The Legendary Mechanic

The Milky Way is upside down, the stars sand waterfalls, somewhere in the Kunder front area, and a remaining Kunder main fleet is slowly roaming the universe.

Not too long ago, this fleet, code-named "Sea Flag”, experienced a vicious battle and was raided by an imperial general, who broke the line between the command ship and the convoy and escaped.

Now there are only more than twenty frigates left next to the command ship, and the others are either destroyed or dispersed.

The flagship fleet belongs to the Kunde Third Space Corps, which commands the famous Third Corps officer, Oliert, known as the Star of Tomorrow. A few years ago, the Marshal of the Third Corps was retired and Oliert was considered the first candidate for the Third Corps Marshal position.

However, the delay in the retirement of all officers and the recruitment of all officers delayed the decision to mobilize the war, owing to the information received several years ago about the falling ship.

At this moment, the fleet of naval flags that just ate a defeated battle went into hiding while awaiting the Command's next command.

In the bridge that commands the ship, the atmosphere is silent and depressing, and everyone is immersed in the grief of defeat and loss of comrades.

Standing in front of the starboard window in front of him, Oliert Murmer left his back only to all the operators and deputies in the room, with the crust colors of sad green and angry red.

In the war just now, he was almost snorted away by his opponent's commander, and the war failed for a part of his reason.

Everyone knew that the commander was the most stressed person, and they dared not go up and disturb him.

The deputy hesitated for a long time before he got up the courage to walk next to Oliert and said softly: "Sir, we...”

“Needless to say. ”

Oliert turns back, his body gradually returns to calm blue, slowing down: “It's not my personal failure, it's the failure of civilization, I lose to the enemy, but to the entire civilization of the enemy. ”

Oliert knew that his commanding officer was no better than an imperial general, but he believed that it was not just a matter of individual competence, but that the gap also stemmed from the backdrop of civilization.

In his dealings, he made his finest maneuvers and decisions so far, asking himself about this performance, which could even be considered an important course case by the Military Academy, but he was shocked that the enemy's reaction was incredible and almost instantaneously uncovered his layout, like playing chess on both sides, and the enemy saw him strangle his brain and ambush his back hand after ten steps, as if he had backtracked the chess.

Confronting such opponents is a serious blow to the confidence of commanders.

Doesn't mean that Oliert's level doesn't work. In fact, he's already a famous general in the Kunde standard. This happens ostensibly because the imperial name will have far more power than he does, but deeply because of the gaps inherent in civilization.

With the rise of the three civilizations accompanied by the cry of countless races, step by step from the war, all war cases are written in the curriculum of the Military Academy, so officers can instantly come up with corresponding solutions and be more flexible in their thinking, no matter what the situation.

In contrast to the fact that the Kunders experienced too little interstellar warfare and that war cases were far from comparable to the Empire, all tactics used by officers were old things that had been eliminated for years by exploring the universe, which was the underlying difference.

After a battle in action, Oliert was pessimistic, and he simply did not see the possibility of a partial war victory, and now the breakdown of each fleet's footsteps was the best proof.

In fact, he is not the only one, unlike the Kunder high ranking radicals, whose fighters on the front line are basically pessimistic about the war.

They were outraged that their homes had been tampered with by the enemy, but did not consider the sacrifice necessary in the war, yet military orders were mountainous and high-ranking orders were the will of the military.

With a deep sigh and these pessimistic emotions, Oriel looks to his deputy and asks in silence:

“Has the command arrived? ”

“Uh... just sent in, he put us on standby here, retrieved the broken fleet, and then joined the main fleet of the Third Regiment to plan a round of attacks on enemy stargates. ”

Oliert sniffed and slapped the table, angry: "Bullshit! Why don't you retreat now? Is Command really insane? ”

We've just been dispersed, and we're staying in this dangerous area to find the old part, when the enemy won't hunt us down!

And the main fleet has collapsed like this, forcibly converging to attack the enemy's stargate? This is about us dying!

Many officers in the room felt that there was a problem with this tactical arrangement, but dared not say anything, all staring at Oliert, waiting for the commander to make his decision.

