Inside the bridge of a medium-sized transport ship.
The little girl named Posua was lying on the table in front of the floor-to-ceiling window a little sadly, looking at the slowly shrinking planet outside the window, and softly tutted:
"You acted so fast. As soon as I called for help, you stuffed me into the boat."
Lu's voice came: "Your safety is the main concern of the master at the moment."
"Yeah?"
Whistle tilted his head, always looking at the planet.
The robot maid on the side had a wise light named Law in her eyes and asked: "Are you missing life on this planet? I need to make statistics on your preferences in order to arrange the next living environment for you."
"Let's live first and then talk about life," Little Whisper whispered.
Lu asked in confusion: "Why do you say that?"
"She is here, the common enemy of your master and I," Little Whisper's expression showed a maturity that did not belong to her 'age', "She is more powerful than when she appeared last time. I don't know if her target is me, but
She's about to appear behind this planet."
Lu immediately asked: "Can you sense the specific location of the Zerg Queen?"
Little Bosuo pointed to the planet.
Lu was a little confused: "Is she hiding on that planet?"
"She is leading the Zerg in a secret voyage, and is spreading the Zerg swarm in the subspace at the moment," Xiao Basuo explained. "If I hadn't called for help from your master in time, I would have been unable to leave here. This planet is now surrounded by the Zerg swarm.
"
Lu asked: "But we can't detect any bugs."
"Look, they're starting to come out. Can our boat go any faster?"
Little Whisper murmured, there was a red light flashing in the pupils, and the body seemed to be growing.
Law pulled the thrust of the transport ship to the maximum, overloaded the transport ship's engine, rushed to the nearest gravitational balance zone as quickly as possible, and 'watched' the planet through various detection instruments on the transport ship.
The outer space of the planet began to twist strangely.
A layer of light and shadow similar to the coating before the spacecraft jumped appeared outside the planet's atmosphere. A dark gray subspace film was produced out of thin air and quickly enveloped the entire planet.
The planet's gravity suddenly decreases by more than half;
The originally constant planetary magnetic field cannot be detected, the originally noisy radio wave field on the earth's surface cannot be detected, and even the existence of organic life forms cannot be detected.
In the database established by collecting information from the public network of the Milky Way, no relevant information could be found that could correspond to this situation.
This layer of subspace coating rapidly inflated like a large balloon, and also seemed to be gently punctured by a needle.
The law immediately detected that "surging" gravitational waves appeared near the planet. Compared with the weak gravitational waves generated by the movement of planets around stars, the current energy level of this gravitational wave has reached the space where two planets collide.
degree of shock.
Very suddenly, more than ten dark clouds appeared outside the planet.
Billions of bugs appeared directly in the atmosphere! They didn't give the humans on the surface any chance to resist, and poured straight into the city below!
Behind the planet, a shadow that resembled a human figure slowly solidified. It faced the light of the star and was over a million meters high.
It’s that sixth-order queen!
The giant queen opened her arms to embrace the planet below, and its 'body' collapsed into countless sixth-order adults.
The manic swarms of insects were like floods, sweeping away all organic life on the surface.
The robot steward responsible for driving the ship turned around and shouted: "Miss Lu! There is a swarm of insects chasing us!"
Lu made a decisive decision: "Force the jump! Don't worry about whether the ship will be damaged! I have arranged a ship to wait at the target point!"
Xiao Bosuo looked at the insect swarm that was like a pitch-black tentacle, rushing toward the transport ship, and her breathing gradually became heavier.
"Please calm down," Lu reminded, "you are no match for this queen."
Whisper nodded slightly.
"If this spaceship fails to arrive at the pickup location later, please hide in your own way. The mechanical thinking bodies here can change their bodies at any time," Lu warned, "I will find you as soon as possible."
Xiao Bosuo thought for a while and whispered: "Thank you."
In the thinking space, Lu blinked slightly.
Valkyrie actually thanks humans?
This feels pretty good.
In fact, Lu only told the worst case scenario and asked Posha to make some preparations in advance. Before the swarms of insects caught up, the transport ship steadily started a continuous jump and quickly rushed to the direction of Mingte City.
A few hours later, the news that a New Federation Class A administrative star with a population of 1.9 billion was destroyed by a swarm of insects spread throughout human civilization through the galaxy network.
The huge insect swarm that attacked the planet was gathering and leaping, and finally mysteriously disappeared in front of human civilization.
All conventional detection equipment misfired.
The swarms of insects sailing stealthily may be looking for targets to attack.
In the star system where the 'Minter City' star is located, the Empire's battle group, which is actively preparing for war, has once again begun to coordinate its operations.
Yang Luo, Catherine, and Captain Gris, who put on ordinary military uniforms, walked quickly in the spacious, bright and very busy corridor of the dreadnought, passed through layers of security checks, and successfully arrived at a conference room.
The soldier guarding the door turned to open the door, and Yang Luo, who had sharp ears, heard the conversation among the senior imperial officers inside.
"Has Your Majesty gone back?"
"K has arrived within the circle of the Emperor Star. The escort fleet will be deployed immediately after His Majesty returns to the Emperor Star. The core engine group of the Skywrath Fortress is already activated."
