Although Silin didn't know what kind of insects they were, he knew that the person who created them must've put a lot of effort into it. After all, there were very few species that could synthesize a corrosive liquid that could melt away the outer materials of a space fighter and survive on their own. This time, it was obvious that someone had done it on purpose. Not only that, they had disguised the insects so that they looked like floating rocks and made it difficult for others to detect them.
It could be said that they had put a lot of thought into this!
Was it Wushe's doing? Or was it the Mist's people who had been quiet all this time?
It couldn't be the Navigator's people because a lot of Navigator's people had fallen victim to the same thing.
The Mist's people were more likely to be the culprit.
There wasn't any big news from the A Squad. Even if the higher-ups of the A Squad had been assassinated, it probably wouldn't reach the A Squad's ears yet. Right now, Silin didn't want to care about that. Right now, his attention was on the Eleventh Squad's starship.
Ever since he and Czedow left the spaceplane to help take out the insects, Eudy had told Silin that more and more fighters were gathering at their starship's area. Almost ten minutes had passed, and the number of people on the other side had increased. Although the starship was still flying, it was like the eye of a storm right now. Wherever it went, there would be a circle of people surrounding it. Some were Vanguards, some were Navigators. Moreover, Cillin believed that there were definitely people from 'Mist' mixed in with these spaceplanes and fighters.
Both sides were in chaos because of the insects, but they quickly came up with a countermeasure to deal with the situation.
One of them was the pilot, and the other was the machine gunner to shoot the insects that had latched onto other spaceplanes or spaceplanes. Everyone was helping each other out. Some people noticed Silin's actions, but they didn't know who Silin was because he was wearing a suit of armor. All they needed to know was that he was a member of the Vanguard. Moreover, a lot of people who saw Silin thought that he was sent by the A Squad to help them. This was a kind of habitual thinking, because when it appeared at this time, coupled with Silin's mobility, it gave people the feeling that he was one of the specially trained elites in the A Squadron.
Silin dealt with the bugs on Kari's spaceship and watched them adapt quickly. Then, he returned to the spaceship that Eudy was piloting. However, he did not enter the spaceship. Instead, he stood in a depression on the side of the spaceship and watched the battlefield.
In addition to causing trouble for both sides, the insects were mainly used to attract attention. Perhaps when everyone was paying attention to the insects, some people had already begun their secret operations.
Silin knew that Vanguard's A Squadron had sent out several special operations teams to attack the main starships of Navigators, and Navigators were clearly prepared. Both sides were in a stalemate. Every second, there was a pincer attack. Every second, there were new warships or spaceships appearing from hyperspace. Both sides wanted to catch each other off guard, but it was obvious that both sides had a deep understanding of each other, so there was not much effect.
These are only superficial. In this space battlefield that cannot be seen, who knows how many secret battles are taking place. For example, the high-level officials on the planet who went to negotiate, and the things that were going on inside the Eleventh Squadron's starship.
Udoze piloted the spaceship and quickly took out an enemy that was chasing after the spaceship. He did not need Tang Qiuqiu's help to complete a lot of shooting missions. Of course, with Tang Qiuqiu's help, the number of enemy spaceships they took out doubled.
Unlike Udoze and Tang Qiuqiu, Xueqiu was so bored that it almost dozed off. It was very envious of Huimao, who was squatting outside and picking up bugs from time to time to play with them.
Many people who flew past Udoze's spaceship and saw the fat cat calmly squatting on the fuselage of the spaceship could not help but curse. It was not their fault. This was really too unbelievable. Who would have thought that a cat would not have any protection in space and would be playing with bugs on a fighter jet in this battlefield?
In fact, Huimao's color was not very eye-catching, but that was based on the premise that the cat was squatting there quietly. The current situation was that the cat was playing with a bug with its claws. The bug that was many times larger than itself was easily played with by the cat. Before the scythe-like claws could cut Huimao, Huimao had already bitten it off.
