It was six in the morning, and the white willow trees on the horizon were beginning to fill the sky. Most of the world was still in darkness. The Federation's lightest Feather model warship, which was still incomparably large compared to a human's body, blocked out the daylight and sunk the darkness, reflecting Xu Le's unconcealed anger on his face.
The Bureau of Proclamation had unimaginable high-level authority, even on the battlefield. This mysterious organization had assigned Group 7 a new mission. From a certain perspective, it was a military order. As a soldier, Xu Le had no reason to refuse, let alone be angry.
However, after a night of high-intensity network installation, the members of Group 7 were already quite tired, and they hadn't made any preparations for the Bureau of Proclamation's sudden mission. In addition, it was already daylight, so the new mission would have to be carried out during the day. The level of danger would increase by a lot, and there might be serious casualties.
And from the cold attitude of this curly-haired Bureau of Proclamation official, it was obvious that he didn't care about the lives of his team members, so Xu Le's anger was undisguised in his eyes.
The curly-haired Bureau of Proclamation official ignored the anger on Xu Le's face. He took out a miniature workbench from his black overalls, opened a top-secret electronic map, and said coldly, "The time of the general attack is set for this evening. The installation of the electronic surveillance network has been basically completed. Your mission is to head to the central junction and carry out the final test of the net-like data connection. "
Xu Le didn't reply. He slowly put his hands behind his back, and his straight, thick eyebrows raised slightly, but he stubbornly refused to say a word.
"The central junction is at 832. 113.47. It will take one hour, twelve minutes, and thirty-four seconds to get there from the central base. I request that you complete the final test mission before two o'clock in the afternoon."
Under the shadow of the warship, only the two of them were there. The soldiers of Group 7 looked at them from afar, and their eyes gradually became suspicious.
The officer from the Bureau of Proclamation could clearly sense the conflicting emotions hidden in the silence of the lieutenant colonel in front of him, but he did not care. He lowered his head and quickly demonstrated the operations that Group Seven would need to perform later. In his opinion, he was only representing the Bureau of Proclamation and the Ministry of Defense to issue orders, and all military personnel had to obey orders.
Xu Le looked at him and suddenly said, "F * ck you, the most advanced technological civilization in the entire universe, do you still need someone to personally activate it? Although I'm not a technical officer of the Bureau of Proclamation, don't forget that I'm still an engineer from Nutshell, not a university graduate from liberal arts. "
The official was slightly startled. He slowly raised his head and looked at Xu Le's face. Only then did he remember the background of the officer in front of him. His heart twitched a little. An unnatural smile appeared on his face as he explained, "The Glory Of The Charter has returned to the Fallen Star. Of course, it is impossible to manually activate it. However, before the final activation, a certain operation needs to be performed …"
Xu Le didn't answer. He just looked at him coldly.
After a moment of silence, the curly-haired officer forced a smile and said, "You understand."
If it wasn't for the fact that Xu Le had several backers behind him, all of whom were the most magnificent scenery in the Federation, a high ranking officer from the Bureau of Proclamation would never speak softly like this and take a step back.
However, Xu Le didn't appreciate his kindness. He stared into his eyes with a serious expression and scolded softly, "What do you know? Don't tell me you still expect this young master to leave you an email address so you can send me a few pornographic videos? Group Seven will definitely accept the mission, but you have to tell me the truth. "
Xu Le's voice was full of undisguised oppression and threat. Although he didn't know what would happen to him after the war if he didn't tell him the truth, for some reason, this Bureau of Proclamation official really did open his mouth after a moment of silence.
"Since the end of the last great war, the Bureau of Proclamation hasn't carried out any work of laying a network on the surface for more than ten years. In particular, the installation of a network that covers the entire surface of a planet like 163 and 3320 is something that hasn't been done in several hundred years. "
The officer said with a trace of awkwardness and silence, "Although the Bureau has a complete installation manual, there was still a problem."
"What problem?" Xu Le asked nervously with a slightly hoarse voice.
"Last night, when the command ship and the Bureau of Proclamation were doing signal debugging, they discovered that there might be a data error in the linked chipset installed at the central junction." The officer saw Xu Le's expression become extremely ugly and immediately continued to explain, "But the Bureau has already given me full authority. The relevant technical operation procedures and important parameters are all on the workbench. We only need to carry out some repair work. It won't be difficult. "
Xu Le's expression gradually returned to normal, but he couldn't stop sucking in cold air inwardly. The Federation had already decided to launch a general attack on the planet today, but the most important all-around surveillance and command network was in danger of not being able to be activated.
The date of the general attack involved many complicated aspects such as command, combat force deployment, logistics planning, and many others. If the date was changed or delayed, not to mention whether the Empire would find out, the self-destruction of the huge project of war would cause the Federal Army to pay an even heavier price.
He took off his sunglasses and rubbed his aching forehead. He looked at the high-end workbench in the officer's hand and said, "Give me the operation specifications and parameters."
