Light Speed ​​War

Chapter 97: The Tragedy of Civilization

The Earth Empire's seventy fleets have waged war in nine different locations against nine advanced civilizations that were obstructing the Zerg's extermination efforts.

The matter wasn't over yet. The fleets scattered across nine locations received real-time information from the Imperial fleet base: the Golden Ship Civilization's Horned Wolf army and two other civilization armies were gathering in the Jin Chuan constellation, likely preparing to attack the Imperial fleet base or the Sand Star Empire's planetary city. Based on the "Eye of the Stars," these two civilization armies were identified as being dispatched by the Koru and Yada civilizations, two of the five major civilizations. All five civilizations were assembling their warships, all poised for action. The five civilizations—Gao Da, Koru, Nilo, Yada, and Shenzi—were located in the Andromeda Galaxy's Celestial Crystal, Horned Feather, Maple Leaf, Long Serpent, and Jade Pot constellations, respectively.

The Earth Empire Fleet Headquarters immediately decided that the Earth Empire would dispatch forty fleets and the Lunar Empire would dispatch thirty fleets to support the Andromeda Galaxy Empire Fleet.

Both the Protoss and the Terran races dispatched large armies to heavily guard their respective homeworlds and bases.

Earth Empire Fleet Commander Thomas has ordered all fleets and warships to use all means of force to destroy target enemies or strike against hostile acts, ensuring that no matter how far away or how powerful, they will be punished.

The Earth Empire in the Milky Way Galaxy, the Lunar Empire in the Triangular Galaxy, and the fleet base in the Andromeda Galaxy—all war machines are in operation.

The Lando Empire, with its sphere of influence covering nearly 300,000 light-years and fourteen affiliated civilizations, must be quite powerful.

Upon receiving information from the border garrison fleet, the Lando Empire's 40 million warships and over 600 million warships from its affiliated civilizations traveled through warp drive to reach their own camp.

"Everyone must be careful, the enemy has a gamma-ray burst weapon that can strike at faster than the speed of light."

"For gamma-ray bursts, we can use electron clouds to reflect the gamma rays, and with the help of the warship's energy shield, we should be able to avoid a devastating blow."

"His Majesty considered that the enemy could directly destroy planets, so this time he did not send planetary fortresses, but instead deployed a large number of stellar cannons."

"Why is the enemy still not making a move? We have so many warships gathered here, and they seem indifferent. This is terrifying."

"What are you afraid of? The enemy only has eight million warships. Have they all deployed gravity bombs?"

"Everything is arranged."

"Then let's trap them like turtles in a jar. Haha, damn humans of Earth."

"As ordered!"

The Lando Empire's fleet was bustling with activity, with three million colossal machines deployed at the front lines. These were the Stellar Cannons, capable of destroying a star with just three consecutive strikes.

However, most of those stellar cannons did not have a chance to fire. The Earth Empire's ten fleets and ten neutron war stars were launched into the enemy camp. Two neutron war stars were launched into the stellar cannons, while the remaining eight neutron war stars were simultaneously fired at the Lando Empire fleet and its affiliated civilization fleet.

The powerful gravity of the neutron star tore apart the Lando Empire's warships and stellar cannons, and thermonuclear explosions erupted everywhere on the neutron war star.

Countless neutron star marbles were also launched into the enemy fleet, piercing through various types of warships.

The Lando Empire's warships launched a futile counterattack, with some stellar cannons firing at the neutron star. However, those super-powerful energy beams simply bypassed the rotating neutron star. A large number of warships began to retreat, and the previously deployed gravity bombs were detonated prematurely. After the gravity bombs exploded, the Lando fleet began to travel at near-light speed, escaping this powerful gravitational region.

The Lando fleet fled frantically, then plunged into warp drive. Three hours later, when the warships arrived at the Lando Empire base, it was a ruin, littered with shipwrecks, and twenty-six planets torn to pieces. The warships searched the aerial graveyard for anything of value or information, and finally discovered a thirty-meter-long escape pod.

"Your Majesty, please forgive us, we..."

"Marshal, there's no need to say more. The enemy is simply too powerful. How many warships do we still have?"

"We still have ten million ships, and our vassal states have two hundred million. The Empire's warships in other places should add up to sixty million, and the reinforcements to protect the capital are on their way."

"Don't let them come over; they might fall into an enemy trap."

"As ordered."

"Have the commander of the Protectorate Reinforcements contact the Nilo Civilization and tell them that I have agreed to their conditions and that they should send a large army to support us. Also, we are going to the Red Asia Kingdom, where I plan to rebuild the empire."

"As ordered."

The Kingdom of Hongya is a vassal state of the Lando Empire, and among vassal states, it is considered quite powerful.

Just as the mighty fleet arrived at the Kingdom of Red Asia, the fleet dispatched by the Nilo civilization also arrived immediately.

"Thank you so much for your help. We will definitely take our revenge this time."

"Your Majesty, I'm afraid this will be somewhat difficult."

"why?"

"From the information we have, this Earth Empire, the human civilization that broadcast its plan to exterminate the Zerg throughout the galaxy, has indeed wiped out all the Zerg. Not only that, the other eight empires have also been challenged by the Earth Empire's fleet. The cause of the war is the same as yours. As for the fate of the eight empires... well, I won't go into details."

"what?"

"Your Majesty need not panic. Our five great civilizations have just reached an agreement to unite with other civilizations and establish an interstellar federation. Our five great civilizations are five permanent council empires. The interstellar federation is prepared to wipe out this Earth empire in one fell swoop, and of course, its minions, including Sand Star and Protoss. Let's see whether their interstellar alliance is stronger or our interstellar federation is stronger."

