"This is the White Fortress battleship. Please take note, this is the White Fortress battleship. This battleship will soon launch the departure procedure to engage the Gu Wenjun battleship outside the satellite to attract the enemy's firepower to ensure the stability of the satellite and the safety of the civilians in the satellite. Please immediately withdraw to a safe distance away from the battleship and find a suitable shelter to avoid being affected by the departure procedure and the battle."
"Due to the lack of personnel on this battleship, we are now recruiting temporary crew members. Those who are willing to assist in the battle, please immediately enter the battleship. After that, someone will register you."
"Finally, due to space constraints, after the temporary crew registration is completed, we can bring no more than 200 people with us. The seriously injured, young, and professionals with a skill are preferred."
"But please take note, this battleship's main mission is to attract an unknown number of Gu Wenjun battleships to change their target. Moreover, because this battleship is the Earth Federation's newest battleship and carries Earth's military secrets, Gu Wenjun's battleship will definitely chase after this battleship after we depart. Our crew has confirmed that the battleship outside is under the command of Gu Wenjun, Red Comet Gu Wenjun, so the threat level of following the battleship is much higher than staying on the satellite and waiting for rescue. Please choose carefully."
El Erf's calm and unwavering voice resounded throughout the entire spaceport. These words dispelled many people's thoughts of the battleship as their last resort. The battleship was not a shelter, and it would soon enter the universe to face the legendary Red Comet. This also made many people who originally wanted to enter the battleship retract their steps.
If it was like what El Erf announced, the Gu Wenjun battleship outside would also leave after the White Fortress left, then staying on the satellite and waiting for rescue from Earth's army became the best choice. Now everyone knew what the satellite looked like. Although it was dilapidated, there were still many places for them to live in. It would not be difficult to hold on until the Earth Federation's rescue. Moreover, there were many Earth Federation soldiers and injured soldiers on the satellite, so the Earth Federation would definitely not abandon them.
In addition, El Erf said that there was a lack of manpower. There was a lack of personnel on the ship. If they wanted to attack, they needed a temporary crew. Just this point alone was enough to make many people nervous. How long could a warship operated by non-professional soldiers last under the pursuit of that red comet? What would the final result be? Too many people didn't dare to think about it.
El Erf's words frightened a group of smart and cowardly people, but there were also brave and fearless people who chose to join the battleship. Although the leader was still Captain Vry, he walked towards the open hatch of the White Fortress. There were also some young people or people with red eyes following behind them.
What no one saw was the faint smile on Jeffrey's face with the pipe in his mouth. As long as someone was the first to walk towards the White Fortress, more people would naturally follow. Moreover, not every one of those who had something on their mind would stay in the satellite peacefully and wait for the countdown of the first mission to end.
The first mission only gave them a countdown to survive. Although Xiao Ran knew that nothing would happen to this satellite in the end, what if a person who didn't know that would wake up in a satellite and find that there was a countdown to survive? Then, the place where they were staying would be attacked. Not a hundred percent, but at least half of the people would choose to leave the satellite immediately.
Now that the White Fortress had appeared, it gave these people a chance to leave. Therefore, only Captain Vry took the lead and walked out. Soon, dozens of people followed behind him.
Although they couldn't be sure that these people behind Captain Vry were all participants, and they couldn't be sure if there were other participants who chose to stay after thinking about it, what they could be sure of was that other than the newbies in Xiao Ran's team, there were definitely other participants who chose to enter the battleship and move together with the battleship.
The people in the team were supposed to be together, but at this moment, they pretended not to know each other at all. They followed behind in twos and threes. Ozma and a few other members of the Skeleton Squad, under the cover of the crowd, grabbed two fainted people and entered the battleship under the guidance of Jegus.
After entering the battleship, the two fainted people were directly thrown into a corner. Other than the little boy with a small handheld computer who stayed behind to watch over them, only the long-haired Princess Arte stood by her side with her arms crossed. She looked at the noisy crowd in the battleship from afar and opened her mouth but didn't say anything.
Although the little boy was playing with something on the handheld computer, he didn't let his guard down. He naturally saw Arte's expression clearly. When Arte wanted to say something but didn't in the end, the little boy Lucca suddenly smiled and cute dimples appeared on both sides of his face. He then said, "This isn't a good place to talk. If you want to say something, say it at night. Don't mess up that person's plan."
"I know, long-winded." Arte rolled her eyes at the little boy Lucca. She raised her head and showed a slightly pretentious expression, "You're the one who's playing games. Don't just play games and let people go."
"I'm not playing games." The little boy Lucca pouted at Arte and whispered softly, "I'm working, hmph hmph."
The little boy Lucca was indeed working. Although the handheld computer in his hand was not as custom-made as El Erf's, it was still extremely advanced for the equipment in this world. As a combatant who mainly focused on intelligence, the little boy Lucca was also extraordinary in intelligence processing and collection. Every person who entered the battleship would be recorded and then transmitted to Lucca's equipment.
The work Lucca needed to do was to link to the database in the satellite, find the information of these people who had entered the battleship, and analyze their identities. Of course, from the analysis of the data in the records, the identity and background of the newcomer participants were absolutely impeccable. Lucca might be able to find problems from the identity and background of an indigenous person, but he might not be able to find problems from the identity and background of the newcomer participants.
