Chapter 1,485 Road Signs

After capturing an enemy-occupied area, it is very common to recover the enemy's data storage devices. In the past, the last part of every battle between us and the Fallen Apostles would have been each dragging a bunch of the other's shipwrecks back for analysis. Of course, the Great Warlord protects the database of global hubs out of common sense, so when I saw the expression on Sandora's face, I couldn't help but be a little curious: "Isn't it good to find the database?"

"It is indeed a good thing, but why did it go so smoothly?" Sandora frowned, "In the past, it was very difficult to find data equipment that the fallen apostles had not had time to destroy on the battlefield. You also know that normal soldiers will lose their position when they are about to lose it. We were lucky enough to find a complete database in the previous universe before blowing up those things. How could the fallen apostle still make this mistake in this world?"

I smacked my lips: "I also think this thing is too smooth... but I am used to being tossed around, so I am not used to the feeling of going smoothly once in a while. By the way, do you think this is a trap left by the fallen apostle?"

"The main reason is that I don't see the meaning of this trap," Sandora shook her head, "Inducing the Imperial Army to go deep alone? The problem is that as long as a slightly more cautious commander will not make such a mistake, the conflict between the Imperial Army fleets The jump channel and the evacuation route to the Imperial Zone are always open, and it is difficult to build something like an encirclement in a short time in the void. And to be honest, if this is a trap... Ah Jun, don't you think the price is a little higher? Na?"

I think so. You see, after the imperial army came here, they burned, killed, looted and bombed. The sovereignty of the enemy's four worlds changed hands in the blink of an eye, and on the other side they were still fighting the gods like a hot kiln. The abyss area The inside is also a mess. If this can be a trap, then the people who made the plan will be so naive that they may not even have the courage to sacrifice their children to trap wolves.

When I thought about this, I suddenly felt relieved, and at this moment, the Grand Warlord also reported that the database had been partially decoded: Since I had learned some rules when parsing the previous database, the analysis of this second database seemed to be particularly smooth. .

Shandora asked the Great Warlord to send her a copy of the information that had been analyzed so far. As soon as she saw this information, her expression changed: "Sivis, inform all ministries to stop advancing and prepare to retreat."

I was confused for a moment, and hurried over to see the situation: "Wait a minute, what's going on?"

"It's the fleet passage record and the detailed information of each node of the World Gate," Sandora pointed to the holographic image in front of her, "It's so detailed that it's abnormal, and it perfectly matches the 'map' we obtained before. No more, no less, we pieced together the teleportation coordinates and respective defense forces of nearly a hundred universes in this area..."

Before Sandora finished speaking, the communicator next to us lit up. Odysseus' big face with Chinese characters appeared on the holographic projection: "Your Majesty! This is the Seventh Fleet. We have successfully captured the target universe and salvaged a complete database from the enemy's sovereignty hub. The database contains... "

"Let me think about it, a list of teleportation coordinates, fleet traffic records in recent months, the size of each world gate and the military weight of the universe in which they are located," Sandora looked at Odyssey, " What else is there?”

Odysseus also seemed to realize that something was wrong here: "Your Majesty, your side..."

"Well, similarly, once or twice, it can be said that the enemy's border guard officer made a mistake because of civil strife in the abyss. The third time it happens, it's really hard to believe that this is not a conspiracy." Sandora held up her hands. Standing up on the table, "Have you encountered anything unusual over there now?"

"There was no abnormal situation, and the previous battle was very normal. The enemy's counterattack was very tenacious. And before we blew up the sovereignty hub, they had been sending reinforcements to this universe. There was no sign of any deliberate release of water to lure the enemy deeper. If this It's a trap...The price is too high, they have already lost the sovereignty of three universes..."

"Now there are four." Sandora suddenly connected to another channel, "First Fleet, report your situation."

The First Fleet had just sent a regular contact request, but it was temporarily suspended because Sandora was talking to Odyssey. Now the holographic image of the Commander-in-Chief of the First Fleet appeared above the communicator: "Your Majesty, The First Fleet has successfully captured the target universe. We salvaged a database from the wreckage of the enemy's sovereignty hub. The database is basically complete and contains..."

Sandora and I said in unison: "There is a map, right?"

The commander-in-chief of the First Fleet was stunned for two seconds: "Is it the same over there?"

"In short, all troops, please pay attention, stop advancing now, and temporarily stand by in the world you captured. Build a temporary world gate to prepare for rendezvous at any time. In addition, throw out all your void disruptors to prevent the enemy from counterattack," Sandora said. commanded, and then connected to the channel of the celestial system fleet, "Has any abnormality been discovered at the base camp?"

The commander-in-chief of the celestial system fleet is a tall and thin man with eyes as sharp as an eagle. I remember this as a sharp and calm officer. His figure appeared in the holographic image and saluted Sandora and me: " Your Majesty, everything is normal in the base camp, and the frontline fortress has been fully deployed and can resist the enemy's strong counterattack."

