Hearing Vincent's exclamation, I immediately rushed over. It turned out that he had brought up something that looked like a system log.
"What is this? Historical records? " I furrowed my eyebrows. I had been in contact with the empire's affairs for quite some time now, and although I couldn't tell what was written in the journal, the non-professional descriptions were still easy to understand. It seemed to be a military dispatch order, as well as some sporadic orders from the Abyss and the operation of the Sovereign Hub. It was basically a miscellaneous record. It was obvious that the security level of these miscellaneous records wasn't too high. Otherwise, it wouldn't have been so easily gathered into a database and deciphered by Vincent so easily.
Vincent quickly looked through the information. Apparently, he had found some very important clues. "This records that there were several conflicts in the Abyss, so the military deployment was in chaos. There are also some records of the temporary frontline troops, which are also very chaotic. In addition, there are some completely contradictory orders, but the source of the orders is the same. There are all kinds of unexplainable things. In addition, there are also some important reports being sent to the sovereign hub. It seems that there are some secrets in the sovereign hub. "
A series of explosions came from afar, followed by various ear-piercing sounds of weapons firing and metal tearing. The Scorpion Troopers and another wave of fortress guards had exchanged fire. I snapped out of my daze and looked up at the entrance of the main engine room. "Copy these logs first and quickly fix the fortress defense network."
"Yes, ma'am!" Vincent immediately nodded and went back to work.
At this moment, the shield outside the fortress host had been lowered. Several experts were dismantling the protective plates on the fortress host. Some of them were fortress commanders in the former Fallen Apostle camp, and some were technicians brought by Halland when she was recruited. These people were very familiar with the big guy in front of them. They even knew the location of every crystallized circuit in the host. In less than ten seconds, the three protective plates on the outer shell of the fortress host were removed. Vincent connected his MDT to the console in the corner, and then ran over to connect another MDT to the processing core of the fortress host. As he worked quickly, he sighed and said to himself, "Back then, we did this. I was the one who invented this operation method. Technical experts think that this synchronization method will cause harm to the system. However, frontline soldiers want higher efficiency. The host is designed to last for a million years, but how can a fortress survive that long? "
The two former Fallen Apostle technicians standing beside Vincent turned their heads and looked at him silently. One of them could not help but say, "So you were the one who took the lead in using the external synchronization method back then."
Vincent was stunned. He immediately slapped his head in regret. "I forgot that you two also defected. I didn't expect to meet a creditor after changing sides."
Even though they said this, the work at their hands didn't slow down in the slightest. It seemed like it was just as Vincent said: the entire process wasn't too difficult, and they had long become familiar with it. Even though the Fallen Apostle had changed the database, these former experts didn't take it seriously at all.
The emotionless voice of the fortress's host sounded in the main engine room again. "Attention, the protocol has changed. The new protocol will take effect in thirty seconds. This operation is expected to produce unknown consequences. If it is an error, please cancel it immediately."
Vincent's face finally revealed a relieved smile. "It's done. In thirty seconds, all of the space fortresses' attack commands will be locked. After that, they will stop transmitting all information. This will last for about thirty minutes. That should be enough to destroy all of the defensive lines."
At this moment, there was another explosion outside, mixed with the ear-piercing sound of metal tearing. Vega's voice came through the spiritual connection. "Sir! All of the guards in the fortress are coming this way! How much longer do we have to hold them off? "
"It's done here. There are still twenty seconds left. You guys fight while retreating to the main engine room," I replied quickly. Then, I patted Pandora and Visca's heads. "You two go and provide support."
After that, I contacted the other assault teams. "Mission accomplished. Quickly come to the main engine room and prepare to retreat!"
As if to join in on the fun, another broadcast sounded in the main engine room. This time, the broadcast was much more urgent than before. "Attention, we have received orders from the highest level. We are about to disconnect from the network. I repeat, we are about to disconnect from the network!"
