The appearance of Ulysses Imperial Power meant that everything was over. This large-scale invasion finally ended with the failure of the Fallen Apostle's scheme. All of the worlds of the Empire were now under the highest state of martial law. The Defense Army was on standby. The Fallen Apostle's follow-up troops had already stopped advancing, turning around and retreating into their own territories without hesitation. The invading armies of the various worlds no longer continued to fight, leaving behind large amounts of wreckage and corpses before retreating back into the shadows of the void. Lin Xue was currently lying in a medical pod. Xiaoxue used the power she inherited from her mother to confirm that the enemy's last reinforcements had already turned around.
They almost succeeded, really. Smoke bombs after smoke bombs, luring the tiger away from the mountain time and time again, closely plotting against the Imperial Army. Even God Father and King Huron were held back by them at the cost of an entire army. If not for the Defense Army's desperate battle to buy time, and if not for Lin Xue breaking through the effects of the interference emitters at the last moment, perhaps we wouldn't even know what happened until they destroyed their target and returned in triumph. And on the final battlefield, Sandora even made a risky move. Perhaps even a risky move couldn't be described. No matter how powerful she was, she shouldn't have been able to calculate her own death, right?
Fortunately, Ulysses Imperial Power was still able to turn the tide.
Those golden spheres of light that Ulysses Imperial Power split off, every single one of them was equivalent to a Soul Snatcher at full power. They were the extensions and amplifiers of Sandora's power, and at the same time, they were also the path through which the blazing golden nova absorbed energy. When these golden spheres of light entered the Fallen Apostle's camp, the enemy would undoubtedly have a huge emotional reaction: fear, hostility, anger, desire to fight, rebellious spirit. No matter what kind of emotion it was, they would all be captured by these golden spheres of light in the end, turning into Sandora's power. Using Her Majesty the Queen's own words, this was called 'your fear will eventually become my food, your anger will become your own cage'. This sentence was truly powerful.
When these golden spheres of light turned the Fallen Apostle's fleet into a large fireworks field, even Icetis was left speechless.
"Sandora has a wicked sense of humor. She calls these things' thought sparks' — your thoughts will light up a thought spark, and this spark will soon burn your soul. That's what it means. Fortunately, there are people on our side here. Otherwise, you would have seen a flash called 'Requiem'. With a whoosh, a supernova will explode, and everything that can produce a soul within half a light year will be sucked dry. The Ulysses Imperial Power eats souls … "
"If you have the time to expose my shortcomings to Ah Jun, why don't you go and help the warriors in other places?"
Sandora finally couldn't bear to watch any longer. Even though she tried her best to maintain the dignity of a queen in her Glory state, with Icetis, this bad friend of hers, it seemed like sooner or later she would be exposed. Her spiritual power had already spread throughout the entire battlefield. Icetis's spiritual connection with me wasn't encrypted either, so it was equivalent to saying it in front of her.
"Aha, Her Majesty is angry now. Leave those losers to me — I'll be right back!"
After saying that, Icetis's body flickered with holy light, and a yellow streak of light shot southwest, instantly disappearing without a trace.
"Sandora, how are you?" I turned towards the glowing gaseous planet. Speaking of which, this was the first time I learned that there were planetary warships that weren't solid. "Err … I can't really tell the health of a planet."
"How good can it be after dying once?" Sandora's voice sounded a little depressed. "Ah Jun, stop teasing me. I really failed miserably this time. Releasing glory like this isn't a good idea …"
"What's wrong?" I instantly became nervous. It was just as I had thought. It was impossible for such a powerful force to be released casually. Otherwise, Sandora would have long since used her Glory state to expand her territory. "There are repercussions?"
"You need to die once to undergo an emergency transformation. Isn't that serious?" Sandora was quite depressed. Besides, it felt really strange to have such a conversation with a gaseous planet with a radius of more than five thousand kilometers. "I'm afraid that I'll have to be weak for a period of time. Also … I'll be the sun for a few days. I'm currently forming a new body in my own core. This isn't a small project. Furthermore, I need to safely seal the power of the Abyss again. That thing is the real danger. If I had reacted any slower just now, the Ulysses Imperial Power would have become the Abyss Imperial Power … But no matter what, I'm quite lucky this time. If it was two or three years ago, I probably wouldn't have recovered this power."