Knowing that the base camp has been stabilized, Sandora and I finally calmed down a little bit. Sandora nodded: "What are the enemy's movements?"

The Celestial System Fleet is equipped with far more powerful void scanning equipment than other fleets, and those behemoths can carry fixed fortress-level telemetry radars on their bodies for use as shipboard equipment, so they are the current frontline telemetry stations of the Imperial Army, Celestial System The fleet monitors the situation at the border of the Abyss Zone to prevent the enemy's counterattack at any time. Although their main force is still held back by the Protoss on another front, it never hurts to be more careful.

"We have scanned the information sources radiating into this universe many times and confirmed that the enemy is gathering about four armies towards the front line. However, we have demolished their sovereignty facilities and these fleets cannot jump over directly."

"Consolidate all defense lines before they arrive," Sandora waved her hand. "In addition, be vigilant and warn immediately if there is a large-scale military movement in the abyss."

Then she hung up the communication and looked up into my eyes: "The four armies... are just a normal scale of reinforcements, similar to what we expected before. If there is really a trap here, the enemy should send more people. Ah Jun. I’m a little confused.”

The current situation is very disturbing: we attacked four worlds in a row, and the local fallen apostle garrison officers all made the same mistake: they did not destroy the things containing military secrets when the position was breached, so there must be something abnormal here. place. But it is a fact that the enemy's defenders fought tenaciously during the battle, and judging from the current situation, we can't see any traps in this, so even battlefield veterans like Sandora are in a dilemma.

"Xiao Xue," I looked at the naughty kid king who was spinning around happily on the suspended seat next to me, "divine fortune."

Xiaoxue rarely made any jokes this time, but gave a brief reminder: "First, integrate the information collected by each fleet."

Counting what was salvaged in the previous Fortress Universe, the Imperial Army now has a total of four sovereignty hub databases, which store four detailed world gate access files and border military weight distribution maps. Under Xiaoxue's prompting, these four pieces of information were quickly integrated into a road map that could be described as detailed and presented to everyone.

It only has "Welcome" written on it.

All of us, whether we understand or not, all gathered together. Sandora pointed to the transmission network displayed on the holographic projection: "This is our current location, a relatively remote node. This is the main node, that is, The first fortress world captured by the Imperial Army, and the other two were captured by the First Fleet and the Seventh Fleet. This network is very detailed... There are no gaps, and there are many repetitions of the teleportation nodes in the four documents. This is an obvious backup behavior. I suspect that even if we attack another world this time, we can quickly piece together this distribution map. It is almost as if it was specially prepared for the Imperial Army. .”

I looked at this "map" thoughtfully. I know that I am not an expert in this field, but the visual diagram can still be understood: it is like a partial detailed picture of a spider web, with the edges of the spider web All lines are clearly presented to us. As I looked at it, I realized that there seemed to be something interesting about this transmission network: "Look here... this world seems a little special."

Qian Qian scratched his head and looked at it for a while: "The number in this world is particularly long?"

I:"……"

"This world is the only one that has been 'marked' four times. If the world coordinates mentioned in the access log are regarded as a 'mark' dedicated to guiding the Imperial Army, then this world has obviously been marked intentionally. ." Shandora also saw the clue: In this network diagram composed of four sets of data, each transmission node has a footnote. The footnote indicates how many times the transmission node has been mentioned in the four sets of data. , this footnote is only used by the operator responsible for integrating the data to assist in identifying the original source of each piece of data. But now it points us to a clear coordinate point: a place that looks like the hub of the network.

"Could it be just a coincidence?" My sister touched her chin and said uncertainly, "The four databases all have records of delivering materials to this world. Maybe it is just a transportation artery. You put every railway line in China Copy the train dispatch records. I’m sure more than half of them can see Zhengzhou Railway Station..."

Shandora didn't speak, but quickly operated the data terminal in front of her. She reorganized the "coordinate map" that was composed of four sets of data and looked like an irregular grid several times, and used various Methods to simulate the possibility of such intersections on this map due to coincidence, she finally shook her head: "It shouldn't be a coincidence. Except for this world, all nodes only repeat twice at most, as if they were specially designed to highlight It looks like it. In addition, if you look at the last road map, this jump route seems unreasonable. There should be a better jump path from this border world marked as es35d65 to the inland, but in order to make this special world more It is clearly marked, and the records show that a fleet took a long way to pass it, which is obviously a long way. That fleet did not perform any tasks, but kept jumping around this world, leaving this route map."

"In addition, there is a material delivery list here," Xiaoxue flipped through the information besides the route map. She sent what she found to the holographic projection in front of everyone, "Here it says: Delivery record, contents It will be delivered to the border by land, and the jump station on the way is kn22d (that is, the world that caught our attention. The fallen apostle’s number for it is kn22d), and the delivery material list is: stones.”