"They have realized what is happening here." Vincent quickly checked the operation status of the fortress's host. He didn't look too worried. "The defense circle command is forcefully blocking this fortress through an external command. However, the blocking order will only take effect in thirty seconds. They won't make it in time."
* Rumble! * An explosion that was more powerful than any of the previous explosions came from somewhere. The shockwave shook the entire main engine room. A few ear-piercing alarms converged and whistled. Then, the lights in the engine room began to flicker. I quickly floated into the air to prevent myself from falling. At the same time, I contacted the other assault teams. "Isn't this a little too loud?"
"Your Majesty, the fortress is self-destructing!" The voice of a commander of the assault team resounded through the mental link. Due to the intense energy interference, his voice was severely distorted. "Team Three and Team Four were involved in the explosion. All of them have been sacrificed..."
* Boom! Boom! Boom! * Continuous explosions came from all directions. One or two of the explosions sounded like they were just a few hundred meters away from the main engine room. The alarms and explosions mixed together and it was extremely noisy. The violent shaking before my eyes made me dizzy. I saw large balls of psionic sparks bursting from the ceiling. It was obvious that the fortress's energy network was starting to collapse. The enemy had detonated the fortress's reactor. Within a few seconds, the explosion had spread to the main engine room, which was the most heavily guarded.
A dazzling white light suddenly lit up not far away. A large hole was blasted open on one side of the main engine room. High-temperature metal jets mixed with corrosive psionic energy gushed in from the hole. The main engine room, which had a special outer shell, had finally begun to collapse. It seemed that this place was going to be destroyed in the blink of an eye.
It seemed that the fallen apostles had realized that conventional methods would not be able to stop this contaminated fortress from spreading the virus to the entire network. So, they decided to burn their boats and self-destruct to destroy this place. However, thanks to Ockham's "reliable design," the main engine room seemed to be more sturdy than expected. Also, the fortress' mainframe definitely used an extraordinary power supply circuit. Even when the entire fortress' energy network was out of control, the huge mainframe was still operating normally!
There were only ten seconds left on the countdown. I quickly ordered the other assault teams, "Upload your souls! Let's retreat! "
The artificial gravity in the fortress had already stopped. A strong gust of wind and flames swept through the big hole above the main engine room. Although I couldn't see what was happening outside from the center of the explosion, I could tell from the phenomenon that the fortress had begun to disintegrate. The outer shell was peeling off, the basic functions were shutting down, and the atmosphere was leaking. There were only five seconds left on the countdown!
At this time, another big hole appeared on the ceiling of the main engine room. The Pandora sisters and a group of armored scorpions ran out of the hole. Veigar waved at us. "Sir, this path leads to the outside!"
"Why are you still running in five seconds?" I immediately transformed into the void. "Everyone, come over here. Let's hide in the void for a while."
The Void Domain instantly opened, and the material world was replaced by "Origin". Everyone hid in the safety of the void barrier. The explosions and noisy alarms instantly disappeared. This world was so peaceful.
Thanks to the improvements and changes brought about by "Deification of the entire race", every single apostle of the new Empire was gradually gaining an affinity with the void environment. Even in a situation where they didn't have time to open up the Field of Order, an ordinary soldier of the new Empire would still be able to survive in the void for a considerable amount of time. Meanwhile, my assault squad was made up entirely of elites, so I could safely envelop everyone in my own Void Domain and wait for the outside world to calm down.
A moment later, the Void Domain was withdrawn. We returned to the material plane from the border of the world. There were only large pieces of wreckage floating in space before us.
The fortress had completely collapsed. The unprecedented power of the self-destruction tore the ten-kilometer-wide behemoth into pieces in the blink of an eye. The pieces of the explosion in the zero-gravity environment were spreading rapidly. Now, they had formed a "ball of debris" that was hundreds of kilometers wide. In this desolate world where there were no other celestial bodies or interstellar dust, the pieces would probably continue to spread endlessly.
