Quit the team, then picked up a beautiful girl with problems

Of course, this is just a proper choice on the surface. In fact, it can be said that the City of Rudders is "protected" by the Super Lucky Group.

But as a team, it is common for them to go on expeditions to secret Jedi realms. When this happens, some team members will take turns guarding their own bases.

"About a week ago, when this Double Eagle Helm Ceremony was about to begin, someone from the Soul Peak found me."

Having said that, Xiao Mo's expression gradually turned cold.

There was a hint of sadness in Farina's eyes.

Xiao Mo said to Li Ang, "They were talking about old friends reminiscing. I heard they kicked the sorcerer out. I knew it wasn't Li Ang who came. I thought at the time that Ramsay wanted to contact the Super Luck Group for something and wanted me to act as a middleman."

This is the first thought of a normal person.

Leon nodded and asked, "Is Ramsay here?"

"If he comes, I'll still consider him a personage."

Xiao Mo sneered, "I saw two people I didn't recognize, but they were indeed at the Excellence Realm. They must have been the main force that joined later. The problem lies with the black-armored warriors they brought with them."

"Knight of Annihilation." Meluna said beside her.

Xiao Mo glanced at the black-haired girl and said, "Those monsters are called this. It seems you know something about it."

"That's not just ordinary understanding."

He has Ermei and Zoe on his side. Apart from the Empire itself, Leon can't think of anyone else who understands these enemies better than the Star Flower Brigade.

"We'll have a good chat later. Anyway, as soon as I showed up, they attacked."

Xiao Mo pulled out the dagger from his waist and played with it in his hand. Li Ang knew that this was a sign that he had the intention to kill.

"It's obvious that they've figured out the timing for the Super Luck Group to go out and get rid of me. Then the Super Luck Group's protection of the Rudder City will be temporarily lifted, and they can do whatever they want.

"After I escaped, I immediately evacuated the stationed staff and branch members. Many of them took refuge at the Shadow Factory, but some were captured."

Morales threw the dagger in his hand. Leon had never seen this weapon before. It was the 8th-level dagger [Dancer's Edge] displayed on his panel. It should be the equipment he got from the Super Lucky Group over the years.

He caught the dagger by the handle and thrust it forward fiercely.

"I've heard that the so-called Holy Empire is trying to block the shipping lanes and is causing trouble in Ignis airspace, engaging in a battle with the Flame of Order, but I never imagined that the Soul Apex would ally with such a force.

"Ramus, you're so good! You're even taking advantage of my former teammate's identity. You're here to kill me."

After Xiao Mo finished speaking, the surroundings fell into a brief silence.

Although the girls didn't know enough about the apex of the soul, they cared about Leon and were silently looking at him.

Leon's lips moved. Just now, he subconsciously wanted to say - if I were here, I would definitely stop Soul Apex from joining forces with the Empire.

But he understood immediately.

If it was just an if, or rather, because Leon would do such a thing, he was no longer at the pinnacle of his soul. No one could stop Ramsay from doing whatever he wanted.

"Me too... The last time I met someone from Soul Apex, he was a native of the Empire. At that time, I couldn't see the deep alliance between Soul Apex and the Empire, but..."

Farina raised her hand to stop Leon from saying anything.

The mature older sister smiled at him gently, "Don't say you have the responsibility to prevent things from happening here. Look at how many things have happened these days. There are demons, the Holy City, and the two Miss Meimeis. Even building a ship can't be peaceful. You are not a god, so don't take it all on yourself."

"Demon?" Xiao Mo was very surprised when he heard this, but now was not the time to ask more questions. He just sighed: "You are not a simple person now."

"I can only say Yingba that the shadow of the empire has begun to spread. This is a dark tide that cannot be stopped by personal strength. Everyone standing on the beach is only getting their feet wet by the front waves. Later, there will be waves higher than the last one." Meimei suddenly said.

Xiao Mo looked at her in surprise. This charming little girl was the main reason why he mistakenly believed that Li Ang was taking people on a tour, but he didn't expect her to say such a thing directly.

The young man with animal ears looked at Leon with a questioning look. Leon simply said, "I'll explain later." From the corner of his eye, he saw Zoe clenching her fists tightly.

"Empire..." Zoe lowered her head and repeated the word in a low voice.

After calming down a bit, Li Ang said, "Now that things have come to this, let's start moving forward with what we should do."

He felt that the Empire could no longer be simply viewed as a local force. Or rather, it was indeed such a force, but the unknown power behind it could be seen as the dark side of Newbis, and the Empire was merely a bridgehead for it to carry out its conspiracy.

