But after only three seconds, the commanders of those starships realized that something was not right. What Boss Bai transmitted was not the harmless battlefield data but also a fatal crystal processor virus mixed in the tremendous battlefield data.
The unprecedented crystal processor viruses corrupted their feeble defense systems like ghosts and performed minor "modifications" on their starships, locking their starships into the "absolute safety mode" where they were forced not to attack their allies.
In the "absolute safety mode", the identification system of the mainframe crystal processor would automatically scan all the allies within the range of fire and lock all the firepower that was aimed at the allies.
Such a mode was mainly applied when the enemy and the allies were engaged in close combat, and it was very easy for the allies to be hurt by the coverage of firepower.
But right now, neither they nor the "National Protection Army" could find any trace of the enemy's starships in the hundreds of thousands of kilometers nearby. Why did Boss Bai do that? Why did he lock their attack abilities?
Of course, such an enormous starship would not be at the mercy of external forces. With the unlocking of the soul signatures of the captain, the deputy captain, and the fire control officer, they could still change the status of the starship through "manual unlocking".
However, it would take at least one and a half minutes for the starship to exit the "absolute safety mode" through "manual unlocking".
Right when those captains realized that something was not right, long, gloomy noises echoed on their bridge. It was the sound of the scanning waves hitting their spiritual shields brutally. They had been locked onto by the "National Protection Army".
They were in the "absolute safety mode" and temporarily lost the ability to attack their "allies". However, the "National Protection Army", as their allies, showed no sign of mercy at all. Under the barrage of thousands of cannons, not just one and a half minutes, even half a minute would be enough to turn them into broken iron coffins floating in the dark sea of stars!
"Boss Bai!"
"Commander Bai!"
"Bai Xingjian!"
The captains were greatly shocked. Cold sweat slid from their eyebrows to their noses as they asked in fear, "What's the meaning of this?"
"Nothing. It's just … a safety measure that Commander Yun specifically asked me to do."
Boss Bai smiled casually in the communication channel. His eyes were like two deep wells where venomous fog was flowing out. Looking at the captains who were on tenterhooks, he prolonged his voice and said, one word after another, "Commander Yun told me that the rise and fall of the Imperium depends on the battle, and the success of the battle depends on your valor most. However, a lot of you are hesitant, cowardly, and hesitant. Some of you are even planning to betray your comrades on the battlefield and trade the heads of the Immortal Cultivators of the four families for your wealth … Do you have them?"
"Do you have it or not?" The question was bombarded heavily with the thunderous voice of a tiger and leopard, making Boss Bai's shifty-eyed look more domineering and brutal than ever.
The captains felt as if they were struck by lightning. Even though they were separated by the light curtain, they subconsciously stepped back and shook their heads. "No, I didn't!"
"You don't?"
With his hands on his waist, Boss Bai burst into laughter. "Do you really think that the four families are either deaf or blind, and that Commander Yun is an idiot that you can fool and manipulate at your will? Hehe. Let me tell you the truth. Commander Yun knows exactly what you have been doing in the past few days!
"A lot of you have shares in the Business Alliance of Ten Thousand Sectors or the major companies, warehouses, and carriers under the Business Alliance's banner, don't you?
"Every one of you has a dozen accounts on the Dark Net, in which abundant free coins are stored. Once the Business Alliance of Ten Thousand Sectors is destroyed, the free coins will all be gone, right?
"A lot of you have sent your trusted subordinates as spokespersons to stay in the Seven Seas Grand Market and keep the closest contact with the leadership of the Business Alliance of Ten Thousand Sectors, right?
"A lot of you have betrayed the interests of the Imperium before. You even intentionally let the cutting-edge warships encounter a 'cosmic storm' and be completely wrecked, only to be smuggled to the Business Alliance of Ten Thousand Sectors and used to deal with us right now, right?"
The consecutive questions dumbfounded all the captains. They were almost hugging each other and shuddering in fear.
"You! You!"
With one hand on his waist and the other on the lens, Boss Bai almost pierced the tip of the captains' noses through the light beam. It was not until a long time later that he finally took a deep breath and calmed himself down. He said gloomily, "Of course, you all have your reasons. There are too many people like you in the entire Imperium. It is too unfair to blame you all."
"Yes … Yes."
The captains who had fallen into the trap seemed to have seen their savior. They hurried to nod their heads and said pitifully, "It is indeed unfair. We … We have no other choice!"
"Therefore, Commander Yun is willing to give you an opportunity. As long as you listen to me obediently and complete the mission that Commander Yun entrusted to you, not only will your past be forgotten, you will also receive great benefits."
Boss Bai grinned hideously. "Of course, in case some of you do something stupid in desperation, it is not unreasonable for me to set up some minor 'defense measures', is it?"
"Not — not unreasonable at all!"
