Ambush!
"Run if you can, but if you can't, then leave it to fate."
Williams' words had already announced the fate of the task force fleet. Run? Where could they run to under the watchful eyes of tens of thousands of insectoid warships?
The Black Bat radar had been developed by Xia Fei, and it had only recently been installed in the military. The three task force fleets were all equipped with this new radar system that transcended time. Williams had used the Black Bat radar to send this information to Xia Fei, but the insectoids were still unaware of it. They still did not know that their army had successfully landed in the core region of the Alliance, so Xia Fei and the others still had some time to plan their escape.
Unfortunately, humans were greedy and fearful. As soon as these words came out, everyone understood that the military would not send reinforcements for the sake of three small fleets. The atmosphere of panic quickly spread through the military. Quarrels, cries, and fights immediately broke out. The entire task force was in a mess.
Fortunately, Xia Fei was alone on the Impaler, and no one came to disturb his thoughts. He had too many secrets on him, so he rejected Song Fei's suggestion to be on the same ship as him.
Xia Fei's first thought was not about how to escape but about Avrils. It was almost an instinctive reaction. It was as if the woman he loved had already become an inseparable part of his life. The two were separated by millions of miles, but their hearts were intimately connected.
They would be able to reach the capital in four days! It appeared that Avrils situation was very dangerous, and this made Xia Fei very worried.
"How many insectoid fleets are there? Can they hold the capital ring?! "Xia Fei anxiously asked, his two fists clenched in front of his chest, his nervousness evident in his words.
Williams was stunned at first, but he silently shook his head. Logically speaking, as one of the military triumvirate, he should not boost the enemy's morale and belittle his own. Anyone else might have said some insignificant words of comfort, but Xia Fei's serious expression made it impossible for Williams to say anything.
He already felt guilty toward this task force fleet, so how could he bear to lie to Xia Fei?
"Help me take care of Avrils!" Xia Fei yelled. Alas, before he could finish speaking, something unexpected happened!
It turned out that after receiving the news that the enemy had arrived, many of the warships immediately panicked. They did not listen to orders at all, activating their warp engines and preparing to leave. However, they did not consider that there were still tens of thousands of insectoid warships parked in front of them. How could they let them escape?
When the first warship opened the warp portal, the insectoid commander gave the order to attack, and a cold female voice sounded from the warship's radar system.
"Watch out! The enemy is attempting to lock onto us. The enemy's weapon system has begun charging, and they may launch an attack at any time! "
Xia Fei could not be bothered to contact Williams anymore. He hurriedly ordered the mainframe, "Activate the cloaking system! Leave the fleet immediately! Leave the fleet! "
Whoosh ~
A protective barrier the color of the sea of stars suddenly rose up, and Xia Fei's Impaler took less than two seconds to vanish into space, just in time to be locked onto by the insectoid warships.
However, the other warships were not so lucky. The radar system kept beeping. Because there were too many warships that had locked onto them, the radar system did not even have time to calculate how many people had locked onto them.
Fortunately, Xia Fei had spared no expense in purchasing the Estamel cloaking system, or else he would have been unable to escape.
Just hiding himself wasn't enough, because there were still countless warships around him!
The insectoid warships were slowly closing in, while their own warships were frantically fleeing in all directions. If any of these warships were to touch Xia Fei's Impaler, or if the insectoid firepower was too fierce and created a shockwave, the cloaking system would fail and Xia Fei would be knocked out of stealth!
"Random warp! Quick, random warp! "Xia Fei desperately yelled.
At this moment, Xia Fei no longer had the time to have his warships calculate their position. Instead, he randomly warped to wherever he went, first avoiding this massive insectoid fleet before thinking of a way to return to the Alliance. As for the other members of the Special Task Force and the Deathsworn of the Assassin Sect, Xia Fei had no time to worry about them.
The cloaking warp channel would not emit any light, but opening it without careful calculation was an extremely risky move!
According to historical records, Estamel had been forced to use some technology that had not been tested in practice to develop this cloaking warp function. It was less stable than ordinary warp channels, and there was no need to even mention the crazy random warp.
Xia Fei's move was very likely to be the first time in human history that humans had truly used cloaking warp technology. The consequences were completely unpredictable!
* Bang! *
The insectoid fleet finally opened fire!
Tens of thousands of warships fired at the same time, creating a dense cluster of beams that ignited space and caused it to distort!
Fear!
Despair!
No words could describe this spectacle. It was countless times more dazzling than the most dazzling fireworks!
* Bang! * A warship had barely made it halfway into the wormhole before it was destroyed by cannon fire. The closing wormhole abruptly stopped, creating a powerful spatial disturbance. Looking at it with the naked eye, it was like a whirlpool of stars was spinning!
In just a few seconds, thirty-six cruisers, two battleships, and twelve large cargo ships were all annihilated. The wreckage of the warships whizzed past like bullets, quickly sweeping across the starry sky and drifting into the distance.
