Chapter 1,477 Fierce Battle

Just like every civilization with the ability to fight across worlds, the Fallen Apostles have deployed a large number of defense systems in each of their border worlds. In addition to interference stations and disruptors floating in the void, these defense systems are A "pass lock" facility integrated with the world barrier.

We all know the process of "jumping" into a world in the void. If the world is regarded as a database encapsulated in a specific encoding method, then the void fleet is a set of additional data with a special encoding method and response frequency. This additional data must be tuned and translated, changing its "frequency" to contact the world, changing its "encoding" to achieve mutual interpretation with the world, and then it can enter a physical universe.

The defense devices set up on the world barrier usually start from this aspect: they hide the true "frequency" of the world barrier, release constantly turbulent and chaotic information, change the various law constants displayed in this universe, and use deception, encryption, and distortion to And refuse to respond and other methods to prevent foreign objects from entering the world. The battle for the imperial fleet on the world barrier of the fallen apostle is more like a decoding battle competing for calculation speed and scanning accuracy. There is no gunfire, no army to cover up, and it is thrilling. The battle for the battle is hidden in the battle at the data level. As the most powerful one among the hosts in the army, Pao Pao personally participated in this battle. She mounted herself on the shipboard host of the Imperial Admiral, and as a super The high-speed calculator worked hard for nearly half an hour, and finally successfully broke through the "firewall" set by the enemy on the world barrier. When the world barrier was breached, she said something that made me particularly touched:

"The child's father, this world is now uncensored..."

Do you know how much I wanted to rush into the computer room, pull out the little man, hang him up and beat him!

Although the process of breaking through the world barrier is indeed decoding, although after cracking those jammers, the world is indeed equivalent to losing the password, although... no matter what, can't that girl use a more normal expression?

"The Sixth and Seventh Fleets have entered the physical plane, and there are indeed many space mines there. However, most of them have been successfully cleared, and the minefields only caused slight damage to the fleet," Sivis maintained direct mental communication with the frontline troops. Commander Storm's powerful battlefield data analysis capabilities allowed her to scan and monitor the entire war zone by herself. "The enemy has set up layers of defense there. Their sovereign hub for controlling the universe is properly protected. We must find a way to remove that thing." Destroy it, otherwise the control of this world will always be in their hands."

Sandora glanced at the tactical analyzer, and her voice was very calm: "The Fourth Fleet, deploy disruptors and interference devices on the world barrier. The First Fleet, stay outside temporarily to prevent the enemy from counterattack. The Royal Fleet is preparing to sink '."

Sivis was immediately surprised: "Your Majesty, the war zone in the material world has not been completely suppressed."

"So we went down to suppress it," Sandora shrugged. "The Royal Fleet is not here to watch the show. Prepare to 'sink'."

The female adjutant had no objections. The royal fleet's void engine started again and began to modify its information characteristics to get closer to the material universe ruled by the fallen apostles. Bubble began to report the progress of the "sinking": "Attention. This ship is about to make contact. The world barrier offsets the target information by 15%...10%...5%...The rules have been rewritten, and it has descended into the material universe and detected space turbulence. All personnel are prepared to resist the impact. …”

Before the announcement could even finish, a violent shock spread through the command hall, shaking the earth in an instant and turning the world upside down. Qian Qian, who was dozing off on the seat, rolled to my feet on the spot. I bent down and pulled Qian Qian up while listening to the voice of Bubble and continued the broadcast: "No need to prepare, I seem to be late."

Me: "...It's okay for you to take over the position of the shipboard host. But can you properly return the broadcasting rights to the system?"

Bubble's voice was serious: "This is switching to an external monitor to improve compatibility and system stability."

The giant holographic projection in the command hall immediately changed the screen. From the complex charts and abstract diagrams in the previous void navigation state, it became an intuitive view of the space where the fleet is located. More than ten intuitive views show us the appearance of the universe:

The space is dim, with almost no stars twinkling, and no bright clouds or other eye-catching celestial structures. The entire universe is shrouded in a very, very dim light yellow background, monotonous and desolate.

"The rules of this world are not so 'friendly'. The stability of matter is poor. Almost all gravity has escaped to other dimensions. It is difficult for large celestial bodies to gather together. The number of matter clusters in space is pitiful. Basic particles are distributed in discrete states throughout the world. "The universe," Sandora quickly looked at the scan report in front of her, "the background tone in space is the 'color' of this world. It is like a uniform and loose dough with almost no structure. A chaotic world lacking celestial bodies. ...Can't give birth to life, and there will be no evolution from birth to death. It is a 'sick fetus' in the world. It is generally rare, but it seems to be the norm in the abyss."

"Only the 'sick' universe that lacks evolutionary power can survive long enough in the abyss," I nodded. "The normal world has a complex structure and has long been killed by the abyss pollution. In this damn place, things with simple structures can't survive." To survive.”

At this time, a sudden violent flash of light on the external surveillance view interrupted my conversation with Sandora: it was the attack of the fallen apostle.

