Chapter 178 Warmth and Emergency Mission

Night. Su Mo, slightly tipsy, walked out of the Federation Building with a hint of drunkenness, heading towards the Shadow.

A gentle breeze rustled past.

Su Mo's thoughts became clearer and clearer, feeling very comfortable. Not long ago, he had a few drinks with Arles, chatting about various things and discussing the future.

Overall, they had high hopes for the future.

They believed that one day the war would end, and they could live a peaceful and beautiful life.

......

Soon after, Su Mo arrived at the port and walked towards the Shadow's berth.

As he approached, Su Mo saw a graceful figure standing at the entrance. Looking closely, he saw Qian Chengxue in a snow-white lace dress, wearing blue gemstone earrings, her galaxy-like silver hair draped over her shoulders, her clear eyes flowing with a warm smile, as if waiting for someone's return.

Su Mo was slightly stunned, then quickly greeted Qian Chengxue, saying.

"Why are you here? Isn't the company very busy?"

"No matter how busy I am, you are more important. It's rare for you to come back."

Qian Chengxue's lips moved slightly, speaking softly.

"You don't have to stand here either."

Su Mo felt warm inside after hearing this.

"It's okay, and isn't it your birthday today?"

Qian Chengxue smiled gently at Su Mo.

Hearing this, Su Mo suddenly realized that today was his birthday, which meant it was also Qian Chengxue's birthday.

"Sorry, I've been so busy lately that I forgot. It should be your birthday today too."

"It's okay, I prepared something special for you...."

Qian Chengxue said, her cheeks slightly red.

Hearing Qian Chengxue's words, Su Mo felt a jolt, and his breathing became a little rapid. He hesitated and said.

"Wouldn't that be bad? Mine isn't healed yet...."

"It's okay, come with me."

Qian Chengxue then took Su Mo's hand and walked into the ship.

Su Mo's blood was boiling a little, feeling a little dry-mouthed, inexplicably flustered and excited.

Soon Qian Chengxue led Su Mo back to the room.

"That..."

Su Mo wanted to say something to Qian Chengxue.

He saw Qian Chengxue leading Su Mo to a chair and saying to him.

"Sit down first."

"Okay."

Su Mo sat down subconsciously.

Qian Chengxue then walked towards the bathroom. Su Mo watched Qian Chengxue go to the bathroom, thinking she was going to take a bath, and became even more excited and uneasy.

At this moment, he saw Qian Chengxue carrying a basin of hot water.

She brought it to Su Mo and squatted down to help Su Mo take off his shoes and socks.

Su Mo was also slightly stunned, and quickly stopped her.

"I'll do it myself."

"No need, I'll do it. Anyway, there's nothing else I can do for you, so I'll just soak your feet. Men work hard outside, and they always need to relax when they come back. I know you've been working hard outside."

Qian Chengxue put Su Mo's feet in the hot water, gently washing and massaging them.

Hearing this, Su Mo said with emotion, "Xue'er...."

"Yeah."

Qian Chengxue responded softly.

Su Mo reached out and gently stroked Qian Chengxue's cheek.

Both of them enjoyed this brief moment of warmth.

At this moment, a crisp notification sound rang, and unsurprisingly, there was a new message.

Su Mo was also stunned. Who would send him a message so late?

Qian Chengxue was also quite surprised, so she deliberately teased Su Mo and asked, "Who's sending you a message so late? Lin Zinuo or Lan Xi?"

"Cough, no one."

Su Mo became nervous when Qian Chengxue said this. It couldn't be that coincidental, right?

Seeing Su Mo so nervous, Qian Chengxue felt even more amused, and chuckled, "Could it be some other girl?"

"How is that possible."

Su Mo quickly waved his hand and said.

Pfft!

Qian Chengxue couldn't help but laugh. She said to Su Mo, "Okay, I'm not teasing you. Go check the message."

