What Visca found was a broadcast from the Free Kingdom of Gotark. This broadcast was made by Queen Fina herself 30 minutes after the explosion of the Red Giant Fortress, and it was broadcasted across the universe in 12 different frequencies. With the technology of humans in this world, carrying out a superluminal communication broadcast of such a scale would consume a lot of energy, but compared to the content of Fina's statement, this consumption was not even worth mentioning.
On the projection, Fina, who was sitting upright on the steel throne, still had that stiff expression on her face. Her cold expression was well-known throughout the universe. Following this seemingly still image, there was an impassioned speech.
"… War has once again engulfed this world. The ones involved in this war are the Shepherdians, who have always been high and mighty, who have wantonly toyed with us through war. The monarch they once betrayed has led an incomparably powerful army to this world. In front of this army, all of us have witnessed the Shepherdians retreating step by step.
The Eastern Sky has been set ablaze by the cannons of the warships. Roland Gale and the Angel Pirates have been involved in a direct confrontation between the two giants. Now, the financial groups are standing on the side of the victors, while the Angel Pirates are on the verge of annihilation. All of this is their own choice. Now, it is time for us to make a decision.
I know what many of you are thinking. You are thinking that all of this has nothing to do with us. You are waiting for everything to end on your own. That's right, such thoughts are understandable. Everyone has the instinct to protect themselves. In the face of a battle between two giant beasts, the weak lambs rushing forward will only hurt themselves. But it is time for us to wake up! We should realize that the moment we have been waiting for has arrived.
For thousands of years, everyone has been resigned to adversity. Everyone has been waiting for death to hang over their heads. Everyone is angry at this unfair world, but they dare not speak up! We are lambs? Livestock? A slave? We are not even comparable to them! We are toys! We are their pawns, bugs that they use to toy with!
You have never been angry? You have never been humiliated?
I feel humiliated!
Now, the opportunity has come! The opportunity to take revenge and wash away the humiliation has come!
The Imperial Army has come to this world. As I have told you before, they are here to destroy the traitors of their Empire. They are the natural enemies of the Shepherdians, the nemesis of our greatest enemy! The Shepherds are not rulers, nor are they masters of our fate. They are scoundrels, tyrants, our greatest enemies! This war is not unrelated to you and me, it should be our own fight! Don't hide at home and shiver, and don't watch numbly from the sidelines. This is our battlefield, and it should have been our battle from the beginning! Resist! It's time! Fight! It's time! The chance is right in front of us. The only chance to be saved is right in front of us! The Shepherdians are being defeated. Their supervising army is being defeated in the entire world. The power they have painstakingly built in the Eastern Sky and their lackeys are on the verge of collapse in a few days. However, those stubborn scoundrels are still holding onto our lifeline. Our kingdom is still being suppressed by the Shepherdians. They are falling into the abyss, but they want to drag us down with them!
So this is our chance. Break the claws and teeth that are imprisoning us. Their master is already too busy to take care of himself. As long as we resist bravely, we will find that the threat is so small. If you still have doubts, then look at the flames of war in the Eastern Sky. Look at the Angel Pirates that were destroyed in an instant under the cover of the countless Shepherdian armies. Look at how Roland Gale, who is standing in the Imperial Army camp, won a glorious victory! If you still don't believe me, then look at the dazzling energy impact in the Western Sky. This unprecedented supernova explosion! Its energy can practically turn thousands of Shepherdian fleets into ashes, but it was only used for a single signal broadcast. Perhaps you don't know what it means, but I can tell you with great excitement that this is the voice of Emperor Schilling! After occupying the Eastern Sky like a hot knife through butter, the Imperial Army has issued a signal for all-out war against the Shepherdians in the Western Sky. The final decisive battle has arrived. There is not much time left for us to choose. Just watch, the Shepherdian armies are about to abandon their entrenched territories. In order to avoid destruction, they will have no choice but to gather all of their defeated troops to the Western Sky to fight against the powerful Imperial Army. If the leaders of the powerful armies still wish to leave their shadows behind on the final day of judgment, then attack the Shepherdian supervising army that is about to retreat from your territories in a panic. They cannot withstand a single blow!
