While Huai Caoshi was secretly shocked by Xu Le's mechanical skills, Xu Le's heart was also filled with endless admiration and even fear for her. He had never seen such a person in his life.
Other than focusing on mechanical repair work, Xu Le had always maintained a normal rest, because his weak body was constantly on the alert. However, Huai Caoshi, who was in charge of operating the Peach Miasma Mecha, not only had to escape the pursuit of the rebel forces, she also had to constantly launch sneak attacks on the enemy's mecha. She had no time to rest at all.
During the many days of tense escape, Xu Le had never seen this Highness be able to maintain a high level of concentration, even if she closed her eyes once. There was not even a trace of fatigue to be seen!
The rebel forces outside Li Ban Star's atmosphere, after taking control of the Red Rose, continuously released troops into the sea of mulberry trees. It was like an endless wave, constantly slapping against the black reef, each wave higher than the last, each wave stronger than the last. However, Huai Caoshi, who did not have the slightest time to rest, controlled the Peach Miasma Mecha to calmly and almost indifferently withstand all of these attacks.
Humans are the first order of machines. Xu Le's heart once again rang out with the uncle's words. The more time he spent with them, the more shocked he became. So there really was an existence like steel in this world.
The tattered mecha moved at high speed through the dark forest. A young man and young woman in tattered clothes were silent in the dark cockpit.
The roaring Peach Miasma broke through the heavy infantry barrier of the Xin Ma Hills. Under the torrential rain, the encirclement only left behind violent battle shadows. A certain Empire rebel army division that had urgently parachuted into the sea of mulberry trees was suddenly attacked by the Peach Miasma as soon as they arrived on the ground. The division commander died tragically in a decapitation plan …
For the promise of dying with dignity, for the responsibility of the country, for some completely different reasons, Xu Le and Huai Caoshi worked hand in hand, day after day, they continued to escape and counterattack. Tense repairs and fierce battles became their entire lives.
The nobles who had betrayed the Imperial Family could not have imagined, nor could the madly searching for Her Highness the Princess in the Mulberry Sea. In truth, no one could have imagined that once the two most extraordinary individuals of the younger generation of the Federation and the Empire joined hands, they would erupt with such astonishing battle strength and accomplish an almost inconceivable goal.
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In the wee hours of the morning, the Peach Miasma Mecha, which had narrowly escaped the first aerial attack of the rebel army, welcomed a rare moment of temporary rest. The powerful Highness, like a demon, did not need to rest, but the soldiers of the rebel army could not endure this kind of intense battle.
The morning light was dim, unable to spread across the entire land. The fog around the stream greatly reduced visibility. The tattered Peach Miasma Mech silently crouched on the rocky ground beside the stream.
Xu Le crouched beside the stream and splashed a handful of stream water on his stubbled face. The cold stream water flowed down his tangled dirty hair, spreading from his neck to his naked upper body. It made his body tremble, and he felt much more awake. He could not help but smile happily.
Looking back, Huai Caoshi was silently looking at the electronic manual in her hands, the pen between her fingers moving incessantly. She should be conducting some kind of communication. The silk coat she wore had long been torn to shreds, and she had changed into a mecha combat uniform. It had not been washed for many days, and the sour smell seemed to be coming from it from afar. Paired with that face full of dust, she did not look like a noble princess at all.
Through hunting the rebel army's mecha, they knew some of the situation on Li Ban Planet. Especially after Xu Le successfully repaired the electronic mecha's equipment, Huai Caoshi contacted even more of her loyal subordinates. She had a better understanding of the current situation and the inside story of this shocking assassination.
The rebel fleet had already taken control of the outer space around Liban Planet. Although they lacked long-range attacking battleships and were unable to control the situation on the entire planet, they had successfully cut off the connection between Tianjing and Liban Planet. Now, no one knew what exactly had happened on Tianjing Planet, or whether the Emperor, who was in that vast and magnificent palace complex, was still doing well.
This was the first rebellion led by the nobles in the Empire's hundred years of history. Compared to the rebellion of the commoners and slaves, the nobles' rebel army had more resources and more powerful military force.
The situation on Li Ban Planet was dangerous and strange. A few great lords had already successively surrendered to the rebel army, but the numerous mechanized divisions under the control of the governor's office — the most powerful army on the planet — had maintained a strange silence, as if they did not know what was happening on the planet, nor did they see the fleets showing off their prowess outside the atmosphere.
Through the information sent by the intelligence bureau's subordinates, along with Xu Le's previous analysis, Huai Caoshi guessed the reason for the current situation. The governor's office should have been controlled by the rebel army, but Governor Ke Baoning did not surrender. The rebel army was worried that killing him would trigger a counterattack from the governor's office, so they left him alive.
"Probably only an idiot like Louis would do such a stupid thing. He succeeded in ambushing the governor's office, but now he's stuck in the mud."