Su Mo quickly looked at the electronic bracelet and breathed a sigh of relief.

Sure enough, there was no such coincidence. Then he clicked on the message to take a look.

"Dear Colonel Su Mo, the Baikeweilen Special Secret Base located in the Ka Scorpion Star Sea is under attack by unknown monsters. The situation is very critical. You are now forcibly conscripted to go to the target area to rescue the base. Please go to Port 19 immediately...."

Su Mo was also stunned when he saw this message. An emergency mandatory mission.

"What's wrong? What happened?"

Qian Chengxue then leaned over to take a look.

However, after seeing the content of the message, Qian Chengxue's heart also tightened. Suppressing the reluctance in her heart, she asked Su Mo.

"There's a mission so soon?"

"Yeah."

Su Mo nodded slightly. He looked at the message, his brows furrowed, and his expression was constantly changing.

"What's wrong? Is this mission too dangerous?"

Qian Chengxue asked, seeing that Su Mo's expression seemed a little off.

"It's not that, I just find it a little strange?"

Su Mo shook his head and replied, while operating on his bracelet, pulling up the star map to find the location of the Ka Scorpion Constellation.

"What's so strange?"

Qian Chengxue asked in confusion.

"I'm about to participate in the selection of the Twelve Knights of the Royal Order. Logically speaking, I should have received the notice long ago. But I haven't received any notice, and now I'm being assigned this mission for no reason. Under normal circumstances, I shouldn't be assigned a mission at this time. And I just checked, this Ka Scorpion constellation is located in a star sea between Guangyao City and Ceres, which is not a short distance away."

Su Mo explained to Qian Chengxue.

Actually, if Kailas hadn't reminded him before, he might have really gone to do it.

After hearing this, Qian Chengxue also sensed something was wrong. She said to Su Mo.

"Listening to you, it does seem a bit strange. What should we do now?"

"I plan to put it on hold for now and find someone to verify this mission tomorrow."

Su Mo explained.

"Well, don't worry too much, maybe it's a mistake?"

Qian Chengxue walked behind Su Mo, gently捏捏 Su Mo's shoulders, comforting him.

"Yeah, it's okay."

"Then let's rest early, I'll be with you tonight."

"Yeah!"

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Not long ago, Mechanical Empire, Imperial Administrative Building.

In the solemn corridor.

Two people in the Mechanical Empire's advanced military uniforms, with solemn expressions, were discussing.

"Bainite, this selection of the Twelve Knights of the Royal Order is crucial, we must ensure that Roche can take the position."

"Aleph, from the information we have collected so far, the odds of winning are at least 70%. But the biggest uncertainty now is that newcomer Su Mo. After all, that guy's performance was too amazing before, he even dared to face the vice-patriarch of the Eternal Sleeper clan head-on."

"Don't worry, I've been keeping an eye on him, and I haven't notified him about the competition yet. By the time he reacts, it will definitely be too late."

"That's good. Although this method is a bit underhanded, this world is like this."

......

Just as Bainite and the other were talking.

Herbert happened to pass by. He stopped and looked at the two coldly.

Bainite and the other quickly saluted respectfully when they saw Herbert.

"Lord Herbert."

"Put away your stupid behavior. Don't always engage in those shady tricks, you'll only end up shooting yourself in the foot."

Herbert scolded coldly.

"Yes...."

Bainite and the other responded stiffly. Although they were very unconvinced in their hearts, they did not dare to show any disobedient expressions.

"Humph!"

Herbert snorted coldly and left straight away.

Bainite sighed as he watched Herbert leave.

"Alas, Lord Herbert is still too principled."

"That's right. In this era, who cares about the process? Everyone only looks at the final result. The death of Lord Rogder has already had a strong impact on our Mechanical Empire. The Laurel Kingdom, which has been eyeing us all along, is troublesome enough, and now another dark horse has emerged. If we don't nip it in the bud in advance, it will be troublesome if something goes wrong."

