When the news of the impending destruction was broadcasted, the reactions of each race were different.
The Proteus survivors of Shakuras were the first to respond. Deep in their souls, there was a mysterious connection with the universe that could not be explained by science. They had already faintly sensed the unrest that pervaded the entire sector. With the news that we sent out and Zeratul's strong testimony, the Proteus people immediately took action.
Orderly and full of dignity, these eight words explained the attitude of this ancient and rational race in the face of a great disaster.
Newborns, young adults, technicians, and scientists were the first to be included in the evacuation list. They were the necessary conditions for a race to reproduce and recover. People like warriors, spiritual leaders, and sages were arranged in the second batch of evacuation list. The former were strong barriers to protect their people in the dangerous space, while the latter would bear the heavy responsibility of the race's spiritual pillar. The destruction of their home and the wandering among the stars would often cause a shocking spiritual turmoil for a race. A little bit of depression multiplied by the base number of the entire race would be enough to trigger the second disaster. Those wise and strong spiritual leaders must guide their people in the dark period and get through the most difficult period. This period might only be a few months, but it could also be as long as decades.
Although the expectations were good, only God knew if the reconstruction of Keplu Sector could be completed in a short period of time. The world arbitration organization had been asleep for too long. Now that they had just finished resting, they had to undertake such a high-precision task. The probability of accidents happening was too high. We had no choice but to prepare for the worst.
These chosen spiritual leaders of Proteus met with me under the introduction of Zeratul. Although they were different races, I could still see what I wanted in their eyes: determination, wisdom, and a strong edge that was hidden.
In the Sector Wide Broadcast, I had already explained that although the Keplu Sector was completely contaminated and destroyed by the "demonic energy", the people who actually carried out this death sentence were the Shiring Apostles. In other words, the ones who destroyed their home at the last moment were actually us. In the face of this fact, these Proteus leaders showed surprising calmness and understanding. When they saw the damage that the abyssal energy could cause, especially when they saw the scene of the infected stars exploding crazily and even hitting the galactic core, they showed extremely shocked expressions. Being contaminated by this power and eventually becoming an accomplice to the destruction of the universe, in the eyes of these righteous Proteus people, this was definitely something that was more unacceptable than death. Perhaps this was also one of the reasons why they could understand our behavior.
In short, although the atmosphere of this meeting was very heavy, the things that needed to be resolved were successfully resolved: the entire Proteus race would begin their great escape in three days, and their destination was the few solar systems designated by the Empire. Although the environment was harsh, at least they could survive. Relying on their own advanced technology, they should be able to gain a foothold there.
There were also some "Protoss" who stayed here. Some of them were disabled soldiers who could no longer recover and the elderly. Even Proteus couldn't evacuate their entire race from Kepru in just over a month. Therefore, these people who could no longer contribute to the race had to stay and die with their homeland. Another group of people insisted on staying because of their attachment to their homeland. On the eve of the destruction of their homeland, such things always happened, even in a highly rational society like Proteus. The number of people who were willing to stay was less than 1%, and the vacated positions were not wasted. Some famous war heroes and artists who could no longer fight on the battlefield because of their disability were thus given a chance to survive. Originally, they were all willing to stay to welcome the end of the world.
In general, most of the "Protoss" of Proteus organized the evacuation in an amazing order. The calmness and unity they showed when carrying out all of this was amazing. It was as if "selfishness" had never intersected with this race. Everyone silently chose the path that was most beneficial to the entire race. Even if they were kicked out of the spaceship to save space, they would not say a word. These aliens who looked strange to me at first had qualities that even Sandora praised. They stared at their homeland with sincerity and attachment in their eyes, but they never hesitated to turn around and leave, and never looked back.
Perhaps this race would silently lick their wounds in the sanctuary, but at least for now, their unity and order had won the respect of the Shiring Apostles.
There were also a small number of Tadalim members among the evacuating Proteus people. When the power of the "revelation" completely dissipated, some of these fanatics had regained their calmness. Facing the situation of the entire Sector that was about to be destroyed, even if they were crazy, there would still be some clear-headed members. Less than one-third of the Tadalim members left their organization and applied to the Empire's blockade force for passage. Naturally, their application was approved. The remaining two-thirds of the Tadalim members all gathered in Aiur, which had been scorched by the war in the past. They hoped to cherish the glory of their homeland in the last month or so.
As for the human side, it was completely out of our expectations. They were clearly divided into two factions.
