Shadow of Deep Space

Chapter 427: Misfortunes never come singly (Five in One)

Suddenly, shrill alarms rang out along the entire defense line, and red alarm lights flashed wildly.

in the starry sky.

The mechanical gem-like fortresses, Crystal Source, within the defense line turned their pitch-black gun barrels and opened rows of firing ports.

Giant sunflower-shaped space-based weapons, Light Annihilation, spread out their huge crystal wings and began to frantically accumulate energy inside.

At the same time, a large number of ships and countless mechas swarmed towards the curvature interference ring area No. 4.

At this time, a large number of Chirami, Zerg and other monsters rushed towards the defense line like a tide.

Boom!

Countless weapons were activated within the defense line.
The sky full of light beams and missiles instantly disintegrated the incoming monster wave.

At this time, the unknown monster flapped its chip-like wings and attacked the defense line. The terrifying oppression instantly shocked everyone's heart.

Inside the central control room of Black Snail Fortress.

Black prompt boxes popped up one by one.

"Warning: Warning: Unknown creatures are approaching!"

"Hint: Automatically named Hruz."

"General Gabres, the enemy is attacking us."

Adoran reported in shock and anger.

"Lock on the target, concentrate fire and attack it, send it back to the wormhole time and space, and never let it break through the defense line!"

Galbraith roared angrily.

"Yes! Defensive weapons launch attack, Black Snail Fortress moves forward, main guns charge!"

Adoran immediately gave the order.

Along with the order given.

zizi~
The space-based weapon, Light Annihilation, emitted dazzling red beams of light.

At the same time, various weapons were unleashed, massive missiles and light beams blocked the starry sky and attacked Hruz.

Rumble!
Various attacks landed on Hruz and exploded.

Its huge body suddenly appeared a layer of red outer coat, which resisted all attacks.

At this time, Hruz slowly opened his mouth, accumulating the power of destruction, and a dazzling red beam swept towards the various defensive weapons attacking it.

Rumble!
Countless fortresses and defensive weapons exploded, and the entire dark starry sky was directly illuminated by a star belt.

When Adoran and the others saw this scene, they were all stunned with their eyes wide open.

These weapons all have energy barriers, but they couldn't hold up and were directly destroyed.

"Damn it! I'll leave this to you, Adoran!"

Galbraith cursed angrily and turned to walk towards the lift platform.

in the starry sky.

Groups of mechas swarmed like a swarm of bees, rushing towards the advancing Hruz.

Everyone kept shooting beams of light at Hruz.

These beams of light fell on Hruz's huge body like raindrops hitting a calm lake, causing only a few ripples before returning to calm, unable to stop him at all.

Anxious voices continued to be heard in the public communication channel.

"No Captain, our attacks are ineffective."

"Even if it doesn't work, we have to fight! We absolutely cannot let it go."

At this time, the level 5 mothership Black Edge led a number of battleships and shot out dazzling beams of light from a long distance.

Rumble!
Hruz was hit by beams of light, and huge fireworks rose from the surface of his body.

Hruz instantly locked onto the Level 5 mothership, the Black Edge, and shot out a brilliant red beam of light.

The red beam of light, with an extremely terrifying momentum, cut through the dark starry sky and instantly hit the energy barrier of the level 5 mothership Black Edge. The entire energy barrier collapsed in an instant, and then the entire ship began to melt from the bow and completely turned into ashes. Finally, the light beam rushed straight into the distant starry sky.

When everyone saw this scene, they were all terrified to the extreme.

But at this moment, a dark golden light streaked across the dark starry sky, and wherever it passed, the space fluctuated violently.

The dark golden light instantly hit Hruz's body.

Expansion!
A huge impact swept across.

The outer coat on the surface of Hruz's body vibrated violently. At this moment, its head finally moved and turned to look at the enemy who attacked it.

The one who attacked him was none other than the Dragon Slayer controlled by Gabres.

"General Galbraith!"

When many soldiers saw the Dragon Slayer Mecha, they immediately shouted with their morale boosted.

At this time, Heluz raised his huge claws and swept towards Longmie. Wherever the claws passed, the space seemed to be torn apart.

"Light-speed folding flash!"

Galbraith's eyelids twitched and his spirit exploded instantly.

Hruz's claw suddenly swept away.

At this time, Gabres controlled the Dragon Slayer Mecha and appeared on the other side of Hruz's body. He raised his two black blades and chopped them hard on his body.

click!
A ripple appeared.