Oliert took two steps back and forth, pressing his anger and saying, "Contact the marshal, I'm going to ask him personally what's going on with this decision! ”

The deputy nodded, operated immediately, a communication interface popped up on the virtual screen, waited for a few seconds, connected the call opposite, and the third regiment marshal appeared on the screen.

“Olliet, I heard you were attacked, and I'm glad you're alive. ”

“There's a reason for luck.” Oliert, calm down, "I was ordered by Command, and we're planning an attack on the enemy's stargate? ”

“Yes, this is a command. ”

“Don't you think there's a problem? The war had deviated from the original plan and it was not time to continue in love, which would only cost more troops in vain. ”

“I know, and I think it's time to retreat and talk to the top, before you follow orders. ”

Rumor has it, Olliet silenced down and hung up on the comms.

The deputy asked carefully, "Sir, what do we do now? ”

Oliert glanced at him and suddenly said, "How many ships do we have left? ”

“Uh, twenty-four. ”

“Gather the captains and pull them into the communications channel. ”

Rumor has it that the crowd immediately took action, and Oliert stood at his fingertips and waited for a moment, putting one more avatar on the screen, exactly the rest of the captain.

At this point, Oliert made a gesture, slowly opening:

“Remember, I'm only going to say this once...”

He said an encouragement without nutrition and repeated the command order. In the process, various gestures were made, and all the captains concentrated on him.

“Well, that's all there is to it, gentlemen. ”

Finally, Oliert dropped his hand and ended the speech.

The captain's avatar on the screen, one by one, went dark.

At this point, the deputy glanced at another command screen and shouted, “Sir, all the captains have shut down the intelligent core, blocking all outside information, and we can't reach them! ”

But Oliert was expecting it, and he nodded calmly, "Well, you're going to shut down the intelligent core of our ship. ”

The crowd suddenly realized what it was, some of them didn't believe it.

This means... are you going to desert?!

“This, this...”

The deputy was stunned.

“Why don't you go?!” Oliert glanced, and his tone grew fierce.

The deputy hesitated for a moment and ran to arrange it, quickly causing someone to shut down the intelligent core of the command ship.

In this way, the remnants of this naval flag fleet became a ghost fleet with no contact with the outside world.

Oliert breathed out slowly, looked at the confused people, and explained, "Sorry, this is all about caution, and if you're right, our quantum network has been completely infiltrated by the enemy. ”

Everyone was surprised.

"I know the marshal very well, he's a rigid soldier, never questioning a high-ranking military order, and although this is an extraordinary time, everyone may change, but no doubt can be spared, I doubt that was not the marshal at all.

The enemy may have infiltrated our chain of command, and you all know the consequences without saying so much, so the war is over, and I can no longer act on their orders, and now I can only save myself. My gesture was a special code, and only a few people knew that I had all the captains cut off the link, and from now on, we were on our own. ”

Everyone was so horrified by that, they couldn't accept such a large amount of information at one time, and their brains were blank.

The deputy bit his teeth and mustered courage: "Sir, this is desertion! ”

But Oliert didn't get angry and glanced at him.

“This is a battle to lose. Whatever you think, I will not send the rest of my men to die on the battlefield, desert? No, maybe we're the last survivors of the Kunders. ”

“So where do we go now? ”

“As far away from here as possible. ”

Oriel looked out the starboard window and stared deep into the sky.

……

“I think there may be a problem with the route. ”

In a narrow, forceful room, a few people dressed in ordinary Kunders circled around.

This is one of the ships of the immigration fleet, carrying civilians, most of whom are disturbed and confused about the future and in a depressed atmosphere.

Because of its large population, every ship is crowded with civilians in a room that is home to brothers born in the same nest and is related to each other by blood.

“Brother, what have you found?” A short brother asked.

The older brother of this brotherhood is a crusty shrimp with a low voice:

“A friend of mine was the pilot on the ship, and he told me an inside message that the fleet was supposed to arrive on a planet yesterday for a short rest, but had not encountered a planet yesterday, and the fleet had been moving. ”

“Could they have adjusted the plan? Why don't you ask your friend again? ”

“My friends have never been able to reach me and ask anyone.” Big Brother Sighs: “I think something may be wrong. ”

“Brother, may you be too sensitive, if there is a problem, it will be notified. ”

“I have a bad instinct, I can't say.” Big brother shook his head.

