Gotark, the Prime Minister of the Free Kingdom, Biberu. This was an existence that one couldn't help but pay attention to. Not only because of his (her) position, but more importantly, his unique form, a huge silver-white ball. I didn't even know how distorted the theory of evolution was in their homeland for such a strange species to appear …
Biberu came from a very ancient race. That race had a strange pronunciation formed by a long string of letters. It was difficult for me to read it, so of course, it was impossible for me to remember it. This ancient race had been lost in this universe for almost ten thousand years. After countless dynasties rose and fell, nations fought against each other, and the hard work of the rebel armies of the Empire, they could be considered to be extinct now. The population of Biberu's people in the Free Kingdom no longer exceeded a thousand. Looking at the entire universe, it didn't exceed four digits. However, due to the uniqueness of his life form, he only expressed regret but no sorrow. I once asked him about this race out of curiosity, and this kind and generous Prime Minister told me many things without holding back.
Biberu's people were a kind of silicon-based life form. In his homeland, all life forms were silicon-based, including microorganisms and "plants." The former had the ability to produce magnetic fields on their own and separate metal particles from ores to replicate themselves, while the latter was more like a solar panel that could grow. Originally, Biberu's people didn't have the concept of "plants." They felt that the things in their homeland should belong to the category of ores that could grow. However, after seeing the "magical, inconceivable" carbon-based life forms, they began to call the solar panels in their homeland "lawns." In that place, the first word that a child learns at the age of six and a half is electromagnetic induction. The first physical education class in the first grade of primary school will usually be taught about the Tesla effect … This was a bit off topic. However, when I thought about a bunch of large and small balls gathered together for a lesson, I really wanted to go further!
"Erm, excuse me, is there a problem?"
Suddenly, an awkward voice sounded less than half a meter in front of me, causing me to return to my senses. I raised my head and saw Biberu's completely reflected surface. The latter was floating up and down in midair, indicating that his mood wasn't that calm.
"Erm, it's nothing, I'm thinking about the next step." I casually lied and pretended to be serious as I looked at the reflection of my face on Bibru's belly. "What did you say just now?"
"It's an order from Her Majesty." The spherical Prime Minister did not show the slightest hint of impatience, and his slightly metallic voice was as calm as an ancient well. "We've already had two head-on clashes with the Shepherdians. The Queen's Fleet lost combat power in the first clash, and the Jedas garrison did not dare to take a step out of the solar system during the second clash. The Gustav Church's fleet took the opportunity to occupy the key planet at the southern border: Crystal Peak. Now, the main forces of the Kingdom dare not attack rashly, so I hope that you can —"
"Send troops to help reclaim our lost territory, right?" I stood up and stretched. "Go back and tell her that we are leaving immediately."
When the weather is dry and the rain is heavy, a pillow is sent when one is sleepy. When one is lonely, a beautiful girl falls from the sky. In any case, we were just worrying about a reason to make the Union Army active on the battlefield in the Western Sky. Since it was Funa's trouble, there was naturally no reason to stand by and do nothing.
Such a straightforward answer surprised Biberu, but he didn't ask much. Instead, he swayed his body lightly. "Then, I will report this matter to Her Majesty."
After Biberu floated out, my sister and I looked at each other and smiled. We both felt that this reason to start a war had come at the right time.
Looking at Pandora and Visca who were rubbing their palms together, I said loudly, "Alright, this way, we have a reason to attack the Gustav Church. Although we don't have any grievances with them, in order to keep our backyard quiet, we can only beat them up a little. Funa should be able to handle the Captland pirates. Now, who can give me a copy of the information on the planet called Crystal Peak?"
