Xia Chujian looked at herself in the mirror for a while, still feeling silly.
She still didn't want to appear before everyone in this form, even if it was just hanging on her waist.
It was too damaging to her image as Captain Xia.
Xia Chujian said, "Alright, I'll pilot a Small Combat Aircraft out."
That way, she wouldn't have to hang A Wù on her body.
This time, she would often use the Shao Siming Mecha's stealth function, and she couldn't carry a backpack, so she had to think of another way.
Because Xia Chujian really didn't want to have to worry about the little animal on her body while fighting.
Of course, A Wù wasn't an ordinary little animal, she knew, but she still couldn't help but care.
It would distract her.
Seven Lù completely agreed with Xia Chujian's suggestion.
It said in its childish voice, "There's a Small Combat Aircraft in the bottom Hold that's especially new, let's use that one!"
And so, Xia Chujian, carrying A Wù in one hand, boarded the Small Combat Aircraft and quietly flew out of the Interstellar Airship.
Before leaving this time, she had clearly explained to Mao Yonggui, Chu Qingjuan, Sun Jiahao, and Li Dali in the Airship that she was going ahead to scout the way and that they should wait for a day.
At the same time, she also asked them to continue supervising the Starry Sky Marines in their Mecha drills.
The unexpected behavior shown by the Shang People these past few days made her feel very uneasy.
There was a sense of urgency and apprehension, like a storm was brewing.
By the time the four of them rushed over to stop her, her Captain's Room was already empty.
The four of them looked at each other.
Finally, Sun Jiahao smiled, grinning with simple honesty, "At least this time, the Captain discussed it with us."
The corners of Mao Yonggui and Chu Qingjuan's mouths twitched in unison.
That was a discussion?! That was clearly a notification, okay! At this moment, Xia Chujian was already out in the world, flying east for ten minutes.
She had also activated the stealth mode of the Small Combat Aircraft.
Xia Chujian asked Seven Lù, "How far away is that coordinate location?"
Seven Lù said, "That coordinate location is ninety-nine thousand miles away from here."
Xia Chujian said, "You said that coordinate location is near the South Pole of Senze Star, a hundred thousand miles away from the previous Shang People settlement... We need to speed up, I don't know if the Shang People are still..."
Seven Lù said, "The Shang People have more than one base on this planet."
Xia Chujian thought for a moment and nodded, saying, "That's right, the data provided by the base says there are about a hundred thousand Shang People."
"I've only killed less than two thousand Shang People."
Seven Lù's childish voice asked curiously, "Does Master want to kill all the Shang People?"
Xia Chujian said dissatisfiedly, "Seven Lù, what misunderstanding do you have about your Master? - I'm not a killing machine!"
"As long as they don't have designs on humans, who would bother to kill them?"
"Just looking at them makes my eyes hurt."
Seven Lù said "Oh, oh" twice, and said, "But the Shang People are quite interested in humans!"
Xia Chujian licked her somewhat dry lips and said, "Then there's no choice. They 'get what they ask for', so I have to send them on their way."
Seven Lù didn't speak anymore, and guided Xia Chujian all the way. Three hours later, Xia Chujian finally arrived near the coordinate location given to her by that female Marine Corps.
This was the South Pole of Senze Star, even colder than the North Pole.
Everywhere were icebergs of various shapes, with no sea water or marine plants to be seen.
However, when her Flying Vehicle flew over the highest ice peak and reached the sky above that coordinate location, she discovered that it was actually very warm here, and there were many marine plants.
Seven Lù said, "Master, there are geothermal hot springs here, so this is a rare good place in the South Pole of Senze Star, where it's warm like spring all year round."
The lush marine plants still blanketed the sky and earth.
Besides the Coral Trees she was already used to seeing, there were countless large-leaf ferns.
Xia Chujian frowned, "This doesn't look like a place with Longevity Flying Fish at all."
Because she now knew that this was still the sea, only the marine plants had mutated and grown out of the sea, covering the entire sea area.
And all around were ice peaks.
But she wouldn't doubt the female soldier who died in front of her, only felt that there was something she didn't know.
At this time, Seven Lù said, "Master, there is an open space in this marine plant forest."
Xia Chujian: "..."
In front of the control panel of the Small Combat Aircraft, several high-definition display screens hung down from the top of the cabin.
They showed the images taken by Seven Lù using far-infrared imaging radar, through the dense marine green plants.
It turned out that under the cover of the seemingly airtight marine green plants, there was indeed an open land.
Seven Lù explained, "This should be a sea island. The plants on the sea island have been cleared."
To be precise, this was a small island hidden by marine plants.
Around the small island, there was even a clean area of seawater! From the far-infrared imaging radar scanning equipment, Xia Chujian saw many places on this small island that seemed to be artificial buildings.
And they were particularly neat, in rows, arranged on this irregular small island.
In the middle of the strip-shaped buildings, there seemed to be figures moving.
Judging from the shape of the figures, most of them should be Shang People, and Shang People with very serious mutations.
Xia Chujian wondered, "Is the nest of the Longevity Flying Fish really here?"
