The bombardment stopped, the abandoned underground base was in shambles, the collapsed debris blocked countless roads, the already intricate terrain became more complicated, and the sound of falling gravel could be heard from time to time in the darkness.

The bottom of the base was filled with smoke and dust, and the large pieces of falling rubble and broken metal plates were piled up into a small mountain, burying Nilo very tightly.

Suddenly, there was a sound in the darkness, like a slimy liquid flowing.

Whew-

At the bottom of this pile of debris, an area about two meters in diameter gradually lit up with a red light, getting brighter and brighter, and the metal and rock melted one after another, revealing a hollow.

Nelo, hunched over, limped out of the cave, his hands unleashing hot rays from afar, the heat distorting the air around him.

"Ahem, ahem, ahem......"

A muffled cough sounded in the mech's mask, and Nilo gasped for a moment, cheering up the mech for a health check.

"The leg bone of the left leg is slightly misaligned, whether the mecha structure is allowed to change on its own for correction."

"Yes."

The armor of his left leg tightened slightly, correcting the misaligned leg bone, and Nilo snorted before he relaxed. I don't know how many tonnage of debris smashed on my body just now, there is nothing wrong with the mecha, but the shock caused him to suffer a little bit of injury, after all, he is only a fragile mechanic.

With the radar showing that the enemy was overhead, and there was no time to rest, Nilo forced himself to calm down and hurriedly turned on the communication channel to contact his teammates.

"Captain, I'm Nilo, where are you and how are you doing?"

There was a jumble of voices and intermittent cries of pain in the channel, and Nilo called for a few moments before receiving the team's public message.

"It's not going to be good here!" The tactical screen inside the mecha mask popped up the face of a teammate, with a large number of abrasions and bruises on his face, and his tone was hurried, "I'm by the captain's side, the captain was hit by a beam of naval guns that penetrated the ground when the base collapsed just now, and now he is seriously injured and dying, and many people are scattered, no matter who hears the news, immediately save people, bring everyone over and gather, we must break out immediately." ”

Nilo immediately turned on the team's health supervision, and was shocked when he saw the red screen all over the screen.

All of them were more seriously injured than him, and several people, including the captain, were dying...... Because he fell into the bottom of the base and was buried, he happened to avoid the subsequent naval artillery bombardment, but was the least injured.

Don't even think about it, the aura of luck above your head is shining.

"Only I am in the most complete state...... "Nilo suddenly felt a great increase in the responsibility on his shoulders and a lot of pressure.

He gritted his teeth and immediately opened the positioning of his teammates, and the position of each teammate was marked on the tactical screen, and the mecha was intelligently running at high speed, quickly planning the fastest rescue route.

The back thruster sprayed tail flames, and Nilo flew out of the large pit at the bottom of the base, rescuing the scattered team members.

The terrain was intricate, but there was no time to detour, and his palm continued to shoot hot melt cannons, melting through all obstacles in his way, rescuing one of his teammates before the Kunde ground forces arrived, and finally meeting up at the captain's position.

Blowing up the metal plate that stood in his way, Nilo flew into the messy room and fell to the ground with a bang, seeing the captain and a group of team members staying here, everyone injured.

The captain was sitting on the ground, his upper body leaning against the wall, his armor was scorched black, revealing large holes, he looked up with difficulty, squeezed out a smile, and said in a weak tone:

"Nilo, you're here, you're ...... Ahem, well done. ”

"Captain, stop talking."

Seeing this, Nilo's five fingers curled slightly, and the fingertips popped out short injection needles, like claws, and inserted them into the captain's chest.

Aurora's special life potion was injected into the captain's body along the needle, and his serious injuries were cured in an instant.

The captain's condition improved at a speed visible to the naked eye, and he let out a comfortable cry, full of energy, and sighed, "This is Lord Aurora's special life potion?" That's a good thing. ”

Aurora occasionally uses her own abilities to produce life potions, but the output is limited after all, and the life energy injected with the potions still has a shelf life, so not every Black Star warrior will be equipped with it, and ordinary people only use normal healing agents, and with Nilo's family background, Aurora potions are naturally configured.

"All the seriously injured are here, and there are still some potions, and I will help you recover your combat effectiveness." Nilo exclaimed.

