Walk alone in the abyss

Inside the bridge of a medium-sized transport ship.

The little girl named Posua was lying on the table in front of the floor-to-ceiling window a little sadly, looking at the slowly shrinking planet outside the window, and softly tutted:

"You acted so fast. As soon as I called for help, you stuffed me into the boat."

Lu's voice came: "Your safety is the main concern of the master at the moment."

"Yeah?"

Whistle tilted his head, always looking at the planet.

The robot maid on the side had a wise light named Law in her eyes and asked: "Are you missing life on this planet? I need to make statistics on your preferences in order to arrange your next living environment."

"Let's live first and then talk about life," Little Whisper whispered.

Lu asked in confusion: "Why do you say that?"

"She is here, the common enemy of your master and I," Little Whisper's expression showed a maturity that did not belong to her 'age', "She is more powerful than when she appeared last time. I don't know if her target is me, but She's about to appear behind this planet."

Lu immediately asked: "Can you sense the specific location of the Zerg Queen?"

Xiao Bosuo pointed to the planet.

Lu was a little confused: "Is she hiding on that planet?"

"She is leading the Zerg in a secret voyage, and is spreading the Zerg swarm in the subspace at the moment," Xiao Bosuo explained. "If I hadn't called for help from your master in time, I would have been unable to leave here. This planet is now surrounded by the Zerg swarm. "

Lu asked: "But, we can't detect any bugs..."

"Look, they're starting to come out. Can we go any faster?"

Little Whisper murmured, with red light flashing in her pupils, and her body seemed to be growing.

Law pulled the thrust of the transport ship to the maximum, overloaded the transport ship's engine, rushed to the nearest gravitational balance zone as soon as possible, and 'watched' the planet through various detection instruments on the transport ship.

The outer space of the planet began to twist strangely.

A layer of light and shadow similar to the coating before the spacecraft jumped appeared outside the planet's atmosphere. A dark gray subspace film was produced out of thin air and quickly enveloped the entire planet.

The planet's gravity suddenly decreases by more than half;

The original constant planetary magnetic field cannot be detected, the originally noisy radio wave field on the surface of the earth cannot be detected, and even the existence of organic life forms cannot be detected now.

Law found no relevant information corresponding to this situation in the database established by collecting information from the Milky Way's public network.

This layer of subspace coating quickly inflated like a large balloon, and also seemed to be gently punctured by a needle.

Law immediately detected that "surging" gravitational waves appeared near the planet. ——Compared with the weak gravitational waves generated by the movement of planets around stars, the current energy level of this gravitational wave has reached the level of space oscillation when two planets collide.

Very suddenly, more than ten dark clouds appeared outside the planet.

Billions of bugs appear directly in the atmosphere! They didn't give the humans on the surface any chance to resist, and poured straight into the city below!

Behind the planet, a shadow that resembled a human figure slowly solidified. It faced the light of the star and was over a million meters high.

It's that sixth-order queen!

The giant queen opened her arms to embrace the planet below, and its 'body' collapsed into countless sixth-order adults.

The manic swarms of insects were like floods, sweeping away all organic life on the surface.

The robot steward responsible for driving the ship turned around and shouted: "Miss Lu! There is a swarm of insects chasing us!"

Lu made a quick decision: "Force the jump! Don't worry about whether the ship will be damaged! I have already arranged a ship to wait at the target point!"

Xiao Bosuo looked at the swarm of insects that was like a dark tentacle, rushing towards the transport ship, and his breathing gradually became heavier.

"Please calm down," Ritsu reminded, "You are no match for this queen."

Whistle nodded slightly.

"If this spaceship fails to arrive at the pickup location later, please hide in your own way. The mechanical thinking bodies here can change their bodies at any time," Lu warned, "I will find you as soon as possible."

Xiao Bosuo thought for a while and whispered: "Thank you."

In the thinking space, Lu blinked slightly.

Valkyrie actually thanks humans?

This feels pretty good.

In fact, Lu just told the worst-case scenario and asked Posha to make some preparations in advance. Before the swarm of insects caught up, the transport ship steadily started a continuous jump and quickly rushed to the direction of Mingte City.

A few hours later, news that a New Federation Class A administrative star with a population of 1.9 billion had been destroyed by a swarm of insects spread throughout human civilization through the galaxy network.

The huge insect swarm that attacked the planet was gathering and leaping, and finally mysteriously disappeared in front of human civilization.

All conventional detection equipment misfired.

The swarm of insects sailing stealthily may be looking for the next target to attack.

…

In the star system where the 'Minter City' star is located, the Empire's battle group, which is actively preparing for war, has once again begun to coordinate its operations.

Yang Ming, Catherine, and Captain Greiss, who put on ordinary military uniforms, walked quickly in the spacious, bright and very busy corridor of the dreadnought, passed through layers of security checks, and successfully arrived at a conference room.

The soldier guarding the door turned to open the door, and Yang Ming, who had sharp ears, heard the conversation among the senior imperial officers inside.

"Has Your Majesty gone back?"