Aleph said helplessly.

At this moment, a messenger rushed over.

"Lord Bainite, something bad has happened."

"What happened?"

"That Colonel Su Mo has returned to the City of Star Ring."

The messenger lowered his voice and reported hastily.

"What should we do? He's back. Wouldn't our efforts be in vain?"

Aleph asked with a slightly changed expression.

Bainite said calmly: "What's the panic? So what if he's back? Find a way to issue him a mandatory mission and send him out."

"Okay, I'll arrange it."

Aleph nodded.

......

City of Star Ring, Fourth Ring.

An empty ordinary room.

Creak~

The closed door slowly opened.

I saw a handsome, gentle, and elegant man, dressed very ordinary, exuding a洒脱 gesture, walked in.

"You're here."

At this time, in the dim room, an eager voice sounded.

"Cavesser!"

The man in front of him stared at the leader of the Fallen God Church, Cavesser.

"Eureka, you're finally here. Come to think of it, it's been many years since we last met. If it weren't for the fact that there are more or less active shadows of you in the Star Ring Forum, I would have even thought you were no longer here."

Cavesser said with a very bright smile.

"There's no need for greetings and pleasantries."

Eureka interrupted Cavesser's words indifferently.

"Okay, you being here today, I'm sure you've already agreed to that matter?"

"That's right, I agreed. I can cooperate with you to do that thing. But as the saying goes, people with different paths cannot make plans for each other. The relationship between you and me is limited to cooperating on that matter."

"Haha, no problem."

"However, are you sure it's okay to rely on just the two of us?"

Eureka stared at Cavesser.

"You don't have to worry about this, I have my own way."

Cavesser responded with a smile.

"Then it's settled, I'm leaving."

After confirming the matter with Cavesser, Eureka left without saying anything else, with no desire to chat with Cavesser any further.

"Okay."

Cavesser just smiled and said nothing.

After Eureka left, the surrounding air suddenly shook.

I saw a man with an ordinary appearance, who would be an extra if thrown into the crowd, suddenly appeared out of thin air.

"Tsk tsk, Cavesser, can that guy be trusted?"

"Of course not, I'm just using him. Of course, isn't he also using me? So don't worry too much, he can still be used勉强. Of course, whether that matter can be accomplished or not still depends more on Lord Brunann."

Cavesser said to the ordinary-looking man in front of him.

"I will naturally do my best, but I hope Cavesser you understand one thing, we are grasshoppers on the same boat, in that matter, none of us should play tricks and slack off."

Eternal Sleeper Clan Deputy Clan Leader, Brunann, reminded in a low voice.

"Don't worry."

Cavesser responded with a smile.

......

City of Star Ring, East Side of the Central Area.

A towering giant factory is located here.

At the entrance of the factory, two v-generation pure mechanical mecha, Star Messengers, stood motionless guarding the place.

At this time, City Lord Icaroya, wearing a blue long dress, silver hair, and a cold expression, walked over.

Crook followed closely behind.

The two v-generation mecha guarding the entrance immediately knelt on one knee, lowered their heads, and were extremely respectful.

Icaroya walked into the factory coldly.

Entering the interior of the factory, an extremely shocking scene came into view. I saw that inside the factory, there were giant star drill heads standing upright, shining like stars.

Each star drill head reached a height of tens of thousands of meters.

The textures on each star drill head's body were polished exceptionally beautifully, just like works of art.

A large number of workers were checking these giant star drill heads intensively.

At this time, the person in charge of the factory, a slightly fat middle-aged man with small eyes, saw Icaroya coming in and ran over immediately. His short legs broke out with unprecedented speed. He rushed to Icaroya and asked with a face full of trepidation.

"Lord City Lord, why are you here?"

"Feiji, has the production progress I wanted been completed?"

Icaroya stared at Feiji and asked directly.

