A bunch of reports came from Schiller's communication terminal. The fact that these reports were transmitted to his terminal was very important. Schiller quickly glanced at them and keenly discovered that there were many more reports on domestic unrest in the Federation.
There have been riots on multiple planets in the Federation, and they are basically related to the lack of living supplies. These incidents seem to have no connection with each other, and they all happened in different galaxies far apart, but Schiller, who is sitting in this position, knows very well that these incidents
It's not an accident.
The domestic production capacity of the Federation was severely damaged by Xu Bingyan, and once dropped by 30%. Now the scale and consumption of the war are three times that of that time, so the basic supplies within the Federation are extremely tight, and many daily necessities and food have begun to implement rationing.
In this way, many planets are still experiencing shortages of supplies, and even residents are starving.
This is a very dangerous sign. If it is not handled well, a full wave of protests may break out at any time, and the public support brought by the conscription campaign will disappear. At this time, there is already a group of speculators in the federal government working for an armistice.
Prepare, this is something Schiller would never allow. He returned to his desk and picked up the photo on the table. It was a photo of a family of four, but the wife and daughter in the photo were no longer there. When Xu Bingyan drove a planet away
As civilians, they were on a transport ship, and that transport ship never returned to the Federation.
At this time, another report was sent to him. It was Austin's request to investigate the changes in the galaxy on the other side and try to contact Dr. Zero.
Schiller snorted disapprovingly. In the past, like other federal soldiers, he was in awe of Austin like a god and had a kind of fanatical worship in his heart. But with Austin's defeat at the hands of Xu Bingyan in the battle across the line, the aura of invincibility ended.
Breaking. Then his attitude of valuing the real dream more than the dynasty also angered many people. After the conscription campaign, the federal war mood reached its peak of fanaticism. At this time, any voice that did not support the war would be ruthlessly suppressed, regardless of whether it was
No one, Austin was no exception. Gradually, Austin left the center of power, and even his headquarters was dismantled into a sinecure department in charge of scientific research. Recently, his authority was reduced by Schiller, who had just been on duty.
Theoretically, Austin should not have S-level authority after leaving the military's highest command center. This is the authority that only members of the Joint Committee can have. But in fact, this is also a humiliation for Austin. Now there are many famous front-line generals in the Federation, and Austin's series
It's not that important anymore.
But during the sensitive period of the war, Austin still talked to the doctor? Did something really happen in the galaxy on the other side?
Schiller became a little curious, so he contacted the defenders of the other side of the galaxy and asked about the situation.
"The patrol troops sent out have not yet reached the routine reporting time. So far, there are no abnormalities."
Schiller immediately said: "Require each patrol team to report immediately."
"Yes! Marshal!"
The garrison commander of the other side of the galaxy immediately contacted each patrol fleet, and most of them responded quickly, but only one was silent. A bad premonition came to mind, and the garrison commander immediately activated the galaxy scanning system and headed towards the patrol fleet.
Turn on the scan in the direction. This scanning system consumes a lot of energy. One scan can cover the entire galaxy and can only be turned on when necessary.
After the scan was turned on, a weak signal was indeed captured. The garrison commander immediately asked someone to amplify the signal and at the same time increase the scanning power at the signal source. The signal was finally clear:
"what is that?!"
"Oh my God!"
"Don't make a fuss. Let's get closer and scan first. Maybe it's just some optical phenomena!"
"Scanning has started... No! It's moving and coming towards us!"
"Prepare the main gun! Report to the garrison headquarters immediately!"
"The communication system is interfered with! Unable to establish communication!"
"So fast! Save..."
The signal breaks off here, and all that's left is noise.
The garrison commander calmed down, reported to Schiller, boarded the flagship, and led the fleet towards the location where the signal was sent. It was said to be a fleet, but it was actually a destroyer and a frigate. The Federation had long been unable to get them.
More starships are coming to guard the galaxy.
"Could it be a dynasty?" asked a staff officer.
The garrison commander said angrily: "How can the dynasty survive? Don't think so much, just go and take a look before we talk."
After a while, the fleet flew out of the outer edge of the galaxy and arrived at the location where the signal was last sent. The fleet then slowed down and began to scan the surrounding area in all directions.
Suddenly, a cry came from the intelligence room: "What is that?!"
The garrison commander immediately switched to the screen, which was an area just discovered by scanning. The space that should have been empty was now filled with a strange dark red color. This color seemed to have its own life, slowly moving
The ground squirmed.
"Scan...wait!" The garrison commander suddenly remembered the conversation in the signal and broke into a cold sweat. He looked at the screen carefully and saw that it was an optical image. High-power active scanning was only the captain's authority.
Generally, it will be turned on only after the direction of detailed exploration has been determined. At this moment, the starship is using panoramic scanning, and the power in a single direction is not very high.
The dark red mass was only a small one on the screen, but when enlarged it was already hundreds of meters wide. The radiation it emitted was very strange, extremely chaotic, and there was no pattern at all. The garrison commander ordered: "One-tenth
Power up, start scanning!”
As the scanning beam pointed at the mass of color, the dark red color seemed to have seen prey, and suddenly began to squirm, extending towards the place where the scanning beam came from!
The garrison commander was startled. Fortunately, the mass of color seemed unable to leave its place, and its extension was limited.
"What the hell is this? Aiqi, prepare the main gun, give him a shot first."
The frigate next to it was ready to go. As the light of the main gun flashed, a ball of high-energy particles blasted into the center of the color. The dark red ball seemed to shrink in pain, shrinking from a few hundred meters to dozens of meters in an instant. Then it
It began to surge violently, suddenly expanded, and a dark red ball popped up, spraying on the frigate!
The dark red color quickly spread on the frigate's hull, and countless exclamations came from the communication channel. Then the lights of the frigate were extinguished one by one. In the blink of an eye, the entire ship lost power and was swallowed by the dark red mass. The strange thing is that the separated
The diameter of the color group was only 100 meters, even smaller than the frigate, but the frigate was engulfed by the dark red bit by bit and disappeared.
"Help..." The commander of the garrison fleet raised his hand and slowly lowered it. It was obvious that the ship-based weapons were of no use to it, and the scan just now had no results. Only the optical image could be seen.
The group was flowing dark red, while the other data was all chaos.