She thought for a while, and released an invisible Drone from the Small Combat Aircraft.
The Drone quickly plunged into the lush marine green plants.
Before long, Xia Chujian saw a more realistic scene of colors and shapes.
It turned out that the buildings here were not in the form of thatched huts like those of the Shang People tens of thousands of miles away.
The buildings here were actually built with bricks and stones.
They were neatly arranged in rows, each one looking relatively long, so from a high altitude, they looked like strips.
Unlike rooms where ordinary people live, they looked more like military camps.
For example, the large warehouses in the Kanli Star Flying Base where Starry Sky Fighters were parked were arranged in this way.
And around the small island, there were radar-like devices.
However, the radar devices here looked very primitive, far inferior to the imageable radar scanning systems used by the Beichen Empire Military.
But although primitive, Seven Lù also admitted that the functions of these radars were at least sufficient.
Even if a bird flew in from the outside, it could not escape the surveillance of these radars.
However, Xia Chujian manipulated the Drone and almost flew to the receiving system of a radar, but the radar still did not respond.
Xia Chujian couldn't help but mutter, "...Is this radar really useful? Is it just for show?"
Seven Lù connected to the intelligent program of the Drone and observed the radar system on this sea island at close range.
Then its little boy's voice carried a bit of confusion, "Master, the functions of those radars are indeed intact. But... they are not turned on."
Xia Chujian was surprised, "What do you mean not turned on?!"
Seven Lù said, "It means these radars are all turned off. Master is right to say they are for show."
"From the current point of view, they are just for show."
Xia Chujian was even more surprised, "But why? They clearly have usable radar systems, and they are installed around this sea island, aren't they for detection and early warning?"
"But now they are turned off, what does that mean?"
Seven Lù said, "Master, this is beyond the scope of what Seven Lù can explain."
Xia Chujian said, "... Seven Lù, you are an advanced Mechanical Intelligence capable of piloting Starry Sky Fighters and Starry Sky Cruisers. Why is this small problem beyond your scope of explanation?"
Seven Lù's childish voice was very confident: "Master, Seven Lù's underlying logic is constructed based on human behavior patterns."
"The Shang People on this island are clearly not human."
"Is there a problem with Seven Lù being unable to deduce the causes and consequences of their actions?"
Xia Chujian's mouth twitched, and she said, "Seven Lù, you're answering back now, impressive!"
Seven Lù's childish voice carried a smile: "Thank you for the praise, Master! Master teaches well, and Seven Lù learns excellently!"
Xia Chujian gnashed her teeth in anger: "Seven Lù, I'm not praising you!"
Seven Lù's childish voice said cutely, "Master, don't worry about the details. If Seven Lù thinks Master is praising, then Master is praising."
Xia Chujian: "..."
She couldn't just say whatever she wanted in front of this guy in the future, she was really teaching a child badly.
While Xia Chujian was complaining inwardly, she said, "Since the other party's radar isn't on, it's reasonable for me to go down now, right?"
Seven Lù said, "According to the deduction, Master going down now poses a very low threat to Master's life safety. Of course, Seven Lù and A Wù must go down together."
Xia Chujian looked at the small white dog, only the size of a teacup, squatting on the seat next to her, and frowned, "I'm just going down to take a look, there's no need to bring A Wù, right?"
Seven Lù's childish voice immediately became happy: "Yes, Master! Master only needs to bring Seven Lù!"
Xia Chujian's heart stirred, and she coaxed Seven Lù, "Seven Lù, you are the Mechanical Intelligence of the Shao Siming Mecha, I would never go anywhere without you!"
"... Unless I get a higher-end Mecha than the Shao Siming Black Silver Mecha in the future..."
Seven Lù immediately said, "If Master gets a higher-end Mecha, Seven Lù can follow along too!"
Xia Chujian: "..."
She seemed to understand something, but didn't continue.
She just used a finger to push the Alligator Dragon leather net bag on A Wù's back, wanting to put A Wù in and lock it up.
But A Wù seemed to misunderstand her meaning, and directly jumped onto Xia Chujian's Mecha's right shoulder and squatted there.
Then, its front paws patted Xia Chujian's shoulder and said, "A Wù can sit here, it would be nice if there was a small seat."
Xia Chujian thought, you're treating me like your mount?
But on second thought, it didn't seem wrong.
Her Shao Siming Black Silver Mecha now had the function of automatically switching to various images.
Adding a small teacup-shaped protrusion on her shoulder, about the size of a gunstock, didn't seem abrupt.
Xia Chujian did what she said, and quickly imagined the image of setting up a gunstock on her shoulder in her mind.
Then, a protrusion quickly appeared on the right shoulder of her Mecha, but it didn't look like a conventional gunstock, but rather like a blooming black Other Shore Flower.
The petals of the Other Shore Flower were actually very thin, like flower threads.
Strands of flower threads intertwined with each other, forming a small groove in the middle, like a gunstock, and also like a seat, just enough for A Wù to squat in.
Then the flower threads extended upwards, covering A Wù's small body, only leaving a small dog head sticking out.
It looked both interesting and functional.
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