We gathered the Empire's fleets that were building bases in other warzones, leaving only part of our main force to intercept the New Army's reinforcements to the 'core of peace'. When the regrouped Empire's fleet charged through the World Gate, we were faced with an unprecedentedly stubborn and insane enemy.
The battleship cannons were roaring, space was trembling, and the power that could tear apart a world was compressed into a battlefield with a radius of only a few astronomical units. Large swathes of battleships exploded like consumables, the space filled with scorching metal fragments and high-energy clouds wafting everywhere. The Imperial Army had forcibly established a base under the New Army's swift counterattack, which opened up the situation in this universe, but the situation was not optimistic. The World Gate of this world was completely under the New Army's control, and while the Imperial Army had used the World Gate to teleport here, they were interrupted halfway and fell into the void, and only managed to infiltrate this universe after a period of conventional navigation. We had already spent a lot of effort on the World Barrier, and now it was even more difficult for us to gain a foothold in the material world. Our reinforcements were trying their best to catch up, but without the World Gate, it would not be easy for them to enter the enemy's territory.
Sister looked worried as she watched the Combined Shield ripple under the bombardment of extra-dimensional firepower. "Looks like the enemy has reached the final stage. Are they trying to stop us here at all costs?"
A large pile of crystalline debris floated beside sister. The debris looked like ordinary crystal dust after being smashed, but it was arranged in a clear pattern in the air. It was one of the mediums of sister's curse, but it was not working on the enemy, but imitating the formation of the Empire's fleet. Sister's curse was ultimately a probabilistic power, and it could be used to kill the enemy as well as protect herself. She had established a mysterious connection between her 'crystal dust' and the Empire's fleet, and by constantly changing the structure of the dust, the enemy's attack would miss. It was a probabilistic shield, and on a large enough battlefield, it was even more effective than an additional Combined Shield.
The power of the 'Cursed Goddess' could weaken the enemy's threat by percentage, and even nullify the enemy's attack the moment they attacked. No matter how large the enemy was, they could not avoid the problem of probability, and it was a godly weapon on the battlefield.
Sister focused on maintaining the mapping relationship between the 'crystal dust' and the Empire's fleet while frowning at the holographic projection in the center of the command hall. Spy probes were shuttling through space, continuously relaying the situation in every corner of the universe. We saw countless battle fortresses and a sovereign hub with unprecedented defense. These fortresses and sovereign hubs not only completely controlled the entire universe, but the information radiation they extended was like tentacles that 'wrapped' the nearby universe: the core of tranquility. The world before us was a source of interference, and as long as it existed, no one could penetrate this defense and enter the core of tranquility.
With the current scale of the empire's fleets that had successfully infiltrated this world, it was unrealistic to think that they could take over this world. Of course, as time passed, more imperial fleets and Protoss troops would enter this world. The Xi Ling Abyss would also be able to turn the tables. When that time came, we would naturally be able to destroy this world, but the problem was … that would take a very long time, and the new army wouldn't give us too much time.
"How far are they at?" I turned to look at the slender figure beside me. Abyss Schilling was leaning on her huge box, using most of her energy to command her troops to attack the universe around the core of tranquility. Of course, she still had the energy to talk to the others. "They're charging the activation terminal. That device consumes a lot of energy, and it can't be charged in advance. It can only be turned on when it's about to be activated … I always thought that it was a shortcoming, but I didn't expect it to buy time for you and me."
"How long does it take to charge?" Sandora continued to ask.
"A day, but I'll do my best to disturb them. The energy well they use for charging is in the shadow dimension. The two armies in the core of tranquility are trying to pull the shadow dimension into the surface world. This process will create strong information interference, and the charging process will be difficult."
"Those two armies of yours are really tenacious …" Even in such a situation, I couldn't help but sigh. When the old army ambushed the core area of Tranquility, Xi Ling of the Abyss had several armies stationed there. Although the latter weren't able to hold the defensive line, two armies survived a fierce battle. Not only that, they were still able to fight until now. Not only did they not completely collapse, they even had the strength to attack the enemy's shadow dimension … Were these two armies Xi Ling of the Abyss' trump cards?
"Ivanova is the chief defense officer of the core of tranquility. Ever since the network split a few months ago, I've been keeping her in her glorious form. That's why the two armies under her protection haven't been defeated yet." Abyss Schilling still had a faint smile that never changed, as if the situation before her didn't make her feel depressed at all. "Her glorious form has extremely high defense, and unlike Visca's starship which can only increase its own defense, she's skilled at providing protection to the entire army … She should be able to last for two or three days before her power runs out, but we only have one day. We still haven't made enough preparations … I never expected that the new army would forcefully start building the bridge despite Ivanova's harassment. Aren't they afraid that their precious starting port will be destroyed in an accident? "
"You said it yourself that the entire new army has gone mad. How much can a madman think about?"
I said casually as I returned my attention to the battlefield before me.