The coat of stance on Hruz is extremely solid.

Gabres's face also looked extremely ugly.

At this time, many soldiers saw General Gabres approaching regardless of the danger, and they all rushed up desperately and attacked Hruz frantically.

Unfortunately, their attacks were useless and instead angered Hruz. Its chip-like wings suddenly burst into brilliant light, and its surface flashed wildly like mirrors.

"No! Flash!"

Galbraith shouted to the crowd.

The mirrors rotated and locked onto the group of mechas besieging him.

Swish!

Beams of light shot out in all directions from the sky!
Rumble!
Countless fireworks exploded across the starry sky.

"what!"

Screams continued to be heard in the communication channel.

No matter whether it is the second-generation Mecha Iron Guard or the third-generation Mecha Blue Wing, they are like paper in front of its attack.

"Damn it!"

Gabres' eyes were bloodshot.

At this time, the voice of General Adoran was heard in the communication channel.

"Lord Galbraith, get out of the way! The main guns of the fortress and the star destroyer have been fully charged."

Upon hearing this, Gabres gritted his teeth and controlled the mecha to fly away.

At this time, a 260-kilometer-long star destroyer, the Gray Crystal, covered with gray crystalline armor all over, shaped like a swimming fish, with a gray meteorite cannon protruding from the bow, took the lead in shooting out a gray beam of light full of destructive power.

Immediately afterwards, the main gun of the Black Snail Fortress flashed a terrifying black arc of lightning and shot a devastating beam of light towards Hruz.

At the same time, level 5 motherships, battleships and various defensive weapons shot out beams of light.

Rumble!
Countless beams of light hit Hruz's body, and dazzling suns rose up.

The stance coat covering Hruz's body was forcibly torn apart by a large number of fixed weapons!

When Gabres saw this, he immediately roared.

"Well done, fire away!"

Swish!

Missiles and nuclear lasers were fired from the sky.

Rumble!
Hruz's whole body was blown to pieces.

For a moment, Hruz felt pain, but instead of retreating, it flapped its wings faster and flew forward. At the same time, it opened its bloody mouth, accumulated violent power, and swept forward!
Rumble~
Large numbers of mechas and ships were destroyed like dust.

"not good!"

When Gabres saw this scene, he was extremely shocked and angry.

If Hruz continues to fly forward in the direction of his breakthrough, he might be able to fly to the Glowing Star Sea and attack the Shabask Kingdom or reach the Federation.

The consequences will definitely be catastrophic.

Thinking of this, Gabres decisively controlled the Dragon Slayer Mecha to change its form and turned into a mechanical flying dragon.

He accelerated and rushed to the right side in front of Hruz, accumulating energy and shooting beams of light at Hruz.

boom!
The light beams hit Hruz and exploded continuously.

Hruz's eyes immediately locked onto Gabres, and his huge body involuntarily changed direction.

"Bastards! Come after me!"

Gabres controlled the Dragon Slayer Mech, flying towards the Kingdom of Apocalypse while continuously attacking.

He wanted to lead this monster to the Kingdom of Apocalypse. After all, killing others was better than killing his own people.

Hruz was immediately angered by Gabres, and he gathered a beam of violent light and swept across.

Gabres activated the energy barrier and tilted the body of the plane violently!
呲~
The energy barrier was just touched, causing a huge blood loss.

Fortunately, Gabres managed to deflect and avoid the attack at the moment the energy barrier collapsed.

thump! thump!
Gabres' heart was pounding, but he showed no fear. Instead, he opened the magazine and ejected two nuclear missiles.

The two nuclear torpedo missiles turned and flew backwards, hitting Hruz's body and exploding!

Hruz flapped his wings angrily and rushed forward at an accelerated speed, and his terrifying bloody mouth bit directly towards Gabres.

Gabres activated the light speed flash again.

Swish!
The entire mecha disappeared in an instant.

Hruz suddenly missed.

Then the Dragon Slayer Mecha appeared in the starry sky below and narrowly avoided the attack.

But at this moment, circles of colorful light burst out from Hruz's body, his entire body began to fade, and ripples appeared in the surrounding space.

When Gabres saw this scene, his face suddenly changed and he shouted.

"Oops!"

Unfortunately, it was too late. Hruz instantly passed into the subspace and disappeared.

Gabres looked at this scene and hurriedly checked the direction.

It turned out that the direction in which Hruz finally fled happened to be the boundary line leading to the Federation and Apocalypse, and no one knew where it would fly to.

