"These space fortresses were very common in the Old Empire. We were used to building fortresses wherever we went, regardless of whether it was the main material plane or the parallel Shadow Dimension. Regardless of whether the local construction conditions were good or not, we had to carry out the policy of occupying the place. Thus, a large number of these gigantic fortresses were created. They were not affected by the geology in space. Due to the use of Empire technology, their structure would not disintegrate. Basically, as long as they were not hit by celestial bodies, they would not be damaged much even after tens of millions of years. These were the few ruins that I had picked out that were in relatively good condition. Before the Avengers abandoned them, they had only destroyed the critical internal facilities. Their outer shells and main structures were still in perfect condition. After a little rest, they would be able to station their troops there again. Of course, it would take time to restore their weapon factories and spatial fortresses. I intend to use these ruins as a foundation to quickly build a large number of garrisons. I will place a large number of drones and floating cannons around them. That way, they will be no different from a normal large-scale base. "
Sandora knew that there were a few people here who seriously lacked strategic foresight. She patiently explained her plan. I nodded as I listened. Suddenly, I had a thought and asked, "Lass, you actually don't just want to use them as a smokescreen, right?"
Sandora glanced in my direction, and a feeling of telepathy appeared between us. I knew that she knew that I knew that she knew.
"That's right. Of course, these ruins have a greater use. Actually, I've been planning this since a few days ago. This world has a large number of ruins left behind by the Old Empire. Many of them were large-scale military bases. Although they have been destroyed by the Avengers, at least the ruins are still there. Reorganizing and activating a base on the ruins is much faster than building it from scratch. If we can make use of them again … Isn't the thing that we lack the most in this world a stable base? "
By now, I understood what Sandora meant. She wanted to open up a few bases at the same time. At the very least, she wanted to spread the ruins of the Old Empire all over the galaxy and build them into Imperial Army bases. Most of them should be fake fortresses. Using Sandora's words, in an hour, she would be able to produce an overwhelming number of drones and free transport spaceships. She would also set up a few rows of floating cannons outside to annoy the Avengers. Our real base would be hidden among these fake fortresses. By then, the real and fake fortresses would be everywhere. As long as the Avengers' ability to judge friend from foe didn't return to normal, they would be exhausted running between these fortresses. The Avengers' choices were limited. Otherwise, they could split up and attack every single one of our fortresses. That would be exactly what we wanted. I firmly believed that Pandora and Visca would be on steroids and attack the weakened Avengers. At the very least, before the Avengers could gather their forces, the two of them would be able to fight to their heart's content. And if the Avengers chose to concentrate their forces to wipe out these fortresses that they couldn't tell the real ones from the fake ones one by one, it wouldn't be a big deal. According to Sandora, that would give us a chance to eliminate the Avengers' smaller forces.
This was the best solution that Sandora could think of in a situation where they were at a disadvantage in terms of numbers. She would use smoke bombs to distract the Avengers' attention. In professional terms, this would be called a multi-channel operation to create chaos.
However, there was a problem that we had to face: this plan was too idealistic.
Using fake fortresses to deceive the Avengers sounded very simple, but was it really that easy to carry out? I believed that it was very easy to see if there was a main force or a munitions factory in a fortress. Furthermore, the Avengers possessed observation methods that were definitely not weaker than ours. In fact, they might even be stronger. For example, the all-pervasive space probe. During the first surprise attack, our space interception devices were destroyed by this kind of probe. Up until now, Tawil hadn't figured out a way to completely suppress this kind of probe. However, among Sandora's former subordinates, there were several types of such high-tech probes.
In history, the reason why the Empty City Stratagem was said to be a miraculous stratagem was because of its low success rate. If Sima Yi had a pair of binoculars, then the second half of the Three Kingdoms would have nothing to do with Shu Han. If you don't believe me, just wait for the Avengers to come and try. I will carry an electric guitar into outer space and squat there. Then, the second half of this book would have nothing to do with me. This book was split into two. The second half was called "The Widow's Tale of the Restoration of the Nation."
Halfway through my thoughts, I felt that the atmosphere around me wasn't right. When I looked up, I saw Sandora looking at me with a faint smile. Liliana shrunk her neck and moved back a little. In the end, she carefully muttered, "Sister Sandora, do you want me to bring you a plate of jam?"
I slapped the little girl. "Can't you stop eavesdropping on adults all day long?"
This was Liliana's innate ability. As the CEO of the Goddess of Life, one of her duties was to listen to the hearts of mortals. Of course, this was a more artistic way of saying it. To put it bluntly, this little girl could focus her attention and listen to the thoughts of others. Of course, the premise was that the other party wasn't on guard. Jingle still knew the limits of this. Because it was a god-given ability, Liliana needed to pray to Jingle before she could use it. But maybe it was because she had just watered Jingle, so she didn't need to pray. Thus, she eavesdropped on my thoughts about Sandora swallowing herself whole without dipping into the sauce. This little girl was itching for a beating these days.
