Chapter 291: Terrible Pressure from the Combined Fleet in Positional Warfare
"This..." Benny looked confused as he walked through the Torch Organization members who were shuttling around. Finally, he found Cornett standing on the deck and said, "What's going on with you guys? Why are you all packing your luggage?"
"They're leaving." Cornett said calmly.
"Leave?" Benny was stunned and asked in a low voice: "Qinglong, are you willing to let them leave?"
"I reached an agreement with Qinglong."
"Agreement?" Benny suddenly had a bad feeling. His heart skipped a beat and he asked cautiously, "What agreement?"
Cornett turned around and stared at him calmly: "I gave the coordinates to Qinglong and asked him to let the others go. All grudges are wiped out."
"What!?" Benny screamed, his face turned very strange. He pointed at Cornett tremblingly and couldn't speak, but he had to grit his teeth and lower his voice: "What should I do if you do this?"
"What do you need to do? What does it have to do with me?" Cornett shook his head. "We are no longer allies."
Benny was filled with rage and became so angry that he even wanted to tear Cornett to pieces alive.
But considering the difference in strength between the two, he had to restrain himself, trembling with anger.
By doing this, Cornett completely left him out.
Now he was the only one left to so-called "deal" with Qinglong. Just thinking about it gave him a suffocating feeling of oppression.
"You're going to let me fight the Azure Dragon alone!?"
"You can also choose to do the same as me." Cornett said calmly, "I found that Qinglong is actually very easy to talk to."
"Huh?" Benny laughed in anger. "You're speaking up for him again now? Isn't this the time for you to grit your teeth and kill him?"
"Are you worthy of Fernando? Are you worthy of Corvis?"
"There are no eternal enemies." Cornett smiled faintly. "Only if the Torch Organization continues to exist can Fernand be avenged. He would be happy to see this happen. As for Corvis, he is me and I am him."
"You...you..." Benny certainly didn't stand up for those two people, he just wanted to provoke Cornett, but he saw that the other party had completed logical consistency and self-comfort.
He was so angry that he couldn't utter a word. He could only squeeze out two words from his throat: "Coward!"
Cornett just laughed it off, having figured everything out long ago.
He can do that, but Benny can't, their goals are completely inconsistent.
Benny could only leave cursing.
Theo and the others were also a little surprised to see this scene. After finding out the details, Ulrich praised him, "Very decisive. He is worthy of being the leader of the Torch Organization."
"Qinglong actually chose not to kill him." Sandro muttered.
Ulrich shook his head: "If Qinglong had chosen to kill him, none of us would be alive today."
Sandro looked embarrassed and stopped talking.
After waiting for half a day, the non-essential personnel of the Torch Organization packed up and left on other frigates.
The Torch Organization's fleet has limited combat effectiveness, so there's no point in following them.
The Coyle was alone, moving towards the predetermined coordinates. Without a frigate, the main ship was equivalent to a large target.
But Li Ming didn't intend to rely on this main ship for combat, he just used it as a navigation tool.
They have goals, but others don't.
I don’t know how many people were secretly watching the combined fleet, and their sudden disappearance caused a great shock.
In the area of the black hole network, discussions have been in full swing for a long time. More than a dozen large armed forces are all at a loss, and all kinds of speculations are flying around.
Within two days, rumors spread that Asmara had opened the core ruins and taken away everything inside.
Especially the Judge Civilization's Arbiter Fleet, which was almost going crazy after being ready for so long.
We were left behind by the Combined Fleet from the very beginning. If we really couldn't find it, it would have become a joke.
"If one hundred million isn't enough, then five hundred million. If five hundred million isn't enough, then one billion!"
"I just don't believe she could disappear without a trace right under everyone's noses!"
In the desolate starry sky, the pale golden fleet was arranged in neat rows. In the command room of the Judge Fleet, there was a man with gray hair and a single golden vertical pupil on his face. His standard combat uniform was covered with emblems.
The roar of Admiral Antonio, the commander-in-chief of the Judges, resounded throughout the command room.
Three days later, the Coyle had officially broken through the outer periphery of the Red River Star Stream and entered the core area.