At this time, many subordinates controlled the mechas and flew to Gabres' side, asking anxiously.

"Sir, what should we do now?"

"What else can we do? Report to the Space Army Headquarters immediately!"

Galbraith roared angrily.

"Yes!"

The subordinates present responded quickly.
-
District 13: The living room of the Su family villa.

Su Ming was wearing casual clothes and sitting in front of the coffee table with Su Yuan.

It was a rare moment for the father and son to sit together leisurely and drink tea.

Zhao Ning sat aside peeling an apple.

Su Yuan poured Su Ming a cup of tea, then said with a smile.

"Although I don't really like war, the garbage dump business has suddenly become very good since the Federation went to war."

"Father, just do your business properly and take care of your health."

Su Ming said as he took a sip of tea.

"No, I have to earn more money to save up for you to marry me."

Su Yuan shook his head and replied.

Su Ming smiled when he heard this, but didn't say much.

At this moment, Zhao Ning on the side suddenly had an idea. He picked up a toothpick, picked up a piece of peeled apple, and handed it to Su Ming and said.

"Son, have an apple."

"Thank you, mother."

Su Ming took it.

"Son, let me ask you something. How are you and Lin Chuyu doing now? Is it done?"

Zhao Ning asked expectantly.

When Su Ming heard what Zhao Ning said, his expression suddenly froze and he replied awkwardly.

"Mother, Chu Yu has her own dream and wants to fulfill it first. I happen to think the same way, so."

"Humph, dreams are so illusory, how long are you going to wait? I'm still waiting to hold my grandchild. The girl I introduced to you last time was actually pretty good, but it's a pity that she already has someone she likes! But it doesn't matter, my third aunt's daughter's current husband's family has a nice girl, would you like to take a look?"

Zhao Ning spoke to Su Ming attentively.

Su Mingxin was startled. Is this happening again? Then he quickly stood up and said.

"Father, mother, I suddenly remembered that I have an appointment. It's getting late. I have to leave first!"

"No, why are you in such a hurry? Let's talk for a while! I've seen that girl, she's really nice."

Zhao Ning still said somewhat unwillingly.

"Let's talk later. I'm leaving now!"

Su Ming quickly ran away.

Soon Su Ming ran out to the street and he couldn't help but let out a long sigh.

It was really a close call, I almost got scolded again.

Su Ming turned his head and looked around, then raised his bracelet, found Chen Tong's number and dialed it.

It's a rare trip back to District 13, and I don't know what Chen Tong is doing, but then I get a busy tone on the phone.

Su Ming was slightly startled. This guy actually changed his phone number. He then called Mingke.

Soon the call was connected, and Mingke's voice came from the bracelet.

"General, what's wrong?"

"Call my name."

"Oh!"

"Mingke, did Chen Tong change his phone number?"

"Yes, he changed it a long time ago."

"Then do you know where he is?"

"I know this. He opened a store in Echo Street, District 13."

"Come on, let's go sit with him."

Su Ming said to Ming Ke.

"Okay! See you on Echo Street then."

Mingke said to Su Ming.

"it is good!"

Su Ming immediately hung up the call and walked towards the nearby skytrain station.

Echo Street.

Su Ming stood at the corner of the street waiting patiently. At this time, Mingke ran over in casual clothes and shouted happily.

"Su Ming, here I come!"

"Let's go. I haven't seen that boy for a long time."

Su Ming said with a smile.

"Yeah, this guy is so mean. He didn't call us in the past few years."

Mingke followed suit.

The two then walked towards Echo Street.

Su Ming looked at the shops along the way curiously and asked Mingke puzzledly.

"Which store is Chen Tong's?"

"I don't know, but I think it's 135 Echo Street."

Mingke couldn't remember clearly. He hadn't been back for a long time since he joined the Thirteenth Legion.

"130, 131135, this is the one!"

Su Ming saw the house number and looked at it carefully. No. 135 was a stir-fry restaurant, so he asked with some surprise.

"Mingke, are you sure you're talking about this place? Chen Tong can cook? I've never heard of it."

"It should be here. I asked a classmate about it before."

Mingke replied with certainty.

"Let's go over and take a look!"

Seeing Mingke was so sure, Su Ming walked towards the restaurant.

This restaurant is located on the street near the end of Echo Street. The location is not very good and the door front looks very old.

Soon Su Ming and the other person arrived at the entrance of the restaurant. The restaurant was not very big, it was just a regular husband-and-wife shop.

