Major Ji had no choice but to wait until the last ten seconds before, with a flushed and exasperated face, he angrily shouted into the communicator microphone, "Xia Chujian! Don't push it too far!"
"You dare to threaten a superior officer?!—Aren't you admitting your guilt?!"
Xia Chujian calmly said, "Who are you? Rank and position? If you don't tell me, you can explain it to my Space Ion Beam Cannon in the afterlife."
The Major Ji then said through gritted teeth, "I am Ji Shunliang! Deputy Captain of the General Logistics Department Execution Brigade!"
Xia Chujian raised an eyebrow. "Words are cheap, where's the proof?"
Ji Shunliang almost burst into a torrent of abuse.
But looking at the red targeting lock still active on the main control panel, he had to say angrily, "What proof do you want? Do you want me to show you my military records?"
Xia Chujian said matter-of-factly, "Military records can be faked too. I regret to say, Mr. Ji, I cannot verify your identity, so I cannot obey your orders."
"Also, I am executing a special military mission, and once such a mission is issued, it can only be terminated when the higher-ups approve it."
"I haven't contacted my superiors yet, so my mission is still in progress."
"Is this Mr. Ji willing to obstruct the execution of a military mission and start a war with me?"
Xia Chujian said this to bluff, just to buy time to call for reinforcements.
Because she only had one Starry Sky Cruiser, with only two Space Ion Beam Cannons on board.
The other side had four Starry Sky Cruisers, each two levels higher than hers.
They had at least eight Space Ion Beam Cannons in total, all locked onto her.
Even if Xia Chujian's Space Ion Beam Cannons charged faster than theirs, if they focused all eight cannons on her, she could at most take out two of their Cruisers before being completely annihilated, ship destroyed and people killed.
So, directly engaging them in battle was impossible.
She was just stalling for time.
While Xia Chujian was dealing with Ji Shunliang, she had already started sending distress messages to various people using her Smart Bracelet.
She sent the first one to Kang Shanxing because she trusted the Special Security Bureau the most.
She didn't know if Huo Yushen and Meng Guanghui had returned, so to ensure the Special Security Bureau knew her situation as soon as possible, she sent it to Kang Shanxing first.
[Xia Chujian]: Colonel Kang, help! I just returned from a mission on Senze Star, bringing back three Longevity Flying Fish. But near the Kanli Star airspace, I was intercepted by the General Logistics Department Execution Brigade, who want to arrest me!
After sending this message, she sent the same distress message to Su Buyan and Quan Yuxun, just with different titles.
Then, she sent the same distress message to relevant people at the Kanli Star Flying Base, including the base switchboard, as well as Pei Zijing, Yu Fei, and Yang Ling.
In the message to the base Instructors, Xia Chujian added a sentence, saying that if no one rescued her, she would rather destroy the last three Longevity Flying Fish from Senze Star and die together with them! Her trust in the base was not as high as in the previous people.
But she revealed the news of the Longevity Flying Fish to everyone.
And in the message to the base Instructors, she also "threatened" that if they didn't save her, she would "perish together" with the three Longevity Flying Fish.
She knew that the people who craved the Longevity Flying Fish the most definitely had people at the base.
Now she was using the Longevity Flying Fish to exchange for the lives of everyone on her ship.
After sending the messages, she still felt it wasn't safe enough, and after thinking about it, she sent one to Meng Guanghui.
What if he had already returned? Meng Guanghui would be the most eager to save her!
[Xia Chujian]: Leader, help! I just returned from a mission on Senze Star, bringing back three Longevity Flying Fish, but near the Kanli Star airspace, I was intercepted by the General Logistics Department Execution Brigade, who want to arrest me!
Finally, as she was about to close the Smart Bracelet's virtual display screen, she sent another message to Huo Yushen.
Not for anything else, but she was also carrying A Wù and A Yuan, two little ones.
If the previous people couldn't handle her situation, then she could "entrust" them to Huo Yushen.
Of course, if it was an entrustment, it wouldn't just be A Wù and A Yuan, but also her whole family.
At this moment, Xia Chujian desperately missed her family.
She copied the message, changed the title, and sent it to Huo Yushen's Quantum Optical Brain number.
[Xia Chujian]: Marshal Huo, help! I just returned from a mission on Senze Star, bringing back three Longevity Flying Fish, but near the Kanli Star airspace, I was intercepted by the General Logistics Department Execution Brigade, who want to arrest me!
While Xia Chujian was urgently seeking rescue, Ji Shunliang wasn't idle either.
