Chapter 19 The Latest Model Patrol Ship

　　Regardless of whether Lu Xiaoyao would go to the battlefield in the future, she and Lu Gui, as newcomers, were just following along. Even though they came here, Hu Mingli didn't intend to let them charge ahead. The siblings patrolled with the seniors.

　　With Lu Xiaoyao's social butterfly nature, she could get along anywhere. Lu Gui watched as Lu Xiaoyao chatted, making the seniors burst into laughter. The information revealed in their conversations became more and more detailed.

　　"I've never seen this patrol ship before! It even has cloaking capabilities!"

　　"That's right, it's the latest model. The young marshal just bought this patrol ship this year, and this is the first time it's being used!"

　　"Wow! Then we're so lucky!"

　　Lu Xiaoyao's face was full of amazement. "If that's the case, the zerg won't even be able to see us when they appear! As long as we respond properly, we can even launch a sneak attack."

　　"That's true, but this patrol ship also has its drawbacks." A senior piloting the patrol ship said, "The zerg are very sensitive to electromagnetic waves. Even if this starship is visually hidden from them, we still need to cut off communication with the outside world to ensure we aren't detected."

　　"Then what if there's a surprise attack?"

　　Lu Gui felt that the design of this patrol ship had a loophole when he heard what the other party said. "If we send the message back, wouldn't we be exposed?"

　　"But, the purpose of a patrol ship is to send the message back in advance." The seniors' words left Lu Gui speechless.

　　"The cloaking effect of this patrol ship is for the safety of the patrol personnel. We won't expose ourselves unless we find any problems, so we won't be discovered by the enemy's vanguard or patrol troops.

　　This is for our safety. It's not really for sneak attacks or assassinations. Those are only suitable for special battles."

　　Lu Gui seemed thoughtful after hearing the senior's explanation.

　　"That's right. If someone wants to launch a sneak attack, they will easily target the frontline guards or patrol personnel as the primary target. This is in order to sneak in silently and delay the message transmission..."

　　Lu Xiaoyao found it easier to understand how to survive longer, especially after putting herself in that position. Lu Xiaoyao was even more satisfied with the patrol ship.

　　"It's a really good thing, even if it has some minor flaws!"

　　Lu Xiaoyao looked down at her optical brain and saw that the signal was indeed blocked, but she wasn't dissatisfied and could understand it.

　　"Can't this be modified to improve the shortcomings?" Lu Gui was a little suspicious. Although he wasn't a professional, he felt that the shortcomings could be improved with the knowledge he had.

　　Otherwise, how was the President of the Federation's mecha made?

　　"It's expensive!"

　　As expected, the seniors gave Lu Gui a very realistic answer to his doubts.

　　"The way you're talking about it, fixing this small problem would add 20 million star coins to each patrol ship. This is a patrol ship, not a mecha. Why spend so much money?"

　　The senior looked at Lu Gui's dazed expression, shook his head repeatedly, and continued, "Young man, you don't know the cost of living until you're in charge of a household. Do you know how much these patrol ships cost? Less than two million star coins each, while a combat starship costs fifty million star coins. With those twenty million star coins, you can save up and get another combat starship. Isn't that more useful than a starship that only patrols?"

　　"Our annual military expenditure isn't much... how can we afford to be so extravagant with patrol ships..."

　　Lu Gui heard the seniors' whispers and realized that he had indeed overlooked the price issue.

　　"In that case, it's really not bad to make it like this at this price..." Lu Gui nodded awkwardly and said nothing more.

　　What they didn't expect was that not long after they piloted this cloaked ship that blocked information, Hu Mingli received a message that made his expression change drastically.

　　"What? What do you mean Mu Chen is being controlled by the zerg?"

　　"Exactly what it sounds like!"

　　Mei Qiu was also piloting a mecha, chasing after the retreating zerg army, while communicating the latest news with Hu Mingli.

　　"Tsk! How could this happen?"

　　Hu Mingli frowned, unable to figure out how this could have happened.

　　"Well… I can't explain it in one sentence." As Mei Qiu spoke, his eyes fell on the dark figure in front of the mecha.

　　Mingmei hadn't said a word since the incident. After watching Mu Chen's consciousness suddenly being devoured by the Queen Zerg's mental power, Subo and Jin Yi even had a fight.

　　Then, the Queen Zerg used Mu Chen's body to pilot the mecha and lead the remaining zerg forces in retreat.

　　Difficult!

　　Mei Qiu sent the message not only to Hu Mingli, who was on his way to intercept the zerg, but also to Yan Hui.

　　However, Yan Hui couldn't take care of them either.

　　"You guys just make do for now, capture them alive if possible. I'm being chased by the zerg, talk to you later!"

　　Yan Hui's hasty disconnection of the video made Mei Qiu a little worried about Yan Hui's situation.

　　In short, nothing seemed to be going smoothly. Even Chester hadn't sent any new messages since reporting his safe arrival at the Central Star a few hours ago.

　　The only good news was that all the citizens of Hua Lan Star had been safely transferred, and even Mei Shi and Ming Yi had gone to Hua Yan Star to help prevent the stray zerg from accidentally discovering it.

　　Now, the only ones who were anxious were the two brothers.

　　While chasing the zerg with the army, they also had to pay attention to their younger sister, and Mu Chen, who they didn't know if they could save now in order to save Mingmei.

　　"To be honest, even if you tell me this, I can't give Mu Chen special attention. Given his mecha and his own strength, I can only say that my next order is to treat Mu Chen as an enemy attack when he appears. I can't tell my men to be lenient to him in battle just because you asked.

　　After all, if we are lenient to him, he won't be lenient to us."

　　Hu Mingli's last words were also within Mei Qiu's expectations.

　　"I know, but my sister will also participate in the capture of Mu Chen. I'm not asking you to treat him specially, just that if possible, please intercept him separately."

　　"You're basically asking me to help capture him alive, aren't you?" Hu Mingli almost laughed in anger, "The one I'm capturing is the Queen Zerg, not Mu Chen. Mei Qiu, don't get your priorities wrong. Treating the Queen Zerg and treating Mu Chen are two completely different things with no security."

　　"I know... but, once the Queen Zerg's spirit is parasitized into a body, its own strength will be limited. Mu Chen's body is human after all, not its body or spirit that can freely transform into various forms. It will only choose to leave when it feels restricted in Mu Chen's body."

　　"Is that so?" Hu Mingli was skeptical. He knew less about the research on the zerg than Mei Qiu did. "Are you sure Mu Chen can still be saved? Didn't we encounter something similar when we were cleaning up the zerg's spies in the Empire before, but it seemed like there wasn't..."

　　Hu Mingli didn't want to discourage Mingmei. In his opinion, although Mei Qiu said this, Mei Qiu's proposed method of handling Mu Chen was obviously because of Mingmei.

　　Thinking of Mingmei and Mu Chen, Hu Mingli secretly felt sorry for them.

　　"I'll pass the message down first." Hu Mingli calculated the time, and the scattered zerg forces were about to arrive...