Chapter 161

When they returned to the ground, Mingmei discovered that the anti-air shield had risen again.

However, this time the protective net was very low to the ground, with a straight-line distance of only a hundred meters. Even larger mecha or combat starships couldn't fly close to the ground.

It was practically defending their “scalp.”

Mingmei was embarrassed to say what they were trying to do.

Wasn't this "courting death"?

Completely trapping themselves inside.

Mingmei watched the sky darken due to the Zerg's encirclement. Seeing that the Zerg had surrounded them without making another move, she frowned. She felt that something was going on.

But while she was thinking, she couldn't neglect what she needed to do.

After leaving her mecha, Mingmei followed the traces left by Lu Xiaoyao.

Even though she had blocked the subsequent attacks for Lu Xiaoyao, she didn't know what would happen to Lu Xiaoyao after falling from such a height.

Following the traces, Mingmei saw the huge pit created by Fen Dai. Now, the mecha was nowhere to be seen.

Mingmei turned and went to the mecha repair area. As expected, she immediately saw Lu Xiaoyao and the others.

Standing beside Lu Xiaoyao were not only Lu Xiaoyao herself, but also Lu Gui, who had come to check on her, and Julian, who stood behind Lu Xiaoyao as always.

It turned out that Julian, who had been absent, had piloted the Deep Sea Dream and forcibly "crash-landed" Fen Dai the moment Lu Xiaoyao fell.

The giant pit that Mingmei thought was made by Fen Dai was actually caused by Julian's Deep Sea Dream cushioning Fen Dai's fall.

They had saved her.

Julian's actions slightly changed Lu Gui's attitude towards him. However, when he looked up and saw Chen An watching the three of them not far away, Lu Gui's expression turned sour again.

Mingmei also noticed Chen An in the distance.

While Lu Xiaoyao and Lu Gui were beaming with joy, Chen An was truly miserable and heartbroken.

Mingmei didn't know how to describe the way he looked at Lu Xiaoyao now. It was like seeing a femme fatale bewitching his wise and mighty emperor.

Well, that didn't seem right.

After all, Chen An's gaze towards Julian wasn't that of a subject looking at an emperor.

More like looking at the landlord's foolish son?

Thinking about Julian's identity, Mingmei could understand Chen An's expression. Fortunately, Julian managed to hold back until the end. If he hadn't and had appeared on the battlefield from the start, Chen An would have gone crazy.

Chen An was sure that if Julian hadn't honestly stayed by Lu Xiaoyao's side and had instead piloted the mecha to join the battle, he would have personally dragged Julian back.

He didn't want Julian to have any problems with Louis's mecha. Being dead or embarrassing himself was the same thing.

If Julian could hear what he was thinking, he couldn't help but exclaim that Chen An was indeed his father's most devoted fan, as Secretary Qiong had said.

Lu Xiaoyao didn't feel anything at all. She was leaning against Julian and could even act spoiled with her brother. She was a winner in life!

"Are you all okay?" Mingmei stared at the group of them standing there awkwardly for a long time before finally gathering her courage to speak.

Lu Xiaoyao was very happy to see Mingmei and asked how she was and if she had been attacked.

Mingmei was fine, except her mecha needed repairs again ＿(：3」∠)_

Mentioning the need to repair the mecha, Lu Xiaoyao also showed a look of agreement.

"Yeah, it's too hard on the mecha!"

Lu Xiaoyao had been complaining that, as far as she knew, the Sixth Legion's military expenses, plus their "side business," should have made them one of the wealthier legions.

But when Hu Yue said that they were so poor that they relied on robbing space pirates to "barely make a living," she thought it was just a polite remark. Later, she realized that maintaining mecha and starships really cost money!

Especially after repairing Fen Dai twice, Lu Xiaoyao felt the despair of returning to pre-liberation overnight when she saw the bill.

The distance between a small rich woman and a poor person was just the cost of repairing a mecha twice.

"It was okay in the early stages, but then it suddenly broke down unexpectedly. Although we received instructions about an enemy attack, the time between that instruction and the order to retreat was less than a minute."

Mingmei thought about it and brought up what had happened earlier. Now that there were many people here, either resting, repairing mecha, or repairing starships, it was a good time to exchange information.

"Ah, tell me about it. I was delivering spirit power replenishing potions to the front lines…"

Hearing Mingmei's exclamation, Lu Xiaoyao also sighed and said, "I didn't expect the change to come so quickly. I just received an order to go up and deliver spirit power replenishing potions to everyone. But I never expected that the moment I went up, a series of attacks would occur on the opposite side."

Lu Xiaoyao couldn't help but shiver when she thought about the scene at that time.

The explosions came one after another as the surrounding mecha and starships were struck by a white light.

So many mecha and starships exploded around her, and she could only save a few.

Especially when she saved them, she was given another strike by Firefly.

Lu Xiaoyao couldn't imagine such an attack, 60%!

"My goodness. My mecha, alas, sister, what kind of defense do you want? It took 60% damage. Ah! Listening to Lu Xiaoyao's description, it was like a single kick crippled it! I could only move my arm at the time."

Mingmei secretly breathed a sigh of relief after hearing that. It turned out that when she was hit, it wasn't their full-strength attack.

Otherwise, Mingmei was afraid that her mecha would have been pierced through.

But then again, Mingmei looked up at the defensive net dozens of meters above. What did it mean for them to be like this now?

A group of turtles in a jar.

[Guigui,] Mingmei suddenly called out to Guigui in her heart, [What's the situation on Hua Lan Star? Does our current situation affect them?]

To this, Guigui didn't know.

[Host, Hua Lan Star is still confronting the Zerg, including the Queen Zerg.]

Currently, the livestream of Hua Lan Star was also anxious. Netizens couldn't wait to rush into the livestream and shout at Mei Qiu, "What exactly are you doing? Say something!"

[Has Hua Lan Star offended the Zerg? Or is there something that the Zerg must have that was swallowed by Hua Lan Star?]

Because they couldn't hear the Queen Zerg speaking, they could only understand half of it from Mei Qiu's mouth, plus endless speculation.

[Haven't you all thought about this question? We've been fighting the Zerg for so many years, have you ever seen the Zerg target us like this?]

[What do you mean by that? So the people who died before died for nothing? What was that if not targeting?]

[Flies don't bite seamless eggs. Maybe Hua Lan Star offended the Zerg, which is why they are facing this situation.]

[What are you doing? Blaming the victim? So all these years of fighting were our problem? According to you, is everything our problem?]

[Don't get excited. Think about it carefully. When have the Zerg been so hysterical with us, mobilizing all their forces? Maybe they have something to hide?]

[Are you okay? If you're not, eat some liuliu bugs and look in the mirror to see if you're human or a bug. If you don't eat, you're not a space person! You guys are really something.]

There were also people who didn't care about stirring up trouble in the livestream. In their eyes, the Zerg were their enemies no matter what.

There was no compelling reason to empathize with them.

They only cared about whether Mei Qiu would make a move.