Chapter 174: Chapter 58: Inescapable

“Then let the students leave first, we soldiers can stay behind, but they’re just students. Why does Major General Mo’s order still require the students to remain here?”

“Orders from above can be executed according to the situation by the subordinates. Defending in outer space is also a kind of defense, right? It’s not considered disobeying orders. In any case, we can’t stay here.”

The stationed city lieutenant turned his head away; he didn’t understand why, during the retreat, students were supposed to be one of the primary focuses, yet Major General Mo didn’t mention it.

It’s impossible that Major General Mo forgot, because the previous day he had said the students could stay to gain some experience.

Where exactly did it go wrong? Major General Mo wouldn’t make such an obvious operational mistake; he has always valued human lives.

Fan Li couldn’t care about the rank disparity anymore; his usual prudence gave way, as for the first time, he acted so rashly.

“Life and death; there is no discipline. I am asking again to confirm the mission. We only have a few hundred stationed troops left, and there are students here; we can’t defend it.”

The lieutenant didn’t want to do this; he was ambitious, having gone through much hardship to reach his position. If he violated discipline, half of his achievements over the years would be deducted.

“What are you hesitating for? Do you think you can just protect yourself if the students die? We can’t even be sure if we can escape or not,” Fan Li shouted.

Right now, he desperately wished Su Xiaocai were here to question Admiral Bai on behalf of the students. Unfortunately, he didn’t have Admiral Bai’s contact information.

And Colonel Bai couldn’t be reached.

Some clerical staff and several girls began to cry on the spot, softly, holding back their sobs.

That’s what makes the situation so unbearably painful.

The stationed city lieutenant pressed his lips together, conflicted for a few seconds, then chose to stand with the students, directly contacting Major General Mo, who picked up, “Major General Mo, UJ33…”

Before he could finish, the line was cut off.

The stationed city lieutenant tried to reconnect, but the communicator showed no signal from the space station.

Others also tried to reach the outside world, but it was no use.

How could there be no signal? Could all the stations have been destroyed?

Could it be that the Insect Men had already invaded the skies, so what about the transport crafts that had just carried people away…

“The passenger ship that just left, connect quickly, quickly!”

As soon as he said it, a massive explosion sounded from the sky, followed by a fierce wind sweeping towards the ground.

Everyone turned pale; the information department over there detected that behind the dust stirred up by the yellow sand, the silver hull of the ship could faintly be seen torn into several pieces.

The passenger ship had crashed.

All around it were flickering sparks, the light of mecha masters’ sacrifices.

Someone pointed at the massive dark shadow behind the swirling dust in the image and screamed, “What is that?”

The shadow merely revealed the tip of the iceberg, but it conveyed an overwhelming and terrifying feeling.

The stationed city lieutenant’s knees gave way, and he sat down in the chair.

They had been tricked by the Insect Men, and precisely when the students arrived, there were children from several great Ji Family of Capital Star here.

He should have rejected his superior’s order earlier and directly sent the students back; students weren’t under military jurisdiction, and even if he forcibly withdrew them, the superior couldn’t blame him.

“Lieutenant, now, what do we do?” Everyone awaited his orders, the stationed city lieutenant grimly mumbled, “We can’t escape.”

Weapons are limited, the queen may be in the pit, but at this moment they can’t bypass the Insect Men army to jump into the pit and kill the queen.

A few hundred remaining mecha masters couldn’t manage it.

The number of their people rescuing survivors outside was also decreasing.

The atmosphere grew heavy. What to do, what to do.

Li Leilei hugged Feng Wansha, trying hard to hold back the tears, “Can we escape?”

Feng Wansha analyzed the current situation: the Insect Men launched a full-scale attack, the human numbers are limited, but the Insect Men could potentially be infinite.

An absolute deadlock has formed, to break it, they must kill the queen and the warriors, and also quickly bring in reinforcements.

But, in a life-and-death situation, would those above really send reinforcements?

Feng Wansha thought of the most dreadful aftermath: those on the outside might eventually deploy a star-destroying weapon to bury both humans and Insect Men together.

