The database that was salvaged from the enemy's sovereign hub was well-preserved. We were glad that Xiaoxue's accurate prediction had allowed the database to survive the bombardment of the Empire's fleet. The information it stored was beyond many people's imagination. Even Shadora could not imagine that such a small border world would have so much sensitive information about the hinterlands of the Abyss. Although most of the information was based on our own deductions, the detailed content was still a little unusual.
However, the scientists had confirmed the authenticity of the database through technical means. Xiaoxue also did not find any danger in it, so we did not have to worry about being misled by the enemy.
The database recorded the opening of the World Gate in this border world. Every time the gate opened, the coordinates of the world, the number of fleets passing through, the military weight of the target world, and so on were all recorded in detail. Although it was far from being able to derive a map of the entire Abyss, it was enough to reverse engineer the various node worlds at the border of the Fallen Apostles. After a detailed analysis of the information, the experts drew up a rough "map." According to the "map," we found that the Imperial Army's attack this time was really lucky. This heavily-guarded universe with a super-strong sovereign hub was one of the enemy's main fortress worlds in the border area.
Just like the fortress world that I had briefly stayed at the border of the New Empire when I went to the Gemini Star, it was a heavily guarded place.
Because it was an important stronghold, the Imperial Army had to go through a lot of trouble to attack it. It was also for the same reason that the sovereign hub here recorded so much sensitive information. I did not know if this was a good or bad thing, but overall, the advantages outweighed the disadvantages.
"This universe is directly connected to fourteen border worlds, and the distance to thirty-two inland worlds is within three jumps." Sandora was using the "map" to assign the attack plan. "The inland worlds are very tempting, but I do not recommend going in rashly. Judging from the fact that the enemy can still send reinforcements, they still have a large number of available troops in the Abyss. It may be dangerous for us to go in alone. So, we have fourteen targets to attack. Excluding half of the heavily-guarded universes, we are left with seven targets. "
I looked at the spatial map in front of me. In order to show the situation at the border of the Abyss in the most direct way, the experts responsible for compiling this "map" had replaced the various universes with triangular color markers. The world that we had already conquered was labeled blue, with fourteen simple lines pointing to other universes. Some of the latter had been labeled "dangerous" as a footnote. This was because, according to the logs from the World Gate, the fleet of those worlds had been abnormally large for a very long time. It was highly likely that those worlds were fortress worlds like this one. In fact, there might even be several armies of fallen apostles nesting in those worlds, making them not good targets to attack.
After some careful consideration, Sandora marked three targets on the Void map. "The Fourth Fleet and the Celestial System Fleet will continue to build a base here. At the same time, the Celestial System Fleet will allocate thirty planetary fortresses and form them into three groups. The First and Sixth Fleet will deal with Target Number One. The Seventh Fleet and all the reserve forces will deal with Target Number Two. The Royal Fleet and the Avengers will deal with Target Number Three. That's all.
Start preparing now. We will depart in thirty minutes. "Sandora allocated these forces according to the possible defense strength of the target world. I believed that no one here was better at this than she was. After all, she was most used to pioneering new territories. So, after Sandora's voice trailed off, no one had any objections, and they immediately began their frantic preparations. Shallow Shallow hurriedly went to play a Rubik's cube, Xiaoxue went to touch up her makeup, Monina went to the kitchen to look at the pot of soup she had made earlier, and Icetis dragged the remaining Protoss cops to play the last round of mahjong. I looked around and did not see many normal people, and cold sweat instantly covered the floor. In the end, I saw Sandora walking towards me, and only then did I see my savior." Sandora, I know you have integrity … "
The queen smacked her lips. "I'm going to eat to fill my stomach. I won't have time to eat when the war starts."
"…" Speechless, I returned to my seat, and continued to rub Alaya's hair while muttering about those immoral people.
Thirty minutes later, the army set off. The Celestial System Fleet separated a portion of the planetary fortresses that were suitable for off-body combat from their orbit and sent them to the three armies. The remaining planetary fortresses continued to build their bases on the spot. The Psionic Death Star used its powerful power to tear several huge void rifts around it, and the mighty Imperial Army jumped into the void and set off for the other universes of the Fallen Apostles.
The Empire's fleet was the last to set off. We directly parked the fleet in the orbit of the planetary fortress "The Storm", and entered the void under the cover of the gigantic Combined Order Field created by these gigantic objects. This was truly a novel method of travel. The fleet didn't need to move forward on its own, and could head to the battlefield by simply parking itself above an even larger artificial planet. The gigantic motherships were now passengers, and one couldn't help but sigh at how many insane things the Empire had created. After all, in the Celestial System Fleet, even these planetary fortresses were actually carrier-based aircraft, and the Psionic Death Star still had a bunch of planetary garages …
I stood on the upper deck of the Admiral of the Empire, looking at the pale gray planetary battleship that was slightly larger than Earth behind the fleet, as well as the other fleets in the surrounding space. For a moment, many thoughts ran through my mind. Jingle, who was in my pocket, heard my sigh and didn't quite understand. "What's so strange about that? Dingdang is already used to being brought here and there! "
I silently looked at the little one, and thought to myself, 'That's true. Even if I'm Jingle's mothership, this little one who's always in my pocket is my carrier-based aircraft …'
Sandora and Icetis stood next to me. They probably weren't too affected by the scene before them as they were discussing something else. Icetis turned to look at a silvery-white planet in the distance, and muttered to Sandora, "Have you ever thought of treating that AI's brain?"