They hadn't personally fought in wars, but as members of the Military General Logistics Department Execution Brigade, even if they hadn't seen a Wild Rhinoceros Pig run, they had eaten Wild Rhinoceros Pig meat! A subordinate said, "Major Ji! No matter how fierce they are, they only have one Starry Sky Cruiser!"
"We have four!"
"As long as we kill them all, who can go above and argue?!"
Another subordinate said, "None of the people we sent to Senze Star have returned!"
"The last coded message we received also said that Xia Chujian was on a killing spree on Senze Star, and even killed Lieutenant Colonel Rong!"
"Lieutenant Colonel Rong's subordinates didn't act rashly, but followed her all the way back!"
"Instead of taking this opportunity to attack Xia Chujian from both sides with Lieutenant Colonel Rong's subordinates, are we going to wait until Xia Chujian comes to her senses and wipes us out?!"
"Since Xia Chujian was able to come back alive from Senze Star, she might have obtained some evidence. Do you think she will let us go? Will we have a good ending in the future?!"
The words of this second subordinate were what moved Ji Shunliang the most.
He knew that what they had done could absolutely not be said openly.
The most urgent task was to eliminate the root of the problem.
A sinister look flashed in Ji Shunliang's eyes. Just as he was about to order a strong attack, suddenly, Xia Chujian reestablished communication with them.
Xia Chujian said loudly into the communicator, "We brought back the last three Longevity Flying Fish from Senze Star!"
"If you don't let us pass, I will burn them one by one right now, and let them be buried with us. It won't be a loss!"
Ji Shunliang's pupils constricted sharply, and he exclaimed, "What?! You really brought back the Longevity Flying Fish?! -- That's impossible!"
Xia Chujian chuckled and sent them a picture of the three Longevity Flying Fish in the cold storage.
Sweat gradually seeped from Ji Shunliang's palms.
His subordinate asked in confusion, "Major Ji, so what if she has Longevity Flying Fish?"
"There are so many Longevity Flying Fish from the Haidagong and Shang People on Senze Star, and they are willing to trade with us!"
When this subordinate spoke, he forgot to turn off the communicator, and Xia Chujian heard everything.
She had already pressed the record button, and said with a smile at this time, "It's useless even if you have informants on Senze Star. Those Haidagong deceived you. They only have three Longevity Flying Fish left, and they are all with me."
"If you don't believe me, go to the Yellow Springs and ask those Haidagong who were exterminated by me!"
"If you don't let us pass, then I'm sorry, I will destroy these three Longevity Flying Fish and let all your hopes fall through!"
"I don't care about anything. If you want to fight with me, ask your master why he is so determined to get the Longevity Flying Fish!"
Ji Shunliang subconsciously said, "Xia Chujian! Your military mission is to capture the Longevity Flying Fish, how dare you destroy them!"
Xia Chujian smiled meaningfully, "Major Ji also knows my military mission..."
Then her tone changed, and she said sharply, "Since you know, why are you still intercepting us!"
"Is Major Ji trying to kill the good to claim credit, or is he trying to seize my victory and use the Longevity Flying Fish to gain importance?!"
"I think the one who kills his own people, seizes the spoils, trades with the enemy, and harms his colleagues is you, Major Ji!"
Ji Shunliang was so angry that he almost passed out!
He couldn't control his emotions and cursed, "Xia Chujian, what a vicious mind you have!"
"You are putting what you did on my head, is that interesting?!"
Xia Chujian sneered and said, "Isn't this what Major Ji accused me of at the beginning? I'm returning it to you intact, what's wrong? Can't you hear it?"
"Is it only allowed for Major Ji to frame others, and not allowed for Xia Chujian to fight back?"
"Heh, then let's go to the Military Court and see if your Major Ji's backing is strong, or if my Xia Chujian has justice on her side!"
Ji Shunliang's face turned purple with anger.
He felt that Xia Chujian was too shameless.
How could he have a strong backing, but she had "justice on her side"?!
Damn it, how could she be so good at gilding her face?! Xia Chujian deliberately argued with Ji Shunliang, in fact, to delay time and wait for her reinforcements.
At the same time, she also let Seven Lù quickly calculate whether there was a way to break through with her own strength.
But just as Seven Lù calculated a possibility, she suddenly discovered that there were more and more Small Combat Aircraft and Starry Sky Fighters outside.
Their weapon systems had locked onto Xia Chujian's Starry Sky Cruiser!
The top, bottom, left, right, front, and back of this place were surrounded tightly, without a single gap.
Xia Chujian saw all of this on the three-dimensional virtual display in front of her, and her heart turned cold.