One faction was the stubborn faction led by Mengsk. Even though the power of the "revelation" had dissipated, the suspicion and conspiracy theories ingrained in the human bones still occupied the minds of these people. They found it hard to believe that the Imperial Army that was still planning to massacre the Kepru natives two days ago would suddenly transform into the glorious saviors of the world. Furthermore, Mengsk used the power of public opinion to create an image of us as the conspirators. He declared that this was another sinister plan of the Schilling invaders. This plan attempted to use sensational disasters to confuse the judgment of the people and even shake the foundation of human civilization. In his mouth, we had simply become the militarists who wanted to occupy this Sector at all costs (alright, I do have such a little girl next to me). As long as the humans started to flee, the iron hooves of the Xiling Empire would trample over every planet in Kepru and occupy the "beautiful and glorious home" of the humans. To be honest, these statements were full of loopholes. From the beginning to the end, it was all speculation. It was clearly a war initiated by the humans, but in that old thing's mouth, it was actually caused by the Shiring Apostles brazenly attacking a colonized planet of the humans. However, the characteristics of humans that were easily incited made those supporters of Mengsk easily believe the nonsense of this faction. The stubborn faction resolutely refused to flee and declared that they would fight against the shameless invaders to the end …
Pandora had applied to me to sign a genocide order six times in a row, you bastard!
However, it was nothing. These stubborn factions made such a choice on their own. It was true that I was a good person, but if someone was eager to die, I would also be happy to help them achieve their dreams. As long as I watched coldly from the sidelines, these annoying guys would soon be formatted and evaporated, leaving not even a speck of them behind.
Many of the battleships that we had originally prepared to help the humans evacuate happened to be idle now. Rather than spending so much effort to save them, it was better to evacuate some of the truly innocent people — there was already a shortage of colony ships in Proteus.
In contrast to the stubborn faction, there were those who were inclined to evacuate, whom we called the sensible faction. Most of them were citizens within Renault's area of activity. These people had been persecuted by Mengsk's authoritarianism and had great trust in Renault. I had to admit that I had underestimated Uncle Renault's power in the beginning. Originally, Uncle Renault was just a terrorist leader in the 'plot', but he actually had quite a lot of influence in the real world of the stars. The number of people he had gathered was quite large, and because these people's power was insignificant, they were also the group of people who were the least affected by the 'revelation' process. They were the first to see the inexplicable nature of the war, and they were also more likely to believe the warning issued by the Xiling Empire.
However, this group of people was still too small compared to the entire human population of the Keplu Star District. Although they were more influenced by Renault, when someone suddenly announced that the end of the world was coming, ordinary people still held a certain degree of suspicion towards such a thing. Furthermore, these poor people at the periphery could not possibly own many interstellar colony ships, and the local government was also under the management of Mengsk. The government could not possibly allow these 'rebels' to escape and disrupt the normal social order. It was really difficult for the humans to organize an escape group. Compared to Proteus, who was highly rational and trusted the Xiling Empire more …
It was really embarrassing for us distant relatives …
We could help solve the problem of the lack of colony ships. After all, the number of humans in this part of the world was not even one-fifth of the entire Independent Federation. A batch of battleships that we had urgently modified could still support the transportation of these people. However, we could not do anything about the hearts of the people. This would depend on the extent of Uncle Renault's influence. As for the local government that was obstructing us, these stubborn and aggressive fellows were a problem. I simply sent two Scorpions to every planet, and it was much quieter there now.
Yup, on top of that, my original idea had finally come true. We really dismantled a large number of the main cannons of the Eternal-class battleships and converted them into residential areas. Shallow Shallow had now become the head of the most developed real estate industry in the Keplu Star District.
Let us shift our gaze away from the Keplu natives who were about to start wandering, and back to the Imperial Army.
This was a desolate and remote asteroid belt, located at the edge of a destroyed star system. Yup, it was actually the star system where the black sun once resided. We had built a temporary base here, relying on these asteroids to build a series of space anchor points and Schilling Ramparts, and set up spatial beacons. The Space-Time Management Center had started constructing the spatial rift according to the beacons, and it was now almost 90% complete. Now, looking out from the top platform of the Empire Admiral, we could clearly see that the starry sky was clearly divided into two parts. In the middle of the normal stars, there was a huge ring-shaped object. The surface of the ring-shaped object was filled with densely packed starlight, as though the density of the stars was rapidly increasing in a certain ring-shaped area. This ring-shaped object was the rapidly expanding spatial rift, and the mirror effect it caused had folded the nearby space like a strange mirror, continuously refracting the image of the surrounding starry sky multiple times, forming the brilliant ring of stars. For the past two days, whenever Shallow Shallow had nothing to do, she would carry a holographic recorder to the platform to do some documentary photography, saying that she wanted to shoot a long film that reflected the vastness of the universe. Currently, my sister and I were secretly betting on whether Shallow Shallow's passion could last for three or four days …
This base was less than fifty astronomical units away from the Black Sun. For a core of the Chaos Abyss that was about to explode, such a distance was negligible. However, we had no choice but to teleport our homeworld over from such a dangerous location. According to Alaya, Gaia was currently in a state of "fusion" with our homeworld. Even if she transformed into a glorious starship, she would still need to act as a satellite of our homeworld. This meant that my unfortunate homeworld had to be fixed at the location where the world's arbitration authority would activate. This location was naturally the center of the Keplu Star Zone.
