Chapter 274: Making a Big Profit - Greed for Heaven's Merit
Boom!
Both feet successfully touched bottom.
Yang Ming let go of Bligh's arm, and the two looked at each other. Bligh closed his eyes and carefully sensed the surrounding environment.
“It was chaotic outside and there were riots, but the panic wasn’t too high.
"In the 100 square meters closest to us, there is a formation of about 200 people. They should want to gather troops in the middle level and then go to the upper level for support."
"This elevator can only accommodate about 20 people at a time, right? So many people gathered here..."
Yang Ming raised his head and glanced at the elevator shaft which was so deep that the end could not be seen.
It seems like they missed a utility.
But it doesn’t matter, falling doesn’t consume much mental energy.
Yang Ming made a gesture of wiping his neck to Bligh.
Bligh nodded with a smile, closed his eyelids, opened his hands, and released his mental power without restriction.
Yang Ming strode forward and kicked the elevator door open. More than a dozen soldiers standing in line outside were knocked away by the metal door!
A lightsaber, a layer of coating, and an acceleration distance of only two meters allowed Yang Ming to rush out of the elevator door frame like a cannonball, throwing out a thick stack of shockwave lightning sheets in his hand!
The soldiers reacted quickly and faced the high-speed moving enemy, they quickly raised their guns and opened fire.
At this moment, the soldiers in the first two rows suddenly turned around and shot laser beams at their teammates.
Bligh's face was filled with sinisterness, and his hands raised forward were trembling slightly.
His mental power was like tentacles, entwining and wrapping around the brains of the dozen or so soldiers in front of him, synchronizing their thinking!
Bly wanted to keep up with Yang Ming's fighting pace. He really wanted to prove that he could be a fighting partner that his master could trust.
But when the soldier controlled by Bligh finished two shots and fell to the ground and fell asleep, Bligh looked up again and saw corpses all over the ground.
Yang Ming held an ordinary lightsaber in his right hand and a laser rifle with an empty energy magazine in his left hand.
The two new lightsabers on his back were not activated.
Yang Ming put away his lightsaber and turned to say, "Let's go. They should have discovered the abnormality here. We need to find the elevator shaft going down."
With a wry smile, Bligh turned off his shield generator and followed Yang Ming, running forward along the circular corridor.
Bly has always said that his physical fitness is not good, compared with super-cyborgs like Catherine; his fighting level is equivalent to Captain Gris at 0.8.
Mechanical riots also occurred on the middle twelve floors of the fortress, and almost everywhere was in chaos .
However, in the middle twelve floors of the fortress, there are insufficient robots and mechanical guards, and there are not many automatic weapons storage warehouses. The overall situation here is that human soldiers are dominant. Not only do they suppress the rebellious machines, but they also have enough strength to provide reinforcements from above.
There are more than 300 elevators between the outer and middle levels, and Yang Ming and his team only dealt with a very small number of the reinforcements.
Yang Ming hid the lightsaber in his shirt while running and walked forward with the laser rifle in hand.
A large number of soldiers emerged from the corner ahead .
Bly was about to release a mental shock, but Yang Ming suddenly stumbled two steps and screamed in the strange new federal language:
"Help! Robots! Lots of robots!"
Yang Ming did not receive any instructions from the Imperial Guard System.
He just concluded that the surveillance system in this huge fortress was no longer operational, and the empire's defense system had already taken care of the mid-level surveillance.
really.
The leading officer immediately stepped forward to support Yang Ming:
"How many robots are there? How is your squadron? What's the explosion over here?"
Yang Ming: …
The foreign language knowledge that Hanton has in his memory is really limited.
“There are a lot!”
Bly spoke anxiously, speaking in the New Federation language with a pure Minter accent:
"They rushed out of the elevator and are now heading in the other direction! We are all hurt!"
"Oh! Damn it!"
The new federal officer growled:
"Now all communications are fucking cut off!"
