This was once a military node that the Melovans had set up in the wilderness. It was framed by a large star system and consisted of a major military planet, a large number of space entities, and a large number of military facilities within two light years of the star system. The entire military node was located at the edge of this remote galaxy. But now, it was just a battlefield that had been cleaned up, and the fortresses and spaceports that once occupied space had turned into cooling metal slag and dissipating clouds. Most of the medium-sized Melovan fleet stationed here had been blown up and sunk around the spaceport before they could even leave the spaceport. Now, the scattered large pieces of wreckage had been towed away by auxiliary ships to be melted down and used to make some cheap and cost-effective framework facilities in the asteroid belt. I was preparing to build another two production bases in the asteroid belt at the edge of the star system to supplement the lack of production capacity of the low-level military units.
The Empire Admiral and the escort fleet were stationary above the original central planet of the military node system. This was the planet's high orbit, and the wreckage near the planet's gravity sphere was being accelerated and guided down by the gravitational wave generator. So, from this position, we could see the surface of the planet with sparks. Those were the wreckage in space falling into the scorching atmosphere, and I thought that there must be a spectacular meteor shower there. In fact, Shallow Shallow had already gone down. She claimed that she was going to speed up the construction of the surface base, but I reckoned that it was more likely that she was going to watch the meteor shower. With that Wonder Girl's personality, it would not be strange for her to do anything on the battlefield.
Lin Xue and I stood on the platform at the top of the Empire Admiral, looking at the dark planet before us. It was originally covered in steel, ocean, and a small amount of vegetation, but now it was unrecognizable. A dark red hue shrouded the entire land. Torrents of molten steel and magma mixed together and flowed along the original river. As they cooled, they formed bright streaks that spread out, making the entire planet look like an ugly rotten orange. The molten waves formed by the EOP-03 explosion had just subsided, and everything on the surface of the planet had been reshaped like hot cream. There were a few huge dents on the surface of the planet, which was the planet's original ocean. Now the edges of these dents were a little blurred, and the melting coastline around them was collapsing. The molten crust had more of a liquid nature in the past ten minutes. The mountains and cliffs of a planet formed by weathering, water flow, crustal movement, and meteorite collisions over hundreds of thousands or even millions of years had been wiped out in a dozen minutes. The surging liquid crust smoothed everything into ever-changing wavy lines, but soon, everything would cool down. The waves of magma would form new mountains and valleys, and in the next few thousand years, the rapid crustal movement would reshape cliffs and abysses. The planet would be reborn in flames, and we were accelerating the process.
"The entire atmosphere seems to have been replaced." The prophet pointed at the unrecognizable planet below. "It is said that when EOP-03 exploded, it sucked all the atmosphere into space, and now it is a new atmospheric environment."
"Not all, but about eighty percent." I nodded. "A large part of the atmosphere now is the result of EOP-03's catalysis … but that is not important. Shallow shallow is accelerating the planet's cooling and solidification process. In another half an hour, we can deploy the crustal stabilizer, and then drop half of the mothership and General City, and the base will be operational. "
"Half?" The missy raised her eyebrows. "You want to build the other half of the base in space?"
"Three-dimensional construction is the way to go." I shrugged. "Well, it was actually Sandora who suggested it …"
Speaking of Sandora, Her Majesty the Queen was no longer here. She was now outside the world — in the void. She wanted to unleash her glorious form in a place where no one could disturb her. After all, if the Ulysses Imperial Power, which shone with golden light and had shockingly powerful spiritual waves, were to be placed outside, it would be a very easy target to focus fire on. Sandora's glorious form belonged to the fast type. Even if she did not use a "special method" to transform (in other words, self-destruct in combat form), her glorious form's speed was several times that of other apostles. But even so, the process would probably take a few days, which meant that for the next few days, Sandora would not have the time to command the battle. But I reckoned that I would be able to handle it … Well, I reckoned that I was not a professional, but we brought along Sives and a large group of veteran commanders who had fought in countless battles, so military command would not be a problem.
According to the information that we had obtained previously, the Melovans did not only have this one world under their control. They had already ruled over a dozen universes, and this universe with the capital planet was just one of their territories. Thus, the Imperial Army had also launched surprise attacks on other worlds at the same time. We brought along a large army, and in the case of a surprise attack, it was enough to cause great damage to every Melovan world at the same time. The main fleet had already split into more than a dozen groups. When the Royal Fleet on our side launched their attack, the other fleets had also launched their invasion of other universes at the same time. Now that the results of the battle had just been summarized, the situation was as smooth as it was on this side. The Melovan army was numb and careless, and did not have enough vigilance at all. They had been invincible for too long, so much so that most of the garrison troops could not react when they were suddenly attacked. The battles in the other universes were gradually ending or coming to an end. Now, some of the commanders of the B Squadrons were setting up outposts in the areas they had just occupied. We wanted to start a war in every Melovan world, and this would make Barrian tremble in fear and be exhausted. But we also took into account the weakening of combat power and the impact on the command system of the Melovans, so the other commanders of the B Squadrons did not set up camp on the spot after completing the surprise attack. Instead, they led their squadrons to converge with the other B Squadrons.