In this situation, even if she could break through, she would inevitably have to fight her own people.
She wouldn't blink an eye if Ji Shunliang was sliced into a thousand pieces.
But those ordinary soldiers, the pilots and combat personnel in those Flying Vehicles and Starry Sky Fighters, were all ordinary people.
Just like those ordinary Starry Sky Marines who sacrificed on Senze Star, they were just following orders, so what was their fault? She wouldn't blink an eye when she went on a killing spree on Senze Star, killing one hundred thousand Haidagong and one hundred thousand Shang People.
But now, she wasn't so sure.
On the three-dimensional virtual display in front of her, more and more Combat Aircraft and Starry Sky Fighters were gathering.
She seemed to be able to see every figure sitting behind the portholes.
They also had families they wanted to protect, ideals they wanted to fulfill, and ambitions to make a name for themselves.
Just because they were unfortunately led by Ji Shunliang, there was a high probability that they would be defeated here.
Everyone here was a member of the same country and the same army as her.
They should be united against a common enemy.
But led by Ji Shunliang, they now had to fight Xia Chujian internally, causing a bloodbath. Because they were fighting their own people, they might not even receive any compensation after their deaths.
What had they done wrong?
They were just following orders as qualified soldiers.
In fact, if Xia Chujian hadn't experienced the dangers and fierce battles on Senze Star, she wouldn't have cared about the lives and deaths of these ordinary soldiers.
Because all along, she had only felt responsible for herself and those close to her.
But the battle on Senze Star, so many ordinary Marine Corps soldiers who thought she was trapped in the encirclement of the Floating Turret and sacrificed their lives to rescue her, and Lin Xiaoxiao, who also sacrificed her life to rescue her when she thought she was locked on by Lü Luyu's Electromagnetic Railgun, had directly raised her level of thinking.
There were no heroes who fell from the sky in this world, only ordinary people who stepped forward.
At this moment, Xia Chujian had a flash of inspiration and had already deduced the layers of traps that the other party had set for her by doing this.
First, the worst outcome was that she would be caught and killed by the other party, and everything she had would be taken by them.
Second, the next worst outcome was that she would be caught by the other party, not killed, but everything she had, including the Longevity Flying Fish and military merits, would also be divided up by the other party. She would be made a scapegoat for this matter and would definitely be discharged from the military.
Third, the best outcome was that she could break through and retreat completely. But the ordinary combat personnel and pilots led by the other party would have to die at least half in her hands.
Even if she could kill Ji Shunliang, the leader, in the end, it would not cover up the fact that she had killed so many of her own people.
Even if she was forced to defend herself, even if she won in the end, even if the Military didn't take the initiative to discharge her from the military, she would no longer be able to gain a foothold in the army from then on.
Who was it that set up such a vicious trap?!
So the result now was that no matter what she did, the other party didn't want her to join the Military?
When Xia Chujian thought of this, she became even more determined to join the Military.
She had the rebellious mentality unique to young people of her age.
In particular, Aunt had once told her that if the enemy supported her in doing something, then that thing must be bad and detrimental to her, so she must not do it.
But conversely, if the enemy tried every means, even at the cost of killing her, to prevent her from doing something, then she must do it.
Because it was conceivable that this matter must be particularly unfavorable to the enemy, so the other party would desperately try to stop it.
At this moment, Xia Chujian felt that since the other party didn't want her to join the Military, then she must join...
Even if this Military was riddled with holes and was no longer the monolithic Military for the country, she had to join.
Why? Because the fortress was easiest to break from the inside...
To cleanse this Military, of course, she had to join it first!
For better or worse, she had to see it for herself first.
If the Military was good and could be saved, she would work hard to be promoted and become the person in power, the Spokesperson, of the Military as soon as possible.
If it was really rotten to the point of being incurable, then she would overturn the table and start all over again! Xia Chujian made a decision here, but her mood was still heavy.
Because she knew that it was useless to just make a decision, the key was to overcome the immediate difficulties.
From the communicator in the Captain's Room, Ji Shunliang's sinister voice echoed again.
"Xia Chujian, have you thought it over? We have more than five thousand Warplanes and Combat Aircraft, and they have already surrounded your Cruiser."
"There are also four Starry Sky Cruisers and eight Space Ion Beam Cannons locked onto your ship."
"I advise you not to struggle in vain."
"Honestly hand over the Longevity Flying Fish, and I'll let you live!"
This is the second update, still a big chapter, including Moon Tickets for August 1800+.
There will be a new update at 0:05 tonight!
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