And I, in the name of the Queen, declare that from today onwards, the Free Kingdom of Gotark declares war against the Shepherdians! Today, we can finally fight for ourselves with our own will! Rejoice, citizens of the Free Kingdom! Today, is the true Independence Day! "
The broadcast ended here, and the holographic projection reverted to a bunch of colorful Little Bubbles floating around.
However, I was still in a daze. To be more precise, even though I had already woken up, my brain still refused to direct my body to move. Funa's impassioned speech still echoed in my mind, just like the one after I heard "I have a dream" in the school auditorium six years ago.
Should I admit that I, the leader who didn't seem like a leader at all, felt envy, jealousy, and hatred towards a little brat who looked even smaller than Shallow Shallow? "That definitely wasn't Funa's idea.
Her tons of integrated circuits wouldn't be able to come up with such a bewitching thing. It is possible that Liliana was the one who drafted it. "After being in a daze for a long time, I finally began to analyze," It was impassioned, highly motivating, and highly provocative. She cleverly stuffed in a bunch of conceptual swapping and camouflage techniques, forcefully disguising our difficult battle as a triumphant march. She described our guerilla warfare all over the world as an all-out attack that caused the Shepherdians to retreat step by step. The Eastern Sky isn't even clear yet, but in her words, it is already considered the territory of the Empire. What's even more ridiculous is that exploding red giant … She actually dared to give me such a huge title. Lying without a draft, bragging without any morals. Even if you caused Funa's integrated circuits to collectively crash, they wouldn't be able to produce such a thing. I dare say that this speech was written by Bibolu. "
However, what was even more miraculous was that even though we all knew that she was lying, this lie seemed flawless in the eyes of outsiders! No one knew the true intentions of the Imperial Army, and no one knew the true movements of the Shepherdians. What they could see was indeed the scene that Funa had described — the latter was at most a little exaggerated, but there wasn't a single "lie" in her words. With this level of lying skills, even if they were thrown into the school city, they would be considered an absolute superpower.
Right now, the only thing that I was a little curious about was how Funa's impassioned tone came about. Funa, who had already turned into a mechanical chick … Does she still have the concept of impassioned in her mind? Could it be a new expression pack + language pack?
After listening to my analysis, Big Sister glanced at me, "Big Sister is the one who always helps you think of the script for your speech."
I was speechless.
"No matter what, that little Queen's speech was really effective," Visca was still retrieving a large pile of information that he had just ignored. Most of those were broadcasts from various "low-level civilizations" in the universe, which had a very low priority. Therefore, those that didn't involve military operations would usually be ignored by high-level apostles. "A few forces have already issued statements in response, but the one that actually took action was the Kamite Empire in the Southern Sky …" "That should be just a show."
Big Sister seemed to have seen through everything. She smiled, "Kamite Empire. We have never had any dealings with them, but as the ruler of an Empire, and one that had already mutated into a 'perfect person', they definitely wouldn't be impulsive. Ten minutes after Funa's broadcast was released, they actively responded to launch a surprise attack on the Shepherdians and declared war against them. The Emperor's cooperation was really undisguised — Funa probably used diplomatic attacks and the power of her tongue to convince the other party to actively resist. It was just that before they could take action, our red superstar exploded, giving them a chance to put on a show. This show wasn't brilliant, and I believe that anyone could see it clearly, but the effect should be pretty good."
Now that Big Sister said that, I understood.
Funa's speech was indeed very provocative, but it was still a little difficult to encourage the leaders of all forces in the universe to rise up and fight with just a speech. The concept of the invincibility of the Shepherdians had already taken root in their minds. The Imperial Army could destroy the Shepherdians' spaceships, but they didn't dare to believe that their own fleet could also fight against the Shepherdians. Although the Roland Gale Financial Group of the Eastern Sky was said to be fighting on the side of the Imperial Army, their enemies had always been angel pirates. On the battlefield against the Shepherdians, there had always been the shadow of the Empire's fleet. Now, they needed someone to stand up and prove everything for everyone, and this person had to be someone who responded to Funa's call.