We studied for a while and found that the few universes outside of Melovan's capital had special value. Some of them were simply settlements for the slave races, and usually, they could only provide resources and population for the Melovans. One of them was even more of a "chicken rib" world. The slave races were weak and had a small population, and they did not have any valuable resources. The Melovans did not leave any military forces there. These universes were of low value, and their defenses were empty, so Barrian did not pay much attention to them. However, to the Imperial Army, which did not need to rely on external resources to expand, the value of these universes was not affected at all. While using Melovan's capital world as the main battlefield, we also sent a large number of "Erosion Fleets" carrying Schilling Mainframes to those desolate worlds. These fleets would set up more bridgeheads in Melovan's weakly defended worlds. I believe that by the time Barrian reacted, he would find that every corner of his territory was already filled with the cannons of the Empire.
Two hours later, the planet in front of us had already been dealt with urgently. Shallow Shallow's time acceleration had allowed the planet to recover better than expected. Now, a part of its surface had been forcefully stabilized. Although the Schilling Base did not have any requirements for the environment, and could even operate normally in the core of a star, I still hoped to be able to step on solid ground. At least, this was more in line with my habits.
The Admiral of the Empire and a portion of the giant mothership began to descend, disintegrating at the same time when they reached the upper atmosphere. The massive starship slowly disintegrated, the starship's armor plates peeling off as they charged towards the ground swiftly and precisely. Before they reached the ground, they completed partial modifications through the hyperspace device and became the base and support structure of the base. The original firepower platforms on the armor plates were converted into land-based air defense positions and planet fortress cannons, while the auxiliary mounts were converted into universal terminals that were ready to receive various factory facilities. The factory modules installed in the starship were also converted from shipborne mode to planetary mode, allowing for higher production efficiency and greater space for expansion. They left the frame of the warship and crashed towards the ground, accurately taking their positions within seconds after the starship's armor plates were completed. The system restarted in half a second, and the production line began to operate, rumbling as they worked in a brand new connection mode and base layout. A few minutes later, the first batch of war puppets walked off the production line. These new and loyal killing machines quickly ran towards the assembly point, preparing to board the single-unit fighter jets and assault ships that would soon leave the assembly workshop. Without too many instructions, these war tools would assemble into a pack of galactic wolves in twenty-four hours, expanding exponentially with every passing minute and second as they began to invade every place in the galaxy where Melovans breathed, until all enemies were scorched.
General City was erected the moment the first batch of single-unit fighter jets buzzed as they leaped into space, glowing brightly on the scorching land.
Lin Xue and I followed the bridge — yes, the command tower of General City now — and landed together. I have to say, compared to landing in a landing pod, it was much more thrilling to land in an interstellar warship that was hundreds of kilometers long. After the city's protective shield closed, the two of us walked out of the platform and watched as the military city operated amidst the brilliant lights. Every factory in sight was surging with war machines, and no matter how many times we saw this scene, the awe it brought would never diminish.
Even though these battle-type troops could only be considered as cannon fodder and decoration to the Xi Ling military system, I reckon that in this remote Milky Way where military resistance isn't strong, they would be more than enough to give the Mellowa local garrison a hard time.
Looking into the distance, there was only a patch of dark red on the ground. There was still magma flowing down from the mountains that had just cooled down, and the dried-up land outside the base was also slowly surging with scorching lava rivers. It should be the same situation below General City. The conditions weren't pleasant, but it was still much better than setting up camp at the core of a star. It was also slightly better than a space base, at least I could still see the horizon. There were many huge shadows moving slowly in the sky, dropping down large structures as they moved. That was the second wave of giant motherships dropping bases around General City. Soon, these motherships would descend like the Empire General, forming a satellite city of General City. This wasn't the first time I had seen such a scene, but I still found it interesting.
At the edge of the city, a military camp had just landed, and part of its base had smashed onto the edge of a lava lake, splashing lava waves tens of meters high. Two armored scorpions were standing by the lava lake, watching the "building falling from the sky" with great interest. In the end, the lava splashed onto the two scorpion soldiers, and they instantly found a new hobby, jumping into the lava and splashing each other. An expressionless Raven jumped down from the military camp. She silently glanced at the two convulsing scorpions splashing lava, then casually cast a Polar Ice Seal, and the lava lake froze … Raven turned around and left, hiding her achievements and fame.
Two scorpions covered in black magma creaked and crawled out of the solidified magma lake, continuing their patrol.
They didn't go looking for trouble with Raven, because they saw a Leader Bee passing by. If they were to fight now, they would probably be lectured until the next morning …
The air was filled with hot, dry gas. It didn't contain any oxygen, and it didn't feel comfortable. I looked around and realized that Visca was nowhere to be seen, only Pandora was chirping beside my legs. I was curious, "Where's your sister?"