"With the empire's entire territory defense system, we actually don't have to worry too much about the country."
"What we can't figure out now is the intention of this insect swarm."
"Is there really a swarm of insects? Could it be a self-directed and self-acted scheme by the New Federation to use the destruction of a planet to clear away the suspicion of burying insects?"
"How to clean this up? They all admitted it. The difficulty now is that we have been promoting the Zerg as the enemy of mankind, and we must think about problems from a human perspective to condemn the New Federation. Now that the New Federation has encountered an insect infestation, we have to save it.
Still not saving?"
"Don't save them! Why save them? It's just your own fault."
"Even if we don't save, we must still make a gesture of saving. Now is a good time for the empire that has not happened in a century."
"cough!"
Lieutenant General Thomas, who was at the main seat, coughed dryly, and the discussions quickly subsided.
"Captain Hanton, Captain Catherine, Captain Gris, please take your seats."
Lieutenant General Thomas greeted, and Yang Luo and the three of them saluted at the same time, and each took his seat at the end of the table with a sullen face.
The guard closed the conference room door.
Lieutenant General Thomas immediately played a video of remote detection.
The propagation of light follows the principle of the speed of light. Even when the planet is destroyed, the planet itself falls into subspace and is cut off from external communication. By using a detection station set up at a relatively long distance, the 'time-lapse' image can be actively observed.
"An insect plague has indeed occurred in the New Federation, and the scale of the insect plague exceeds 10 billion."
Lieutenant General Thomas said solemnly:
"Currently, our negotiations with the New Federation are still ongoing, and the New Federation has not yet signed the compensation treaty."
"According to the various possibilities of the military's supercomputer deduction, the New Federation may ask for help from our army next, kidnap our army to fight against the swarm in the name of morality, and ultimately refuse to sign the compensation treaty."
"I am presiding over today's meeting. The commanders of each battle group are listening in using projection equipment. We must come up with a countermeasure."
"Captain Hanton and the three are experts in killing insects. They are invited here to provide relevant professional advice."
An old general immediately said: "We have only one way now, to force them to sign as soon as possible!"
Someone immediately raised objections: "We have already won a great victory, whether it is the battleship loss ratio or the death ratio of both sides. If an all-out war is rekindled, the result may not necessarily lead to where."
This group of senior generals immediately began to debate.
Their logic is clear, their views are clear, and they consider all matters very thoughtfully.
This is obviously a group of senior think tanks from the Imperial Military.
However, they had a heated discussion for more than ten minutes, but could not reach a unified opinion.
Half of the people believe that the new federation must now be forced to sign a compensation treaty to allow the empire to withdraw from the whirlpool.
A small number of people believe that they must do enough drama to ensure the empire's advantage in the field of public opinion and cherish the hard-won fame.
There are also a small number of generals who advocate waiting and seeing. Anyway, the Imperial Armada is not afraid of the insect swarm.
Lieutenant General Thomas raised his hand and made a gesture, and the conference room quickly fell silent.
"Captain Hanton, what's your opinion? You know the Zerg best."
A group of major generals, senior colonels, and lieutenant colonels turned and looked over.
Yang Luo didn't expect that he would be suddenly called upon, but he prepared his speech in advance.
After all, Lieutenant General Thomas called him here just to provide some 'professional advice' about bugs.
"We must leave the New Federation Star Territory as soon as possible."
Yang said in a deep voice:
"The person causing trouble in the New Federation at the moment is the queen who tried to sneak attack on the Emperor Star before."
"She came to take revenge, to take revenge on the New Federation, and to take revenge on the New Federation's insect burying plan. The queen should have acquiesced in the insect burying plan at the beginning, but the result of the insect burying plan resulted in the death of many individual female insects.
This queen tried to take revenge on the empire, but was scared off by the Skywrath Fortress, so she will inevitably choose the next target for revenge."
"The social system within the Space Zerg is very complex. The only clan members they recognize each other are female insects... To put it simply, the real individuals of the Space Zerg are actually very rare, and a large number of them have died in recent years."
"This is the reason why this queen, who is about to ascend to another dimension, is madly taking revenge on humans."
"How much do you think we have to pay to help the New Federation repel this queen without the assistance of the stellar cannon?"
There was a buzzing sound in the conference room, and a group of senior officers were whispering among themselves and discussing something.
Lieutenant General Thomas frowned and said: "You mean, our army will retreat now?"
"This is the wisest choice," Yang Luo said. "I know you are still thinking about the compensation from the New Federation. After all, this is the most dazzling victory the empire has achieved in the past hundreds of years."
"Yes, Captain Hanton, the amount of compensation will be very huge, and it will also be a strong boost to our country's economy."
"We cannot give up these compensations so easily."
"In the field of interstellar public opinion·"
"What is that!"
Captain Gris said with a smile:
"We should not consider the factor of interstellar public opinion too much."
"You are all the pillars of the Imperial Military. Why can't you understand the so-called nature of public opinion and people's hearts?"
