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Chapter 561: Moving Out
No matter where in the universe, daas the ti from deep sleep, it takes everyone tihtened, however, the base gradually became darker as a shadow fell over it
Lan Jue’s eyes popped open He glanced at the tiot his fluidsforward to this
Destroying the Red Widoas a given – it was going to happen, and the Star Division was oal was to obtain experience with zero casualties Pulling off a flawless victory was er was theto the pirate he interrogated, there were always twenty hty personnel on standby That er, a hundred mechas could immediately beequipment and security checks
To Lan Jue, that last part wasn’t much of a problem anymore He walked up to the elevator he saw the pirate exit frohtning and slipped through the walls The insulation was just as thick here, so he couldn’t move anywhere, but at least he could remain unseen
The elevator arrived, and with it the fa from a corner of the ith one of the pirate cole, the security check picked it up right away
The light vanished, it was safe to enter There was a soft flicker of electric light and Lan Jue reappeared He stepped into the elevator
Like the rest of the building, the elevator was metal He hid within the walls as he’d done before which kept hi eyes of cameras One of the buttons inexplicably lit up as it was pressed, then the elevator began to descend
The control center was underground, as well as those twenty patrolling mechas However the lower he went the better Lan Jue felt The world of her floors and opened up space to ain when he quickly found theaway from the door eapons at the ready For the Red Widows, this was the very heart of their whole organization
Unfortunately for theh the wall, refor on the other side More than twenty pirates were busily working the various systeht away that it was an advanced set-up, no less impressive than what could be found in the Three Alliances They h the nose for it
He casually walked across the control room as he looked around He spotted his objective quickly; the planetary defense controls They were sorated design Aside fro systenetic field around the planet was part of its detection and warning systems When an enemy entered the field, it immediately tripped the alarht noasn’t to blow things up All he needed was an opening for his people to bypass that field He quickly sent a h, I’rub?” A pirate stretched, looking fatigued
“More’n eat We’ve been burning the lass before bed is relaxing Whaddaya guys think?”
“Nice, sounds good toto o down smoother”
“Give it a week and it’ll be better Next e’ve got the day shift, then we’ll have the nights to ourselves Coood They only rotate back here once a et practically whenever hen ant it”
“Well it’s about that tiht shift is tiring”
They started arranging everything to pass on to the next shift when, suddenly, every screen flickered and went black
“What the hell is this?” The rooency lights kicked in The pirates were a flurry of confused motion This was the first time they’d encountered this problem Poas steady across all the asteroids, and they had three backup generators Total power should not have been possible!
They clambered over one another to try and pinpoint the malfunction
“Quick! Let the coht then all the lights and screens ca was nor to report to the commander – looked around surprised for a moment then dropped his communicator