Half an hour ago …
In a desolate universe belt far away from Planet Lighthouse, a Kunde Race fleet jumped out of the stargate and quickly split into many groups. They entered hyperdrive mode and headed toward Planet Lighthouse along different routes.
After the destruction of the Radiant Federation and the Arcane Church, the Red Empire had expanded the security perimeter around Planet Lighthouse by many times. Not long after this Kunde Race fleet appeared, they were discovered by the surveillance equipment in the area. However, this Kunde Race fleet ignored them and continued forward.
The command room of the main ship was mainly crystal blue and dark gray, and the various control panels were suitable for crustaceans. The commander of the fleet was a large lobsterman that was much bigger than the ordinary members of the Kunde Race. There were fiery red stripes on his shell.
The Kunde Race was also split into different races, and one of them had a special characteristic. When they were in a different mood, some parts of their shell would change color. The red stripes represented anger and agitation. This commander was currently in a state of anger, and the target of his anger was the enemy, the Red Empire.
Yelu, an officer of the Kunde Race who was known for his radical style, had volunteered to participate in this attack. He and the majority of the crew members of this fleet knew that there was an 80% chance that they would not be able to return. However, they still did not hesitate.
"How far are we from Planet Lighthouse?"
"Reporting to the commander, there are still about four hours left."
"Increase the speed."
Yelu's tone was filled with killing intent, and he could not wait to unleash the cannonballs on the enemy.
It had only been a few years since the Kunde Race obtained the stargate technology and advanced hyperdrive engine. Even if the productivity of a Star Cluster Civilization was high, it was impossible for them to have a large number of troops. Furthermore, the Kunde Race did not have enough experience in using these two technologies. Until now, many of the Kunde Race soldiers were still not used to these new technologies.
Four hours of travel was naturally not enough to achieve the effect of a sneak attack. However, this was already the limit of what the Kunde Race could do. Their stealth troops could only place the stargate at this location. Any closer and they would not be able to hide it.
However, this fleet did not care about being discovered. They adopted a plan of attack.
In the data of the fallen spaceship, the location of Planet Lighthouse and the approximate security perimeter were marked, stating that this was the command center of the Red Empire. The Kunde Race had confirmed the authenticity of this through long-range observation. As such, they had come up with this plan to take advantage of the fact that the Red Empire had sent out most of their troops to attack them and try to attack the Red Empire from behind.
If they were to fight head-on, the Kunde Race knew that they would not be able to survive. Thus, they could only take the risk. If they could destroy the core of the enemy, they would gain the upper hand, and the enemy would lose an important path of retreat.
This fleet was equipped with a large number of Primordial Psionic Energy weapons, and the Kunde Race was extremely confident in the prowess of these weapons. As long as they were able to get close to Planet Lighthouse and hit the planet with one of these weapons, their strategic objective would be considered a success. The Primordial Psionic Energy weapons practically ignored all defenses, and most of the shields would only be assimilated by them to provide energy for their expansion.
Although they knew that they would not be able to survive, all of them, including Yelu, were extremely firm in their beliefs and were not afraid of death.
On one hand, it was because of their anger and enmity toward the dynasty. On the other hand, it was because of the fear in their hearts. The reason for their fear was coincidentally related to Han Xiao.
Originally, the Kunde Race was extremely careful about hiding their location due to their disadvantage in terms of combat strength. As long as they did not expose their territory, they would be able to make use of the strategic depth of the Dust Light Star Cluster to do many things.
However, the Red Empire's army actually did not do much scouting after setting off for half a month and headed straight for their territory. This disrupted the Kunde Race's plans and made them panic.
With their territory exposed, most of the Kunde Race's preparations would be rendered useless, and all of their troops would be placed in a dangerous situation. Countless people were thankful that they had sent away most of the civilians early. Otherwise, they would be in an even more passive position.
Left with no choice, the Kunde Race could only resort to this plan. Since their base had been exposed, the Kunde Race planned to use a surprise force to destroy the dynasty's path of retreat.
The instigator of this was Han Xiao, who had provided the intelligence to the dynasty. He had helped the dynasty save a lot of effort and forced the Kunde Race to take the risk.
