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After the captain replied loudly, he turned and left. Su Xi looked at Bronya, who was curiously poking and prodding a young dragon girl here and there.

Are you curious?

"Hmm... a dragon person, even though he's a child, he's still a dragon person. Generally speaking, the human body can't support a dragon's tail, wings, and horns; the physiological structure of the human body simply can't support them."

"But their race has done it, and their physical condition is quite good, which means that their bones and muscles are several times, or even dozens of times, stronger than those of humans."

"How did those commandos get back? Weren't they torn apart by these young girls?"

Bronya was astonished that these dragon cubs could survive for a week without food or water, and they only looked a little pale. The report said that they could speak and move without much difficulty.

Fortunately, these young girls genuinely had no intention of attacking or killing them; otherwise, the commandos might not have been able to react in time.

Even if they reacted quickly enough, they probably wouldn't be able to escape unscathed without losing several people.

"That's why they're lucky; these kids didn't have any intention of harming them."

"Ugh...it itches...don't tickle my wings..."

The young dragon girl, being harassed by Bronya, complained weakly, her face flushed as she tightly tucked her wings behind her back. It was one thing for Bronya to touch her wings, but she even touched the base of her wings, which made her very uncomfortable. So she resolutely stopped Bronya from continuing.

"She's quite shy."

Bronya muttered something to herself and looked at the doctors beside her who were examining the dragon girls. After they were given some nutrient solution, the dragon girls' condition improved very significantly, at a frighteningly fast pace.

Of course, the fine dragon scales covering their bodies also intrigued the medical experts from Shenzhou, but there were no genetic researchers on the ship at the moment, so it was impossible to conduct any research on the dragon girls.

"What should we do? Should we keep carrying it?"

“I’m afraid that if the Wengers find out, they might launch an attack on our military starport and kidnap their weak young girls who are undergoing treatment as hostages, even if those hostages are capable of tearing their kidnappers apart with their bare hands.”

Watching a young dragon girl beside her easily twist a metal plate into a pretzel with her hands, Su Xi subconsciously took a step back, creating some distance, and asked, "Do you think... you can beat them?"

Bronya nodded. "Of course they can. No matter how strong their bodies are, they can't withstand weapons like proton impact cannons or matter annihilation cannons."

After Bronya finished speaking, the dragon girl next to her was immediately frightened and ran to the dragon girl leader who had spoken with the captain earlier for comfort.

"Too..."

Su Xi scratched the back of her head, but raising these dragon girls on the ship would cause a lot of trouble... In any case, the Wenger people absolutely could not know that they were here; it had to be kept secret.

"Anyway... let's take it one step at a time. I'm also quite concerned about those spider monsters in their report. Let's stick to the plan for the rest."

"Yes, continue according to plan. All squads have returned to the ship. All missions are complete. We must hurry."

..........

"Your Majesty, according to intelligence, our military starport in a peripheral area of ​​the Iron Dragon Starfield has been attacked by unknown life forms. These insects resemble spiders and can emit special sound waves that quickly render our soldiers unable to fight back."

"There is currently no way to resist this sound wave, but the interior of the starport has been cleared by the mechanical forces. All the spiders have been eliminated, just in case all the mechanical armored forces and military starports that entered the starport are destroyed."

"In addition, the glass room inside the Starport used to treat neonatal degeneration has disappeared. It was melted out of its exit by some kind of thermal weapon. Someone reached inside the Starport before we discovered the situation and rescued those children."

"Based on our initial intelligence and the situation inside the starport, we have determined that the other party is most likely two spaceships of a human civilization that are hidden in the star field and have not yet been captured or destroyed."

"That civilization that colluded with the quantum demon?"

"Yes, Your Majesty."

The commander of the Iron Dragon Starfield looked up and said to His Majesty the Dragon Emperor on the screen in front of him, "We still haven't been able to pinpoint the enemy's location, but after this operation, we conducted a large-scale cleanup of several starports and discovered that some of them had been planted with hidden bombs."

"Bombs...are they trying to blow up our entire starport?"