It still wasn't enough. They needed more firepower, more troops, and stronger attacks … The new army had already gone crazy. A bunch of lunatics would squeeze out all of their strength to fulfill their obsession. In that case, if they wanted to defeat this group of lunatics, they would need to use power that far surpassed them. I lowered my head to look at my hands. My hands were gradually losing their corporeal feel, slowly turning into an indescribable pitch-black form. The power of the void slowly spread, but another pair of slender hands reached out to stop me from turning into the void.
Shallow Shallow seemed to be worried, but she maintained a calm expression. After so many years, the change in her personality after activating her power was becoming less and less obvious. Her originally uncontrollable "personality change" was now more of a "calmness." She was very calm now, and I calmed down as well. "Ah Jun, don't panic. You have to conserve your power."
"The problem is that the enemies here are too troublesome." I frowned as I looked at the holographic projection. The Empire's fleets that had infiltrated here were only the Royal Navy and the Second Fleet. However, the new army's numbers were enormous, and they were pouring even more of their hyperspace firepower here. Of course, in order to ensure the defensive strength of the various fortresses, they hadn't gathered all the firepower in the entire universe. But even so, the firepower that they had gathered was already more than what the Empire's fleets could handle. The commander of the enemy forces in this universe seemed to be a scheming fellow. He used the right amount of firepower to deal with the enemy, not wasting energy just because he had the advantage in numbers. This way, he could last longer when more invaders infiltrated here … The new army was in a frenzy, but their tactical ability hadn't been reduced at all.
Shallow Shallow thought seriously for a moment, and her eyes suddenly lit up. "Then let me think of a strategy …"
Before she could finish, everyone present immediately pretended to look up at the scenery …
Just as I mustered up my courage and prepared to listen to Shallow Shallow's idea, Halland's voice suddenly came from the communicator. "Who needs backup?"
Following that slightly teasing call, a large vortex suddenly appeared in the empty space 0.3 astronomical units away from the Empire's fleet, and black-red-painted warships slowly emerged from it. The Abyss Independent Regiment under Halland's command was actually faster than the other fleets, and had infiltrated this world ahead of the other fleets.
Because she had to command her own army, the main battlefront wasn't with the Empire's main force, so Halland wasn't on the Empire's Admiral, but on the flagship of the Abyss Independent Regiment. Now, this brother had finally led the fleet to meet up with the main force!
After a long period of development, the Abyss Independent Regiment had now become a super large army that surpassed most regular armies, and Halland was even considering reorganizing the Independent Regiment according to standard army organization, forming the Abyss First Fleet and the Abyss Second Fleet, which showed just how big this army was. The moment this powerful fleet entered the battlefield, they immediately turned the tide, catching the new army off guard. Their hyperdimensional firepower was quickly disrupted by the Abyss Independent Regiment's massive gravitational traps, while the 'close range' troops within a few astronomical units met the Empire's ambush. Sandora took advantage of the enemy's momentary confusion, and thousands of assault ships and an even larger number of individual battleships broke through the dimensional barrier, charging into the enemy's ranks and bombarding them.
And the servant army that fought alongside the Imperial Army finally had a chance to play their part. In the fierce battle before, they were almost unable to leave the Combined Shield, and could only rely on the unmanned battleships released by the Admiral's Carrier to intercept the enemy's warp warheads and act as close range cannons. But now that the enemy's attack was temporarily distracted by the Abyss Independent Regiment, the huge Admiral's Carrier immediately seized the opportunity to counterattack. Especially the Dark Forest Tribe's fleet … it was practically charging out in a carnival mood.
And just as the situation turned for the better, a strange feeling suddenly spread in my heart.
It was indescribable what this feeling was, and if I had to describe it, it was similar to when I 'returned to the Void', but much weaker. I looked around and found that no one else seemed to have noticed anything unusual, but when I turned to look at the image in space, an obvious anomaly appeared in space.
This was supposed to be a desolate universe with few celestial bodies and extremely thin energy and matter. There were only a limited number of stars and cooling nebulae that were so dim that they were almost invisible in the dark space. But just now, a gigantic 'lightning' flashed across the entire universe. Yes, the entire universe, not a few kilometers, not a few light-years, not a nebula, but the entire universe was instantly pierced through by a distorted bright line!
Although it was impossible to see the entire picture of the universe from external monitors, and normal 'vision' could not be so wide that one could see the entire world at a glance, but in that instant, I was not observing with my eyes, but because of the illusion of 'returned to the Void', which directly scanned the 'information snapshot' of the entire universe, so I was sure that there was a distorted flash of light that pierced through the entire universe.
But this seemed unrealistic … it was impossible for there to be such a lightning that could pierce through the entire universe, and normal natural phenomena would never be able to create such a thing that far exceeded the speed of light. If it was a universe with a diameter of hundreds of billions of light-years, then even if lightning was infinitely powerful, it would still take hundreds of billions of years to spread from one end of the world to the other, so I immediately ruled out the possibility of 'natural lightning'.
Moreover, it was impossible for there to be lightning in space.
It could be some kind of Psionic Spark, or an arcane spell cast by Belavilla — if it was a Raven Emperor, it was not inconceivable for a 'lightning' to pierce through the entire universe. But I did not feel any corresponding energy waves from that flash of light, and logically speaking, with such a large scale, the energy reaction should be astonishing.