The periphery is an area similar to the Land of Stars, while the core area has always been filled with various violent void turbulences, making it impossible to jump and navigate normally.
If there is no jump navigation, it will be slower than a snail on a cosmic scale.
But during the tide period, things are much more normal and you can enter the jump mode. Just be careful of the gravitational tides and the various wreckage and ruins that appear from time to time.
"It looks no different from the outside world..." Li Ming stood on the deck, and the main ship was making temporary adjustments.
The stars are twinkling, and what is worth noting is probably the many meteor lights. Those are not actually meteors, but condensations of various debris and ruins.
From the outside, it looks like a stream of red stars, but as it approaches the core area, it turns into a thin red line.
"Has anyone come close to it?" Li Ming looked at the red mark that was almost like a crack.
It looks like a gap at this position, but may be unusually large when you get closer.
"There is no record of this. Many people have tried, but none of them came back." An Ye beside him shook his head, his eyes narrowed slightly.
Li Ming nodded suddenly, and the technical adjustment of the main ship was quickly completed. It quickly approached the target location. The deeper it went, the worse the space environment became.
The strange gravity and matter jets have caused deadly star streams and dark currents everywhere in the area. If you are not careful, the ship may be destroyed and people may die.
Five days later, the main ship suddenly withdrew from the jump channel and everyone gathered in the command room.
"We'll reach our designated coordinates in two days. Out of caution, we'd better not get too close." Ulrich acted as a think tank. "Let's send out a few reconnaissance ships and use probes to take a look."
"Okay." Li Ming nodded. Their main ship naturally could not compete with the combined fleet, so it was better to be careful.
The main ship was lurking in a "star streamer belt", which was an irregular streamer that appeared nearby due to the tide of the Red River Star Stream.
Not only is this thing unable to detect any energy reaction itself, but anything that enters it will disappear without a trace.
Several miniature reconnaissance ships flew out of the ship's hangar and quickly disappeared.
After waiting for another two days, a large-scale joint fleet appeared on the big screen in the command room, forming a square array around the strange "Circumstellar Crown Guard".
This is a fleet scene simulated intelligently using reconnaissance ships and probes using optical eyepieces and various data. Some areas are blurry, and they dare not conduct conventional detection at all.
"Combined Fleet..." Li Ming's eyes flashed. This was a huge fleet that brought together the elite fleets of most civilizations in the Silver Star Cluster.
Hundreds of battleships of various shapes have been lined up and are on standby, with large escort formations displayed all around, clearly on alert.
Even through the screen, one can feel a breathtakingly oppressive feeling.
Which is stronger, individual strength or cluster combat capability?
This has been one of the topics that the interstellar community has been discussing for countless years, but as an A-level life form, it is probably not even qualified to be included in the most core discussions.
When dealing with ordinary A-class life forms, a fully staffed fleet with main ships can basically defeat them as long as the commander is not stupid.
But what Li Ming was thinking about now were those huge main ship energy cannons, which probably added up to hundreds of them.
So big, so much, I want it so much.
"The center." Benny suddenly said, asking the staff to continue to zoom in on the central area of the joint fleet.
Since the observation is purely done using an optical eyepiece, it becomes extremely blurry when magnified to the extreme, but one can still clearly see the special scene that is constantly flashing.
It looks like a bright blue diamond.
"The core ruins utilize spatial interlayers and information-state containment technology. To enter, we must first make it appear in the main universe," Benny explained. "Judging from the situation, this may take some time."
"Is it going to turn into a positional battle?" Li Ming couldn't help but mutter.
In this way, anyone who wants to enter the core ruins must cross Asmara's defense line.
"We're not going to force our way in, are we?" Sandro asked cautiously.
Li Ming's eyes were puzzled, and he suddenly asked, "Do you know where the fleet of the Judge Civilization is?"
"The news from a day ago is that we are still searching for the combined combat fleet." Someone responded.
"I remember they offered a reward of 500 million star coins for finding the trace of the combined fleet." Li Ming pondered, "It would be a waste if I didn't take it."
"Hmm?" There was silence in the command room.
"Should I give them the coordinates?" Sandro was puzzled.
"Let's test the waters with the Judge first." Li Ming's eyes flashed.
