Seeing that it was humans who came to the rescue instead of war beasts, the federal soldiers did not hesitate and immediately climbed out of their tanks or mechas to surrender. Compared with being eaten alive by a war beast, the loss of dignity lost in surrender is nothing.
After having experienced hiding in the cabin of a tank, listening to the sounds of war beasts gnawing at armor plates outside, and silently calculating how long I could last, the greatest happiness is to still be alive.
Chu Jungui was worried that the beast tide might reappear at any time, so he quickly gathered the prisoners and asked them to carry their own food supplies to Base No. 2. The remaining engineering vehicles only selected a few mechas with minimal damage and dragged them back to the base, leaving the others where they were for the time being.
Inside the base, engineers and scientists connected the power of the mobile base to Base 2 and restored the power supply. With power, there are still hundreds of intact turrets in the base, and the most basic security is guaranteed.
The prisoners were well aware of their situation and did not passively wait for deployment. Instead, they directly devoted themselves to the reconstruction of the base. Most of the current base No. 2 has been destroyed, and the basic defenses must be repaired immediately to restore production capacity.
The final statistics surprised Chu Jungui. A total of 1,100 people were captured in this battle, including lancers and pirate flags. The two major federal armies joined together to achieve such a large-scale offensive.
But the little princess is missing.
Calls on the communication channel get no response. At first, Chu Jungui thought something had happened to her, but upon further reflection, it was unlikely. Hathaway's armor is of extremely high grade and has outstanding defensive performance. Even if it is directly hit by a tank cannon, it will not kill her. And everyone searched the battlefield, but couldn't find anything about her.
Chu Jungui asked around and found that no one had seen Hathaway since the war started. It’s not just Hathaway who’s missing, but also Middleton.
The two men disappeared at the same time. There is only one possibility, and that is that they left together with the incoming federal troops.
Both Lin Xi and Mei Mei seemed to be in low spirits, and they didn't even hold regular meetings. Chu Jungui knew their feelings very well. After all, they had lived and fought together during this period of time. Not only had they survived in the extremely harsh environment, but they had also gradually grown and grown. It is not an exaggeration to evaluate this period of time in terms of life and death.
Chu Jungui didn't know what to say, so he was busy silently and deliberately ignored this matter. Anyway, there are enough things to do now, such as broken chariots and corpses of war beasts scattered all over the battlefield. These are resources and can be recycled. Especially for war beast materials, the original inventory of Base 2 has been almost exhausted.
Prisoners of war are also a destabilizing factor. Once so many people have weapons, the consequences will be disastrous. For now, they may be willing to cooperate in order to survive, but no one knows what will happen in the future.
As a precaution, Chu Jungui required all surrendering soldiers to hand over the underlying control rights of their armor and personal terminals. With control authority in hand, once they want to rebel, Chu Jungui can kill the rebel soldiers as long as he stops the operation of the armor's respiratory system.
As for the remaining pirate flag warriors, they were also in a low mood. Hathaway let it go, and Middleton quietly left, letting them know that they had been completely abandoned.
While he was busy, Chu Jungui suddenly received a message from Lin Xi, "I thought she and I were already friends."
"We are friends and we will be friends in the future." Chu Jun returned.
"How can it be?"
"She can't stay with us forever."
"Yes, she has a family, is a high-ranking heir, and has her own responsibilities and things she must do."
"Exactly. If one day we leave Planet 4, she will also return to her family."
"Yes."
Lin Xi knew better the operating mechanism of the big family, and also knew that sooner or later the little princess would return to the family. Hathaway is not alone and cannot do whatever she wants. She is good enough, good enough, and more importantly, she is still young and has unlimited potential. Therefore, there are many people around her who invest in her. If Hathaway fails to grow, these investors will suffer as well.
After another moment of silence, Lin Xi asked again: "She knows about this attack, right?"
"At least, she didn't provide us with the exact location. If it weren't for this fog, we wouldn't have suffered such a big loss."
"If she could have told us sooner, we would have at least been able to get out of here with a mobile base."
"She probably has her own reasons. In addition, the federal forces may not have contacted her. It's not like you don't know the communication environment here."
"Yeah." Lin Xi's voice seemed lighter, and it seemed that she was relieved, or at least pretending to be so.
The disappearance of Hathaway and Middleton was forgotten, and no one continued to mention it. The reconstruction of Base No. 2 was complicated, but fortunately, there were suddenly thousands more manpower, and for a while, there was no need to worry about no one to use it.
The beast tide may have suffered heavy losses, as it did not appear again in the next 24 hours. More than half of the federal troops suffered casualties. After suffering such heavy losses, there was no way to make a comeback without a period of rest and recovery.
When the operation of the base recovered slightly, Chu Jungui came to the room where Kaitian was being held. By this time, the big hole in the wall had naturally been repaired, and a soldier was sitting in the room, monitoring Kaitian inside the glass cover.
Kaitian spread himself out into a thin layer of black air, covering the food tray, and was eating quietly. Without using the microscopic mode, the food reduction is almost invisible. Kaitian eats very hard, but it is also really slow. But even though it eats little, it grows very fast.
Chu Jungui sat down at the table and asked the guarding soldiers to leave the room. When only he and Kai were left, Chu Jungui said, "Tell me, why do you want to stay?"
"It's you who locked me up here." Kaitian only had one eye floating on his face, showing confusion.
Chu Jungui looked at it quietly.
Several more eyes appeared in Kaitian, and he asked instead of answering, "How do you know I didn't run away?"
Chu Jungui pointed to the glass cover and said, "Originally, this thing was placed on the table, but when I saw you later, it was on the ground."
"When it exploded, it just held me inside."
Chu Jungui smiled and said, "You can open it now, right?"
Kaitian was silent for a moment, and a dozen eyes appeared in one breath, casting faint light on the glass cover. The glass cover slowly floated into the air and then moved aside.
"Be able to change the force field? How did you learn it?" Chu Jungui narrowed his eyes.
"Born."
"Okay, then why don't you leave?"
"The outside world is so scary. Here we have food, shelter, and protection. Why should I leave?"
These words left Chu Jungui speechless.