But business is still good, and most of the tables inside are full of customers.

Looking inside, you can see an open kitchen.

Chen Tong was wearing a halter apron and cooking enthusiastically. Zhao Ran, wearing a khaki knitted top, stood beside him, occasionally holding a towel to wipe the sweat from Chen Tong's forehead.

"It's really them. Let's go in and give them a good beating."

Su Ming looked at the two of them and said with a bright smile.

"Ok!"

Mingke responded eagerly.

The two men walked forward, pushed open the glass door of the restaurant and walked straight in front of Chen Tong and Zhao Ran.

At this time, Zhao Ran saw Su Ming and Ming Ke, and a look of great surprise appeared on his face.

Su Ming made a gesture to Zhao Ran to keep quiet, and then asked Chen Tong who was cooking with his head down.

"Boss, what delicious food do you have?"

“The signature fried beef tenderloin is good, you can...”

Chen Tong put the food from the pot onto a plate. When he looked up and saw Su Ming and the other man, he was stunned.

"What can I do?"

Su Ming and Ming Ke said with a smile.

"Shit, it's you two."

Chen Tong turned off the fire directly, walked out excitedly, and gave Su Ming and Ming Ke a hug each.

Su Ming and Ming Ke didn't mind the oil stains on his body at all and gave him a warm hug.

“Isn’t it a surprise?”

"Of course it's a surprise. It's been years since we last met. Did you two have dinner?"

Chen Tong asked very happily.

"No, I was just about to give you, the big boss, a slap on the face."

Su Ming said with a smile.

"Bullshit, what big boss? Please take a seat first. I'll go cook some dishes for you!"

Chen Tong said to Su Ming and Ming Ke.

"Okay, make something delicious, and don't let the two of us complain about you."

Su Ming and Ming Ke laughed and joked.

"Go ahead, it's guaranteed to be delicious."

Chen Tong said in a very good mood.

At this time, Zhao Ran walked straight to the door of the store, hung up a sign saying that the store was temporarily closed, and then hurried back to the kitchen to help Chen Tong.

Soon Chen Tong cooked three dishes and brought them up, and Zhao Ran brought a box of craft beer.

"Will it be too expensive?"

Su Ming said with a smile.

"Tsk, why spend so much money? We finally get to see each other! But you didn't even tell me when you were coming back."

Chen Tong picked up cans of craft beer and handed them to Su Ming and Ming Ke.

"I came back a few days ago. We wanted to talk to you, but we couldn't get through to you on the phone!"

Su Ming took the beer and complained with a smile.

"This is my fault. My phone was stolen. The card was in my mother's name, and it was too much trouble to get a new card, so I changed it. But later I tried to call you, but the call didn't go through. As you know, the communication in District 13 is terrible, and I was reluctant to invest in a new card."

Chen Tong explained to Su Ming and the others.

"I see,"

When Su Ming and Ming Ke heard this, they realized that the period should be the time when they were sailing.

"How are you two doing?"

Chen Tong opened the can and clinked glasses with the two of them, then took a sip and asked.

"It's fine. How about you two? Are you together?"

Su Ming and Ming Ke asked gossipingly.

"Ahem, let me formally introduce you to my wife, Zhao Ran. We are married."

Chen Tong said with a smile.

"Well done, boy! They say rabbits don't eat grass near their burrows, but you eat it pretty fast, and you've even got married!"

Su Ming and the other man laughed and scolded.

When Zhao Ran heard what Su Ming and the others said, she also smiled and then spoke softly.

"It's not that Chen Tong is just a traitor. In fact, I was the one who took the initiative to find him."

"Okay, you boy!"

Su Ming and the other man teased Chen Tong.

"That is!"

Chen Tong replied proudly.

"By the way, Chen Tong, why did you open a restaurant after graduation?"

Mink asked curiously.

"There's no other way. Zhao Ran and I majored in mecha, so we have to serve in the military to get a job. But the fighting on the front line is too fierce now. Zhao Ran's parents died early, and her grandparents are not in good health and have been seeing doctors and taking medicine. They don't want Zhao Ran to serve. So she used her connections and some policies to prevent her from serving. Later, when she knew I was going to serve, she came to me to confess her love. I thought about it and decided to let fate make the decision, so I drew the red and black lot. Maybe it was fate, I drew the red lot, so I stayed. Later, I got married and needed to support my family. It was impossible for me to do nothing. So I learned cooking from Zhao Ran's grandfather and inherited this restaurant."