"We have arrived within the circle of the Emperor Star. The escort fleet will be deployed as soon as His Majesty returns to the Emperor Star. The core engine group of the Skywrath Fortress is already activated."

"With the Empire's total defense system, we don't have to worry too much about the country."

"What we don't understand now is the intention of this swarm."

"Is there really a swarm of bugs? Could it be a bitter trick directed and performed by the New Federation, using the destruction of a planet to clear away the suspicion of planting bugs?"

"How can this be done? They have all admitted it. The difficulty now is that we have been propagating that the Zerg race is the enemy of mankind. We must think from the perspective of human beings to condemn the new federation. Now that the new federation has encountered pests, we save Still not helping?"

"Don't save them! Why save them! It's just your own fault."

"Even if you don't save them, you have to make a gesture of saving them. Now is the best time for the empire to do so..."

"cough!"

Lieutenant General Thomas on the main seat coughed dryly, and the discussions everywhere quickly subsided.

"Captain Hanton, Captain Catherine, and Captain Gris, please take a seat."

Lieutenant General Thomas greeted them, Yang Ming and the three of them saluted at the same time, and took their seats at the last seat with sullen faces.

The guards closed the conference room door.

Lieutenant General Thomas immediately played a video of a remote detection.

The propagation of light follows the principle of the speed of light. Even when the planet was destroyed, the contact with the outside world was cut off because the planet itself fell into the subspace, and the "time-lapse" image can be observed actively by using the detection station set up at a relatively long distance.

"Insect disasters did occur in the New Federation, and the scale of the insect disasters exceeded tens of billions."

Lieutenant General Thomas said in a deep voice:

"Currently, our negotiations with the New Federation are still ongoing, and the New Federation has not yet signed the compensation treaty.

"According to the various possibilities of the military's supercomputer deduction, the new federation may ask our army for help, kidnap our army to fight against the swarm in the name of morality, and finally refuse to sign the compensation treaty.

"Today's meeting is chaired by me, and the commanders of each battle group are using projection equipment to observe, we must come up with a countermeasure.

"The three captains, Captain Hanton, are experts in killing insects. They are invited here to provide relevant professional advice."

An old general immediately said: "We have only one way now, make a posture of a large army pressing the border, and force them to sign as soon as possible!"

Immediately someone raised an objection: "We have won a big victory now, whether it is the loss ratio of the battleship or the death ratio of the two sides. If the full-scale war is ignited again, the result may not necessarily lead to anywhere."

The group of senior generals immediately began to debate.

Their logic is clear, their views are clear, and their consideration of various matters is also very comprehensive.

This is obviously a group of high-level think tanks of the Imperial Army.

However, they discussed intensely for more than ten minutes, but they could not reach a consensus.

Half of the people advocated that the new federation must be forced to sign a compensation treaty now, so that the empire could withdraw from the vortex.

A small number of people claim that they must do enough drama to ensure the empire's advantage in the field of public opinion and cherish the fame they have finally obtained.

There are also a small number of generals who advocate waiting and seeing, anyway, the Imperial Armada is not afraid of the swarm.

Lieutenant General Thomas raised his hand and made a gesture, and the conference room quickly fell silent.

"Captain Hunton, what's your opinion? You know the Zerg best."

A group of major generals, senior colonels, and lieutenant colonels turned their heads and looked over.

Yang Ming didn't expect that he would be called out suddenly, but he prepared his speech in advance.

After all, Lieutenant General Thomas called him over to provide some 'professional advice' on bugs.

"We must leave the New Federation Starfield as soon as possible."

Yang Ming said in a deep voice:

"The one who is making trouble in the New Federation at the moment is the queen who tried to sneak attack on the Emperor Star earlier.

"She came here for revenge, the New Federation, and the New Federation's bug burying plan. At the beginning, the bug burying plan should have been acquiesced by the queen, but as a result of the bug burying plan, many female worms died. The queen tried to take revenge on the empire, but was scared off by the Skyfury Fortress, so she would definitely choose the next target for revenge.

"The social system within the Space Zerg is very complicated, and the only people they recognize among each other is the female worm... To put it simply, the real individuals of the Space Zerg are actually very rare, and a large number of them have died in recent years.

"This is the reason why this queen who is about to ascend to the dimension is madly taking revenge on mankind.

"How much do you think we have to pay to help the New Federation repel this queen without the assistance of a stellar cannon?"

There was a buzzing sound in the conference room, and the group of senior military officers were whispering to each other.

Lieutenant General Thomas frowned and said, "You mean, our army will retreat now?"

"This is the most sensible choice," Yang Ming said, "I know that you are still thinking about the compensation from the new federation. After all, this is the most dazzling victory the empire has achieved in the past few hundred years."

"Yes, Captain Hanton, the amount of this compensation will be huge, and it will also give a strong boost to our country's economy."

"We cannot easily waive these compensations."

"In the field of interstellar public opinion..."

"Then what!"

Captain Gries said with a smile:

"We don't need to think too much about the factor of interstellar public opinion.

"Everyone is a pillar of the Imperial Army, why can't you understand the so-called public opinion and the nature of people's hearts?

