Xiaoxue's ability to act as she pleased was probably brought up by Shallow Shallow when she was young. Her ability to act was even greater than the other brats in the family put together. Vincent? Carlo had just revealed his identity, and this lass immediately ran over to look for Carter? Carlo was in the middle of a meeting with the other military advisors in the tactical center, analyzing the new intelligence revealed by the Fallen Apostle in this battle. He was then dragged over to the prison camp by the Princess of the Empire.
"Dad, I brought him here." Xiaoxue dragged Carter, who had a confused expression on his face, over to me. Carlo came up, and at once took credit for it, and though I didn't know what credit she had, I rubbed the girl's head; otherwise she would have been here for a couple of hours.
"Carter?" Vincent looked at his younger brother who was dressed in the new Imperial Army uniform. He had already heard that his younger brother was here, but before he could think more about it, the topic had been changed. Now that he saw the real person with his own eyes, he finally recovered from his astonishment from thirteen minutes ago. "You were during the last expedition …"
"Same as you, Carter?" Carlo was also stunned. Then, he quickly understood what had happened. He was overjoyed and went forward to support his weak older brother. "I was freed from that nightmare earlier than you … I'm so happy to see that you have also been successfully converted. Not everyone is so lucky."
I recalled what Sandora had said back then. The Shiring Apostles weren't creatures without emotions. They also had the concept of family and friends. When needed, they would also form a family or similar social group. The most common family relationship for Shiring Apostles was' brothers and sisters', and this type of 'family' was usually quite large. Apostles who were born through mass production would often view all the other apostles who walked off the production line at the same time as their brothers and sisters in the core of their minds, while Shiring Apostles who were replicated through prototypes would view all the apostles under the same 'replicated number' as their kin. The second example was the Ravens of the New Empire. All the Ravens were cloned from the soul fragments of the Raven King, Belavilla. No matter how many of them were cloned, they were all the first clones. Therefore, all the Ravens of the New Empire were sisters. They would sometimes address each other as sisters. Belavilla 001 was the acknowledged elder sister of all the Ravens. Belavilla and Silvia were called Mother or Matriarch.
Carter? Carlo and Vincent? Carlo belonged to the first situation. They were the same batch of soldiers who had walked off the production line in the old Empire, so they called each other brothers.
Even though we call each other brothers, Carter? Carlo and Vincent? Carlo's current level of authority was different. Vincent had already become the supreme commander of the entire fleet. Carter, on the other hand, was a sub-fleet commander. This was based on the military promotion principle of the Empire. Now, Carter needed to address Vincent as' Sir 'and obey Vincent's orders as a junior officer when he was on a mission or on the battlefield. But on the other hand, they still maintained a brotherly relationship.
This was the unique family relationship in the military-like society of the Xi Ling Empire. In the eyes of ordinary races, it was a little inhumane, and the structure also gave people a strange feeling. But to the Xi Ling apostles, there was nothing more suitable for them.
"Maybe we should leave some time for the two brothers to communicate," my sister suddenly touched my arm lightly and said through the mental link. "Let Carter explain the situation of the New Empire. It will probably be more effective than others."
I nodded and extended my hand to grab Xiaoxue, who was restlessly circling around Carter and Vincent while giving out random suggestions. I dragged her out of the prison space as she waved her arms in protest.
After we left the dimensional prison, we didn't immediately return to the bridge. Instead, we stopped by the sentry post outside the prison camp. My sister looked in the direction of the prison area and seemed to be in deep thought.
Unlike the "unfolded mode" on the surface of the planet, when we were in "starship mode" inside the Empire Admiral, the prison camp was a compact three-dimensional structure. It was supported by structural beams to form a sunken bowl-shaped area with a radius of several kilometers. Dozens of hemispherical dimensional prisons were neatly arranged in a circle in the bowl-shaped area. The prison with the highest security level was located at the very center of the bowl-shaped area. These dimensional prisons were empty most of the time. There were very few dangerous creatures that were worthy of being locked in the prison of the Interstellar Coalition Flagship. But this time, half of these prisons had been activated.
"Like Carter? Carlo and Vincent? How many examples like Carlo are there? "
My sister suddenly said after a moment of silence.
I knew what she was thinking about. It was a topic that couldn't be avoided. After the collapse of the Old Empire and the division of the Shiring Apostles, how many of the Shiring Apostles were divided into two camps? And how many of the soldiers on the frontlines had charged on the same battlefield seventy thousand years ago? There was no need to count to imagine the huge number. Carter? Carlo had participated in the battlefield command as a senior advisor. He didn't know that his brother was within the firing range of his cannons. But even if he knew, he would still complete his mission as a member of the Imperial Army.
There was only one mission within the firing range of our guns. That was the principle of every soldier of the Empire.