Chen Tong said with great emotion.

"Honestly, this is pretty good."

Su Ming said with a smile.

"Well, although life is a bit hard, it is really good. Let's drink another bottle."

Chen Tong picked up two cans and handed them to Su Ming and Ming Ke.

"it is good!"

Su Ming and Ming Ke responded readily.

The three of them opened their beers and drank them all, talking happily.

"Cool!"

At this time, a group of guests at the table next to them finished their meal and got up to leave.

When they passed by Su Ming's table, they greeted Chen Tong.

"Boss, we're leaving."

"Okay, walk slowly."

Chen Tong nodded and replied.

The guests then walked out of the restaurant and left.

Mingke saw this scene and asked Chen Tong curiously.

"Chen Tong, are those your friends?"

"No."

Chen Tong responded immediately.

"So they didn't pay and just left?"

Mingke said confusedly.

"What money? They are the regional managers of this area. How can they possibly pay?"

Chen Tong said as if it was a matter of course.

"Sure, do you understand all this worldly wisdom?"

Su Ming said with a smile.

Back then, Chen Tong was the toughest among the three of them.

"No choice, just trying to make a living."

Chen Tong waved his hand and said.

"Chen Tong, if you encounter any trouble in the future, tell us and we can help you." Su Ming said to Chen Tong.

"Yes."

Mingke also nodded heavily in agreement.

"Okay, it's just the two of you. I guess you haven't graduated yet, right? Don't say those things that spoil the fun. Today is a rare happy day. Let's drink and eat meat."

Chen Tong said with a smile.

"it is good!"

Su Ming and Ming Ke responded with a smile.

Several hours passed in the blink of an eye.

In the entire restaurant, only Su Ming's table was still eating, and the table was full of beer cans.

Chen Tong and Ming Ke's faces were red from drinking, and Su Ming was also a little tipsy.

At this time, Zhao Ran specially brought a bowl of clear soup and said to them.

“Have some soup!”

"Okay, thank you."

Su Ming and Ming Ke nodded in thanks.

At this time, the door was pushed open again. Zhao Ran was about to tell the customer coming in that the business was closed, but when he saw the person coming in, he was stunned.

Chen Tong looked up and was also surprised.

Rhine and others walked in in military uniforms and went straight to Su Ming and the others.

"Boss, everything has been done. It's almost time for us to go back to Starlight City to report."

Seeing that there were outsiders present, Rhine spoke very formally.

Chen Tong and Zhao Ran were completely stunned when they heard this.

"Boss? Su Ming, are they calling you?"

"That's right. Su Ming is now a lieutenant general. I followed him and became a captain."

Mingke explained to Chen Tong and the others.

"Lieutenant General?"

Chen Tong and the other man were struck by lightning as if from the blue sky, and were completely stunned.

"With luck, the promotion is a little faster."

Su Ming said with a smile.

"Sure, congratulations!"

Chen Tong came back to his senses and quickly congratulated Su Ming.

"So if you have any problems, just come to us. Don't be polite. We are all brothers."

Su Ming said to Chen Tong sincerely.

"it is good!"

Chen Tong nodded and replied.

"I have something else to do, so I'll leave first. We'll meet again next year!"

Su Ming said to Chen Tong.

"Okay, I'll wait."

Chen Tong responded readily.

Su Ming immediately stood up, raised his bracelet and scanned the bank card payment code on the wall of the restaurant, and directly transferred 100 million federal coins to Chen Tong.

Chen Tong and Zhao Ran were also surprised when they saw Su Ming transfer so much money to them, and they started to speak.

"Su Ming, why did you transfer so much money to us? We can't take this money."

"Yes, we can't take this money."

"Don't say that, this is your wedding gift, you must accept it!"

Su Ming said with a smile.

"You have to accept my share as well."

Mingke also raised his bracelet and transferred 10 federal coins to Chen Tong and the others.

"Ok."

Chen Tong took a deep breath, calmed his beating heart and responded.

"Let's go. No need to see me off."

Su Ming waved to Chen Tong and Zhao Ran, and left with Rhine and others.

Chen Tong looked at the backs of Su Ming and Ming Ke as they left, with a very complicated expression on his face, looking a little gloomy.

At this time, Zhao Ran saw that Chen Tong looked depressed and asked with concern.

"Husband, what's wrong with you?"

"Nothing, I just felt a little touched. Back then, the three of us agreed to make a name for ourselves together, but in the end, I was the only one left."

