The Empire begins with the Fourth Scourge.

Chapter 2116: Escaped Prisoner

2117: Escaped Prisoner

In the territory of the Principality of Dawn, in the capital Endor system, in the outer orbit of the gas giant Endor, the mothership Glory.

Now, this mothership carrying the biggest secret of the Principality of Dawn has been sailing in the low orbit of the gas giant for a long time, using the atmosphere of the gas giant to cover its whereabouts.

The atmosphere of the gas giant Endor is full of electromagnetic fields, which also blocks other people from detecting the mothership. In fact, the mothership has not appeared in the eyes of others for nearly ten years, and those foreign ships entering the Endor system will not find the mothership that is hidden very well.

In the past, some of the most advanced parts processing was completed on the mothership, and the Supreme Command occasionally held meetings on the mothership, but later even these functions were replaced. Now, the Glory mothership has nothing else to do except carrying frozen embryos and sleeping talents of various levels.

Therefore, the fact that there is a mothership in the Principality of Dawn has almost been forgotten.

  But today, a shrill alarm sounded inside the mothership!

A large number of Marines stationed inside the mothership immediately assembled and entered their respective defense zones under the leadership of the defense commander. The Glory mothership was the biggest secret of the Principality of Dawn, so almost all the Marines stationed inside the mothership were equipped with CMC-300 power armor, and all of them were painted light yellow - this was the special color of the mothership guard force.

Not only that, each of them joined the rebirth plan and dedicated their entire lives to this mothership.

There were 20000 Marines and 15 combat robots on the mothership, and their commander, Li Bo, and his most elite troops, the First and Second Guard Companies, were all made up of soldiers from the Fourth Legion!

However, the Marines who had assembled in less than a minute were still confused because they did not know where the alarm came from.

Li Bo, the commander of the defense force stationed on the mother ship, picked up the communicator and shouted, "Who sounded the alarm?"

"I don't know. The alarm went off on its own. We are conducting a system self-check to see if it is a false alarm or there is really an intruder." The bridge replied.

"Investigate as soon as possible." Li Bo said, waving his hand to the back and said: "Drive out the Wolf Warrior and Giant Mecha! Send out drones to conduct a thorough search of the mothership!"

"Yes!" the soldiers, armed to the teeth, responded loudly.

The drone hangar hidden inside the mothership was deployed, and tens of thousands of drones flew out, beginning to search every corner inside the mothership.

But the search was not very difficult, as the results were available in less than 5 minutes.

Li Bo received the news from the bridge. "Colonel Li Bo, we have confirmed that the alarm was issued by the mothership's main brain, and the initial alarm occurred in the hibernation chamber."

"Hibernation Chamber?" Li Bo was shocked. "That is the area with the highest defense and security level on the mothership! Why did the alarm come from there?"

But there was no time to think further at this moment. He immediately issued an order, "Guards Company 3, 4, and 5, go to the hibernation chamber area immediately! Block all passages leading to the hibernation chamber!"

"Ah, actually that's not necessary." The commander on the bridge said in a strange tone, "You come to the bridge."

"What are you going to the bridge for?" Li Bo was a little surprised.

"Because our great master... is there." The bridge commander said strangely.

"What happened? Colonel Johnson! Tell me! What exactly happened!" Li Bo roared loudly, he found that something was wrong.

But there was no movement from Colonel Johnson, he just hung up the phone.

"Damn it! There must be something wrong with the bridge! First and second companies, follow me! Zhao Heng, you command the rest of the troops! Immediately send the highest level request for help to Planet Dawn and block the entrances and exits of the entire mothership! Cut off the energy supply to the engine room!" Li Bo immediately issued a series of orders.

"Yes!!" A commander with the rank of lieutenant colonel next to him saluted.

The two guard companies have a total of 500 soldiers. They are not equipped with CMC-300 power armor, but the most advanced Armax combat armor. This is also the style of the Fourth Legion. They don't like bulky power armor, and the combat armor produced by the standard light industry of the Citadel, which comes from the technology of "Mass Effect", is their favorite armor.

