At the border of the Sea of Star Spirits, a fleet was sailing. There were more than forty spaceships, and their outer armor had the symbol of the Rock Elf Civilization.
These spaceships were specially made by the Rock Elf Civilization. They looked like mining spaceships, but they were slightly bulky. The weapons on the ships were mainly light plasma cannons and particle guns.
Star System Civilizations could only rely on their own spaceship technology to move between Star Systems. Even with the stargates created by the advanced civilizations, the Star System Civilizations still needed to create a specific spaceship model to travel between Star Fields. The fuel and energy technology was a bottleneck, and they were split into close-range spaceships and long-range spaceships.
To a Star System Civilization, long-range spaceships were very precious, and the difficulty of creating them was much higher than close-range spaceships.
In order to transport the Evolutionary Totem back from the Black Star Corps, the Rock Elf Civilization had sent out a long-range spaceship fleet. The previous fleet had been attacked by the Blood Gold Organization and had been completely annihilated. This fleet was the second batch, and they had used the stargates to travel between Star Fields for a period of time before arriving at the base of the Black Star Corps to receive a new batch of totems. After a long journey, this long-range spaceship fleet had finally returned to the Sea of Star Spirits.
In the command room of the leading spaceship, the commander of the Rock Elf Civilization sternly instructed the crew, "Everyone, be alert.
The previous long-range spaceship fleet was attacked at the border of the Sea of Star Spirits. We have already entered the enemy's range of activity. Report to me if there is any abnormal reaction from the radar. "
"Understood." The crew in the command room responded with a tense expression.
Civilizations at the Star Cluster level and above were used to long distance voyages, but to the crew of a Star System level civilization, every time they left the territory of their civilization, it represented the unknown and danger. Without the protection of their own civilization's fleet, it was like entering the deep sea from the coast. From a high safety zone to a low safety zone, danger lurked everywhere in the deep and dark universe.
The law enforcers would not descend from the sky instantly. The various interstellar forces were active in it, and they would never know how many pairs of eyes were watching them from behind the silent wide-area quantum communication channel.
"The next stargate is 18 days away from us. We can jump three Star Systems and enter the second ring of the Star Field. The border is the most dangerous, and as long as we don't encounter any enemies during this period, we will be safe," the commander said.
However, the moment he said that, an ear-piercing alarm sounded from the spaceship.
His mouth seemed to have been blessed, and spaceship signals appeared in all directions at the same time, breaking into the enemy's encirclement.
"Again?! Who leaked our whereabouts?! "
The commander's expression changed, and he gritted his teeth. This was too much. They were just trying to take advantage of him.
If not for His Excellency Black Star's help, we would have lost everything this time.
…
The attackers had a total of more than three hundred spaceships, and they quickly surrounded them, releasing space bubbles that limited their hyperdrive to prevent their prey from escaping.
In the main ship of the attackers, a tall crystal creature was floating in front of the huge porthole of the command room. Its appearance was a polygonal crystal. It had no limbs or facial features. Only two light blue tentacles formed by psychic power were swaying gently.
This crystal creature was the leader of this group of attackers, and his name was Kelansta. He was a Calamity Grade Psychic and a senior mercenary of the Blood Gold Organization. He had once been a traitor of a crystal creature civilization and had absorbed a large amount of psychic power from his own race, allowing him to reach the Calamity Grade. As such, he was wanted and had joined the Blood Gold Organization many years ago, becoming a senior officer.
The encirclement quickly took shape, and Kelansta used his psychic power to create sound waves in the air, controlling the frequency to speak.
"Release the magnetic pulse radiation wave to eliminate the enemy's shield. The vanguard troops will approach the enemy and engage in boarding combat. Do not destroy the goods with long-range bombardment. Our goal is to snatch the intact Evolutionary Totems."
The Blood Gold Organization had been keeping an eye on the Evolutionary Totems that had appeared on the black market. Not long ago, an anonymous black market account with high credibility had posted a mission to snatch the Evolutionary Totems, revealing the whereabouts of the Rock Sprite troops. The Blood Gold Organization had immediately accepted the mission.