"She went to the center of the planet." Pandora replied concisely, and I instantly understood. This should be Visca's curiosity and motivation. It seemed that it was difficult for me to understand what that lass was interested in this time. It could be the taste of iron solution, or it could be that she simply wanted to go for a sauna … Speaking of which, can one swim in the center of the planet?
"The military node here isn't concentrated. The other military node is seventy-six light years away." Lin Xue looked at the half-melted mountain range that was collapsing like an avalanche, and said slowly, "That military node was bombed by the Fourth B Squadron once, but it doesn't seem to have any value in occupying it. Sives ordered to completely clear out the two neighboring star systems there, and then built a space fortress a few light years away from it. If the Mellowans counterattack this area, then they have fallen into a trap. If they don't counterattack, the space fortress will form an alliance with the Planet of General."
I was stunned, "The Planet of General?"
The missy stomped her feet, "The thing under my feet … doesn't have a name, and I can't be bothered to think about it. Shallow Shallow just casually named it the Planet of General because the Empire's General landed here. You should be glad that the lady didn't name it the Planet of Rotten Tangerines … "
I wiped the sweat off my forehead, and couldn't help but think of Shallow Shallow's strange naming style.
At that moment, there was a rhythmic sound of metal hitting the ground behind us. I turned to look, and it turned out that Vika was walking over energetically. On her back was an equally energetic-looking Shallow Shallow. Sis Scorpion was being used as a mount again.
"Commander, Turazzo is online and hopes to meet you."
Vika gave a military salute and turned on the projection generator in her hands. Shallow Shallow slid down from Sis Scorpion's back, and carried her adopted mini Medivh to the side to play.
"Hey, Turazzo, it's been a while … It's not a long time," I waved my hand to greet Turazzo when I saw his aged face appear on the holographic projection. "We have already taken down the outer star systems."
"I have already received the information." Turazzo nodded expressionlessly, "However, I received it through the Melovans' communication channel. You have launched a very fierce offensive, destroying all the Class III military nodes in every world with a single surprise attack. Moreover, you have released a survivor from every military node … I never thought that the Empire would also start to use psychological warfare. "
"It's just a suggestion from a certain black loli." I shrugged. "Tell me about the information from your side. What's the reaction of the Melovans now? What is Barry doing? "
"I'm afraid there isn't any good news. Barry isn't scared shitless, and neither are his loyal troops. What you have destroyed are the outer strongholds, the places where Barry's soldiers were excluded from his' Holy Army 'due to their limited combat power and bad discipline. What's left now are the Melovans' troops with real combat power. These troops have all been brainwashed and are so loyal to Barry that they are almost like a group of fanatics. They won't have any fear, and your psychological attacks are very limited against a group of people who have no fear. "
"Barry has already become so arrogant?" I felt the corner of my eyebrows twitch slightly. "Hmm, that's to be expected. He thinks that at least he has a trump card that won't cause him to lose badly, and his troops don't have any fear at all … However, I reckon that they are still in chaos."
"That's true. All the planets ruled by Melovans are in a mess." Turazzo revealed a strange smile. "It's a little … crazy. Your sudden appearance has caused a huge impact on all the Melovans. This has nothing to do with fear, but more like it has subverted their worldview. From what I know, every planet has entered an ultimate state of martial law. Other than the Melovans' soldiers, all civilians and slave races are strictly restricted from communicating and moving freely. Barry doesn't trust his own people. He has always thought that his people are planning a rebellion, and this distrust has become even more intense. He is currently mobilizing his main forces, but I reckon that he won't choose to take the initiative to attack … Because at the moment, he doesn't even know where the main forces of the Imperial Army are. Your surprise attack on all fronts is a brilliant move. Barry thinks that he is being surrounded by ten armies … "
"Alright, I reckon that you don't have much concrete information." I waved my hand. "How's the work of instigating the rebellion of the Conservatives and infiltrating the slave races?"
"The former is going very smoothly," Barrian smiled bitterly. "After all, there are only so few people in the Conservative Faction … Thanks to Barrian's targeted exclusion of the Conservative Faction, they have been squeezed into the lowest position and are the easiest for me to get in touch with. When they go on an expedition with Barrian's main force, I will give you a special channel so that you can get in touch with the officers of the Conservative Faction. When the time comes, they will attack Barrian's army from the rear. I hope that you can at least provide support."
"Don't worry. At least the Conservatives and the Imperial Army are allies now, aren't they?" I grinned. "As for the slave races …"
"This is the main point." Barry's gaze became serious. "I want to confirm if Her Majesty Sandora is really powerful enough to control the minds of all the individuals of dozens of races."
"You want to …"
"I intend to organize a slave rebellion — a super rebellion that will erupt in all the worlds and planets."
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