…
In the command center of Planet Lighthouse, Tarrokov and all the officers were gathered in the command room and looked at the star map on the virtual screen. The red dot that marked the Kunde Race fleet was slowly approaching, and there was a countdown timer on the top right corner.
"Just as everyone can see, the enemy has launched an attack on Planet Lighthouse and will arrive in three hours."
Tarrokov stood with his hands behind his back and looked at everyone with a calm expression.
Everyone's expression was normal, and they were not surprised at all.
This situation was one of the possibilities that they had deduced, and they had already prepared a countermeasure. In Tarrokov's strategic sandbox, the enemy had almost no chance of winning in a direct battle, and the probability of them taking the risk was as high as ninety-five percent.
During the exploration era, the Red Empire had been ambushed countless times, and they were extremely experienced. Not only were the officers not panicking, they even felt like laughing.
Compared to veterans like them, this indigenous civilization with little experience in war was still too inexperienced. Their every move was within their expectations.
Without the Multi-Dimensional Sky Opening Transportation Device, they still wanted to ambush them?
Without the life of the Radiant Federation, they had gotten the illness of the Radiant Federation.
Planet Lighthouse was filled with calamities, and they were all used to others coming straight for them.
After the previous lesson, even if they sent out a large number of troops, they would still retain a sufficient fleet on Planet Lighthouse. Furthermore, the expanded alert range would cause the enemy to take a longer time to reach Planet Lighthouse. A few hours was more than enough for Garu, Renault, and Crown to rush over through the stargates. Even the army that was sent out could return through the stargates along the way.
"Everyone is aware of the situation. The only threat of the enemy's ambush is the Primordial Psionic Energy weapons themselves."
Tarrokov paced around and slowly said, "We have plenty of time to prepare, so we have to destroy all the incoming troops. If any of the enemy ships get close to Planet Lighthouse and drop the Primordial Psionic Energy bombs, we will be in trouble."
"I request to use the Primordial Psionic Energy. Just like Black Star said, it is impolite not to reciprocate." An officer from the hardline faction sneered.
"Hmm, sure." Tarrokov nodded.
The explored universe prohibited the use of the Primordial Psionic Energy, but since the enemy had already used it, the dynasty would not hide it anymore. Since they were going to be contaminated anyway, there was nothing to be worried about.
However, while this killing weapon was allowed to be used, Tarrokov had other plans. "The destructive power of the Primordial Psionic Energy is too great. If possible, try to use conventional weapons to fight and capture the enemy's spaceships and people. This is a good opportunity to obtain information about the enemy. Don't forget, we still know almost nothing about their civilization. Also, get the Virtual Mechanics to be on standby. We should be able to use them."
The dynasty had a large number of Virtual Mechanics themselves, and they did not intend to rely on the strength of their Beyond Grade A allies to deal with such a primitive civilization. After all, Black Star's appearance fee was still quite high.
…
After realizing that the enemy was planning to ambush them, Planet Lighthouse gathered the various garrisons through the stargate and sent them out to intercept the Kunde Race's fleet.
Not long after, both parties encountered each other in the desolate universe belt near Planet Lighthouse. This time, it was not as peaceful as the regular cannon exchanges in the explored universe. Both parties were crazily throwing Primordial Psionic Energy at each other as if they were throwing dung bags.
In the universe, the Primordial Psionic Energy did not expand that quickly. After all, it did not have an entire planet for it to devour. However, it was still dangerous because it would not dissipate.
The Primordial Psionic Energy balls of light stayed in the battlefield for a prolonged period of time, turning into obstacles that would kill anyone who came in contact with them. The Primordial Psionic Energy balls could only keep on expanding, releasing a huge suction force that swallowed up all sorts of broken parts of the spaceship. They were like miniature black holes.
In such a complicated battlefield, everyone was wary of the other party's long-range attacks, and the frequency of boarding battles increased. The dynasty was the one taking the lead, and the Kunde Race only wanted to bombard the other party with all their might.
"Reporting to the commander, the enemy has boarded the spaceships 078, 075, and 102. The guards on the spaceships are unable to defend at all."
In the command room of the Kunde Race flagship, the virtual screen was showing the scene of the Supers slaughtering the armored Kunde Race soldiers.