But under this impeccable background information, the participants on the surface had an incomparably huge positive weakness. The newcomer participants who obtained this perfect identity and background actually knew very little about this identity and background. Even if they could find information about their identity in the place where they woke up and become familiar with their identity in this world, there was still another aspect that could not be made up for, and that was interpersonal relationships.
All the participants who entered the mission world for the first time had zero basic interpersonal relationships. In other words, these newcomer participants would not know the other people mentioned in their identity and background at all. Or maybe they would know the neighbors who lived next door. Moreover, it was only a short period of time between the beginning of the mission and the battle in the satellite. There was no time for these participants to familiarize themselves with interpersonal relationships.
Especially in the situation where the newcomer mission threw all the newcomers into a small place, if a veteran like Xiao Ran had the heart. It was really not difficult to distinguish whether some people were participants or not. Xiao Ran might have the heart, and he would also pay attention to other participants, but compared to El Erf's heart, it was really a far cry.
Under Lucca's analysis and statistics, El Erf divided all the people who entered the battleship into several groups. He drew a circle of attention for no less than 50 people, and there was also a horizontal line, two horizontal lines, and so on under different people's names.
When he was almost done, El Erf turned and left the bridge. From the current analysis and statistics, more than 17 or 18 soldiers of the Earth Federation Army had entered the battleship. There were more than 50 people who were suspected to be participants. There were almost 100 people who were judged to be civilians by El Erf, and dozens of people whose identities were still unknown. These people, together with the members of the team, were all the people on the White Fortress.
Speaking of the White Fortress. In fact, the internal space was about the same size as the Archangel, and the structure was also abnormally similar. There were two big and one small Gnacou, and the position of the bridge, the general shape, and so on were similar, so it was easy to accommodate four to five hundred people.
When El Erf appeared in the open Gnacou, looking down from above, hundreds of people were crowded together, and it seemed like there was a crowd. El Erf raised a pistol and calmly fired a few shots at a safe position. He didn't care about whether there would be a ricochet or not.
The banging gunshots made the entire Gnacou quiet down in an instant. The open hatch was also slowly closed under El Erf's control at the same time, completely locking the people who entered the battleship inside.
During this quiet time, countless pairs of eyes were all staring at El Erf. Among the two to three hundred people, many people suddenly tensed up and stared at El Erf, who was leaning on the railing and exposing himself in the passage above the Gnacou.
El Erf may not be able to notice all the people hiding in the crowd, but among these people, there were still twenty people who were his spies. In addition, the surveillance cameras installed inside the Gnacou also recorded the entire situation from several angles.
El Erf was not like Xiao Ran who liked to arouse people's emotions before getting down to business. He was straightforward and very cold. He said expressionlessly, "Thank you for being willing to join the battleship and help us, but before we start, I want to tell you that the owner of this battleship is not the Earth Federation Army. The battle at the port is just a deal with the Earth Federation Army. We will attract Gu Wenjun's firepower and ensure the safety of the satellite, and this battleship is our reward.
"So after leaving the port, this battleship will inevitably face Guyon. It is also possible that the Earth Federation Army will chase after us because of our actions, so once you decide to join this battleship, it is very likely that you will be implicated in the future. After the battle with Guyon, whether it succeeds or fails, you may not be able to return.
"If you can't get an understanding, you will either die in the universe or change your name and leave this place forever, never to return to this life.
"Now, please make your choice."
After El Erf finished speaking, he immediately closed his mouth. Not a single word came out of his mouth. His expressionless face made it impossible to tell what he was thinking.
Xiao Ran had agreed to accept the personnel, but whether they entered the battleship or not was up to them. Xiao Ran did not violate any of his words, but he had to tell them the dangers they might face, giving these people who 'voluntarily' entered the battleship a chance to reconsider and regret.
If it weren't for the 20 newbies, they wouldn't have to go through so much trouble to get the White Fortress started. But Elelv also knew that the reason why he allowed so many people to enter the White Fortress was to cover up the 20 newbies. If it weren't for the newbies, they wouldn't have to go through so much trouble to search for the White Fortress at all. Elelv knew that the reason he allowed so many people to enter the White Fortress was to cover up the 20 newbies. If it weren't for the newbies, they wouldn't have to go through so much trouble.
However, there were advantages to having more people. At least, they could quickly distinguish the other participants. Once the people boarded the battleship, Xiao Ran and El Erf could help the participants choose a side in the subsequent missions. Thus, they could tie more participants to their battleship and further ensure the safety of their own people.
Although El Erf was expressionless, he still couldn't figure out Xiao Ran's real thoughts. "But even so, how are you going to arrange things after this? Is it really okay to leave so many unstable factors in your hands?"
Xiao Ran's ideas sometimes came too suddenly, to the extent that El Erf wasn't prepared for it. Sometimes, it would jump too quickly, making it impossible for others to keep up with it. For El Erf, who prioritized information before making arrangements, it was a kind of torture. No matter what he did, he would always feel uncertain.
But since Xiao Ran asked him to do it, he had to do it even if he didn't know what to do. While doing what he had to do, he collected all the information he needed to perfect all the plans for Xiao Ran. At the same time, he also had to fill in the gaps that Xiao Ran missed and clean up the loose ends that Xiao Ran didn't notice.
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