"The pinnacle of the soul... Ramsay's ambition... seems to be taking it in a direction from which it cannot turn back." Leon sighed.

Xiao Mo stared at Li Ang for a moment, then slowly said, "Soul Apex must have found the largest local shipyard, the Kongyan Shipyard, long ago. It's also a group that's gradually degenerating, and I don't know when they secretly reached a cooperation. Anyway, after the Good Luck Group set sail and took the opportunity to attack me, Soul Apex immediately took control of the other large shipyards by force, and then the grand ceremony began."

"Are the ones under control the other eleven companies that control the core tunnels?" Farina asked.

"Correct."

"I feel like there's something wrong with this festival. Apart from the Glittering Fields, there aren't many places where you can enjoy airship racing," said Leon.

After he finished speaking, he saw Andasu's ears droop slightly.

The girl's entire life could be said to have been invested in this, and this statement sounded very unpleasant to her.

Yet it is true.

Xiao Mo didn't know the origins of the members of Leon's team, so he said directly: "It's obvious that the rowing competition is a cover-up for the shipyard's suspension of work. Soul Apex and the Empire need the shipyard to do something."

"What for?" Zoe asked.

"I don't know about that. I need to find a way to infiltrate and investigate. I only know that there are about four or five main forces of Soul Apex. Those who use the name of Soul Apex to maintain the situation don't count. In addition, there are those powerful black-armored knights of the empire."

"We took out three."

"Oh? Looks like your new group has some tricks up their sleeves. They can actually fight that thing head-on? In that case, half of them should be eliminated. But I don't know if there are more lurking in the dark."

Xiao Mo pointed ahead and said, "Let's go first. We're still some distance away from the Shadow Factory."

As he walked, he said, "The Shadow Factory aims to take down the twelve existing major shipyards, so they'll be using Passage 14 to investigate throughout the city. As the name suggests, the information I'm sharing here is largely based on their investigations."

"What about you?"

"I'm thinking about how to sneak into the shipyard." Xiao Mo said.

"I think we can sneak into one of the twelve families."

"Of course we went in, but the ones we were able to get in were all shut down, so we didn't see anything crucial. As for the ones that seemed to be secretly doing something, as I just said, they were heavily guarded. We'll have to make a long-term plan."

Xiao Mo shrugged. "The reason I rushed to rescue you was because I saw you guys causing a commotion in my house. The people from Shadow Shipyard informed me, and when I saw it was you two, I wanted to avoid being targeted by more of their forces, so I rushed over."

"When I evacuated, I made sure there were no pursuers," said Li Ang.

"It's not that simple. Among them are the kind of trackers that conventional stealth methods won't work for. And you guys even went straight into the restaurant to eat."

Xiao Mo made an eye gesture in front of him and said, "I made a mistake in my prediction when I was escaping. If I wasn't a seasoned thief and hadn't left some room for maneuver, I might have been tricked."

Li Ang guessed that he was talking about some secret method of the Apostle of the Divine Eye.

That still didn't affect them. There were two people here with deep experience fighting the Empire. They didn't think there was a problem, which was also one of the reasons why Li Ang was relieved.

But Xiao Mo was completely kind-hearted. If not, there would be no way to reconcile with him, so Li Ang did not refuse his kindness.

"Those who helped cut off the power were the ones from Shadow Factory?"

"Yeah, they're a good bunch of guys."

"We met one before," said Andasu.

"Ah? How could we meet? No one would call themselves that." Xiao Mo was surprised.

Li Ang briefly recounted what happened in the engine shop. Xiao Mo was slightly stunned, narrowed his eyes, and whispered, "No way?"

Li Ang asked him what was going on, but the guy said mysteriously, "I'll tell you later."

"Are they really building a secret battleship?" Zoe was concerned about the urban legend she had heard before.

"Hehe." Xiao Mo smiled mysteriously: "You will know when you get there."

He suddenly started to act mysterious, and Li Ang said angrily, "Then get out of here."

After walking for about half an hour, the passage finally came to an end. Lights could be seen ahead, and from the scattering of sound and light at the other end, one could tell that there was a huge space there.

Walking out of the passage and standing on a platform with guardrails, the scenery in front of them instantly shocked everyone.

On an all-metal slipway so large that it could almost be called a spectacle, a giant ship that was half completed was sleeping.

It is probably about two or three hundred meters long and can almost be regarded as a small city. There are shadowy figures of people on it, and some places even have huts. It looks like it has been regarded as a community.

