Under the loving care of Chief Bakin, Annie had forced herself to eat two portions of nutritional meals, but she was not happy at all at this moment.

"Ye Xiaotong, make arrangements. You and your squad members can prepare to rotate over for a meal." Zhao Chen contacted Ye Xiaotong, the captain of the Black Knight Interstellar Combat Mecha squad, using the communication channel.

"Understood." Three T2 Black Knight-class Light Interstellar Combat Mecha walked to the camp where Zhao Chen was located, and then the three Black Knights began to lower their bodies, like large children crouching on the ground.

The hatch located on the back of the mecha opened, and three female crew members wearing tight-fitting combat suits walked down.

It must be said, there was a unique charm to these female crew members wearing such tight-fitting combat suits.

"Commander." Ye Xiaotong, the captain of the mecha squad, stood in front of Zhao Chen, a pair of black ears standing upright on top of her head, and a long black tail behind her.

These three mecha pilots were all from the Black Cat race; compared to other Half-Beastman races, the Black Cat race was more suitable for piloting weapons like Interstellar Combat Mecha.

Ordinary Half-Beastmen found it difficult to pilot Interstellar Combat Mecha to perform high-difficulty combat maneuvers, but the Black Cat race was very adept at it.

This also led to them becoming the first batch of mecha pilots in the Xiaolong Fleet.

"You've also been fighting for a long time, eat something first." Zhao Chen pointed to a special white container nearby.

Chief Bakin was holding a nutritional meal nearby; this was already the third box he had eaten. Originally, he was quite embarrassed, but with Zhao Chen's permission, he had awkwardly eaten the third box.

He looked curiously at that white container, which was about one square meter in area. Up until now, it had been placed beside Zhao Chen and had not been opened.

He was also curious about what was inside.

Ye Xiaotong skillfully opened the white box, and inside were several meal boxes similar to nutritional meals.

"Commander, what would you like?" Ye Xiaotong asked Zhao Chen first.

"Just get me a number three meal." Zhao Chen said.

Ye Xiaotong handed a meal box to Zhao Chen with both hands, and then she and her squad members each chose a meal box to take out.

When Zhao Chen uncovered the meal box, a puff of heat accompanied by an appetizing aroma wafted out.

Inside, it was divided into several sections. The largest section was a portion of white rice, and the remaining sections contained a large chicken leg, shredded pork with garlic sauce, a portion of vegetables, and a portion of bone soup.

Almost all the dwarves present were attracted by this aroma.

They couldn't help but look at Zhao Chen and the meal boxes in the hands of those mecha pilots.

"Commander, next time, can you just honestly take the shuttle down? Every time you jump down with me..." Ye Xiaotong bit into a meatball, looking at Zhao Chen with eager eyes.

She was the T2 Black Knight mecha pilot who had jumped down from the T3 Blizzard with Zhao Chen twice in a row.

"Aren't I perfectly fine?" Zhao Chen spread his arms, signaling that he was fine.

Ye Xiaotong rolled her eyes: "You might be fine, but if you do this a few more times, my little heart will sooner or later give out."

Zhao Chen was speechless and couldn't help but laugh: "Alright, alright. It won't happen next time."

"That's what you said!" Ye Xiaotong immediately stared at Zhao Chen, her tail wagging constantly behind her.

"Hurry up and eat. You only have ten minutes of wartime meal time, and you still have to rotate with other soldiers." Zhao Chen took out a few bottles of fruit juice from the white container and tossed them to them, taking one for himself as well.

At this moment, Zhao Chen seemed to belatedly notice a pair of big eyes looking at him resentfully from the side.

"Oh right, almost forgot about you. Do you want one?" Zhao Chen pointed to the remaining meal boxes in the white container.

Annie wanted to reach out and take one, but the feeling of fullness in her stomach told her that she really couldn't eat anymore. She hugged her knees and looked at the Commander with resentful eyes.

He clearly had wartime meal boxes to eat, yet the Commander hadn't told her before.

The Commander must have done it on purpose!

He even deliberately made her eat another portion of nutritional meal just now...

Wuwuwu... Annie also wanted to eat those delicious foods...

Zhao Chen ignored Annie's aggrieved look and enjoyed the food in his meal box.

When a Starship enters combat status, to facilitate meals for the crew, the Starship Mess Hall would prepare these simple wartime meal boxes, divided into several different types.

During the combat process, they can be quickly delivered to various posts on the Starship, or they can be dropped to ground combat personnel like this.

Furthermore, each portion is kept warm, so they are steaming hot when taken out.

Although not as sumptuous as eating in the Starship Mess Hall, the taste is quite good.

At the same time, everyone can also receive a bottle of wartime nutritional drink supply, which is a wartime special provision.

"Gulp..." Chief Bakin recognized the food in the hands of Zhao Chen and the others; it was all natural food. In that instant, he felt that the nutritional meal in his hand was no longer tasty.

"Sorry, these are the standard meals for our crew members." Zhao Chen looked at Chief Bakin and explained.

"Standard meals for crew members? Can all crew members eat this kind of food?" Chief Bakin was startled.

Zhao Chen nodded, then pointed to the aggrieved-looking Annie: "You can ask Annie. Annie is already a crew member on an Interstellar Industrial Ship under my fleet, and she eats this kind of food every day."

Chief Bakin looked at his daughter.

Annie also honestly recounted the food she had eaten. Once she started, she couldn't stop, listing all the various foods in the Starship Mess Hall.

Rice, vegetables, meat, and even fruits and alcohol!

Many dwarf soldiers around heard what Annie said, and each of them seemed as if they had heard a 'mythical legend'. Could there actually be a Starship where one could enjoy such living standards every day?

"This... this can't be true, eating this kind of food every day, how much of an expense would that be?" A dwarf soldier asked, somewhat skeptically.

Annie immediately jumped up in a hurry; someone actually dared to question her: "What I said is all true. If you don't believe it... oh right, I have photos here!"

Annie suddenly remembered that she ◈ Nоvеlіgһт ◈ (Continue reading) had taken photos, so she immediately called up the gallery from her handheld terminal and holographically projected photo after photo.

The photos were all full of various delicious-looking foods, as well as photos of Annie with the food!

This time, the surrounding dwarf soldiers were convinced and began to ask Annie with envy and curiosity what these foods tasted like.

Zhao Chen watched as Annie became his 'promotional ambassador' and felt very satisfied.

This was equivalent to planting a seed for these dwarves. Later, he would just need to water it, and these seeds would naturally take root and sprout.

Hehehe, the plan to poach excellent employees is in progress...

At this moment, a system prompt appeared in Zhao Chen's mind.

【Mission Content: Defeat the Fire Lizard fleet invading Annie's hometown】

【Mission Difficulty: C-level】

【Mission Reward: Five mission points and 2000 points】

【Mission Penalty: Deduct 2000 points】

【Ding, triggered a two-choice mission option, please select the mission you want to do】

【Mission One: Protect Annie's home planet from being harassed by the Fire Lizard fleet】

【Mission Difficulty: C-level】

【Mission Two: Control and occupy the entire FY Star System】

【Mission Difficulty: B-level】