Someone couldn't help but speak, "You keep a little for yourself, there will be a bloody battle later, what if you get hurt." ”

"It's okay, I have other potions." Nilo didn't care.

Everyone glanced at each other and shrugged their shoulders, it feels really good to have a local tyrant in the team, the thighs are here, don't hug white.

Nilo healed his teammates' injuries one by one, and in the process, everyone urgently discussed tactics.

The captain's tone was serious, "Everyone, the situation is very unfavorable to us now, we have fallen into a trap, the entire fleet has been attacked by the enemy, and the others are too busy to take care of themselves, there is no way to meet us, we are already alone, and we can only break through on our own." Now there are three Kunde warships on it, we don't have a vehicle, it's very dangerous......"

"If the enemy continues to bombard the fleet, it will be a desperate situation for us, but the enemy stops attacking and instead sends ground troops closer to us." The vice-captain's eyes flashed, "This shows that the enemy may have the intention of capturing him alive, and may be our only chance to escape." ”

"That's right!" The captain nodded heavily, "If you want to escape, you must gain air supremacy, the fleet has no way to meet us, we can only grab a spaceship by ourselves, the chance is very slim, but at least there is hope."

This ruin is our barrier, if we rush out, the enemy ships can bomb us unscrupulously, we can only wait for the enemy soldiers to enter the underground base to exchange fire with us, the enemy ships will not open fire at will in order to prevent accidental damage, so we must divide the troops into two ways, one team with the enemy soldiers around this ruin, and the other team to grab the spaceship......"

At this, the captain paused, and everyone looked at each other.

This is an important task that concerns the life and death of all people, and there may only be one chance, and it is extremely dangerous.

So the question is, who should grab the spaceship? It stands to reason that the strongest person should be allowed to carry out this task, and the strongest in the team is Nilo, who has a deep background.

A young man with a big head is asked to take on this heavy responsibility and risk his life...... Everyone was hesitant.

Seeing this, Nilo on the side also realized, gritted his teeth, made up his mind, and took the initiative to ask:

"I'll go, there's no one better here than me."

The captain glanced at him, did not pretend to shirk, nodded slowly, and said in a serious and serious tone, "Okay, it's up to you, we will deal with the enemy and provide you with time...... Remember, the lives and deaths of all of us are in your hands. ”

“…… I see. ”

Nilo took a deep breath, calmed his heavy heart, controlled the mecha into high stealth mode, and finally took a deep look at everyone, and then separated from everyone and disappeared into the darkness.

The captain exhaled and looked at everyone, his eyes became stern, "What to do, I don't need to emphasize it, no matter what, drag the enemy here for me." ”

"We understand." The vice-captain nodded with a complicated look in his eyes.

Everyone present except Nilo knew the subtext of the captain, in fact, these were two sets of battle plans, they dragged the enemy and let Nilo grab the spaceship, it was just the first set of plans.

And when this plan fails, they don't hesitate to execute a hidden backup plan...... That is, after changing from procrastination to death war, let Nilo, who knew nothing, leave them behind and run away alone.

Not only because of Nilo's relationship with the Legion Commander, but also because they knew that this young man's future achievements must be far beyond their imagination, and letting a young man with great potential escape can help them avenge them.

……

After sneaking in the dark for a while, the communication channel finally heard the movement of an encounter between a teammate and a Kunde soldier.

At this time, Nilo was not on the battlefield, and came to a collapsed hole leading to the ground, hiding his body, and using radar to lock on to the closest spaceship in the air.

Nilo's palms were full of sweat, and he carefully released a unique floating guard, black and gold in color, which looked completely different from all Nilo's other equipment, revealing an incomparable sense of luxury, and after being released, it hovered around Nilo's head smartly.

"It's up to you, brother." Nilo touched the floating guard, and thought to himself.

"Don't worry, boy, with your big brother and me, no one can hurt you." The Floating Guard spoke suddenly.

This is Nilo's last hole card, this floating guard, which is the gift that Han Xiao gave him when he met him for the first time.

A high-grade orange machine created by Super A-class, driven by dark energy, with [Emperor's Gift] and [Mechanical Fusion Grant] attached, after Han Xiao obtained the mechanical life fire, he transformed it into a mechanical life, with independent consciousness and self-growth, and called himself "Heavenly Guardian".