At the end of his speech, Chen Tong let out a long sigh.

"Sorry, it's all because of me."

"Don't say that. Even though I lost my ideal, I never regret coming back to find you."

"Ah."

Zhao Ran listened to Chen Tong's words, leaned his head on his shoulder and smiled happily.

The next day, in the central control room of Fengdong.

After Su Ming arranged everything, he walked to the command chair and sat down.

At this time, Timmy reported to Su Ming.

"I have sent the summary information of the city exam to your bracelet."

"Well, let's set sail for the City of Stars."

Su Ming said to Timmy.

"it is good!"

Timmy nodded in response, then directed Li Menghan and others to set sail.

Su Ming sat in the command chair, raised his bracelet and clicked a few times, projecting the operation interface in front of him.

He looked up the scores of the candidates in the Mecha Department of District 13 with great interest.

Rhine and others had nothing to do, so they came over to watch. They looked at the displayed data and said with disdain.

"Fuck, how did they get such a score? This guy only got 13 points in the mecha minor subject?"

"This is even more outrageous, only 3 points."

"Normal. Look at this guy called Cheng Hui, he's pretty good."

Su Ming suddenly saw a student named Cheng Hui, who had excellent grades, with 68 points in the mecha minor subject and 260 points in the comprehensive paper.

"It's really awesome!"

Rhine and others nodded in response.

"This is not bad either."

Su Ming continued to look through the papers and soon saw a student named Bikda, who also had 62 points in the mecha minor subject.

He checked Bikda's cultural score, which was also 253 points.

Then Su Ming flipped down and saw several students with excellent grades.

"Boss, the students in District 13 don't seem to be bad. At least there are a lot of top students."

Rhine and the others said with a smile.

When Su Ming heard Rhine's words, his mind moved, and he quickly looked through other students' grades, clicked on their files to check, and the colleges they attended.

Lower Town Cain Welfare College, Upper Town Miente College, Upper Town Miente Intermediate College
As Su Ming looked at the file information, the smile on his face gradually faded and his expression became very solemn.

"Boss, what's wrong with you?"

Rhine saw that Su Ming's face had become very serious and asked quickly.

“It feels like these results aren’t right.”

Su Ming said with a gloomy face.

"Ah? Boss, don't scare us. We swear we never accepted any bribes or committed any corruption for personal gain."

Rhine and others' faces changed slightly, and they quickly made the assurance.

"It's not your problem."

Su Ming replied with certainty.

"So what's going on? We don't see anything wrong with these results?"

Zhang Yi asked puzzled.

"I know the level of District 13 very well. It shouldn't have so many top students."

Su Ming said in great confusion.

"Fuck, how did they cheat? We were so strict."

Rhine and others were even more shocked when they heard Su Ming's words.

"I don't know."

Su Ming took a deep breath and said.

"What should we do about this?"

Rhine and others looked at Su Ming.

"Don't worry about this. I will take care of it. Send me the previous files of those students."

Su Ming said in a deep voice.

"it is good!"

Rhine and others responded one after another.

After a long time.

The Fengdong landed at the interstellar airport of the Royal Court Academy in the City of Starlight.

Su Ming asked Rhine and others to hand over the cheating students, while he went to the Royal Court Academy Conference Building for a meeting.

It didn't take long for Su Ming to arrive at the comprehensive conference building.

When he walked into the conference hall, he saw many military officers invigilating the exam, all of whom were talking and laughing about the city exam.

"Su Ming!"

At this time, a familiar voice came from behind.

Su Ming turned his head and saw Lieutenant General Alife walking over and replied with a somewhat unnatural expression.

"Alife, you are here too, what a coincidence!"

"Yeah, I don't know which bastard mentioned my name to Vice Principal Fleck, causing me to have to go to the Rain City to supervise the exam. I almost got killed!" Alifi complained with a lot of complaints.

"Ahem, how about the invigilator?"

Su Ming asked with an awkward look on his face.

"It's not bad. Although there were some problems, at least a lot of good candidates were selected. It's worth my trip to supervise the exam."

Alife said with relief.

“Are there many good seedlings?”

When Su Ming heard this, his eyes moved slightly and asked.

"That's a lot. There are many top students in Rain City this year. By the way, why are you here to invigilate? Who drafted you into the army?"

Alife said with a smile.

"Just like you, I was conscripted for no apparent reason."

Su Ming replied awkwardly.

Just then, footsteps were heard.

