Perhaps this was a good thing, especially for Shallow Shallow.
Our sunny beach vacation finally passed peacefully. It lasted for five whole days, more than enough for the girls to enjoy themselves to the fullest.
Of course, you can't blame Shallow Shallow for only knowing how to have fun, because we really had nothing to do. What I mean is that the three fleets that were sent to scout out the Fallen Apostles' nest still hadn't reached their destination by yesterday afternoon. The Fallen Apostles were hiding too far away, and no matter how small the three fleets were, they were still a huge target. In order to prevent the Empire's location from being exposed, all the warships could only use the highest stealth mode to slowly warp to the target world through the furthest path, which would take four to six days. Fortunately, a few days wasn't enough time for Halland or Hara to clean up the mess caused by the experiment accident. I was glad that it was a Void Creature that caused them trouble. According to the latest intelligence, the out-of-control experimental had torn open many Void Rifts in every research world before it escaped. Even if the Fallen Apostles were exhausted, it would be impossible for them to repair the Void Rifts in three worlds in a few days.
After a few days of fun (at least the girls at home who didn't have to worry about national affairs), the first family returned to Earth and was now sitting in the living room of our home. I personally felt more comfortable at home, especially since Anveena had returned to normal after we got home. I finally didn't have to eat Sandora's grilled fish anymore. That girl had finally made food that her lover could eat without needing to be sent to the emergency room, so she was especially excited. Because of that, I ate grilled fish for five days. Now, I would feel nauseous at the sight of anything with scales, including Isana and Lin's main bodies.
After almost a week of crazy fun, Shallow Shallow and the girls were finally tired. Now, the eldest child was leading a group of children upstairs to sleep. Rhododendron Spp. was lying lazily at my feet. Her leisurely life with us had turned her from a monster girl into a giant canine. Not only did she like to sunbathe, she also liked to curl up at someone's feet, using her nine tails to form a warm cushion in exchange for fried tofu and grilled chicken wings. I was worried that one day, she would try to catch mice in the yard and fight with Wangcai across the street. Jingle was cultivating her new invention on the windowsill not far away. It was a blue and white flower. Apparently, she wanted the flower to bear lollipops. Now, the cultivation experiment had achieved initial success: it could bear a lot of lollipops, but there was no candy.
Liliana was the third one in the group of children, other than Pandora and Visca, who was still full of energy. Her demigod body gave her almost no concept of fatigue. Now, she was staring at her own fingers and staring hard. One moment, her eyes would lock together like a fighting cock, and the next moment, her eyes would look away like she was having a stroke. I often did this in elementary school. Now that I saw Liliana doing the same thing, I realized that I was a naughty child back then.
"What are you practicing?"
It was really boring to study frontline intelligence with Sandora. Seeing that Liliana was just sitting beside me foolishly, I couldn't help but divert my attention. I poked the little girl's face and asked.
"Eye technique." Liliana's eyes were actually floating with green light. It was obvious that she was really using divine power on her glasses. "You don't understand. After mastering this technique, I, Pope, will definitely make the enemy tremble in fear. It will be an eye technique that is impossible to defend against."
"Heh!" I smacked the back of her head. "Explain it to me."
"Since you asked so sincerely," Liliana solemnly dispersed the divine power of life from her eyes and turned her head. "Simply put, this is a special use of the power of life. Right now, I, Pope's left eye is already able to release the power of life that is close to the rules, while my right eye can release the opposite power —"
I was speechless.
"In other words, whoever I stare at with my left eye will get pregnant, whoever I stare at with my right eye will have a miscarriage. If I stare at the enemy with both eyes, other than continuously giving birth on the battlefield, there's nothing else I can do. Furthermore, it doesn't matter if it's a male or female …"
I glanced at Jingle, who was waiting for a herb to bear a lollipop on the windowsill. Then, I glanced at the black loli who was trying to use her gaze to control the pregnancy and miscarriage of her target. My liver, felt a sharp pain.
This weird master and servant pair was so infuriating!!