Vincent? Carlo was a lucky person, even more so for his brother. There were also those Fallen Apostles who were successfully captured and converted together with Vincent. They were all lucky people. If my sister hadn't gone out with the army, then it would have been impossible for us to capture the enemy's flagship. This defensive battle would have been the same as most battles in the past. It would have ended with either the Imperial Army or the Fallen Apostles being completely defeated or completely wiped out. There would have been no prisoners of war, no survivors. Carter? Carlo would have commanded the New Empire's fleet to turn his brother into ashes, regardless of whether or not both sides were aware of the other's existence.
The war between the Empire and the Fallen Apostles had already lasted for close to five years, and it would continue. Compared to the war between the Shiring Apostles and the forces of the Abyss that had lasted for millions of years, it was merely an extremely unremarkable new war, and a continuation of that ancient war. It was still far from ending. Soldiers who were once compatriots would continue to fight until one side was completely annihilated. The conflict between Order and non-Order was just that irreconcilable.
Every single one of us realized this many years ago. The Carlo brothers' thrilling 'brush past' was just a small embellishment in this long war. The only special thing about it was that both of them were lucky, and it happened right before our eyes. As such, it caused my sister and I to sigh in admiration.
"It can't be helped. The war has to continue." Xiaoxue blinked her eyes, her gaze sweeping back and forth between my sister and me. This exceptionally intelligent girl wasn't as heartless as she appeared to be. "To be honest, the war between the World of Order and the forces of the Abyss has probably started since the birth of the first world. Even in the entire history of the Empire, it is nothing more than a long campaign in this war. No one can stop. When I was young, I heard my second uncle say this: No one can stop. "
"In your era, the war between the Fallen Apostles and the Empire still continued?" My heart skipped a beat. I tilted my head to look at Xiaoxue. Her words seemed to be revealing some information.
"… The war between the Empire and the Abyss still continued." Xiaoxue exhaled and said slowly. Soon after, she cautiously closed her mouth and didn't reveal anything else.
However, she had already revealed quite a lot of things. I keenly noticed that when Xiaoxue replied to my question, she used the word 'Abyss' instead of 'Fallen Apostles'. There were two explanations for this. First, the Abyss and the Fallen Apostles could be lumped together to a certain extent. The war between the Empire and the Fallen Apostles was a war between the Empire and the Abyss. Second, the Fallen Apostles had already retired from the stage of history in the future.
What happened? A ceasefire? Impossible. I couldn't see any possibility of reconciliation between the new Empire and the Fallen Apostles. There wasn't even a normal exchange between the two parties. In that case, were the Fallen Apostles completely wiped out by the future Empire's might?
I calculated the military strength at hand and thought about the strength of the Fallen Apostles. Alright, let's talk about that slightly unlucky Halland. The new Empire used all of its strength to wipe out a few armies of the Fallen Apostles, but we still haven't been able to get rid of the Fallen Apostles. He was only one of the many emperors on the enemy's side, and it was very likely that he wasn't even the strongest. Right now, the balance between the new Empire and the Fallen Apostles was still being maintained by the Protoss's checks and balances … I really didn't think that I would have been able to display my might before Xiaoxue was born and develop the new Empire to the point where it could wipe out the Fallen Apostles. Of course, if you were to say that those lunatics lost their minds and mobilized their entire military strength to attack the Star Domain, only to be wiped out …
Then there was only one possibility: The Fallen Apostles all extinguished their lights during the Void Cataclysm.
They didn't make it through.
In theory, this was good news. At this time, I should be discussing with my sister about going home and cooking a few dishes to celebrate. However, the matter with the Carlo brothers was quite vexing, so I gave up on this idea.
I raised my head to look at the deep night sky. This was the interior of the Empire Admiral. The holographic equipment had created a fake sky above the steel sky. The twilight was picturesque, enough to make an ordinary young man who was occasionally jealous feel a bit of literature and art. However, even after feeling jealous for a long time, I still couldn't think of anything to sigh about. Instead, I saw two night patrolling ravens flying around the Figure Eight, seemingly carefree.
For the Shiring Apostles, who had evolved through the flames of war, there was nothing to sigh about on the battlefield. Even dying in battle was nothing more than a daily occurrence for them.
Thus, I couldn't find any place to express my emotions. In the end, I gathered them into five words in my mind:
"Motherf * cking war …"
Perhaps there was something in the unseen world that didn't want me to sum up such a noble battle to save the world with the word "motherf * cking". Just as these five words flashed through my mind, an emergency communication suddenly barged into the highest spiritual link. This emergency communication came from the capital world command, and it was personally sent by Sandora. It only took a second for me to jump several meters into the air:
"The Fallen Apostles are invading on a large scale. The enemy Emperor Halland is personally leading the army. The border is in a state of emergency!!"
"What's wrong, Ah Jun?" My sister waited for me to land and immediately came up to me with concern. It seemed that she didn't receive this emergency communication. I didn't have time to explain further. I could only order the Sixth Fleet and all the squires to stop their finishing work and return to the inner borders of the Empire at full speed. After that, I took three deep breaths and held my sister's hand. With a serious tone, I said, "Those bastards are raiding our house …"
My sister, "?"