Not only that, there are two ghost agents beside Li Bo. There are not many ghost agents, so most of them are used for external tasks. It is a luxury to have two ghost agents to guard the mothership.

"Can you feel any danger?" Li Bo asked the two ghost agents as he walked.

"No feeling at all." A Ghost agent replied.

"No... On the contrary, the entire mothership is conveying a peaceful atmosphere to us. It seems that it is very safe here." Another Ghost agent tapped his temple through his helmet.

Li Bo frowned and said, "This is very strange. Since the alarm started from the hibernation chamber, why did Colonel Johnson let me go to the bridge?"

"I think the tone of his voice was different from usual." Agent Ghost said, "Maybe he was being held hostage."

"Or the worst case scenario. He's being controlled." said another Ghost agent.

Li Bo's whole body suddenly shook. He stopped abruptly, raised his hand and made a gesture. Almost instantly, 500 soldiers from the two companies of the Fourth Legion dispersed and entered the surrounding combat area, ready to fight.

"What happened?" asked a Ghost agent.

"Enemy!" Li Bo said in a deep voice, and then he was startled, "Wait a minute, didn't you see it?"

Agent Ghost shook his head, "No."

"What about you?" Li Bo asked others in the combat channel, but all he got was the same answer - nothing!

They were currently in the passage on the 946th floor of the Glory mothership. This passage was very spacious, about 40 meters wide, with machining areas on both sides, numbered H. This was a sophisticated industrial processing plant.

  However, at this moment, Li Bo only saw seven figures in front of him floating in the air at a height of 7 or 8 meters!

The seven figures had long limbs, especially their legs, which were somewhat disproportionately long. They were almost two meters tall and very thin. They did not look like humans. They were all wearing black cloaks, and under their hoods, pairs of eyes without any emotion looked over here.

"Who are you!" Li Bo immediately raised the Valkyrie assault rifle in his hand, turned on the safety, and shouted. However, around him, the other Fourth Legion soldiers looked at each other in bewilderment, because they didn't see anything at all.

Li Bo also understood that the current situation was quite strange. He raised his gun and slowly approached, while saying in the combat channel: "Stay alert! Follow the direction of my finger and use all detection methods to explore!"

After a pause, he said to the two ghost agents: "Graythorn! Red Blade! Use telepathy and try to see if you can sense anything. Over there, in the direction of my finger, I see seven people! No... they are not human!"

However there was no response.

  Li Bo was shocked and turned around quickly, only to see that the two ghost agents had fallen to the ground and were motionless at some point!

"Gray Thorn! Red Blade! What happened?! What happened!!" Li Bo was horrified and shouted loudly. He yelled almost crazily in the battle channel, "What happened!! What just happened?! Why did Gray Thorn and Red Blade have problems!?"

However, the captain of the company next to him asked in surprise, "Sir, Gray Thorn and Red Blade? Who are they? Are you talking about some kind of code name?"

"You...what did you say?!" Li Bo suddenly felt goose bumps all over his body! What on earth happened?

"What about you? Don't you know them either? Gray Thorn! Red Blade!! Didn't you complain to me yesterday that these two guys were too boring?!" Li Bo looked at the captain of the second company again.

"Sir, I swear I didn't mention anyone else except Colonel Johnson during training yesterday." The captain of the second company replied with a puzzled look on his face.

"What happened to you?" Li Bo was almost on the verge of collapse. He pointed at the two ghost agents lying on the ground and shouted angrily, "Here!! Two people fell right here!! Are you all blind?!"

"Sir." The captain of the first company put his rifle back into the slot of his combat uniform and opened his arms to try to calm Li Bo down. "Listen to me, you need to calm down now. Let's not move forward for now. Stay on guard and then confirm the situation."

"Be on alert? Be on alert for what?!?! The enemy is right in front of us!! And the two ghost agents Gray Thorn and Red Blade have been killed! Right in front of us!! Right here!! And you tell me to calm down and be on alert?!" Li Bo roared.

