The Imperial Army soldiers aboard the Angel of Dawn originally thought that they had traveled across the galaxy and experienced hundreds of battles. They had really seen battleships burning in Orion, and seen the light of C-rays flashing beside the Chaos Star Gate. In this universe,
There will no longer be any spectacle that can make them lose their composure.
However, for three minutes, the bridge of the Dawn Angel fell completely into a state of silence that made it difficult for you to cover it.
Fortunately, the situation of the other Imperial warships should be similar, so no one should be worried that the flagship will suddenly turn into a ghost ship.
The huge building that orbits the entire planet is like the sun wearing a necklace, or like a sky bridge spanning the starry sky.
In the holographic projection that the soldiers could see, they could still only vaguely see a thin and complete silver circle, which was far from being able to capture its full picture. But at that moment, the shock that transcended history and dimensions was still like
The irresistible helium flash of the sun filled everyone's hearts.
At that moment, they even felt a little small and humble, feeling like ants that had broken into the temple of the gods.
The Tirello military nobles who are full of martial virtue are confident, even arrogant, about their country and civilization. They can only firmly believe that they are the greatest civilization (of this generation). But the more they are like this, the more they feel
When I saw the huge gap, I felt more and more shocked, even horrified.
But at this time, the silence was broken by three loud applause.
At that moment, everyone felt as if three thunders suddenly sounded in their hearts, which made their three souls tremble a few times, and then they all woke up. They looked in the direction of the applause, but they were in the middle of the applause.
It was Brynhild, King of Sulyuka, who had already stood up from the throne.
She withdrew her palm and stood proudly on the steps of the throne, overlooking her own soldiers on the bridge. Her appearance was unparalleled, her bearing was majestic but inviolable, like a real, living god.
Then, she laughed like a silver bell: "Hahaha, gentlemen, isn't this the greatest discovery of this century? Aren't we making history?"
Her laughter was clear and bright, like the morning sunshine, but it seemed to have a vague domineering power like a dragon's roar, successfully dispelling the gloom in the hearts of the imperial soldiers.
Many people only belatedly realized at this time that they were making history just by looking at the majestic ring in the distance.
Brigadier General Nelhana Mehra smiled and said: "Yes, at least we can leave a colorful page in the history book of "Archaeology of the Enlightened One"."
Yes, if that thing is really an artificial structure, it can never be built by any civilization in this generation. It is even less likely to be a plunderer, then there is and can only be an enlightened person.
"However, Your Highness, we are all prepared to follow you in the history textbooks of primary schools. Now it is replaced by archeology textbooks. Isn't it a kind of degeneration?" Major General Ostana Barr still wore an impeccable smile.
Genuinely lukewarm.
Suddenly, someone couldn't help but burst into laughter, and the trembling and suppressed atmosphere in the bridge began to dissipate.
But Giafel said seriously: "Strictly speaking, we are not the first discoverers, but may be the plunderers."
"Yeah, so you can't even get into archeology textbooks, right?" Brunhildt laughed: "So I'll try my best to get everyone into elementary school history textbooks."
There was even more laughter at the scene. With just this tongue-in-cheek conversation, these people had successfully evolved from ants that had wandered into the palace of the gods into humans again.
"The entire fleet is ready to fight... and to escape at any time. Let the Buran take the lead and lead the first cruiser detachment to conduct a pilot reconnaissance." Giafel suggested again.
Judging from this sentence alone, it is really clear who has the most common sense among Brunhilt's best friends.
As for why it is the Buran... it is naturally because this cruiser is equipped with a gravitational wave relay beacon and a high-power detector, which are originally equipped for the purpose of squadron flagship and reconnaissance ship.
More importantly, everyone agreed that Brigadier General Yeager Soback was a talented person and was very suitable for this kind of job.
"At least he is a blessed general." Even Chief of Staff Ostana Barr, who is known as the "Sword of Lava" and is particularly good at reading people's hearts and identifying loyalties and traitors, has to admit this.
"I didn't know you had such a superstitious side!" Brunhilt sneered.
Ostana patiently explained: "My subordinates are not superstitious, but just follow tradition. On the battlefield, people who can force luck do exist, and they are often the ones who make the enemy the most difficult. Brigadier General Sobek's previous experience has already been like this
It tastes good. Even if this is just my imagination, at least we have nothing to lose."
All in all, since he is a lucky general, he is naturally very suitable for frontline exploration.
Of course, Brünnhilt felt that the second half of the sentence might be what she really wanted to say.
Just like that, the outpost squadron with the Buran as its flagship broke away from the large formation and drifted towards the silver ring in the distance.
