There is a lack of serious Earth-like planets, and the star structures of most galaxies are not very stable. Therefore, vegetable farming and animal husbandry can only be carried out on ships. In this way, materials and production can be allocated in a unified manner, and even if any star goes crazy, it can be abandoned.
And escape.
This is the so-called nomad in the stellar sense.
But even so, there is still a very big gap in the food production of the predators. What's more, as the core of the predators, such as the Ero people, Myshandar and Beato people, they are also a strong warrior race and need to
Only nutritious food can sustain you.
There is really no other way. Of course, they can only survive by plundering the civilized countries outside the Galactic Center every year. The people they kidnapped inside the Galactic Center, in addition to being used as slaves and cannon fodder, actually have to
Serves as emergency rations.
Of course, although technical talents like Dr. Xie Yiwei are slaves, their treatment is still good. It is estimated that even the soldiers who starved to death would not be able to starve him to death.
Let’s talk about the agricultural production ship that Dr.
Rather, it is a kind of space city that can move slowly. There is a complete set of small ecological circulation systems on the ship. As long as there is sufficient sunlight and energy, and a certain amount of manual maintenance, it can continue to operate for a long time.
This ship originally housed 100,000 heads of various livestock. It could provide a considerable amount of high-quality meat to the leaders, technicians and death warriors of this predator army.
To the Aero people, this kind of agricultural production ship and the livestock on it are even more valuable products than the main battleship.
However, while Dr. Xie was working on the agricultural ship, one day, the new Great Khan came to the ship for an inspection.
This kind of thing originally had nothing to do with Dr. Xie, a slave. The doctor had no idea what the Great Khan looked like, how old he was, or who his entourage was. But he only knew that after the Khan left, overnight, those
The livestock, the hundred thousand livestock on board were all missing.
The captain was also the director of the ship's pasture. It was as if his soul had been extracted. He was mechanically wandering around like a walking zombie all day long, as if the missing livestock were his lifeblood.
Until later, the Great Khan transported more than a thousand young animals from nowhere, and the captain did not come back to his senses.
Dr. Xie also watched the captain being distracted all day long, so he found an opportunity to sneak into his office, and implanted a backdoor program into a medium-sized cargo ship through the captain's terminal, and then he found an opportunity to escape.
Of course, this is a story for another day.
Those 100,000 large and small livestock, many of which were as big as elephants, all disappeared overnight. This is the strange thing that Dr. Xie is going to tell.
"I don't know what this means, but it is indeed very strange." The doctor said, "I don't know, will this help you?"
Admiral Celerius nodded noncommittally: "Thank you very much for your help. I hope you can maintain your health. The empire is still waiting for your wisdom to return to work."
The doctor gave a wry smile with a face full of vicissitudes of life, and terminated the communication.
"He didn't lie." Brigadier General Kesore, the security director, said. He is a "Holy Servant" and a psyker with the fourth ring of "Spirit Empowerment". He is an expert in the fields of mental attack and defense and spiritual perception, and is also an expert in lie detection. Although
It was a long-distance call over a distance of more than 100 million kilometers, but Dr. Xie was an ordinary person after all, so it was certainly impossible for him to lie in front of a psychic.
Admiral Celerius fell into deep thought. He recalled the "disappearance of three officers" that first occurred in the fortress. Wasn't it similar to the disappearance of 100,000 livestock there?
Although the size gap between the two is indeed too large.
"Do you want to ask for help from the country?" Brigadier General Kesore asked.
Admiral Celerius couldn't help but glance at the latter. Asking for help from the country meant admitting defeat. For a psyker and an astral knight, it was also a shame.
"The existing scientific and technological means have found nothing, which shows that the opponent must be a psyker with outstanding latent abilities." Brigadier General Kesore said.
"Aren't your occult methods yielding nothing?"
During these three days of large-scale searches, Brigadier General Kesore, as the security director, was certainly not idle. He and the ten psykers stationed in the fortress also searched the mountains and seas, using almost all means, and almost
They were all exhausted and exhausted, but they still felt lonely.
"Yes, this further proves that at least the opponent's lurking methods are superior to ours." The security director's words seemed to have some logical problems, but Admiral Selerius was too lazy to complain.
"Unfortunately, Your Excellency, I am indeed incompetent and can only ask for domestic support. It doesn't matter if I am embarrassed, but if it jeopardizes the national defense and security of the empire, I will be responsible for my death." Brigadier General Kesore expressed his determination righteously.