Even though Sandora had displayed a cruel and iron-blooded method of using the power of glory against the enemy, after the battle ended, she returned to her usual relaxed attitude when talking to me. Hearing that her tone was very relaxed, I also relaxed. Right now, I was most worried about her safety. After all, she had just been "killed" once.
At this thought, I still felt rather stifled in my heart. However, I didn't know how to express it, so I could only remain silent. I didn't know if it was because she was able to sense my emotions better after releasing her true power. Sandora seemed to have guessed that I was depressed. She smiled and asked, "What's the matter, Ah Jun? You're not happy that we won? Is it because you feel like you didn't protect me just now? "
I didn't reply. I did feel depressed in my heart. No matter how strong Sandora's immortality was, I really experienced a hellish rollercoaster in that instant. Seeing her disappear in the midst of the bombardment of the giant bombs, I definitely didn't want to experience that feeling again. If she wasn't a Schilling Emperor who could instantly revive, perhaps I really would have gone berserk over not being able to protect her on the battlefield. However, she actually revived directly … My emotions were in a mess right now.
"As expected of Ah Jun. No matter what, I'm quite happy." Sandora's voice was full of smiles. "That psionic storm scared me. I thought you were going to destroy everything. Fortunately, you still remembered that the Shiring Apostles can revive … However, if you feel depressed because you couldn't protect me, there's really no need for that."
"Uh-huh," I muttered noncommittally.
"You don't understand or you don't agree? I had spent my entire life on the battlefield. Facing the battlefield was equivalent to facing death. To a Shiring Apostles, this was a part of life. I never thought of myself as standing together with you in front of the enemy's bombardment because I wanted someone to protect me. Instead, it was because I wanted to fight alongside you. Ah Jun, if you put me in the position of being protected, that would be terrible. Furthermore, in that situation, do you think that it was possible to protect a single person under the bombardment of more than 1300 giant bombs? "
Recalling the dangerous scene back then, Sandora was a little resentful. "But it was really humiliating. I actually fell for such an ambush …"
I consoled her. "Because you were too tired."
The burden that Sandora carried was extremely heavy. Not only was she the direct commander at the frontline, she was also personally fighting. Even though I was the one who contributed the most out of the few leaders who personally participated in the battle, that was because I was a Void Creature. Sandora didn't have my strange recovery ability. When she arrived at the battlefield, she was already extremely exhausted. Zadom only dared to execute the bold decapitation operation in such a state. Otherwise, such a cautious fellow wouldn't be so rash when he saw two Emperors appearing at the same time.
"Compared to this, I discovered something even worse."
Sandora was silent for a moment before she suddenly said dejectedly.
"That Zadom really escaped."
"What?!" I was shocked. "Escaped? How is that possible! There's nothing left of this place from the explosion! "
Sandora said angrily, "He uploaded himself. The one I intercepted was a decoy, an adjutant who was used as a scapegoat."
"This is really … terrible." I looked at the servant army who was cleaning up the battlefield and felt extremely regretful. "He is a troublesome fellow. He is too cautious and unusually cunning."
"We will eventually meet again on the battlefield. Halland's fleet suffered a great loss this time, but his general and a small portion of his army still managed to escape. I'm afraid that he won't be swallowed up by the other Fallen Emperors in such a short period of time as we guessed. I hope that the next decisive battle will be on his territory. Our losses this time were too great."