Cold sweat broke out on Feiji's forehead. He didn't dare to breathe loudly and replied quickly: "Lord City Lord, don't worry, the progress you wanted has definitely been completed."

After hearing this, Icaroya then walked towards a standing giant star drill head.

Feiji followed behind with trembling legs, and cold sweat kept breaking out on his forehead.

Crook glanced at the trembling Feiji and said nothing.

At this time, Icaroya had already walked to a giant star drill head. She slowly raised her right hand, stretched out her slender fingers, and directly pointed at the standing giant star drill head.

Feiji was so scared that he was about to pee his pants at this moment, and he kept praying in his heart, "Please don't have any problems."

Time passed by second by second.

In fact, it was only seven or eight seconds before Icaroya retracted her finger.

But for Feiji, it was like a long time, an extremely torturous experience.

"Barely qualified. I hope there won't be any cases of inferior products being used to fill the ranks, otherwise you know the consequences."

Icaroya looked at Feiji with cold eyes.

"Yes, yes, Lord Icaroya, don't worry, that kind of situation will never happen. I swear on my head!"

After hearing Icaroya's words, Feiji felt like he had just walked through the gates of hell.

Icaroya turned around indifferently and left with Crook.

"Lord Icaroya, take care."

Feiji quickly bowed ninety degrees to the back of Icaroya leaving.

After Icaroya walked away, Feiji's legs went weak, and the whole person slumped directly on the ground. The surrounding subordinates quickly ran up.

"Supervisor, are you okay?"

"It's okay, you go to work, don't worry about me..."

Feiji said with lingering fear.

......

On the other side, after Icaroya left the factory, she went straight to Stargazing Tower.

Crook followed silently behind.

When Icaroya came to the top floor of Stargazing Tower, she stopped and turned her head to Crook and said.

"Crook, you don't have to follow me anymore."

"Yes!"

Crook responded without hesitation.

At this time, Icaroya raised her hand and waved it in the air. Suddenly, the entire Stargazing Tower emitted a brilliant light. Then, the space in front of Icaroya cracked open, and a small star gate appeared.

Icaroya walked straight into the small star gate.

Crook bowed respectfully and saw Icaroya off.

After Icaroya's figure disappeared into the star gate, the small star gate disappeared.

Mechanical Empire, Mechanical Imperial Palace, Star Platform.

An old man with half of his body mechanically modified, wearing a black dragon-patterned robe, exuding a powerful aura, led a group of subordinates, waiting quietly.

This leading old man was none other than Isaacly Emperor of the Mechanical Empire.

The small star gate erected on the Star Platform was now emitting a brilliant light.

Seeing this scene, Isaacly's old face squirmed a little nervously.

In the next second, Icaroya walked out of the star gate calmly.

"Welcome Lord City Lord Icaroya's presence."

Isaacly changed his usual arrogance and domineering, and led everyone, bowing his head and welcoming humbly.

"Well, go to the laboratory, all irrelevant people leave."

Icaroya responded coldly.

"Yes, Lord City Lord, please follow me."

Isaacly responded immediately, and led Icaroya towards the most core laboratory of the Mechanical Empire.

At this time, except for a small number of core members of the Mechanical Empire who followed, the vast majority of people present all stopped, and no one dared to follow.

......

Not long after, Isaacly led Icaroya to a giant underground laboratory base.

It was heavily guarded here.

Two v-generation pure mechanical mecha, Slaughterers, were guarding the entrance.

Walking all the way in, at least thirty-six pseudo-v-generation mecha were seen, patrolling non-stop.

The corridors along the way were equipped with various isolating metal gates and countless weapons.

When they took the elevator to the deepest point, the elevator doors opened, and a hideous mecha with a height of 100 meters came into view. The entire mecha was covered with layers of black heavy armor, with black thorns protruding from the armor. Its head was an ugly alien head, with scarlet eyes, exposing sharp fangs. The claws of its hands exuded a cold light. The entire mecha exuded a terrifying aura.

