Him and their stars.

Chapter 1726: Where the invaders can go, I can go too
The pioneer team of Mr. and Mrs. Wu, the mercenary group led by Mr. Silverbeard, a famous mercenary of the Terrabi people, and the working group of the Gumeyan people led by Agnes, became the North Wind Pioneering Company under the coordination of a certain "Dawn Dragon".

Renlian…at that time it was still Red Star, and as an investor it held the largest portion of shares, with the remaining shares divided among the three founders. Of course, in theory they were holding shares on behalf of their respective teams. Thus, the company suddenly had a bit of a collective enterprise feel to it.

In the subsequent development, the company also developed smoothly. Beifeng Company took on a lot of work in New Shenzhou and made a lot of contributions to the development of those remote planets that were seldom visited by humans.

Then, the War of Judgment broke out and the Lanza Galaxy was discovered.

After all, with the Dawn Star Region, the Blue Star Community really didn't have more manpower and resources to develop this galaxy far away from the Dawn Channel and the New World Highway. So, under the contact of Mr. Qi and Mr. Bai, the Earth Government signed a planet development agreement with the North Wind Company and readily gave the down payment.
This is certainly not some shady operation. Although Beifeng Company is a new company, Mr. Wu and Mr. Yinxu are both celebrities, which is in line with the government bureaucratic practice of selecting people based on their reputation.

Of course, bureaucrats have other advantages. Once they recognize you, they are much more generous than capitalists when paying you.

In short, with the down payment, the company's initial development was very smooth. Mr. Wu even bought a group of slaves from the empire, of all races, and told them that as long as they worked hard within ten years, they would be able to regain their freedom and become citizens of the community. At the same time, they could also obtain their own land on the developed planet. If they didn't want the land, they could make some French fries in the newly built town.

Thus, the colonies of the Empire and the Community were established at almost the same time, and the number of residents in the settlements exceeded 2000 in the same week.

The Empire accused the Community of having 90% of its so-called residents bought from the slave market and therefore could only be called livestock and not residents; Mr. Wu retorted that at least he had paid for it.

Of course, since both sides have similar manpower and combat power in this development, and the authorities have agreed to "set aside disputes and jointly develop", there are no prerequisites for turning the verbal fight into a physical fight.

The two teams continued to live their lives in a way that insulted each other but did not interfere with each other. After everything was in order, they began to make tentative contacts, saying good morning to each other with disdain, and then developed to occasionally exchanging information on the planet's flora and fauna, and finally simply held a social gathering.

When the coalition forces of various countries gathered in the Dawn Star Region and fought the plunderers fiercely, the small planet of Lanza really had a pastoral atmosphere with the sounds of chickens and dogs.

On this holy planet with the same name as the galaxy, the female ranger Gu Meiya and her friends explored the dense rainforest and mountains. She had learned from Yu Lian that there had been an unmanned mothership of the Enlightened in this galaxy, so there must be Enlightened relics on the holy planet, so she would never give up the exploration.

In the following year, Agnes and her fellow rangers traveled all over the mountains, rivers and seas of Lansa, and also cooperated with the star seers and investigative judges sent by the empire. Their adventures could actually be the beginning of another epic adventure story.

At that time, the entire universe believed that "peace for a generation" seemed to be really achievable, and everyone on Lanza was of course no exception.

When the construction of the colony was just on track, Mr. Silverbeard left with a group of capable Terrabi mercenaries, but this did not affect the subsequent construction work. Everyone waved handkerchiefs to bid him farewell and wished him a safe journey in his new life.

Then, the war broke out.

It must be admitted that in the early stages of the war, everyone maintained unprecedented restraint, even the people on the other side were no exception.

The heads of the two colonies just stared at each other. The head of the opposite imperial colony, a senior manager of the Canaan Chamber of Commerce, the noble Sir Blount, even paid a sincere visit in person.

"The sovereignty of this galaxy has not yet been determined. It is only managed by the Civilization Council, and the governance is still corporatized. There is no need for us to delay our own work because of the disputes of the bigwigs. No matter how the world changes, new planets will always be developed. Expanding the boundaries of civilization is our mission, isn't it?"

Sir Blount was so pragmatic that he didn't look like an imperial nobleman. As a businessman, Mr. Wu naturally had no objection. Even Agnes, a Gumeyan rebel who didn't say a word to the imperial nobles, thought he was a decent man.

The peaceful life of everyone keeping to themselves and sometimes even cooperating with each other continued for a while. But in October 833, this fragile peace was finally broken.

On October 10, two imperial warships arrived here, bringing about 5 pioneers. Of course, there were normal immigrants, but there were also a considerable number of exiled criminals and slaves. Therefore, in order to maintain law and order, a whole battalion of reinforced marines came along, carrying field mechas and heavy weapons for jungles and mountains.

The balance of combat power on Lanza became too obviously tilted.

