In the command building of the Doomsday Shadow Fortress, Hathaway walked through the long corridor and came to the door at the end. He hesitated before knocking on the door.
The door opened automatically.
The room was not big. There were only a set of sofas and coffee tables inside, and a panoramic view of the fortress was displayed on the wall monitor. What's rare is that the room actually has a small window, a real window.
A man stood at the window, overlooking the fortress.
Seeing his back, Hathaway's whole body shook slightly and she lost her voice: "Why are you here?"
The man turned around and said with a smile: "Why can't I come?"
Hathaway calmed down and said, "You are the frontline commander of the legion, how can you leave your post?"
The man smiled and said, "So you were talking about responsibilities. I thought you were talking about identity."
"As a high-ranking heir to the Winton family, you should not put yourself in danger."
The man shrugged nonchalantly and said, "Since the third-in-line heir can land in person, why can't I come?"
"Looney, do you think that just because you are here, I will think that it was not you who harmed me?"
"This is your freedom. But as a member of the Winton family, if something happens to you, I will always try my best to rescue you. This is the bottom line."
"Do you still have a bottom line?" Hathaway sneered.
"If a family has no bottom line, it will soon fall apart. The Winton family not only has a bottom line, but also a tradition. No matter how much I hate you, I will not sit idly by and watch you fall into danger. I will do my best to rescue you and put you in danger. We can talk about the rest after the person is rescued."
"I've never seen you as a good person before," Hathaway said.
"No, no, no, I've never been a good person." Looney shook his finger and said, "Not to mention giving a wound to the prey in the trap, at least not saving it is my specialty. But you are different. Let's put it this way, If it were just an ordinary heir, then I would only send someone here instead of coming down myself. But because it is you, I will land in person and meet you in this damn place."
"Am I that charming? Ha!"
"If you talk about charm, of course it's not that big. But you have talent, bottom line and dignity, and that's enough. The first thing is talent."
Hathaway put away some of her sneers and said, "The higher the talent, the greater the threat to you?"
Looney smiled and said: "There is a threat, but it's hard to say how big it is. At least for now, to me, many people are more threatening than you."
Hathaway's face softened a little and said, "No matter what, you still saved me. I owe you a favor. Tell me what you want."
Looney spread his hands and said: "This favor is actually not as big as it seems. I have received Middleton's report and heard that you are living quite well there. But there is no way to survive with a single-function survival base. You can survive here for a long time, so your little game of alien survival is over."
Hathaway said nothing. Base 2 is by no means a simple survival base. For some reason, Middleton didn't seem to tell the truth, at least he didn't tell everything.
"As for the size of this favor..." Looney pondered for a while and said: "The universe is vast enough and the star fields are numerous enough. The Winton family's interest chain spreads across 11 star fields. It can not only accommodate you and me, but also There is room for more people. I have only one small request: Don’t intentionally compete in my core interests.”
Hathaway immediately said, "No problem."
She couldn't help but added: "I didn't expect your request to be so simple. Are you sure you don't want anything else?"
"That's enough. No matter now or in the future, I have one and only one core interest."
"Okay! I will never get involved in that area in the future."
"There is no need to avoid it completely, as long as it is not malicious competition. No industry, or even any star field, can be tolerated by any of us."
"Then it's settled, thank you for rescuing me."
"It should be said that your little game has been suspended. The spacecraft is ready and can return to orbit at any time."
Hathaway was slightly moved, "Have you developed a spaceship that can travel through the storm layer so quickly?"
"It's just a clever prop. It can only last one round trip."
"When I get back on track, I'll leave," Hathaway said.
Looney shook his head, "No, you can't leave yet, and you don't need to leave."
"Wouldn't it be better to leave this place completely to you?"
"This is not left to me. Don't forget, in addition to us, there are also those guys from the Lancers." Looney raised his hand, and the image of the N7703 galaxy appeared in his palm, and said: "A new plan is brewing , I plan to launch a quite large-scale battle here. Aren’t you interested?”
"To deal with a survival base with a single function?" Hathaway's expression was slightly exaggerated.
Looney smiled and said, "Of course not! You will know when we get back on track. Our opponents are very strong!"
"Chitong from the Special Operations Division? Is he back?"
"It's not him. He's not a threat. He's just a nuisance at most."
Hathaway's curiosity aroused, "Who could it be? A community? Impossible! Their nearest galaxy is more than 100 light years away from here."
"We will naturally know when we get back on track."
Hathaway sighed and said, "Okay. When will we leave?"
Looney looked at the time on his personal terminal and said: "It will take another 4 hours to prepare the spacecraft. It will set off on time in 4 hours. Now we still have some time, let's talk about the two little agents you met."
Hathaway felt a shiver in her heart, but she remained calm on the surface and asked, "It's just two junior agents. Why, are you interested in this too?"
Looney said: "Two unusual junior agents. They shot you down, but they also took care of you for a while, which is not important. But the report of this battle is very interesting. I organized two large-scale supplies , combined with the Lancers, can send out a heavily armored regiment of more than 10,000 people. Of course, this force is not for the two agents, but to deal with the tide of beasts that may appear at any time. In fact, they have another mission , which is to search and destroy the war beast’s lair if possible. But unexpectedly, I still underestimated the war beast.”
After a pause, Looney said: "The losses caused by the beast tide are acceptable and have not exceeded the previous casualty ratio. However, what surprised me is that when we launched an attack on the base to pick you out, we actually lost 100% of our lives in a short time." Hundreds of tanks and multiple mechas were lost in just ten minutes. Aren't you going to say something about this situation?"
"No." Hathaway refused clearly.
"Then let's forget about this for now."
