It was just as I had guessed: Second Lunatic didn't really like guarding the World Gate.
"You want me to guard the World Gate?" The Warsong's voice was delayed by two seconds. It seemed that the crazy AI had to repeat my words a few times before it understood what I meant. "I have a full body of main cannons. Are you afraid of main cannons? How can such a domineering warship be guarding the World Gate! I am the type to charge and break through enemy lines. I also want to help the general expand his territory … "
I reckoned that there was only one weirdo left in the entire Empire who would haggle with a superior officer.
However, I didn't have the time to haggle with a crazy mainframe. I just needed to push a certain lass who had a special effect on Second Lunatic forward. Visca knocked on the communicator and said, "Listen to your brother."
Second Lunatic expressed that she wouldn't hesitate to go through water and tread on fire. She was willing to do anything for the Empire.
I got Second Lunatic and her guards to stay where they were and adjusted the Warsong's gravity to a normal planet's level. Then, I ordered the engineering team to start building the skeleton of the World Gate in the Warsong's orbit. This kind of temporary World Gate had a limited lifespan because it used many combined modules. Its stability would decrease after a certain period of operation. However, its advantage was that it was convenient. Moreover, each module had its own energy core. Even in hostile territory where supplies were inconvenient, the World Gate could quickly start operating.
The huge engineering ship that was the size of a moving mountain flew above the Warsong's orbit. A large number of small 'fragments' flew out from the belly of the engineering ship. These fragments weren't used to build the World Gate, but the World Gate itself. The scattered alloy plates moved rapidly after leaving the mothership. They had their own power and the ability to think. If the situation called for it, they could even self-replicate. These components looked 'small' but after entering space, they began to 'grow'. There were obviously uneven seams on the edges of their alloy shells. These seams weren't used to assemble with other fragments, but rather, they were the diffusion ports for the conversion of 'information to matter'. A large blue light diffused from these ports. The light intertwined and spread in the air as though it was weaving. In the blink of an eye, it solidified into a complex crystalline structure and external armor. During this process, all the components moved and moved together with precision. Soon, they formed a rough outline of the World Gate.
The temporary World Gate could build itself without the assistance of the engineering team. This was a huge advantage on the battlefield. It meant that the chances of them being interfered with during the construction process were very low. Of course, there was nothing here that could interfere with them.
This self-assembled World Gate was one of the few innovative technological products of the New Empire. It was recently developed by Tawil and not restored from the ancient archives of the Old Empire. And the reason why this self-assembled World Gate could be built was because of an unexpected little girl: Little Bubble.
Little Bubble was a mutated Xi Ling mainframe. Even though she had yet to display any of the functions that a normal mainframe should have (including the ability to speak), she would always create strange things that were hard to understand. It seemed that this mutation did not give her any new skills, but rather, it was transferred to the products that she created. Not long ago, Little Bubble created a batch of Builders. They were the "worker" units that the normal Schilling Host used to build the base after building the Mother Nest. But the Builders she created were obviously a little problematic. They didn't know how to build a house, but they had a high efficiency of information-matter conversion and better coordination.
Tawil analyzed the Builders and improved the construction method of the temporary World Gate so that they could build themselves, and even if they were smashed into pieces, each piece had a chance to form a new World Gate. Of course, this would be very time-consuming and not very practical on the battlefield.
The World Gate quickly took shape in the Warsong's orbit. Madwoman Two watched it all with a little boredom. She released orbital batteries from her own garage to build a space defense line as she muttered in the comms channel. "Will the enemy really come to this place? If you take down the surrounding worlds, those bastards won't be able to come in. Have I been sold? "
"Don't let your imagination run wild. I know how to command. Why would I waste my powerful troops on simply guarding the gate?" I swore. "The new army's little tricks have even fooled the Xi Ling Abyss. Hence, the defense of all the main transportation routes is very important. The enemy might pop out from somewhere. Who knows, their shadow space might be hidden in this universe."
I didn't lie to Madwoman Two because Abyssal Schilling did say that the New Army had built a lot of Shadow Dimensions right under her nose. The threat of these Shadow Dimensions was huge. However, the Shadow Dimensions were built in the universe that the New Army had complete control over, and this was a contested area. My previous scans didn't find any entrance to the Shadow Dimension, so I couldn't be sure if there was a "trap" buried here. But considering that Abyssal Schilling was a cunning person, the New Army's commander, who shared the same origin as her and was even more cunning, must be cunning as well. So, this universe must have enough defensive forces. The Warsong was indeed powerful, but she was a planetary warship with limited mobility. It was better for her to stay here and guard the World Gate.
Madwoman Two was more or less an "aide-de-camp." Although she didn't seem to show much strategic ability, she had no problem with basic battlefield analysis. She checked the current advancement map of the various battlefields and found that there was a possibility of an ambush or a trap in this universe. So, she stopped complaining and launched more railguns into space.
