After the Warsong stopped moving, the pressure on the Celestial System Fleet was reduced by a third. I couldn't help but sigh at the ridiculous power that a superweapon from the Old Empire Era could display on the battlefield.
No matter how special it was, the Warsong was just a planetary warship. However, by modifying the laws of the universe, it could suppress an entire galaxy's fleet. In the Old Empire Era, even if there were only a few planetary warships as powerful as the Warsong, there were still more of them than the entire Celestial System Fleet. I didn't believe that Sandora was the only one who had the ability to build such a supercapital. Thinking about it this way, you could imagine how mighty the Shiring Apostles were before they went overboard. Of course, they still went overboard in the end.
Leaving behind the personnel who were dealing with the battlefield, my sister and I led half of the spaceships back to the main army. After launching the most powerful curse so far, my sister seemed a little tired, so I let her go back to rest. Pandora and her sister wanted to continue fighting, but I found that I couldn't stop these two crazy little girls. I could only ask them to be more careful before letting them go. Jingle was furious at being used as a weapon. After I returned to my human form, she attacked her owner with her steel teeth. The results were extraordinary. Half of my arm was as spectacular as a melee fight with four to five hundred mosquitoes. Jingle left rows of teeth marks on my arm. She was very creative and created a lot of patterns such as apples, bananas, tall buildings, and triumphal arches. It gave me a lot of trouble and thought. I felt that if a fly wanted to land on my arm, it would first need a pair of hiking shoes. Of course, if possible, it would also need accident insurance.
Fortunately, the little bean's anger came and went quickly. She could bite your finger one second and swear that she wouldn't be a god if she didn't take revenge, but in the next second, she would happily roll on your head, drinking tea and eating sweets. In fact, before I was about to apologize to her, she had already forgotten that she had been thrown out like a Jingle ball.
The battle near the Celestial System Fleet was still ongoing. Without the suppression of the Warsong, the situation on the battlefield seemed to be several times more intense than when we left. The servant spaceships and the Empire's frigates could leave the Mothership Shelter without worry. They quickly turned around in space that was filled with gunfire and explosions, leaving countless bright trails in the darkness as they intercepted any space-time attacks that could cause great damage to the Mothership. Standing on the ground of the Celestial System Fleet, the blinding flashes in the sky washed over everything like a meteor shower.
Sandora was waiting for me on the bridge. The moment I appeared, she immediately came over and pinched my waist while I wasn't paying attention. She whispered, "What are you doing? Acting recklessly again? "
I knew that I couldn't hide my plan to 'capture' the Warsong alive from her. So, I scratched my head awkwardly. "Don't worry about it. Anyway, the Warsong has been shut down. It is being transported over. When we get back, we should find a way to reactivate the core. It should still be usable."
Sandora's eyes widened in surprise. "Shut down? How did you make it shut down? The core of the Warsong is a mathematical law modification device. We don't have enough equipment to analyze it, do we? "
"It's Jingle!" Before I could say anything, a little thing had already jumped up excitedly on my head. Jingle was holding a half-eaten peanut and waving her lunch around. "Jingle is amazing! She shut it down in an instant. "
Looking at Sandora's stunned expression, I nodded solemnly. "Indeed. I threw this little thing in and it shut down."
Sandora said, "… Okay, that's a solution. If the Warsong really has any shortcomings, this should be one."
What kind of shortcoming is that? Do you think it's possible for someone to barge into the core of the starship and throw a Jingle ball in?! This is different from a glass ball. In theory, there is no way to ignore the pursuit of eighteen billion believers of the Goddess. If you do that, you'll be courting death...
The little thing was still rambling on about her heroic deeds. Although she was a little dizzy at the time, she had more or less understood that she had played a huge role in shutting down the Warsong. Even though the credit was just acting as a small iron rod to stop the machine, the little thing didn't care about that. She had been eating and sleeping for a long time and hadn't done anything serious for a long time. So, when she finally felt that she had done something serious, she became unprecedentedly arrogant.
In the end, I couldn't stand it anymore. I grabbed the little thing and stuffed her back into my pocket. "Alright, the only thing you did was to be thrown in by me. Sandora, actually, I have something more important to tell you."
Jingle struggled out of my pocket and peeked around. When she saw that Sandora and I had instantly switched our expressions to solemn, she immediately stuck out her tongue and went back into her pocket without a word.
"I have already guessed what you saw in the core of the Warsong."
Sandora smiled playfully, her eyes sparkling. "Around the time you started to destroy the core, the Avengers' attack suddenly stopped for a few minutes. Although it was very short, what happened in those few minutes was thought-provoking. A portion of the Avengers were killing each other. A portion of the battleship wreckage that you see in the high orbit was the result of this massacre. Many of the Avengers' surprise attack fleet had already broken through the Celestial System's air defense circle. But before we could react, they had already killed themselves. "
I was stunned for a moment. I could roughly guess what was going on. PL-15 might have made another effort during those few minutes. Even though I still didn't know what state it and the other Avengers' souls were in, they were probably trying to take back their bodies. But now, it seemed that their attempt had failed. They had only taken control of their bodies for a few minutes.
