Chapter 728 (2/2)
The Wine Master shut his eyes in the face of the terrible truth His forlorn voice echoed across the whole of Skyfire Avenue
“All councilors, we are convening an e Come to the Gothic Winery immediately”
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Panic swept through huot out By the end of a single day everyone knear had coovernment were called in all the alliances, and every available warshi+p was called to service The loss of four planets and a billion citizens was the single worst disaster h they couldn’t know their fate for certain, the history of aggression shown by the aliens assured tragedy
Hu had come
Meanwhile, Lan Jue was steering Zeus-1 back toward home
The Shattered Starfields were vast Even though Lan Jue was anxious to get home and learn of the planets’ destination, he couldn’t sie of asteroids and shattered planets He steered his shi+p as fast as he dared while pulling up maps of human occupied territory on his secondary screens
It was the latest maps with updated data after evacuations It clearly shohere hu back, to keep their people close in the event of alien attack
He poured over the data, searching for the most likely place for the aliens to appear He kneas pointless, but perhaps he would have soot back to Skyfire
Mankind knew shockingly little about the aliens compared to their foes They even knew about Bastion positions and capabilities They had displayed expert control and strategy against Heron and Arachnid Although Lan Jue had not seen the planets’ fighting abilities with his own eyes, he did not believe humanity could match up After all, the alien worlds handily defeated three Bastions and hu resources and were spread out to protect billions of people
In a straight-up fight mankind had a chance Btu the aliens were deterht They’d proven that tiain
They’d displayed great cunning and intellect, dolling out bitter losses to hu theeration to say that up to now, hu side
If he had to guess, they relied on the Violet Prince and Princess to infiltrate hu the powerful psychic abilities of these creatures, and their Nirvana-equivalent strength, learning the secrets of humanity would not be difficult
Meanwhile hu about their enemy Lan Jue and Star Division had been the only ones successful in learning anything at all
The key was in discovering precisely what the enee the worlds of y, or for soral that they found out
“What are you thinking about? Rushi+ng isn’t going to help anything Safety first, fly carefully”
The familiar voice rose from behind him Lan Jue turned his head to see the Pharmacist at his back, she’d sneaked up at soon her powers surpassed his sensitive perception
He could tell her from her expression that the Pharmacist had calmed The sadness that had clouded herresolve, soht She’d co and ready
“How are you feeling?” Lan Jue asked with a smile “Relax, the shi+p’s fine We’ve been here so often the shi+p’s AI can handle navigation We won’t run into any problems”
The Phar I think will help you”
Lan Jue turned his full focus to her “So from your husband?”
There was the faintest hint of sadness, which she concealed with a nod of her head
Lan Jue didn’t press her further and chose only to listen He knehatever she had to say would be difficult for her The fear her love ht not return still persisted
“He told an “I settled s aren’t exactly as we’d expected, but throughimportant”