"Sir, first of all, there's nothing on the ground you pointed to." The captain of the first company said, "Secondly, Ghost Agents will not be deployed in our defense force. In fact, you were talking to yourself just now, and I thought you were talking to Burns from the second company. Now if necessary, I suggest you go for an inspection, and then we will let the combat robot troops go to reinforce the hibernation chamber instead of us."

"Reinforce the hibernation chamber?" Li Bo was no longer able to remain calm. "We need to go to the bridge now! Go to the bridge! There is a problem with Colonel Johnson!!"

"Sir, our goal from the beginning was to get to the hibernation chamber. Colonel Johnson told us that the alarm came from the hibernation chamber." The captain of the first company said, "That's why you led us down through elevator No. 13 and headed to the hibernation chamber. If we wanted to go to the bridge, we should have taken elevator No. 9 up."

The captain of the second company also tried to persuade him: "Sir, your mental state is not right now. I suggest that the operation be terminated immediately."

"Bastard!" Li Bo finally couldn't bear it anymore. He cursed angrily, suddenly raised the Valkyrie assault rifle in his hand, aimed at the seven motionless figures floating in the air in front of him and was about to pull the trigger!

"Sir! Calm down! Sir!" The captain of the first company was shocked. He rushed forward and hugged Li Bo's arm. At the same time, the captain of the second company also rushed over from the other side and directly took the assault rifle from Li Bo's hand with a lock.

"Commander! Don't do this! Let's go back first! Okay?" The company commander grabbed Li Bo and said loudly with earnest words.

"Let me go!! Don't you see those seven people? They are right there! They are the invaders!!" Li Bo yelled hysterically. He pointed forward and used all his strength to break free from the grip of the company commander.

However, he was also stunned the next second.

Because there was indeed nothing in the direction of his finger. He lowered his head suddenly, and sure enough, the bodies of the two ghost agents also disappeared without a trace.

While he was stunned, the two company commanders rushed over and grabbed him again, "Sir, can we go to the hospital first?"

Li Bo was in complete confusion at the moment. His mind was blank and he didn't know what to say or do for a moment.

At this moment, he suddenly felt something and looked up.

  All they saw were those seven strange figures floating above their heads!!

……

Dawn Planet, Supreme Military Command.

Qi Jian, Ling Liang, Francis Underwood, Helmut Zemo, Matt Horner, Xian Hui, and Edel Ulan, a total of seven people sat around the conference table. In a holographic projection, the image of the priestess was also projected here.

"I have just given a secret order that the entire army of the Principality of Dawn enter a secret combat readiness state. According to the combat readiness plan, all troops will enter the highest combat readiness while ensuring secrecy." Qi Jian said in a deep voice.

"This result is too unbelievable. Are we going to enter a state of combat readiness just because of a vague feeling? Under what circumstances will we lift it?" Francis Underwood was a little dissatisfied. "His Excellency the Archduke is now in an unknown star region. We all know that the hyperspace over there is very complicated. Maybe his fleet encountered a fluctuation in the hyperspace and lost contact."

"Hyperspace fluctuations alone are not enough to cut off the induction of the Force." The priestess who attended the meeting remotely shook her head, "I will leave for the unknown star region immediately, and you must be prepared for the worst. What I am most worried about is that Palpatine also senses that Tang Xiao has lost contact."

Ling Liang nodded and said, "Indeed. If Palpatine can really sense the Grand Duke, then he will almost certainly seize this opportunity to take action against us."

Francis Underwood sighed, nodded and said, "Indeed, we cannot ignore this possibility. Then, we should immediately organize a rescue team to go to the unknown star region. On the Dawn Principality side, we need to elect a temporary leader to make decisions for us."

He looked at the people around him and said, "I am currently the highest-ranking official in the Principality of Dawn, so I will serve as the interim regent from now on."

"I object." A cold voice came from Helmut Zemo.

"What bad things are you trying to do again!" Francis Underwood said gritting his teeth.

Zemo smiled coldly and said, "I don't think the Principality of Dawn is democratic enough to confirm the interim regent through election."

Today I tried the glutinous lemon tea which is very popular in the porridge bar recently. emmmmmmm……

Or a bottle of Coke...