"That's the so-called secret warship. It's actually a damaged ship from a previous civilization. The Shadow Factory just wants to repair it."

Xiao Mo said: "With the power and facilities it can still use, it is also the main living space for everyone."

The young man with animal ears pointed to some smaller docks in the distance and said, "That's where the Shadow Factory builds ships. It can be called the Shadow Dock."

He was standing on the edge of the platform, next to which there was a cableway connecting to other platforms in the underground space or the ground below. Someone saw him from a distance, hung small roller skates on the cableway, and slid over.

"Morales, you're back, these are your friends?"

The man looked like a young engineer and looked at Li Ang and his group.

"Yes."

"Bring them here, the Great Engineer wants to see them."

294. Island Builder

"Great Engineer?" Zoe tilted her head and looked questioning when she heard the term.

Morales paused. "Actually, he's the leader of the Shadow Factory. Everyone here comes from the factory, so we're just used to calling him that."

"Oh, that's the boss, just like Li Ang here."

"That's right." Xiao Mo laughed, then looked at Li Ang with a slightly complicated look, as if saying "You have come to this day", and as if doubting whether he was a legitimate boss.

Zoe put her hands on her hips and asked, "Where is he from? If he calls us over, we're going to go? Where's our dignity?"

Her words startled Xiao Mo and the young man next to him, and Li Ang quickly stepped forward to stop her.

"It's okay, it's okay. This guy is obsessed with reading some messed up book again."

"It's not a mess," Zoe looked at Leon in confusion. "How can someone else's boss summon our boss so easily? In the book—Mmmmm! Eh? What is this? It's really delicious.

Li Ang stuffed a piece of sour plum cake into her mouth. After feeding Meimei on Mengze Island, he suddenly thought of preparing some snacks. In fact, he had gradually learned what everyone in the group liked to eat, so he could have some on hand just in case.

He also knew that Zoe was trying to help him, even though she did it without considering the occasion or the atmosphere.

After dealing with this guy, Xiao Mo took a pulley from the shelf next to him and handed it to Li Ang: "Here, it's faster to slide down the cable car directly."

The cableway pointed by the young man with animal ears was very long. It almost spanned the entire underground space at a 30-degree angle and passed directly over the ancient ship. It could be said that if the purpose was to view the entire Shadow Factory from the air, this steel cable was really the best.

Zoe, who had been chewing the sour plum cake, immediately became eager to try it.

"Huh? Don't you have to rely on your arm strength to hang down?"

Dorothy leaned over and asked, "You can build a boat, but can't you build a cable car?"

There is naturally a cable car on the ground of the Rudder City, which is mainly used to transport goods and raw materials.

"It used to be there," said the young man who looked like an engineer, "but it's been under maintenance these days."

"What can I do? I'm just a weak pastor. I can't be lifted up."

The half-elf looked embarrassed, but his feet were already close to Leon: "The only way is for the captain to hold me and hang me down."

"Why don't you tell me that I'm also a spellcaster and may not be able to hold you?" Li Ang said helplessly.

"Oh, isn't this the time for that hand to come into play?"

Canary swayed her waist and leaned forward, her breath sweet as orchid, whispering softly, "Besides, it's not like I haven't held you before, so I know you can do it."

With a clang, Meluna's sword slid out of the scabbard a little.

Others might not understand her whispers, but Meluna could hear them perfectly, and of course, Morales was no exception.

The young man with animal ears had a complicated expression and pointed at Li Ang, unable to speak.

When Leon was giving Zoe snacks, he had also thought of a way to deal with Dorothy. He didn't expect that she didn't make trouble at that time, but she didn't endure it for long.

"Why should I hug you?"

Zoe strode over and jumped up to hang on to Leon: "I'm the number one member, so I must be given priority."

Dorothy had originally retreated behind Leon because Meluna had used her thumb to pull the longsword out of its sheath. However, Zoe wasn't afraid at all. She immediately stood up straight and said, "What does a female gorilla like you with all your extraordinary strength need? Of course, you should help the weak!"

"You have the magical power to create flowers, so just wrap it up with the flower vines." Li Ang said.

"Ah, I've been caught." Dorothy stuck out her tongue.

"The problem is if you can't think of it, right?"

"Well, let's draw lots to see who gets to be carried down by brother." Alulu stepped forward with a smile.

Behind Xiaoniu, Andasu also took steps in unison to show her support.

Leon no longer dared to look at Morales' sharp gaze, but he saw that the engineer he had just met had his eyes wide open.