Huimao was not worried about being hit by stray bullets. First, as long as it was not a heavy weapon, it would not be able to injure it. Second, with Udoze's piloting skills, he could nimbly avoid the enemy's attacks. As long as Huimao stayed close to the fuselage, there was no need to worry about being hit.
Xueqiu curled up inside the spaceship and bit its palms. It also wanted to play with it.
Wheeze was playing carelessly when Cillin's message suddenly came through. He told Huimao to return to the spaceship. There was a mission.
When it heard Silin said there was a mission, Huimao immediately shook off the big bug on its claws. It scratched its ears and prepared to leave, but Xueqiu stopped it.
Half a minute later, Huimao contacted Silin.
"Silin, Xueqiu says it's bored and wants to follow us. Do you agree?" Huimao asked.
Silin thinks for a moment and said, "Bring it along."
Xueqiu was very excited after getting permission. It put on the armor that Xi Mu had modified for it and was ejected from the spaceship.
Snowball would be fine if it didn't wear any armor. It could jump for a long time without breathing, and it wasn't afraid of the space environment. However, its white fur was too eye-catching, so it could only put on the armor for now.
Although there were some propulsion devices on the armor that allowed it to fly in space, Snowball was not familiar with this. It flew crookedly and directly crashed into a Navigator fighter, leaving a dent in it.
Xueqiu grabbed onto Huimao's tail to stabilize itself. Even if it couldn't fly, it could still be carried by Huimao and avoid crashing into spaceships or spaceships.
"Meow you fatso!" cursed the gray cat whose tail was grabbed by Wheeze.
Xueqiu: "…"
Xueqiu looked at Huimao's fat body and fell silent. Who asked it to not have wings?
Thus, in this chaotic battlefield, a medium-sized fat cat with wings was dragging something unknown behind it.
Everyone who saw this scene was amazed.
"What the hell is that thing?"
Some Navigators tried to capture the unusual duo, but before they could even get close to Wheeze, they were blasted away by three light bullets fired from its mouth.
"Eh? I didn't know you had this trick up your sleeve! "Xueqiu said to Huimao through the communicator.
"Of course I did," Huimao said smugly.
"I've never seen you use it before."
"Because I like to keep a low profile."
Xueqiu: "..." Fine, I'll keep quiet.
The spaceship's hatch had already opened for them. After Huimao charged inside, he turned around and left Xueqiu behind. Before Xueqiu could regain his footing, he rolled out of the hatch and into the passage.
Both Silin and Czedow had returned, and there was a spaceship parked next to them. It belonged to Shusag and Czedow.
Huimao shook his fur and smoothed out the mess Xueqiu had made on his tail. Then, he jumped onto Silin's shoulder and asked, "When are we moving out? What are we going to do?"
"We're going back to Little Eleven," Silin said.
Just now, Eudy had lost contact with Little Eleven, and Czedow couldn't contact him either. The entire starship had been cut off from the outside world.
"What happened to Little Eleven?" Huimao asked.
"It's not necessarily because of Little Eleven. Maybe someone entered the starship and cut off its communication with the outside world somehow. We can't contact the people on the starship, and the people on the starship can't send a message to the outside world, "Czedow explained.
"We should be able to contact Little Eleven after we get to the starship. Right now, our mission is to return to the starship," Silin explained to Huimao and Shusag.
"What about Kari and the others?" Shusag asked.
"They'll fly their spaceships to the starship and provide cover for us."
Eudy ordered the spaceship to approach the starship. There were a lot of Navigators around the area. Not even the Third B Squadron could spare much energy to help the Eleventh Squad's starship. Moreover, the starship's energy shield had been deactivated for a while now. Many of the corvettes that were protecting the starship had been left behind.
A A Squadron's special ops squad was operating at the central battle zone, and an elite squad was protecting the starship from the Navigators' spaceships and spaceships. The elite squad had been following the starship closely, so they hadn't been left behind.
The Eleventh Squad's energy shield had been deactivated, so there was no way they were running out of energy.
