Walk alone in the abyss

Run, run away?

The high-level executives of the new federation looked at the 'tail lights' of the empire's super-large fleet on the projection screen in the conference room, and for a while didn't know what to say.

Just half an hour ago, the swarm showed up for the second time and destroyed a B-class administrative star of the new federation.

The so-called destruction here is actually just destroying the human beings on the surface. The swarm did not harm the planet itself, but just extinguished the fire of human civilization on the planet.

Open the full-scale map sand table of the New Federation, connect the two New Federation administrative stars that have been destroyed successively into a straight line, and the star system on the straight line...

There is the star system where Minter City is located!

The New Federal Fleet, which has just experienced the baptism of the imperial artillery fire, has no choice but to enter the highest level of combat readiness again at this moment.

Now there is a question before the new federal government.

Whether their fleet will take the initiative to attack.

The swarm is not an imperial fleet. The latter did not harass the administrative star of the New Federation, and went straight to Minter City, indicating that it was going to start a big battle with the New Federation; but where the swarm passed, they found a planet where human civilization lived. It will be destroyed directly. Of course, the sooner the insect swarm is eliminated, the lower their losses will be.

The new federal government is also suffering.

Conventional equipment cannot detect this swarm.

The queen in the swarm frightened the New Federation, which could not have a movable stellar cannon.

To make matters worse, the new federal government has begun to call on the empire to help them fight against the pest plague from the standpoint of human civilization, but the imperial government has not given a clear statement.

It is unrealistic to want the empire to lose ships and people to help the new federation fight bugs.

However, the New Federation did not expect that the Invincible Fleet of the Empire would run away without even ignoring the negotiation of war compensation at the "second before" they were about to take moral kidnapping and public opinion kidnapping to drag the Empire into the water to fight against the pest plague together!

The withdrawal was extremely decisive, without any sloppiness.

"Comfortable."

In the Stinger, Yang Ming was sitting on the sofa, shaking a bottle of juice in his hand, constantly teasing his taste buds with sweet and sour tastes.

He was worried before that the empire would really send him, the insect killer, to the new federation for a formality.

Then he probably will face the double threat from the new Federation and the Great Queen.

Unexpectedly, after they returned to the Stinger, the Stinger was soon ordered to return, and even the Stinger and the transport ship where Griess was at the moment were the first batch of hulls to jump.

——Transforming people also costs money, they are all precious combat power of the empire.

The communicator in Catherine's hand opened a small projection screen, and she was looking at the screen with concern at the moment.

"Honton," she turned her head and asked, "is this really all right?"

Yang Ming was a little puzzled: "What's wrong?"

"I'm talking about the pest plague in the New Federation," Catherine said, "This is also human civilization."

"Well," Yang Ming coughed, "Of course, we can't deny the existence of righteousness. Human beings in the Milky Way are a community. The only difference is that everyone's political system is different. But my dear, this matter itself was created by the New Federation. .”

"Why?" Catherine was puzzled.

"It is the new federation that is trying to control the pest plague and destroy the empire, not the empire that is controlling the pest plague and destroying the new federation," Yang Ming said seriously, "the new federation is now suffering backlash because the empire has withstood the pressure from the queen, If the Great Queen broke into the Emperor Star Circle last time, it would be a disaster."

Catherine asked: "But if, I mean if, the empire and the new federation's fleet join hands, can't they defeat this queen steadily?"

Yang Ming asked back: "Can you ensure that the New Federation will not sell Minte City and bury the Empire's Armada with swarms?"

"this……"

"No matter from which point of view, it is impossible for the empire to fight this battle in the core area of ​​the new federation, unless those old minds in the imperial army are kicked by the donkey."

Catherine sighed softly and closed the communicator.

"Okay, come here."

Yang Ming stretched out his arm, and Catherine leaned over gently, lying in Yang Ming's arms.

Yang Ming gently stroked her back, and said in a gentle voice:

"It's normal for us to have different positions on this matter. There are also two different voices within the empire. In the final analysis, our degrees of idealism are different.

"However, our duty is to follow orders from above.

"Since the empire has decided to withdraw its troops quickly, we only need to follow the order."

"Well," Catherine closed her eyes, her brows and eyes gradually became soft and pleasant, and her breathing quickly became even.

Yang Ming hugged her quietly, looking at the starry sky passing quickly outside the porthole, his thoughts seemed to drift out of the current cosmic dimension, thinking about some vague, boundless but quite interesting things.

He also didn't expect that the empire's expedition to the New Federation would come to a hasty end under the disruption of the Zerg.

The empire naturally won a complete victory. Although millions of soldiers were sacrificed and nearly 2,000 warships of various types were lost, this did not hurt the vitality of the powerful empire.