When Nilo was a child, the Celestial Guardian without a mechanical bonus could deal with C-class superpowers.

Now that Nilo has become a C+ superpower, he also has a perfect sense of machinery, and the power that the Heavenly Guardian can burst out is obvious, even if Nilo is in the B-level actual combat standard, it is not weak.

Most of the time, Nilo would not use this hole card, especially during the daily competition in the academy, even if the martial artist who was fighting suddenly came to his face and beat him to a blue nose and swollen face, he never sacrificed this big killing weapon.

His true combat power is unknown even to Mia, who has the best relationship.

In the academy, Mia has had countless daily encounters with him, but in fact, Mia never knew how strong he was at all.

Looking at the target marked by the radar, Nilo took a deep breath and adjusted his mentality, letting his whole body gradually boil.

"Whew, I can do it......"

Certain, Nilo didn't hesitate any longer, activated the thruster, and the tail flame erupted.

Rumble!

The whole person started violently, smashed the rocks at the entrance of the cave with a bang, and rose into the sky!

The three battleships in the sky immediately released their naval guns and concentrated fire on Nilo.

The power of the salvo of naval guns was fatal for the C-class, but the next moment, the Heavenly Guardian who followed Nilo shook slightly, and the rays of light outlined a polygonal golden shield, protecting Nilo in the middle.

Bang bang bang!

All the ship's guns bombarded, exploding clouds of fireworks, and the shield only showed a slight crack, and it was still repairing itself, and it was forced to withstand a round of fire.

At the same time, several Kunde warships in the sky also understood Nilo's intentions and immediately deployed their shields to prevent outsiders from boarding the ship.

"Get me a passage!"

Nilo's mind moved, and the Heavenly Guardian flashed a flash of electric light, which quickly deformed, revealing a hexagonal cannon muzzle in the middle, and a rich dark energy burst out, suddenly shooting out a series of extremely penetrating black-red dark energy rays.

Whoosh –

The rate of fire was incredible, and there was a sense of frequent urination and urgency.

A gap was blown open in the shields of the target ship, and Nilo seized the opportunity to rush into the gap.

Bang Bang Bang ...... Several compression balls were bounced out by his hand, and halfway turned into several laser-cut drill bits with electromagnetic bases, which were attached to the spaceship, quickly cutting through the outer armor, making a hole and leading to the interior of the spaceship.

Nilo rolled over, slammed into the ship, and without saying a word, threw out a large number of mechanical soldiers, driving Wushuang inside the ship, chopping melons and vegetables all the way, and a large wave of crew fell under his fire.

Because this spaceship has some soldiers to deal with Nilo's other team members, the troops in the spaceship are not so sufficient, but it makes it convenient for Nilo.

Nilo, who was full of firepower and didn't spare his hand, didn't take much time to enter the main control room, directly took out the Legion-standard intrusion chip, and inserted it into the intelligent core of the spaceship - he is not a virtual mechanic, but the Legion has automatic intrusion equipment in this regard.

At this moment, Nilo suddenly stumbled and found that the spaceship was vibrating violently!

Rumble –

Looking out of the porthole, the other two ships turned their heads and focused their fire on the battleship he had landed, not caring about killing their teammates.

"It's so ruthless to attack a teammate's spaceship." Nilo was speechless, but he was not slow, and he entered the command room and successfully seized control of the ship.

He poured most of his energy directly into the ship's shield and controlled the battleship to crash into the nearest enemy ship.

Bang!!

The shields of the two ships rubbed, splashing large shards of light, and the enemy ships temporarily lost their balance and circled to the side.

Coincidentally, the ship happened to fly towards another enemy ship, and the two enemy ships collided, and at the same time lost control, and were busy stabilizing the ship, and a brief gap suddenly appeared in the fire.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Nilo piloted the spaceship, directly swinging the tail of a dragon, and used the hull in the middle of the two enemy ships and the ground forces.

"Come out, I've got the spaceship! Rush to the ground from the coordinates I specified, and I'll suck you up with a traction beam! Nilo immediately shouted in the channel.

