"Ah Jun, Ah Jun, what are they doing?"
Hugging my arm tightly, not minding the intimate contact of her sensitive body parts, Shallow Shallow looked at the screen curiously. A group of strange small fighter aircrafts were roaming around like a scavenger group. They had already been roaming around here for half an hour, but I couldn't figure out their intentions, nor did I sense any hostility from them … Alright, they couldn't even see us.
"Maybe they're from the Archaeology Department?" I shrugged. The soft sensation on my arm made my movement a little unnatural. It was still a one-sided shrug, as though I was paralyzed. "Pandora, Visca, the two of you, put away your spaceship cannons! It wasn't easy for us to see a bunch of people who could breathe, and the two of you want this group to die as well? "
Just as we were guessing the motives of this strange army that suddenly appeared, the other party suddenly did something that baffled us. They suddenly changed their formation. The large warships moved away from each other, while the smaller warships shrank back into the formation of the motherships, assuming a defensive stance. The fighter aircrafts that were roaming around the battlefield swiftly returned to their respective motherships. Just like a jellyfish that had been poked by someone, the entire fleet went into a crouching defensive stance.
Crouching defensive … How did I come up with this idea?
"Sir, we've received an unknown signal. It's a recognizable contact request!"
A human officer who had knocked into a chair earlier stood up and reported. The medic beside him, who was applying medicine, swept her leg across the floor, causing the disobedient soldier to lie down. Then, she continued applying medicine.
"I didn't expect you to have soldiers with such personalities under your command."
I laughed dryly as I said to Reynolds.
Reynolds rubbed his nose awkwardly. "This batch of medic is the first batch to receive the 'Empire's Excellent Military Training' from the Ace Division."
Me: "…"
"Cough cough, connect the call." Big Sis coughed softly with a blushing face, then tried her best to sound serious.
"Unknown friend, since you've been hiding here for a long time and haven't attacked us, why don't you show yourself and talk to us?"
After the call connected, the screen of the communication device only showed a distorted interference pattern. The other party's face didn't appear, but a deep and powerful voice could be clearly heard.
Ugh, looks like the Holy Mother Ship's invisibility field isn't omnipotent. The other party actually noticed us so quickly. As expected, it's not right to turn on G-mode.
I waved my hand. "Deactivate the invisibility. We've been seen anyway. But don't be in a hurry to deactivate your weapon lock. We can't be sure if the other party is hostile or not."
In the vast and boundless space, layers of ripples suddenly appeared. First, the instruments detected a large amount of mass appearing out of thin air. Then, a huge fleet gradually appeared. Like a ghost floating up from the surface of a pitch-black lake, there was the neatly arranged battlecruiser that looked like a ferocious steel dragon. There was also the Curved Light Ship that was filled with energy like a blooming flower in space. The size of a small town was like a giant treasure under the blue psionic shield. Then, there was the disk-shaped Holy Mother Ship that floated silently in the center of the army. It had a diameter of a hundred kilometers, and it was basically a giant city in the sky. Such a space fleet, compared to the fleet that was far more powerful than the pirate fleet, but in reality, it was just an assembly of cargo. It was like heaven and earth.
Although they could only be considered as militia in the Imperial Army, compared to the natives here, they seemed to be quite strong.
Just now, the other party seemed to have only detected our existence, but they couldn't see the true appearance of this army. Therefore, when the Federal Army's fleet appeared, the communication device was immediately dead silent. Two seconds later, a cold voice sounded. "… Oh my god … Hmph, I mean, Queen above …"
It seemed that the calm and serious commander was quite an interesting fellow.
"I say, since we have deactivated our invisibility to show our sincerity, you should at least show your true appearance in the communication device, right?" Looking at the continuous flickering interference patterns on the screen, I said with slight dissatisfaction. "No pictures, no truth —"
The other side of the communication device was silent for a moment, then there was a series of clanking sounds. While I was puzzled, the interference patterns on the screen suddenly disappeared, and in its place was a middle-aged man with white hair and a thin face wearing a dark blue military uniform. His face was like most soldiers, weather-beaten, solemn and steady. In a place like Gundam, he would be the kind of captain with a common-faced face who would roar passionately in the first few minutes, and then explode with fireworks along with the 360 white dots on the screen. But in reality, he was a middle-aged handsome man full of military charm. My first impression was neither good nor bad.
I was already mentally prepared to meet the aliens, but now it seems that under someone's laziness, after unifying the world's Chinese language, another specialty of Earth dominated the multiverse: the human face.
But after this middle-aged handsome man appeared on the screen, his posture was a little strange. One of his arms was stretched to the upper left corner of the screen, as if he was holding something, and looking at his motionless appearance, those who didn't know better would think that he was holding a bag of explosives.
Noticing our strange gazes, the old handsome man wiped his sweat with his empty left hand and smiled awkwardly. "The camera isn't working well …"
We were speechless.
Even the military industry has shady dealings these days!
Such an awkward meeting had the effect of easing the atmosphere. The other party's commander seemed to be a serious and steady soldier, but occasionally, he didn't care about trifles. This personality made me feel closer to him, because there were people in the Imperial Army who were even more unreliable than him. We had also removed our disguises and showed our sincerity. At least, we wouldn't fight.