"No, this is top secret data. Only I can keep it." Once it involved the regulations related to the charter, the curly-haired officer returned to his rigid and unyielding attitude.
Xu Le was silent for a moment. He knew that there was no point in arguing over this matter. He gave Bai Yulan, who was under the shadow of the battleship, a look.
The next moment, Bai Yulan, Lan Xiaolong, and the other officers of Group Seven gathered around Xu Le. Everyone gathered around the workbench and listened carefully to the mission description given by the Bureau of Proclamation official. Everyone's expression became more and more serious.
Xu Le didn't look at them. He put on his sunglasses again and stood outside the crowd with his eyes closed. He looked like he was resting, but in fact, he was secretly communicating with the old man to confirm whether what the Bureau of Proclamation said was true. In the end, he received confirmation from the flashing light in his left eye.
Without any hesitation, Group Seven, who were filled with astonishment and anger at the noble and mysterious Bureau of Proclamation for making such a childish mistake, boarded the battleship again and headed toward the target area.
Before leaving, Xu Le asked the Bureau of Proclamation official a question.
"Why Group Seven?"
The Bureau of Proclamation official replied, "The Bureau of Proclamation and the Ministry of Defense only trust you and your team."
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The bright sun was suspended above the bright atmosphere. The silent soldiers who were carefully advancing along the outer edge of the smooth river kept wiping the sweat from their foreheads. The team was deliberately stretched into a long line like a gray snake.
Under Xu Le's request, the team members who were carrying out the last mission before the Federation's general attack were reduced to 40 people. The rest of the recruits were led by Lan Xiaolong and returned to the base.
"Lieutenant Colonel Xu Le, thank you for supporting our work." The curly-haired Bureau of Proclamation official had already unbuttoned his collar. He stood beside a smooth rock and said seriously, but his hand was tightly holding the top-secret workbench. He absolutely refused to put it down.
Xu Le didn't pay attention to him. He frowned to prevent the sweat from seeping into his eyes. He cautiously scanned the surroundings. He felt that both sides of the river were too quiet at the moment. He didn't know if it was because the sun was too hot, but there were no traces of animals.
A dozen steps away, Xiao Shisan and Da Vinci were using their eyes to ask if they could smoke. However, their leader didn't light the cigarette between his lips for a moment, so they couldn't make any unnecessary movements.
The cigarette between Xu Le's lips swayed up and down, but he didn't light it. This was the best time to have a good line of sight. No one could estimate the risk of maneuvering along the river.
"Lieutenant Colonel Xu, my surname is Xie. My name is …" The Bureau of Proclamation official seemed to want to ease the tension between himself and Group Seven.
"I don't want to know your name," Xu Le took the cigarette from his lips and stuffed it into his pocket. He looked at the other party and said directly.
The curly-haired official was slightly stunned. An unnatural smile appeared on his face, but then his smile disappeared. This was because a white bird flew out of the riverside forest in front of them.
Group Seven immediately became alert.
The white bird landed on the shallow sand of the river as if there was no one around. It began to peck at the food with its head lowered. It ignored the scorching sun and ate to its heart's content. No wonder the bird's body looked a little bloated.
The members of Group Seven relaxed. They found this rare moment of leisure and smiled as they watched this scene.
The Bureau of Proclamation official awkwardly wiped the sweat on his forehead. He was about to turn around and say something to Xu Le.
At this moment, Xu Le's pupils suddenly shrank. He suddenly reached out and tried to push the official to the ground.
His movements were fast, but he was still too slow.
An invisible killing bullet flew from afar. It cut through the air and hit the chest of the Bureau of Proclamation official.
Then, a fierce rain of bullets hit his body accurately and terrifyingly. Together with the workbench in his hand that contained extremely important data, this body of flesh and blood was instantly torn apart into countless pieces of flesh and blood, collapsing on the bank of the river!
At this time, the dense and terrifying sounds of guns and cannons on both sides of the river rang out.
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Boom! The fierce sound of cannons instantly covered the entire area of the river. Countless amounts of soil were lifted up. The unclear trajectories of the bullets penetrated the hard terrazzo stones and the trees on the riverside. In the scene of flying tree barks and smoke filling the sky, there were members of Group Seven who were hit and fell from time to time. Pieces of their hard bulletproof vests burst out, and the parts that were hit spurted out blood.
"Enemy attack! Enemy attack! "
"Find cover!"
"Spread out in a star formation!"
A series of fierce orders sounded in the communication system of Group Seven's individual helmets. Dozens of members retreated into the forest behind the river as fast as they could.
With a poof, Da Vinci, who was charging forward with a pale face, had blood spurting out from his knees. He fell heavily to the ground. Without making a sound, he grabbed the rocks with both hands and tried to crawl away from the dense firepower of the Empire on the other side of the river.
Xu Le hid under a large rock to avoid the rain of bullets above his head. He didn't notice that his left arm had been shot to the left. He only stared at the body of the official not far away.
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