PFC Chapter 95: Seeking Death
Chapter 95: Seeking Death
At the conference center of the administrative building in the planetary city of the Sandstar Empire, representatives of the humans, protoss, and Earth's humans are holding a secret meeting.
Muko first expressed his gratitude to the gods and humans on Earth for their timely assistance, and offered his condolences to the deceased.
"Everyone, there's something I'm not sure if I should say. I think there's something fishy about the Zerg's two large-scale attacks on us."
What do you mean by "strange"?
"The Zerg first attacked the Protoss, and then attacked us almost simultaneously. I don't believe the Zerg have such strong detection capabilities. Sixty years ago, both the Protoss and we were secretly transporting planets and homeworlds."
"You mean someone informed the Zerg? Pointed out the locations of your two homeworlds to them?"
"Yes, I think it's very likely."
"Have your gods and humans had any conflicts with other civilizations, or do you believe any civilization might betray you?"
"That's hard to say. Xinglute, what do you think?"
“I also find this very strange. I don’t think the Zerg, even if they are the Overminds, could possibly know the location of our two home planets.”
"Zerg Overlord?"
“Yes, the Zerg Overmind is the concentrated embodiment of the intelligence of all Zerg. Under the Overmind are many Cerebrates, which are responsible for all Zerg affairs. Some Cerebrates transform into Queens, controlling and commanding large numbers of Zerg. Lower-level Zerg simply blindly obey the orders of the Cerebrates and Queens,” Peak explained simply to Zhou Yuan and the other two Earthlings.
"Now that the Zerg know the locations of your two home planets, are you going to move them again and find a different place?"
"I need to report this to the Xingmateh Governor and obtain parliamentary approval."
"The Sand Star Empire will definitely relocate."
"The Zerg have lost many planets this time, so it's estimated that they won't launch such a large-scale attack again for the time being."
"hope so."
No sooner had he finished speaking than alarms blared throughout Planet City.
Muko answered the call, “Commander-in-Chief, something terrible has happened. We have detected countless large warships and massive objects that have just jumped out of warp space and are heading towards Planet City.”
"Pass on my order: assemble warships and fighter jets to intercept them."
"As ordered."
"what happened?"
"Many warships suddenly appeared out of nowhere and are heading towards us."
"Krut, Muko, you organize your warships to intercept us. Our warships will follow you stealthily."
"it is good."
Ten minutes later, forty fleets of the Earth Empire, stealthily following a large number of Protoss and Terran warships, headed towards the massive fleet and planetary fortresses. Yes, nine planetary fortresses, each planet approximately 10,000 kilometers in diameter. Those enormous warships, totaling about 300,000, each larger than any Earth human warship, over 2,000 kilometers long, roughly twice the size of the Hercules-class battleship.
Zhou Yuan and the others thought that this civilization's fleet must be quite powerful.
Just as the Alliance fleet reached the outskirts of the planetary city, the massive fleet and planetary fortress, which had been traveling at near-light speed, suddenly slowed down and came to a stop in the distance in less than half an hour. The two sides were approximately one billion kilometers apart.
"Fleet ahead, this is the allied fleet of the Sand Star Empire and the Protoss Empire. You are about to intrude into the Sand Star Empire's homeworld base. Please detour."
"What exactly happened to the sudden change in gravity in this space?"
"We just fought a large Zerg army, but we're safe now. May I ask who you are?"
The other person was silent for a moment, then said, "Who we are is unimportant. Why don't you, my invisible friend, show yourself and we'll meet?"
All forty fleets of the Earth Empire were taken aback, assuming the enemy had detected the cloaked Earth Empire fleet. Zhou Yuan thought for a moment; this was probably their speculation. The Zerg army was wiped out so quickly not by the Sand Star and the Protoss alone. Without third-party support, the Sand Star and the Protoss would likely have been destroyed by the Zerg long ago.
The Earth Empire fleet did not appear, but remained above the human and divine fleets.
The Protoss and Terran fleets were also surprised. Had the enemy discovered the invisible Earth Empire fleet? The Protoss and Terran warships had not detected the invisible human warships.
"What kind of invisible friend is there?"
"Oh, is it so?"
No sooner had the words been spoken than the enemy fleet and planetary fortresses suddenly accelerated to near the speed of light. Then, the nine planetary fortresses emitted 90,000 intense gamma rays. These gamma rays were not aimed at the Protoss and Terran warships, but rather at their outer perimeter. Three hundred thousand Terran warships also emitted super-powerful lasers, shooting towards the Protoss and Terran warships.
This fleet is really ruthless. I don't know if it's to test and force out what he thinks is an invisible fleet, or if it wants to destroy the Protoss and Terran warships.
The Protoss and Terran warships activated their shields, and 60 million warships charged toward the enemy, unleashing a barrage of photon cannons and lasers at enemy warships and planetary fortresses.