After the spaceship approached the starship, it sped up and flew toward it.
Vanguard didn't attack the spaceship after noticing that it was one of their own. Although they weren't too happy about the spaceship's approach, they didn't open fire.
"Czedow, decrypt the hatch at the bottom of the starship," Silin said.
He still couldn't contact Little Eleven right now, and since he couldn't open the cabin door himself, Czedow would have to do it for him.
In addition to the hatches on the surface, there were also some secret hatches that outsiders did not know about.
"Done!"
Czedow was done unlocking the hatch, and a small passage was opened.
"Good luck!" Eudy said. He wouldn't go in with Silin and the others. Tesoro was inside the spaceship as well, and they were far weaker than Silin and the others. They would only be a burden if they went with him.
Silin gestured for them to move, and the hatch at the top of the spaceship opened. The armored Silin and the others quickly flew toward the secret hatch. This time, Huimao didn't let Xueqiu grab its tail. It hated having its tail grabbed the most. If it wasn't Xueqiu, it would've bitten anyone it didn't know, even if they were from Vanguard.
This time, Czedow was the one who dragged Xueqiu into the secret hatch. Silin told him to train it more, or he wouldn't bring it along for the next space operation. Xueqiu promised repeatedly. It didn't want to sleep in a spaceship out of boredom again.
Eudy drove the spaceplane away after Cillin and the others had safely entered the secret entrance. However, he still followed them from the surrounding area, paying attention to the situation and cooperating with the elite squad to fight against the Navigator.
From the moment Eudy flew the spaceship to the moment Silin and the others entered the starship's secret hatch, to the moment Eudy flew the spaceship away from the starship, everything happened in less than five seconds.
It looked like the spaceship had just brushed past the starship. Silin and the others had moved very quickly, and there was an object on the spaceship to hide their movements.
After entering the secret hatch, Czedow tried to contact Little Eleven, but he couldn't. It was as if something was stopping him from doing so.
"What do we do?" Czedow asked.
"Take over control of Little Eleven."
Before leaving, Cillin had told Little Eleven that if anyone tried to interfere with the starship's management system and couldn't put up a fight, then everything should stop.
Therefore, when Silin discovered that the passageway and the rest of the starship was completely dark, he knew that Little Eleven had shut down most of its internal functions. The only thing it could do was maintain flight, and it was piloted by someone else. Right now, it was in a dormant state because it couldn't control it anymore. The people outside couldn't control the starship through it, and they couldn't activate the starship's lighting system either.
The starship was designed with a lot of unexpected situations in mind. Later on, when Little Eleven was implanted with a super AI, they also made a couple of safety measures. This included the current situation. Other than Little Eleven, the starship had other management channels. It was just that they weren't known to outsiders. Moreover, even if a few professionals were to study the starship's management channels, it would be extremely difficult to gain control of them. This was because the management rights required a specific machine language, and a specific machine language at that.
They waited for Czedow to regain control of the starship. Celine closed his eyes and sensed the situation around him. Although his surroundings were pitch-black, he could still sense the changes in every detail in the surrounding area through the darkness.
Czedow's management rights were very successful, and he didn't cause any disturbances. No one else on the starship would know that the management rights had changed hands.
Silin could feel Huimao's claws stretching out uncontrollably from his shoulder. He knew that the bastard was very angry right now, but he had to endure it for the sake of the operation. It was hard on him.
Although the starship was still in darkness, Cillin didn't ask Czedow to turn on the illumination system. He didn't ask him to change the starship's current condition, but with their abilities, they could see that there were many places inside the starship that were damaged to varying degrees. There were bullet holes in the walls of the passage not far away, and those with keen noses could smell the faint scent of blood. Not to mention Huimao's night vision. Right now, he wanted nothing more than to chew up every bastard who dared to mess around in his territory, grind them to bits and spit them out.
"There's no one within a hundred meters of us," Czedow said. The starship was equipped with built-in surveillance cameras. The storage area was relatively hidden, and it was very difficult to detect when it was turned on.