“Hey, I can't help you with so much thinking, we just have to listen to the fleet.” One of the brothers whispered.

At this point, the youngest brother next to him suddenly said, "Brother is right, there is something wrong with the course of the fleet and we are heading back the same way. ”

And when it was said, the people looked at him.

“Don't be ridiculous. How did you find out? ”

The little brother pointed to the starboard window, and the crowd looked at the past, only to see that there was a rudimentary graffiti on the window, drawing a circle, from small to large in diameter, and at this moment, there was a planet outside the window that fitted perfectly into a circle in the middle.

See, everyone's face has changed.

Living in a house, no one had any secrets. A planet appeared in the fleet's field of view some time ago, and the penis used a brush to outline the planet every day on the portrait window. The circle grew bigger and smaller from a young age, changing every day, representing a distance.

And at this moment, the planet actually coincides with the contours of a few days ago, and everyone understands what that means.

“I'll ask! ”

See, Big Brother couldn't sit down at the time, and everyone was rushing to follow him.

The situation is reflected in the fact that a pedestrian hurried through a crowded rear half cabin, like a refugee camp, to the middle cabin corridor and found several accompanying soldiers.

“You said there was a problem with the route?” A soldier pulled out his ear pocket and was impatient: “It's not something you should worry about, it's something you worry about. ”

“This is true, I can show you the evidence, I...”

“All right, all right.” The soldier waved, "the guide ship has a star chart, if it is truly off course, it will be adjusted immediately, you can go back and wait in peace. ”

Brother was helpless and had to take a group of brothers back to wait.

After three consecutive days, however, they stared at the graffiti on the starboard window day after day and found that the fleet was still returning towards the road, with no adjustment at all.

The boss contacted his insider friend every day, only on the third day he contacted the opposite side, but the opposite answer made him half-hearted.

“You said you were off course? No, no, no, no, our star chart shows that the route is completely correct... didn't meet the supply planet I said? Oh, this is a remote observation error, the star chart is not very accurate, we have reported it above, the star chart was updated above, now there is no problem... what graffiti record? Well, you may be mistaken, that's a new planet with updated star markers, not the one I've seen before, but the navigator on my side shows the route is always moving forward. ”

Turn off the comms with a cold face, the brother has been silent for a long time.

All of a sudden, as if he had made up his mind, he said, "Do you believe me, or do you trust the people above? ”

Many brothers looked at each other and hesitated.

“What do you want to do?” Little brother couldn't help but ask.

“My instincts are getting stronger and stronger, there must be something wrong here, maybe the people above are jumping us into the fire pit.” Big Brother, keep your voice down, "I don't want to be on the ship anymore, I'm going to steal supplies and the lifeboat, we're going to escape. ”

“Are you crazy?! ”

Someone stunned, "This is death, the fleet will definitely take us back, even if we succeed, the stolen goods will be consumed sooner or later, no food, no fuel, what happens then? And do you have a star chart? I don't know about the star chart. How do you run? ”

“I can get the star chart and life-cell permissions from my friends, as for supplies… the medium life-cell has a complete facility that can replenish the fuel stock with its own collector as long as it reaches the planet, enough for many years. Solving the food problem requires a greenhouse incubator, crop seeds, and a nutritional cream maker, which is available on board, and we can sleep in the freezer compartment while we grow the crop.” Big Brother whispered: “I've been thinking about the back road for three days, and this is not the decision I made as soon as I slapped my head. ”

The crowd still shook their heads.

How many people run to the unknown universe to survive when the secessionists build a new home?

Just thinking about it, I thought the plan was crazy!