The star system that Crystal Peak was located in was adjacent to the Jedas Star System. It was a place that wasn't suitable for humans to live in. However, it was an extremely important choke point at the border of the Kingdom. It was different from the Xiling Empire's extra-standard space teleportation technology. Most of the spaceships in this universe, especially the mothership spaceships with large tonnage, needed to have a mass point near the destination to be used as a "coordinate" when making a super space jump. The C-165 star system that Crystal Peak was located in was the only suitable mass point near the southern border of the Kingdom. In other words, once a war broke out, this would be the only jump door for the enemy to enter the Kingdom's star system from the southern border. The strategic significance of this could be imagined. As for why Crystal Peak had such a strange name, it was also related to its minerals. This was a mineral planet that was almost completely made up of pure crystals. Because of an unsuccessful collision between two stars, it was separated from the inside of the star. The crystallized quartz ore produced by this planet was the core material of the super space engine. The difficulty of mining this ore in the asteroid belt was simply a pain in the ass. Therefore, is there any need to say how important a physical planet made up of pure crystal ore was to the civilizations in the endless war?
Using Liliana's words, it was to be pried back even with a crowbar!
In any case, if Little Bubble was here, that girl might really dare to drag the entire planet over.
Such a strategic location, and the largest mineral planet within the Kingdom's borders, Fina actually didn't hesitate to ask us to help her snatch it back. She wasn't the slightest bit worried that the Federation Army would simply cooperate with Gusta to take this planet back for themselves. (This kind of thing was not uncommon in this lawless universe. Even the army of one's own country had been sent out to recover lost land, but in the end, they simply refused to leave and took over the mountain as the king.) It was easy to imagine how much doubt Bibo and a group of ministers would have. Of course, they wouldn't have guessed that their own Queen had already become someone else's girl … I respect myself. In short, it was fortunate that Fina was treated as a decision-making machine by her ministers all year round. The entire Kingdom's bureaucracy had already gotten used to treating the policies that Her Majesty the Queen calculated as absolutely correct. That was why such a sensitive mission like recovering Crystal Peak would fall on the head of the Federation Army, who had no substantive alliance with the Kingdom of Freedom.
We also had the opportunity to carry out the first plan: a blitzkrieg to strike at the unstable factors in the Western Sky.
Crystal Peak was located in the star system C-165, which was only 0.5 light years away from Jedas. It was originally in the garrison area of Jedas' defense forces. As a strategic location, it had an extremely tight defense system, including a permanent defense force with a thousand heavy aircraft carriers and a space rail ring that was used to make up for the lack of close defense capabilities of the aircraft carriers. There was also an ultra-dense foundation defense tower that could only be described as a pain in the ass. In theory, you might not be able to take down this crystal ball that was covered in thorns even if you had ten times the military strength. However, the Church of Gusta's spies that had been planted in Crystal Peak before the start of the war destroyed the command system of the space rail turrets. At the same time, they also paralyzed the energy network of the ground anti-aircraft cannons. Although the spies' destruction only lasted for an hour, it determined the direction of the war. The Gotark aircraft carrier fleet, which was not good at dealing with assault forces, was entangled by thousands of assault ships without the support of anti-aircraft cannons. They fell into a bitter battle and were completely wiped out. When the Light of Aiur jumped to the high orbit of Crystal Peak, the countless warship wreckages floating in space were still recording the tragedy of that battle — and the grievances they suffered.
However, different people saw different things. The military strategists saw a tragic battle between light ships and aircraft carriers, while some people were admiring the scenery of space.
"So beautiful …"
Lying in front of the holographic projection, Shallow Shallow could not help but exclaim in admiration.
Crystal Peak was indeed an extremely beautiful planet. Without a doubt, this planet, which was the size of Earth, was formed when the two suns of C-165 collided with a rocky planet and reacted and solidified. The planet's mantle and crust were completely composed of crystallized quartz minerals with a purity of 90%. This was the only planet in C-165 that did not have any plants on its surface, nor did it have any ocean or atmospheric structure. The only thing that shone in space was a crystal clear and magnificent jewel. Even the distant twin suns seemed to have become the background of Crystal Peak. Looking at the beautiful crystal planet before her, Gilmei who was standing by the side could not stop drooling. She was slurping her saliva, her golden eyes had already turned into a crystal ball shape. "This queen's! This must be this queen's! "
"In the end, it will still be your princess'."