I didn't have much of an impression of the Kamite Empire, but perhaps it was a hardline faction like the Roland Gale Financial Group — at least they had a tendency to be hardline. Funa must have used diplomatic means to win over this ally, gathering a hundred times the number of troops to instantly destroy the Shepherdians' warships. If they didn't prepare for this ten days or half a month in advance, would it be possible?
Everything was within Funa's expectations.
It should be said that the truly unexpected event was that our Red Giant Fortress would suddenly go out of control. This accident forced Funa to take action in advance and quickly grasp the situation in her hands, even if it was only for a moment.
With that mechanical lady's understanding of some of our plans, there was no way that she wouldn't have guessed that a huge accident had actually occurred in the Red Giant Fortress. The only thing worth rejoicing about was that only she knew that it was an accident.
Her Majesty, the Queen who had turned the tide, had been working hard in places that we couldn't see.
Although the strength of ants was small, as long as everyone was united, there was nothing they wouldn't fear. The fearless were invincible. Old Roland Gale had once said that his kingdom was weak, but he had also warned me that the resistance of ants couldn't be underestimated. Today, I had truly seen their strength.
The Kamite Empire's sudden attack was a lightning-fast victory. The Shepherdians' warships had been completely annihilated at the hands of a "low-level civilization" for the first time. This was enough to break the legend of the Shepherdians' undefeatable warships. Even if this victory was built on the fact that they had nearly a hundred times the number of troops, it could still be ignored. A hundred times? That was easy! In this universe, there was only one Shepherdian, but there were trillions of "low-level lifeforms" that were oppressed by them! As long as they united and resisted, the Shepherdians had nothing to fear!
Thousands of years ago, other civilizations might have resisted and destroyed the Shepherdians' ships, but in recent years, not a single civilization had dared to do so. They had almost forgotten that the Shepherdians were not gods. Now, the legend had been broken, and the angry and rebellious lambs had finally picked up their weapons.
In every sky zone, almost a dozen large and small forces announced that they were responding to Funa's call. Most of them were kingdoms that had been defeated in the previous era of war but luckily did not perish. The Shepherdians had hurt them more than anyone else. There were also a few kingdoms that were influential in the various sky zones, such as the Kemet Empire that had discussed with Funa from the beginning, the Violet Federation in the Southern Sky zone, and the Feibian Republic in the Northern Sky zone. These rebels covered the entire galaxy, using the power of the entire country to launch fierce attacks against the Shepherdians' warships. If they couldn't win one on one, they would use ten times the number of soldiers. If ten times the number of soldiers couldn't win, they would use a hundred times the number of fleets. They even piled all the warships in the country in the direction of the Shepherdians' retreat and self-destructed. This was the rage and madness of the "low-level lifeforms" that had been oppressed to the extreme. When the fragile peace was broken, and the first spark was thrown into the frying pan, a kind of frenzied, almost irrational rage exploded in a hysterical manner. The result was shocking, but reasonable: the warships of the rebel army in various parts of the universe were almost all held back by this kind of attack, and in many places, they were completely wiped out. A day had passed, and the rebel army in the territories of the various factions had not moved an inch!
The frenzied front line of resistance was terrifying, but it was also dangerous. Rage made people lose their rationality, and once they were attacked by the possible doomsday weapons of the rebel army, they would probably fall into even greater despair. The flames of war that had spread throughout the entire universe were like a sheet of loose sand. It was huge in scale, but it couldn't withstand the real waves. We only thought of this situation the next day after Funa made her statement. Thus, I quickly contacted the little queen who was busy setting up the Western Sky's defense line. She had been extremely busy for the past thirty hours, but she immediately responded to my contact.
"Friend, I hope I was of help."
