Over the Caspian Sea, the Osiris was blocked by several New EU fighters.
"We are the Macedonian Legion of the New European Union. I hope your ship can report its affiliation and legion and leave this area quickly."
Anton, who had just escaped from the fire, walked into the bridge and saw Captain Shepard picking up the communicator and saying:
"I am former Star Alliance Brigadier General Shepard Downey. As far as I know, Caspian Sea does not belong to the new EU's sphere of influence. I hope your commander can let it go."
There was no immediate reply from the other party. After a while, a video communication signal was connected to the big screen. A thin, white-haired old white man with glasses appeared on the screen. He greeted Captain Shepard enthusiastically:
"Commodore Shepard! Long time no see! The last time we met was in Carthage, right?"
"Your Excellency, Admiral Alan, long time no see. Congratulations on becoming an admiral. And I have left the Star Alliance and am no longer a brigadier general."
"It's a pity, but I heard that you left the Star Alliance because you didn't want to surrender to HER. I appreciate your behavior."
"That's it for the pleasantries, General. As far as I know, the Caspian Sea is not within the new EU's sphere of influence. I hope your army can let it go."
"The war between us and HER has spread here. HER has broken through our northern defense line in Eastern Europe. We have to encircle it from the south."
"There are many refugees on the Osiris, and I need to cross the Caucasus Mountains to find them a new home. We are all enemies of HER, and I hope you will show your support."
"The alliance between the New European Union and the Star Alliance has ended long ago, not to mention that you are not from the Star Alliance now. If you want to help us fight HER, your ship can join my army."
"I'm afraid not, Admiral Alan. I'm going to be buried soon, and I no longer want to be ordered around."
"Your ship needs supplies, right?"
"The Osiris is well-stocked."
Admiral Alan's face sank and he said:
"That's a pity. I'm afraid I can't give you the green light, but I will report the situation of your ship to the military. Goodbye!"
Admiral Alan's video signal was cut off, and Shepard put down the communicator tiredly.
"Didn't you tell them that one of our drivers was kidnapped nearby?" Anton asked.
Shepard waved his hand and said:
"If we say such a shameful thing, we have no room to deal with them. We have to find the child ourselves."
…
After Lin Ao woke up, he found himself in a narrow cave. He wanted to stand up, but there was a sharp pain in his left leg. Then he remembered that he had been hit in the calf while escaping, and fell to the ground and passed out.
"I was arrested again..."
He looked around and saw a smoking robber sitting at the corner of the cave, staring at Lin Ao with vigilant eyes.
It seemed that he could not escape. Lin Ao took off the simple gauze wrapped around his calf and looked at the place where he was shot. Fortunately, only a piece of flesh was shot off by the bad bullets of the robbers. If he had been hit by a bullet, Bones, then this leg is considered useless.
There was silence all around, except for the crackling sound of the torch embedded in the cave wall. The robber guarding Lin Ao was smoking fiercely, as if he was fighting sleepiness.
"Is it late at night now? How long have I been unconscious..."
Lin Ao wasn't sleepy at all, but he didn't dare to move, so he could only stare at the torch in a daze.
At this time, a dark figure quietly approached the robber who was guarding Lin Ao, picked up the butt of the rifle and hit him hard on the back of the head.
"Hafi! You..."
The dark figure turned out to be Hafei. Just as Lin Ao was about to call his name, he saw that Hafei's left sleeve was empty.
He pointed at Hafei's sleeves. Hafei made a quiet movement and helped Lin Ao carefully leave the cave.
The two of them didn't even dare to take a breath, and they breathed a sigh of relief until they reached the place where they couldn't see the cave.
"Hafei! Why are you here? Where is your left arm?" Lin Ao asked with some distress.
"It was blown up during the attack on the fortress! I fainted from the pain. The people there probably thought I was dead and threw me into a garbage dump. When I woke up, I was caught in a sandstorm and couldn't find the direction of the canyon. I was rescued by that group of bandits on the way. In fact, they are not bad people, but I can't watch you being arrested and remain indifferent. By the way, didn't you and Bashar enter the fortress? Where is Bashar? "
Lin Ao shook his head, and Hafei quickly asked: "Bashar is dead? How did you escape?"
"I also fainted. Before Bashar died, he grabbed a humanoid weapon and took me to escape. Unfortunately, he died of excessive blood loss on the way..."
Hafei collapsed on the ground, tears welling up in his eyes, but he held them back, stood up, patted his butt and asked Lin Ao:
"Where's the canyon? Have you gone back? How is everyone?"
"Everyone is okay. Although some people were injured when HER attacked the canyon, we were all saved by the Osiris. Hafi, it's great that you are okay! I thought you were dead!"
Lin Ao couldn't suppress the joy of meeting Hafei again and hugged Hafei tightly. Hafi patted him on the back with his right hand and said:
"I'm not saying it's okay, but we are both lucky to be alive. The most important thing now is to find your ship!"
Lin Ao wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes and looked around at the dark surroundings, but he couldn't see Caspian Sea.
"Do you know where this is?"
"I don't know either. They took you away for a long time, but I remember the direction of Caspian Sea. Let's go!"
In this way, Hafei supported Lin Ao and walked towards the Caspian Sea.
After walking for two hours, both of them were a little tired. Because he was leaving in a hurry, Hafei didn't bring any water with him. He really wanted to eat some fruit, any fruit.
In the dark night sky, a huge aircraft appeared. The two of them had never seen such an aircraft. Hafei ran towards the aircraft and waved.
"Help us!"
The plane saw them and turned around in their direction. But when the plane approached, Hafei was so scared that he didn't dare to move.
This is HER's plane!
Soon the plane landed next to the two of them. Lin Ao and Hafei looked at each other, not knowing what to do.
Two officers-looking men and three or four HER soldiers got off the plane. One of the officers was bald and the other had blond hair and wore large sunglasses that blocked half of his face.
"I am Captain Vlad from HER, have you two seen a silver battleship?
This was a question about the Osiris. Lin Ao swallowed his saliva and said:
"No, I haven't seen it before. We are villagers living near Caspian Sea. We were kidnapped by bandits and just escaped."
This was half true and half false. Lin Ao didn't know if there were any villages near Caspian Sea, but it was true that he was kidnapped by bandits. The officer wearing sunglasses saw that one of them had lost his left arm and the other had an injured leg, as if he had been attacked by a robber.
"The Caspian Sea is not far from here. It's a pity that we have military affairs and can't give you a ride. But we can give you some water and dry food. Take care!"
The HER soldiers actually handed Lin Ao and the others a pack of compressed biscuits and a bottle of water. Lin Ao and Hafei nodded their thanks with sweating profusely and turned to leave.
"Wait a moment!"
The officer wearing sunglasses suddenly stopped them.
"What, what's wrong?"
"you…"
The officer wearing sunglasses looked Lin Ao up and down, which made Lin Ao feel a little hairy.
"I would like to ask, are you a girl?"
"ah?"
Lin Ao was confused by this question. Hafei couldn't help laughing and explained to the officer: "He has a natural female appearance!"
"My female phase??"
This was the first time Lin Ao heard someone say this.
"Hahaha! I thought the war here had spread to the point where women needed to disguise themselves as men to protect themselves. I couldn't help but ask. I'm sorry."
Lin Ao said goodbye to the officer awkwardly. This was his first encounter with the Red Knight.