"I heard a voice." I placed my hand on Sandora's shoulder and looked into her eyes. "It came from PL-15, the Warlord."
The Queen, who had been smiling just a second ago, instantly froze. Sandora blinked in disbelief. I could feel her body trembling slightly.
"Are you okay?" After taking two seconds to understand what I meant, Sandora's first reaction was to check my body. It was as though she was afraid that I would suddenly collapse with blood all over my body. I was instantly moved by her anxiousness, but I quickly explained, "Don't worry, don't worry. I'm fine. In fact, PL-15 didn't appear before me at all. It was a voice that communicated with me. It claimed to be PL-15. It said that it and many of the Avengers' souls were trapped in the control core of the shadow space. It mentioned the bodies that had gone out of control. It seemed that the Avengers who had been fighting with us all this while had suddenly started moving on their own for some reason. Now, there are only a few Avengers' souls left in those bodies. They are walking corpses that have gone out of control. The real Avengers seem to have lost the ability to communicate with the real world. Even if they wanted to talk to me, they would need to borrow the power of the Warsong. "
Sandora's eyes widened. Her sea-blue eyes were glowing with a brilliance that hadn't been seen for a long time. I still had my doubts about my experience in the control core of the Warsong. But for Sandora, she would probably choose to believe anything, no matter how suspicious it was.
"Do you really think it's true?"
I squeezed Sandora's shoulder. "Everything that the voice said was based on its own words. Although there are many facts to support what it said, I think we should take it with a grain of salt."
I reminded Sandora and she quickly calmed down. She forcefully suppressed her emotional thoughts and used logical reasoning to analyze what had happened so far and the information that I had heard. Finally, she furrowed her eyebrows. "The credibility rate is 67%. It's not low, but it's not high enough when it comes to a matter of life and death. We can't explain why the Avengers' actions in the past month have shown signs that they were under PL-15's control. There's no way to prove that PL-15 is still loyal. I would rather believe that it has become our enemy than believe that it would use this method to deceive me. It's too dangerous to change the plan now. If the psionic death star continues to move forward and hits the target as planned, we still have enough time to destroy the control core. But if we believe the voice and believe that it has another way to close the shadow space, we can't destroy the core directly. The psionic death star will have to slow down outside the target. By then, the death star won't have a chance to accelerate a second time. "
In other words, if we made the wrong choice, we would be doomed eternally.
I thought about it and said seriously, "Maybe we should ask for help from the audience."
Sandora, "?"
I connected to Lin Xue mentally. "Girl! I know you must be watching. Give me a suggestion. "
Sandora, "… I know you must be watching. Give me a suggestion."
Lin Xue, "… You stupid blockhead. You really know me!"
Although she wasn't polite with her words, Lin Xue still replied seriously after a moment of silence, "Blockhead, sometimes, you should make your own judgment."
Sandora and I looked at each other.
"The future has indeed been seen, but I have already said things that I shouldn't have. So, the future is uncertain. Many facts are at the tipping point of appearing and not appearing. One sentence from me could cause the future to collapse into a single fact. I don't think that's a good idea."
"Don't you have any hint at all?"
"No," Lin Xue replied firmly. "And maybe I should remind you not to rely too much on my hints. I can only tell you things when I allow it. Other than that, the additional information that you receive from me will have an impact on the future. The more times you use it, the more shaky the future will be. Believe in your own judgment. It doesn't matter what method you use. That's all I have to say. "
After the communication with Lin Xue ended, Sandora and I looked at each other. She stroked the hair on her forehead and said thoughtfully, "She's right. Relying too much on the prophet's power will cause our own judgment to weaken. Also, following a predetermined future isn't my style."
"Following your own judgment …" I muttered to myself.
"Ah Jun? You're back? What are you guys talking about? "
Just as Sandora and I were considering whether to trust PL-15's loyalty and take the risk of failing to slow down the Death Star, Shallow Shallow's voice suddenly came from behind us.
The energetic short-haired girl bounced to the officer's platform. Her forehead was covered in sweat. It was obvious that she had just returned from a dangerous planet's battleship. I ruffled the girl's hair and told her about PL-15's sudden appearance. I also told her about Lin Xue's hint.
Although I didn't think that Shallow Shallow could be of much help at this time, I knew that if I didn't tell her what had happened, I wouldn't be able to have peace for a long time to come. This girl's ability to take action could make three thousand Town Security officers gasp in amazement.