Looking at this scene, Ye Lu said with an unfriendly tone, "These are the Supers mentioned in the information? There's actually a method to obtain Supers without genetic modification? "
"Commander, the battle is not in our favor. What do we do now?"
Hearing that, Ye Lu looked at the entire battlefield. There was a difference in the technology and military strength of the battleship, and the fleet had suffered heavy losses.
While this operation was no different from a suicide attack, they had not even seen the shadow of Planet Lighthouse and had already lost so many people.
Everyone looked at him, as if they had mentally prepared themselves for something.
Yelu gritted his teeth and slammed the table. His tone was ferocious.
"It's my honor to fight alongside all of you … Listen up, activate the Spacetime Splicers!"
…
On the other side, Han Xiao had already received the news when the battle started, and he descended from Planet Lighthouse to observe the situation.
The dynasty's attack on the Kunde Race fleet could be said to be extremely easy, and the enemy did not have much ability to retaliate. The difference in battleship technology was not something that could be made up for so easily.
In the command room, Tarrokov was calmly commanding the battle while Han Xiao was just watching by the side.
Seeing that the battle was going well, Han Xiao was a little confused.
"That's weird. The Kunde Race doesn't seem to be able to withstand a single blow … How did they cause so much trouble for the dynasty in my previous life?"
The current situation was different from what he had expected. In his previous life, since it was written that the Kunde Race had caused trouble for the dynasty, they should at least be able to fight back. Why was the enemy so weak?
A group of Virtual Mechanics was currently trying their best to crack the firewall of the Kunde Race battleship, and their progress was gratifying.
In another ten minutes or so, they might be able to capture an entire fleet without him taking action.
"The Kunde Race does not have a chance to make a comeback. Strange …" Han Xiao mumbled to himself.
Just as he was deep in thought, the Virtual Mechanic team beside him suddenly exclaimed in surprise, and they hurriedly said,
"Chief commander, we have a problem on our side."
Tarrokov looked over and asked, "What's the problem?"
"This … In that instant, the quantum network node of the enemy fleet disappeared, and we were unable to receive any signal. The Virtual Intrusion was automatically stopped."
Before Tarrokov could think about it, a strange scene occurred on the battlefield.
All of a sudden, all the Kunde Race battleships seemed to have frozen on the spot.
The dynasty's fleet would not be in a daze and focused their firepower on Yelu's battleship, destroying more than half of the battleships.
Right at this moment, a change occurred!
White noise and subtle spatial distortions appeared on the exterior of these destroyed battleships. Before anyone could react, these spaceships suddenly became intact, returning to the state they were in before they were hit. At the same time, their positions shifted forward by a large distance. There was no movement at all, and they were in a state of stagnation.
The dynasty's fleet hesitated for a moment before firing again, destroying these battleships. However, the same scene occurred again, and the Kunde Race's fleet shifted forward a large distance again.
This time, the dynasty fleet did not attack. After a few seconds, the Kunde Race fleet suddenly jumped again, jumping a large distance forward. Similarly, they did not move at all. It was as though they had skipped frames.
"What is this …"
Tarrokov, who was watching the battle from afar, was shocked.
Hum!
Right at this moment, an ear-piercing alarm sounded in the room!
"Spacetime fluctuations detected. The degree of distortion is unknown. Matching database model … Match failed. There is no similar model in the database. Creating new file …"
At the same time, the dynasty's fleet also used all their means to attack. However, no matter how many times they destroyed these battleships, they would always return to their original state and move toward Planet Lighthouse again and again.
Upon seeing this, Tarrokov's expression changed, and he quickly adjusted his state of mind. He shook his head and said, "It seems like we have underestimated them. Ah, we really cannot underestimate any civilization."
Everyone looked at each other with different expressions.
They originally thought that this would be an easy battle, but they did not expect this native civilization to pull out an unknown technology that seemed to be related to spacetime. They did not know how they climbed up the technology tree.
Just as the officers were bewildered, Han Xiao, who was on the other side, was also a little stunned. He subconsciously put down his crossed arms.
He recognized this technology!
However, he did not expect it to originate from the Kunde Race. In his previous life, there was no description of this at all!
This was one of the trump cards that the explored universe had used against the World Tree!
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