"I'm so stupid, really... I only knew that I was just doing some casual patrol work to defeat the defeated soldiers, but I didn't expect that I would be recruited by His Highness King Suliuka to fill in the decisive battlefield. I only wanted to stand up
I took some credit and applied to be transferred back to my country, but I didn't expect that I would be dragged here by His Highness. Even though the war is almost over, I still want to explore some ruins. I'm so stupid, really! It's all my fault."
Sobak read so hard that the scalp of Captain Hongshan beside him was numb, and he said: "If you think so, even if you want to be transferred back to the country to start early retirement, you can still accumulate some achievements. Although I don't understand you psychics very well.
But no matter what, there is no danger of war in archeology, right?"
The old captain of Hongshan has served as an auxiliary for the Astral Knights all his life, so how could he not understand things about psykers? Of course his words were meant to comfort Sobek.
"Old man, I now feel like an ant trying to observe the statue of a god up close. It feels very sacrilegious and disrespectful." Soback sighed.
"Isn't that a good thing?" Hongshan said with a smile: "The statue will not move and will not take the initiative to trample ants to death."
That’s a metaphor! What if there are one or two wild pangolins hiding next to the statue?
"Didn't you also participate in the last archeology? Have you forgotten about that ancient ship? This circle looks much scarier than that ancient ship. If it were me, I would flee as soon as I entered this galaxy.
Already."
"You have to think about things from a positive perspective. You know, the first visitors who arrived here were not us, but the looters. They didn't die here, but were killed by us outside, which means the situation is not bad.
.”
Thank you, I have been somewhat comforted. Although not much.
Yeager Soback sighed and said quietly: "In this expedition to the New World, I really did everything I would never do. They say that if people want to grow, they must try to get out of comfort.
Circle, now I’m going to go through a circle again? What will I become? A penguin who walks into a ring of fire?”
"Eh? That's right. Your sense of humor has improved recently! Also, the ones that get through the fire rings are actually penguins? I thought they were at least more sensitive animals. Could it be that if you can't get through it, just treat the audience to braised pork?
Penguin?" Captain Hongshan asked curiously.
Soback didn't want to pay attention to him, but continued to mutter: "So, why are you targeting me again? Why why why? Why on earth?"
"Tsk, you are really annoying. Anyone else would think that this is His Highness's appreciation for him, and he has already been so passionate that he is ready to die generously." Captain Hongshan said.
So they died like this! Soback thought to himself.
Captain Hongshan comforted him again: "Don't worry. As a veteran captain who has experienced many battles, our operation will be uneventful this time. To say the least, we can definitely be included in the archeology textbook."
"
"Your intuition?" Soback glanced at the other party with contempt.
"Yes! After participating in this operation, I can retire and go home to run horses and herd cattle! My intuition is so hard."
"...After you finished your intuition last time, our Snowstorm took a serious hit. You also went in."
"It's just a slight concussion." Captain Hongshan said: "Since he didn't die last time, the spirit of the universe will not let me, a devout veteran, down this time!"
Soback wanted to say a few words, but a window automatically popped up on the communication terminal, and opposite was Miss Viscount Serlu.
"Your Excellency, the entire fleet has formed a Category B swallow-shaped reconnaissance formation according to the original plan. Are there any other requirements?"
"No, let's do it." If it were another commander, he would be very angry at his subordinates' overstepping of authority, but Soback had no such thoughts at all. Instead, he enjoyed the feeling of lying flat. However,
, when he saw Miss Viscount's current attire, he still didn't lie down completely, and couldn't help but said: "What are you..."
Judging from the background, Miss Serlu is currently in the hangar. She has been covered with a heraldry machine and has also been equipped with a gliding module for landing.
"The entire fleet of Astral Knights and Marines are ready for landing." She tapped her breastplate: "Sir, my suggestion is that you should conduct landing reconnaissance when you enter a safe distance from the ring-shaped object.
.In addition, if the looters hide any remaining soldiers here, we should also be prepared."
If there were really any remnants, he would definitely turn around and run to join the main force! Although Soback thought so, he still said seriously: "Stay alert and stay calm! No landing is allowed. When the situation is unclear, soldiers cannot be wasted.
life."
Miss Serlu wanted to say something else, but she held it back. A touch of emotion and admiration flashed in her eyes, and she saluted, "Understood."
In this way, with the Buran as the leader, a total of seven imperial warships carrying gravitational wave relay devices and high-power information transmission devices were deployed in a swallow-shaped formation.
