This is a colonial planet located on the edge of the Milky Way, orbiting a young and enthusiastic star. In this galaxy far away from the capital, there are very few such colonial planets, and the nearest colony is dozens of light years away.
——The high temperature and remote location are destined to not be a place suitable for enjoyment and living. The meaning of its existence is to serve as the center of the local space defense system. It is the countless military structures built by the Merova people in this universe.
One of the strongholds, it is unknown now, but it was also glorious and prominent thousands of years ago. The Merova people defeated the last resistance force in the universe here. The intelligent species that once ruled the universe was only one step away from realizing
In the void realm outside their universe, their progress was stopped by the massive invasion of the Merova people. Their last fleet was completely destroyed in this remote star system. Today, a small part of those remains are still at the gravitational boundary of the star.
Patrolling, waiting to be captured by stars during the long journey, or drifting into the endless darkness of space.
But no one cares about these wreckage, just like no one cares about the whereabouts of the former master of this universe. For this remote military stronghold, today is a day as usual, and no one will worry about things that have nothing to do with them. Its
The armed satellites are surging with power, and the planetary defense forts in orbit are filled with psionic energy. The huge general-class aircraft carrier has just set off from the star port at the gravitational balance point to conduct a weekly deep space patrol. The Merova soldiers hold on tightly
Armed with their own weapons, they wait for this boring day to end quickly in the space orbital station and the military base on the surface. They are full of arrogance and confidence in their hearts. They firmly believe that they have reached the pinnacle of civilization evolution. In the past, they were so powerful that they could not be expressed in words.
After the empire collapsed, they thought that they had taken over and became the new highest point of the mortal race - no, they thought that they had surpassed this highest point and turned into gods. When looking down at the earth and into space, they
This idea became even more firm in his mind. With this confidence, the commander of the high-altitude orbiting observatory decided to conduct another scan of deep space.
In fact, there is nothing worth scanning. Our enemies do not exist in this universe... or even in all universes - Officer Merova smiled with satisfaction. He firmly believed in this. The second scan was just to show the power of God. When
The scanning signals of the Merova people swept across the space, and every channel would send back the roar of the mountains and tsunamis. Those inferior races dozens or hundreds of light years away would receive the patrol signals of the Merova Empire every day.
Treated as patrols by gods, their response to these signals is one of the only daily entertainment items on this boring high-altitude orbital station. Officer Merova looked at the radar terminal in front of him and waited for the soldiers beside him to complete the scanning station.
Follow-up operations.
However, there was silence. When the scanning device was activated, no response was returned, not even any information about space entities. The powerful radar station seemed to throw all its energy into the endless void. There was only a gray color on the terminal in front of me.
In the mist, a creaking and disturbing sound echoed in the observation room.
"What's going on? The radar is not activated?" Officer Merova frowned dissatisfied and looked at his soldier. This soldier was not smart, and could even be said to be stupid. The number of mistakes he made was almost equal to the number of days he served.
, although those are just minor problems, they are enough to make the commander accumulate enough dissatisfaction. But this soldier is a pure-blooded Merova, a descendant of the vanguard army that led the rise of the race in the past, and his bloodline makes this soldier
After receiving the preferential treatment as a waiter in the office of the orbital station, thinking of this, the commander decided to slow down his tone: he believed that the pure-blood Merova people had more noble elements in their bones: such as himself, just in this soldier
On the body, this noble racial advantage has not yet been fully reflected. "Try to adjust the multiplication module to forwarding mode."
"Yes... oh no, sir," the soldier's forehead was sweating a little. He switched all the channels quickly, his tone full of confusion, "It's not a problem with the multiplication module, the radar station is also working normally... Sir, we seem to have
We are in trouble, all channels are jammed... I have never seen this kind of interference, not even in military schools... Our scanning signals seem to have been lost. After they left the star system, they all fell into a blank area.
When any feedback signal occurs, the non-delay detection equipment is alarming because it thinks we are sending in a direction that does not exist..."
"Nothing can interfere with the empire's radar station," the commander impatiently waved the soldiers away from the console, and turned around himself. "You must have mistaken the early warning threshold and fell into the white zone? This interference method is not effective at all.
live……"
In the middle of what the commander said, he suddenly paused, and some vague memories emerged from the bottom of his heart. He remembered that this method of interference did not really exist. Yes, there was once a civilization that had mastered this technology, which could make anyone
The technology of information disappearing out of thin air. Jammers manufactured using this technology will cause the information sent by any conventional radar to be deleted midway. In the eyes of the radar operator, it will be as if the signal sent by itself has fallen into a blank area.
, just like the scene in front of you.
Officer Merova shook his head vigorously to throw these unpleasant memories out of his mind: This is a groundless worry. They no longer exist, along with their incredible skills. The only remaining taboo knowledge is now controlled by the Merova people.