"Oh, it really is a difficult choice," Qian Qian frowned as she listened to me. I really didn't know that she would frown and ponder over something. However, it seems like she really came up with an idea. She clapped her claws and chuckled, "No matter what, it's fine as long as we make a decision, right?"
"That's what Lin Xue said." I shrugged.
Shallow Shallow took out a coin and threw it into the sky as Sandora and I watched in shock.
"Ha, a head-on! Then let's believe in that guy! "
I finally couldn't hold it in anymore. I grabbed Shallow Shallow's arm and pulled her into my embrace. I rubbed her cheeks and said, "Are you sure?!"
But Sandora nodded thoughtfully and stopped me from abusing her. "Ah Jun, maybe this is the hint that Lin Xue gave us."
I looked at her in confusion.
"She tried her best to make it clear. Let us make our own judgment, no matter what method we use. So, does she mean that even if Shallow Shallow threw a coin, as long as it is our first judgment, it is correct?"
I was stunned. But I felt that what Sandora said made sense. Based on my understanding of Lin Xue, maybe there was a deeper meaning that she didn't say. But … no matter what, Shallow Shallow threw a coin! Is there really no problem with Lin Xue's suggestion?
"Shallow Shallow's action of throwing a coin is considered to be off-line in our common sense. But to the causality system of the entire world, throwing a coin and making a prophecy are both probabilities and have the same meaning. Because the world doesn't have our kind of perceptual judgment that is based on common sense. As long as Lin Xue ties the future to an unrelated event, even if the event is really a coin toss, there is no doubt about it — — I have decided to believe in Shallow Shallow's judgment. "
Satisfied, Shallow Shallow ran off to play somewhere. I looked at Sandora, dumbfounded.
"Don't look at it like that. Of course, I have thought about it." Sandora rolled her eyes. "Of course, Shallow Shallow's coin is a little off-line. But after thinking about it, the voice that you heard might really be believable. If their souls are really there, it would explain why the defense of this space is so abnormal."
In the end, we came to an agreement. Regardless of whether the souls of the Avengers were really trapped in the control core, we should go over and take a look. No matter how low the probability was, I didn't want to increase the probability of success and leave Sandora with a lifetime of regret.
What if they were really waiting there?
More importantly, what if PL-15 was the only one who knew how to destroy the control core? If we blindly crashed the Psionic Death Star and worsened the situation, we wouldn't be able to bear the consequences.
The formation of the Celestial System fleet began to adjust. The Psionic Death Star's coordinate engine had reached its maximum output. We were rapidly approaching the control core of the shadow space. It was like a lighthouse in the darkness. Huge data waves were clearly visible on any radar band. The Avengers' interception firepower was gradually weakening. Perhaps PL-15 was really secretly suppressing the movement of those shells, preventing them from concentrating on intercepting the Empire fleet. The servant fleet that had been fighting on the frontlines finally got some time to breathe. The fleet that had suffered more serious damage began to land on the nearest planet fortress to reorganize. The Atlantean Man-made Gods began to replace these spaceships in the face of the enemy. I was deeply impressed by how the giants punched the warp warheads at twenty times the speed of sound. Liliana suggested that we make a Gundam costume for each of them when we returned. We could film a Gundam sequel or something, but she was stopped by me.
"The New Eden Federation fleet has retreated from the frontlines. Their spaceships have suffered heavy damage, but the casualties are still acceptable. We are docking at Teldrassil. The air here is really good. Sir, I would like to request a bottle of strong alcohol. My spaceship has already exploded. You wouldn't want me to carry a rock to war, right?" Tychus's voice sounded from the communicator. Sandora and I were already used to this fellow who had never learned basic military etiquette. It was good enough to know that they had retreated safely. Now that the Vengeance Army had returned from the real world, it was difficult for them to pose any threat to the Astral System fleet. Originally, their numbers were large enough to launch a fatal attack on the psionic death star. However, due to the interference of a certain power, these unlucky spaceships not only lost control several times, they even killed each other for several minutes. They bombarded their comrades around them, clearing away the greatest obstacle for the Imperial Army.
Another factor that allowed us to safely ambush this place was the ferocious Astral System fleet. As always, they maintained their trademark spirit of not caring about their own lives. They used any tactics you could imagine to attack any enemy within their range. These ferocious warriors might not be able to fight against the Empire's soldiers individually, but their fighting spirit impressed many Apostles. I even felt that they were the only two forces on the battlefield that could compete with the Vengeance Army in terms of self-destruction. The other force was Sandora's Vengeance Army. The Vengeance Army had been completely exhausted ten minutes ago.
No matter what, this operation was going much more smoothly than I had expected.
"The control core has entered the range of the Emperor's Breath. The psionic death star has entered a deceleration phase."
A signal from the psionic death star suddenly sounded on the bridge. This was the final step of our journey.
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