Ji Ming was still wearing the Nuoxing Empire's military uniform, but that didn't affect the others' impression of him. When Lan Bing looked at him, her gaze was gentle. "Big Brother Ji Ming, the last time I saw you was five years ago."
Unexpectedly, Lan Bing had personally spoken. Ji Ming immediately stood up and said, "Thank you, Miss Bing, for your care."
Lan Bing nodded, "Let's sit down and talk."
Ji Ming sat back down on the sofa with a flattered look on his face.
Lan Bing sighed, "Brother Ji Ming, you've been wronged all these years. It's all thanks to your help that everything went so smoothly."
Ji Ming smiled modestly, "Miss Bing, you're too kind. If it wasn't for you and Young Master Feng, I'd still be farming in my hometown."
Lan Bing nodded, "Your mission is complete. You can go back to the Federation now. The company will reward you based on your performance. Have a good time with your family."
Ji Ming could only thank her again, "Thank you for your care, Miss Bing. Thank you!"
Lan Bing was about to say something when she suddenly frowned. Her face twisted, and it was clear that she was in great pain.
Ji Ming stood up in shock, "Miss Bing, are you okay?"
Jia Hua also stood up, "Miss Bing, why don't you go to the medical center?"
Lan Bing waved her hand, "No need. I'll be fine after a few days of rest …"
She seemed to be a little emotional and sighed softly, "Officer Jiahua, this Ding Meng is not simple. If you meet this person again in the future, I suggest that you don't meet him head-on. That's not a good idea.
Jia Hua now knew what strategy Lan Bing had used to get the energy body, but he was still impressed. He wasn't impressed by the series of arrangements and details, but by the courage to take risks alone.
As for Ding Meng, Jia Hua didn't think much of it, "Is he strong?"
Lan Bing pondered for a moment before she said, "He's not that powerful, but I've been thinking about something. If I were him, I'd realize that there are many things he's done that I can't do. You can't underestimate someone like him."
In fact, what she wanted to say the most was that there were two people who had left a deep impression on her during this mission. One of them was Randy. Among all the people who had gone deep into the underground mine, Randy could be said to be the only one who did not have the strength to truss a chicken. However, it was this weakling who had no combat ability that burst out with such amazing courage at the last moment.
The other person was Ding Meng. She also knew the real relationship between Ding Meng and Qu Xiaoqing. In fact, when she was loading the energy body, Ding Meng could have completely ignored Qu Xiaoqing's life and death to stop her. However, Ding Meng still chose to protect Qu Xiaoqing. No matter the reason, there were not many men like Ding Meng and Randy nowadays.
Of course, this was what she thought, but she would never show it on her face.
Jia Hua sighed. "I have to admit that he was able to find the energy body in such a short time. It's very impressive that a laborer can do this."
Lan Bing fell silent again. Ding Meng's angry roar seemed to ring in her ears again. "I'll let you see if these lowly people that you usually look down on have gone down a dead end …"
Just as she was lost in her thoughts, the lights in the command room suddenly turned red, and the alarm started flashing.
"What's the situation?" Jia Hua stood up immediately.
A young man in uniform at the workbench in Area C turned to look at Jia Hua. This was the scout in charge of the security system. "Sir, an unknown target is approaching us from behind. Its flight path is exactly the same as ours. It's very fast, exceeding the speed of the third universe."
Jia Hua immediately walked to the control panel and quickly opened the galactic map. The Falcon flying ship that represented the green dot had taken off from the Dead Silent Star in a straight line. Now, they could see another small red dot chasing after them.
Jia Hua immediately ordered, "Turn on the dazzling light radar."
As soon as his voice fell, a new holographic screen appeared on the main control panel. Naturally, it was displaying a real-time image. In the pitch-black space, an elliptical golden spaceship with four long crystal flame tails was rapidly speeding through space.
The scout turned his head and said, "Sir, it's a Songqing exploration ship. There's a mark on it. It's a Norse Empire ship. It'll catch up to us in two minutes and thirty seconds."
"It's Ding Meng." Lan Bing also walked over. Her face was cold.
Jia Hua couldn't help but laugh coldly. "He still hasn't given up?"
Lan Bing said coldly, "No one would give up if it were him."
Jia Hua said disdainfully, "What does he have?
Just because of those crappy laser cannons on Songqing?
Or does he want to catch up to us and board the ship?
Haha, I've seen many people who have lost their minds out of anger. "
At this time, the worker in Area D came over. This was the operator in charge of the attack system. "Sir, what should we do?
Please give us your instructions. "
"No!"
Lan Bing said before Jia Hua could say anything. "Activate the defense system and maintain full speed. Ignore them."
"Yes!" The operator obeyed and left.
Jia Hua didn't understand. "Why don't we get rid of them once and for all?"
Lan Bing looked at the map and said coldly, "Send the energy body back to the mothership as soon as possible. It's useless even if they catch up because they're not a threat."
Thinking about it carefully, Jia Hua had to admit that Lan Bing's words made more sense. Turning around and attacking Songqing was a waste of time and firepower. If they couldn't kill it, it couldn't do anything to them. If it caught up, it would just be looking at them like a hawk.
Looking was just looking. Could it be that the particle laser cannons could break the waveform defense array at close range?