“I'm coming with you.” At this time, the little brother stood up and shrugged his shoulders, "you know me, I don't like to be bound by the rules, since I left home, I don't intend to continue the kind of stable life with the great stream, the universe is so big, I want to go see for myself, you said I like adventure or pursuit of excitement, anyway, I'm alone. ”

Big Brother nodded and looked at the other brothers, “I know we all have concerns, the universe is too big, it would be the deepest loneliness and fear in our hearts if only a few of us were to touch it, maybe finally prove me wrong, but I don't want to wait passively, I don't want to force everyone to come with me. ”

The penis hesitated for a moment and turned his mind around and said, “Brother, I'm coming with you. You're the person I trust the most, and I trust your judgment. ”

Rumor has it, more people are shaking.

Someone shook his head helplessly, “Alas, forget it, let's just go, from the moment we left home, I'll take this life as dead, what if we risk a little more? We're brothers, we can't be separated. ”

Growing up together, the brothers had long been used to hugging and, after some tangling, all agreed to the big brother's plan. Amazingly, after the determination, the earlier hesitation and anxiety disappeared into unparalleled excitement and anticipation.

“Brother, I have a proposition. We should at least bring a woman. ”

As it was said, the crowd burst into laughter, the tension dissipated, and the room was filled with happy air.

“You're right, we should bring more than one. ”

“Ha ha, maybe later we'll be a homeless civilization. ”

……

Over the next few days, the brothers split up and used their own connections to prepare quietly. Because of the large amount of everyday goods on board the immigrant spacecraft, people can find what they need on board, and the only question is how to get it.

With courage, money, connections, and a little bit of luck, people raised most of what they needed in a variety of ways and finished stepping on.

Soon after, on the day of the operation, progress was more smooth than imagined. According to the information received at the pedal point, everyone sneaked into the life-cell discharge port, stepped onto a medium-sized life-cell, shut down the intelligent core and switched to a manually operated mode.

Big Brother's palm stopped above the launch button and was not pressed.

“Think about it, with this button pressed, there will be no turning back, and if we are captured, we will be treated as prisoners. ”

“It's not much different now from the prisoners, who look at us more like a group of hard workers.” Little brother smiles, "but he changed his name, it's just a population resource, and in that capacity, I've always wanted to get rid of it. ”

“Bullshit.” Big Brother shook his head and smiled, tapping the button hard.

Phew...

The cockpit plunged into space.

Without the ship, the crowd suddenly stunned as they subconsciously turned their heads and looked out the window.

They saw that other spacecraft in the immigration fleet had similarly fired sparse, ragged lifeboats, like scattered sparks, scattered away.

……

Half a month went by.

On the other side of the Kunde territory, the core fleet of the Kunde command jumped out of the stargate and then turned around to retrieve the retreating stargate.

“Well, we have arrived in the target area, where all surviving fleets will converge in accordance with the last coded order. ”

At headquarters, Kunde senior officials gathered to view messages sent by other forces before the last time the network was disconnected.

“The scorched earth forces have reported that the Psychic Energy has been successfully detonated everywhere and that the plan has been implemented… Other fleets outside have reported that they are retreating towards the positions we have designated, whoops, the situation is fine. ”

The Kunder leader was relieved.

See, the spirit of the people is a little better.

The situation is finally getting back on track.

Afraid of leaking intelligence, Command was afraid to maintain a permanent link, and abandoned real-time communications, while failing to deliver orders properly, fearing interception by the enemy, and changed to a special password.

However, without waiting for everyone to catch their breath, the radar suddenly sounds an alarm!

“Attention, attention, unknown large fleet found ahead! ”

The crowd was suddenly horrified.

“How did you meet the fleet here! Is there an ambush? ”

“See if it's the enemy?! ”

Many executives rushed to deliver the order, and only seconds later, the captain sent a debrief.

“Ladies and gentlemen, we have confirmed that the other side is not the enemy, but our fleet. ”

It was said that many of the top executives were suddenly relieved and felt almost scared of a heart attack.

“It scared the shit out of me. I was one of them. ”

“It should have been the troops who had been ordered to converge earlier, faster than us. ”

At this point, the captain spoke again, and the tone became very strange:

“You misunderstand, they are not our armed fleet, but the immigration fleet that was sent out a long time ago. I don't know why, they all came back! ”

The voice dropped and the whole place became silent.

All the executives in this room stunned for a second and suddenly lost their minds!