Unfortunately, the Black Sun was also located in this location …
On the fifth day after the Black Sun's eruption, on the bridge of the Empire Admiral.
My connection with Gaia had already been established. Even Sandora couldn't help but be astonished by the astonishing distance between our homeworld and this universe. Perhaps using distance to describe it wasn't quite right. It should be said that the barrier between the two worlds was astonishingly strong. I really didn't know how my mental connection had been able to reach such a distant world back then.
No wonder Gaia had only been able to perform a single one-way teleportation of Pandora's + 300 with all of our homeworld's teleportation power back then …
"Your Majesty, I'm very happy to be able to speak with you again." Gaia's voice sounded rather happy in our mental connection. "Our homeworld has started to break away from the original barrier system. We can begin teleportation anytime."
"How's the situation with the dimensional rift?" I asked this question to the twin sisters who were acting as the spatial beacons. They were in charge of guiding the teleportation.
"The dimensional rift is stable. We can begin teleportation anytime."
Sandora and I exchanged glances and smiled in satisfaction at the same time.
"Prepare for teleportation. All spaceships that are stabilized by gravity, turn on all energy!"
As the order was given, a low buzzing sound came from all around us. The air started to fill with an uncomfortable sensation, as though I was being electrocuted. I knew that the teleportation had begun.
The gravitational turbulence caused by a body the size of a planet passing through the dimensional rift was rather astonishing. It was even enough to tear the entire planet apart. However, the spaceships that we had set up had suppressed the turbulence to an extremely low level. What replaced it was a low-frequency shock wave that enveloped the entire asteroid belt. As long as the shock wave remained stable, it meant that the teleportation was proceeding normally. However, I still have to say … It was too itchy!! Every single hair on my body was shivering. You b * stard!
"Ah Jun, your image …" Sandora's tone was filled with helplessness as she watched me squirm all over the place and scratch the itch. I immediately pointed at my feet. Why didn't you say that Shallow shallow was rolling all over the ground!?
"This bunch of Empire Heads of State …" Liliana looked up to the sky and let out a long sigh as she desperately rubbed herself against the railing of the bridge.
I say, isn't such a f * cking place like the bridge of the Empire Admirals not equipped with isolation devices? B * stard!
The ring that had been hovering above the Empire Fleet was now trembling violently. The starry sky that it reflected had become a blurry band of light due to the turbulence. In the center of the ring, a light blue dot had just appeared and was gradually expanding.
Mother Planet! It had begun teleportation!
Of course, what we were looking at now was only a small blue ball. Its radius was no more than a meter. It was like an infinitely accurate model that was reproducing the structure of Mother Planet from the atomic level. This was because under the mirroring effect of the dimensional rift, Mother Planet that was being teleported had formed a small projection on the current material plane. Mother Planet itself was still within the dimensional rift.
This small projection floated silently in the huge ring of starry sky. It didn't look any different to the naked eye, but after a few seconds, the toy-like crystal ball instantly expanded to cover the entire sky!
Words were unable to describe the shock of that moment. Three seconds. In just three seconds, a green land covered in a thick atmosphere suddenly appeared above our heads! I had always thought that the teleportation of Mother Planet was a slow process. A gigantic celestial body slowly extended its majestic form from the wide dimensional rift. This was my impression of planetary teleportation. However, it seemed that the human imagination was still too lacking. Mother Planet expanded from a projection with a radius of less than a meter to a gigantic planet in just three seconds!
This scene was displayed in front of us through the holographic projection on the bridge. Even Shallow Shallow was shocked!
"Teleportation successful. It is a pleasure to meet you, Your Majesty."
A soft female voice suddenly sounded on the bridge, snapping me out of my shock. It was Gaia's voice.
In that instant, I had a surreal feeling. Just a few seconds ago, Gaia was so far away from us that even our voices would be distorted. Now, she was so close to us that the Empire's fleet could even touch the Mother Planet's atmosphere!
A pale blue halo gradually floated on the bridge. The energy clouds slowly gathered, and then gradually formed a vague human figure. Then, the human figure became clear.
Gaia, who I had only met in dreams and illusions, had finally met in reality.
With a gentle and respectful smile, shoulder-length hair, a dignified and beautiful appearance, and an elegant and well-mannered stance, the impression that Gaia gave me finally became clear. A well-educated and well-mannered female butler. It couldn't be helped. Gaia, who had been helping to take care of Mother Planet, was just too much like a butler …
"Err … Gaia, it's been a while."
"It's still the same idiotic way of greeting."
Just as I said that, Liliana put her hand to her forehead and muttered helplessly.
I just don't have such mortal social skills. I'm sorry, Your Eminence!
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