Because of the crystal bombs that were filled with enough crystal bombs, the cruel fireworks did not shine for long before they perished in the cold, dark universe.
The disappearance of the flames took away all the hope in the eyes, blood, and hearts of the warlords and Sector Masters.
The Immortal Cultivators from the remote areas of the Imperium who were born humble but equally ambitious had all turned out to be as cold and ruthless as their commander, Lei Chenghu!
"Alright. From this moment on, we are all fellow Cultivators who support the reform of the Imperium and Settle Rebellions!"
With his hands behind his back, Lei Chenghu stood straight like a pillar and declared resolutely, "The rise and fall of the Imperium and our future will depend on this. So, do not hold anything back. Distribute all the assets, ammunition, and Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures. Also, ask your backbone forces to implement the ideas of 'renewing the Imperium' into the head of every bottom-level soldier!"
"Commander Lei —"
Wei Guanghui, the commander of the Red Nimbus Fleet, hesitated for a moment before he said, "Our fuel, ammunition, and all the resources that the Immortal Cultivators need can only support the consumption of one month at best. If it is a fierce battle, it is very possible that they will run out in three days to a week. With our troops, one week is definitely not enough to conquer the capital. What do we do next?"
"There's no need to worry about that. I'm confident of my victory."
Lei Chenghu said casually, "I assure you that inexhaustible resources will be waiting for you in a week. Now, let's take action!"
He had changed the way he addressed himself from 'I' to 'I'.
It meant that he was back to being the commander-in-chief of the coalition fleet.
Military orders were unquestionable. Now that the sword had been unsheathed, it could not be sheathed until it had tasted enough blood. The warlords and the commanders of the branch fleets no longer had any objections. They all exited the communication and began to plan and organize the operation.
The space jump units of the starships were tested and charged again, ensuring that the soul-stirring jump could be performed in a few hours.
The warehouses of crystals and the arsenals were all opened. The glittering crystals and coldly shining blades were all distributed, even to the humblest hominoid soldiers.
The supply carriers of the Thunder Fleet delivered a large number of armbands to the B Fleets. The commanders of the B Fleets all tore off the expeditionary army armbands and put on the new armbands of 'Honor the Majesty and Settle the Rebels'.
Ordinary soldiers didn't have that many armbands to change into, so they simply tore off the expeditionary army armbands and wrote "Honor the Emperor and Settle the Rebels" on a piece of white cloth dipped in blood. Then, they tied the armbands on their foreheads.
On the flagships from the remote worlds of the Imperium, the heroes were giving the final encouragement to all the soldiers, especially the young soldiers at the grass-roots level.
On the flagship of the Red Cloud Fleet:
"The country is in ruins, and the people are suffering unspeakably. They are about to suffocate to death. Your family is the same, right?
"Our factories were crushed, collapsed, and corrupted by the magnates from the center of the cosmos step by step! Our farmlands are all crops from the center of the cosmos. Those crops have savagely looted the living space of all the local crops. There is not a single seed that is native to the Red Nimbus Sector anymore!
"The spiritual puppets from the center of the cosmos, which are claimed to have advanced performances, are on a rampage among the factories and farmlands of the Red Nimbus Sector blatantly, plundering our jobs and stealing them shamelessly!
"The proud workers and farmers of the Red Nimbus Sector in the past, who could raise their families with their hands and sweat, cannot get the humblest position right now. They have been reduced to shameless beggars, scoundrels, and prostitutes!
"Even the Immortal Cultivators whose spiritual roots have been awakened have to swallow their grievances and grovel as thugs and lackeys for the tiniest training resources!
"Tell me, haven't you had enough of such days? Can you still bear it?"
On the flagship of the Giant Whale Fleet …
"On the 'Ghost's Wrath Frontline', the gory frontline that swallowed three fleets of the Imperium in only half a year, obliterated almost ten thousand starships, and dyed the stars red with the blood of millions of soldiers, the warriors of the Giant Whale Sector marched forward fearlessly like moths darting into fire. Stepping on the bodies of their compatriots, they fought the people of the Holy League bone by bone and fought for every inch of land inch by inch, eventually securing a glorious victory!
"But in the rear, in our hometown, our parents were so hungry that they cried in secret in the middle of the night. Our children were so hungry that they could not even stand on their feet. Our sisters and wives had to sell their bodies and pretend to smile and toy with the noble families from the center of the cosmos!
"Even so, even though we were as humble as we were, we were still betrayed, betrayed, and kicked away after our value was drained!
"Who is our real enemy exactly? Warriors and boys of the Giant Whale Sector, and the loyal descendants of the parents in our hometown who are suffering right now, open your eyes and take a look!"