The damage to combatants of the New Federation was six to seven times that of the Empire, and the major fleets suffered heavy losses. The three comprehensive firepower fortresses guarding Minte City were damaged and bombed twice.

The advanced new federal warship technology, which had been self-proclaimed before, was also torn off by this war.

More importantly, this battle directly destroyed the previous momentum of the New Federation, allowing the two or three hundred human countries in the Milky Way to intuitively feel the power of the Imperial Fleet once again.

The empire's war machine has not been fully activated, and this is also a "surprise revenge" spanning two months, rather than an ongoing war of annihilation.

In fact, Yang Ming also knew about the brash operation being carried out by the Imperial Army.

Before the imperial fleet began to retreat, Lieutenant General Thomas called to ask if Yang Ming could find some small bug swarms. The number of bug swarms doesn't need to be too many, as long as the meaning is enough.

Yang Ming is not a female worm, so of course it is impossible to temporarily create a small swarm of worms.

But he immediately understood the meaning of the empire, the empire wanted to...

Ding Ding!

A message popped up from the communicators of Yang Ming and Catherine at the same time, it was the imperial government that issued a bug infestation warning to the entire army.

The general content is:

[The empire is about to be attacked by a swarm of insects, so all the ships on the expedition to the New Federation had to withdraw to the country at high speed for defense.

The imperial army had already achieved brilliant results in the New Federation, but now, they had to give up the upcoming war compensation, return the millions of captives and large fortresses of the New Federation unconditionally to the New Federation, and wish the New Federation a successful fight against the pests .

Human civilizations in the Milky Way are closely related. For their wolfish ambitions, the extreme right-wing political parties of the New Federation let the insect disasters come in advance in violation of the laws of nature, and eventually suffered the backlash of the insect disasters.

The empire will pay close attention to the pest infestation within the new federation, and after resolving the domestic pest infestation and ensuring the complete safety of the citizens of the empire, they will carry out rescue operations to the new federation to varying degrees. 】

This announcement can be said to be very 'empire'.

Yang Ming turned off the communicator, looked down at Catherine who was already asleep, and carefully placed her on the sofa.

He went to the desk in the captain's lounge, opened the correspondence with Ritsu, and had a text chat.

The Valkyries have already withdrawn from the territory of the New Federation at this moment.

Because of the forced jump, they lost the main engine of a transport ship, but this kind of loss is hardly worth mentioning to the rich and powerful Boss Yang.

Li: ‘Boss, shall we wrap up? This time the empire is fighting the new federation, we have made a lot of money in various senses. '

Yang Ming smiled: 'I don't feel anything, just met the old emperor of the empire and got some benefits from the military department and the elders' house. '

Law: '...Boss, what do you think is a big gain? '

Yang Ming thought about it carefully: 'Give me the title of hereditary grand duke and the rank of general in the army, so it's barely enough. '

'Pooh! Wake up boss, space travel is not for dreaming. '

Law retracted a message.

'The future of the boss is extremely bright, and it is really a blessing in my life for the young one to serve the boss! '

Yang Ming sent an emoji rolling his eyes.

‘By the way, boss, is the fortress really going back? '

'Well, but the new federation will soon get good news and bad news. '

'The good news is? '

'They will find that the weapon system and defense system of this fortress are almost intact and can be used. '

'The bad news? '

"Lieutenant General Thomas and the others made some small tricks inside and sprinkled a lot of metal softener. After one or two fierce battles, this fortress will lose its combat effectiveness, and it will either be renovated with a major project, or it will be abandoned directly." '

law:'……'

'The empire is so ruthless. '

‘Otherwise it can exist for tens of thousands of years? Stop chatting, find a small country that is a little richer, and send the little mother-in-law there to settle down first, and I will go there when I am free. In addition, the Dark Star must be completely isolated physically from the external network. You should also learn more from this senior and build more supercomputing formations for yourself. '

Li sent a sighing emoji: 'Supercomputers are very expensive. '

‘No matter how expensive it is, it’s best if Dark Star can own this technology. '

'clear! '

Yang Ming clicked on the dialogue box, turned his head and glanced at Catherine, then let his body relax and leaned back on the chair, and suddenly thought of another question.

Catherine's total life expectancy is only forty years.

...

Half a month later.

Emperor Star Circle Yaha Star, near the super-reformer training base, in the living room of a villa near the lake and mountains.

Yang Ming was sitting on the sofa wearing big underpants, the robot maid at the side brought freshly squeezed juice, and the big projection screen in front of him played the big news accumulated recently.

After paying the price of losing six administrative planets and seven billion people, the Zerg group that sailed secretly in the territory of the New Federation finally left the territory of the New Federation and returned to the edge of the Milky Way.

The New Federation announced that the bug swarm had retreated, requested support from the entire galaxy, and encouraged the people to carry out post-disaster reconstruction work.

