The barrage and the flying debris in the front became denser and denser. Like an unstoppable tusk, they were embedded deep inside the Black Wind Fleet. The Crystal Suit and the starships of the Imperium were everywhere like tides. As the almighty God of War of the Federation and a candidate for the next Supreme Speaker of the Federation, she deserved to be surrounded and even captured alive by the Black Wind Fleet.
At this moment, there was not a single inch of intact plate armor around Draconic Phoenix's body. The crystals and the spiritual energy had been consumed to the maximum, too. She could not withstand another barrage of the main guns of the starships anymore.
In the communication channel, the warriors whom she had spent a lot of time with were roaring desperately, "Long live the Federation! Long live Iron Plateau! Long live the qi-trainers! "
In the middle of their roars, they hugged the enemy and turned into brilliant sparks, gaining eternal life in the most brilliant brilliance.
Ding Ling Dong could even tell the specific identity of every warrior by the features of their roars. She recalled the times when they trained together.
Her eyes were filled with tears, but the smile on her face was more and more intense.
No matter how arduous it was, she hoped that the more Crystal Suit, Colossi, and starships of the Imperium were gathered around her, the better.
The more enemies she attracted, the less pressure Burning Prairie would be under, and the more likely it would be that the wormhole bombs would be delivered within the fatal distance!
Far away, three shooting stars rushed close and lunged at her.
They were three Colossi that had just jumped out of Black Swirl with abundant ammunition and surging spiritual energy, indicating that they had been preparing for a long time.
Right now, the total number of Colossi that the two parties had deployed to the battlefield was almost forty. The Imperium had obvious advantages in both quantity and quality.
At the very least, judging from the flames of spiritual energy unleashed by the three Colossi, Ding Ling Dong, who had run out of supplies and ammunition, was definitely no match for them.
"Bai Kaixin, Jin Xinyue, what exactly are you …"
Ding Ling Dong widened her nostrils. Placing her last hope on the Burning Prairie Fleet and Moth, she couldn't help but look at Burning Prairie again after tearing a Crystal Suit of the Imperium in half.
Despite the blockage of multiple glasses, her pupils were still constricted to the limit in the blink of an eye. Stimulated by the dazzling light, she could not open her eyes.
She saw that countless balls of light expanded abruptly in front of the cone-shaped battle formation of the Burning Prairie Fleet, rising like thousands of suns. Those 'suns' originated from the invisible space torpedoes that were scattered in front of Black Swirl. The moment the space torpedoes exploded, the barrage from Black Swirl and the other main-force warships of the Imperium was significantly improved. Most of the barrage was concentrated deep inside the Burning Prairie Fleet, but not on Burning Prairie but on a certain point even deeper!
It was difficult to generate blasts in a vacuum, but in the big explosion, all the starships had opened their spiritual shields to the maximum. The surging spiritual energy still condensed into tides that were even more violent than the blasts!
The main-force warships of the Burning Prairie Fleet were shaking in the tides of burning ambition. The previously strict and resolute battle formation was gradually loosening.
Ding Ling Dong felt that her heart was in her throat.
"Chief of Staff Bai, Bai Kaixin!"
She and Bai Kaixin were both members of 'Li Yao's group' and belonged to the same political party. They had been close to each other in the first place. In the emergency, she called him by his name. "What happened? How is Moth? Moth!"
Earsplitting sizzles echoed in the secret communication channel. It was obvious that Burning Prairie had not recovered from the intense interferences caused by the big explosion yet. It was not until a long time later that Bai Kaixin's intermittent and twisted voice finally came over. "Retreat, Ding Ling Dong. It's hopeless. Moth has been destroyed!"
"What!"
Ding Ling Dong felt that her head was dizzy. She felt that the whole universe was collapsing before her eyes.
"In the previous round of attack, the enemy's hundreds of starships focused their fire on the sailing route of Moth, as if they knew the important mission of Moth in advance!"
Bai Kaixin said angrily, "Damn it. I don't know why it happened, either. The bottom line is that Moth has been completely vaporized. The wormhole bomb was obliterated before it was activated! Without the wormhole bomb, it was impossible for us to break through Black Swirl, which was enhanced by the extraterrestrial devils, with our current strength!
"Not good. More than five Colossi of the Imperium have been detected to lunge at Burning Prairie. I didn't know that the Black Wind Fleet had so many Colossi hidden! It — it's a trap! They intentionally let us in! Boarding battle. Everybody on the starship. Prepare for boarding battle. They're about to crawl in!
"Listen, Ding Ling Dong. The plan has failed. You will be like moths darting into the fire if you continue being stubborn. It's meaningless. Let's retreat now!