In his hands, if this kind of interference method really reappears, it can only appear in his own equipment - could it be that the Holy Empire Military Department has finally cracked another set of blueprints, and a higher-level department is using this method to communicate with himself?
Are your subordinates joking?
This was a ridiculous assumption, but the officer decided to believe his guess. He left the console with a smile and reached out to pat his soldiers: "Don't worry, everything is normal. You should learn to become a truly qualified and noble god.
…”
He was only halfway through his words. Before he could slap his hand down, the entire orbital station began to shake violently. The sudden shaking shook everything around him. Debris was scattered everywhere. The soldier fell down awkwardly and exclaimed:
"Sir! The orbital station is going to crash!"
"Idiot! You are a soldier! Go check the power unit immediately, one of the units may have exploded!" The officer barely managed to stand still while swaying. He immediately slapped the soldier who was confused at the critical moment to wake up, "I
I heard an explosion coming from the lower area..."
"Warning. The shield of the orbital station was penetrated, the third to seventh sections of the lower level were hit, and the entire second structural group was lost... The artificial gravity of the orbital station was chaotic, the material leakage index exceeded 30%, and the nether energy reactor
Not enough effort..."
A low explosion sounded from a closer area, and the officer found that the direction of gravity in the room was tilting - which made it more difficult for him to stand upright. The violent shaking had turned into a crazy shaking, as if it were a huge space entity as big as this town.
He was being grabbed by a pair of giant hands. It was like a violent shock. He felt difficulty breathing, and realized that this was because the air pressure in the room was decreasing. Materials were leaking out. The orbital station must have been opened to a level that far exceeded the processing limit of the repair device.
The big hole, the air pressure here will soon drop to the critical value, but maybe he will not die of suffocation. Yes, the Merovans are powerful. Countless reinforcements over thousands of years have made the current generation of Merovans
The Watts can survive in the cosmic environment for almost a long time, but the officer still feels a huge fear welling up in his heart. He is sure that the orbital station has encountered a powerful attack, and this attack is bigger than the original one when he led the army to annihilate the universe.
The strongest counterattack encountered by an intelligent race is even more dangerous: until now, the tactical system has not been able to report where the attack came from!
"Sir! Distress signal! Other orbital stations have sent distress signals! All orbital stations are being bombed, and we have lost half of the stations... Sir! The admiral-class aircraft carrier and frigate formation parked at the star port were attacked by something.
The warship suffered heavy losses!"
The panicked voices of the soldiers came from not far away. The officer barely stood up in the tilted and changing gravity environment - maybe not standing very straight - he tried hard to ignore the discomfort caused by being unable to breathe, just
Suffocation cannot kill the immortal Merovans, he told himself, and calmed down a little. Then he saw the current status of the orbital station displayed on the holographic projection. He suddenly took a breath of air.
The orbital station is a frame structure with multiple crosses connected, and now the center of the structure has completely disappeared. Something hit here without the early warning system reacting at all, and directly penetrated the site's psionic shield.
, leaving a terrifying hole, through which you can see the brilliance of the star on the other side. The broken metal beams twisted out from around the hole, and the material leaked from the orbital station was blown away by the hurricane caused by the pressure of 1.2 atmospheres.
Like blood and visceral fragments spewing out, swirling out of this huge hole. Continuous explosions are spreading on all structures of the orbital station. The flickering fire in the distance tells the officer that the one who is under attack is
The entire planet's defense circle... no, even the entire star system's defense circle!
"Requesting support, we are under attack!" The soldiers were calling every emergency channel according to the response methods taught in the school manual. The violent explosions became louder and louder, and a creaky white sound came from the speaker system in the observation room.
Noisy, the officer kicked away the almost useless soldier: "Idiot! Our communication system is finished! Go and get the general aircraft carrier that has left the starport back to the city immediately. With their combined shields, you can still
Resist for a while! Go and run away, you idiot!"
The soldier stumbled out of the observation room, and the officer supported the swaying equipment platform back to his seat: There will be no explosion here yet. He knew that the observation room was protected by a multi-layered joint shield and charged armor at the top of the orbital station.
It has an independent energy system. Even if the orbital station is broken down now, it can still support it for a while. But he is also sure that this period of time will not be very long - maybe fifteen minutes is the limit?
"Early warning host, bring up for me the surveillance footage closest to the impact point before the attack."
"Yes, the great god is retrieving surveillance data...the data has started to play."
The officer felt that certain words from the early warning host gave him some comfort. Before the orbital station exploded, he wanted to see what destroyed the shield and core area. The short video was only less than three seconds, and he saw the dark
The background of space, the pale gold and silver-white armor of the orbital station, and then the explosion... He replayed the scene of this moment over and over again, and finally even had the patience to play them slowly frame by frame, the communication system in his ear
While calling, people are constantly reporting frantically on the emergency channel that something has been destroyed. The general aircraft carrier has returned to the star circle. Now they are being blown up one by one by the torrent of psionic energy from deep space and invisible jump warheads.