In the boundless space, when two unfamiliar armies met each other, they would usually be very careful and cautious, but it was rare for a direct battle to break out. This was because you didn't dare to confirm the other party's background, or even the civilization system they came from, and they didn't dare to be sure what would happen if they accidentally pressed a button. Once they went out, they would start a war everywhere. Races that were like mad dogs would always meet someone stronger than them. Almost none of them were lucky enough to escape from their own galaxy. Many of these civilizations had accidentally bumped into the Empire's patrol team and were wiped out without a trace. Therefore, true universal civilizations knew how to be cautious and avoid conflict in such encounters. And now, two galactic fleets from different civilizations were in a state of cautious probing. Before confirming that the other party wasn't an aggressive civilization, neither would put down their weapons, but neither would they open fire.
The only difference was that while the enemy might have been extremely cautious and cautious, we were completely relaxed. The Confederate Army had become several times stronger thanks to Schilling technology, and their soldiers were extremely confident in themselves. More importantly, Shallow Shallow and a few other Commander-class Shiring Apostles were all in the fleet. Many of the Confederate soldiers had never personally witnessed the power of a Commander-class Shiring Apostle, which was why they had set their power to be "invincible". Although this sounded like boasting, at the very least, in the current normal civilization system, this wasn't wrong.
In any case, from the looks of it, it would only be a matter of time before the fleet was thrown to Pandora.
"We are the Free Kingdom of Gotark's army. I am the supreme commander of this army. Major General Walton. " With one hand holding onto the camera, Major General Zeon nodded at us as if he was paralyzed. We exchanged glances and took a step back at the same time, pushing Uncle Reynolds onto the stage.
"Why me?"
This message was clearly written on the unshaven uncle's face.
Nonsense, look at the circle of passersby behind us. Which one of them looks like a press spokesperson? You have to live up to your square face and stubble, Reynolds!
If it wasn't for the fact that I was afraid of a certain bastard Black Super messing things up, I could have just called Sicarro over, but … I couldn't afford to take the risk. Without the restraint of the city enforcement officers, Sicarro would be as powerful as an unrestrained Pandora …
"Cough cough." Uncle Reynolds, who was forcefully pushed onto the stage, could only cough helplessly. He threw down a weak look of protest. "I am the Supreme Governor of the New Eden Federation, James Reynolds. Renault, this is my colleague, Supreme Consul Zeratul. Our fleet is lost here, and just now, we encountered the impact of an unknown explosion. The fleet has suffered great damage, and we hope that you can provide us with some assistance in accordance with the spirit of mutual aid between civilizations in the universe. "
I wanted to laugh before Reynolds could finish his sentence. This guy is waiting to extort us.
Explosion? Great damage? Other than the two thousand Federation soldiers who have never practiced China's Kung Fu, can you find a white man on the fleet's armor? This is a blatant extortion!
Sure enough, as soon as the stubbled uncle said the words "the big explosion with an unknown cause", Major General Zeon, who was leaning on the screen like Dong Cunrui, suddenly had a bitter look on his face. This confirmed that the big explosion had something to do with them. Then, snowflakes appeared on the screen.
I thought the other party's psychological quality was too poor and he was going to flee. The screen lit up again. It turns out that he shivered just now and the camera power was cut off again …
My sister and I almost died trying to hold back our laughter. What a cute army. Not only were the ships disorganized, even the camera on the highest commander's desk was fully manual …
"Of course, of course. In this sinister universe, helping the innocent has always been the motto of the Kingdom of Freedom." The Lord Major General nodded awkwardly as he continued talking to Dong Cunrui. This seemingly experienced and steady soldier was obviously not good at scheming. This made me a little curious as to how he managed to reach his current position. "We came here to eliminate the two pirate forces that recently appeared here. The explosion that you encountered might have something to do with one of our attacks. I really did not expect to encounter a fleet here. How did you get lost and end up here? Then, may I be so bold to ask, where are you from? Which civilization are you from? "
The other party straightforwardly stated his military purpose and even vaguely admitted to the explosion. This surprised me a little, but after thinking about it carefully, it was normal.
First of all, this was the first time both parties had come into contact, and it was even the first time on a racial level. There was almost no conflict of interest, and under such circumstances, it was a little nonsensical to maintain secrecy. No one would care what you were doing here. Eliminating the pirates was probably not a secret mission. Furthermore, you rushed to the scene immediately after the explosion and were watched by us in stealth mode. If you still wanted to hide it and say that you were just there for fun, no one would believe you. This would only increase the gap between the two galactic armies that were on high alert.
Of course, these are just minor reasons that don't really hold water. I think the more important reason is … our thousands of mighty spaceships played a huge role. Putting aside the fact that every battlecruiser was equivalent to the size of the enemy's mothership, just the psionic shield outside the mothership was enough to make the energy readings go off the charts. As a Major General, there's no way that the handsome old man named Jayne didn't know how to weigh the pros and cons. At the very least, on the surface, he had to show a sincere attitude to calm us down. As for whether or not he informed the headquarters to mobilize reinforcements, well, even a shallow brain would be able to figure that out, right?
