Faced with Ding Ling Dong's fury, Bai Kaixin was truly lost for words. He made the last futile resistance. "However — however, if we march out recklessly like this, our rear will be more vulnerable than ever. Every Sector will be open. The enemy only needs to ambush us with a light troop to occupy our nest more than easily!
"Even if we don't march out in full strength, and all of us stay in our hometown and wait for the enemy's arrival, will we be able to resist them when the enemy's soldiers arrive?"
As he expected, Ding Lingdang chuckled unconcernedly. "In the game of three parties, for the weakest party, attack is the best defense. We have the least number of starships in the first place. If we are evenly distributed in the eight or nine Sectors and set up defenses everywhere, we will be living targets in the eyes of the enemy. Only by concentrating all our strength into an indestructible fist and punching it out brutally can we possibly win a slim chance of survival and survive in the midst of death!"
"I've made up my mind. Chief of Staff Bai, do you have any other questions?"
There were none.
"This is … too reckless!"
Bai Kaixin bellowed helplessly from the bottom of his heart again, but he still carried out his responsibility as the Chief of Staff of the Union Army to the fullest. Just as Ding Ling Dong requested, after only a few days, almost every dinghy that could perform a space jump in the entire Union Army had been captured. Leaving aside the situation of the armed forces and the crew members for now, it was quite impressive.
It was not just because of Ding Ling Dong's dominance, or because it was parliament's decision, and it was the duty of a soldier to obey orders. More importantly …
Bai Kaixin narrowed his eyes and stared at the flank of the Heaven-Returning Fleet.
Taking the orbit of the fourth planet around the star as the reference plane, on the left wing of the Heaven-Returning Fleet, a glittering saber was rushing forward quickly. The scattered brilliance that was triggered by thousands of destroyers seemed to have been slashed into pieces by the saber.
It was Bai Xingjian's fleet.
Bai Xingjian was one of the original proposers and main planners of the bold and insane military adventure.
"Boss Bai … I'll trust you for once."
Bai Kaixin clenched his fists. His frowning face suddenly relaxed, and his lips curled into an indescribable smile. He mumbled in a voice that only he could hear, "After all, no matter how cunning you are, you wouldn't go so far as to set your own son up, would you?"
…
"Is this the center of the cosmos?"
On 'Kunlun', the flagship of the Second Squadron of the expedition army of the Federation, which was excavated from the north pole of the Ancient Sages Sector and was even more advanced and powerful than Burning Prairie, Peng Hai, Fire Ant, Wu Mayan, and almost all the Yuanying and familiar experts of the Federation were gathered together. Awed by the infinite view at the center of the cosmos, they could not help but remark with mixed feelings.
It was no wonder that the seasoned experts who had been through life-and-death situations for too many years were somewhat nervous. The most splendid and exciting military adventure in the history of the Xing Yao Federation had almost all the starships of the Federation, all the experts, and the most elite soldiers. Thirty percent of the representatives had been involved in the battle. Even Ding Ling Dong, the Speaker of the Federation, had come to the frontline in person.
There was no victory or defeat, only life and death. If the expedition army suffered a crushing defeat, the homeland of the federation in the rear would be like a hedgehog that had been skinned. It would shudder and freeze to death in the cold, gloomy cosmic storm without the slightest ability to resist.
Although the results of the multiple strategic deductions in advance had not been too bad, and the enemy had been attracted by the bait that was Lei Chenghu's flagship and stepped into the trap very cooperatively, it was a powerful fleet at the center of the cosmos after all. It was the last combat force of the four Kurfürst families that had ruled the Imperium for five hundred years. If the enemy launched a desperate counterattack before their death, would the Federation really be able to withstand such a test?
No one had any confidence in their hearts.
"Hey, there's no need to be so nervous, is there? Isn't this the moment that we've been looking forward to?"
'Fiend Blade' Peng Hai, Li Yao's senior brother, rubbed his hard stubble and grinned. "Dominating the sea of stars, stomping on the universe, and letting every star at the center of the cosmos hear our name. That's the greatest glory for the Cultivators! I've always imagined such a scene, but I never dared to dream that it could be realized by me. I thought that I would have to wait until the generation of my sons or grandsons before they marched to the center of the cosmos.
"Thanks to Li Yao, and thanks to the support of the billions of people in the federation, we are standing right here, enjoying the scenery that we have always dreamed of. Are we going to disgrace our parents and grandparents in our hometown?
"Hehe. In the eyes of the high and mighty nobles and Immortal Cultivators at the center of the cosmos, we are nothing more than barbarians from the desolate land at the edge of the cosmos. Then, fellow Cultivators, let's show some of the courage of the barbarian warriors and march forward like a storm, just like them!"