"Even if we let their president kneel down and call Grandpa now, when our fleet withdraws, what will they do? The Black Empire will still be black. The industrial system of the new federation is still there, and their economic foundation is still there. Ten or twenty After a year, it can recover its strength.

"If this battle is not fought to the end and the new Federation is not dismembered, the interstellar pattern will not change. At most, the external public opinion environment of the empire will be relaxed for a few years, which is meaningless."

Yang Ming said indifferently: "If that queen comes over, I can only choose to retreat alone, and I can barely deal with the fifth-rank queen."

"Captain Yang Ming, you really overestimate the bug!"

"Yeah?"

Yang Ming played with the Imperial Star Guard Knight Medal that he had just obtained, and reminded General Thomas:

"Why didn't the Lieutenant General report to the higher authorities and ask His Majesty to make a decision?

"Your Majesty has an extremely powerful supercomputer by his side. This computer will collect information from all aspects, and then make the most rational choice that maximizes the interests of the empire."

"Well, this is indeed the most suitable solution," Lieutenant General Thomas nodded slowly.

The general actually fully understood why the group of senior officers in front of him pretended to be confused.

Many people don't want to take the blame.

This is also a common method of throwing the pot at the military—to create a situation where there are differences of opinion, to report quickly and truthfully, and to ask a higher power center to make a decision.

Captain Gries obviously failed to see the situation in front of him clearly. He is an excellent on-site commander, but he is not a qualified politician.

And the clever Hanton saw through the embarrassing situation of the military department at a glance.

"The situation is urgent," Lieutenant General Thomas said in a deep voice, "I suggest that the commanders of all battle groups jointly report this matter, and ask Your Majesty to make a decision as soon as possible."

The group of generals quickly reached a consensus.

After the meeting, Lieutenant General Thomas, who had completed the report, invited Yang Ming, Catherine and Captain Gries to have lunch.

The format of lunch was very simple. They arrived at the senior officers' mess hall nearby, found a table, summoned the food delivery robot suspended near the ceiling, and began to gobble up the delicious meal.

Lieutenant General Thomas has no airs at all.

"Handton, I almost forgot to congratulate you, you are now a celebrity in the aristocratic circle," Lieutenant General Thomas said with a smile, "Thank you during the meeting just now, otherwise half a galaxy hour would have been wasted."

Yang Ming smiled and said, "The general asked me to come here, isn't it just to say those few words?"

Thomas smiled with a tired old face: "You are a bug expert, your opinion is really important to us... What kind of measures do you predict the Emperor Wei system will take?"

"I don't know," Yang Ming said, "This kind of mind and body with powerful computing power can collect all kinds of data, and can see crises that we can't see. Let's just obey."

"One more thing," Lieutenant General Thomas asked, "You said earlier that you wanted a mass of cells, what kind of cells?"

Yang Ming subconsciously glanced at Catherine beside him, and said directly: "One copy of the ancient god cell sample is enough, and there are only a few samples kept in a research institute in the empire."

Lieutenant General Thomas nodded slowly: "Is that research institute managed by our military?"

"Yes."

"That's no problem. I'll find someone to arrange it when I go back," Thomas said with a smile. "In addition to these, the military department is expected to give you a promotion, probably to the position of lieutenant colonel. If you have any opinions, you can raise them now, and I can go to Help you fight for it."

"Cough! Cough cough cough!"

Gris stared at the side and rounded his eyes:

"Isn't the empire not allowing reinvented people to obtain military ranks?"

"Handton's situation is special," Thomas laughed. "Empire law only prohibits reformers from obtaining military ranks, but does not prohibit reformers from advancing their ranks. Before accepting the transformation experiment, Hanton was already a captain who was about to be promoted."

Catherine smiled and said, "Lieutenant Colonel Hunton."

"Don't be like this," Yang Ming looked a little weird, "Actually, the Elder's House is also trying to use the same reason to help Hui Saka's status to elevate his title."

"I heard," Lieutenant General Thomas smiled, "It depends on how much they can give now, but the status of nobles is more sensitive, this may..."

Hum, buzz!

Lieutenant Thomas paused his words, took out his communicator from his arms, and his expression changed subtly.

"The Imperial Guard system suggested that we retreat immediately, and His Majesty agreed."

Yang Ming frowned and said, "Is this compensation really unnecessary?"

"Even if you ask for it, the New Federation will refuse to pay in the future. We just want to see them bow their heads." Lieutenant General Thomas took two bites of food, got up and put on his military cap in a hurry, "I'm going to arrange work, I'm going to blow up that As long as it is stuffed, the information and high-value structures inside should be extracted as much as possible!"

Gris immediately said: "Is there anything our special forces can do?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Yang Ming, Catherine and his communicator vibrated at the same time.

【Imperial Defense System: It has been detected that the swarm is secretly sailing towards this place. It is expected that there will be a tragic war with huge human casualties. Please return to your ship immediately and cooperate with the military to implement the follow-up plan. 】

Follow-up plan?

Two question marks appeared on Yang Ming's head.

Didn't they just leave and it's over? What else does the Imperial Guard system want them to do?