That silvery-white planet was the Warsong. She and the other battleships of the Alliance Fleet were located at the "tip of the tail" of the entire fleet. From here, they were only the size of the moon (in fact, due to the arrangement of the formation, every planetary fortress of the Alliance Fleet looked about the same size as the moon, and they were all arranged in a straight line. Their surfaces glowed with the faint glow of planetary shields, and when I looked up, it really looked like there were ten moons hanging in the sky). The Warsong was the only planetary battleship in the true sense of the word. She knew that, and so she was extremely cocky. The public channel was filled with her neurotic shouts, "I'm already invincible!" "I've achieved great power! I've added a new Longsong Cannon to the equator. Are you guys afraid of a Longsong Cannon?!" "I think I have a huge advantage. I'm going to take on ten …" "I'm going to scout ahead …" "I'm equipped. Don't be afraid. I'm going to create a miracle later. I really have a full body of main cannons … Warlord, shut up. Anti-Aircraft cannons are also main cannons! You're not even as big as my navel. Don't think that you can criticize my navel just because you're the commander-in-chief of the fleet. This is the authority of a general … General, do you think my navel is big? "
Visca was also on the upper platform of the Admiral of the Empire. I turned to look at the "General" and saw that she was nodding in agreement. That lunatic was indeed created by her! Look at their aesthetic standards!
Sandora listened to the Warsong's shouts in silence, her face expressionless. "Do you think we would have given up on treatment if we could?"
Icetis looked at Sandora sympathetically. "Speaking of which, the Warsong is your iconic flagship … Don't you have anything to say after seeing a silly soul being stuffed into your ship?"
Sandora turned her face away. "Will it kill you to not mention this … Let me be alone for a while …"
I looked at the Warsong in the distance, my mind still filled with her shouts. However, I knew that this clumsy spaceship AI was using her own method to make Visca happy. She might also be using this method to encourage the entire fleet. Although her method was a little strange, her intentions were good. Hence, I wouldn't blame her. However, this fellow was indeed a little too noisy … After thinking for a long time, I finally connected to the Warsong mentally. "Lunatic!"
"Ah, General's brother!" Lunatic was stunned. "Big Brother, you're looking for me? All the main cannons on this ship are at your disposal! "
"If you keep messing around, I'll open a special line to the Star Field and let Qian Yuhao connect with you mentally forever. Do you believe me?"
This tactic was really effective. Lunatic instantly stopped moving. After a few minutes, she finally said, "Silence is golden …"
Sandora and Icetis looked at me with admiration. I smiled and nodded at them mysteriously. "When facing a lunatic, you have to find her a lunatic. Back then, Qian Yuhao's words almost made this lunatic go crazy …"
Just as Icetis was going around in circles, unable to understand the difference between 'lunatic' and 'lunatic', Sives finally sent a message from the command center. "Your Majesty! We've reached the physical world! "
Sandora instantly entered battle mode. "Attention all fleets. Deploy the Order Field Stabilizers and deploy the Void Disruptors. Prepare to attack the World Barrier!"
As expected, the Fallen Apostles were already on standby at the World Barrier. Although we had used powerful disruptions to prevent the enemy from finding out the Imperial Army's true movements, they could still set up temporary defense lines at all the border worlds to resist the invasion. The Royal Navy had sent out a fleet of Void Special Service ships to check on the situation at the World Barrier, only to find an extremely chaotic storm of information: the enemy had completely covered the World Barrier, and they had set up temporary Void Disruptors everywhere.
But that was not a problem. We could clearly feel that the defense of this world was weaker than the one we had conquered previously. The enemy had only strengthened the existing defense lines here, but did not send enough troops to defend it. It was obvious that they did not know that the Imperial Army had already obtained their border defense map, and the ambush was unprecedentedly smooth.
We had now returned to the bridge of the Empire Admiral. Sandora asked about the situation of the Void Special Service fleet, and then decisively decided to send another fleet to support them. Looking at the information sent back by the telemetry system, she smiled happily. "This time, it's in the bag. The defense of this world is very weak."
Madman Two, who had been quiet until now, finally could not hold it in anymore and shouted in the public channel, "I want to attack! I want to fight ten of them! The smell of war, there's the smell of war ahead! Although I don't have a nose, I know that this description is definitely correct — the Admiral needs victory! "
"Although she's shouting fiercely, she'll try her best not to move as long as there's no order." I glanced at the Warsong through the holographic image. She was still at her original position, but her rotation speed had increased by seven or eight times. She appeared restless and belligerent. "It seems that Visca's orders are really supreme to her. Back then, when Visca asked her to listen to orders, she really did not break any military rules."