"The Empire is carrying out an omnic attack on us! They might launch a general attack. We need to find a way to let the fleet know what's happening here!"
"Everyone, move forward to support! You two!"
The New Federation officer glared at Yang Ming.
Blood was still dripping from Yang Ming's body, but it was impossible to tell where the wound was.
At this moment, the officer did not know that whether he and the soldiers around him could live for another half an hour depended on his next words.
"Go to the infirmary for treatment," the officer warned, "Don't go to the automated infirmary! The medical robots have gone crazy!"
Bligh and Yang Ming nodded gratefully, took the initiative to make way and stood in the corner, watching the group of soldiers rush towards the area where the explosion had just been heard.
The two looked at each other, Yang Ming raised his chin, and Bly understood and took the initiative to run ahead.
Their information had been overwritten in the fortress database, and the acting skills of both of them were acceptable. There were soldiers running hurriedly everywhere. After Yang Ming found an opportunity to change into a cleaner military uniform, their movements became smoother.
Just as Yang Ming predicted before the war, with the secret help of the great mechanical thinking body, invading the fortress was not difficult.
This is the absolute gap in technology.
Unexpectedly, the New Federation, which has always boasted of its advanced technology, would suffer such a huge loss due to intelligent machines.
Without any effort, Yang Ming and his companions found the downward stairs set in the middle-level 'inner ring'.
The access control system, which had long been controlled by the 'Emperor Guard', let the two of them through easily.
This spacious elevator demonstrated its excellent craftsmanship, with constant pressure, constant temperature, and simulated gravity. The loads generated by acceleration and deceleration were all offset by the simulated gravity field. It took only ten minutes to reach the core central layer of the fortress.
Yang Ming said in a deep voice: "Try to get through as long as you can. Our mission is to find the fortress's weapon control system and access the port, not to eliminate the soldiers here."
"As you command, my Lord...I want an idol."
Bligh leaned forward slightly, a slightly sick smile on his face.
Just as Yang Ming and his companion were about to enter the central level of the fortress, in an elevator from the surface to the middle level, Gris and the other two looked at the dozen or so mechanical guards in front of them, quietly waiting for the upcoming battle.
Catherine was holding a lightsaber and a protective shield. Her military uniform was stained with blood, and her snow-white skin looked even more beautiful against the backdrop of the blood.
Their original plan was to find various types of research institutes at the middle level, plug the Internet interfaces into confidential terminals that were not connected to the Internet, and steal the research results of these institutes.
But now, they no longer have to be sneaky.
——You can just rob it openly.
The elevators speeding downward were filled with combat robots developed by the New Federation. Their silver-white bodies were stained with bright red blood, and their electronic eyes flashed with "wisdom" and "self".
Above these rapidly descending elevators, drones dive downward in sync.
Omnics, attack.
…
When the generals of the New Federation heard the news that an intelligent machine crisis had broken out in the New Federation's most powerful mobile firepower fortress, they immediately thought that this might be an attack method used by the Empire.
What happens next?
Almost all the senior military officials of the New Federation made a consistent prediction:
The Empire is about to launch a full-scale offensive.
As expected, the Imperial Expeditionary Force, which had been sitting still and gathering troops, has begun to sail forward and completed a collective jump within half a galactic hour!
The Imperial Expeditionary Fleet has fully invaded the star system where the city of Mint is located!
New Federation probes throughout the system began sending back images of all kinds.
According to a quick count, approximately 9,400 medium and large warships of various models, in the form of seven battle groups, escorted seven Imperial dreadnoughts and arrived in the airspace near the 'Mint City' star, with more scattered fleets moving forward later.
——The scattered fleets of the Sherman Empire’s vassal states were not directly incorporated into the Empire’s command system.
The war is about to break out.
At this moment, the largest of the three firepower fortresses has completely lost contact!
All communication channels of this fortress have been completely blocked!