But soon, her imagination went wild again. She compared the size and position of the World Gate to herself and said proudly, "This World Gate is not as pretty as me, heh... Hey hey, let's put it horizontally. What if I get scratched by such a big circle? By the way, it's best to make the World Gate a one-way passageway. Don't open the side facing the ship's surface. This is to prevent some unlucky bastard who can't stop in time from rushing out and hitting my head. My head is hard … "
I decisively turned off the communicator.
While the Imperial Army was busy building the World Gate, the war in other parts of the universe had gradually subsided. The New Army had finally given up on this universe that they had lost more than they gained. Based on the information shared by Abyssal Schilling, they seemed to have shifted their focus to other jump routes. Sandora opened the "map" of the battlefields. It was a three-dimensional point-line diagram. Every glowing ball was a universe, and the bright lines between the balls were the jump routes that were currently under our control. Some red glowing lines were the jump routes controlled by the New Army, and some blue dotted lines were the routes that were being contested. All the routes leading to the core of Tranquility were currently in a state of contention. The New Army would rather die on these routes than retreat. They knew that as long as they continued to delay, they would win. Abyssal Schilling's two armies were isolated and helpless in the core of Tranquility. There were also Abyssal Schilling's armies within a jump distance of the core of Tranquility, but they were separated and surrounded, unable to support each other or open up a passage to call for reinforcements.
For now, the core of Tranquility and its surroundings were still the New Army's domain. Abyssal Schilling could only say that he still had room to fight back.
What we needed to do now was to press our advantage into the core of Tranquility. If we did not consider other factors, the initiative of the war was still on our side. We had the Galacticus Domain, the Empire, and the Abyssal Abyss Alliance, as well as the King of God Huron and the Galacticus Domain's Father. Overall, we definitely had the upper hand. When Abyssal Schilling was still an enemy, we already had the confidence to take down the Abyss. Now that Abyssal Schilling was an ally, the New Army was certainly no match for us. But the problem was that we had to fight our way into the core before the New Army activated the long bridge. That would be difficult.
"The Royal Fleet and the Second Army will continue to advance according to the original route. The other fleets will spread out to the surrounding universes." Sandora lightly tapped on the map of the battlefield in the air, marking out the other universes within one warp jump away from here. "Occupy as many warp jumps as possible. We can't afford to hold back any longer. We have to hurry."
"The Protoss's second frontline has already advanced nearby … Yes, it's this world that you call R-SC-39. It's two warps away from here." Seves' figure appeared on the communicator. He had set up a temporary high-level data exchange network that allowed the commanders of the Protoss to have a certain degree of 'compatibility' with the commanders of the Imperial Army. That was why the Protoss were able to coordinate with the Imperial Army to a certain extent. "I'll bring the troops to support them now. If we succeed, we can open up the warp jump from R-SC-39 to here. The two frontlines can be combined into a large battlefield, and the New Army will be separated."
Sandora and I nodded at the same time. "Mm, I'll leave it to you."
Then, I turned to look at the five Protoss cops. Icetis was resting with her eyes closed, while Monina and the other three were sprawled on the table, gasping for air. Elson raised his hand to greet his father. "Be careful. We're as tired as dogs …"
The mighty War God was so cool.
But they had indeed put in a lot of effort in the previous battle. Elson had even been wielded as a weapon by Lin for more than half an hour. It was normal for him to be physically and mentally exhausted. Even Jingle had shrouded a large portion of the battlefield with her life force during the battle. Now, the little one was sprawled on top of my head, wriggling here and there in a half-dead state. It seemed like she didn't even have the strength to fly.
Thus, no one expressed any opinion on this bunch of deities. Seves only nodded slightly before ending the communication. The Protoss' Radiant Battle Formation shrunk slightly in space, turning into a dazzling ball of light that looked like a star. Then, it disappeared. They were going to rush to the battlefield through another world gate. The world gate could only "point" to one world at a time when it was activated. It would take a certain amount of time to adjust the direction. The world gate in front of us was prepared for the Imperial Army. It was slowly pointing to the Royal Fleet's destination. Thus, the Protoss took another route.
The Imperial Army quickly passed through the world gate in front of them after they regrouped and reorganized themselves.
As our main force continued to push forward, the flames of war in other universes spread rapidly.
The Abyss Schilling's old army, the Protoss army, and the New Empire's fleet were divided into more than ten forces. At the same time, they launched a fierce attack on all the universes that had strategic value. With a huge advantage in numbers, we maintained the appearance of advancing layer by layer. More and more worlds were marked as safe on the Void map. The red danger zone was rapidly compressed to a range of three to five jumps away from the Tranquil Core. The situation in the Abyss that had been maintained for tens of thousands of years had experienced two major changes. The first was the split between the old and new armies a few months ago, which caused the Abyss to split into two. The second was the all-out war that was going to destroy all the lunatics here!
A few years ago, I would never have thought that there would be a day when I would sweep through the Abyss so quickly. Even Sandora probably would not have thought that the all-out war between both sides would start ahead of time. Furthermore, half of the "Fallen Apostles" were active on the battlefield as allies of the Empire. Could the Abyss Schilling have imagined what would happen today?
Impossible. No matter how powerful her calculation ability was, it would not be more unpredictable than Lin Xue's prophecy ability.
