Chapter 582 The Zerg Fleet Stops

Against this background, a new mercenary union was born, and the original adventurers joined the mercenary union one after another, providing security services for the transport ships of major companies.

Originally, Li Mingze planned to send troops to encircle and suppress these pirates, but he accidentally discovered that since the emergence of the profession of pirates, the unemployed explorers suddenly had a new place to go.

Moreover, a new industry in the empire began to flourish, that is, the private armed guard industry.

This industry can greatly enhance the combat effectiveness of the people. Once the Zerg attacks, the counterattack force from the people can still delay the empire for a period of time.

Therefore, Li Mingze let the pirates develop in secret. Of course, it was only on the surface. In the dark, the leaders of the pirates had been secretly arrested by the shadow department of the empire and replaced with clones.

Time flies.

In the year 2190 of the Sith calendar, with the collision of technologies of various civilizations and races, the various technologies of the Sith Empire have made major breakthroughs.

The production cost of dimensional armor has been reduced by 50%, and the production speed has reached three times the original.

At the same time, the ring world metal was completely replicated, and the Empire was able to produce this high-strength metal on its own.

In terms of energy, with the successful construction of the antimatter extraction ring on the ring world, a steady stream of antimatter was produced, and the new antimatter reactor has also completed large-scale production. In the next period of time, the antimatter reactor will gradually replace the Empire's original nuclear fusion reactor and provide more abundant energy for the Empire's warships.

With more energy supply, the weapons of the Empire's warships have also been upgraded. The power of the new beam weapons and kinetic weapons has increased by 50%, but the size of the weapons has been reduced by 20%. Moreover, the charging time of the weapons has been greatly reduced. It only takes two minutes to complete the charging of the weapons, which greatly improves the combat effectiveness of the Empire!

In the year 2192 of the Sith calendar, the Empire's colonies have been established in all corners of the Milky Way.

Because there are too many colonies, there is a huge gap in the population of the Empire. Some of these newly established colonies even have only tens of thousands of people.

These colonies are all built on the periphery of the Milky Way, far away from the center of the Empire. Because the star systems on the periphery of the Milky Way have existed for too long, the stars are almost all composed of red old stars.

In addition, too many civilizations have been born in these star systems, and only some barren veins of important minerals can be mined.

Therefore, the exploitable value of these colonies is extremely small, and it is not enough to support a population of hundreds of millions of people.

It is precisely because of this that there are no wormhole transfer stations in these colonies, and residents can only rely on hyperspace flight to the nearest large colonies.

At the same time, in the middle area of ​​the Milky Way, wormhole highways have been built almost to the door of each colony, just like the roads on the earth, extending in all directions.

These wormhole highways will play a role in mobilizing the imperial fleet in the event of a war with the Zerg.

On December 31, 2199, another century came to an end, and the citizens of the empire gathered together to prepare for the arrival of the new century.

Unlike the happy crowd outside the window, Li Mingze stood above the palace and looked at the people who were reveling on the city streets not far away. His heart was full of bitterness. The Zerg were getting closer and closer to the Milky Way. I don’t know if this revelry is the last revelry in their lives.

Outside the Milky Way, the Cape of Good Hope star system.

There is only one building of the Sith Empire in this desolate star system, that is the Cape of Good Hope Deep Space Monitoring Station.

This monitoring station has been standing in this barren star system for more than 50 years, and it has been paying attention to the latest movements of the Zerg flying towards the Milky Way.

On January 1, 2200, at 00:00 in the morning, as the bell of the new century rang, a shrill alarm suddenly sounded in the Cape of Good Hope Deep Space Monitoring Station.

The staff in the space station ran in the corridor to their respective work stations in a panic.

In the control room of the space station, the person in charge of the space station, Major General Ander, supported his hands on the console in front of him with an expressionless face, and stared at the holographic screen on the console nervously.

A red light spot on the holographic screen slowed down and stopped.

"Why did the Zerg suddenly slow down? What happened!" Major General Ander asked several soldiers who were responsible for monitoring the movements of the Zerg.

"Report to the commander, we don't know either. Just now, the Zerg fleet began to slow down without any signs. We didn't find anything abnormal around us." A soldier answered loudly.

"There must be something wrong with the abnormal situation. Connect to the emperor's emergency hotline immediately!" Major General Ander said in a deep voice.

"Yes!" The soldier immediately started pressing the control console.

In front of the Sith Empire Palace, Li Mingze was holding a glass of wine and sitting in front of the stage with his wives to enjoy the opera performance of the singer queen. Suddenly, a special ringtone made Li Mingze's expression suddenly change.

"What happened to your majesty?" Qiuyue asked in a low voice.

"You continue to watch the show here first. Tianyi, come with me. Something happened in deep space." Li Mingze whispered in Tianyi's ear and then stood up and left the square.

Many officials and officers did not care about the departure of Li Mingze and Tianyi. Maybe the emperor just wanted to have some love with the queen?

Tens of minutes later, Li Mingze and Tianyi arrived at the Cape of Good Hope Deep Space Monitoring Station, where the person in charge of the monitoring station had been waiting for a long time.

"Your Majesty, we just detected that the Zerg fleet has stayed in place. They seem to be brewing some conspiracy." Major General Ander led Li Mingze to the control console.

"What do these bugs want to do? Do they plan to stop and repair? Or do they not plan to continue the attack?" Li Mingze frowned and asked in confusion.

At this time, in the void outside the Milky Way.

A fleet composed of dozens of planet-sized hideous creatures was floating in the void.

Inside one of the biological warships wrapped in golden shells, three humanoid creatures wearing biological shells were kneeling on one knee in an empty hall.

The hall was surrounded by creeping blood vessel-like structures, and in the middle of the hall there was a huge white insect egg hanging in the air.

"Respected Queen Mother, we have arrived at the designated location." One of the three insects raised his head and said. Only at this time could his true face be seen clearly. Under the four pairs of compound eyes was a mouthpart composed of sharp teeth.

Suddenly, the white insect egg hanging in the air squirmed twice, and the insect egg was cut open from the inside. A bloated insect covered with a heavy shell fell from the insect egg, but was held by the three kneeling Zergs.

The bloated insect squirmed twice and turned into a human.

This humanoid form was confirmed to be the most perfect form in the universe. Although various abilities were mediocre, there would not be too many defects, and it could also use tools.

Her current humanoid body was not her original body. Her original body was actually the mothership under her feet.