, and then sighed heavily: "If Count Seriola was in the fortress, we would have found the enemy long ago."
Count Seliora is dead! Admiral Sereliu really wanted to say this, but this shocking news is still only at the highest decision-making level of the empire. Only he and the chief of staff know about it in the entire fortress.
Remained silent.
What a troubled year! Why has the empire been so troubled recently? Could it be that... as someone said, the glory of the morning will always dim one day?
Admiral Celerius quickly put these random thoughts behind him and prepared to send a request for support to Tianyu. He estimated that the reinforcements would not come too late, because there was a group of judges on Sarna Star. It was said that
Chief Investigating Judge Xun Feng is also there. These people are experts in investigating supernatural situations, and of course they can prescribe the right medicine to deal with hauntings.
However, when the veteran returned to his office and had just connected to the internal communication of the Generalissimo's Mansion, the adjutant rushed in before he could speak.
"Your Excellency, the enemy situation!"
"During this period, there has been an enemy situation every day," the admiral said angrily. He did not admit the so-called "haunting" now, but announced that there was a mole in the fortress.
"It's the looters, they're coming!" the adjutant shouted.
Admiral Selerius was slightly startled. He didn't know why, but he breathed a sigh of relief. Compared to the invisible enemies like "haunters", he had seen a lot of visible enemies and wouldn't know how to deal with them.
No more afraid.
When the old general returned to the fortress headquarters, the intelligence staff handed over the intelligence fed back by the deep space exploration stations.
"A total of 30 individuals? The total mass exceeds 2 million tons? This is a fleet of small boats. Wait, when did the load-bearing mass of No. 3 gravity well expand to exceed 2 million tons? Why not report it!"
"It started to expand after 18:12 last night. It reached the limit at 4:47 in the morning." The intelligence staff replied: "According to the readings, there is now a certain degree of collapse. Logically speaking, it should
It will start to close within half an hour."
Admiral Selerius nodded. This was a normal manifestation of the unstable gravity well leading to the center of the galaxy, and it was not the fault of his subordinates. He then asked about the defense situation and learned that the drone turret array had already
After unfolding, the patrol fleet was also rushing towards the direction of the enemy fleet's jump, and then he breathed a sigh of relief.
"Let the soldiers at the Deep Space Observation Post retreat." the veteran ordered.
In his opinion, this should be a very common small-scale predator attack, or a suicide act. He has served in the Lion's Den Fortress for more than ten years and encounters this situation almost every month.
...If it weren't for the previous haunting incident, he would definitely have thought so.
"Send a report to Lieutenant General Omoti and ask him to lead the Tireluo Yongjin to return to the Lion's Den Fortress immediately." The admiral added.
The main garrison fleet of the Lion's Den Fortress is the border strike fleet with the Titan ship Tireroan Valor as its flagship and strategic core. It is commanded by Lieutenant General Omoti, the deputy commander of the fortress and fleet admiral.
Of course, it is said to be the Lion's Den Garrison Fleet, but in fact the entire Jijiang Star Region is their defense area and requires daily combat readiness patrols. No, didn't they just pass by Sarna two days ago and kill a planet the size of it?
giant bug?
Soon, Admiral Selerius received the news that the Yongjin was on its way back to the fortress, but there was still one day of voyage left.
At this time, before the personnel stationed at the deep space observation post evacuated, the last message was sent.
"The channel of the gravity well is opening and closing again? And it is continuing to expand?"
The admiral couldn't help but look at the intelligence staff officer who had just vowed, but the other person quickly backed away and tried to hide himself in the crowd and pretend to be a dog.
"The number of individuals is 4, and the total mass exceeds 2.5 million tons. It is an arsenal ship!" the adjutant read out the following report parameters.
"Your Excellency, this..."
"Let the entire fortress enter the first state of combat readiness!" Admiral Selerius issued this order immediately and decisively.
His order was certainly correct. In fact, the No. 3 gravity well, which had been opening and closing, had expanded tenfold in half an hour, just as it had happened eighteen years ago.
"Then, over there is the haunted place..."
"All fortress defense soldiers and robots continue to maintain the highest patrol alert status!"
In just twenty minutes, almost all the soldiers had entered their combat readiness positions, and the No. 3 gravity well also expanded nearly 30 times in such a short period of time. At this time, not only the deep space observation station, but also the fortress itself
The detector has also detected dense signals from warships, with as many as hundreds of ships.
And this should be just the vanguard of the predators.