Everyone turned their heads to look and saw a bald old man wearing a high-level executive uniform, with dark spots and wrinkles all over his face, a kind face, and a group of subordinates walking in.

"Minister Zhou Jing is here, the summary is about to begin, let's take our seats quickly."

Alife glanced at the old man and said to Su Ming.

"it is good!"

Su Ming and Lieutenant General Alifi walked towards the front row and sat in the first row.

At this time, Zhou Jing walked to the conference table and spoke kindly and politely.

"Thank you all for your hard work. This year's city exam has finally come to a successful conclusion. What do you think of this year's candidates?"

"Yes, although there are many cheating students in the fourth district where I supervise the exam, there are also many top students!"

"Me too."

"My side is not bad either. I will definitely train a lot of talents in a few years, and then there will be successors."

"Yes."

Many generals said in a good mood.

The better the results of the city exam, the happier they are actually, because this means that a large number of talented people will join the army in the future.

However, Su Ming's expression became increasingly gloomy.

"That's great, let's start filing them one by one and handing them over!"

Zhou Jing said to everyone with a smile.

"it is good!"

Alife and others responded one after another.

At this moment, a sudden sound suddenly sounded.

"Wait!"

Everyone in the conference hall was startled and looked towards Su Ming who had stood up, following the voice.

Zhou Jing looked at Su Ming and asked puzzledly.

"General Su Ming, do you have any questions?"

"Everyone, don't you feel that there is something wrong with the results of this city exam?"

Su Ming said calmly.

These words were like thunder, and everyone present was stunned and looked at Su Ming in disbelief.

"Did I hear correctly?"

"Is there a problem with my grades?"

Zhou Jing suppressed the shock in his heart, took a deep breath, and then asked.

"General Su Ming, why do you suddenly say that?"

"Didn't you notice? The students in this city exam did too well? Take the 13th district where I supervised the exam for example. In previous years, it was considered relatively good to have more than 20 students admitted to the Imperial Court Academy's external schools. This year, there are more than 70!"

Su Ming said with a frown.

When Alife and others heard Su Ming's words, they began to discuss.

"Yeah, it seems like there are a few more top students this year?"

“Maybe this class of students is better?”

"Isn't it normal to have more? We are in charge of the examination room, so cheating is impossible!"

"How can it be impossible to cheat? What if they joined the Mechanicus and received the so-called blessing?"

Su Ming asked directly.

When Zhou Jing heard this, he immediately became furious and questioned Su Ming in horror.

"General Su Ming, this is not a joke. Do you have any evidence? This concerns the fairness of the entire city exam. If things go wrong, we may have to cancel the exam and retake it!"

"Evidence? It's easy to get evidence. Just check those students with high scores and their grades in school will be clear. And this matter is not as simple as just canceling the city exam. If these cheating students join the Mechanicus, once they are admitted to various colleges and universities, they will infiltrate various legions and federal government agencies. Therefore, once it is confirmed, they must all be arrested and eliminated!"

Su Ming said coldly.

After hearing Su Ming's words, Alife and others were all horrified.

"Su Ming is right. If these cheating students really join the Mechanicus, they will be a disaster!"

"This matter must be investigated!"

The muscles on Zhou Jing's face kept twitching as he spoke to Su Ming.

"General Su Ming, this matter is too big, I really can't make the decision! Why don't you go find Deputy City Lord Okens, he is in charge of the city exam every year."

"Okay! But I hope that everyone present can keep today's events a secret and not let them spread out, lest the enemy be able to respond in advance."

Su Ming also knew that it was indeed too difficult for Zhou Jing.

"understand!"

Alife and others nodded seriously in response.

After Su Ming finished his instructions, he turned and left.

Federal government executive building.

In the long corridor, Su Ming hurriedly walked towards the deputy city lord's office.

As a result, when he turned the corner, he ran head-on into Deputy City Lord Okens.

"Deputy City Lord Okens!"

Su Ming's eyes lit up as he spoke.

"Su Ming!"

Okens shouted with joy when he saw Su Ming.

"Lord Oakens, I have something important to discuss with you."

Su Ming immediately said to Okens.

"It just so happens that I have something important to discuss with you."

Okens also said.

Su Ming was slightly startled and asked in surprise.

"Lord Oakens, do you know?"

"Of course I do."

Okens replied as a matter of course.

"Oh, all right."

"Su Ming, now that you know everything, let's get ready."

"Are you ready to arrest someone?"

Su Ming was a little surprised when he heard this. He didn't expect Okens to be so decisive.