These Marines certainly did not refrain from bombarding the North Wind Company's immigration outpost with heavy artillery, nor did they even launch an active attack. Instead, they occupied high ground in the nearby mountains, overlooking the camp below.

The atmosphere became tense.

In 834, another group of immigrants arrived, bringing with them a large number of reclamation vehicles, which were mechanical vehicles that could be used as tanks by removing the excavation arms and replacing them with gun barrels.

In comparison, the North Wind Company's development area was completely cut off from the mainland and could only occasionally receive news from Xin Yumen.

By March, the pragmatic Sir Brown was also dismissed. The new person was said to be a colonel with rich "exploration" experience in the Glory Gate Colony.

"Find an opportunity to surrender. Now that the war has begun, a civil official like me who just wants to do his job won't have much say. This galaxy may very well become a battlefield. However, you actually have no chance." Before leaving, Sir Brownken came to visit again and spoke some of his true feelings.

He then said to the indignant Agnes, "I have never doubted your courage and ability, ma'am. I also watched the legendary War God Festival that year. Hehe, to be honest, I am still your fan. I still have your poster at home, but it's a pity that I have never been able to ask you for an autograph... By the way, don't you still have a title?"

Because my nationality is still in the Empire! And if it weren't for my boss's advice, who would care about the noble status of the Empire?

"You are a teammate of the chosen champion. You can lead the rangers to fight until the last moment, but what about the others?"

There are now 5,000 immigrants in the Lanza Galaxy's Earth settlement, all of whom were lured here from China by the North Wind Company. There are many elderly, weak, women and children, as well as many alien races. Under the current situation, they have no way to escape.

If we continue to resist, no one can guarantee that the Empire will not start a massacre. After all, this is not the Milky Way, and it is even quite remote in the New World.

Looking at his pregnant wife and the residents of the town, Mr. Wu could only make the most sensible choice: "I'm sorry to my boss and to you."

"You haven't let me down. On the contrary, it's a brave act to choose to surrender for the sake of your family. The boss also said that dying meaninglessly doesn't necessarily make you a hero. But, Mr. Wu, I can't let the boss down. You have to give me the company now. Now, I am the general manager of Beifeng Company!" Agnes said without hesitation.

"...I have a feeling that you have been planning this for a long time." The adventurer forced out an ugly smile.

In this way, Agnes automatically became the new leader of the North Wind Development Company, and took all those who were unwilling to surrender to the Empire and left Lanza by ship. Although these people included men, women, old and weak, they were unwilling to kneel to the Empire at such a desperate moment, so it can be imagined that they were not ordinary people.

"In fact, if you surrender too, the Empire will treat you as a guest of honor." Kent said.

"After all, I'm not a smart person who knows how to adapt to the changing times," said Agnes.

Indeed, if she really knew what was happening, she would have stayed in the empire and served the Supreme Universe as a "house slave". After all, the emperor's servants can also be written as the emperor's close ministers, which is rounded up to nobles. I heard that the ancient Meiyans who stayed in the empire are still living a good life now. The girl who was disabled in the God of War Festival has entered the University of Wisdom.

Kent naturally had great respect for Miss Agnes who gave up all this.

"Of course, I'm not blaming Mr. Wu. After all, he left the Fujie to me... although it was originally the ship that the boss left for the company. I just hope that what I did before leaving didn't cause him any trouble." Agnes was still the Gumei Ranger girl who clearly distinguished between gratitude and resentment. Wayne and Kent looked at each other again. They both felt that the amount of information in these words was too much.

"So, what did you do? Not just being a pirate, right?" Kent decided to ask one question after another.

"I killed the Empire's Inquisitor and Star Seer in Lanza. Of course, no one was alerted." Agnes shrugged lightly.

Horatio Wayne was silent for two seconds, then he saluted the Gumeya Ranger with his hands, his face full of admiration: "Miss Agnes, you are really a man!"

The Gumeya female ranger felt that there was something wrong with this guy's compliment, but she couldn't find any evidence, so she continued, "Originally, when we were exploring the ruins of the Enlightened One, we could still be considered to have a pleasant cooperation. However, when I was preparing to evacuate, he attacked our ship, so of course I had to counterattack and kill him."

It seems that a lot of dangerous situations have been omitted!

As for whether the imperial army would retaliate against Mr. Wu and his men, at least Agnes had not heard any news about this. At this point, she could do nothing but continue to believe in the martial virtues of the empire.

"So, you really took the cruise ship to rob the imperial transport fleet! If this news spreads to the mainland, the surviving crew members will definitely die." Kent sighed.

"I hope they can remain useful. I drove all the survivors onto the lifeboats and left them with enough water, food, and communicators." Although Agnes, who clearly distinguished between right and wrong, hated the Empire, she would not make things difficult for ordinary soldiers.