We are still on the battlefield, and this is not a good place to lament the law of "people are stupid and live longer" in the abyss. Sandora immediately connected the small holographic device in front of her to the battleship's tactical analysis switchboard, and quickly ordered: "All mothers Ship-level units begin to counterattack. Seventh Fleet, conserve your strength and leave your halo of light to the enemy's motherships."

I looked at the images coming back from the external monitor, and of course there were no enemies within sight: the nearest enemy fleet was located twelve light years away, and both sides were now sending firepower to each other through the hyperspace system. The artillery fire outside is currently very fierce. It is not obvious that the imperial fleet is in the most heavily protected central area, but the artillery fire at the edge of the joint shield is so dense that it can be described as a heavy rain. A large space crack opened up in the space on one side of the imperial fleet. The twisted hyperspace firepower points like corrugated glass were arranged in a matrix only a few kilometers away from the joint shield. The long axis exceeded tens of thousands of kilometers, like a violent storm. A torrent of psionic energy poured out from it and splashed on the fleet's joint shield, causing fierce ripples.

Apparently. That area was "keyly cared for" by the fallen apostles.

Fortunately, with Xiaoxue's advance instructions, we positioned a large number of fortress ships in the areas most severely attacked, and the Seventh Fleet's "Throne of Judgment" also greatly strengthened the defenses on the flanks. Most of the ships in the Seventh Fleet are antiques from the old empire era. They are old legacies that were recaptured from the Merova people. Not only are they very old, but they have also been messily modified by those reckless Merova engineers. Thanks to Alleria worked overtime to repair these spaceships, and coupled with the durability of the Empire's equipment itself, these ancient antiques still maintained the combat effectiveness of the year. A large group of spaceships from the previous era, coupled with a small number of new warships that were recently trial-produced. This is the first time that the 7th Fleet, which has just been restored to form, has been tested in actual combat in high-intensity warfare. So far, the performance of this fleet is not bad: the Judgment Throne withstood the most dangerous main gun fire on the flanks. These tilted The weird cubes did not use their own less powerful weapon systems, but focused on enhancing defense. They constantly and flexibly switched their shell modes: total absorption and total reflection. Each cycle meant that another enemy ship was destroyed by their own. Heavy fire damage.

Those magnificent and dangerous glowing rings temporarily retain their strength in the inner area of ​​​​the combined fleet. They are attack warships similar to aircraft carrier killers. They have the ability to kill unshielded targets with one strike. This ability is It's useless if the opponent has a shield. But when the warring parties reach the later stage and the shields are almost exhausted, the glowing ring will exert its terrifying power. This is a warship with considerable late-stage advantages, so they are now under Sandora's command. Waiting quietly.

The spy probe has reached the end of the universe in a short time, except for some interference zones. The scanned picture of this world has been clearly presented in front of us, along with the general distribution of the fallen apostles. According to the information returned by the spy probe, the number of enemies in this world is about three, and the size is surprisingly small. There are almost only half the number of imperial troops. It is hard to believe that they are all the garrison set up by the fallen apostles. This makes us, who have always been at a numerical disadvantage, feel that happiness comes too suddenly. I know that a large part of the reason for this is that the Protoss has contained the enemy's military strength on the other side of the front, and another part of the reason is the internal turmoil of the fallen apostles a few days ago, but the rest...is there really no other reason?

The result was probably that fate couldn't bear to see our smooth sailing. Just when I was thinking about how I could quickly take over this universe with my numerical advantage, the early warning radar suddenly started to alarm: "Warning, detected high-level information source pointing to The current universe...confirms that enemy troops are about to arrive, and the number is unknown."

Sure enough, things like bottom strength are like forehead wrinkles. If you squeeze hard, you will still get it. Even if the Gods contain most of the fallen apostles' military power, they can still squeeze out the fleet to counterattack the imperial army on this front.

At the same time as the early warning radar sounded the alarm, the Fourth Fleet, which was deploying various interferences on the world barrier, also reported: "Your Majesty! The enemy's reinforcements are jumping towards this world! They have used the World Gate, and the effect of the void disruptor is limited. !”

The "sovereignty" of this universe is still in the hands of the fallen apostles, which means that the enemy can directly send troops to this universe through the world gate. The void disruptor is used to prevent the "void → world" from jumping, and the world The door is a transmission from "world → world". Although the interrupter also has an interference effect on this transmission, its effect will be greatly reduced.

But since we have not yet been able to destroy the sovereign hub of this world, the "world → world" transmission of the fallen apostles will not stop. All the Fourth Fleet can do is continue to deploy void disruptors: although it cannot completely prevent the world from Door, at least it has an interference effect, right?

"As long as it works," I replied quickly, "keep busy with your work. If you can delay it for a while, let us solve the sovereignty hub matter."

"We need to find a way to establish a stable stronghold," I looked up at Sandora, "so that we can pull our celestial system fleet over. In addition, we must cut off the fallen apostles' control of the world, otherwise they can still come from within. Lu squeezed out his troops and sent them here."

Sandora nodded: "Well, the second point is more important. We must first find a way to get rid of their sovereignty hub. As long as it is flattened, the fallen apostles' sovereignty over this universe will be over."