Huai Caoshi thought expressionlessly. Then her eyebrows slightly furrowed as she thought of the key information sent by her subordinates. It was from these few pieces of information that she found out something that she did not understand after she was ambushed.
Even though the Empire's reforms in the past few years had harmed the interests of some of the great nobles, under the powerful pressure of her father, these nobles still dared to launch a rebellion so hastily?
"They actually think that I killed Duke Carlton."
Huai Caoshi subconsciously looked at the stream. That man from the Federation was currently bathing in the stream with his upper body naked, revealing a mouthful of neat white teeth, smiling somewhat irritatingly.
If he knew that he killed Duke Carlton and caused such a huge disturbance in the Empire, would he still be so carefree and happy?
No, he would be happier, Huai Caoshi thought unhappily with her eyebrows furrowed.
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Xu Le felt her gaze and scratched his head in confusion. He walked out of the stream, his bare feet stepping on the hard stones, and walked in front of her.
He calmly stood in front of Huai Caoshi, not in a hurry to grab clothes to cover his naked upper body, because after that luxurious silk coat was turned into silk, there was not a single piece of clothing on him, and he also did not have the habit of taking off clothes from the dead rebel soldiers to wear.
The more important reason was that Xu Le found it very difficult to see this princess in front of him as the opposite sex, so there was nothing unnatural about it.
There was once a joke: A man resentfully asked a strong woman, "Why are you so unlike a woman?" That woman coldly replied, "Because you are too unlike men." In front of a strong woman like Huai Caoshi, most men would probably have a hard time finding a clear sense of gender.
"The question you asked last time, I can answer you now." Huai Caoshi looked into his eyes and calmly said, "His Majesty is not dead."
The information channels in the direction of Tianjing were sealed, the people on Liban Star had no idea what happened there, and she, who was in the sea of mulberry trees, had no information to confirm. However, it was precisely this suffocating silence that allowed her to confirm the emperor's safety. If the rebel army really succeeded in assassinating the ruler of Zuotian Star Region, how could it be so quiet?
"For you, this should be good news." After a slight pause, Xu Le said, "But it won't be of much help to our escape. I have to warn you again, this Peach Miasma Mecha won't be able to last much longer."
"There is already a problem with the central wiring of the multi-engine storage room. I am a mechanic, not a magician. Once this type of core component is damaged, apart from replacing it, there is no other way. The problem is that we don't have any large scale equipment that can be disassembled, even if we do … in the entire sea of mulberry trees, there is no trace of any new Wolf Fang Mecha. "
He spread out his hands, stared into her eyes, and asked seriously, "How many more days do we have to flee in this damned sea of mulberry trees before your people can come to our rescue?"
Huai Caoshi was silent for a long time. She didn't directly answer this question, only saying, "The longer, the better."
Xu Le's eyes narrowed, and he frowned. "You want to delay a little longer?"
Huai Caoshi smiled slightly.
As long as the Emperor wasn't dead, the rebel army wouldn't be able to completely control the situation. As long as the situation on Tianjing Planet stabilized, the powerful Royal Fleet would be able to easily solve the problems on Li Ban Planet like a knife cutting through paper.
Huai Caoshi had persevered in this treacherous sea of mulberry trees with extraordinary perseverance and perseverance. Even though her subordinates had already prepared to help her escape three days ago, she still didn't leave. She was stalling for time.
Only if she was alive and proved to the governor's office that she was still alive through battle would Governor Ke Baoning continue to persevere.
"So that's how it is." Hearing Huai Caoshi's calm explanation, Xu Le said, "If things really develop as you think, that Governor Ke Baoning will definitely be killed by the crazy and desperate nobles."
"I think that Governor Ke Baoning should have the self-awareness to sacrifice himself for the Empire," Huai Caoshi said coldly.
Xu Le shook his head. He casually picked up a rock beside her and sat down. Using his hand to cover his mouth, he began to cough silently and painfully again.
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The desperate battle in the sea of mulberry trees came to an abrupt end on a sunny afternoon. The rebel army, whose hearts and minds were filled with excitement and fear, finally succeeded in forcing the ghost mecha to reveal itself. Under the encirclement of countless heavy weapons, the tattered Peach Miasma mecha was like a frightened metal statue, silently stopping in the middle of a farm.
However, there was no one inside the Peach Miasma mecha.
The spy from the Royal Intelligence Bureau who had infiltrated the rebel army, at the cost of his life, had successfully lured a small gap into the rebel army's encirclement.
After receiving the latest information, Huai Caoshi resolutely abandoned the mecha she relied on to shock the universe and sweep through the wilderness. She and Xu Le braved the great danger and followed the gap, following a secret path in the sea of mulberry trees to arrive at a silk processing factory in the southwest.
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