There were still huge sparks of psionic energy jumping between the wreckage of the fortress. The remaining energy in the crystallized network was slowly being released. I looked up into the distance. From here, I could see a few other space fortresses that were closer and at a suitable angle.
They were all dead silent.
"Sandora, have you seen the situation over here?" I contacted the Empire Admiral. "Their fortress has stopped firing."
"Are you guys okay?" Sandora's voice immediately sounded in my mind. "I just received a soul transmission signal from the assault team. Were you sucked into the self-destruction?"
"There was indeed an explosion." I was in a good mood. "But I used my Void Domain to protect everyone nearby. The assault team soldiers were too far away. I could only let them transmit their souls ahead of time. It's better to lie in the resurrection factory for a while than to die in battle. We are going back now. Get ready to receive them. "
There were no more twists and turns on the way back. The simultaneous disconnection of all the space fortresses had thrown the Fallen Apostles into chaos. On top of that, the most important defense force near the Sovereign Hub, the droid swarm, was also commanded by the fortress network. Their simultaneous disconnection resulted in a temporary gap in defense. Before the enemy fleets could come out to cause trouble, we safely broke through the blockade. Once we left the powerful gravitational trap near the Sovereign Hub, we teleported back to the Empire Admiral.
There was no suspense in the battle that followed. The space fortresses that did not resist were quickly swept clean (these things had to be taken out first since they would be reactivated in thirty minutes). Although the enemy fleets guarding the Sovereign Hub fought with all their might, the huge disadvantage in numbers and the chaos caused by the destruction of the fortress system meant that they had no chance of winning. The Imperial Army's fleet went all out, destroying the enemy's shields layer by layer. The Glowing Rings, which had been holding back for a long time, finally showed their might. Nearly half of the enemy ships were "targeted" and killed by them.
During the battle, I saw how the Glowing Rings worked together with the other ships, and how much power they could bring once they were formed. The other types of spaceships would fire their cannons at full force, only targeting the enemy's shields. Once the enemy's shields were extinguished, they would immediately switch fire, no longer wasting excess firepower on those annoying rechargeable armors. The Glowing Rings were the last link in the "chain of fire." They would not fire their cannons throughout the entire battle, only waiting to harvest the enemies that had lost their shields. Originally, a Schilling spaceship could still rely on its rechargeable armor to continue fighting after losing its shields. However, in the face of an unreasonable thing like the "Horrifying Mirror System," those spaceships that were still able to fight were as fragile as paper.
If the defense of a spaceship was made up of two parts, the shield and the armor, then the appearance of the Glowing Rings on the battlefield meant that the enemy's armor protection had been wiped out.
What was this called again: When the ultimate move is made, the head is taken away, no head is left... I know this sentence has a problem with grammar, but the main point is to rhyme, so you guys can forget about it.
The defense fleet above the Sovereign Hub was swept clean, and the last line of defense of the Fallen Apostles in this universe also collapsed. The two black artificial planets, of course, also had anti-aircraft cannons, but these weak anti-aircraft firepower was obviously not enough.
The enemy was still thinking of ways to send reinforcements to this world. The fighting spirit and stubbornness of the Fallen Apostles were really in the same vein as the Shiring Apostles. However, the troops that we left outside the world barrier had completed their task very well. The powerful interference environment that was set up around the periphery of this universe prevented the enemy's reinforcements from being sent over for a long time. Now that the dust had settled, they would never have to come over.
Sandora looked at the image of the Sovereign Hub transmitted from the external monitoring system. The two dark artificial planets were still quietly orbiting in their own orbit. Although the surrounding space bastions and defense fleet had been wiped out, the planets themselves were equipped with powerful shields, so they were still in good condition. However, no matter how powerful the shields were, they could not withstand the wanton barrage of the Empire's fleet. Destroying them was only a matter of time. As long as these two artificial planets were destroyed, the enemy's World Gate would stop working.
