Chapter 126: Celebrating Early
According to the mission timeline, the industrial ship was actually the first to respond to the action's start command.
It is currently located on the other side of Li Star, and there are no Cangyuan relay communication satellites in orbit yet, so it cannot actually receive Lu Yuan's communication.
But it doesn't matter.
Both the camp and the industrial ship have player stasis pods, which can achieve instant communication through the Li Star-Real Earth Internet-Li Star cheat link, ignoring time and space barriers.
Ding!
On the industrial ship, Grassland, dressed in power armor, snapped his fingers with an unusually loud sound.
“Mission start! Let’s go, brothers!”
“Go!”
With the weapons and equipment captured from the previous battle, Cangyuan can now assemble as many as 30 complete sets of power armor. Although Apollo's original version is slightly weaker than Cangyuan's modified version, it is still genuine hard stuff.
As long as they win battles, military strength will snowball, and this effect is becoming increasingly evident in Cangyuan.
The first-tier soldier players, led by Grassland, previously submitted a proposal to Lu Yuan to establish a fixed wartime organization, which immediately received an affirmative reply.
Now, they have a resounding name.
First Battle Group!
Of course, currently, this battle group is actually only the size of a squad. In the future, as the number of members increases, it will gradually live up to its name until it is upgraded to a legion.
The First Battle Group boarded the “night heron” and set off into the vast space ahead of the First Air Squadron.
Meanwhile, in the underground air-raid bunker beneath the Oasis City palace, Minister Omar finally breathed a sigh of relief upon receiving communication from the reinforcement squadron leader.
Extremely excited, extremely happy.
Great, there are no space fighters blocking the planet at all!
The moon mine has been recaptured, the enemy's defenders have been killed, and reinforcements will arrive here in a few tens of minutes!
Ah...
This feeling of suddenly shedding all burdens and being reborn is truly indescribable!
He returned to the ground with light steps, back to Kol's shabby so-called “palace.” Outside the window, the sky was clear, and the long-awaited sunlight was so bright!
All bombing alarms can be lifted.
It’s exhilarating!
As expected of me!
I, Omar, am such a ruthless and daring hero who walks on the edge of a knife! A man among men! Who else but me!
A mere barbarian chieftain, perhaps with some tactical talent, but after all, without the support of strength. Speaking of which, it's a bit of a pity.
At this moment, Omar even felt a sense of “hero admiring hero,” thinking that if the other party could obediently admit their mistakes, surrender, and hand over those hateful traitors to him, he might as well take them in as subordinates.
That ferocity and courage would certainly be more useful than Kol.
“Come here!” He called his assistant, who had been hiding in the bunker with him earlier, “Send a communication to the bumpkin camp as I instructed.”
“Sir, we have received a communication from the direction of Oasis City. The other party claims to be Apollo and wishes to speak with you directly.”
The butler walked to Lu Yuan's side, bowed, and reported the latest situation.
Oh my, so confident?
Lu Yuan was stunned for two seconds.
“Then connect it.”
“Yes.”
“Oh, by the way, broadcast the call throughout the camp. I have a feeling it will be quite entertaining.”
“I agree.”
The butler nodded: “According to all current indications, the other party's upcoming call is indeed very likely to form a logical structure defined by humans as ‘amusing.’”
Soon, a voice came from the microphone, with a lot of static due to solar radiation interference, not particularly clear.
“I am Omar of Apollo.”
Omar deliberately lowered his tone and slowed his speech, leaving a space after his self-introduction, as if anyone hearing this name at this moment should immediately feel awe and fear.
Lu Yuan did not reply.
“I know you are listening, but refuse to reply. It's okay, this is normal when you are scared.
“The grudge between you and Apollo has lasted for quite some time. During this period, you have continuously refused to talk and were unwilling to come forward,
and you have misused the name of Cangyuan Future Technology, which you know little about. I can roughly guess your psychological state.
“You severely lack confidence. You know very well that once your true strength is exposed, all your schemes will fail; and you, as long as you dare to come forward, will be endlessly pursued.”
Lu Yuan still said nothing, but he could vaguely hear the old players in the camp cursing.
Your so-called dialogue is to throw a nuclear bomb at the start.
Okay, so this is how you want to play.
Then we also have something to say now.
“I will take your silence as consent. I regret to inform you that your plan has completely failed. I know that no space fighters are currently deployed in orbit. I know that the traitors helping you are not as many as you claim. And you, what do you know?
“Do you know that your forces on the moon have been destroyed? Do you know that my reinforcement troops are on their way?
Do you know that those are the elite main forces of Mayor Apollo, far exceeding the small team previously sent to you?”
At this, Lu Yuan heard the curses outside turn into bursts of laughter.
“Hahahahaha!”
“You're really showing off, using parallel rhetorical questions so much.”
Many players were live-streaming, and in the live chat, a stream of comments was giving advice to the Executive Officer.
“No rush! Ask him for it!”
“This old geezer is going to make me die of laughter; he must have been driven crazy these past few days.”
“Of course, now he's got a chance to vent his anger. I can imagine him shaking his head and spitting everywhere.”
“Perfect! Show weakness and invite him to Devil Mountain Camp to accept surrender!”
“That's definitely not possible. No matter how good he feels about himself, he shouldn't be so foolish.”
“Hard to say.”
Lu Yuan turned on the microphone.
“I'm listening.”
The other side paused for two seconds, then his voice became deeper and more confident.
“Very good, you at least have the courage to face me now. I will try to make it simple: you now have only one choice, which is to immediately return the weapons and resources you plundered from us, including the advanced aircraft previously sent to you; then, cooperate with the landing reinforcements, hand over the traitors within Apollo, disarm yourselves, and surrender proactively at Oasis City.
“You need to make a decision quickly, because—”
“Minister Omar—”
Lu Yuan interrupted the other party's incessant chatter.
“I sincerely hope that the promise Apollo made to you is worth everything that will happen to you next. We'll see you in Oasis City.”
He ended the communication, got up, and pushed the door open. He saw the five pilots who were about to carry out this mission already fully equipped,
standing with their hands on their hips, looking up at him with anticipation.
People who have already won a battle are indeed different.
“Bastard!”
Omar angrily threw down the microphone. This was the second one he had broken in a week.
He threatened me?
Even now, he still dares to threaten me!? How rude and ignorant!
“Very good, very good—”
Omar regulated his breathing, gritting his teeth as he looked at his assistant.
“Although the bumpkins chose self-destruction, which is very foolish, I respect and affirm it. Notify the flight squadron to recover the Hydrogen-3 and zero element as completely as possible. Also, I want to capture him alive. I want to pour molten iron into that disrespectful mouth!
Let's see if his mouth is harder or iron is harder!”
“Yes, sir.”
In Oasis City, Cheng Lei continued to play the role of a rich young lady indulging in pleasures. In the evening, she went into a bar, intending to receive the information collected last night from the bartender.
“Good afternoon, citizens of Oasis City!”
Just as Cheng Lei sat down at the bar, the voice of the City Lord's secretary suddenly came through the public broadcasting system.
“Later today, Lord Kol, the City Lord's most loyal friend, Oasis City's friendly partner, and the light of hope in the post-cataclysmic universe—Apollo Corporation—will launch a final assault on the remaining rebellious remnants in the Desert!”