"Even … even if we do lose the Tian Yuan Realm, there are still six Sectors left. We can still play a game with the Black Wind Fleet! A game requires chips. You are our chips. Don't waste them here for nothing!
"Retreat. This is an order!"
The communication in the secret channel was cut off rudely.
There was no telling whether or not the five Colossi sent out by the enemy had invaded Burning Prairie.
As if struck by lightning, Ding Ling Dong was unable to come back to herself until a long time later.
She was about to give the order to retreat when Wu Mayan sent her an encrypted file, claiming that it was from Jin Xinyue.
Ding Ling Dong was slightly dazed. She did not understand why Jin Xinyue did not communicate with her directly in the secret channel but relayed the message through Wu Mayan. She also did not understand why the encrypted file had been set as a "double retina scan", which could only be opened after the retina of Wu Mayan and Ding Ling Dong were scanned.
Beep!
Ding Ling Dong soon opened the tiny encrypted file through the retina scan.
Jin Xinyue's cunning and stubborn face immediately appeared in front of her.
"Let's retreat, Masteress. Your mission has been accomplished successfully. The wormhole bomb has been sent out. Whether or not it can reach Black Swirl will depend on your luck!"
Ding Ling Dong was dumbfounded. Didn't they say that Moth had been vaporized and that the wormhole bomb had been obliterated before it was activated? What was the meaning of this?
However strong and simple-minded she was, she boasted the computational ability of the peak of the Yuanying Stage after all. Looking at Jin Xinyue's cunning smile in the picture, she immediately realized what was going on. "Damn it. The wormhole bomb was not inside Moth!"
It was not a real-time communication but a video that Jin Xinyue sent over. Naturally, she could not hear her roar.
However, Jin Xinyue in the video seemed to have foreseen Ding Ling Dong's reaction. She continued, "You must've guessed it, Masteress. It's true that there was a wormhole bomb inside Moth, but it was a fake one.
"Don't blame me, Masteress. When our Spiritual Nexus and space gate completely collapsed, I realized that I had fallen into a deep, immeasurable trap. A certain enemy must've been out there, an enemy of a higher level than Heiye Ming, commander of the Black Wind Fleet. The enemy boasted high infiltration and control abilities on the Spiritual Nexus and knew everything about us like the back of his hand!
"Then, if the enemy knew the existence of the 'Dim Moon Plan' a long time ago and made use of it, hoping to catch us off guard, he must've known the details of the 'Dim Moon Plan' very well. How could he not have known anything about the wormhole bomb, our most critical trump card?
"Although the wormhole bomb was a top secret, both the Secret Sword Bureau and the Dim Moon Fund had involved a lot of people and used a lot of crystal processors during their research and modification. It was impossible to keep it a complete secret.
"The enemy had long known the existence of the wormhole bomb. They would've defended their core starships and the critical areas closely. Even an idiot could've guessed that we were about to use our last trump card when we launched a full-scale assault with so many starships. How could we have possibly succeeded?
"Thankfully, one week before the Dim Moon Plan was activated, I suddenly … received some enlightenment and discovered that it was too straightforward, simple, and risky to let a carrier carry the wormhole bomb.
"Therefore, I produced two fake wormhole bombs in secret. Three carriers carried out the mission together. One was real and the other two were fake, which significantly improved the odds of survival and the invisibility.
"The production of a real wormhole bomb involved a lot of things. There were bound to be traces left behind.
"However, the production of a fake wormhole bomb only required the appearance of the real one. It was extremely simple and could've been done even without the help of crystal processors and the Spiritual Nexus.
"I knew that our Spiritual Nexus had been highly infiltrated. Even if we switched to the backup Spiritual Nexus and the enemy could not monitor the crystal processors of every common soldier, they would certainly try their best to grasp the conversations between the central persons of the Federation such as myself and Masteress.
"Therefore, before the Heaven's Artillery was launched, I intentionally talked to Masteress and revealed the news that the wormhole bomb was on Moth to Masteress. By the way, I also revealed it to the enemy who was eavesdropping on our conversation.
"Didn't he think that he was omniscient and could hear everything? Then, let him hear as much as he wanted!
"Right now, the enemy thought that the wormhole bomb had been vaporized together with Moth, and that Burning Prairie, our flagship, had been harassed and surrounded by the Black Wind Fleet. The enemy had deployed tremendous forces, including five Colossi, to surround Burning Prairie. All their firepower had been focused on Burning Prairie, but they had neglected the areas slightly further away.
"With Burning Prairie as the bait, we hoped to rip open an invisible gap. The real wormhole bomb was flying toward Black Swirl through the gap at full speed!
"Nobody could do anything about it now. We could only pray that the heavens would grant the Xing Yao Federation some good luck.
"Retreat, Masteress. You cannot win the war on your own. Your mission has been accomplished. It's up to us now!
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