Bab 397: Arrival of the Fleet

The people immediately disagreed. How were they going to escape without a spaceship?

"It was never possible to break through DarkStar's army in a spaceship," Han Xiao explained. "The chance to escape has always been close to zero. We only had one choice from the start—stall for time and wait for backup. Abandoning ship and losing ability is obviously disadvantageous, but it will also decrease DarkStar's efficiency.

"Without spaceships, we will be fish in a barrel to DarkStar, and their alertness will further be decreased. Once we spread out underground, DarkStar will stop bombarding the surface. Because without protection from the spaceship, we will be buried alive if the underground space collapses. What they want is the… ahem, what they want is to capture us alive. Therefore, they'll most probably use the hovering ships and send out troops to search slowly."

This was a risky plan, and the mercenaries exchanged nervous looks.