Sandora glanced at the Warsong. "Warsong, your mathematical rate modification equipment can increase the load of the void disruptor to assist in breaking through the world barrier. Warlord, lead the Vengeance Fleet and follow the Warsong as the vanguard. Once the world barrier is broken, jump in immediately. Don't aim to kill the enemy, just open a sufficiently stable joint shield for the main force to enter."
"Yes, sir!" "Alright!" "Look, there's never a time when the two of them are in sync.
As the Vengeance Fleet was equipped with a damage definition system and various T2 shields, the Warsong as their flagship had stronger survivability than the Royal Navy. Hence, they were the most suitable vanguard. After receiving the order to attack, the Warsong was instantly in a state of excitement. With a jump, she disappeared from the orderly field of the joint fleet. A moment later, we received a report that they had started a battle with the enemy on the world barrier, and the situation was looking good. Although Madman Two's personality was slightly twisted, as a 'special' core host, her performance and evolution abilities were indeed extraordinary. It seemed that she had completely grasped the power of the Warsong. I believed that the world barrier would be breached very soon.
Everything went as planned. The enemy's temporary disruptors on the world barrier only resisted symbolically for a while before they overloaded. Madman Two cheered and jumped into the material world. A moment later, we received the good news from the Vengeance Fleet that the war zone had been suppressed.
The Royal Navy formed a defensive formation and jumped into the target universe. In the end, we found that it was completely unnecessary. The Vengeance Fleet had 'cleaned up' the place even more cleanly than expected. When the fleet entered the war zone, only sporadic hyperspace firepower came from the edge of the universe, indicating that the garrisons of this world had not been wiped out yet. Within a range of hundreds of millions of light years around the war zone, we could only scan three small wrecks of enemy ships. They were spread out in a triangular formation, which should be the military bases of this universe. Based on the size of the wrecks, the garrisons of this world seemed to be much weaker than we had expected.
The Warsong led the fleet to clear the entire war zone within an hour. Now, she was so full of herself that she was about to explode. As she circled the battlefield, she shouted excitedly, "Complete victory! Complete victory! This is what you call a complete victory! The General will be happy! But fighting like this isn't satisfying … We have to deal with a stronger enemy, don't you think so, Brother General? "
I ignored the noisy ship-borne AI and ordered the Royal Navy to finish off the remaining garrisons of this universe. At the same time, I studied the scans sent by the spy probe with Sandora. After the local garrisons of the fallen apostles were almost completely wiped out by the lightning, the interference signal in space stopped, and the spy probe was able to draw a detailed map of the universe, even marking the location of each of the enemy's space fortresses. Looking at the few military bases (of course, they should be called the wrecks of military bases now), Sandora seemed a little discouraged. "Feels like it's pointless to go through so much trouble. Either the Vengeance Fleet or the Royal Navy could take care of this place."
"Border worlds have their weaknesses too." I smiled. "Maybe this universe has just been built. Look, most of the systems here haven't been developed yet."
"How are the other divisions?" Sandora asked as she poked her head towards the command hall below, to which Sives quickly answered. "The fleets are advancing smoothly. The Seventh Fleet is already attacking the enemy's sovereign hub."
"Hmm. Looks like my misjudgment wasn't a bad thing." Sandora nodded. "Let them keep advancing, and once they've conquered the world, we'll immediately jump to the next universe as planned. We'll try to dig out the enemy's border territory first."
Unexpectedly, the Imperial Army's luck turned for the better after their first encounter with a tough bone to chew. The three divisions of the Imperial Army were moving unbelievably smoothly, with all fleets accurately attacking the enemy's weak points. There was no fierce resistance, no troublesome space fortresses like in the first world, and not even a border garrison with a massive army. Admittedly, the data we obtained from the first world's central control center and Xiaoxue's prophecy played a decisive role in this. But even with these two factors, I still felt that this operation was going so smoothly that it was unreal.
"Warlord, did you destroy the sovereign hub of this world?"
Sandora suddenly asked just as I was wondering if I was being oversensitive or my sixth sense was working.
The Warlord's voice rang over the communicator. "Yes, the local sovereign hub is very fragile and poorly constructed. This world looks like an insignificant warp port, and its sovereign hub is more like a World Gate with encrypted functions. The fleet blew it up with a single round of bombardment. "
Sandora frowned. "Nothing was left?"
"No, we did our best to preserve its data vault." The Warlord told us a piece of good news. "Her Royal Highness had predicted the location of that data vault before we departed. Although it was damaged in the battle, the structure of the data vault is basically intact, and we're now trying to decipher it."
Hearing the theoretically comforting news, not only did Sandora not relax her frown, she became even more solemn.
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