That is the most effortless and high-efficiency way to suppress Insect Man reproduction with a super-spec weapon.

Using it once requires the approval of five admirals.

If Caicai were here, what would she do?

In the game, she hadn’t played a similar scenario yet; the possibility of escape seemed too remote.

Just then, Ji Heng’s communicator rang. Because it was on silent, nobody noticed.

Who would call a student at this time?

Ji Heng looked closely, it was Su Xiaocai. He immediately answered.

He wanted to ask her where she was; they were trapped.

“Ji Er, I am inside the nest killing the queen. As the team leader, please lead the team to survive well until I return. Make the judgments you consider most beneficial at the moment.”

“I know you’re likely in trouble. In the room where I slept yesterday, there are two Space Buttons. Take them out. One Space Button contains a hundred Protective Devices requiring assembly, my patented research, with a manual inside. It can help you last ten hours; you’ll see how to distribute it.”

“The other Space Button has weapons I intended to give you three days later; distribute them too, and give the instructor a weapon.”

“Wishing myself and all of you good luck.”

Su Xiaocai sent the last voice message and then blocked all messages.

Ji Heng turned and ran, Fan Li said, “Ji Heng, where are you going?”

“Wait for me a moment.” Ji Heng ran to Su Xiaocai’s room door; Su Xiaocai hadn’t locked it. He collected the two Space Buttons from the bedside.

Space Buttons worth millions, casually left lying around, truly a talented person.

Ji Heng opened the manual as he replayed in his mind what needed to be done next.

Even though Su Xiaocai ventured into the pit herself, she was thinking about the people behind her; she wasn’t cold-blooded, just highly rational.

Ji Heng suddenly felt that she was precisely the kind of person the Ji Family should be looking for in a fiancée.

Mature in thinking and awareness, with intelligence up high, responsible, bold, beautiful…

Wait a minute, Ji Heng stopped fantasizing, realizing he was delusional. He had just annulled his engagement, how could he make the same mistake again? He knew well enough that he and Su Xiaocai were absolutely impossible.

He couldn’t handle her; in his brother’s words, he was no more than a horse or ox to Su Xiaocai.

After reading the manual, Ji Heng felt that even being a horse or ox was a compliment.

Fan Li hadn’t listened to Ji Heng’s words, as the stationed city lieutenant had already assigned tasks to everyone.

When Ji Heng returned, he couldn’t find anyone, and now the stationed city lieutenant was missing, where was Instructor Fan?

“Hey, kid, don’t you have a task?” asked a soldier hastily passing by.

“Yes, I do.” Ji Heng turned his head; this situation matched Su Xiaocai’s advice to adapt to special circumstances. He had his own tasks to handle.

His teammates were still waiting for him.

Feng Wansha and Li Leilei were among the reserve personnel among the students. The stationed city lieutenant had arranged for them to enter the shelter, but they didn’t want to; they wanted to join the action, so no one interfered with them.

Ji Heng took out the Protective Devices, these needed assembling. Ji Heng thought these should be given to Feng Wansha and Li Leilei, as they seemed more suited for the task.

“Feng Wansha, Li Leilei, I’m giving you a task; can you complete it within an hour?”

“What is it?”

Ji Heng handed the objects to the two, along with the manual, “Once assembled, don’t distribute them for now, wait for the instructor’s arrangement.”

The resources Su Xiaocai left were primarily to ensure the safety of schoolmates and then the instructor’s life.

With the instructor, their lives were secured.

A captain is much stronger than an ordinary soldier.

“What about the civilians, how are they to be managed?”

“The safety device can protect up to four people at most.” With one hundred Protective Devices, counting small children, it could at most cover five hundred people.

So, some people would have to be abandoned.

This was a heavy decision.

“I wonder if it can be modified,” Li Leilei thought this kind of Protective Device was very promising.

“No,” Feng Wansha said, “The manual clearly states it can’t be modified casually. You have to trust that if Su Xiaocai set it up this way, she must have her reasons.”

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