"What do you think is inside that thing?"
"I don't know. There are probably some unfinished materials."
"I see …"
Jiang Chen nodded thoughtfully and pressed his hand on the metal sphere.
The thick metal touch passed through the carbon nano handguard of the power armor to his palm.
Jiang Chen focused his consciousness on his palm and took a deep breath.
In the next instant, the entire smelting furnace disappeared in front of the three of them like a shadow that had been cut off.
"So, according to the agreement —"
"Very good."
Without any warning, Gorowen the First suddenly took out a pistol and aimed behind Jiang Chen.
"Ping!"
Almost at the same moment the gunshot was fired, a silver blade flashed and blue sparks erupted in the air.
The metal slug was cut in half. Lilith, with an expressionless face, was already behind Jiang Chen.
Countless silver needles fell from the air, followed by a series of explosions, and were nailed in the direction of Gorowen. However, the silver needles failed to injure Ge Luowen. Instead, they collided with an invisible shield and only caused transparent ripples to form.
"So troublesome."
Gorowen sighed softly. He looked at Lilith, who was staring at him expressionlessly, and lowered the muzzle in his hand.
With his back facing Gorowen, Jiang Chen didn't turn around and just said softly.
"Can you give me a reason?"
"This is the best result. You have already lost," Gorowen said calmly. "From the moment the Earth Fleet was defeated … No, from a long time ago, I reminded you that you had no chance of winning."
"Is this the reason for shooting me?"
"It's just a tranquilizer bomb." Gorowen clearly just stabbed his ally in the back, but he still looked calm at the moment, as if he was stating a normal truth. "When you wake up, you will find yourself on Sventowit."
And then become a lab rat on the experiment table?
"I didn't ask you to let me on the ship." Jiang Chen sneered. "Tell me, what is your purpose? Planetary furnace? Are you going to make some money before you leave? "
"I don't deny it. In other words, that was our goal from the beginning," Gorowen said calmly. "We can make a deal."
"Do you think that's possible?" Jiang Chen looked at him coldly.
"Do you have a choice?"
Silence hung between the two of them for a moment.
Jiang Chen suddenly laughed.
His smile was very cheerful …
No.
To be precise, he was carefree.
After all, after making such a choice, his mood couldn't be considered cheerful.
Gorowen the First looked at him quietly, a trace of confusion appearing in his eyes.
Jiang Chen seemed to have laughed enough and stopped. He slightly lowered his gaze so that Gorowen couldn't see his eyes.
"If it was just now, I wouldn't have a choice, but now …"
After pausing for a moment, he squeezed the words out of his throat with a hoarse voice.
"… Just now, I suddenly understood the meaning behind that gift."
Gorowen the First was stunned.
In an instant, his originally emotionless face suddenly darkened.
Almost at the same time, Jiang Chen shouted.
"Lilith!"
"Roger."
A silver dagger popped out from her sleeve, and her petite figure shot out like a cannonball. The expressionless Lilith rushed to Gorowen the First.
…
"This is Guard-1. I'm under attack from Gorowen! I repeat, we're under attack from Gorowen! "
Inside the relic, the narrow space was filled with a hail of bullets that shuttled back and forth.
The Celestial Trade Marines stationed at the entrance of the portal were caught off guard by their ally's sudden counterattack. Fortunately, these soldiers were the elites of Celestial Trade, and they responded immediately.
The friendly atmosphere was replaced by anger. Behind the mobile bunker, the Celestial Trade Marines in power armor picked up the electromagnetic pulse rifles in their hands and fired back at the Golovin soldiers with laser guns.
Corpses were scattered on the ground, including Gorowen's and Celestial Trade's …
"What the hell happened!?"
Hong Zewei's eyes were full of disbelief. After he heard the report from the front line, he slammed his fist on the table.
He didn't understand why the Gorowen people would stab them in the back at this time.
Is this even the slightest benefit to them?
He, who knew nothing about the deal between Jiang Chen and Gorowen, could not understand the significance of Gorowen's actions.
However, there was no time for Hong Zewei to hesitate.
Since the enemy had already fired the first shot, it meant that this stupid war that couldn't be any more stupid had already begun.
There was nothing left to lose. It was surprisingly easy to make this kind of decision that should have been difficult …
Hong Zewei grinned self-deprecatingly, took a deep breath, and the look in his eyes was replaced by determination.
He reached out to the holographic window at the corner of the table and connected to the missile force in Tiangong City.
"Launch a ballistic missile, target Sventowit!"
"… Roger."
In Tiangong City, a harsh alarm sounded.
The missile launch vehicle drove out of the garage and raised the cuboid missile nest. Along with the smoke columns that sprayed in front and back at the same time, missiles more than ten meters long were launched one after another and concentrated fire in the direction of Sventowit and the opponent's space elevator.
Gorowen's land-based short-range missiles immediately took off and intercepted the ballistic missiles launched by Tiangong City. Bursts of fire exploded above the desert, like gorgeous fireworks, announcing the rupture of the friendship between the two sides.
Staring at the image from the holographic screen, Hong Zewei clenched his fists.
Obviously, the other side had expected this day.
In other words, they had been preparing for this day since a long time ago.
However, to everyone's surprise, the Gorowen people, who were threatened with a strategic strike, did not launch a counterattack against Tiangong City. They even ignored the civilian transport ships that left the port from the Celestial Trade space elevator. They only launched short-range missiles to block all the ballistic missiles.
Perhaps in their eyes, these things that were destined to be destroyed were no longer worth wasting ammunition.
Boxes of supplies were sent to the geosynchronous orbit along the space elevator. The Sventowit unhurriedly made final preparations for the upcoming voyage. At the same time, rows of cannons of different sizes on the ship were aimed at Tiangong City, which was shrouded by the gravitational shield.
Obviously, the Gorowen people had been hiding their strength.
If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, Hong Zewei, who was staring at the picture on the holographic screen, would not have believed that there were so many cannons hidden on the seemingly harmless starship …
However, at this moment, a sudden change occurred.
In the direction of the asteroid belt, insectoid ships waving their tentacles suddenly emerged from the deep and dark space.
The murderous gaze from the other side of the light year finally approached the door of Earth's civilization at this moment.
These bugs always seemed to be able to surprise people.
Leaving behind the colonial ship that had just passed through the asteroid belt between Jupiter and Mars, more than thirty insectoid ships and countless splits had already arrived on the battlefield.
After being advanced by half a century, the countdown to the doomsday was pushed forward by three days …
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