Funa was always motionless. She looked like a still picture on the communication device. More than once, I wanted to persuade her to simply put up a picture when she contacted the outside world in the future. There was still some traffic left. The other party's expression was indifferent, as though nothing had happened. It was impossible to tell that she had just turned the tide twenty-four hours ago.
"That's great. Really, Funa. That's really great." I praised the other party's actions from the bottom of my heart. "Tell me the truth. Who wrote the speech for you?"
I was still struggling with this question … You said that we were both leaders, and I was more important than her. How could a little girl who used a CPU be more regal than me?
"Bibolu helped to draft it," as expected, the other party answered honestly.
My elder sister coughed softly at the side. I finally remembered that there was something I needed to do. "Cough, cough. Actually, I have something important to discuss with you. Regarding the rebel forces, they have indeed helped us to relieve the pressure, but they are definitely not a match for the doomsday weapon. I am afraid that those hot-blooded fellows will cause trouble. Now, I have a plan …"
After ending the communication with Funa, we refocused our attention on the matter at hand. Tawil did her best to activate the transmitters and increase their power to the maximum. She optimized the frequency of the signal, making it closer to a waveform that might be effective against the rebel forces. Now, these efforts had borne fruit. We had successfully stopped the rebel forces in the East Sky from moving to the West Sky. We had even lured out some of the enemies who had been hiding in the Great Nebula. This way, the South and North Sky had a large number of rebel forces restraining them. The West Sky was defended by the Federation Army and the Free Kingdom Army. The East Sky and a portion of the enemies in the Great Nebula were held back by us. The situation had finally returned to a state of equilibrium.
The borders of the Eastern Sky were now filled with millions of rebel warships, and their numbers were still increasing.
On the rebel forces' side, there were more than eight hundred Eternal-class and Eternal-class motherships alone, and that was almost all the motherships of the Imperial Army. Then, there were hundreds of thousands of expeditionary class and equivalent battleships, as well as three hundred thousand heavy marauding ships that were not recorded in the Empire's archives. Not counting the shocking numbers of assault ships and frigates, the enemy's main force had already reached a million. Now, this huge fleet had gathered at the borders of the Eastern Sky and was slowly advancing here. In terms of numbers, we were at a slight disadvantage, but what was worse was that the enemy's reinforcements were still pouring out of the Great Nebula …
Previously, Silvis's judgment of the enemy's strength in the Eastern Sky was not wrong, but he had greatly underestimated the number of enemies that could be hidden in the Great Nebula, and that made the situation we were facing very grim.
"This time, they didn't come in batches to die, and only started their operation after accumulating such a huge number of troops. How unexpected." Looking at the almost continuous red regions on the star map, I kept thinking about how to minimize the casualties on my side. "They probably couldn't decide between the attraction of the Western Sky and the summoning signal that we released, which led to their slow movement. In the end, a freak combination of factors led to this scale, and the Imperial Army can only face a head-on battle. This is terrible."
"We're not afraid of head-on battles! We like to fight! "
Viska was probably trying to cheer me up, as he immediately shouted at me.
"But head-on battles mean losses. Using the entire Imperial Army to fight against a third of the enemy's army, do you think it's worth it?" I flicked the head of this little general who had no strategic vision, and noticed Shallow Shallow and Big Sis from the corner of my eye. "Why don't you go back and rest? You haven't slept for two days and one night … "
"It's fine." Shallow Shallow waved her hand at me. "With my current physique, it's fine even if I don't sleep. I'm just not used to it. Ah Jun didn't rest well either, so I have to keep him company. Oh, Ah Jun, actually, I've been thinking about a problem for the past two days …"
Hearing that Shallow Shallow was thinking about a problem again, everyone in the circle quivered and wasn't sleepy anymore.
"Why don't you go back and sleep for a while?"
I asked cautiously, afraid that the girl in front of me would drag me to the frontlines to fight the rebels with rock-paper-scissors. I'm telling you, that's really possible.
But Shallow Shallow looked serious and muttered to herself. She said in distress, "Ah Jun, you say … losing six seconds unilaterally, why do I care so much?"
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