As the war was about to begin, a sharp sword was broken, and the top military officials of the New Federation became extremely anxious.
They sent a fleet, landing craft, and the most elite cyborg troops to the fortress, but the entrances and exits of the fortress had been completely locked.
Once the high-level generals of the New Federation decided to blast open the fortress's portal... the fortress's outer protective energy shield slowly opened.
The solid fortress they had built with their own hands now left them helpless.
Only a dreadnought can destroy the fortress's conventional energy defense layer.
In that case, they would lose the energy storage of a dreadnought and the strategic fortress with the most powerful firepower.
The Imperial fleet is approaching rapidly.
This temporary and irreparable loss was unacceptable to the senior generals of the New Federation.
But fortunately, according to their analysis, the current intelligent machine riot inside the fortress should be a powerful replication virus that has invaded the fortress's internal network.
It shouldn't be a big problem.
The generals can only hope that there are still millions of Federation soldiers and countless weapons reserves in the fortress, and they will definitely be able to resolve the internal intelligent machine unrest before the Imperial fleet arrives!
The seven major combat groups of the Empire are advancing at full speed, and the New Federation has deployed a battle formation that has been rehearsed several times.
This giant fortress, which could not be moved due to temporary loss of connection, has now become a troublesome and unsightly block of metal.
In addition, the New Federation has made adequate preparations for this battle.
On the surface of the 'Mingte City' planet, hundreds of large-scale defense arrays were activated one after another.
Outside the planet's atmosphere, there are densely packed planetary synchronous orbital defense cannons, numbering in the millions.
Independent protective shields have been activated for important cities on the planet's surface.
This is the defensive force of Mint City, whose firepower can offset the three battle groups of the Empire.
It is also the last hope that the New Federation relies on!
The biggest drawback of the planetary defense system is that its mobility in outer space is limited. If the Empire adopts the tactic of encircling the New Federation fleet from the edge, the New Federation's fleet will eventually have to deploy to the edge of the atmosphere.
In this way, the fierce air battle is bound to cause huge damage to the 'Galactic Pearl·Mingte City'.
Eighty percent of the planet's surface is covered by ocean, and the land has basically been developed into residential areas. Under the ocean is the high-tech industrial park that the New Federation is proud of, with countless automated factories. The mountainous areas are dotted with luxury houses and are even known as the wealthy areas of the Milky Way.
There is wealth everywhere here, but now, this wealth is depreciating rapidly.
During the period before the close combat, the soldiers on both sides felt tremendous pressure.
The coordination displayed by the Empire's major battle groups stunned the New Federation's military brass.
There are more than 10,000 warships of various types and seven battle groups, and at this moment they are acting as a whole!
Each main battleship can find a suitable position to launch its firepower. The arrangement of shield ships constantly undergoes slight changes, and each change forces the New Federation to adjust the distribution of its warships.
The most outrageous thing is that the Empire can actually keep all ships synchronized to advance effectively and make effective tactical changes.
This means that seven battle groups, more than 10,000 warships, and more than 20 million soldiers are now integrated into one command system!
Unbelievable.
incredible.
Theoretically, due to many factors such as the quality of the troops, the differences in the ships themselves, and the reaction speed of the commander, a command system with a supercomputer-level mainframe providing delay-free computing power can only accommodate three to six hundred warships of various types in order to fully exert the combat effectiveness of these warships.
Being able to directly command thousands of warships in large-scale battles makes him an extremely outstanding commander.
Now, the Empire's more than 10,000 medium and large warships are preparing for battle and advancing simultaneously, and the New Federation's calculations show that these Empire warships are all at effective firepower points...
"Mad Empire!"
The New Federation Fleet's top commander let out a low roar tinged with despair.
The generals of the New Federation knew that now, even if the New Federation had the same number of main battleships with the same firepower, it would not be able to confront the Empire's invincible fleet head-on.
They acted decisively and ordered all the fleets to retreat and enter orbits to the left and right of the star Mingte.
