Showdown, my deck is from the East

After the Battle of the Spider's Nest, the Heavenly Court obtained the super technology "Jieyun" upgrade.

But the human fleet was pursued by the Zerg and could not reach the next supply point.

Faced with the approaching pursuers and the increasingly consumed resources, the space for maneuvering became smaller and smaller.

The Eastern Heavenly Court decided to launch an active war against the pursuers behind it to tear open the strategic space.

In fact, in the era of planetary civilization, both sides had very weak control over the star field.

It seems that the territory is vast, but in fact, even within the territory, there are still 99% of uncontrolled star fields.

The uncontrolled areas are basically star areas with extremely harsh environments, either with few resource stars or extremely high resource difficulty.

The unknown star field ahead is a super large uncontrolled area with a north-south width of more than 1,600 stars.

It takes 1,600 years for a light-speed starship/life form to cross in a straight line without encountering any problems. For a low-speed civilization, the space is so large that it may include a time span of tens of thousands of years in this territory.

During the Third Dynasty and the Zerg Swarm period, no obviously valuable high-resource stars and habitable stars were found here.

Of course, it may not be that there is nothing in the range of 1,600 stars.

It is that the energy storm inside is extremely high, the distribution of large stars is extremely sparse, and there are not many planets, making mining difficult.

Tian Kun braved the cold wind and began to approach the scheduled combat star field.

The two-way shuttle of the Golden Dragon Shears was like an old craftsman, using the armillary sphere to mark out this huge star field from a two-dimensional plane and send it to the heaven.

After precise calculations by the Law Department, the standard speed of the new generation engine was set at 3.3 times the speed of light, making the time span of this territory space from north to south just 471 years, and the heavenly officials recorded it as the "Xia Dynasty".

However, this is just a name. Unlike other dynasties that have been confirmed and recorded, the Xia Dynasty cannot be applied to this space in any way, and no physical objects of the Xia Dynasty can be obtained.

The Golden Dragon Shears returned smoothly.

Almost all ports in China are fully loaded. This shuttle cannot return to Penglai. It will be anchored at Tianshui Port for maintenance and then continue to be put into the mission.

The crew members walked out of the shuttle one after another and entered the three-dimensional normal space.

Many people, including Lao Deng, came to Taoyuan Liangzhou for the first time.

As soon as the shuttle flew, a huge statue of the God of Fire came into view.

"Hephaestus?"

"I know Hephaestus. In ancient times, was this old man killed by his wife?"

"Ahem." Lao Deng coughed lightly. Although coughing has no special meaning for the whale tribe, it is still necessary to remind his comrades: "This great god is still alive. Moreover, that is not Hephaestus, but Zhou Yu."

The Tianshuo soldiers heard this and stood in awe.

Zhou Yu, the God of Fire who died in ancient times, now only exists in textbooks, but he will undoubtedly be respected by all soldiers.

The main ethnic group of the Huaxia tribe is not a theocratic race.

It is not that you are born as a god with divine power, but that you are originally a human. You either practice or do things that only gods can do, and everyone recognizes you as a god.

"It's okay, she is indeed a bitch, to be honest, why should I be angry?"

A loud voice suddenly appeared, and then a ball of fire fell from the sky and turned into a human form.

"Everyone is the pilot of the Tiansuo, thank you for your hard work. The nearest star will pass in 709 hours, and it is expected to last for 80 hours in the morning. Please allow me to invite you to Jincheng for breakfast."

Everyone looked at each other, and then hurriedly responded.

The old man in front of him, who was less than 1.6 meters tall, had an identity that was self-evident.

The old dwarf Hephaestus had a strong presence.

This buddy was indeed cheated, but after being untied by Yue Lao, he did a lot of things.

He gave the God of Craftsman to his old brother Lu Ban, and the title of Jincheng Fire God to Zhou Yu who died in Liangzhou.

This old man did not have a big official position, he lived in Jincheng, but almost everyone knew him.

For thousands of years, this old man has provided no less than a hundred legendary quenching castings for the Heavenly Court.

As soon as the pilot group got off the Tissot, He Lao came up to them, obviously waiting for a long time.

Because Tissot was going to sail underwater, the itinerary must be kept secret, but He Lao was also one of the casters of Tissot's fire gate, so he would definitely not keep it secret from him.

It should be easy to get the information about the Golden Dragon Shears' berthing.

"Don't be restrained, soldiers. It's an official business. I, He Lao, have made a special trip to inquire about your return date. Let's go and talk while walking."