At that moment, I realized that my thoughts had strayed too far. I quickly focused my attention on the matter at hand. Sandora had mentioned earlier that she wanted to use the ruins of the old Empire, which was actually the ruins of her Avenging Army, to repair them. A portion of them would be used as a false base to confuse the enemy, and a portion of them would be used as a bridgehead for the Imperial Army to gain a foothold in this universe. It was a good suggestion, but the premise was that we had to find a reliable way to confuse the Avenging Army.
Now, the only thing we could rely on was Sandora's conjecture. The Avenging Army's ability to distinguish between friend and foe was in chaos. They only had two methods to determine their enemy. First, all the Shiring Apostles were enemies. Second, all the enemies on the battlefield were enemies. Based on these two logic, as long as we placed enough Empire weapons in those bases, we would be able to attract the Avenging Army's attention. However, how could we make them believe that those bases were the most important ones? How are we going to hide our real base among these fake and real bases?
"Aura, with her power, she can do it."
Sandora curled her finger and rested it on her chin. "The Queen Bee's Mirror Image ability can create phantoms that are almost identical to the real thing. Although these phantoms only have one-third of the real thing's stats, you will never be able to tell whether they are real or fake before the battle begins."
Sandora's words instantly made me realize that I had almost forgotten about the masked elder sister who was silent and had a low sense of presence.
Back in the Holy Church's Archives, I had witnessed the Queen Bee's Mirror Image ability. The phantom soldiers they summoned were able to fool everyone's eyes. Even a Leader Apostle like Sandora, whose knowledge had reached the point where it angered humans and gods alike, only realized that the phantoms were all mirror images after a battle. If Aura and her Queen Bees were to replicate a large number of Empire soldiers and warships and place them in those bases, the Avenging Army would definitely fall for it. And it wouldn't just be a bunch of phantoms. The Queen Bee's replicas had actual combat power. Even if their combat power was low, three mirror warships should be able to destroy one of the real ones, right?
"How many Queen Bees are there?"
My elder sister asked worriedly. She felt that if we wanted to spread the fake bases all over the galaxy, we would need to create an astronomical number of mirror image troops. Just Aura and her Queen Bees alone might not be enough even if their stomachs perforated.
"Of course they don't have enough people, but the Queen Bee's Mirror Image ability is a very special ability. They can receive support from the Schilling Mainframe."
Everyone's gaze immediately focused on Bubble. She didn't refuse and waved her little arms confidently. "Leave it to me!"
Then, Sandora and Little Bubble helped to explain to me what "support from the Schilling Mainframe" meant. To put it simply, the Queen Bee's Mirror Image ability was actually a technique that consumed a lot of computing power. It was essentially a form of information manipulation.
Everyone should be familiar with the "Information Universe" theory of the Shiring Apostles. It was a very mature and practical theory. A large amount of information made up everything in the world. We were also the aggregation of this information. The evolution of the world and the interaction of all things was ultimately due to the flow and interference of information. The reason why the Queen Bee could create mirror image soldiers with physical bodies was that it replicated the data of the original and then used its crystal resonance to extract information fragments from the surrounding world environment to create mirror image soldiers. It was just like collecting wet sand from the beach to make sand sculptures. The Queen Bee encoded and recombined these information fragments to form a clone that was similar to the original. Since the mirror image soldiers were data fragments extracted from the world environment, they weren't phantoms. They were "entities" that could affect the normal world around them. It was just like inserting a piece of garbled code into a radio signal. Normal radio communication would be interfered with, but this kind of interference was precisely controlled.
The source of the "material" for the mirror image soldiers was the ubiquitous information fragments of the world itself. When they were defeated, these information fragments would be released and returned to the original information system. It would not affect the world in the slightest. The only thing consumed in the whole process was the energy and computing power of the Queen Bee. Using the example just now, it was like a sand sculpture on the beach. When a huge wave hit, all the sand would return to the beach. The entire beach would not lose any mass because of this. The only thing consumed was the crying of the children and the wallets of the children's parents. Of course, considering that the children were particularly stubborn, they might have to spend a meal of McDonald's to slightly comfort their wounded little hearts.
From this, it could be seen that the only irreplaceable part of the Queen Bee in the process of creating the mirror image soldiers was their crystal power's ability to edit and recombine information. The source of energy and computing power could be handed over to the ordinary Shiring Apostles. And considering that the Schilling Host also had the ability to manipulate information — although the principle was different from the Queen Bee in creating mirror image soldiers — the Queen Bee could also greatly enhance the strength of the Queen Bee. So, the problem of the Queen Bee's insufficient number could be solved in this way.
"This actually shows the unique advantage of the Queen Bee as a heroic unit." Sandora had a smile on her face. Due to historical reasons, she had a special feeling for the Queen Bee. "Although their combat power, survivability, tactical ability and other strength on the battlefield are not enough, they can adapt to almost any role. They can become partners with any Shiring Apostles. When the situation is in a difficult situation, the Queen Bee often has a solution."
