Counterfeit Hero

Chapter 397: Revised: Volume 5, Chapter 23, Two Letters

When the ”Mammoth”-class giant transport ship, 1106 meters long, 688 meters wide, and 212 meters high, slowly descended, almost all the soldiers and mechs withdrew from the central square to make room for it, crowding the surrounding roads and alleys.

Although this giant transport ship wasn’t the largest vessel ever built by humans, although humans developed the technology to send such massive objects into space centuries ago, and although every soldier present had experienced riding in a giant transport ship, when it landed before their eyes, they still couldn’t help but feel an overwhelming sense of awe.

Compared to such a colossal entity, the giant mechs seemed like ants standing beneath the feet of an elephant. This disparity naturally transformed into a strong sense of oppression as the giant transport ship descended from the sky!

This sense of oppression was unique to the giant transport ship. Even though a regular space carrier was five times larger than the largest giant transport ship, it couldn’t land on the ground and thus couldn’t provide the overwhelming feeling of Mount Tai being placed atop one’s head.

In the vast universe, even space fortresses that could dock three fleets simultaneously or space fortresses built on asteroids were merely specks of dust floating in space.

The giant transport ship, resembling a black cloud maintaining electronic silence, finally landed. When hundreds of hatches opened simultaneously, the lights inside the ship started up again, shining out like a blooming chrysanthemum, extraordinarily beautiful.

The mechs, already lined up in long queues, began their most delightful operation of this raid. Box after box of compressed solid energy, mech parts, and weaponry were loaded onto the transport ship with high efficiency. Even the base’s fixed facilities were dismantled and taken away.

The Leray people were responsible for the sweep, clearing out warehouse after warehouse, energy storage tanks one by one. These bandits lived up to their bandit army banner. The officers of the 91st Division were stunned as they conducted the final inspection of the base.

What they saw was a stripped-bare base. The empty workshops and warehouses had everything taken away, including automated assembly lines, parts, and tools. Opening the door, the cold wind blew through, and only a few pieces of paper floated leisurely.

Then, a Leray Mecha ran past them. When they turned their heads, they found the alloy gate was gone, and they heard the Leray people’s muttering: ”Take everything... take everything... take everything.”

The officers looked at each other in dismay. Deputy Division Commander Niklay, responsible for leading the inspection, waved his hand: ”Waste of time, withdraw the team!” He couldn’t believe there was anything left at the Tedanici Base aside from ultra-strong alloy concrete, given these scavenger mechs.

The giant transport ship, finally fully loaded with looted spoils, took off. Under the full escort of space fighters, it re-entered the atmosphere two hours later, landing in Prisk City, the military stronghold north of Tanville, the headquarters of Gordon’s military.

An isolated weakened force in the civil war and an enemy force backed by the Fei Alliance naturally coexisted peacefully. As long as Gordon wasn’t an idiot, he would understand that collaborating with this Leray Armored Force would offer far more than betraying or annihilating them.

In fact, Gordon was quite pleased when he learned who commanded this unit. As the saying goes, ”you may break your iron shoes in fruitless searching,” he had been looking for this force for a long time.

Initially, Gordon erased all records about this Fatty, hoping to one day, in Gazalin’s downfall, regain everything amid the chaos, aside from exacting revenge on James.

Unexpectedly, the result of keeping this secret brought even greater surprises. Not only did he intimidate political enemies through contact with the Mythical Army, indirectly facilitated by his daughter’s efforts and Fatty’s help, but this Fatty also kidnapped James before the imminent purge of the Military Department, thus saving many of those in the Gordon faction of the Gazalin Military Department.

Gordon wasn’t aware of these events at the time until he received a secret letter from Russell. It was then that he realized how fortunate he was.

From the moment he received the letter, Gordon tried to track down Fatty. However, his power was restricted to the area north of Tanville, lacking even a significant SkyNet System. Relying only on mechs, a few old electronic early-warning aircraft, and the base’s electronic system to cobble together a temporary SkyNet for battle monitoring, it was impossible to cast a wide net across a vast planet to find an unknown Fatty’s whereabouts.

So, although Gordon knew that Fatty was a bridge between the Fei Alliance and Freedom Front with himself, finding him would significantly improve the Independent Army’s current situation. Nonetheless, due to practical constraints, he could only sigh in helplessness.

Unexpectedly, Fatty once again helped him greatly and even delivered himself to his doorstep, how could this not make Gordon overjoyed?