At this time, Wayne used the terminal to open the information of the unremarkable spindle-shaped cruise ship - at this time, the engineers on the Victory had already boarded the ship, and they also sent first-hand information.

It was not until now that he belatedly realized that the interior furnishings of this ship were indeed those of a cruise ship, but it had been renovated to be a passenger and cargo ship so that it could accommodate fifty people.

Of course, the interior of the ship has now been modified to be very popular and common, but the cabin lamps, walls and floors still have obvious imperial court style, which is like using silver plates and ivory chopsticks in a fly restaurant, which seems particularly incongruous.

"It is indeed a Light Year Mission-class ship." Wayne sighed, "When I graduated, my grandfather said he would give me one and sent me the detailed information."

Of course, he held himself to the standards of a perfect soldier, and thought that as an active-duty officer he should not indulge in such vulgar and extravagant interests, so he refused.

Agnes said, "This ship was given to the boss by the imperial family, and then the boss gave it to the company."

Wayne always felt that the other party's words were a bit harsh, and his smile suddenly became obviously stiff.

"Maybe because we didn't have any money, we were very radical in our renovations. Of course, we didn't inform anyone else," Agnes added.

"Transformation?" Finally they heard the second question that everyone was concerned about, and they immediately became serious.

Even if it was the most advanced light-year mission-class cruise ship in the universe, there was no reason why it could get within a million kilometers of the battleship before being discovered. Moreover, she was clearly prepared to charge over and board the ship immediately if she found something wrong, which clearly showed that she was very confident in the ship's speed and short-term protection.

This cannot be justified by ordinary "reform".

Agnes did not hide it: "You know, after exploring the Lanza galaxy, the boss blocked a snake transport ship."

To these two pure soldiers, "snake" was actually a somewhat unfamiliar concept. They hesitated for a moment before realizing that the other party was probably talking about the number one terrorist organization behind the universe.

"The one who was wiped out by our United Empire in the Abyss Galaxy?" Wayne asked again.

"Oh? Has it been wiped out?" Agnes nodded. "Their ships have a lot of interesting technologies, and stealth technology for small ships is one of them. We dismantled that ship and installed the parts on Kettle Street. You can see that Kettle Street has become like this. It can now be invisible, charge, and has good protection. Of course, the space on the hull is really limited. It can't carry other weapons, nor too much food and water. If you hadn't come, I would really be planning to rob food and water all the way back to the Milky Way."

"...I always feel, Miss Agnes, that you seem to be evading many important issues!" Kent said.

"You're right. I did omit a lot of important questions. If you want to know, you have to ask the boss." She nodded frankly and sincerely: "But, looking at the way you are now, I'm afraid we can't contact you, right?"

Kent was speechless and couldn't help laughing.

Wayne said with interest: "I do know that he led people to explore the Lanza galaxy, but I don't know what happened to the snake afterwards. Could it be that he didn't report it at all?"

"He certainly didn't report it," Kent said expressionlessly.

Wayne sneered a few times, but that was all.

Then, of course, we need to consider the next step.

"You just said that you were planning to rob imperial cargo ships all the way back to your homeland?" Wayne said.

Agnes nodded. "I know this isn't very realistic, but I didn't expect to run into you guys here by chance, so I'll just take it one step at a time."

"But the Lanza Channel to the New World Highway must pass through the Iris Cross, which has been completely blocked. However, with the current performance of the Kettle Street, at most it will cause a small-scale space vibration when passing through the gravity well. You should be able to sneak through."

Agnes continued to nod. "Yes, but since it is as airtight as you described, we will still have to take a big risk. There is no need for that now. With your joining, we can have a long voyage and go directly up along the Lanza Channel."

As she spoke, she opened the terminal. "This should be the star map that the Empire has recently explored. If we turn from the LS-13-D system, we can go around to the Rattle system in the Empire's Glory Colony Star Zone without passing through the Iris Cross. There are orbital farms and power stations there. We can..."

"There's really no need for that." Wayne interrupted the female ranger.

Perhaps she didn't expect the red-haired colonel to be so rude all of a sudden, so Miss Agnes stopped talking and was immediately stunned by the other party's increasingly bright eyes.

"The South Gate is the next major attack direction of the Empire. But now, the supply lines from the South Gate to the Gate of Glory are all within our sight. If we don't do something, Michel, will you be willing?" Horatio Wayne gritted his teeth and said, "If there is any constructive work that our small fleet, which has been completely cut off from returning, can do, it is this and only this, right?"

Before Kent could say anything, Agnes beside him slammed the table hard and said, "Hey, this red-haired boy is really brave! Are you planning to burn down the Empire's Glory Gate star zone?"

"If possible, why not burn all the way from the Gate of Glory to the Empire?" Horatio Wayne laughed heartily, his red hair like a wanton burning flame:
"This is where Kou Ke goes! I can go too!"