As Sandora spoke, I nodded repeatedly. In fact, when I heard that Ola could actually "merge" with the Schilling Host, I once again realized the unique advantage of the Queen Bee.
I had to admit that ever since Ola came to the City of Shadows, she and her Queen Bees were more or less neglected by me. There were two main reasons for this. First, all the Queen Bees had a taciturn personality. They were immersed in their own unknown meditation world. Other than when they were executing orders, they would stay in the terracotta state for a long time. Usually, they would only find Queen Bees in the corners of the military camp that might have been there for a day or two. The second reason was their monotonous face armor. No matter when it was, earthlings were used to remembering people based on their appearance. My deep impression of Sicarro wasn't because he looked the same as Uther. Of course, there was also another reason because of that old fellow's profession. However, I couldn't remember the names of the few Queen Bee commanders. You have to understand that no matter which one of their names was called, the first thing that appeared in my mind would be a shiny mask. If you wanted to be more abstract, it would be an egg. No matter how good one's memory was, an ordinary person wouldn't be able to name the eggs one by one …
I couldn't let Ola know about these associations. Otherwise, no matter how indifferent the Queen Bee was, I felt that she would go berserk. No matter what the context was, it was rude to associate a girl with an egg.
"Speaking of which, do we have enough mass production hosts?"
I thought of something and turned to ask Bubble. The mass production hosts were a group of little lolis who were only a little more than a meter tall. There was no need to worry about their "transportation problem". However, we had to consider their numbers. According to Sandora's grand project of spreading her tentacles to the entire galaxy in a short period of time, each base would probably require at least a dozen mass production hosts to be built together in order to catch up. Also, shortening the construction period would also prevent the Revenge Army from gathering their forces and interrupting our plan. That would require even more host investment.
Bubble grinned at me. Her little face was filled with pride. "Don't worry, my child's father. In the past few months, apart from playing games, I have been giving birth to children …"
I resolutely slipped under the table. Then, I looked at the little girl next to me who was planning to give birth to a United Arab Emirates. I couldn't help but shudder. The mother of a child who was open to giving birth to a child was indeed formidable. I couldn't help but think of one thing. I was afraid that tomorrow, my dark "daughter" would be like a cold virus that would spread wantonly in this universe …
Now, we could use the computing power of the mass production hosts and the output power of a bunch of psionic furnaces to coordinate with the bees. Their task was to link the former two to their crystals. This was very simple. In fact, it might even be faster than the construction of those real and fake bases. Thus, Sandora decided to let the engineering team set off first.
The Shiring Apostles had always been swift and decisive. After we made the plan, Xi Weisi had already assigned the personnel responsible for the construction of the base that afternoon. The first batch of mass production hosts from the City of Shadows was already in place. They formed a group of ten and boarded a specially made engineering ship under the escort of a large number of host guards. This kind of unusually sturdy special service spaceship that could be directly expanded into a mother nest was the standard configuration of the Schilling Apostles when they opened up the frontlines. Tawil had only recently started mass production of them. This was the first time they were being used.
There weren't many engineering teams. Apart from the motherships of the hosts, there were only a few escort fleets. This was because they were worried that they would attract the main forces of the Vengeance Army. Tawil had recently found a way to resist the information interference layer and had successfully suppressed the information surveillance of Mobrador by that layer. Now, unless the Vengeance Army went all out, most small-scale fleets would be able to safely enter and exit the Mobrador Star System. However, we didn't know if the Vengeance Army had any other devices in space that could see through the spatial concealment. In order to ensure the safety of the hosts, Xi Weisi decided to let the engineering team operate in secret until the base was completed.
A large group of little girls who were only a little more than a meter tall were running and boarding the spaceship. It was a magnificent sight. All the lolicons in the world could probably die without any regrets here. Standing on the landing pad in the heavy rain (outside the shield) of the General City, I hurriedly used the mental connection to instruct the mass production Bubbles, "This time, we're going over to build a fake base. Don't risk your life like you're opening up the frontlines. If you encounter an ambush, hurry back!"
Then, a large group of identical voices boomed in my mind. "Buzz!"
I reckoned that it was the little girls saying "Yes", but when the voices overlapped, it became a buzz.
I reckoned that in the history of the Xiling Empire, she was the only leader who dared to instruct the vanguard how to escape during a pre-war mobilization. But what I said wasn't without reason. Originally, according to Sandora's opinion, 80% of the bases that they had planted throughout the galaxy were just a smokescreen. There was no need for them to risk their lives to defend these useless bases. The guards and escort fleets that the Schilling hosts brought along were only used to run behind the engineering ships when they retreated, so that they wouldn't have to fight the Vengeance Army's ambush fleet to the death. If they could use the fake bases that were under construction to lure out the Vengeance Army's regular army, it would be exactly what we wanted. It would also be a good opportunity to find out where the enemy would come from. It had already been two battles, and the intelligence officers hadn't even discovered a single enemy outpost. It was as if the Vengeance Army had sprung out of a rock. Currently, the commanders in charge of scouting were just short of death …
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