The Dragon Emperor frowned, but the commander shook his head and said, "Yes, Your Majesty, but what's strange is... all the bombs are in warehouses or uninhabited areas. We've calculated that if these bombs explode, they will cause virtually no casualties."

"Moreover... those children were rescued. We found no signs of resistance within the starport. The children left with them without resistance."

"Your Majesty, what should we do?"

The Dragon Emperor was filled with doubt. If they were to destroy the starport, why not place the bombs in the no-man's-land instead of in the key areas of the starport, and take away the children of their race? But the children did not resist, which meant that the children followed them voluntarily.

"What do you think, General?"

The Dragon Emperor shifted the blame to the general in front of him. The general was silent for a moment, then shook his head and said, "I don't know. It's quite obvious that they don't have the chaos and evil of quantum demons, but rather exhibit a very clear sense of order."

“Your Majesty, perhaps... we can negotiate with them to get the children back, and I have a feeling that they are not as bad as the outer legions reported.”

"In the first engagement, they did not attack us, nor did they even fire their weapons. Instead, they chose to flee and avoid further combat. Your Majesty, if possible, I would like to lead a small team to search for their whereabouts."

The Dragon Emperor rubbed his chin, pondering the idea proposed by the general. "Most of the outer legions are survivors of the disaster. They harbor a terrible obsession and hatred for the existence of the quantum demons, so it is only natural that they acted that way."

"But being selected by a higher-level civilization to enter the assessment, and even bringing a quantum demon here, means that everything is under control."

"I agree with your idea. You can arrange the specifics. After this is over, give me a detailed report. Also, during this period, the outer legions are prohibited from entering the Iron Dragon Starfield. All members of the outer legions inside the starfield will be detained and prohibited from leaving the port."

"Understood, Your Majesty!"

...........

"We are ready, it's time to set off."

"Operation begins!"

The operation began, and their objective was very clear: to quickly leave the Iron Dragon Starfield, detonating explosives on military starports along the way to lure the patrol back and ensure they would not be discovered.

They will then quickly pass through the ship while being accelerated by the warp drive.

"Warp Engine power activation...5% stable power output!"

Even with only 5% of the output power, the warp drive still significantly increased the speed of the conventional engine. Since warping would attract the attention of the enemy, they could only leave using conventional methods of navigation. However, conventional navigation was too slow, making it difficult for them to quickly leave the starport's patrol area. Therefore, under Bronya's leadership, they came up with a method to use the thrust of the warp drive to accelerate them.

The ultra-low power warp drive provides 200% of the thrust of a conventional engine, and the shields and iron curtain system ensure that the ship's structure will not be damaged during normal navigation.

That's why they were able to do what they have now, rushing out directly.

Soon the two ships approached the range of the first military starport. Upon receiving the signal to inspect the launched signal, the bombs hidden inside the military starport immediately exploded, and the uninhabited area of ​​the military starport was instantly blown apart.

A red alert immediately sounded inside the starport, and at the same time, the patrolling fleet on the perimeter received the message and immediately began to return to defend the military starport.

At that moment, the two ships sped through the patrol area at an extremely high speed.

In the following day, the general, who had ended his call with the Dragon Emperor and was preparing to communicate with the human civilization, had not yet had time to search for them or call them through a wide-ranging message as planned, when he was met with his first blow.

News of one starport explosion after another reached his command center, with at least two or three military starports being attacked almost simultaneously.

Moreover, the frequency was so high that more than 20 starports exploded in just one hour.

The general recalled the findings of their earlier inspection—those bombs! Damn it! Those Shenzhou people had infiltrated every single one of their military starports! Every single one of them was hiding explosives!

"General, a large number of patrols are requesting to return to base immediately!"

The controllers inside the command center were also in a panic. The Wengers had occupied this star system as their military domain for nearly a century, and never before had a situation like today occurred.

The controllers all panicked.

After a few seconds of contemplation, the general issued the order: "All patrol teams shall return to port immediately to protect the security of the military starport. Rescue operations shall be carried out swiftly within the starport, and damage shall be repaired as soon as possible."