Don't talk about breaking it. Even if you used your head to kill it, you wouldn't be able to break it at all.
Jia Hua lowered her head and said in a deep voice, "Attention all crew members, attention all crew members. There is an enemy ship approaching from the rear. Please keep a close eye on its whereabouts and actively defend. Current safety alert level 1, repeat, repeat, attention all crew members …"
As soon as his order was issued, the dozens of staff in the command hall quickly began to get busy. The atmosphere suddenly became tense.
Although the little Songqing was just a probe ship and didn't have any threatening capabilities, common sense was there. As long as they were sailing in the depths of space, they had to be vigilant at all times because all kinds of unexpected changes could occur at any time.
So the staff kept reporting. After a minute, the voice of the scout was obviously surprised. "Sir, the other party isn't moving. They don't seem to be planning to really catch up."
Jia Hua immediately raised his vigilance and carefully observed the map. The speed of the Songqing ship suddenly slowed down for some reason. Its speed was exactly the same as the speed of the Falcon ship, one in front and one behind, maintaining the same speed.
"What are they doing?" Jia Hua was very puzzled. "This distance isn't within the range of the particle laser cannons.
They can't hit us. "
Lan Bing frowned. She obviously didn't understand Ding Meng's actions. Since you've already caught up, why did you stop?
Are you scared?
Are you scared?
Or are you worried that we'll turn around and attack you?
Jia Hua suddenly lowered his head and said, "Contact the mothership and send a message to Captain Fels. Request for the interceptor ship to move closer to us and shorten the handover distance."
The contact officer quickly replied, "Captain Fels has agreed to our ship's request. Falcon No. 2 interceptor ship is ready to move out."
Hearing the report, Lan Bing nodded slightly at Jia Hua, which meant that she approved of his ability to command on the spot.
This was undoubtedly the most scientific and reasonable plan: the energy bodies should enter the interceptor ship as soon as possible, and we'll give you a way out. Ding Meng, if you continue to stubbornly pursue us, you'll be annihilated.
Jia Hua suddenly felt his heart beat faster again, not because of nervousness, but because of Lan Bing's approving gaze. This was the first time Miss Bing had looked at him directly.
At the same time, in the command cabin of the Songqing ship, Ruolan pointed at the control panel and exclaimed, "Not good, their interceptor ship seems to have activated and is heading towards the Falcon ship. It looks like it's coming to pick them up."
Everyone looked at it, and as expected, the red dot outside the K8 system began to flash. This was a moving sign, and it looked like it was moving in a straight line, heading straight for the Falcon ship.
Ruolan quickly calculated the results, "The Falcon ship is expected to meet up with them in 24 minutes. If we maintain our current speed and direction, we'll enter the range of the interceptor ship's railgun in 8 minutes."
"It looks like the time I expected will be shortened."
Xin Jie took a deep breath and revealed his signature strange smile, "Ding Meng, don't you think this is very interesting?"
Ding Meng asked curiously, "Oh?
Interesting? "
Xin Jie smiled, "Thinking back, we were the ones who escaped along this route, and they were chasing us with the Falcon ship. Now, it's our turn to chase, and they're escaping with the Falcon ship. Hehe, you can break your head, but your hair can't be messed up. You can bleed, but your shoes have to be oiled …"
He shook his head, and Star Art didn't know whether to laugh or cry. What was going on?
The lives of everyone on the ship are in your hands, and you'll be finished in 8 minutes at most, and you're still in the mood to brag?
You still think it's interesting?
Star Art felt that this guy was really strange beyond belief.
Ding Meng couldn't help but smile, "Zebra brand shoe polish, that's not bad."
At this time, Ruolan poked her head over, "Sergeant Xin Jie, all the systems have been charged. You can begin."
Xin Jie snapped his fingers and then pressed his hands on the control panel, "It's time to show off my real skills!"
Reality proved that Jia Hua's caution was correct, but no matter how careful he was, he would never have imagined what would happen next. There was a sudden exclamation from Area A's control area.
"Sir, we've discovered that a hacker is invading our system through the international space network."
"What?
Hacker? "
Jia Hua couldn't believe his ears. He turned to look at Lan Bing, "There's a hacker in that group?"
Lan Bing lowered her head and frowned. She was clearly trying to recall, "It's possible."
Ji Ming walked over with an ugly expression, "Xin Jie is an origin ability statistician. That little guy usually has a few tricks up his sleeve. If there's a hacker, then he's definitely that hacker."
Jia Hua immediately turned his head and yelled, "Open the internal network, activate manual mode, and raise the system's smart defense wall to the highest level."
This time, the exclamation from the staff member was even louder, and it was clearly panicked, "Sir, the invasion is still continuing. The defense wall can't stop him. Our weapon system's transmission signal has been interfered with and has been locked."
"Si — —" Jia Hua finally sucked in a breath of cold air. My god, what kind of people were this? They could actually interfere with the airship's transmission signal.
Jia Hua forced himself to calm down and asked in a deep voice, "How long will it take to restart the transmission system?"
"It'll be restarted in 30 seconds," the staff member replied.
Jia Hua's gaze was like a sword as he stared at the map, "I want to see what kind of tricks you can play in this half a minute."