It was not that they were interested in the reward but that they wanted to stockpile the Evolutionary Totems and hand them over to other civilizations that needed them. Not only would they be able to obtain more rewards, but they would also be able to obtain the support of their backers. Han Xiao had obtained a huge amount of political support through the use of the Evolutionary Totems, and the Blood Gold Organization and other organizations that were secretly plundering the Evolutionary Totems wanted to obtain a share of this influence.
Completing the mission was not important, and the main goal was to stockpile the totems. However, the Blood Gold Organization did not intend to go against the terms of the mission, and they did not need to hand over all the totems to the employer. As long as they used the excuse that the totems were damaged in battle as an excuse, they would be able to decide how much to hand over, and the rest could be taken for themselves. This was a common practice for the Blood Gold Organization.
Because of the plundering incidents in the past few months, the civilizations that had purchased the totems had paid attention to keeping it a secret. Thus, the information on the totems circulating on the black market was extremely rare, and there were not many transport troops that had been locked onto. The main value of this mission was the location of the Rock Sprites that had been exposed.
Because the Blood Gold Organization had successfully stolen the Rock Sprites the previous time, they were rather confident in this intelligence. After finding another large intelligence organization that managed the galactic black market to verify the authenticity of this information, the Blood Gold Organization was able to take action with peace of mind and lay in ambush along the route of the transport troops.
The size of the Blood Gold Organization's fleet was a few times larger than the Rock Sprites', and it was like a pack of wolves surrounding a flock of sheep.
The next moment, a formless pulse of radiation was released from the Blood Gold Organization's fleet and enveloped the Rock Sprite's fleet. The Rock Sprite's shield flickered as though it was not in good contact, and its defense was greatly reduced.
This pulse of radiation was triggered by a strong magnetic field and could interfere with electromagnetic and ion shields. However, it had no effect on psionic shields and dark energy shields. Most galactic civilizations used electromagnetic and ion shields.
Both parties quickly closed the distance between them. The Blood Gold Organization used the charge cabins with magnetic chains to bite onto the Rock Sprite spaceships. The charge cabins that hit the enemy spaceships released a traction magnetic field and slowly pulled the two ships together, completing the connection.
In Kelansta's command room, images of the ships appeared one after another.
"Report, I have boarded the ship, and I feel good. I'm heading to the control room of the ship and eliminating the resistance along the way."
"Very good," Kelansta said slowly. "Speed up the progress, I …"
Before he could finish, the images in the command room suddenly turned black, and everyone was stunned.
Then, the sound of intense battle could be heard from the communication link, as well as the screams of the ships.
"Enemy attack, enemy attack! There are other troops on the ship! "
"My armor is not listening to my orders!"
The sound of battle only lasted for a short while before the communication link became silent. All the ships were annihilated.
Everyone in the command room was shocked. They looked at Kelansta and waited for his orders.
Kelansta was also shocked. Just when he was about to speak, the screen in the command room suddenly crackled with electricity.
Buzz!
The next moment, an illusory human figure made of white noise appeared on the screen, emitting an indifferent mechanical voice.
"Following the orders of the ruler, I will take over here."
"Who … are you?"
"Formless Ghost, the ruler's subordinate."
As soon as he said that, everyone in the room noticed that something was amiss. There were flowing marks on the metal walls like snakes slithering in the walls.
The crew members quickly moved away from the walls and squeezed together. They stared at the walls in panic.
"What's going on … Argh!"
Before he could finish his sentence, the alloy ground under the crowd's feet suddenly changed shape. Without a sound, a cactus-like iron tree grew out of the crowd. Countless metal thorns hung on the bodies, and blood and flesh splattered everywhere in an instant!
Rumble!
Kelansta released his powerful psychic energy and shattered the iron tree.
The shattered metal fell to the ground but was absorbed by the ground like melted liquid. Then, the command room started to change shape. The metal seemed to have turned into flesh and blood, and the entire room seemed to have come alive.
Kelansta hurriedly used his psychic energy to shatter the porthole and escaped into the universe. Only then did he see what was happening.
The entire spaceship began to flow like nanoparticles. The metal was like plasticine that had been kneaded, greatly deforming and becoming unrecognizable. The few spaceships not far away also had the same phenomenon.
Kelansta was shocked.
