someone unrelated to the Ji Family as the temporary captain."
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