"What's the general situation right now?"
Czedow projected an image from his eyes. It was a hologram of the starship's current structure, and it showed the surveillance targets inside the starship.
From the image, they could see that there were more people gathered at the shooting field. There were more than twenty people inside the training field, and a group of people outside the training field.
"They're trying to open the training field's door," Czedow said. He could sense that the training field's door was being damaged, and it wouldn't be long before it was removed.
"Those people outside are probably Navigator's men," Czedow said.
"Silin, didn't you say that there might be Mist's men as well?" Shusag asked in puzzlement.
"The Mist's men won't be captured by the surveillance cameras. They're definitely here. "
Huimao interrupted Silin the second he was done. "Yes, they're here. I can smell their disgusting scent already. We can't let them get away this time!"
Silin walked a couple of steps toward the passage and crouched down at a spot on the floor. He wiped the liquid off the floor with his hand.
"I remember this guy!" Huimao said fiercely.
"I remember him too." Silin wiped the liquid off his hand and stepped back. Then, he said to Shusag and Xueqiu, "There are some liquids inside the starship that carry a kind of hard to detect smell. When they stick to a person's body, they'll follow the person's movements and mark their location like a signal."
"Then shouldn't we be careful later?" Shusag frowned. The darkness here was already a hindrance to begin with. Not only would it restrict their movements while concealing themselves, but it would also be incredibly difficult if they had to pay attention to the "signal flare" that he couldn't smell at all. He wasn't like that cat who could smell all kinds of hidden scents.
"No, you don't have to pay attention to them." Silin took out a spray bottle. "Spray this on yourself."
Shusag took it and sprayed it. He sniffed it hard but couldn't smell anything.
"Before we left, I had Little Eleven coat most of the starship with a scent membrane. Normal people wouldn't be able to detect it, but people who are sensitive to smell would be able to pick it up."
Therefore, the scent film Cillin had Little Eleven apply after they left could now serve as a form of protection. Even if they accidentally stepped on the liquid that resembled a 'signal flare', it would still be able to cover their tracks to a certain extent.
"The armor has an automatic purification function, and this camouflage spray will make it easier to move around."
Shusag nodded in realization. He had heard of similar things back when he was in the Mist Bodhisattva Army, but he had never experienced it himself. It seemed like he still had a lot to learn. If Silin hadn't told him about it, he would've become an idiot who thought he was a moving target in the eyes of others.
After they were done with the spray, Cillin assigned a few tasks to each of them. They would work separately, and Czedow would be able to know everyone's location and progress through the starship's system.
Silin and Shusag would go one way, and Czedow and Xueqiu would go the other way. Czedow would be able to guide Xueqiu.
While Silin and Shusag were approaching the training field, a couple of injured people were tending to their wounds while the others were spread out to protect Mogas and the others.
"Boss, the door won't hold for much longer. They'll be here in about a minute," said a member who had come with Stanley.
Stanley waved his hand to show that he understood.
The atmosphere in the training field was a little heavy. Of the thirty or so people who had come here, only twenty were left. Including Mogas and the others, there were only twenty-five of them left. The Navigators and the Mist's assassins were still waiting outside.
More than half of their dead members were killed by the Mist's assassins, so Stanley wasn't worried about the Navigators breaking down the door. He was worried about the assassins who were hiding somewhere. In fact, he didn't even know how many people the Mist had sent.
Mogas and the others also seized the opportunity to rest. They knew that they were going to fight a tough battle soon. Among the five, Mogas, Phoebe, Kong Lujia, and Mao sat in four different directions, protecting Pan Ge.
Pan Ge sat there quietly. No one knew what he was thinking. It was as if he couldn't sense the heavy atmosphere in the hall. He just sat there quietly and casually. However, Pango's casualness sent a chill down Stanley's spine.
Sometimes, a person without killing intent could have a devil living inside them. It was just that the devil hadn't shown its horns yet.
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