On the flagship of the Blood Flame Fleet …
"His Majesty cannot bear to see us suffer like this. This is definitely not His Majesty's intention. It is all the work of the privileged families and the corrupt officials around His Majesty!
"It is those scoundrels who have deceived His Majesty, manipulated the power of the Imperium, and done all the bad things. They are the traitors of the Imperium and the parasites of the civilization of mankind. His Majesty hates their arrogant and lawless behavior, too!
"Right now, the angels have brought His Majesty's secret edict, ordering us to rise to the rescue, eliminate the scoundrels, and renew the Imperium!
"The soldiers of our generation must be sacrificed for the cause of purging the universe and renewing the Imperium!"
On the flagship of the Blue Frost Fleet …
"Not just His Majesty, most of the elders in the Council of Elders support our righteous action, too. All the citizens of the capital are also waiting for the uprising army to enter the capital and set things right!
"Only the scoundrels who have been corrupted by the extraterrestrial devils are scared of our thunderous attack!
"Therefore, as long as our fleet appears at the periphery of the capital, we will be able to destroy all the ambitions and schemes of the enemies as easily as crushing dry weeds.
"Summon your courage and bring out the glory of the soldiers of the Imperium. March forward, charge, and fight. Victory will be ours. Victory will be His Majesty's. Victory will be the Imperium's!"
Countless starships, countless Immortal Cultivators, and countless soldiers of the Imperium were standing as if they were made of iron. They were also like dense forests of iron.
At this moment, the forest of iron was already on fire.
On Iron Torrent, the flagship of the coalition fleet, the final preparations before the battle were also being carried out in a race against time.
Above the array command system made of ten super crystal processors that were connected to each other, the glittering light beam displayed the serial numbers, names, and performance parameters of the starships one after another.
Those starships were all connected to the anti-interference local area network of the coalition fleet as members of the "battle network". Then, through the high-speed exchange of information between the soul and the crystal processors, they became tiny cells on Lei Chenghu's body.
Lei Chenghu stared at all the starships as they appeared one after another. With the super computational ability of the Divinity Transformation Stage, he melded them into the data links and computation arrays of the mainframe crystal processors. A hundred thousand thoughts flowed out of his brain and were transmitted to every starship instantly.
In such a way, hundreds of starships from dozens of different branch fleets were mobilized by him as if they were ants, wasps, or some sort of insect. They were weaving, condensing, and regrouping in an orderly manner.
It was a pleasure to watch Lei Chenghu mobilize the troops.
Li Yao stood behind Lei Chenghu, but he hesitated.
"Is there a problem?"
Lei Chenghu said casually without looking back.
"Nothing. I'm just curious …"
Li Yao couldn't help but ask, "There was not a single member of the four Kurfürst families on the target starship that was blown up by everybody's cannons at the same time, right?"
After a brief silence, Lei Chenghu continued issuing orders smoothly without giving any comment. "The Imperium is too sick to be treated. It is not the best time for major surgeries. If possible, I still hope that less blood will be shed so that the Council of Elders will change their mind.
"This is not a compromise. I only want … to preserve as much vitality for the Imperium as possible."
"Got it."
Li Yao thought for a moment and asked again, "There's something else that I'm very curious about. The Star Ocean Imperium was destroyed by the extraterrestrial devils ten thousand years ago. By logic, the extraterrestrial devils should be very strong. Why haven't they caused any major trouble in the past ten thousand years?
"This time, the queen and General Lei are using the extraterrestrial devils as a disguise again. But has it ever occurred to you that the extraterrestrial devils might really be lurking in the Imperium and waiting for an opportunity to wreak havoc? Are you not worried at all?"
Li Yao was still bothered by the extraterrestrial devils.
It was because when the Black Wind Fleet attacked, his motherland, the Xing Yao Federation, was almost destroyed by the extraterrestrial devils.
The extraterrestrial devil that possessed Lu Qingchen, on the other hand, might not have been entirely annihilated. It was very possible that it had fled all the way to the center of the cosmos.
"I've been fighting in the sea of stars for two hundred years. I've encountered countless ferocious enemies, including the extraterrestrial devils, the Alliance of the Holy Covenant, and all kinds of bizarre alien species."
Lei Chenghu said slowly, "However, compared to the existences that are more dangerous, those enemies are not worth mentioning at all. There's nothing to worry about."
Li Yao frowned. "Existences that are more dangerous than the extraterrestrial devils … What are they?"
"Human beings, ourselves."
Lei Chenghu said, "Faced with the puppets of the Holy Alliance, the accomplices of the extraterrestrial devils, or even the deities themselves, I've never felt the slightest fear. Only when I'm faced with human beings, including myself, do I feel chills from the depths of my bones."
Li Yao was dazed, not knowing what to say.
"Alright, Special Agent Li."
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