This mecha was the trump card mecha of the Mechanical Empire responsible for guarding the laboratory, v-generation biological mecha, Ripper Apostle.

Seeing Isaacly and Icaroya, the v-generation biological mecha, Ripper Apostle, immediately knelt on one knee, lowered its head, and saluted.

Icaroya walked straight past it.

Soon Icaroya and the others came to the depths of the laboratory, where countless cutting-edge instruments were located.

More than 30,000 doctors wearing white research uniforms were working busily.

In the deepest part of the laboratory, two giant biological tanks with a height of 500 meters stood.

Various viscous liquids were injected inside.

At the same time, tens of thousands of different types of tubes were扎入 from the top of the biological tanks.

Through the viscous liquid, one could faintly see two hideous vi-type biological mecha immersed in the giant tanks.

At this time, a chief researcher doctor wearing glasses, hunched over, with white hair, sharp eyes, and wearing a white research uniform came over. He said respectfully to Icaroya.

"Lord Icaroya, you're here."

"Besso, how is the progress?"

Icaroya asked indifferently.

"The current progress has reached 97%, and it will be completed soon."

Besso replied respectfully.

At this time, Emperor Isaacly quickly said, "Lord Icaroya, don't worry, with our Mechanical Empire, these two vi-generation biological mecha can definitely be completed as scheduled, and will definitely not delay your plan."

"Very good."

Icaroya stared at the two vi-generation biological mecha and replied coldly.

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City of Star Ring, Shadow.

Su Mo tossed and turned in bed, unable to sleep. He raised his bracelet and glanced at it. It was already eight o'clock in the morning.

He then sat up and operated on his hand.

"Requesting to initiate an ultra-long-range encrypted communication request with exclusive mission dispatcher, Luo Yue."

"Application under review...."

......

Su Mo waited patiently for a while, and soon the prompt information changed.

"Application approved, using military encrypted channel for ultra-long-range communication. Please note that too confidential conversations during communication are not allowed. Remote encrypted messages have a certain probability of being intercepted and cracked."

"Connecting."

Soon Luo Yue's voice rang.

"Su Mo?"

"Well, Luo Yue, I'm asking you something, did you issue me a mission?"

Su Mo asked directly.

"No, how could I issue you a mission? Even if I really wanted to issue you a mission, I would have to get your permission first."

Luo Yue replied with a puzzled face. She was also a little confused.

"Without going through your hands, the mission was directly issued to me, which is a bit strange."

Su Mo frowned.

"Wait a minute, I'll help you check."

Luo Yue said quickly to Su Mo.

"Okay!"

Su Mo nodded.

After about a few minutes, Luo Yue said to Su Mo: "I've already checked, and the system has not issued you any missions. It shows that you are still in a free state."

"Then what's going on? I received a mandatory mission here?"

Su Mo frowned and replied.

"It's impossible, mandatory missions must also go through our system. Even if the information is not uploaded in the first time due to a sudden incident, it will be supplemented later. There is no record here at all. Colonel Su Mo, where are you now?"

Luo Yue asked.

"I'm in the City of Star Ring."

"Well, go directly to the military building of the First Legion and inquire there to see which link has a problem."

Luo Yue suggested to Su Mo.

"Okay."

Su Mo then hung up the communication.

He got up, washed up a bit, and opened the door to go out.

As a result, he ran into Qian Chengxue, who was carrying breakfast.

"Su Mo, are you going out? Aren't you eating?"

"I'm going to the military headquarters to ask about something. You guys eat first."

"Don't rush, you have to eat something even if you're busy! Otherwise, your body will be dragged down after a long time."

Qian Chengxue quickly picked up the sandwich she made and put it in Su Mo's hand.

"Well, I'm leaving first."

Su Mo waved goodbye while eating the sandwich.

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ps: There will be a meeting later, and I will resume adding updates tomorrow ha(*^▽^*).