Everyone looked at each other: Stone!

"The border world doesn't need any stones," Sandora leaned back on her chair. "No military outpost needs stones... This 'freight train' is not for delivering goods at all, it is for transporting goods from kn22d Passed by. Arjun, you are right, there must be something wrong with this world."

"Why do I feel like this is like a secret code?" Bingtis looked at me and then at Shandora, "By frequently deploying the army and leaving key points in the traffic records, although it takes a lot of effort, as long as we If you can see this information, you will immediately discover this kn22d."

Although Sister Bing usually looks carefree and careless, in fact, her thoughts are as delicate as Sandora's. They are both the masters who started saving the world hundreds of millions of years ago. How can she not see through such a simple thing like Bingtis? As soon as the "secret code" was spoken, everyone nodded. Think about it. The databases in the four worlds were "miraculously" preserved. The local fallen apostle defenders did not blow up these memories according to the rules when the position was breached. , I believe they are "road signs" specially left by someone for the Imperial Army.

The identity of this "someone" seems to be coming out.

"Could it be left by the Abyss Xiling?" My sister thought about it with me and spoke first, "Maybe these strange things at the border are not traps. The Abyss Xiling just left us a road sign."

"Hmm, I would rather believe that she has a conspiracy even if she leaves a road sign," Sandora snorted coldly, "We have seen the cunningness of the Abyss Xiling many times. Even if this thing is really just a road sign, I don’t believe kn22d is a good place either.”

"This is not easy," I chuckled and stood up, "Let's go over and have a look."

Bingtis was holding his chin with his hand, pretending to be foresighted and full of plans. As soon as I said these words, she immediately slipped under the table. Sandora looked at me with a strange expression: "Are you really planning to go to this inexplicable place?"

"What else?" I opened my hand to Sandora, "We are not here to be guests in the abyss. Even if we don't see these road maps, we will hit that kn22d sooner or later, and with such obvious guidance, if there is an ambush ...Abyss Xiling’s torment is too stupid.”

Shandora thought for a while and finally began to nod, and she seemed to think that I made some sense: "Okay, you can go to that world to see the situation, but you must be fully prepared first. It is best to bring a 'big guy' there who can resist Apocalyptic."

Then a large group of us all looked at the holographic projection in the center of the command hall: the Warsong was happily circling, rapidly orbiting a dim brown dwarf star.

Perhaps the shipboard AI has a sixth sense, so the two lunatics immediately shouted in the public channel: "This ship thinks someone is peeking at our ship!"

I connected to the communication with the Revenge Fleet: "Grand Overseer, the Revenge Fleet has a new mission. The next target is kn22d. You madman, please stop spinning. Your revolution speed is obviously not in line with scientific common sense, okay? There is sub-light speed revolution." Yeah, you're almost tearing the stars apart!"

"This ship feels like there's going to be another battle!" Madman 2 suddenly became happy, "What is kn22d? Does it also need to be blown up?"

"I'm not sure yet whether it was a war or a visit. Anyway, be prepared for battle. There is not much peace in the abyss." Sandora waved her hand and then assigned tasks to various ministries. "Leave half of the royal fleet here to defend in place. Celestial Body The system fleet will send ten more planetary warships here to establish a base to prevent the enemy from counterattacking. The second-line echelon of fortress ships and the Seventh Fleet will continue to be stationed in place. The remaining high-mobility troops will come with the royal fleet. It is not sure what kn22d has, or more. It’s always useful to have some manpower.”

Whenever the imperial fleet attacks the next world, the first thing to do is to build a temporary world gate locally. It not only controls the initial sovereignty but also facilitates the rapid transfer of troops. Therefore, the deployment of the new fleet is completed quickly, and the Revenge Army and half of the The Royal Fleet and a large number of highly maneuverable expedition-class warships formed a powerful new army, advancing towards kn22d.

Someone should have noticed: this joint fleet values ​​rapid response and high offensiveness. Except when necessary, we have left most of the fortress ships in the rear to consolidate their positions. Sandora's meaning is very clear: kn22d is not important. Even if it is captured, the military node does not meet its "identification" requirements, so the fleet used to just check the situation and eliminate the enemy's effective forces. There may be a big fight, but we have no intention of occupying that world for a long time.

The fleet quickly arrived at the world border of kn22d and parked at the edge of the material world. The commander of the vanguard was extremely surprised and reported the situation of the world barrier: "Your Majesty! The world barrier is not encrypted!"

"Does this mean welcome?" My sister couldn't help but laugh under this situation, "Are we just going to jump in?"

"Jump!" Sandora did not hesitate, "We are already here anyway. All ministries pay attention, be more vigilant, and launch a batch of drones in first. Grand Overseer, please leave some special service ships on standby on the world barrier to prevent the enemy from suddenly Seal this universe, and other troops will enter the material world together with the royal fleet!"