Calm has returned to the empire, but because the new federation has been fighting against the swarm, the empire has held back no grand events.

So, after reading the news that the New Federation announced the retreat of the bug swarm, Yang Ming scrolled down and found the news released by the official channel of Emperor Star.

In order to celebrate the great victory of the empire in fighting against the insect pests and countering the new federation, a week-long celebration will be held throughout the empire. Workers and students from all walks of life will usher in a week-long holiday. Local governments will receive various amounts of funding from the emperor star. etc. activity fees.

Although half a month has passed, the atmosphere of celebration cannot be left behind.

Yang Ming scrolled through a few news items, all of which were scenes of parades celebrating victory in various parts of the empire.

Of course, when the whole country is jubilant, there will be some harsh noises.

Arguments such as "The cold-blooded empire refuses to save people", "The anti-human rights nature of the empire", "There is no difference between the empire and the New Federation" appear frequently on the Internet.

According to the gossip Yang Ming got, the Military Intelligence Agency is going crazy arresting people now.

After all these twists and turns, the empire's rule seems to be more consolidated.

Ding ding!

A call invitation popped up from the communicator in the robot maid's hand.

It was Lieutenant Colonel Artero from the Military Intelligence Bureau. Since Yang Ming returned to Yaha, this lieutenant colonel had called him every now and then. While greeting Yang Ming, he would also bring some interesting news that was not open to the public.

Yang Ming signaled the maid to get through, and Atero's bust appeared in front of Yang Ming, still wearing a military uniform.

"Lieutenant Colonel Hanton! Congratulations!"

Artero said excitedly:

"I just received news that the military has signed a formal document. They withstood the pressure from the Presbytery and promoted your military rank to lieutenant colonel!

"The youngest lieutenant colonel in the empire!

"And this is the first of its kind. In the future, you only need to make contributions to the empire, fight against the Zerg, and attack the New Federation. Your military rank can continue to rise. You will hopefully become a general of the empire! Oh! This is simply the best for heroes. of commendation.”

Yang Ming nodded with a smile and almost laughed out loud.

Just an hour ago, Director Reva also sent him a call, saying similar things.

‘The Council of Elders has signed an executive order. We have withstood the pressure from the military and promoted your title to Imperial Viscount. ’

Yang Ming: 6.

"Thank you," Yang Ming said warmly, "please take good care of me in the future."

"You are making a fool of yourself when you say this," Artro said with a smile, "You are in Yaha Star, right? I am going there to perform official duties, and I just have a few invitations to banquets, if you don't mind. , you can choose a banquet from them, let’s meet, I’ve prepared some specialties from my hometown for you.”

Yang Ming cleared his throat: "There's no need for specialties. I'm very dedicated when I'm in love."

Artero smiled and asked, "Then you agreed to come?"

"I'll try my best to watch the time. If I have time, I will definitely go there," Yang Ming said with a smile, "I also want to get in touch with the aristocratic circle of the empire. If I want to gain a foothold in this circle, I have to be gregarious."

"This is great! I will send you the banquet list immediately. Today is a lucky day for the nobles and officials of Yaha Star."

Yang Ming shook his head with a smile.

At the top of the stairs, Catherine, who was wearing a silk nightgown, looked over. She had just freshened up and put on Yang Ming's favorite delicate makeup.

At this time, Yang Ming knew that he had to show off his majesty as a man.

He muttered some perfunctory words to Atero, then jumped in front of Catherine with a quick stride. At the latter's soft cry, he picked her up and went to the indoor swimming pool with a laugh.

They had purposely asked for leave to go out and enjoy the world of two people in this villa.

at the same time.

Outside Yaha, a satellite adjusted the focus of its instrument and transmitted the blurry images in the villa to the core of the empire's territory.

Deep in the Emperor Star, in the core area of ​​the empire's national defense system module, the black box has been closed again, and the girl is curled up quietly in the black box.

This body that is between virtual and real does not seem to be completely asleep, and its eyelashes are blinking slightly.

‘Human love. ’

She murmured, as if she was caught in some kind of confusion, which turned into a sigh after a long time, and the sigh disappeared into the near-infinite darkness outside the black box.

Galaxy's Edge.

The huge queen figure slowly disintegrated, and under the control of dozens of pseudo-mother bugs, the insects flew in groups to dozens of star systems in this airspace.

The Queen's true form was revealed. She turned her head and stared in the direction of the Milky Way, her eyes filled with thought.

If she were to use language that humans can understand to describe the information that her nervous system is processing at this moment, it would probably cause the most powerful computer in the world to crash.

Light gray light and shadow appeared around the queen, and her huge body gradually disappeared.

Natural enemies.

Quantity two.

The threat cannot be eliminated.