"Ah Jun, if you have the time to beat up Liliana, why don't you take a look at these things first?"
I couldn't help but shiver when I heard Sandora's words coming from beside me. I hurriedly turned my head and pretended to be focused. "Actually, I already have a plan. The vanguard can attack the nearby world and create the illusion that our intelligence is wrong. Then, the Fallen Apostle will expose the weakness of the research world in advance. I feel that after being stirred up by a Void Creature, their defense will definitely have a weakness. Then, we will launch a blitzkrieg against that weakness and run after smashing it …"
"Not a bad idea." Sandora enlarged the diagram of the battle report. "But, you've already said it once before."
"… Then, I have no other ideas. I'm really not an expert in this field."
My motto in life was that even if I couldn't help, I couldn't help. Although I was quite happy that Sandora had high hopes for me, I still knew my own limits.
Sandora knocked on the MDT. "Right now, the mixed formation formed by the Sixth Fleet and the First Fleet has split into three groups and arrived near the three target worlds. The current intelligence shows that the Fallen Apostle did not notice the Imperial Army's approach. The three worlds have different degrees of damage from the invasion. A large amount of information and mass are evaporating from those worlds. This means that Carter's intelligence is correct. The experiment that has gone out of control has torn several large holes in each research world. These large holes have seriously interfered with the Fallen Apostle's rearrangement of the world's defenses. Perhaps, we can make use of these cracks in our battle — I mean, let the battleships directly charge into the Void Rift."
"Wait, the Fallen Apostle will definitely deploy a large number of troops near the Void Rift." Even though I'm not an expert, I still have some common sense. "Won't we encounter a powerful attack from the enemy if we do that? Even if we catch them off guard, we will still suffer huge losses. "
"We can make use of the power of the Void." Sandora smiled slightly. "The Sixth Fleet is special. Based on the experience accumulated during the battle in the ruined world, as well as Carter's suggestion, I have loaded those spaceships with a large number of multi-dimensional disruption bombs. These bombs can tear a larger hole in the already damaged world barrier. We can launch an assault through those Void Rifts and then deploy a large number of disruption bombs at the entrance. After the fleet has launched an all-out assault into a safe distance inside the world, we will activate all the bombs. A powerful Void Storm will be able to destroy all the fixed sentry posts that the Fallen Apostle has set up near the Void Rift. At the same time, it will cause a great deal of chaos for them."
Sandora was indeed worthy of being a veteran military strategist for many years. She was well-versed in all kinds of unscrupulous combat methods. This could be said to be a sinister scheme. If my decision to launch a surprise attack while the Fallen Apostle's defenses were weak was akin to taking advantage of the enemy's weakness to stab them, then Sandora's plan was akin to throwing 200 grams of cumin, 500 grams of salt, 100 grams of ginger, 350 grams of soy sauce, 150 grams of cooking wine, a little MSG, a little five-spice powder, and a moderate amount of chili …
"Two fleets have already arrived at their combat positions. At present, the Fallen Apostle has yet to discover any movements of the Imperial Army." A new message was sent in. The corners of Sandora's lips curled up slightly. "The time for the Imperial Army to settle their first account is about to arrive. In thirty minutes, the three divisions will simultaneously attack the three research worlds of the Fallen Apostle. This is the first time since the start of the war that the Imperial Army has taken the initiative to launch a surprise attack on their world. We have to properly celebrate after our success."
"Before the celebration, let's get the Royal Fleet to prepare."
Lin Xue suddenly stood up from the sofa with a strange smile on her face. "It's almost time for our activity … Damn it … This is getting out of hand …"
I was already used to the prophet saying one or two baffling things occasionally. Under normal circumstances, as long as I followed her instructions immediately, I would definitely not go wrong. However, this time, after I subconsciously informed the headquarters, I suddenly froze. "Err, lass, what did you say was getting out of hand?"
