The strange communication did not last long, but it had touched Salaman like never before.
After completing its mission, the weird unmanned machine slowly became transparent in front of the giants. Then its energy reaction left the defense platform and plunged straight into the battlefield. A few minutes later, a small flame lit up in that direction. Apparently, it had self-destructed.
A small metal box, only ten centimeters square, was left in place. Salaman carefully picked up the 'gadget', which looked like a grain of sand in his eyes, with two fingers. He saw some text projected from the thing. "This is our communicator. But it may be a little small for you. Don't worry about these details. Just use it."
Salaman put the gadget away with a blank expression. The adjutant next to him could not help but ask, "Commander, are you going to believe this stranger's words?"
"The Guardian Legion will cooperate with the next operation of the drone army," Salaman said in a deep voice. "We will fight the festered head-on on the battlefield."
"But those drones are from a strange force," the young adjutant frowned. "The Observer? I have never heard of such a civilization or organization in the universe. The images we saw are indeed the scene of them fighting the festered, but this image is not necessarily real. Even the fragments of Naqdal may be fakes they put together from somewhere else. "
Another guardian giant muttered, "But the sprite is with them. I know the long-haired one —"
"This is evidence, but not enough," the young adjutant stressed.
Salaman raised his hand and interrupted his men on this issue. "There are two points you have overlooked.
"First of all, I never said that I trust this strange force that came out of nowhere. It's just that it's natural for us to fight the festered head-on on the battlefield. Even without the sudden appearance of this' observer, 'this is what we have been doing. Do we have to retreat when the freaks attack just to guard against those drones?
"Second, whether we trust it or not, it is a fact that a powerful legion is active in the galaxy, and it is also a fact that they are coming. We cannot ignore it. We have to find a way to verify it. We have to figure out the intentions of this observer and his army. The next battle will be the best way to find out. If they are friends, then we will be extremely fortunate. If they are enemies, it is better for them to show themselves than to hide in the dark. "
Salaman breathed a sigh of relief and looked up at the battlefield that was coming to an end. Another wave of attack by the festered had ended. The ultra-long-range firepower support from Agodal and the powerful fortifications of the Heart had withstood this round of attack. The monsters were slowly retreating, leaving behind thousands of wreckage and the evil aura that permeated the universe. But the bodies of the guardians and the destroyed defense facilities were also floating on the battlefield. This did not make people feel the slightest joy of victory. Instead, there was only endless fatigue and depression.
"A creature that's been corrupted by that evil power won't be able to maintain such a clear look in their eyes" the old giant said in a low voice.
After the call ended, Hao Ren let out a sigh of relief. He returned to his lazy posture and slumped on the chair, as lazy as a dead dog.
Vivian stepped forward and squeezed his shoulder. "Do you think they will believe us and cooperate?"
Hao Ren narrowed his eyes. "They may not necessarily believe us, but they will definitely cooperate."
"Are you sure?"
"It's obvious. The festered monsters are constantly attacking the guardians' line of defense, and the guardians must resist. What we want them to do is nothing more than to put in more troops in the next battle, and at the same time, use Agodal to attract the enemy's attention. This is what they have been doing all along. This communication is not so much an invitation to the legion commander to assist in the battle, but it's more like the two sides recognize each other and agree on a password to smash a cup as a signal to prevent accidental injuries during the fight. "
"Sometimes I really don't know if your heartless look is real or just an act. Haven't you thought through all these things? And you still have that 'I'm actually very weak' look on your face." Vivian rolled her eyes at Hao Ren and then slapped him twice on the back. "Get up, I'm sitting here. It's your turn to massage me."
"Say, where did the Pi sprite go? How did she disappear in the blink of an eye? "
"I just saw them with Lil Pea. Maybe they went somewhere to explore. Don't worry, they won't get lost. There are surveillance cameras everywhere, and the MDT is following them. "
A large-scale military maneuver was being carried out quietly.
The security perimeter of the Naqdal base complex had expanded to three times its original size. Inside the perimeter, gravitational trap generators and space fissure monitoring devices were everywhere. Any warp jump that tried to enter the perimeter would be blocked, and any warp jump near the perimeter would trigger an alarm. Under the protection of these security facilities, the Naqdal area had become a real "forbidden area."