"If I may be so bold, aren't you Nilo at war with Koru and Yada?"

"With powerful enemies surrounding us and challenging us, Your Majesty, do you think we can all remain uninvolved?"

"That's good. Whenever the Interstellar Federation needs the Lando Empire, please give us your orders. We will definitely take our revenge."

"Alright. Your current task is to contact and recruit other civilizations to join the Federation. By the way, the Interstellar Federation needs you to provide video footage and related data from the battle between the Earth Empire's fleet and the Interstellar Federation."

"Don't worry, we'll provide it right away."

In the Interstellar Federation, at the homeworld base of the Gorda Empire in the Celestial Crystal constellation, the five major civilizations are engaged in heated discussions about how to deal with the Earth Empire.

"The Earth Empire fleet's faster-than-light gamma-ray burst can be dealt with by electron clouds. But they actually possess neutron stars. Yada, can your folding space weapons handle neutron stars?"

"I'm afraid that won't work. The gravity of a neutron star is too great; I'm afraid our folding space weapon won't be able to withstand it. However, folding space can be used for covert attacks."

"Where is the divine child?"

"Our vortex black hole weapon should be able to handle it."

“Alright. Each of our five families has its own unique skills. We must cooperate to strike the enemy in a targeted manner. Yada will be responsible for concealment, the Divine Child will be responsible for dealing with neutron stars, Nilo will be responsible for stellar assaults, Koru will be responsible for light-speed attacks, and we, Gaoda, will be responsible for consciousness plundering.”

Needless to say, among the five great civilizations, Gao Da seems to be the strongest.

Seventy Imperial fleets returned to their Imperial fleet bases one after another.

Needless to say, like the Lando Empire, the other eight advanced civilizations that attempted to obstruct the extermination of the Zerg had their homeworlds and bases destroyed by the Imperial fleet.

The fleets dispatched by the Earth Empire and the Moon Empire also arrived one after another.

One hundred and eighty imperial fleets began intensive military deployments.

Unlike the Protoss and Terran fleets, the Earth Empire's fleets are all capable of operating independently. They don't require powerful interstellar fortresses; each fleet can utilize local resources, transporting planets and stars to construct independent interstellar fortresses or even "Halo Gardens." The Empire's fleet bases are not heavily fortified. These bases are maintained to conceal the Empire's strength and origins. Furthermore, within the research centers of these bases, Protoss members and human scientists are collaborating, focusing on crucial technologies such as the Tribulation Prism and racial mental enhancement.

According to the monitoring information from "Eye of the Stars", unusual civilization activities have appeared over a large area of ​​the Andromeda Galaxy. Many civilization warships are constantly gathering. In particular, many civilizations that were originally hostile to each other have put aside their grudges and are interacting with each other more closely than before.

The fleet commanders' joint meeting concluded that it would be very troublesome if many civilizations united to deal with the Earth Empire. Rather than waiting for them to attack, it would be better to take the initiative now and defeat them one by one.

Of the 180 Imperial fleets, 60 were stationed at their bases and ready to provide support, while the remaining 120 were all deployed for attack.

Twenty Earth Empire fleets were heading towards the Jinchuan constellation's Golden Ship civilization, where fleets from the Koru and Yada civilizations also happened to be stationed.

The five major civilizations were also targeted. The planets of Gorda, Koru, Nilo, Yada, and the Goddess Mother Planet each faced a sudden attack from twenty Earth Empire fleets.

The interstellar federation, led by the five major civilizations, was discussing how to deal with the Earth Empire at the Gao Damu Star base when the Earth Empire's fleet launched a fierce attack unexpectedly.

The neutron star charged into battle first, tearing apart many planets and warships. The Divine Child Civilization warships released vortex black hole weapons. Although these vortex black hole weapons were not as powerful as stellar black holes, they were still quite effective against neutron stars. A fierce gravitational battle ensued between the neutron stars and the vortex black holes.

The consciousness plundering by the Gorda civilization had some effect. A large portion of the Earth Empire's fleet's humans with weak mental strength fell into a coma. Fortunately, the fleet had a powerful energy shield; otherwise, these humans would probably have died instead of falling into a coma.

The unconscious humans quickly regained consciousness with the help of intelligent robots. To isolate themselves from the psychic field, each fleet activated a joint energy shield. The twenty "Halo" fleets continued their charge towards the enemy.

The Nilo civilization's fleet ejected more and more stars. These Earth Empire fleets had already experienced this in the Spider Nebula of the Large Magellanic Cloud, so they were naturally familiar with the route. The "Halo" fleet easily passed through the smallest stars.

Although the Koru civilization's light-speed attack halted the fleet's advance, the release of the "Super Energy Exchanger," an energy-absorbing weapon, changed the situation, and the speed of light in space increased again.

The Yada civilization launched a covert attack through folded space, something the Earth Empire fleet had already experienced during its war with the Galactic Alliance. It's conceivable that when a large number of stars were transported from the fleet base to the combat space, the black holes created by the star-sniping ships destroying the stars disrupted the folded space, causing Yada civilization warships to fall into the black holes and be torn to shreds.

Twenty Earth Empire fleets launched a frenzied massacre against the combined fleets of the five major civilizations.

The Gao Damu Star Base, comprising thirty-two planets, was completely destroyed in a single strike by the Star Sniper Ship.

The five homeworld bases of the civilizations of Koru, Nilo, Yada, Shenzi, and Jinjian, along with their escort fleets, also suffered devastating blows from the Imperial fleet.