Lin Xue had a mysterious and twisted expression on her face. "Don't ask. Prepare to beat someone up. A mixed male and female duo. That experimental body that has gone out of control is about to appear. It's a rather, rather difficult one to deal with … Hehe …"
Liliana couldn't help but shrink into my body. "Boss, Sister Xue's condition is really strange."
I agreed wholeheartedly. That lass Xue was obviously turning evil!
However, looking at the lass's expression, I knew that it was definitely not the time for me to ask. Hence, I could only make preparations to depart. Perhaps soon, some fleet would report that they had encountered an escaped clone. Then, we would have to round it up and capture it. Lin Xue didn't mention where the other party would appear, which meant that this matter was still in a state of overlapping with each other. Hence, it was best to be fully prepared. To capture a Semi-Void Creature, any preparation was never too much.
The Royal Fleet was ready to depart. The Vengeance Fleet, which had just completed a portion of repairs, was already on standby at the spaceport. Pandora and Visca teleported to the Empire Admiral. Sandora looked upstairs. "Should we call Shallow Shallow? If we don't bring her along, it will be very troublesome. Besides, her ability is very useful in capturing the target. "
"Go and wake her up." I grabbed Liliana. "We will wait for you on the bridge of the flagship."
Soon, Shallow Shallow, who was rubbing her eyes, and Liliana, whose head looked like it had been ravaged by thousands of monkeys, arrived on the bridge of the Empire Admiral. I glanced at the latter. "What's wrong with you?"
"I hate naughty children, especially the ones who are already strung …" Liliana said angrily.
"Hey, Ah Jun, you're going to capture someone. I'm going to use a restraining skill … It hasn't started yet?"
Shallow Shallow didn't seem to be fully awake. She rubbed her eyes and looked down at the command hall. The people below had already entered a state of combat readiness. There were only ten minutes left before the three expeditionary forces would launch their assault. Even though the Empire Admiral and all the leaders weren't personally at the frontlines, the military command was still directly passed down by the headquarters at the rear. Based on the mental link, the Imperial Army's battle command would never be affected by distance.
The command link of the three B Fleets was directly connected to the officer's platform. The frontline commander in charge of the assault was directly in contact with us. Now, the last fleet had also sent a message. "The third team has entered the target's location. The detector has detected a phenomenon of information evaporating at the current location. It has confirmed that we have entered the Void Crack. The scale of the attack is huge. The enemy's remedial measures don't seem to be very effective. "
"How big is it?" Sandora asked. "I want more detailed data."
The bearded middle-aged officer glanced at a certain image on the communicator. "Hmm. The area in the Prime Material Plane is about one-third the size of the moon. For the Void, it's a fatal corrosive hole. The information evaporation rate in the area is already at 26 Sheemu units per second. If the crack has lasted for five days, at least two solar systems in the target world would have been erased from history. If the crack can't be repaired, it's estimated that it will go out of control in seventy-two hours, destroying the Order of the Universe on the other side. "
Sandora glanced at me. "In other words, it's possible that the four fundamental forces will be disturbed by the Void. Each of them will deviate by a few percent, and then the entire world will collapse. It seems that although your clone's power might not be perfect, he's much bolder than you are."
The expeditionary army began to set up the super large yield "bombs" that Sandora had mentioned in the Void. These things weren't physical objects, but a kind of bound information cluster. The information cluster could be implanted into the world's barrier, causing the layer of "Time, Space, and Law" that separated the universe and the Void to become weak. The process was similar to using a small amount of faulty code to cause an originally normal program to start deleting itself, or to cause a world to treat its own barrier as a foreign object and produce a rejection reaction. The phenomenon of Void Evaporation and Void Corrosion caused a huge disturbance at the crack. Up until now, the Fallen Apostle had not noticed that the Imperial Army had already stuck to the "outer shell" of their universe. When all the "bombs" were set up, it was time to attack.
"Begin!"
