Fang Zhiyi scratched his head. “It’s been a long time since I’ve carried out a mission step by step. What time is it?”
Little Hei replied, “Gu Yuan... has already met his online friend in person.”
Fang Zhiyi rolled his eyes. “Seriously?”
He strode out the door, just in time to run into the governor hurrying toward him.
“Governor, where are you going?”
“To open a sta—” Fang Zhiyi caught himself. “I heard something went wrong. I’m going to take a look in person.”
“Huh? There’s no need for that, Governor. Is this little matter really worth your personal attention?”
Fang Zhiyi shot him a glance. “If I remember correctly... that planet is under your jurisdiction too, isn’t it?”
The governor awkwardly scratched his head. “Yes. That’s precisely why I came. There’s something even more troublesome than a war.”
“Oh?”
“Young Master Gu secretly went to the front lines!” the governor said in a mysterious tone.
“Oh.”
“Wait, Governor, aren’t you worried?” The governor was practically frantic. “That’s the heir of a great noble family—the Gu family! If anything happens to him here, we’ll be in serious trouble!”
Fang Zhiyi merely stared at him thoughtfully.
Seeing Fang Zhiyi deep in thought, the governor hurriedly continued, “My suggestion is that we have the Star Region Army halt its attack for now. Ensuring Young Master Gu’s safety should be our top priority!”
Fang Zhiyi nodded. “Go on.”
Seeing his attitude, the governor instantly relaxed. “It’s only one planet. If we can win the Gu family’s favor in exchange, then, Governor, pardon my frankness, but that would be worth more than decades of hard work.”
Fang Zhiyi slowly nodded.
“In that case, come with me.”
“We have to go there ourselves?” the governor asked reluctantly.
“If we don’t, who’ll know that you did anything?” Fang Zhiyi countered.
The governor immediately understood. “Exactly, exactly! As expected of the Governor!”
As he watched Fang Zhiyi board the warship, the governor felt a surge of excitement. He had already sent a message to the Gu family in the imperial capital, making his position clear. Becoming a lackey of the Gu family had far better prospects than remaining the administrator of a single planet.
“Governor, are you planning to pilot it yourself?”
“Obviously.”
“It’s rare to see the Governor in such a hurry. Huh? Governor, why are you pressing the alarm?”
“Governor, that’s the seat adjustment.”
“Governor, that’s the main cannon...”
“Governor, you don’t actually know how to fly this thing, do you—wait!”
The warship rocketed forward, accompanied by the administrator’s screams and Fang Zhiyi’s wild laughter.
On the planet where the war was raging, Hu Lie, the stubble-faced commander of the Ninth Legion’s vanguard battalion, stared grimly at the reconnaissance images transmitted by the drones.
“Strange! Those bastards’ camps are all deserted after just one night! Send word to the air force and have them search the area thoroughly! If that doesn’t work, mark every suspicious target as hostile! Carpet-bomb the whole area!”
The adjutant’s face paled. “That won’t do. What about... what about Gu Yuan...”
Hu Lie took the cigarette from his lips and exhaled a cloud of smoke. “So what if it’s Gu Yuan? As a member of the reconnaissance team, he stole a stealth mech and entered enemy territory without authorization. That’s no different from treason!”
“But, sir, he’s...”
“I don’t care who he is. All I know is that those alien scum have killed a lot of our people.” Hu Lie glared at his adjutant, intimidating him into silence. Even so, the adjutant still forced himself to speak.
“Sir, the legion commander has already issued the order. All units are to withdraw. Our first priority is to ensure Gu Yuan’s safety.”
“Hmph! The entire Thirty-Second Star Region is full of cowards and idiots! The Star Region Governor is nothing but a useless bootlicker!” Hu Lie clenched his fist and slammed it onto the console in front of him. Thinking of the positions his soldiers had fought and died to secure, only to hand them back to those alien bastards, Hu Lie burned with anger.
Before he could finish, a commotion suddenly erupted outside.
“What’s going on?” Hu Lie knitted his brows.
A moment later, someone came running in. “This is bad! A warship is heading straight for us! It looks like... it looks like it’s going to crash!”
“What?” Hu Lie was startled. He rose and hurried outside. The moment he stepped out, he saw a massive warship fly almost directly over their base. It showed no sign of knowing how to land and slammed straight into the mountain range in the distance.
A colossal cloud of black smoke billowed into the sky.
For a moment, everyone in the surrounding Star Region Army stood stunned.
“Sir! We’ve received a message from that warship!” a communications officer hurried over.
“What does it say?”
“It says...” The officer swallowed hard.
Hu Lie’s eyes widened. “What?”
“The blue-skins hijacked the Star Region Governor’s warship and killed the administrator. The Governor is currently surrounded!”
Hu Lie’s heart shook violently. If the aliens had merely slaughtered civilians before, it might not have been enough to make the Empire take notice. But now they had killed a planet’s administrator—and the governor was trapped in enemy territory!
“Report this immediately! Then give the order: the mech units are to advance! We must rescue the Governor!”
A fanatical gleam flashed in Hu Lie’s eyes. This governor had appeared at precisely the right moment and was playing precisely the right role.
No one could refuse such an order.
Even though they wanted desperately to curry favor with the noble Gu family, no one could afford to bear responsibility for the death of a Star Region Governor.
The Star Region Army, which had been withdrawing in stages, began advancing again—this time toward the crashed warship.
The rank-and-file soldiers moved forward with determined expressions. They hated the blue-skins more than anyone. Along the way, they had seen nothing but the corpses of humans hanging from posts and burned-out settlements. Many of their comrades had died at the hands of these creatures as well. Yet when their superiors ordered them to withdraw, they had no choice but to obey.
Now, however, the Governor trapped in the enemy’s midst had given them a reason to advance once more.
At the hatch of the massive warship, Fang Zhiyi sat cross-legged on the floor. He reached into the administrator’s arms and pulled out an exquisite lighter, then fished a cigarette from the man’s breast pocket. He lit it himself, took a drag, and looked down at the blue-skins staring him over.
“This thing isn’t easy to fly. I almost missed the crash site,” Fang Zhiyi muttered.
Little Hei mocked him. “They told you to wait for the captain to come over. But no, you had to start fiddling with it yourself.”
The blue-skins studied him suspiciously. From Fang Zhiyi’s standard-issue coat, they could tell that he held a fairly high rank.
One of the blue-skins suddenly spoke in halting Blue Star language. “You... who?”
Fang Zhiyi glanced at it. “Your daddy.”
The blue-skin clearly didn’t understand and asked again, “You... who?”
“Me? I’m a Star Region Governor trapped in the middle of an encirclement.” Fang Zhiyi finally gave a serious answer.
The blue-skin stared at him in shock. After thinking for a moment, it pointed one long, slender finger at the corpse beside Fang Zhiyi.
“You... why kill him? He not your kind?”
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