Xia Fei's Impaler had just begun warping, but the intense explosion, the strange spatial disturbance, and the wreckage everywhere were all interfering with the Impaler's departure!
* Bang bang bang! *
Several fragments struck the Impaler, forcing it out of its stealth state!
The insectoids finally realized that there was still an Alliance warship that had not been destroyed. This was not something they could let go of, so their fire control systems began to lock onto the Impaler.
"Advance with full power! Advance with full power! Immediately close the wormhole! "Xia Fei hastily ordered.
"No! Closing the wormhole too early will send you into a multidimensional space! "Phantom's eyes went wide as he shouted.
"I have to do this! Otherwise, I'll die! "
Xia Fei could not care less about the multidimensional space. Charging into the wormhole was his only hope!
In desperate straits, people had to take a gamble. Success depended on this!
* Whoosh ~ *
The Impaler spat out a massive flame as it charged into the wormhole, its hull violently shaking. The overload had probably exceeded one hundred percent!
The wormhole shrank and rapidly shrank, and this was when the insectoids' attack arrived!
Though the intense cannon fire failed to hit Xia Fei, it caused the already unstable wormhole to become even more chaotic!
In the command deck, Xia Fei gripped the back of his chair with both hands, his eyes resolute as he looked forward. Meanwhile, at the rear of the Impaler, the fragile wormhole was rapidly collapsing!
This time, Xia Fei's life was truly hanging by a thread!
…
Venal Galaxy, the Pan-human Alliance capital.
It was only a little over six in the morning, but the warning lights in the streets and alleys were already flashing. The ear-piercing beeps dragged the citizens out of their beds. They rubbed their groggy eyes, not knowing what was happening.
"Alliance emergency alert! President Wood Johnson will be making a televised speech in twelve minutes. Everyone, please turn on your televisions and watch. Please note that this is not a drill! This is not a drill! "
Humans had lived in peace for far too long. Many people had even forgotten about the existence of warning systems. They turned on their televisions in confusion, only to be left speechless in shock.
"Based on the news we just received, the insectoid fleet has already broken into the region 4.9 million lightyears away from the capital, Venal, and is currently advancing toward the capital as quickly as possible. At present, we still haven't received any detailed information from the military, so we're unable to determine how many insectoid fleets have invaded the Alliance or what their goal is.
"Please do not leave. In eleven minutes, President Wood Johnson will be making an important speech to the entire Pan-human Alliance."
Television, the interplanetary internet, and all other media outlets were frantically following the progress of this matter. As for Xia Fei and his small task force, they had long since been forgotten. No one remembered them, and no one cared if Xia Fei was still alive or not.
Ten minutes later, in the presidential palace's news broadcast center.
The Alliance president, Wood Johnson, stood alone on the podium, surrounded by busy staff members. Information was constantly being sent to him, but Johnson paid them no mind. He was trying to sort out his emotions, hoping to appear as calm as possible.
To any president, it was never a good thing to announce that they were being invaded by the enemy. When he was woken up by his secretary and heard that the insectoids were about to arrive, he instantly understood that whether he liked it or not, the war between the two races had already begun.
What he needed to do now was to announce to the citizens the news that he had been most unwilling to announce in his entire life: war.
President Johnson also had a head of silver hair, so many people believed that he was related to the silver-haired general of the military, Tai, by blood, but that was not the case. Johnson grew up in a poor family, and when he was young, he had witnessed his parents being murdered by criminals and decided to devote himself to politics. He was determined to make the Pan-human Alliance more stable, and the people were used to calling him the most civilian and peace-loving president in history.
Ironically, the peace-loving President Johnson had no choice but to make a decision that his predecessor, his predecessor's predecessor, and his predecessor's predecessor's predecessor had never made before: declare war on the insectoids!
"Mr. President, the live broadcast will begin in ten seconds," the director kindly reminded him.
Johnson puffed out his chest and looked at the dozens of ultra-clear synchronized cameras in front of him. He ran his hand through his silver hair, hoping to let the citizens see his calm side.
However, he could not suppress the excitement in his heart. Any hot-blooded man would be enraged to have an outsider attack at their doorstep! Moreover, he was the head of the Alliance.
"Twenty-seven minutes ago, at 6: 08 a.m. local time in Venal, an insectoid fleet suddenly invaded an area 4.9 million lightyears away from the Alliance capital and destroyed an Alliance reconnaissance ship, resulting in the deaths of 1,755 Alliance soldiers."
"Twenty-one minutes ago, the Alliance Trade Task Force suffered a devastating blow at the insectoid border. Three fleets and 42,162 innocent civilians were killed."
"Nineteen minutes ago, forty-eight of the insectoid trade fleet's warships self-destructed at the Endaro Star Region, resulting in massive losses for the Alliance's border guards. 74 warships of varying sizes were completely destroyed, and close to 200 warships suffered varying degrees of damage. The number of casualties is temporarily incalculable."
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