Agony; The Pilot Arrives

In the same desert, under the same sky, with the same desert vultures and the same man walking his bird.

Thirst, hunger, burning heat, stinging pain, and scattered thoughts continuously assaulted Hitachi.

"Pfft~"

The familiar sound and feeling jolted Hitachi's spirit.

His previously drowsy mind instantly became alert.

At the same time, his body involuntarily trembled from the blade piercing his flesh.

However, he was too weak to scream, only able to numbly watch as coagulant powder was sprinkled onto the bleeding wound again.

At this moment, his legs and arms were covered in densely packed, scabbed wounds.

Dehydration, blood loss, and other factors kept him constantly hovering on the brink of life and death.

Yet, the torment of his body and spirit could not extinguish the light in his eyes!

He remained as resilient as iron.

Especially since he had discovered something...

Subsequently, Hitachi, his spirit greatly revived, carefully avoided the guards' line of sight and silently pursed his lips.

"How is it?"

Shadow glanced at the impaled Hitachi before entering a nearby tent.

Inside, Black Cat was engrossed in reading "Five Thousand Years of Rabbit History," exclaiming, "People from the Rabbit family don't give up that easily.

No need to rush!"

"...Mm."

Shadow paused, then continued his report, "As you instructed, I've notified Scorpion and Hell Butterfly to bring their core experts here.

'Brain' is asking what you intend to do?"

"His only hope now is for someone to rescue him, and once he sees our full strength, he'll know how to choose."

Black Cat closed the book, chuckling, "He's just a technician. While he has some knowledge of exoskeletons, I don't believe anyone would go to such lengths for him.

Besides, didn't you say Dog Tycoon still doesn't know who did it?

If Dog Tycoon doesn't know, then the Rabbit certainly doesn't. How could they find us then?"

He paused, rubbing his temples. "The reason I'm bringing people over isn't primarily to guard against them, but against our peers.

Rats have their own ways, and some of our peers are quite daring. They don't always stick to evidence and reason.

Moreover, we've done our fair share of hijacking and framing.

Let's wait until everyone arrives, then we'll change locations...

How about we go see some snow? It's been a while!"

"Mm."

Shadow nodded with a heavy expression, then tilted his head back to look at the tent ceiling, lost in thought.

Meanwhile, at the factory, a middle-aged man's mouth hung open in astonishment.

There was such a massive space beneath this special forces base?

More importantly, he was upside down, looking at the busy people before him...

Each of them had a backpack on their back, from which faint white gas was being expelled, surrounding a Yun-7 transport plane that was reduced to a mere skeleton.

Occasionally, he saw several people working together to lift and move a huge steel plate.

As for the abnormal gravity here...

Don't ask, just assume he's already stunned.

"Ye Jiaqiang!?"

A clear voice snapped the man back to attention.

Simultaneously, a pair of perfectly straight beautiful legs blocked his view.

He quickly looked down, seeing a modest bust and a pair of attractive, slightly round cheeks.

"H-hello.

Th-this is me..."

Ye Jiaqiang tried to turn back, but after fumbling with his limbs for a while, he remained upside down...

"Alright."

Gao Linlin, suppressing a smile, adjusted his legs and turned him around.

Then, she took Ye Jiaqiang's hand and floated along, saying, "My name is Gao Linlin, head of the secretariat here.

Welcome aboard!

Have you seen your transfer order?"

"Mm, faked my death, then came here." Ye Jiaqiang nodded, looking around. "Besides that, I don't know anything else.

Old Gong, oh, my head, he's very tight-lipped about the situation here, so..."

"Mm, you'll know the specifics later." Gao Linlin pulled him into the elevator leading to the dormitories, then let go.

The two slowly descended. "I'll take you to your dorm first.

Your wardrobe has already been marked in the dorm.

It contains the exclusive training suits for here. Put one on.

Keep your old military uniform for yourself!"

"...Okay."

Ye Jiaqiang nodded, looking at the restored gravity, and silently breathed a sigh of relief. That scared me to death!

After a long moment, Ye Jiaqiang silently followed Gao Linlin to the material control room.

As soon as the door opened, Gao Linlin sighed helplessly.

A corpse was floating in the room...

Ye Jiaqiang, on the other hand, looked at Gao Linlin in surprise, thinking a murder had occurred.

Just as he was about to shout, he saw Gao Linlin wave her hand.

Slap~

Gao Linlin delivered a flying kick to the floating corpse. "Wake up!"

"Holy crap!"

Guo Yi opened his eyes and found his mouth giving the ceiling a kiss...

Then, Guo Yi rubbed his nose and used the force of pushing the ceiling to stand in the room. "Can you be gentler next time!"

"I brought the person, Ye Jiaqiang. He has twelve years of flying experience.

A veteran Air Force pilot, with 2 stars on his plane!"

Gao Linlin rolled her eyes and said, "Where are your equipment?

I saw the transport plane has already been dismantled and they're taking out the wiring."

Ye Jiaqiang, upon hearing Gao Linlin mention him, immediately stood at attention and saluted, reporting loudly, "Reporting, Chief! My name is Ye Jiaqiang.

Instructor of the Third Air Force Eagle Company, Major!"

"Alright, there aren't that many rules here. I hate rules the most," Guo Yi said impatiently, scratching the back of his head to Ye Jiaqiang. "I want to ask you, can you fly a plane by feel?

Take off and land by feel without a gyroscope, without flight paths, and so on in the air."

"Report!"

"..." Guo Yi twitched the corner of his mouth. Newbies are just newbies.

He had finally finished training the factory staff, and now another one had arrived!

Gao Linlin, meanwhile, was watching the show...

"Order: When you see me, don't play bureaucratic games. Just chat and talk like friends!

Also, I don't have any official position here. I'm just slacking off!"

Guo Yi directly ordered Ye Jiaqiang, too lazy for nonsense. "Can you do it?"

"Re~port. Yes, I can."

Ye Jiaqiang suppressed his habit and replied confidently, "As long as it can fly, I can handle it!"

"Cough cough~"

Upon hearing Ye Jiaqiang's words, Gao Linlin immediately coughed and then looked at him with a strange expression.

Guo Yi, with a blank expression, mechanically clapped his hands. "Wow! You can fly Gundams and Space Battleships too! Invincible!"

"Re~~~port."

Just as Ye Jiaqiang was confused, wondering why the expressions of the two people in front of him were so strange, Doggy suddenly appeared, making him jump.

"Elder Gu needs emergency help!"

"Alright, Sister Gao, take him to find Ostrich and let him get used to it." Guo Yi, after hearing Doggy's report, lost the mood to continue joking and hurried to the control console.

Four engine nozzles and two ECS generators lay quietly on the production line.

Besides these, many large and small parts of unknown function were being produced.

Then, after arranging the subsequent actions, Guo Yi took the engine nozzles and generators and headed to the Space Battleship workshop ahead of time.

Thanks to "KnighetYAO" for the reward!