Yes, the losses were huge. Even though the final victory was still in the hands of the Imperial Army, the large-scale invasion of the Fallen Apostles still caused great damage to a few borderline worlds. First of all, the local defense forces and military facilities were almost destroyed by half, and this was under the situation where we had made preparations in advance. The difference in numbers was an unavoidable disadvantage for the Imperial Army. The world that was originally the springboard for the common universe was already half-crippled. Apart from the final battlefield, that was the place where the battle was the most intense. When the Fallen Apostles faced the two God Kings, the space weapons and psionic bombs they had unleashed had severely damaged the stability of the universe. The commander of the local defense forces had already sent bad news. The stability of XF-35-A world had dropped to less than 0.3 in just a few short hours. A world with a stability of 1 was perfect. In theory, all the laws of the universe would never contradict each other, and all events would develop in an orderly manner. In reality, only the Divine Realm could achieve this degree of order. A world with a stability of 0 could be considered to be doomsday. This meant that any event that happened in the current world could trigger a fatal space phenomenon. Even the lighting of a match could cause the entire galaxy's thermal balance to collapse. Normally, the stability of a world should be maintained between 0.5 and 0.8. A universe with a stability lower than 0.5 would mean that unstable space channels and light speed stagnation zones would appear everywhere. A world with a stability lower than 0.3 would mean that the world was in chaos. The curvature of space would be different in every light year, and the speed of light would be different every minute and every second.
I highly doubted whether the Celestial System Fleet would be able to successfully set sail from such a universe that could collapse at any moment. Perhaps if the psionic death planet trembled, the entire universe would disappear.
I needed to find a new launch window for the Celestial System Fleet, and this time, the window world had to be even more concealed than XF-35-A. The other universes that had been invaded also needed to be repaired. The Fallen Apostles had attacked all man-made objects and places that looked habitable within their firing range, including the all-important military bases and heavy industrial star systems. Now, I was having a headache over the various external scanners that the Shiring Apostles had developed back in the day. These things allowed the enemy to search for targets worth attacking within a few minutes of the start of the battle. Of course, the Imperial Army also had anti-radar and anti-space weapons systems, but could you expect the civilian and level 2 military bases to have the same level of facilities?
Thus, I thought that I understood how Halland must have felt half a month ago …
Not only did a large amount of destroyed infrastructure need to be rebuilt, but there were also the families of the dead and displaced refugees that needed to be comforted. The latter was even easier to deal with. The Shiring Apostles and the pilots of the European Union had walked through mountains of corpses and seas of blood. They knew what a soldier should face, and the civilians on those industrial zones and colonial planets had been evacuated in time, so the casualties were not severe. This could be considered something to be happy about.
The soldiers were cleaning up the battlefield. This was an essential step after the battle with the Fallen Apostles. There were too many dangerous substances in this space, and there was even an Abyss reaction. Barges carrying a large number of submachines were towing around the devastated battlefield. The submachines used gravity generators to disperse the various wreckages. Those that did not have an Abyss reaction were the spare parts of the defending forces. After being sent into the Mothership, they were immediately sent into the recycling furnace, which could still be decomposed and used. The wreckages of the Fallen Apostles that had an Abyss reaction were sent to the big-bellied cargo ships that followed behind the barges. Those cargo ships were specially designed to clean up dangerous substances on the battlefield. They were equipped with multiple layers of isolation, and the contaminated spaceship fragments were dragged into the Void by them and discarded. The Void was really a good place. There was never a need to fear contamination, and even the most important things would be assimilated cleanly after being thrown in.
Not long after, news came from Godfather and King Huron. The enemy forces that had been targeted by these two important figures were the only ones that had been completely annihilated. The enemies from the other worlds had also broken through the blockade and successfully retreated. Only the fleet that had been dragged into the Void by these two veteran Void creatures did not even have a single scrap left. Even so, they still expressed their apologies for being delayed and unable to provide reinforcements in time. However, I felt that we really shouldn't blame them for this. After all, the Fallen Apostles were very cunning, and in the situation at that time, Godfather also couldn't have predicted what kind of scheme the enemy had laid out behind the layers of dense fog. More importantly, they were originally guests. When your enemy came to your doorstep, it was already good enough for a guest to step forward and help out with a brick. After the battle was over, if you were to complain that they were holding a brick instead of an RPG, wouldn't that be a little too ungrateful?