Natural Black Liliana played her role at the right time. With a single sentence, she turned Gilmei white.
"After the war ends, I have to drag this planet back." Even though I was here to help them reclaim their lost land, I was already thinking about how to steal their mine. Perhaps, what Gotark's ministers were worried about was not wrong. "This thing is so shiny that it has broken through the sky. When we return, it will be Chinese New Year soon. Giving this to Little Bubble as New Year's money sounds like a good idea …"
Before I could finish, Liliana collapsed. After a long while, the priestess climbed back up and looked at me as though she was looking at an enemy. "Rich people … This is too cruel. Do you intend to let Little Bubble play with such a huge planet like a ball?"
"Cough cough … How much military strength does Gustav have?"
"Three hundred mothership-level battleships, five thousand assault spaceships, a hundred and twenty thousand high-speed fighters or aircrafts of the same level," an intelligence officer reported loudly. "All of them are mixed formations. We can only determine their level from their size, and we are unable to determine their battle prowess — Report! We have detected an energy reaction on the back of the planet. The enemy's fleet has arrived! "
"So, they finally broke through the fleet's invisibility field. Well, we came here to show off our military might …" I rubbed Pandora and Visca's little heads and gestured for them to calm down. "According to the original plan, the Light of Aire will place a miniature black hole in the center of the enemy's battleships. All cannons will fire freely to destroy the enemy's assault fleet. The aircraft carrier will release all carrier-based aircrafts to face the enemy's high-speed fighters. The fleet will switch to a state of pure psionic energy output. We have the absolute advantage. My order is to destroy the enemy's entire fleet within twenty minutes!"
"Yes! We must win this battle! "
"Remember, use the fastest speed and the most ferocious fighting method." Liliana bared her fangs and brandished her claws at a bunch of commanders who had already started to get busy. "The only true God in this world is the Goddess of Life! Even an idiotic heretic like Gustav will be burnt to a crisp! For the Holy War!! "
If it was possible, I really wanted to stuff Liliana into a basket in front of a few hundred Federation officers.
"Pandora, Visca, you just have to act crazy when you go out." I patted the two of them on their heads. "This is the first battle of the Federation army on the battlefield in the West Sky. We have to exaggerate the battle prowess of this new army infinitely so that everyone's attention will be focused here. You can play however you want. It won't be a problem for you to dismantle the three hundred motherships with your bare hands."
"Chirp … Chirp …"
Before I could react, I suddenly felt two slightly cold and soft touches on my face. Forget about the lively Visca, even Pandora tiptoed to give me a kiss. Is war really that attractive to you?
Under Liliana's gaze, I watched the two excited little girls leave the command hall. Then, I turned to the Heroic Spirits and said, "Everyone, prepare for battle. After the orbital bombardment, your mission is to search for all signs of life on the entire Crystal Peak Planet. Protect the miners of the Free Kingdom and eliminate all the Gustav heretics. Using Liliana's words, they are a bunch of blasphemers who disregard the Goddess of Life. Show some fighting spirit!"
The moment I said that this was a battle for the Goddess of Life, the crowd was instantly roused. Jingle also came out of my pocket at the right time. Her face was covered in candy and she was holding a lollipop stick that she had licked clean in her hand. She stood trembling on top of my head and waved her hands. "Warriors, fight for Jingle …"
The morale of the Heroic Spirits visibly disappeared.
"A spatial rift has been formed. Black hole has been released. Battlecruiser formation, move out. The enemy's vanguard has entered firing range. Battle begins!"
A dazzling feast of death bloomed in the sky above Crystal Peak.
The fleets of this universe possessed all kinds of novel technology. Although their combat power was uneven, it was not to be underestimated. However, against the spaceships of the New Eden Federation, there was still an insurmountable gap between them: the Federation fleet possessed Schilling technology.