Nearly 20,000 small warships retreated under the planetary defense system to provide firepower replenishment for the planetary defense system.
The generals of the New Federation can now only ignore the prosperous civilization on the surface of Minter City. They must defend their own political system!
It was at this time that the fortress that had "caught fire internally" resumed external communications.
The top military brass of the New Federation were shocked, but then they realized something was wrong.
The other party called in the Imperial language...
"Imperial Fleet, Imperial Fleet!"
"This is the White Ghost Assault Team. The target fortress is already under our control. Please come and take it over as soon as possible!"
White ghost?!
When the senior officers of the New Federation heard this name, many of them turned pale as if they had lost blood.
Next up…
The fortress's weapon system was activated directly.
Hundreds of giant ion cannons are charging at full speed, targeting the nearby New Federation battleships!
This fortress... was captured by the enemy for no apparent reason!
This was beyond the New Federation officers' understanding of the fortress defense system!
They were originally extremely confident in their own security technology, but now they could only watch this giant fortress charging and firing, and they could only order the nearby warships to evacuate urgently.
The fortress's attack was clearly inaccurate, with only thirty or so New Federation warships being blown into fireballs, half of which were small and medium-sized ships.
Then, the new federation hollowed out six resource stars to build a giant fortress, a national weapon used to protect the city of Minter, and supplied all its energy to the outer protective shield, temporarily possessing an "overflow" defense that could withstand two attacks from the dreadnought.
The New Federation has lost the opportunity to destroy the fortress with the 'Eye of the Sky' dreadnought.
The fortress's propulsion system was fully activated, and it launched a fearless charge towards the location of the Imperial fleet...
In front of more than 100 million soldiers of the New Federation, the giant fortress began its defection journey in a swaggering manner.
The New Federation military immediately organized an elite fleet to give chase.
Unfortunately, due to the Imperial battle group in the airspace ahead, and the fact that the giant fortress had not participated in the fleet mobilization before, it was also the farthest away from the Minter City Star...
The New Federation was no longer able to stop the fortress.
The generals of the New Federation were stunned, and the fleet commanders were furious, but no one dared to give the order for the dreadnoughts to open fire.
——Normally speaking, this fortress cannot become a combat force for the Empire in a short period of time, and the dreadnought can only fire a limited number of times in a battle. A high-intensity war is about to break out, and all the firepower of the dreadnought must be used to the best effect.
That day, White Ghost broke his own record.
The five-man team captured a comprehensive firepower fortress with a diameter of 2,600 kilometers in the New Federation and captured millions of prisoners, becoming a significant chapter in the history of imperial wars.
However, just as the two fleets were about to fight, they defected to the weapons control center in the deepest part of the fortress.
Yang Ming folded his arms and Bly stood calmly in the corner of the control center with his hands behind his back.
Human corpses were scattered throughout the hall. Some service robots were cleaning up the scene, and hundreds of mechanical guards were skillfully operating various instruments.
Behind the intelligent machine army is naturally the "Empire's National Defense System".
Bligh whispered:
"Isn't this a bad thing for us? We just did a little work to install the port, but now we have the merit of capturing a fortress."
"Didn't you hear what the great god said?"
Yang Ming smiled and said:
“Everything she does is in service to the human subject, and she doesn’t need to take any credit.
“Before we successfully invaded, she didn’t know that there were so many automated devices stored in this fortress.
"We are the human subjects of this plan... But we did get a big bargain."
Bly raised his hand and rubbed his brow, and whispered:
"The New Federation would probably never have thought that the automation industry, which they are so proud of, would become the easiest breakthrough point for the Empire."
"So, it is an extremely correct decision for the various political systems in the galaxy to use the treaty to restrict the development of intelligent machines."
Yang Ming bumped Bray with his shoulder and said with a smile:
"Let's go. There's nothing for us to do here. Let's go meet up with them and see what good stuff they have found."