"Beautiful!"

The captain and the others who were maneuvering were overjoyed, and the offensive broke out suddenly, relying on their strong individual combat strength to cut through the encirclement of the Kunde soldiers.

Bang!

The next moment, a certain piece of ground in the ruins exploded, and the team members rushed to the surface, and the Kunde soldiers were still chasing after them.

"Captain, don't stop!"

Nilo's face turned happy and he hurriedly shouted.

As time went on, Nilo didn't have time to fire at his ass with the two enemy ships that had adjusted in the rear, bombarding his tail shield. He immediately used the towing beam to attract the team members, and at the same time released a large number of turrets to gather fire on the Kunde soldiers who were chasing behind, covering the fire of his teammates.

The towing beam sucked all of his teammates into the cabin, and the incident caused the enemy in the city to engage his fleet, and more ships rushed towards him, far outnumbering his own.

Nilo didn't dare to fight, and after rescuing the team, he immediately rushed into the sky and fled to the universe.

Soon, the rest of the team also came to the command room, and they all rushed up and rubbed Nilo's head frantically.

"Well done boy!"

"Haha, saved, I thought I was going to die this time!"

"It's going so well, it seems that luck is on our side!"

Everyone was overjoyed and did not hesitate to praise Nilo, who was also quite excited.

"Don't be happy so early, we're not out of danger yet." Although the captain said this, he also had a smile on his face for the rest of his life.

Although there are still a lot of spaceships chasing behind, compared to just now, the situation is no longer desperate, and it is much better.

After being happy for a while, everyone thought of the other teammates who had fallen into danger, restrained their smiles, and their faces returned to solemnity.

"We escaped, what about the other besieged team members?" Someone asked.

"There's no way, we can't help, there are too many enemies, so if we rush to help, we can only put us in."

The captain shook his head, he was very clear about the current situation, relying on their ship alone would only give away people's heads in vain and waste the opportunity to escape.

What they should do now is to run away separately instead of fighting, and they are not in a better position than the others, so they can only leave their teammates to fend for themselves.

At this moment, Nilo remembered something, and his heart suddenly lifted.

"By the way, I don't know what happened to Mia's team......"

As soon as he thought of this, Nilo couldn't sit still, handed over the spaceship to his teammates, and hurriedly took out the communicator to contact Mia.

The process of waiting for the answer is an ordeal, and the time seems to be stretched out.

Nilo waited anxiously for a while, but the call was never connected, he could only send a communication to Mia's teammates, but no one answered, and his whole demeanor became more and more nervous.

It wasn't until he contacted the captain of Mia's team that the communication was finally connected, but the sound of battle from the opposite side made Nilo's heart sink to the bottom in an instant.

"Ahem...... Nilo? Did you escape? ”

"It's me, you've been attacked too? How's it going, we've got a spaceship to go to the rescue! Nilo's tone was hurried, and he asked a flurry of questions.

"Don't ...... Don't come, you guys hurry up and run, my squad has been all captured, Mia has also been captured alive, only I am the only one who is still resisting, and I won't be able to hold it anymore, the enemy has several warships, you can't save them, hurry up, cough cough ......"

After saying that, the communication came to an abrupt end.

Nilo's face twitched, and he turned his head and walked away, striding in the direction of the hatch.

The surrounding teammates also heard the communication just now, and seeing Nilo's movements, a group of people rushed up and held him down.

"Nilo, don't think about it." The captain shouted.

"I have to save her!"

Nilo was held down by seven or eight big men, struggling and moving, with a determined expression.

"Don't be stupid, didn't I tell you just now, we went to save people for nothing!" The captain shouted angrily.

"I know, so I'm not going to ask you to help!" Nilo gritted his teeth, and his voice burst out from between his teeth, "This is my own choice, I didn't let you get into danger, you drive this spaceship away, I'll save people alone, don't stop me!" ”

"If you are alone, you will have no chance, it is purely to send you to death, don't be impulsive!" The captain held Nilo down.

Nilo struggled for a while before he gradually calmed down, sat on the ground, covered his face with his hands, and was silent.

Seeing this, everyone let go of their hands and took a few steps back, leaving him alone.

