"In the past ten thousand years, our Beichen Empire has only had four Dukes, thirty Marquises, and sixty Earls."
"The Four Great Dukes are a given, their titles are hereditary and irreplaceable, and under no circumstances will they be stripped of their nobility."
"Besides them, there are the Marquises and Earls."
"Among the Marquises and Earls, there is also a hierarchy."
"The Four Great Marquis and Four Great Earls are only slightly lower in status than the Four Great Dukes."
This was hinting to Xia Chujian not to underestimate the Qiu family.
Xia Chujian nodded: "So they are still quite a bit lower than the Four Great Dukes, then it's fine."
Qiu Zijun: "..."
Her eyes were blank.
What did she mean by 'then it's fine'?
Of course, Xia Chujian wouldn't explain.
She only said, "Nobles are nobles, and the Military is the Military. If there's a mishap in my military mission, your family probably won't be able to save me."
"Please forgive me, Second Lieutenant Qiu."
"Of course, if Second Lieutenant Qiu can guarantee that no matter what happens during this military mission, Earl Qiu can help me take responsibility, I wouldn't mind giving Second Lieutenant Qiu some convenience."
After she said this, Qiu Zijun frowned, and even Ye Shijie looked at Xia Chujian with new eyes.
It had only been a little over a month since they last met, and Xia Chujian, this killing machine who acted before she spoke, had become so eloquent...
The key was that her words were particularly piercing, hitting the nail on the head, leaving you to wonder if you were going to die.
Of course, Qiu Zijun couldn't make such a guarantee.
Not to mention that the Qiu family was only an Earl, even if the Four Great Dukes were here, they couldn't guarantee to take responsibility for Xia Chujian.
If something went wrong with a military mission, even the Emperor's words might not be effective.
Qiu Zijun regretfully shook her head and said sincerely, "Please forgive me, Captain, I can't promise such a thing on behalf of my father."
Xia Chujian smiled: "Doesn't that settle it? So you don't need to remember my favor, it's useless anyway... Hahahaha... Then we're leaving, see you if we're destined."
She stretched out the mechanical arm of her mecha and waved it, turning around and leaving in a carefree manner.
The three-meter-tall conventional mecha shone with a cold, hard black iron luster under the moonlight, making people feel intimidated.
...
Ten minutes later, Ye Shijie and Qiu Zijun watched the Interstellar Airship parked not far from them start its engine, quickly rise into the air, accelerate instantly, and fly away with a roar.
Qiu Zijun said, "They flew south, are they going to the Equator?"
Ye Shijie said, "Probably, they didn't just come with this one Team this time, they should be gathering together."
He had never participated in a large-scale military operation, only led the Dark Night Hunter Team on many missions.
He had also cooperated with other Teams, but the overall scale had never exceeded five hundred people.
Qiu Zijun watched for a while, then suddenly said, "Why don't we follow them and see?"
"If we can find the other Teams that came with her, then more than just their family will have a Starry Sky Cruiser..."
Ye Shijie said, "Second Lieutenant Qiu, didn't the Qiu family tell us to stay here for another two weeks, and then they would come to pick you up?"
Qiu Zijun frowned and said, "But our mission is already completed, isn't it better to leave sooner? — I really can't stand staying in this place for even a day longer."
Ye Shijie looked at the young man lying motionless in the seat and didn't say anything more.
He didn't know why Qiu Zijun was so sure that this was her mission, but since she insisted so much, she should have her means to prove it.
His mission was only to ensure Qiu Zijun's personal safety during the completion of her mission.
As for Qiu Zijun's mission, the Qiu family had told him not to interfere.
He wouldn't be adding anything unnecessary.
Ye Shijie said, "They have more people, and we have fewer. Even if they agree to let us go to their Airship, I won't go."
"Second Lieutenant Qiu should really think it over carefully."
Qiu Zijun tilted her head and thought for a long time before reluctantly nodding and saying, "You're right, I was indeed too reckless."
"Now that we're so familiar with this female captain, why bother two hosts when one will do? Let's stick with her!"
"Let's follow them. If they need help, we have plenty of equipment here."
Their Flying Vehicle had a small armory inside.
It contained fully automatic submachine guns, sniper rifles, assault rifles, two fully automatic smart machine guns, two Punishment 0937 Electromagnetic Cannons, and nearly a million rounds of ammunition.
Ye Shijie, thinking of Xia Chujian's fear of insufficient firepower and her habit of not stopping until she emptied a magazine, hesitated for a moment, then said, "Is it still too late to follow them now?"
Qiu Zijun was delighted that Ye Shijie agreed and said, "It should be fine."
"The radar on this Flying Vehicle is actually very powerful. I'll search for the Starry Sky Cruiser's power magnetic field signal, and I'll know where they went."
As Qiu Zijun spoke, she activated the Flying Vehicle's modified radar system.
The radar system was indeed quite powerful. It didn't take long to capture the residual power magnetic field signal of the Starry Sky Cruiser that had just left.
"Let's go." Qiu Zijun sat in the driver's seat and followed the tracked power magnetic field signal.
...
