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220 : Space Fortress

Chapter 220: Space Fortress!

Translator: ryuxenji  Editor: H2dH2mr

A particular meteoroid zone within the Federation was once an intergalactic flight course of the Federation. However, several centuries before, the meteoroids in this zone began to drift about wildly, their movement trajectories becoming extremely erratic and unpredictable, resulting in multiple tragic collisions due to the spaceships’ inability to dodge them in time. Thus, this flight course was gradually abandoned by the Federation …

What everyone did not know was that at the heart of this meteoroid zone, there was a space fortress disguised as a large meteorite mountain. Inside it was a hidden Federation military base …

Meanwhile, those erratically moving little meteoroids surrounding the area were actually defensive satellites of the space fortress. The moment they discovered any unidentified spaceships deviating from the permitted flight path, they would hurtle over to chase the other away. If the other party insisted on keeping their path, the defensive satellites would then collide with the ships in earnest, directly destroying the offending spaceships.

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It was one o’clock in the afternoon in the Federation. Inside the space fortress, the few surveillance staff responsible for monitoring the situation around the meteoroid zone were currently cosily seated together drinking some hot tea. After a busy morning, they could finally take some time to relax and chitchat for a bit after having their lunch.

“Who could have expected that in just one morning, we’ve already received nine ships ferrying the new cadets. It’s really been crazy busy …” One young surveillance officer of corporal rank complained as he stretched.

” Xiao Lin 1 , you’re new here, so you don’t know. This is our busiest time every year. All the students who managed to get into the First Men’s Military Academy will come through here,” said another young officer of second lieutenant rank with a smile, “And this is just the beginning. Most likely we’ll be even busier in the afternoon. All of the respective spaceships picking up the new cadets from the various planets will definitely arrive by the end of today.”

The second lieutenant’s words received nods of agreement from all of the other officers. They had already been working here at this fortress for two to three years, so they were familiar with this situation.

The corporal called Xiao Lin slapped a palm to his forehead and moaned exaggeratedly at those words. “Heavens, there’ll be more this afternoon? I’ll definitely be wiped out!”

The second lieutenant cuffed him on the head exasperatedly, chiding him teasingly, “Wiped out from just this little thing? What a useless fellow.”

Chastised, Xiao Lin hurriedly proclaimed his tenacious spirit which had no fear of difficulty or fatigue with a serious face to his leader. His antics caused the surveillance station to be a riot of laughter; the weariness of the morning seeming to fade away slowly between the peals of laughter.

Although the fortress had pretty good working conditions on all fronts, the work there was relatively monotonous compared to those of the other bases. In particular, these surveillance staff had to face the same unchanging meteoroid zone every day, so it was very easy for them to become somewhat sick of the job. Therefore, they had learned to self-calibrate their mentalities, learning not to just stay silent and grim the whole time they were working. Instead, they would do as they were doing now, joking around light-heartedly to ease their minds.

After a round of laughter, Xiao Lin suddenly snorted loudly, as if recalling something.

The second lieutenant glanced at him and asked, “What’s up with you now?” This fellow would always come up with some situation or another every day; the second lieutenant was no longer surprised by this.