The fragments were like swatting flies. The officer felt that those things had gone away from him. Nothing mattered. All his attention was focused on the surveillance pictures that were displayed frame by frame in front of him. The dark space, the pale
There are layers of gold and silver-white armor, and a conical, huge shadow suddenly appears in the picture.
The shadow was a little unfamiliar, but the words on it finally brought back the memories of this Merova officer.
"x-3, Gravedigger... x-3, Gravedigger... they are back..."
The officer raised his head blankly. He found that the outside had calmed down at some point. All the explosions and shouts on the emergency channel had stopped. The orbiting station was slowly falling towards the gravity of the planet. The planet was not the one he recognized.
The surface is covered with lava gullies and dark red luster. Everything has been burned. Countless wrecks like his own orbital station are slowly falling towards the molten earth. The sudden attack and all communication channels
The outage caused the defense facilities on the planet to turn into metal slag without firing at all. The space was littered with debris, and no living sounds could be heard in the gravity circle.
Except for my own heartbeat.
The station was spared a second X-3 Gravedigger attack, but the officers didn't think it was some kind of mistake - "they" never made mistakes, "they" were more precise than anything else, extermination orders were given. Death was precise.
He reached every population, so he knew that he and the slowly falling orbital station were deliberately left behind, so he tried to call the host: "AI, are there any escape hatches?"
"Yes, great god. There are several escape cabins available...one. AI recommends that you evacuate immediately."
Yes. In the entire stellar circle, the number of remaining lives is one, and the number of escape cabins is also one. "They" are as accurate as before.
Officer Merova raised his head and looked at the dark projection table.
"Activate the escape hatch for me, I...I don't want to die..."
Officer Merova raised his head and stared here - his expression was frozen in this picture, and then he left the battlefield in the escape capsule. We did not intercept him in any way, and even specially opened the gravity blockade zone.
This is an espionage picture returned by a sentinel probe that sneaked into the orbital station. The Merova people have been at peace for too long. They may have been excellent warriors, and they may still have a fierce reputation, but their grassroots troops are in their bones.
Inevitably, there was some slack. They did not expect that the Sentinel Probe would so easily enter the defense command post of a military planet. The defense level here was simply not comparable to that of the Kingdom of God. This made the excited Pandora and Viska a little disappointed.
:The battle was over before they even had time to rush out themselves.
"Nice sideshow," Shandora put down the black tea gracefully, still focusing on the video screen. She regarded the Merova officer's entire performance as an entertainment program. Princess Warsong also had a bit of a bad taste.
, "Now that we have destroyed all military strongholds in this universe with alert levels below Level III, the Imperial Army has found a foothold in the marginal zone."
"The next battle is the real show," Lin Xue looked at the flickering star map in front of her. I'm sure she couldn't understand it at all, but it was just like when she was making predictions by drawing two tarot cards or holding a big glass ball.
It was like reciting the Great Compassion Mantra. This was the style of a young lady. She felt that as an army general, if she didn’t have a strategic map in front of her eyes when speaking, she would be sorry for the military emblem on her chest - although she didn’t even like to wear military uniforms.
, "Soon the Merova people will know what is happening in these places, and they will organize regular armies that can really fight to fight against them. What we have destroyed now are just old soldiers and young soldiers who have neglected to train and live well in their old age.
"
"It doesn't matter, we have accurately calculated the enemies we will face," Sandora looked at the clock beside her, "When will my meal be ready?"
I looked at her silently: "...Do you really want to eat twelve meals a day? You just... half an hour ago..."
"Arjun, you have to know that after this meal, I won't be able to eat for nearly a month." Sandora's expression was very solemn, as if what she was talking about was as important as world peace.
, "I promise, I will transform after eating this meal..."
I:"……"
According to the pre-agreed tactics, the imperial army first launched a surprise attack on the edge of the main world of Merova, destroying a large number of enemy military targets at the same time, first causing huge chaos to the Merova people, and then the imperial fleet took advantage of the opportunity.
The enemy was in chaos, built a fortress on the main material plane, and carried out follow-up military operations. The first phase of the operation is currently going very smoothly. The military node star system uploaded back by the spy footage was destroyed under the personal attack of the royal fleet, but this
This kind of surprise attack can only go so well the first time, and the Merowa people will have to be more vigilant next.
After several consecutive stealth jumps, the fleet arrived at the newly destroyed Merova military node. The structure of this star system still remains intact, but the original Merova facilities above have been turned into ruins. We have not used anything to destroy it.
The purpose of large-scale weapons in the star system architecture is to retain such a natural bridgehead. This star system with many planets can allow our mothership to deploy and enter the violent process faster, and the Melova people will not think of the imperial army.
They will suddenly turn back to a destroyed ruins to build a base, and they will probably work around for a while in the space where the Imperial Army launches an attack: this time is enough time for the half of the basketball court bubbles we brought to build a house.