At this time, Xia Chujian was telling Mao Yonggui, Chu Qingjuan, Sun Jiahao, and Li Dali about the place she had found.
"The Longevity Flying Fish is in an Ice Room at the bottom of the South Pole sea on this planet. It was previously raised by the Haidagong, but now it's our trophy."
Mao Yonggui asked curiously, "...What is a Haidagong?"
Xia Chujian paused and said, "Haidagong is a type of creature that lives on the seabed of this planet."
"Its head is like a seahorse, but up close it's more like a toad, mainly ugly."
"It has horns on its head, thick limbs, membranous wings on its back, and grayish-green scales on its body, but its belly is white. It can breathe fire, green fire."
"Their fire is interesting. It seems to have no temperature, but the Shang People die as soon as they touch it."
As Xia Chujian spoke, she displayed a photo of the Haidagong taken by her Mecha helmet camera.
Everyone gasped.
"Is this thing very powerful?!" Chu Qingjuan couldn't help but ask.
Xia Chujian said, "Powerful, but not really."
"It's powerful in that its vitality is very strong. As long as you don't hit its fatal weakness, it can survive."
"It's not powerful in that it has a fatal weakness."
Xia Chujian used a laser pointer to mark the Haidagong's gills on both cheeks and said, "This is its fatal weakness."
"But as long as you hit the gills on its cheeks with a bullet, it will die immediately."
"Of course, they also know this is their fatal weakness, so they will have various protections for their heads."
Xia Chujian then displayed a picture of the Alligator Dragon and said, "If they use Alligator Dragon skin to make helmets, then they are very powerful."
"The bulletproof function of Alligator Dragon skin is very powerful. Even with the latest Adjudicator No. 2 Sniper Rifle, you may not be able to penetrate it."
"You can penetrate Alligator Dragon skin with the Punishment 0937 Electromagnetic Cannon, then use a sniper rifle to hit their gills on their cheeks, which will ensure a kill."
"But they don't seem to know to use Alligator Dragon skin to make helmets yet."
"The helmets they currently use are a black iron color, which is no problem for ordinary sniper rifles to deal with."
Xia Chujian talked about the strategy she came up with.
Of course, this was the most difficult scenario.
Moreover, Xia Chujian personally taught the Haidagong this most difficult method.
Fortunately, she had already killed the batch of Haidagong who knew this method.
In case there are other Haidagong who learn this method without being taught, they need to be prepared.
Xia Chujian was preparing now.
She knew that there should still be 90,000 Haidagong, and more than 80,000 Shang People.
After thinking about it, she simply said it all.
"According to the information I detected, there are still 90,000 Haidagong, and there should be more than 80,000 Shang People."
"If the two sides join forces, even if our entire Team is dispatched, there will only be more than 5,000 people."
"More than 5,000 people fighting 170,000, there is basically no chance of winning."
After Xia Chujian finished speaking, Chu Qingjuan was the first to disagree.
"Captain, no matter how powerful the Haidagong and the Shang People are, they are only individually powerful. Neither side has the weapons we have."
"What if there are more of them? It just takes a little more time."
"Each of us has Mecha. When dealing with these natives, can't we kill as many as we want?"
Xia Chujian took a deep look at her and said sternly: "First of all, I will never underestimate the strength of the natives."
"The fact that these natives can survive on this planet has already proven their strength."
"Secondly, our mission to this planet is to capture Longevity Flying Fish, not to exterminate the Haidagong and the Shang People."
"Third, the Haidagong and the Shang People are not primitive natives with only stones and wooden sticks. Both sides have large-scale conventional weapons from the four countries of our Beichen Galaxy."
As soon as Xia Chujian said three, the four people in front of her exploded.
"What?! The Haidagong and the Shang People have large-scale conventional weapons from our Beichen countries?!"
"How did they get them?!"
"Then how can we fight?!"
"Captain, how do you know?! Is the information accurate?"
These are the questions that normal people would think of.
Xia Chujian nodded: "Your concerns and questions are also my concerns and questions."
"I can guarantee the accuracy of the information. I even saw 10,000 Shang People in barracks on the island, and each of them was equipped with Type 37 Rifle."
Mao Yonggui, Chu Qingjuan, Sun Jiahao, and Li Dali's expressions changed instantly.
Just now, they didn't seem to care much.
Apart from Xia Chujian's physical condition that worried them, they were even more worried about Exotic Beast like Alligator Dragon, which was not afraid of nuclear radiation and had extremely strong individual combat power.
But they really hadn't worried about the Shang People, or even the Haidagong that Xia Chujian had just mentioned.
Xia Chujian also realized that their condition was not right, so she decided to explain the situation clearly.
It was impossible for her to deal with all the Haidagong and the Shang People by herself.
The strategy of letting the two kill each other yesterday was successful because she took advantage of the time difference and speculated in the asymmetry of information.
This can indeed have a surprising effect in a small range.
But when it comes to dealing with hundreds of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands of enemies, this kind of speculation is not applicable.
She must rely on the power of the group.
It's just that their group is still too small compared to the overall number of Haidagong and Shang People.
This is the second update, there will be a new update at 0:05 tonight.
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