Against the radiance of psionic energy, the impact of the explosions, and the torrent of energy that caused even the foundation of space to tremble, all of us once again threw ourselves into the next battle.
Perhaps this final battle was still a little hasty. Perhaps there was still a lot of preparation work that had not been done. But none of that mattered. This was the accumulation of the New Empire over the years. It was also a battle where countless worlds of Order gambled with their lives. It was even the obsession left behind by our ancestors who had been destroyed by who knows how many Void catastrophes in the past. We must end the madness of the Abyss and return the chance of survival to everyone.
At the very least, everyone within the range of the Void's powers.
The next battle, the next battle, and who knows how many more battles until we reach the core of peace. The Empire's warriors were tireless, the Protoss's soldiers were not afraid of physical and mental exhaustion, and the servant army that followed us here used their perseverance to ensure that they would not fall behind. It would be a long series of battles, and both gods and mortals were fully aware of it.
Another silent firework exploded in space, and the New Army's last sovereign hub in this universe was extinguished. But this time, we had finally seized a solar system. Sandora had used her spiritual power to destroy the main defense of this small solar system, preventing the enemy from blowing everything up in madness. Then, the Imperial Army began to build a temporary World Gate and a new sovereign hub, and as before, dropped a large number of fortress cannons and heavy cannons floating in space. A huge planetary battleship emerged from deep space as the World Gate gradually took shape. It was a mobile battleship that was "split" from the celestial system fleet. Its function was similar to the Warsong, acting as a gravitational anchor and a defensive structure. Although we had seized a solar system, most of its defensive facilities had collapsed or could not be used at all. We still needed our own planetary battleship to act as a bunker.
Other than Sandora, none of the Emperor-level Apostles, including me, had taken action. From the beginning of the battle until now, we had been conserving our energy. Because we did not know how many troops the New Army had piled up in the core of peace, nor did we know how many Emperor-level Apostles were waiting among them. The top-notch Shiring Apostles themselves were a superweapon, and naturally, they could not be wasted on the conventional battlefield in front of us.
"Lass, let your Big Head Army assist in the defense here. If we go any further, there will be no room for them to appear."
I patted the little puppet's hair, waking the little lass from her daze. Every time the battle started, she would look at the central projection in a daze, and after the battle ended, she would be in a daze for a long time. At first, I thought she was frightened, but later on, I found out that she was simply curious. Although this little lass had participated in many battles and could be considered a "veteran" on the battlefield of the Empire, she had never seen such a super battle where one world after another was flattened, nor had she seen the various details of such a battle. She was extremely curious about the automatically constructed Abyss Gate and the strange rules of the inter-world war, and she was also excited by the explosions on the battlefield. Occasionally, she would marvel at the strange wonders in space. In short, she had all kinds of emotions, but she was not afraid.
Perhaps this bunch of naughty brats were really born to be used to the battlefield … or maybe it was because of the past few years of training.
"That is called the Princess's Direct Army! It is a formal establishment! It is not a Big Head Army, nor is it a Cute Army! "
Although the little puppet was stunned, she immediately reacted. Her 92.3cm tall little figure jumped back and forth in strong protest. As expected, she didn't seem frightened by the battlefield at all.
The corners of my mouth twitched. This little lass was good in every aspect, except for her habit of bickering with me. Even after so many years, it still showed no signs of recovering.
Every time a universe was conquered, it was necessary to set up a sovereign hub to control it. Naturally, a portion of the army would be sent down there. The Empire's main forces were limited, so apart from some large-scale Empire fortresses, most of the garrisons next to the sovereign hub were second-rate armies like the servant army (Second Lunatic's territory was an exception. Because it was a key transportation point, the entire Revenge Army had to stay behind to guard it). The little puppet was jumping around happily, but this didn't change the fact that her Cute Army was a second-rate army. That was why the Big Head Army had to leave the main forces here and participate in the local defense.
This would also be safer for the Big Head Army. Although they had the combat strength of the Empire's soldiers and specialized battle vehicles, they were still the "Princess' personal guards." This type of troop couldn't be sent to the frontlines, so having them guard the various bases would give the little puppet a sense of existence. This way, she wouldn't always feel that she was useless.
Although the little puppet seemed like she only lived a daily life of eating, sleeping, and playing, she actually worked hard to learn everything a member of the Imperial Army and royalty should know through the data network. She was an awkward child who liked to silently work hard when others weren't paying attention to her, and her hard work had been fruitful. Apart from being the same as Icetis in etiquette, Pandora in tactics, and the same as Little Crow in knowledge, she was outstanding in all other areas … It seemed like she didn't have any other areas left?
Anyway, no matter what, it shouldn't be a problem for her to command her Cute Army to guard a base. It wasn't like she was the highest commander of the base.
A large group of cute, three-headed, big-headed girls carried their toy weapons and disappeared in a teleportation beam. The little puppet used a mental connection to control them, so her main body was still inside the Empire Admiral.
When this new base began operating and the World Gate was about to be activated, Abyssal Schilling suddenly stood up.
"The new army's movements are strange … They're going to forcefully build a bridge!"
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