All of the Federation's spaceships were equipped with two modes: the conventional power mode and the three-minute superhuman psionic power mode. In the second mode, all the spaceships would be on steroids, possessing unlimited energy for an hour, multiplying their attack power by several times, and at least doubling their firing speed. Furthermore, the psionic cannons could ignore any ferrofluid shield of any strength. This was practically a death sentence for one-third of the conventional spaceships. They all used the cheap and easily recharged ferrofluid shield. Therefore, when all the Federation spaceships entered berserk mode, the enemy would face the terrifying firepower they had only seen on the Shepherdians.
Powered by psionic energy, Aiur's Light created a "small black hole" with a radius of tens of thousands of kilometers and a duration of over six minutes. It was then dropped directly into the center of the Gusta fleet. While the latter followed the habits of space warfare and arranged their massive warships in a scattered formation with a distance of several hundred kilometers between each carrier, the superweapon of Aiur's Light was too overpowered. At the start of the battle, more than half of their 300 carriers were vaporized. The remaining 100 carriers panicked and evaded the abnormal gravitational vortex, only to realize that two even more dangerous enemies had silently approached them. Pandora and Visca filled every gap in the battlefield with their floating cannons. There was no need for them to aim. The massive warships that were over two kilometers long and severely lacking in mobility were practically live targets. The Gusta heretics who had once used 5,000 assault ships to slaughter the Free Kingdom's heavy fleet were now experiencing the same thing. Faced with the floating cannons equipped with vector steering devices and micro-warp engines, their few anti-aircraft cannons were completely useless except for spinning wildly. As for the owners of the floating cannons, the two little lolis who were already addicted to playing had now decisively carried out their elder brother's order to "dismantle the warships with their bare hands". They were now competing to see who could use their bare hands to pull out the huge iron lumps' engines. They were already very familiar with this trade.
On the other hand, the speedy Gustav assault warships were met with the most shameless super cannons in history: the triple-mounted rapid-fire Yamato cannon, as well as the overwhelming number of Vikings and Phoenixes. They were originally designed to deal with large warships, and while they had high mobility, they were thin-skinned and had little HP. Against the mixed formations of the Federation Army, the weakness of individual combat was immediately exposed. Like a wave crashing into a sand sculpture, the wall of firepower formed by the Yamato cannon and the raging gales formed by the various fighters rushed towards the dazed Gustav fleet. The latter was in a miserable state, and all they could do was cry for their parents in the communication channel.
In less than twenty minutes, almost all of the enemy fleets that broke the rules were wiped out. The remaining enemy fleets began to retreat and gather near the synchronous orbit, attempting to use the countless space railguns in the sky to resist the crazed Federation Army.
At that moment, the communication device on the command hall's officer platform lit up on time. A girl wearing light composite armor appeared on the screen. Behind her was a sea of corpses and blood. "Federation Ghost, Nova reporting for duty. Commander, I have already occupied the space railgun command center and used my brainwaves to control their commander. However, the railgun's firing code was deleted by their intelligence officer before he died in battle. I can't shut down the railgun."
"There's no need to shut it down. All of them self-destruct," I ordered without hesitation. "It's not our home anyway …"
Nova was speechless.
Thus, in the midst of the self-destruction of the railguns, the enemy's space forces finally crumbled. It took exactly twenty minutes. Then, I began to think about a question.
Even the railguns had self-destructed. What the hell am I going to use for orbital bombardment?! The Federation Army didn't even bring any orbital bombs this time!
"Boss, why didn't you say so earlier?!" Liliana was about to go crazy. "I thought that the Light of Aiur was equipped with a planetary burning ray!"
"It can't be used even if it's equipped." I shrugged. "It's crystallized quartz. It will disintegrate when it comes in contact with a high-energy beam. We have already blown up their air defense system. If we were to burn down the entire mineral planet, even if Funa doesn't object, that big metal ball would still come after me."
"In the end, you still have to let me clean up your mess. You are already an adult." The elder sister's helpless voice resounded behind us. I felt awkward at first, but then I was overjoyed. "Sister, do you have a solution?"
The elder sister wore a smile that sent shivers down my spine. She drew circles in the air with her finger. "Give me two rolls of paper. I will draw a circle with a large diameter …"
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