Sandora and I gave the order at the same time. Actually, the main purpose of me sitting here was to shout these four words …
The assault fleet, whose brains were already filled with blood from holding back, immediately began to adjust the "information representation" of the battleships. As the assault fleet, the greatest advantage of jumping into the real world from the Void was that there wouldn't be any tracks left in the process. You would directly appear on the other side of the gate, and there would be no process of passing through the gate. The enemy's intercepting firepower obviously wouldn't be able to react in time. According to the images that were sent back, the instant the first batch of high-speed assault battleships rushed through the Void Crack, not a single one of the black and red abyss battleships turned their cannons!
The first batch of battleships that rushed in were extremely fast assault battleships. Mixed within the fleet were assault battleships that had been modified using the "Expedition Class" as the blueprint. These battleships that were specially used to attack the defensive line carried short-range cannons that could usually be arranged from the bow of the ship all the way to the engine nozzles. They were basically long spikes all over their bodies. They unleashed their full firepower at all the small spaceships that could be directly attacked in their path. Like a blunt knife covered in barbs, they forcefully dragged the fleet that the Fallen Apostles had arranged near the crack to the other side of the defensive line. Then, they rapidly reversed their phase and rushed in all directions into the vast universe. Immediately after, the second wave of defense breaking fleet, which was almost entirely made up of assault battleships, also rushed into the crack.
After the first attack ended, the Fallen Apostles were clearly still in a state of confusion. They definitely did not expect that their own world would suddenly be attacked by the Imperial Army. This was something that had never happened in the past. The New Empire's consistent low-profile made them too reassured about the safety of their own world. Of course, the main reason was that the numerous corrosive holes in the universe caused by an experimental accident had already left them badly battered. The tremendous amount of energy needed to "stitch up" a crack in the void made it impossible for them to activate enough sentries in a short period of time. The defensive line near the crack was actually directly pierced through by a group of small spaceships.
However, the battle instincts ingrained in the bones of the Shiring Apostles still allowed them to subconsciously organize a defense. The assault fleet's second wave of attack was met with the enemy's fierce firepower. At the same time, the gravitational trap began to seal off the fleet's support.
"The main force has already entered the main material plane!" The commander of the assault fleet connected to the communication link. "The detected universal constants have all deviated from normal values! Chief Tawil's prediction was correct. The home of the Fallen Apostles is in a state of chaos … We have already released all of the deep space exploration probes. All warships will send back information at full speed before they are destroyed! Thank you for the blessings of the Emperor! This is a huge discovery! "
From the very beginning, we had been constantly guessing what the hiding place of the Fallen Apostles should be like. We once thought that they would be hidden in the Gates of the Abyss, but Belavilla's memories later refuted this guess. Only then did we know that the Fallen Apostles themselves were unable to survive in a pure Abyss environment. The Abyss' tendency to destroy itself would cause them to collapse on their own. According to Belavilla, the Fallen Apostles were hiding in the main material plane. These worlds were pieced together from fragments of worlds that had already perished, and a considerable portion of them were territory fragments of the old Empire. When these worlds perished, they had already been infected by the Abyss and removed from the void sequence. Their coordinates were hidden in the deepest depths of the void and were extremely difficult to discover. Belavilla's memories from the era of the Fallen Apostles were clearly affected by some kind of power, causing her to be unable to accurately recall what the environment of those worlds were like. Carter was in a similar situation, but based on the data Tawil had analyzed, these worlds should be regions with extremely strange universal constants. Contradictions and paradoxes could be seen everywhere, yet they were able to maintain an abnormal balance. This time, we launched a surprise attack on the Fallen Apostles' lair (at most a peripheral lair. These research worlds definitely wouldn't be located in the core of the territory, and to be honest, with the current strength of the Imperial Army, it was unlikely for them to directly attack the "interior" of the Fallen Apostles). There was more than one reason to launch a surprise attack on the Fallen Apostles' lair this time. Apart from investigating the borders of their territory and slowing down their research activities, there was another very important reason, which was to determine what the world the Fallen Apostles lived in looked like.
All of the assault warships carried probes designed by Tawil for research purposes.
Right at this moment, a frontline commander suddenly sent a message.
"Your Majesty, there's a problem with the situation here …"
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