He figured that even if he didn't give the coordinates, someone else would, so he might as well take the reward himself.
………
Four days later, Li Ming, who was developing gene seeds, came out of the room. Ulrich was already waiting at the door and said quickly:
"Half a day ago, the first batch of the Judgement Fleet leapt to the vicinity of the coordinate point and seemed to have negotiated with the Combined Fleet."
"We don't know the specific details of the conversation, but the Combined Fleet has entered combat mode, and the Arbiter Fleet is arriving one after another. It seems like a war is imminent."
Ulrich explained the current situation to him and they reached the command room.
Everyone stood up and Li Ming walked straight to the big screen.
Against the backdrop of the crimson starry sky, there were nearly a hundred massive Judge warships, along with the massive escort fleets brought by these warships.
According to the intelligence held by the Torch Organization, those pale golden warships that are almost as huge as the Conir are the "Judge Main Ship" of the Judge Civilization, and their appearance resembles a trident blade.
The fleet consisting of hundreds of flagships is the famous "Judge Fleet" of the Judge civilization.
But when the last batch of Judge fleets slowly emerged.
In an instant, a dazzling torrent of energy suddenly shot out from the nearby star stream.
It seemed to be several times brighter than the bright clouds nearby, as if it was dimming the Red River Star Stream.
"Ambush!" Everyone's breathing paused as they looked at the star stream ribbons that were torn apart by the energy torrent, hiding a large number of fleets in array.
The energy torrent was fired from the bomber's main gun, a warship specially used for firepower strikes. The level of its main gun was not even inferior to that of a conventional main ship.
In other words, if any one of them were thrown into this energy torrent, the only fate would be to turn into ashes.
Then, the catapult bays of these heavy bombers opened, and missiles surrounded by purple light were slowly ejected, with blazing fireworks spraying out of the tails, and their speed began to increase exponentially.
"Physical missiles." Li Ming was quite surprised. He had never really experienced an interstellar war. In the past, the sporadic battles between a few or even hundreds of warships were not considered major wars at all.
Energy weapons have been highly developed and possess various superior characteristics.
Most physical missiles have been abandoned because their cost is terrifying. Unlike energy weapons, once they are well made, they can be in service for decades.
But physical missiles that can still appear in interstellar wars must have extremely terrifying destructive power.
The giant missiles launched by the heavy bomber were locked onto, and streaks of light arrived first.
If it fails to hit the target, it may be detonated prematurely, which is a disadvantage of physical missiles.
The Inquisitor's regular army was not bragging after all, and they quickly counterattacked.
But when the energy attack came, a purple shield rose from the surface of the physical missile and blocked it.
The first wave of energy bombarded this joint shield, and a considerable portion of it was blocked.
But a round of main gun salvos has caused this seemingly thick shield to flicker violently.
At almost the same time, the physical missiles that hit exploded, and the dazzling explosion light continued to emerge, and the violent energy reaction was terrifying.
The regional strength dropped sharply and was even torn apart, resulting in a defensive vacuum zone.
When the vacuum zone appeared, the warships that were originally protected by the joint shield had to be exposed to the subsequent energy torrent.
The other half of the heavy bombers followed closely behind and released a second batch of ammunition.
This time it didn't seem to be an ordinary missile. It didn't explode, but instead released a violent shock wave.
The last batch of judges that were about to complete their materialization began to twist and deform, and were torn and shattered under the chaotic gravitational waves.
The last fragments of these warships were thrown into the center of the Judge's fleet, followed by a series of huge explosions.
"The gravitational wave jammer will inflict a devastating blow on the target in transition." Ulrich whispered with a look of fear in his eyes.
At the top of the Star Ring Guard, Asmara, dressed in combat uniform, looked down at the brilliant starry sky with a cold expression and murderous eyes. "The third round of attack begins!"
More artillery fire and more physical warheads began to pour out, bombarding the Inquisitor who had just reacted.
Being ambushed, the Judge Fleet lost the initiative and could only fight and retreat, leaving behind a pile of wreckage and broken limbs.
In the command room of the Coyle, everyone who witnessed the ambush was silent.
(End of this chapter)
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