The nine planetary fortresses' earlier 90,000 intense gamma rays produced no unusual phenomena. Then, these same fortresses unleashed another wave of gamma rays, sweeping across the Protoss and Terran carriers. While the Terran and Protoss warships possessed energy shields, the immense energy of the enemy planetary fortresses' gamma rays and the colossal warships' ultra-high-powered lasers proved too much for the combined forces. Except for the large carriers, whose energy shields could withstand the onslaught, the other warships were struggling to survive. Although the Terrans and Protoss possessed a total of 60 million warships, and their concentrated attacks targeted the enemy fleet in waves, the enemy's energy shields remained formidable, proving impenetrable even with concentrated fire.
To make matters worse, the immense gravity of the enemy's nine planetary fortresses was gradually pulling some of the Terran and Protoss's smaller warships toward the planets. These warships were forced to both resist enemy attacks and power their shields, while simultaneously expending a great deal of energy to counteract the gravity of the rapidly moving planets and the massive warships.
The nine planetary fortresses and 300,000 giant warships were about to crash into the human and protoss fleets.
"Stop! We've revealed ourselves; we're behind you."
Suddenly, the enemy fleet received a message.
The opposing fleet reacted incredibly quickly, immediately raising their hulls and charging upwards before flipping over and coming to a stop, facing the forty fleets of the Earth Empire that had just appeared. The human and Protoss warships were thus able to escape.
"Haha, friend, you've finally shown up."
"So what if they show themselves?"
"Hand over your warship stealth technology obediently."
What if you don't pay?
"Who would dare refuse to hand over what we've set our sights on?"
"You damned horned wolf!" Zhou Yuan couldn't hold back any longer.
This creature from the fleet civilization was tall and robust, and looked very fierce. Its body was dark, covered with many light-colored scales, especially on its back and shoulders. It had a wolf's head with two sheep-shaped curved horns that reached almost to the long wolf's mouth. Its fangs were sharp, its hands were human-shaped, its legs were muscular, and its feet were pointed and hoove-like.
Three hundred thousand warships and nine planetary fortresses charged frantically toward forty human fleets on Earth, immediately unleashing gamma rays and ultra-high-intensity lasers. The enemy ships were indeed in a hurry; they weren't even within striking range yet.
"Protoss and Terran fleets, get away from this battlefield as soon as possible."
Upon receiving the order, the Protoss and Terran fleets sped toward the planetary city at the speed of light.
Earth's human warships had already evaded the attacks of enemy ships and planetary fortresses. Once the Protoss and Terran warships were nearly far away, the Earth Empire fleet unleashed its full power.
Before the gamma rays from the nine planetary fortresses arrived, the sniper ships' long-range intelligent energy beams struck the fortresses, shattering them into fragments. The remaining sniper ships naturally targeted the 300,000 giant warships. These warships possessed formidable energy shields, withstanding three or four consecutive attacks from the sniper ships. The shields emitted intense light, but ultimately, they were breached by the long-range intelligent energy beams. Once the shields were broken, it was a massacre. The intelligent energy beams pierced directly into the giant warships, then attacked their energy systems, exiting from the other end to continue attacking the next giant warship. These intelligent energy beams weaved through the warships, cutting straight lines and curving, rapidly and effectively destroying warships at long range.
After destroying numerous giant warships, the Imperial fleet suddenly ceased its attack and moved away from the center of the battlefield. The giant warships were bewildered, but since the enemy had abandoned the attack, it was their chance to escape. A large number of giant warships fled at near-light speed, and those that reached the outer perimeter of the battlefield were torn apart by the black hole bombs already deployed by the Imperial fleet. The black hole bombs gradually contracted, slowing the giant warships until they were slowly driven back to the center of the battlefield. This was a classic encirclement tactic.
If this were in the Milky Way, the Imperial fleet would have already destroyed these warships by dropping a few neutron stars, but in the Andromeda Galaxy, they didn't want to use neutron stars too early in order to conceal their strength.
Since the Terrans and Protoss have seen neutron star marbles before, let's throw neutron star marbles too. The neutron star marbles rapidly weave through these warships, causing a series of explosions.
Of the 300,000 giant warships, only five survived. These five warships were deliberately preserved by the Imperial Fleet, with the aim of figuring out where this malicious civilization came from and whether it had any similar counterparts.
These horned wolves would rather die than surrender or confess.
The Earth Empire fleet was forced to conduct a boarding operation.
Five colossal warships, their power and weapon systems already destroyed. Robots, mechs, and drones were deployed to these five warships.
First, drones entered through the hole in the warship and eliminated nearby enemy forces. Under the cover of the drones, a large number of combat robots and mechs flooded into the damaged warship. These robots and mechs first occupied the warship's command center, killing all the horned wolf creatures there, and then moved the relevant communication and navigation equipment. The robots and mechs did not explore other parts of the giant warship.
Because the giant warships were too large, Earth's humans were too lazy to search every area and subsequently called upon the Protoss and Terran fleets. Under the strong demands and supervision of the Earth Empire's fleet, the five giant warships were completely destroyed by the Protoss and Terran warships.
Forty Earth Empire fleets, carrying the captured communication and navigation equipment, returned directly to their fleet base, three thousand light-years away from the planetary city.
Information about the civilizations to which the horned wolves, the giant fleet, and the planetary fortress belonged was quickly deciphered by the super artificial intelligence.