We still could not confirm where the Fallen Apostles had hidden the World Gate. The World Gate seemed to have been hidden by some kind of powerful concealment technology. However, we could confirm that the control center of the World Gate was on those two planets. This was confirmed by the sensor scan.
"As expected, it is the damage detection system. All secondary cannons and assault ships, prepare to fire in unison. Push EOP-03 into the projection orbit." Sandora did not think too much before she gave the order. "This world is ours."
At this moment, I suddenly thought of something and quickly shouted from the side, "Wait a minute! There is something on the Sovereign Hub! "
Sandora looked at me in confusion. "What's going on?"
"We found some strange logs in the main computer of the fortress. The logs mentioned that there was more information in the independent database of the Sovereign Hub." I quickly told Sandora about what I had discovered earlier. "It is about the internal strife of the Fallen Apostles. The internal strife has affected the border defense. The things recorded here should be able to deduce the situation in the Abyss."
"The planetary bombardment saves time. The enemy will soon connect the World Gate." Sandora frowned. "There is no time to slowly occupy two planets at this time."
"Isn't that simple? Leave it to me. " Xiaoxue's voice came from behind. I turned my head and saw the brat pointing at the holographic image in front of me. She had marked a small area on one of the planets of the Sovereign Hub. "Don't use EOP-03. Just use the Milky Way to plow the ground. Don't bomb this area."
… This child is quite flexible with her ability.
Sandora nodded and sent the coordinates that Xiaoxue had marked to the fleet. Then, she ordered the orbital bombardment.
As the Sovereign Hub was using a damage definition system, the powerful Milky Way main cannons were powerless against such a shield. Our first round of bombardment was completed by the secondary cannons of the various fleets and a large number of small warships. The powerful planetary shield flickered violently for a moment in the face of the astonishing bombardment before rapidly disintegrating. What followed was the delightful Milky Way plow. The fully charged Milky Way main cannons swept across the earth's crust, and a casual stroke was enough to cut through the tectonic plates. Even though the two artificial planets were built according to the standards of military fortresses, with sturdy structures and highly resistant outer shells, they could not withstand such an astonishing number of Eternal-level attacks. After a moment, the surface of the two planets was left with a sea of molten liquid metal and stormy clouds filled with psionic energy.
All the facilities of the Sovereign Hub were destroyed. The last bit of the Fallen Apostles' control over this world had also vanished.
The warning radar confirmed that the source of information pointing to this world had been temporarily cut off. The fleet on the world barrier had also sent the good news that "the world barrier has stopped resisting." This exceptionally sturdy world had finally fallen into the hands of the Imperial Army. The command hall of the Empire Admiral was filled with an excited atmosphere. Even though I felt that the battle had just begun and that there was still an unknown number of difficult battles waiting for me, I could not help but feel excited. However, I did not forget about the important matter at hand.
"The environment down here is not very friendly." Sandora looked at the image of the Sovereign Hub on the holographic projection. The two planets were now two lumps of half-melted slag, wrapped in a layer of powerful energy storms. The Milky Way plow had turned the planet into a purgatory. Only the database that Xiaoxue had marked out had survived in the form of an isolated island. "Send two engineering ships over to salvage the database. Assemble a space laboratory on the spot and see what kind of mess has happened within the Fallen Apostles."
Two heavy-duty engineering ships specially designed to work on the battlefield were released from the Empire Admiral's horizontal arm garage to salvage the vital database from the "sea of molten slag." A special operation ship commonly known as a "beacon ship" directly deployed a coordinate guidance tower nearby. This set of equipment could amplify navigation signals across the void. Now that this world had temporarily stabilized, it was time to send the Celestial System Fleet and the Vengeance Fleet to the frontlines.
But I did not know if it was an illusion, but I felt that...
This war seemed very, very wrong. The rhythm was not right, and I did not feel that we were about to achieve a complete victory.
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