The other party asked about our origins. This was an instinctive question after encountering a lost fleet. Two civilizations that had never interacted with each other might give the same star system two completely different names, but most galactic civilizations used the same star chart principle. However, this simple question put Reynolds in a difficult position. We are unfamiliar with this place. Even if we were to make up a temporary hometown, we would still need to know the four cardinal directions, right?
The stubble-bearded uncle's hesitation lasted less than a second, but Major General Zeon saw through it and said something shocking, "I believe you are from another universe?"
"Brother, should we silence them?"
Visca immediately jumped up excitedly, waving the two-meter-long battleship cannon with one hand. In the end, his sister knocked him down with a nunchaku.
… I say, what have you two been researching recently? What's with the nunchaku and the Green Dragon Crescent Blade?
"Don't panic," Zeon said with a smile. Then, there was another snowflake on the screen. "Oh, this camera really needs to be changed. We are already used to this d * mned universe. I'm afraid I have bad news for you. It seems that you won't be able to go home."
Bullsh * t, you are insulting the professional dignity of all the staff in the Space Administration!
Although I was complaining, Zeon's words still made my heart flutter. With a seemingly indifferent and slightly confused expression, I took two steps forward and said, "Won't be able to go home? What do you mean by that? "
"You will find out soon enough. But don't worry, the Kingdom of Freedom has never been hostile to strangers. You seem to have a very powerful army, which is a good sign. Furthermore, you have come directly to the Kingdom of Freedom instead of the territory of the Church of Gustav. You are much luckier than most people. Come with me. If you trust us, you can go to the nearest colonial planet to rest and reorganize. This universe is full of dangers, but at least the Kingdom of Freedom still hopes to trust others and be trusted by others. Also, we do hope to compensate your fleet that was' severely damaged 'because of the explosion."
Clearly, Jayne was referring to something when he said 'seriously injured'. Just now, Uncle Reynold must have wanted some compensation for the damage, but the latter had obviously forgotten the fact that the entire Federation Fleet was still in good condition after the explosion, and there was not even a scratch on the armor plates. It was not like he could claim that two thousand of them were injured and ask someone to scam half a cart of bone-strengthening powder, right?
"Sir, we have received the coordinates sent by the other party. It has been converted to a system-recognized format. There are no abnormalities in the coordinates."
"Contact the Admiral of the Empire. Prepare the Ultra Space Assault Team and the Gravitational Collapse Force Field. We must always be cautious. Follow them."
My sister, who had always been meticulous, gave such an order. If we were leading the regular army of the Empire, we wouldn't have to be so careful. But now that we were being followed by the militia of the Federation, my sister had no choice but to be meticulous.
We told them that the fleet could depart at any time, but I didn't think that they would prepare a heavy ambush for a lost fleet that they had just met for the first time. First of all, we had no grudge against them, and second of all … not everyone had Great Prophet Lin as their subordinate. Our arrival was completely unexpected. There shouldn't be anyone who had nothing better to do than to dig traps in front of their house and send a group of people to lure customers to take a wrong turn on the street, right?
If there really was someone like that, then the pirate industry in this universe was way too developed …
No matter what, we really had to find a higher civilization in this universe and make contact with them. Jean's words just now were filled with confusing information. It seemed that this universe was many times more complicated than I had imagined.
According to the coordinates sent by the other party, the Federation's fleet followed closely behind this fleet and performed a spatial jump. During this process, the Light of Aiur constantly used its advanced analysis equipment to scan the other party's fleet. It was likely that the other party was also doing something similar.
Unfortunately, the Light of Aiur was limited in its ability to analyze the weapon systems of a completely different civilization. Apart from the fact that the ellipsoidal "flagship" was labeled as a "high threat", no one knew the combat strength of Jean's fleet. Because of this, we became more and more curious about the ellipsoidal battleship. Its existence didn't seem to conform to the rules of a fleet's configuration.
After several minutes of spatial jumping, the distorted redshift-blueshift path on the external projection gradually returned to a normal starry sky. We had arrived at a completely new place.
A small solar system brimming with the "scent of life."
Those were the exact words of Jingle, who hid in my shirt pocket and learned how to weave China knots. In scientific terms, it meant that there was life in this place.
"A sun of moderate size and four planets in suitable locations. The two planets near the sun have a higher temperature, so they might not be suitable for humans and other carbon-based lifeforms to colonize. However, the two planets slightly further away have obviously been colonized."
Uncle Reynolds, who had led his people to explore the new home for a long time, analyzed the situation in a professional manner. I focused my attention on the screen in front of me.
We were approaching a grayish-blue planet under the lead of Jean's fleet. It was the third planet of this small solar system. There was an obviously man-made ring-shaped object on its periphery. It was a ring that revolved around the entire planet in a synchronous orbit. The energy field emitted by the ring shrouded the entire planet. Pandora's tactical analysis module (it was a miracle that she even had such a module) showed that there was an 80% chance that this giant ring was a protective shield that enveloped the entire planet!
This was a sign of the stratification of technology!
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