The fleet immediately stopped all missions and prepared to return to the Empire's mainland at full speed. The only thing I could rejoice about at this moment was that I only used the Sixth Fleet to repel the Fallen Apostles' invasion. I didn't pull the other two armies to the frontlines as planned. Otherwise, Sandora would have to face a situation that was several times more severe than it was now. But according to the news from the capital world, even if the main force of the Imperial Army was basically at home, the situation Sandora was facing was rather dangerous. The Fallen Emperor Halland, whom I had crossed swords with several times, actually personally led the army this time. Furthermore, he brought with him a massive military force that could be described as a "large-scale invasion" by Sandora!
"Has the Fallen Apostles gone mad?" When she heard that the Empire's mainland was being raided, even Icetis, who was not in her right mind, could not help but exclaim. If the previous invasion of the Fallen Apostles into the distant borders of the Empire could be explained as a misunderstanding caused by the super smugglers of the Fairy Empire, then now Halland personally led the army to attack the border of the Empire was simply unreasonable. Her behavior was getting more and more confusing. The mind of the Fallen Apostles was like the starry sky. It was a rhythm that you could see but could not understand …
The fleet's sudden departure from the current universe had of course confused the new guest that we had just dragged back. While I was busy arranging the return of the servant army and remotely commanding the various servant armies in the Empire to support the border, Phyllis suddenly sent me an urgent message. In fact, she had been requesting for communication for as long as fifteen minutes. But because the peripheral channel was of low priority, I only received the message when the Royal Fleet was about to set sail. As soon as the strange queen appeared on the communicator, she yelled, "Hey, hey, hey! Emperor Schilling, where are you going? What should we do? Don't you care? "
I had almost forgotten about these clowns. It turned out that the three Fairy Void Empire spaceships had been left alone in space as if they had been forgotten. The civilizational community's barge, which had been towing them, had received a wartime mission and left decisively.
The three spaceships had lost the ability to travel across worlds, so they certainly could not follow us back to the Empire. And I would never leave them behind. There might be some treasures hidden in the cargo hold of these merchant ships. After thinking about it for a while, I had an idea. "Phyllis, do you mind staying in the cargo hold with the spaceships?"
Phyllis was confused. "Ah?"
"Forget it. There is no other way. Empty three medium-sized grids in the flagship garage and put the Fairy Void Empire spaceships back!"
Phyllis was still confused. "Ah?"
But for a moment, she knew what I meant by "put the spaceships back". Several tractor drones flew out from the lower end of the Admiral's longitudinal arm, locked the three Fairy Void Empire spaceships, and flew toward the Empire General's garage. I could hear Phyllis's panic through the communicator, and then the strange queen began to protest. "What are you doing? You can't do this! Small displacement also has small displacement dignity … Hey! At least calm down … Ah! Cargo hold! My stone! My baby! My gem from another world that I use to make money! Ah! Can't you wait for us to turn on the inertial stabilization field?! "
I silently looked at the chaotic scene on the communicator screen and could not help but remind her, "Your adjutant just rolled down from her seat …"
"It's okay. She's fine. My stone! Ah!"
I was speechless.
Well, I did not expect that the inertial stabilization field of the Fairy Void Empire spaceships would take so long to start up. The function of this thing was to anchor the spaceship in an instant when it suddenly accelerated, decelerated, or changed course to prevent the acceleration from causing damage to the people and items on the spaceship. Generally, civilizations that developed hyperdrive spaceships would master this technology. Phyllis's side was in a mess. Then I found that I had made a big mess. The queen, who loved money more than life, pulled her adjutant out from under the table and immediately wanted to talk to me about compensation. She thought she had lost a lot of precious ores.
Her adjutant was also flat-chested.
… I didn't know what her logic was, but I definitely didn't have the time to argue with this Void Peddler, so I quickly waved my hands. "Alright, alright. You have the final say. Once I'm done with what I have on hand, I'll take over all the goods on your ship, alright? Can't you be quiet? "
Phyllis was satisfied. She waited for her spaceship to be placed in the warehouse of the Admiral of the Empire. This woman was really tenacious. Even when she saw that the garage of the Admiral of the Empire was bigger than her spaceship, she just sighed and said, "Oh … Do you often take other people's spaceships back?"
I found it difficult to explain to her the design of the Shiring Apostles' starship. For a group of Empire scientists who did not need to consider the structural strength of the starship at all, and had mastered the most advanced inertial stabilization field technology, the size of the spaceship was never a problem to consider. They always piled up all the crazy weapons together, and then thought about how big the spaceship should be to install them. The end result was that the Empire had built these behemoths that were several times or even dozens of times larger than the spaceships of ordinary civilizations.
At the same time, it also led to the strange custom of putting damaged allied spaceships in our pockets on the battlefield …
"Let the interstellar vendor and her subordinates board the spaceship. Arrange for them to be in the ecological area of the Admiral of the Empire." I thought for a moment and said to Xiaoxue beside me, "Any reason will do, such as helping them repair their spaceship. Take this opportunity to scan their warehouse and mark any suspicious items. The Fallen Apostles must have found something extraordinary. They've all gone crazy today … "
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