"At the same time, order all patrol teams to return to their respective starports, and suspend all patrols!"

"Communications officer, broadcast the message we have prepared to the entire Iron Dragon Starfield. The broadcast will last for 10 minutes, with a 5-minute interval before resuming broadcasting."

"Repeat three times. After the third time, stop broadcasting and shut down all legion communication channels, and wait for the message to be relayed back."

"Yes, General!"

Meanwhile, aboard the Nuwa, the voyage went very smoothly, with no Wenger ships in sight, indicating that their plan had indeed taken effect.

"Navigator, how long will it take us to get out of here?"

"Captain, we have three hours left. At our current speed, it will only take us three hours to fly out of the patrol range of the Iron Dragon Starfield."

"Three hours... I hope everything goes smoothly from here on out. I don't want to experience any more strange twists and turns."

Su Xi sighed, and just then, the communications officer beside her suddenly shouted, "Captain! We've received an unknown communication signal; the other party is broadcasting directly to the entire star system!"

"Oh? From the Wenger people?"

Su Xi became interested. What kind of thing would make the other party broadcast it across the entire star system? Could it be that they had been discovered and now wanted to negotiate with them?

Or perhaps the other party doesn't know who did it and is just trying to threaten them?

"Captain, the signal has been converted to video recording. Would you like to watch it?"

“Watch, let me see what the Ungers are up to.”

After a brief period of static on the screen, the image flashed, revealing a tall male dragonman in military uniform standing in front of the camera with his hands behind his back.

“Shenzhou Civilization, I know you were responsible for these explosions. We guarantee your safe departure from the Iron Dragon Starfield, but in exchange, please deactivate your bombs. Furthermore, I would like to have a private meeting with you after you leave the Iron Dragon Starfield.”

"I will only travel to your ship in a frigate. My purpose in coming here is not malicious, but simply to have some questions that need to be answered."

"If you agree, please send a message to the source of the signal to let us know that you have agreed."

"Iron Dragon Starfield General, communication ended."

The bridge fell silent. Bronya looked at Su Xi, waiting for her to make a decision.

After detonating three more military starports, Su Xi looked up and said, "Pause signal transmission, but there's no need to send a signal back to the other side. Continue moving forward at the same speed."

Have you thought of a solution?

Bronya asked from the side, and Su Xi nodded, "Well, we don't know their attitude, but if we continue to detonate the military starport, it might anger them and they might send their entire fleet to intercept us, which would be troublesome. Therefore, it's better to be safe and suspend the detonation of the military starport. This way, we can verify whether what he said is true."

"But there's no need to reply. If this is a trap, replying would be tantamount to actively revealing our location to them so they can get our coordinates. Then the fleet could just jump here, and it would be a bloody battle."

"Let's move on. We'll consider what to do next after we leave the Iron Dragon Starfield."

The two ships continued sailing, and three hours later, when they left the border of the Iron Dragon Starfield, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. But that was all; if the other side insisted on pursuing them, there was nothing they could do.

After sailing for some time, the crew asked if she wanted to meet with the other party. After careful consideration, Su Xi chose to refuse.

"If we don't go, who knows if it's a trap? We're outnumbered and outmatched; we can't fight against a large fleet. Set the course, the entrance to the Holy Land, and proceed according to plan."

"If those Wenger ships block the entrance to the Holy Land, then we'll just break through them and clear a path!"

Su Xi's attitude was firm: if you want to block the way, then we'll just break through your blockade. There's no way to communicate with people above within the Iron Dragon Starfield, but it's different now. As long as we calculate the time it takes for Paradox to cross the quantum space and arrive here, and they appear together with Paradox, then it's really hard to say who the hunter will be.

..........

"General, we didn't detect any signals from the ships at the designated location, and they haven't replied to my messages either. Have we been... ignored?"

The crew members looked at the empty star field with somewhat subtle expressions. Had they been let down?

Or is it that the other party simply doesn't bother with them?

The general sighed, "They know our demands and agreed to them. We safely got them out of the Iron Dragon Starfield, but they don't want to come back because they're afraid this place is a trap."

"So let's just leave."