"Even if we make their president kneel down and call him grandpa now, when our fleet withdraws, they will still be able to hack the empire in the same way. The industrial system of the New Federation is still there, and their economic foundation is still there.
We will be able to recover in strength in the next year.”
"Unless this war is fought to the end and the New Federation is not dismembered, the interstellar pattern will not change. At most, the external public opinion environment of the empire will be relaxed for a few years, which is meaningless."
Yang Luo said calmly: "If the queen on the other side comes over, I can only choose to retreat alone. I can only barely deal with the fifth-level queen."
"Captain Yang Luo, you are overestimating yourself!"
"Yeah?"
Yang Luo played with the Imperial Star Guards Knight Medal he had just received, and reminded General Thomas:
"Why don't the lieutenant general report it to your Majesty and ask him to make a decision?"
"His Majesty has an extremely powerful supercomputer beside him. This computer will collect information from all aspects and then make the most rational choice that maximizes the interests of the empire."
"Well, this is indeed the most appropriate solution," Lieutenant General Thomas nodded slowly.
In fact, the general fully understood why the senior officers in front of him were all pretending to be confused.
Many people don't want to take the blame.
This is also a tactic commonly used by the military to shift blame - to create situations where differences of opinion arise, report them quickly and truthfully, and ask higher power centers to make decisions.
Captain Greiss obviously failed to see the situation clearly. He is an excellent on-site commander, but not a qualified politician.
The clever Hanton saw through the military's embarrassing situation at a glance.
"The situation is urgent," Lieutenant General Thomas said solemnly, "I suggest that the commanders of all battle groups jointly report this matter and ask His Majesty to make a decision as soon as possible."
The generals quickly reached a consensus.
After the meeting, Lieutenant General Thomas, who had completed the report, invited Yang Luo, Catherine and Captain Gris to have lunch.
The form of lunch was very simple. They arrived at the nearby senior officers' mess hall, found a table, summoned the food delivery robot suspended near the ceiling, got the delicious meal and started gobbling it down.
Lieutenant General Thomas has no airs at all.
"Hanton, I almost forgot to congratulate you. You have now become a celebrity in the aristocratic circle," Lieutenant General Thomas said with a smile, 66. Thank you so much for the meeting just now, otherwise we would have wasted half the galaxy."
Yang Luo smiled and said: "The general asked me to come here just to say those few words?"
Thomas' tired old face had a smile: "You are a bug expert, your opinion is really important to us... What measures do you predict the Imperial Guard system will take?"
"I don't know," Yang Luo said, "This kind of thinking body with powerful computing power can collect all kinds of information and can see crises that we cannot see. We can just obey orders."
"One more thing," Lieutenant General Thomas asked, "you said before that you wanted a ball of cells. What kind of cells are they?"
Yang Luo subconsciously glanced at Catherine beside him and said directly: "One sample of ancient god cells is enough. There are several samples stored in a certain research institute in the empire."
Lieutenant General Thomas nodded slowly: "Is that research institute run by our military?"
"Yes."
"That's no problem. I'll find someone to make arrangements when I get back," Thomas said with a smile. "Besides these, the military department is expected to promote you to the rank of lieutenant colonel. If you have any opinions, you can raise them now. I can go there."
Let me help you fight for it."
"Cough! Cough cough cough!"
Gris' eyes widened at the side:
"Doesn't the empire not allow reformers to obtain military ranks?"
"Hanton's situation is special," Thomas said with a smile. "Empire law only prohibits cybernetics from obtaining military ranks, but does not prohibit cybernetics from improving their military ranks. Hanton was already a captain who was about to be promoted before undergoing the transformation experiment."
Catherine smiled and said: "Lieutenant Colonel Hanton."
"Don't be like this," Yang Luo looked a little weird, "Actually, the Council of Elders is also trying to use the same reason to help Hui Saka's status be promoted to a noble title."
"I heard," Lieutenant General Thomas squinted his eyes and smiled, "Now it depends on how much they can give, but the noble status is more sensitive, this possibility"
Buzz, buzz!
Lieutenant General Thomas paused in his words, took out his communicator in his arms, and his expression changed subtly.
"The Imperial Guard System suggested that we withdraw our troops immediately, and His Majesty agreed."
Yang Luo frowned and said, "You really don't want this compensation?"
"Even if we ask for it, the New Federation will refuse to pay in the future. We just want to see them bow their heads." Lieutenant General Thomas took two mouthfuls of food and hurriedly stood up and put on his military cap. "I'm going to arrange the work. I'm going to blow up that place soon."
As long as it is stuffed, the data and high-value structures inside must be extracted as much as possible!"
Gris immediately said: "Is there anything our special forces can do?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Yang Luo, Catherine and his communicators vibrated at the same time.
[Empire Whole Territory Defense System: It has been detected that the insect swarm is secretly sailing towards this place. It is expected that there will be a tragic war with huge human casualties. Please return to your ship immediately and cooperate with the military to implement follow-up plans. 】
Follow-up plan?
Two question marks popped up on Yang Luo's head.
Wouldn't it be over if they just withdraw? Does the Imperial Guard system still need a few of them to do anything else?