"Arrest someone, arrest who?"

Okens looked at Su Ming in confusion.

"So you said prepare, prepare for what?"

Su Ming also looked at Okens in dumbfoundedness.

"Of course we need to mobilize the troops and go to the wormhole for space-time support!"

Okens replied blankly.

"Ah? What's going on?"

Su Ming almost jumped up when he heard what Okens said.

He just came back from the front line to rest and recuperate? What's going on?
"Stop, tell me first! What happened over there? Who are you arresting?"

Okens asked, taking a deep breath.

"The city exam was infiltrated by the Mechanicus, and many students with excellent grades suddenly emerged. Once these students enter the advanced college, they will spread like a virus to the federal military and important institutions."

Su Ming said to Okens.

"What did you say? Doesn't that mean this city exam will be invalidated?"

Okens was like a cat whose tail was stepped on, and his fur instantly stood up!

"Not only will the exam be invalidated, but these students will also be arrested. We will also have to trace back last year's city exam to confirm if there were any students infiltrated by the Mechanicus."

Su Ming said in a tricky way.

"My heart."

Okens covered his chest and said in pain.

"Lord Okens, please don't be in pain. What's wrong with the wormhole space-time?"

Su Ming asked doubtfully.

"In the wormhole spacetime, the No. 4 curvature interference device was tampered with, which caused a monster wave invasion. Now an unknown creature suspected to be Type VI has broken in, and now they are requesting the Federation to send troops and top combat forces for support."

Okens said helplessly.

"Type VI Monster"

When Su Ming heard what Okens said, the corners of his mouth twitched constantly.

"That's why I thought of asking you for help."

Okens said with a sigh.

"I thank you."

Su Ming replied with a smile, Deputy City Lord Okens really thought highly of him.

At this time, Nan Ying's secretary rushed over and shouted as soon as she saw Okens.

"Lord Oakens, urgent military information."

Okens asked with a slightly changed expression.

"What happened?"

"Affected by the wormhole space-time monster tide, the monsters on both sides of the Misty Star Sea and the Sinking Abyss have also shown unusual movements. Now both sides have sent warning information."

Secretary Nan Ying reported anxiously.

Su Ming's expression was extremely interesting when he heard Nan Ying's secretary's words? Is this the legendary misfortunes never come singly?

Okens' face turned green, but he still waved and said to Nan Ying.

"I know about this, go down!"

"Yes."

Secretary Nan Ying breathed a sigh of relief and left quickly.

Su Ming asked cautiously.

"Lord Oakens, what should we do now?"

"Let's go and see the city lord."

Okens said with a changing expression.

"it is good!"

Su Ming nodded.

Not long after, Su Ming and Deputy City Lord Okens arrived outside of Jakkers' office.

The two guarding soldiers wearing third-generation exoskeleton armor saluted Okens and Su Ming.

"Lord Oakens, General!"

Okens and Su Ming nodded slightly in response, then reached out to knock on the half-open door.

As a result, there was a conversation coming from inside the house.

Jakkers spoke hoarsely to an ordinary-looking man wearing a gray work suit and glasses.

"Deldo, just tell me what you have to say."

"Lord Jakkers, Lord Faron! Our intelligence department has just received confidential information that the Dark Star Empire is gathering a large number of troops and preparing to reinforce the Slok Star Sea. It seems that they are preparing to retake the lost Danube Star Sea."

"Humph, you're looking for death. I'm not afraid of him. If he wants to beat me, I'll fight him to the end."

When Farron heard the news, he was furious. He hadn't even settled accounts with the Dark Star Empire yet, and these guys dared to come up and seek death.

If he wanted to fight, it would be just right, because he just wanted to avenge his dead son.

"calm down."

Jakkers persuaded Farrow.

"Humph!"

Faron snorted coldly and suppressed the anger in his heart.

"Also, according to the information sent back by our spy, the Kingdom of Apocalypse has also begun preparing to launch a strong attack on the Tidal Star Sea."

Deldo continued to report.

When Jakkers heard what Deldo said, his expression became very ugly. It was really one crisis after another.

"These two old dogs are definitely in collusion."

Faron cursed angrily.

At this time, outside the door, Su Ming and Deputy City Lord Okens looked at each other.

"Lord Oakens, why don't you go in by yourself? I won't go in."

Su Ming lowered his voice and spoke to Okens very awkwardly.

If we go in at this time, wouldn't we be walking into a trap?

(End of this chapter)