Peng Hai pointed at the light beam.
The light beam displayed the situation in the maintenance workshop of the Colossi deep inside 'Kunlun'.
Yan Liren, Han Baling, Master Bitter Cicada, Qi Zhongdao … The out-and-out 'barbarians' from the Ancient Sages Sector were not nervous at all. They were performing the final maintenance and debugging on their Colossi, installing the last flying sword and filling the last drop of fuel. Then, they crawled into the spiritual residence of the Colossi.
Hum! Hum! Hum! Hum!
The ultimate war weapons from hundreds of thousands of years ago that had been sealed for a long time sat up. Moans of excitement echoed from the gaps of the iron joints.
They were not scared of anything at all.
After all, they had 'time-traveled' from ancient times in the first place. The people of the Federation and the people of the Imperium were no different in the eyes of the ancient Cultivators.
In Yan Liren's words, "Do the Immortal Cultivators at the center of the cosmos have two heads waiting for me to chop them?"
Peng Hai and the other representatives of the Federation were all amused by the scene.
"Let's go and make preparations, too. Don't forget that, thanks to the Ancient Sages Sector and the Kunlun relic, the Xing Yao Federation has the highest density of Colossi in the entire universe. Let the ignorant Immortal Cultivators welcome the storm of Colossi!"
…
"Is this the center of the cosmos?"
Not just the top experts of the Federation such as Peng Hai and Yan Liren, even the bottom-level soldiers of the Federation on the inconspicuous' sampans' looked at the brilliant sea of stars far away and remarked with mixed feelings, "As expected of the heart of the universe. The stars in the universe are much more splendid than our world!"
Although they were sighing, their hands were not slow at all. All the soldiers knew that they were going to war in a hurry. Many starships and carrier-based planes were not properly prepared. One third of the starships were not even fully loaded with fuel and ammunition. It was just a bluff.
Only with a hundred times more courage and proficiency could they make up for the shortage of equipment and assets.
Batch after batch of warriors who were too excited to control themselves put on the Crystal Suit and breathed heavily behind the iron suits.
Vacuum shuttles designed for space battles were drawn into the launch tubes one after another, ready to be launched like cannonballs.
The damage control team, the medical team, the maintenance team … All the support teams in the logistics team were in position, too.
Of course, the advisors and communication officers on the bridge of the starships were as busy as bees, too.
Meng Jiang's grandson, Meng Xiaolang, who had just graduated from the military school and joined the expedition army as a 'trainee advisor', was one of them.
As a trainee advisor, Meng Xiaolang knew the complexity and difficulties of the military adventure better than anybody else. It was almost a 'miracle' that the Union Army had been deployed in full strength and jumped to the center of the cosmos precisely across billions of stars in only a couple of days.
Even an insignificant staff officer like him had burned almost every single one of his brain cells for the sake of this miracle.
Right now, he could only look forward to an even greater miracle in silence.
Suddenly, cheers echoed on the starship.
It was Ding Ling Dong, the Speaker of the Federation who had gone to the frontline in person, delivering the last battle cry before the assault to all the soldiers of the expedition army.
Out of everyone's expectation, Ding Ling Dong on the 3D light beam did not wear the uniform that represented the commander-in-chief according to the tradition of the Federation. Instead, she was wearing a mustard-seed combat suit that was as red as fire and as thin as a cicada's wing, which outlined her tall, strong, and explosive body in the most vivid way.
Meng Xiaolang was immediately attracted by Ding Lingdang's burning aura. The current Federal Speaker was the idol of the entire nation, especially the hot-blooded teenagers. Almost no one disliked her.
"All soldiers of the Union Army, this is the center of the cosmos. It is the place where the first batch of modern Cultivators created the Star Ocean Imperium under the leadership of the Supreme Emperor ten thousand years ago. It is also the place where the Star Ocean Republic established by the Cultivators perished and fell into darkness a thousand years ago."
In the picture, Ding Ling Dong slowly clenched her fists and raised her arms. She declared resolutely, "Today, we have come here as the rightful heirs of the Star Ocean Imperium, the furious avengers of the Star Ocean Republic, and the unyielding defenders of the civilization of mankind at the center of the cosmos and the heart of the civilization of mankind. We will certainly leave our everlasting glory on the ancient and sacred land!
"Look. The enemy is right ahead of us. They have been so dumbfounded by our arrival that they can't even maintain the most basic formation anymore.
"Then, draw your sabers and swords, hold your spears, and summon your courage. Don't the Immortal Cultivators value the law of the jungle above all? Just let those arrogant, blind guys open their eyes wide and see who is really 'strong'!
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