Feeling Nilo's sadness, the captain couldn't help but sigh, squatted down and patted Nilo's shoulder, after thinking for a while, he couldn't think of how to comfort others, so he could only say sullenly: "She was just captured, she is not dead yet, maybe there is a turnaround, let's find a way to save her in the future, we can only escape now." ”

As soon as the words fell, Nilo suddenly raised his head, his eyes were slightly red, and his tone was low:

"You're right, I was impulsive just now, thank you for stopping me...... I don't know how they will be tortured if they fall into the hands of the enemy, and I still have one last hope. ”

With that, Nilo stood up, took out the communicator, took a deep breath, and mustered up the courage to dial Han Xiao's number.

He originally made up his mind not to contact Han Xiao when he was serving, because he didn't want to disappoint his godfather, if he hadn't had it now, he wouldn't want to trouble Han Xiao......

The signal waiting for the communication sounded three times, and it seemed like a year for Nilo, and after three precise sounds, the communication was connected on the other side, and Nilo's familiar calm voice came out.

"Nilo, what's the matter with me?" Han Xiao had a subtle smile on his face.

"Godfather, I'm sorry I disappointed you." Nilo rubbed his eyes and said in a low voice, "I have encountered a dilemma that I can't solve, I hope you can help me." ”

"Tell me." Han Xiao replied lightly.

Nilo quickly explained the situation, bowed his head, and waited for a reply.

Looking at his appearance, Han Xiao touched his chin and smiled slightly, "I refuse." ”

Nilo looked up suddenly, a look of astonishment.

"Surprised?" Han Xiao put away his smile, "Your identity is different now, not only my godson, but also a normal legionnaire, I did give you very high-quality treatment, but it doesn't mean that I will always give you special treatment." ”

"But, but......" Nilo's eyes reddened.

"It's not impossible to ask me to help, put aside your relationship with me, just from a business point of view, what can you give me, hire me to help you?" Han Xiao said lightly.

"I—I don't know."

"Then why do you want me to help?" Han Xiao blinked, "My relationship with you is not fake, but I won't help you for no reason, the rules are like this, if you want something, you always need to exchange something else, throw away this identity, what else do you have left to get your hands on?" ”

Nilo was distracted and muttered, "I—I don't have ......"

Seeing that Nilo was holding his head with his hands and not speaking for a long time, his expression became depressed, Han Xiao slowed down and said with a smile: "What's the matter, do you feel hopeless?" Think about it, it's been a long time since you've said thank you to me. ”

When Nilo heard this, he was suddenly shocked, lowered his head, and muttered to himself:

"I'm sorry...... Please......"

"I'm asking you, do you feel hopeless?" Han Xiao narrowed his eyes and accentuated his tone again.

Nilo was silent for a long time before he raised his head again, he had already bitten his lip, his eyes were hazy with tears, and he nodded towards Han Xiao.

"It's right to despair, remember what it's like now, and never experience it again." Han Xiao sat up straight and smiled, "Don't worry, I promised you this time that I will help you rescue your little girlfriend." ”

Nilo's mood was like a roller coaster, first falling from the clouds to the abyss, and then from the abyss to the sky, at this time he was stunned for a moment before he came back to his senses, and he squeezed the communicator with both hands in a gaffe, almost crying with joy.

"Thank you...... Thank you ......."

"Don't be happy so early, it's not gratuitous." Han Xiao propped his cheek with his palm, and said step by step: "You don't know what you can do with it, but in fact, you are not useless, at least, you have a strong mechanical talent, it is better to use this as a bargaining chip." ”

"What does that mean?" Nilo didn't understand.

"If you have to explain, you can interpret that I don't want you to waste your talent, don't ask what it means, you just need to answer me, yes or no." Han Xiao seemed to be smiling.

Nilo still didn't understand, but he didn't have a choice, gritted his teeth, and nodded heavily.

"I promise, please help me!"

At the same time, Han Xiao, who was talking remotely in the Black Star Palace, moved on the panel.

[You trigger the Special Character Quest [Nilo's Request]!] ]

[Description: Nilo agreed to your deal, willing to use his talents and abilities in exchange for your help]

[Quest: Save Mia Molotto]

[Reward: Specify a skill or specialty to learn from Nilo]