Formless Ghost, one of the Apostle Weapons. It was an infectious nanomachine virus that could split like a spore. It could live in metal and machinery and control them. At the same time, it could transform metal into nanoparticles and make them a part of its body.
At the same time, a black tide spread out from the Rock Sprite fleet. With the support of the Mechanical Force of the Quantum Infinite Distance Transmission Channel, these mechanical soldiers destroyed the spaceships of the Blood Gold Organization one after another.
Seeing the insignia of the Black Star Corps on the mechanical soldiers, Kelansta immediately understood and was shocked.
"Black Star?"
Realizing the identity of the enemy, Kelansta fell into despair and lost the motivation to resist.
Formless Ghost led a long-range mechanical army to escort the Rock Sprite fleet. With Han Xiao's current strength, even without Lord's Descent, a hundred thousand long-range mechanical army was more than enough to deal with a few hundred Blood Gold Organization spaceships.
The battle ended without any suspense, and all the enemies became captives.
Kelansta had nowhere to run. Even if he was a Calamity Grade, he had no way of fighting back in front of the mechanical army. He was quickly subdued and put on a device to suppress his psychic energy.
Without his psychokinesis, with his body structure, he would need someone to help him turn over.
After the battle ended, Han Xiao's consciousness arrived in an intact Blood Gold Organization spaceship through the quantum network channel. He shook his head and laughed.
"These fellows took the bait."
"Lord, I did not disappoint you."
The ground of the command room changed shape, and metal condensed into the shape of a human kneeling on one knee. It was Formless Ghost. His main body was made of nanoparticles, and his appearance was ever-changing.
"You've worked hard," Han Xiao encouraged. "Let me do the rest."
He blinked his eyes, and his consciousness followed the quantum network link of the spaceship, infiltrating the internal database of the Blood Gold Organization. He quickly traversed through the quantum network, jumping from one quantum network server to another. Physical distance was meaningless in front of him.
With a Beyond Grade A Virtual Mechanic personally taking action, the artificial firewall of the Blood Gold Organization was practically non-existent. In Han Xiao's eyes, there were loopholes everywhere.
…
Not long after, Han Xiao, who was far away in the Black Star Corps headquarters, opened his eyes. The dazzling Mechanical Force in his eyes calmed down, and he smiled.
"Found them."
"Lord, what about the remaining captives?" Formless Ghost asked.
"None of them are good. Kill them all … Oh, right, except for that crystal creature. Bring it back for me. I'll see if I can squeeze its juice … er, crystal powder."
Han Xiao casually replied. He then exited the quantum network, picked out the whereabouts of three Blood Gold Organization upper echelons, and sent them to the Red Empire official in charge of the totem matters.
The whereabouts of the upper echelons of the Blood Gold Organization were rather mysterious. However, as long as they were locked onto, it would be very difficult to shake them off.
If the players were to complete this mission, the steps would be very complicated, and they would need to look for clues everywhere. However, it was very simple for him. He only needed to grab onto a thread, and he would be able to extract all the information.
After handing over the information, the interface immediately showed a notification that the mission was completed.
Not long after, the dynasty's contact gave a reply.
"Thank you for your information, Your Excellency Black Star."
"Small matter. How do you plan to deal with these three upper echelons?"
"Haha, Your Excellency Black Star, you're asking the obvious."
"That's true. Using such a method to obtain their whereabouts doesn't seem like a good way to communicate." Han Xiao rolled his eyes. "How about this? Let me deal with one of them."
"We're on the same side. Since you're interested, the dynasty doesn't mind."
"Alright, that's it."
After ending the call, Han Xiao sent the information to Lothaire.
Lothaire had joined the army a year and a half ago and had nothing to do most of the time. After all, the army did not have any assassination jobs for him. This was a good opportunity.
Han Xiao planned to let Lothaire test his skills so that he would not become rusty.
Furthermore, after a year and a half of observation and guidance, he felt that Lothaire was capable of establishing an Assassin Association on his own. He could trust him. This plan could be put on the agenda.
"I'll set off immediately."
Lothaire's reply was concise and comprehensive.
He did not care about the reason for the assassination. After a year and a half, he trusted Han Xiao quite a bit, and his impression of the army was getting better and better.
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