I did not know what that flash of light was, but it was obviously some kind of 'supernatural phenomenon' that surpassed the speed of light, pierced through the universe, and in an instant, 'synchronized' the entire world. And this time, I was not the only one who felt the anomaly, the others also saw the strange phenomenon that appeared in space, perhaps they could not 'scan' the entire universe like the Void Creatures, and could not immediately confirm that the flash of light pierced through the world, but they would definitely notice that the flash of light was unusual.
"What was that just now?" Shallow Shallow was the first to jump, in any case, she would always be the first to jump when something strange happened.
Sandora was also surprised. "Lightning? Psionic Spark? But how could there be such a large scale … and no energy reaction. "
Just as everyone was confused by the flash of light, Abyssal Schilling's voice suddenly came from the side. "It's the Activation Terminal! The New Army might be forcibly activating it! When it slowly awakens, it will produce a powerful radiation of information, and the surrounding universe will be abnormal! "
"Doesn't it need a day to recharge?!" I exclaimed, and at the same time, the second 'lightning' illuminated the universe again.
This time, I finally saw that there was something else in the flash of light: the equipment showed that it was tens of thousands of kilometers wide, and in that tens of thousands of kilometers wide bright white light, there were all kinds of vague images, some were distorted stars, some were elongated suns, and some were oddly colored, like space clouds, giving off the impression that it was a seriously deformed mirage.
"God knows how they solved the energy problem …" Abyssal Schilling's tone was hurried, she quickly mobilized the fleet while talking to us. "The Activation Terminal requires an astonishing amount of energy to activate, although they can connect to an external energy source, but even with the maximum output of psionic energy, it will take at least a day to fill the energy source … Where did they find the energy?! Don't tell me they built something else right under my nose?! "
* Boom! *
A loud sound suddenly reverberated in the command hall of the Empire Commander, even the alloy ground under our feet trembled slightly. The external surveillance quickly locked on to the source of the impact, it turned out that several super heavy fortress missiles had bombarded the joint shield, overloading the shield, causing a shielded broadcast tower next to the Empire Commander to explode, and the impact of the explosion of the broadcast tower had affected the flagship.
It seemed that the flash of light in the universe had given the New Army a great boost, their offense that had just been suppressed suddenly became unprecedentedly strong, and the attacks that the Empire Commander encountered instantly increased by several times!
"Continue to fight, don't think about anything else!" Sandora ordered loudly in the command hall, "All firepower, lock on to the sovereign hub!"
Only by destroying the sovereign hub could we drill a hole in the interference barrier leading to the core of peace, otherwise, we wouldn't even be able to open a void route. No matter how many unexpected situations there were, there was only one urgent matter at hand, and that was to destroy the defense of this world!
I turned to Abyssal Schilling, "You only need to tell me how much time we have left!"
"Ten hours, I'm not sure of the exact time," Abyssal Schilling's voice wasn't so confident for the first time, "I've never activated the activation port, all the signs after it started operating are all my guesses … including how long it would take for that thing to reach its peak energy, all these are only theoretical values."
"Let's hope that your theoretical values are reliable," I stared at the central projection, "Ten hours … we might still have enough time."
Space was filled with flashes of explosions, the ripples from the joint shield made the entire fleet feel as if they were immersed in some kind of strange 'ocean', but the Empire Commander was the only one in sight, the nearest enemy was several astronomical units away, and the furthest enemy was probably at the edge of the universe, this was a clash of extra-dimensional firepower, the world-destroying energy was drilling holes in space, the battle was causing the stability of the entire universe to decrease … the stability of the universe was decreasing?
"Why don't we destroy this world?"
I suddenly had an incredible idea, and it seemed to be a good idea!
On a battlefield of this level, destroying the entire universe to turn the situation around wasn't something unimaginable, although it would cause a huge commotion, but … it wasn't like we hadn't done it before.
Right now, the main reason why we couldn't enter the core of peace was due to interference, the New Army had set up extremely powerful information interference sources in the few universes around the core of peace, these interference sources caused the World Gate to be unable to be opened, the fleet's void engines also couldn't function properly, so no matter if we used teleportation or cruise, it was difficult to approach the core of peace. In order to solve this problem in the shortest time possible, the best way was, of course, to destroy the interference sources!
Originally, we had thought of using conventional warfare to destroy the enemy's sovereign hub, at least we could preserve some of the battle results, but now …
As expected, we shouldn't think about gaining too much advantage when fighting against lunatics.
"Destroy this world?" Abyssal Schilling was stunned for a moment, then he understood what I was thinking, "Indeed, this can make the sovereign hub shut down in the shortest time possible, this way there will be a gap in the interference around the core of peace, we can use the void route to rush over … but the New Army must have reinforced this universe, I'm afraid that conventional world-destroying weapons won't be effective so easily."
Godfather's voice suddenly came from the communicator, "If conventional methods don't work, then we'll use unconventional methods."
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