In the depths of the layers and layers of drone turrets and outposts, there were nests and factories of an unknown number and scale. Countless armed drones were mobilizing and gathering in the depths, but the outside world could not figure out the true situation of these movements.
Except for the owner of the base complex, no one knew what the drones were doing.
In the next two or three days, the minions of the Mad Lord conducted several tests. Six reconnaissance units of different sizes tried to enter the perimeter of the drones to find out what was going on in the base and the fortress group. Two of the units were captured by the gravitational trap when they tried to jump into the perimeter by force. Before they could materialize in the real world, they were torn to pieces by the space turbulence. The rest of the units learned their lesson and wandered outside the perimeter of the drones. After several fruitless attempts, they were torn to pieces by the swarms of drones. The last reconnaissance unit was so large that it almost broke through the perimeter, but the subsequent heavy armed drones stopped them.
The commanders of the festered monsters were obviously enraged. At the same time, they were extremely vigilant. Their increased surveillance showed that their fear and hostility toward the drones had reached its peak. Especially when the drone base was under a tight lockdown, and it was impossible to find out what was going on inside, this fear and hostility had brewed into a strong sense of "unease."
If the monsters really had this kind of emotion, they should be uneasy.
Indeed, they should be uneasy, because the core area of the Naqdal lands had been "emptied" at this moment.
The six main nests had long disappeared, and a large number of heavy drone processing plants had moved to other places through hyperspace warp in the past two days. Command stations and production facilities of all sizes had left the place, leaving only tens of thousands of construction skeletons and long-abandoned space anchors, as well as millions of armed drones ready to enter the battle as the second echelon.
These armed drones were lined up like a phalanx waiting for inspection. They gathered in the empty base, turned off their lights, and shut down their engines. They were neat and silent as if they were dead. Only a few patrol drones occasionally passed through these phalanxes, and the lights they emitted would trigger a limited response from the standby drones. Only then did people realize that these drones floating quietly in the dark space were actually just hibernating, waiting for the start of the war.
A silver-white battleship slowly flew in front of the fleet. Behind the silver-white battleship was a continent floating in space. The continent was now plunged into darkness, and the artificial lights that had been shining for thousands of years had gone out. Only one or two temples in the core area were still dimly lit as if it was night. Nolan appeared on the bridge.
Nolan appeared on the bridge. "The Naqdal fortress has entered a blackout. All systems have just passed the self-inspection, and the engine is now warming up. The sprites are now staying underground. Lil Pea and a bunch of autonomous robots are playing with them. They are obedient for the time being. "
Hao Ren nodded and turned to look at Vivian. "To tell you the truth, I think it will be better if you go down there. You are a queen among the sprites. They will be more obedient if you give the order."
"I think I still need to get used to it." Vivian facepalmed. "I never thought that I would be pushed to be a queen one day, let alone a group of creatures like this. I have no interest at all. I don't even know what the title of 'queen' is for. If only the goddess of creation had left me an instruction manual. "
"Alright, there's no point thinking about this. Why don't we wait until we meet the Army Commander called Salaman? The guardian giants have been guarding Star Cluster X for ten thousand years, and they're guarding that crystal planet. They might know something. After all, that crystal planet was left to you by the goddess of creation."
Vivian nodded and changed the topic. "The monsters' scouts are getting more and more frequent."
"The monsters do not have much patience. It is already surprising that they can act rationally to this point. I am afraid the real attack will come next," Hao Ren said as he looked at the army of drones waiting in space. "They will not know the real organization and reproduction of the drone swarm. The drone swarm does not have a 'main base' or 'base camp.' Their gathering here is just a temporary phenomenon."
"But you have created the illusion of a base camp." Vivian smiled. "The monsters will think that this is the base camp of the drone swarm, and then attack this place. But there is only a big 'surprise' for them."
"That is called art, the art of war. Of course, it can also be called technical support. "
Vivian pinched Hao Ren. "You are so naughty now."
"Weren't you as excited as I was when we made the plan?"
Vivian rolled her eyes and did not reply. Nolan suddenly said, "The Naqdal fortress's engine is warmed up. We can weigh anchor at any time."
Hao Ren put away his joking expression and said, "Then … let's go."
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