The situation was stronger than the person, not to mention that the other party had something on them. What else could these captains say other than shaking their heads?
"In that case, just join the battle formation now!"
While talking, Boss Bai sent different coordinates and the sailing routes according to the coordinates to the disoriented soldiers, asking them to move closer to his main troop.
It was not until those starships were incorporated into Boss Bai's fleet system that they discovered the starships controlled by the Fist King, Xiaoming, and Wenwen that were hidden next to them. They couldn't help but be astounded again. Everybody was deeply awed by the unbelievable scale and maneuverability of the "National Protection Army".
"How — how is it possible?"
"How can the National Protection Army jump to the Seven Seas Space Zone with such a complete organization? Without the guidance of space gates, it's — it's an impossible miracle! "
"Why is the scale of the National Protection Army so large? Is it really a temporary fleet jumbled up by a bunch of space pirates?"
"The starship that was less than fifty thousand kilometers away from us was like a cold, silent meteorite. We failed to detect it at first. What kind of stealth modules did they adopt, and what kind of crew members were manipulating those 'invisible' starships?"
All the captains who had just joined had a lot of questions.
But they did not dare to raise any of them.
Because they discovered that they had been separated by the "National Protection Army" neatly. Almost every starship was next to a couple of Boss Bai's starships, and those starships bared their bloodstained tusks at them without any concern, as if they could rip them into shreds in ten seconds.
They were like the daring soldiers or cannon fodder in the ancient sieges who were forced to stand at the front of the battle formation by the fully-armed elites.
If they took half a step back, their heads would be cut off by the sharpest blade without any hesitation.
On such an enormous battlefield with such a chaotic environment, destroying their tiny starships was even more insignificant than crushing a few ants.
Whether or not they were willing to believe Boss Bai's bullsh * t, the captains who had been caught in desperation seemed to have no choice but to walk to the end.
"Very good."
Boss Bai's hideous laughter came over again. "It seems that you are all smart people who understand that 'silence is gold'. I believe that our cooperation will be very pleasant. Not only will you all survive, you will also be praised by Commander Yun, and you may even meet Commander Yun in person in an unexpected place!
"Now, let's go and gather more unaffiliated soldiers and join our battle formation. Remember, only when new starships join us and push them to the frontline can your starships retreat to the backline. The more starships join us, the further behind you will be in the battle formation, and the safer you will be.
"Then, I don't need to explain what we should do exactly, right?"
For the entire day that followed, Boss Bai cruised at the edge of the Seven Seas Space Zone.
Under his command, the weird coalition fleet was like a shark that had a keen sense of smell and was almost transparent. It avoided the hunting fleets of the Business Alliance of Ten Thousand Sectors hundreds of thousands of kilometers in advance every time and collected more and more unaffiliated soldiers.
Most of the unaffiliated soldiers did not have any objection to accept his command. When he sent out his high-level permissions in the "Flying Lightning Super Command Chain", they voluntarily opened the Spiritual Nexus and the mainframe crystal processors before they joined Boss Bai's battle formation obediently.
It was like a rolling snowball. It took the most effort at the beginning, but as Boss Bai's fleet took shape and expanded, it had become one of the few temporary fleets that were most successfully assembled and largest in scale. Naturally, more and more starships on the attackers' side were attracted to him. He did not even have to search for them when those starships were already approaching him in a hurry.
Of course, he did run into some disobedient "thorns".
Some of the warlords who were confident in their strength, or the experts who boasted a few Colossi, or the starships driven by the middle-level and low-level Immortal Cultivators of the four Kurfürst families despised Boss Bai as a nouveau riche among space pirates and were unwilling to accept his command.
However, most of the disobedient guys, after reading the secret order written by Yun Xuefeng in person and being baptized by Boss Bai's barrage that seemed to be a demonstration of his power, chose to "hold back for now" and yielded obediently.
It was not until the fierce battle on the first day was about to end, when the number of starships under Boss Bai's command had expanded by almost five times that he encountered a real tough enemy.
The enemy was not a starship but a temporary fleet that had also been assembled.
The commander of the fleet was an expert from the Song family, one of the four Kurfürst families.
As it happened, the expert of the Song family was also a marquis of the Imperium known as "Marquis Hushan"!
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I'm sorry, everyone. When I was about to get up and write my chapter this morning, the kindergarten teacher called me and said that my son had a big bump on his head after a fall. He even vomited.
We hurried to take him to the hospital. We even took him to the provincial hospital. But after waiting in line for a whole morning, when it was time to take a CT scan, we were told that the CT machine was broken. Also, there was only one machine that could take a picture of the child's head, and a certain part would not arrive until two days later.
We went to two other hospitals, only to be told that the child's head could not be examined. In the end, we finally finished the examination in the hospital in the city. Thankfully, there was nothing serious.
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