"On another note, Xingchen and I have a surprise for you," King Huron suddenly said as he hung up the communication. "You'll definitely be very interested in it. This thing almost tricked me."
Without waiting for me to ask what kind of surprise it was, King Huron decisively went offline, leaving me scratching my heart. What a vile fellow. But considering that he had just fought alongside his crush, I could understand why he was so emotional.
Also, I was looking forward to the surprise that he had mentioned.
"Right, Ah Jun." At this moment, Sandora's voice suddenly sounded in my head. "I have something to tell you."
"What is it?" I put on my sunglasses and looked at the radiant five-thousand-kilometer radius version of Sandora beside me. I suddenly realized something. Alaya and Anveena, the two radiant entities, were extremely weak at this moment. Sandora had shown me how terrifying a true radiant entity was. If I were to build a circle of solar power stations around her, the entire Earth's energy crisis would be resolved …
"I'm hungry," Sandora said aggrievedly.
I was speechless.
"You have a five-thousand-three-hundred-kilometer radius now!" I shouted frantically. "Baby, how do you expect me to feed you!"
Also, can someone tell me what a huge fireball with a five-thousand-three-hundred-kilometer radius should eat?
"The new body is growing so slowly." Sandora might have checked. She was personally creating her new body in her Glory form. "Ah Jun, you'll starve to death."
No, I definitely won't starve to death. Don't think that I know nothing about the Shiring Apostles' bodies. But it was obvious that theories were meaningless when faced with a starving Sandora.
"What do you want to eat now?" I looked at the Glory starship that was probably the most unique in history. "Why don't I find tens of thousands of lasers and shoot them at you? I reckon that you're only able to digest light energy now. "
Sandora thought about the scene of being fed by tens of thousands of laser cannons. After hesitating for a long time, she said decisively, "Forget it. I'll just starve for a few days."
Actually, I was curious about one thing. The current Sandora didn't even have a body. Her main body was just a ball of light. How could she feel 'hunger', something that only a stomach could understand? I couldn't figure it out even after thinking about it for a long time. In the end, I could only come up with a horrifying conclusion. Just like how 'laziness' could be described as the personality of the creatures of the abyss, the feeling of 'hunger' had probably become a part of Sandora's soul. She wasn't hungry because her stomach was empty, but because she was currently feeling hungry …
I can understand why this girl can eat without stopping for a moment.
Just as I was chatting with Sandora and waiting for the other fleets to finish regrouping, there was a sudden strong spatial fluctuation three hundred thousand kilometers away. Then, the information link reported that a massive unit was forming in space. It was our own army. Just as I was wondering which fleet it was, I heard a crazy shout from the public channel. "Where are the enemies! Come out and let this starship fire! This starship's surname is Chen! This starship used to have nine hundred and ninety-seven main cannons! How dare you block this starship's path … "
Then, the Vengeance Fleet, which seemed to be covered in smoke, and the Warsong, which had just reentered the battle, appeared on the battlefield.
A defense intelligence officer helplessly reported to the group of confused allies, "The enemies have been defeated, sir."
"What! What the f * ck … "
"Your Majesty, what are you …" The warlord didn't hesitate to push the rogue AI with the surname Chen out of the public channel. The fleet moved closer to Sandora as he asked.
"It's just a small matter. Don't worry about it, "Sandora said solemnly. I could imagine her rubbing her stomach when she said that. It was on a spiritual level.
"I'm very sorry. I missed the opportunity."
"But you fought two enemy fleets at the same time and came back unscathed." Sandora's voice was calm. "Also, you better stop suppressing the Warsong's signal. She intends to ram into you."
The crazy AI on the Warsong could finally speak. It immediately became arrogant. "Aha, the higher ups are still more sensible. If you cut off my circuit again, I will slap you in the face with gravitational force! I finally know how to use this gravitational distortion system! "
I was speechless. It was a huge mistake to let this thing speak!
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