Bubble's voice resounded through the command hall through the ship's broadcast: "The sovereign hub of this universe is located 12,000 light-years away. It is a tightly defended artificial galaxy. Seventy percent of the enemy's fleet is gathered there, but we If we have numerical advantage, we can consider attacking by force.”

Sandora nodded: "Then attack by force... The sovereignty hub itself also has combat effectiveness. It may be difficult to attack by force, but it is better than letting the enemy's reinforcements rush in continuously."

The combined fleet immediately locked the direction of the sovereign hub and began to attack the twelve thousand light-year distance.

The so-called "sovereign hub" is actually not a new thing, but we rarely need to mention this concept before. The Sovereign Hub is not a single facility, nor is it a building as it sounds. It is a set of systematic large-scale equipment. A system designed to ensure regulation of the entire universe.

We have talked before about how to determine the management rights of a universe: absolute traffic control, sworn obedience to all civilized civilizations around the world, military mobilization rights, etc. The Sovereignty Hub is what is used to ensure these powers.

First of all, the sovereignty hub includes a frequency modulation center that encrypts the world barrier, which is used to control the void disruptors on and near the world barrier to control access to the entire world. However, as the world barrier is breached, this part of the fallen apostle’s sovereignty The components have failed; secondly, the Sovereign Hub also includes a "broadcast" system that broadcasts cyclically in the cosmic background radiation and all high-energy frequency bands. Declaring the sovereign owner’s dominance over the universe, other civilizations in the universe will receive these broadcasts if they develop to a certain extent. They must obey the rules set by the sovereign owner. However, I don’t know if there are any “territory citizens” within the territory of the fallen apostles. ". I guess there are no other races alive in the world of the Abyss except the fallen apostles themselves. In addition, this universe has no livable environment at all, so the sovereign hub here must not have a "broadcast" system; finally, the sovereign hub usually also includes the world Transmission channels such as doors, these channels are crucial. It can ensure the direct rule of the sovereign party over the world: sending troops, managers traveling back and forth, and mobilizing supplies. It is naturally much more convenient to accomplish these things through the World Gate than to sail in the void.

Generally speaking, sovereign hubs have these three functions. In addition, of course they also have strong defensive capabilities. There will be military bases around them. They are also equivalent to a fortress that is easy to defend and difficult to attack. Every world in the empire has one. The most understandable example of such a sovereign hub is: the sovereign hub of shadow space is the union of Shadow City and the mother planet Gaia. This union can control the passage of the capital world, broadcast the empire's declaration, open the door to the world, and Filled with Imperial soldiers. As long as this union exists, the management of Shadow City will always be in the hands of the Empire.

The border world of the Fallen Apostle also has a sovereign hub, and now it is constantly trying to repair the world barrier that has been breached, and sending a steady stream of reinforcements over. If that thing is not destroyed, the next battle will become extremely disadvantageous. In a war of attrition, the Imperial Army's surprise advantage is gone.

We have also attacked the border world of the Fallen Apostles before, but the sovereign hubs we encountered at that time were not as difficult to deal with now: the enemy knew that the situation in front of them was critical, with the protoss army pressing down on the border on one side, and the imperial army attacking fiercely on the other. Once this border The world is broken, and it will be difficult for them to close this loophole in time. The imperial army will flow into the abyss through this gap, and the next step will be overwhelming. Therefore, the enemy has gathered all the fleets that can be used near the sovereignty hub, and this small The artificial galaxies are surrounded by water.

The sovereign hub is more than 10,000 light-years away from our "landing" point. The imperial fleet successfully skipped most of the distance through hyperspace jump. Although it encountered the enemy's gravitational trap and coordinate misdirection interception on the way, there was no way. The snow was there, and these traps were safely bypassed. In the end, we had to stop when we were still 1.27 million kilometers away from the sovereign hub: the enemy occupied the 1.27 million kilometers of space around the sovereign hub. The whole thing has been replaced, and the spatial coordinates here are all wrong signals. If the jump engine jumps towards the sovereign hub, it may be thrown to the border of the universe.

"Damn it... I'm almost going crazy with trypophobia just looking at the radar chart..." Bingtis looked at the holographic projection in front of her and cursed, "They surrounded this place like a ball of wool."

"That's the Sovereignty Hub," Sandora pointed to the holographic projection. "The Gate of the World should be hidden by its force field, but it can be scanned that there is a crack across the void opening nearby. The enemy must want to pass through. Wait for time, they will definitely have a lot of reinforcements this time."

I looked at the position indicated by Sandora, kept zooming in and out, and finally saw a dim twin star system.

They are two black and red man-made celestial bodies, almost identical in size and appearance. Each of them is equivalent to twice the size of the earth. Their surface is covered with red veins like blood vessels. Due to strong interference and limited scanning accuracy, it is impossible to determine which There are some things on both planets, but it is certain that the management center of this universe is all concentrated there, including the controller of the World Gate.

As long as this binary star system is destroyed, the reinforcements of the fallen apostles will be cut off, and the celestial system fleet can safely launch in this world.

But before that, we must first get rid of the staggering number of space fortresses around Gemini, as well as the defense forces that can make Bingtis suffer from trypophobia.