The action tracks between the warships are as wide as possible, and the distance is maintained at more than 300,000 kilometers. In this way, the detectors of the entire fleet can cover a very wide reconnaissance sector.
Of course, there is also the possibility of being ambushed by the enemy and broken through, interspersed and surrounded.
However, since they are scouts anyway, it is very reasonable to leave them alone. As long as they can send the news back to the rear and warn the larger troops, it can be regarded as a meritorious deed.
The officers and soldiers of the entire fleet may have already realized this. Although they were all breathing much heavier, they were still concentrating on keeping the ship moving forward smoothly and turning on the detection equipment.
However, what made everyone happy was that no problem occurred until the fleet arrived at a position less than one astronomical unit away from the ring. The huge creation that orbited the entire galaxy was still stable and stable, as if it were an eternal and ancient building.
A monument. It is a monument to gods, a monument to history, and even a monument to a civilization.
At this distance, the railgun and ultra-long-range thermonuclear missiles carried on the Buran have already brought the ring within the range - of course, this is without regard to the hit rate. If the huge space ring
There really are some ancient guardians or robots that are still alive, and the other party should have appeared long ago to attack.
Thinking of this, even a guy like Soback feels that the situation is not as pessimistic as he imagined.
They approached within an astronomical unit, and the detectors that had set off in advance had already flown to a fairly close distance. These autonomous aircraft also did not encounter any enemies, and followed the established procedures to launch the wide-angle radio telescope and material detector.
At maximum power, it passed "over" the huge ring.
All the images and information they captured were immediately sent to their own unit closest to them, which was the Buran.
The first thing Soback and his friends saw was the main body of the ring that seemed to be stretched with mercury coating. They were indeed a very typical architectural style of the Enlightened Ones, with no pipelines or connections visible on the surface.
The rough feeling seems to be naturally integrated. Those smooth, mirror-like fluid materials are solidified in the space, reflecting the endless sunlight and starry sky. The dark deep space seems to have been absorbed by the warm metal material.
At the deepest level, there are only shining holy colors on the surface, which even look more mysterious and gorgeous than the starry sky.
Soback felt that by expanding the hull of the ancient ship he encountered last time hundreds of billions of times, and then completely assembling it together, he should be able to form this giant silver ring.
This was already the ultimate greatness in a civilized sense. However, what really shocked the imperial soldiers to the point of being speechless was the green and blue colors wrapped in those silver ring structures.
That's the ocean and the land!
It was only at this time that they could really intuitively feel how shocking this huge... no, incomparably majestic space creation would be to people.
It's not like they haven't seen larger and more spectacular celestial bodies. Not to mention stars, even many gas giant planets, the whirlpool-like flares on their surfaces are enough to swallow up an entire fleet.
Those strange yet magnificent scenes constitute a magnificent and magnificent scene in the universe.
However, these magnificent scenes are, after all, natural and the evolution of the universe. For humans, they are too mysterious, too profound, too grand, too indescribable, and of course they cannot be understood by the human mind.
Yes, civilization is really just a parasite in the universe, small and short-lived. However, once the individuals who make up the civilization have such an awareness, although it is shocking, as long as they get used to it, they can take it calmly. Now, get used to it.
The veteran sailors who got off the ship even dared to smoke cigarettes mixed with moon candy and urinate in the direction of the black hole.
And what shocks individual civilized people even more is always a greater and higher-dimensional civilization.
Now, everyone on the Buran has realized this.
The well-informed Captain Hongshan only felt that his mind was temporarily stagnant at this moment. Miss Serlu was even more surprised and directly reached out to cover her open mouth.
Of course, Soback was shocked to the point that he almost lost his ability to think, but after all, he had been trained professionally by Duke Sadolan, and his mentality was much better than most people. He couldn't help but said loudly: "Floating, floating in space
The continents and oceans in the game? What kind of game graphics? Gabeia OL didn’t reach this level, right?”
Captain Hongshan adjusted his breathing, and immediately regained his composure. He couldn't help but glance at Soback with a surprised expression, and then said: "To be precise, they are not floating in the air, but are caught by the silver ring."
It's in the air. Shall we land and explore a little bit?"
Soback looked at Captain Hongshan, whose face was full of tricks, and then saw Miss Serlu's eager expression on the screen. He was about to reject these guys without emotion, but at this time, he heard the alarm.
There was already a roar.
Immediately afterwards, a destroyer located at the outermost edge of the Yan-shaped formation sent a notification: "Commander Soback, at three o'clock, a ship of unknown origin was found, numbering 4! Do you want to engage in a battle?"