Liangzhou Jincheng is far less prosperous than Baiyu Tianjing, but it also has its own flavor.

Because of the expedition, almost all the pure residents have moved to Qianli Jiangshantu and stayed in the marginal world.

All the people living here now are militia.

There are nearly 20 million militias in the five lands of Tiankun to ensure the operation of production facilities.

They are civilians in their spare time and soldiers in wartime. Although they are far less good at fighting than the Tianjun, they have also been trained.

"Everyone, in ancient times when General Bai Qi and Miss Artemis were here, our Liangzhou's harvest was half of Tianjing's. They were good at fighting, and they could capture and develop the Great Wilderness Mountain. Now it's not possible."

Old He is quite capable, but after giving up two god positions, he actually has no official position. Strictly speaking, his rank is about the same as that of the officers and soldiers of the Golden Shears.

As everyone walked, he introduced Jincheng to the Golden Shears' pilot group.

"Old He is too modest. When we came here, we saw the huge building in the Tianshui Port construction area. It must be a military order from the Heavenly Court. It's not cheap."

Whale people's eyesight is not good. Old Deng narrowed his eyes slightly, and his eyes kept wandering around the construction area of ​​Tianshui Port, as if there was something extremely attractive there.

"Hehe." Old He laughed twice: "Nowadays, Tianshui Port has few opportunities to grab orders from Penglai Port. I guess they are too busy over there. Luck, luck, everyone finally has something to do."

"I guess our mission is also related to this thing, right?" Old Deng said.

"Yes, let me tell you about it first?"

Of the two-way shuttles of the Jin Dynasty, only the Golden Dragon Shears was retained. The officers and soldiers on it were all elite submariners. When they heard the mission, they instantly became serious.

Old Deng immediately took out his notes.

"No, no." Old He waved his hand: "Everyone is still in the rest period, and the mission is not so early. Now I just want to give you a bottom line."

"Please speak, Old He."

"During your mission, you once marked a giant star section from a two-dimensional normal line. Is this true?"

"Yes." Old Deng remembered it very clearly, and even remembered the instrument readings at that time.

"The Heavenly Court judged that this is the only star in this star field with relatively stable surrounding space and sufficient heat. You should know what this means?" said He Lao.

When planetary civilizations want to fight interstellar wars, most of the time they are not fighting against each other but fighting against the dangerous cosmic environment.

Especially in the unknown ice age

As warship soldiers on reconnaissance submarines, they understand what the current environment means better.

The imagined war between the two sides: the roar of the giant beasts and the roar of the cannons!

The real war: the two sides find a giant star, circle around it, and fight against glaciers, unknown dangerous places, unknown life, and scarce resources.

To fight, you have to circle around the same giant star. After hundreds of years, when you are close to the same orbit, you will fight fiercely.

Then continue to hide until you drive the other side out of the star circle and decide the winner.

The duel is not like interstellar navigation. You can find a star at random, circle it twice, and get warm for a while before finding the next one.

The war lasts for a long time.

It is a consensus between the two sides to find a very warm stove to sit down and play cards.

And this star field has only one giant star, and the rest are Karami that could fall into the glacier at any time. What does that mean?

"A place that must be fought for by military strategists." The officers and soldiers said in unison.

"Yes, what Tianshui City is building is a specialized two-dimensional warship." He Lao restrained his smile: "Prometheus, the warship of the fire thief"

The officers and soldiers held their breath and waited for the next step.

"Another fire-stealer, Yanbo, is being built in Longmen, and a high-speed destroyer [Sun-chasing ship-Kuafu] is being equipped in Penglai. You three ships must seize the initiative, track the giant planet before the Zerg, and occupy favorable terrain!"

"We?"

"Yes, I bring the order from the Heavenly Court. All officers and soldiers of the Prometheus, stand at attention."

"Guarantee to complete the mission!"

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①Prometheus and Yanbo: The core of the two mythological stories is almost exactly the same. According to the legend, Yanbo used a wormwood rope to steal fire from the Heavenly Court, bringing light and warmth to people. Prometheus used branches to ignite the chariot of the sun god as a fire to bring to the world.

②Kuafu: A famous star chaser.

In the wilderness, there is a mountain called Chengdu Zaitian. A man with two yellow snakes on his ears, holding the two yellow snakes, was named Kuafu. Hou Tu gave birth to Xin. Xin gave birth to Kuafu. Kuafu did not measure his strength and wanted to chase the sun's shadow, and caught it in Yugu. He was about to drink from the river but it was not enough, so he went to the big marsh. He did not arrive. He died here.)