Chapter 398 War
"Citizens of Xiyichi, citizens of Sedi, and all our alien friends, I just learned that a heartbreaking tragedy occurred at Xiyichi's diplomatic venue and orbital port. I must declare that the Xiyichi people have always treated other races with a peaceful and friendly attitude, and the Sedi people have always been our closest strategic allies. We respect and understand each other. Neither the citizens of Xiyichi nor the Sedi citizens are the main instigators of this series of tragedies. If the Xiyichi and Sedi people use violence as the first means to solve problems, it will only bring more innocent deaths and drag the people of the two races into the abyss of a wrong war. I, the 23rd Holy Queen of Xiyichi, order all Xiyichi units to lay down their weapons and stop fighting, and I also implore all Sedi citizens to remain calm and stop firing. Bloodshed will only bring more meaningless hatred. The information I have gives me enough reason to believe that there is another mastermind behind this series of tragedies. I swear on the honor of the queen that after the two sides stop the conflict, we will solve all problems openly. For peace, for all living people."
The Queen's speech was accompanied by a buzzing electric noise on the radio, and her tone was sonorous, powerful, resolute and firm. If the communication could be restored, her speech would be transmitted to every corner of the Xiyiqi orbit and the ground with electromagnetic waves. The premise is that as long as the communication can be restored.
The screen hissed, and even if Felice hadn't reported it, everyone on the ship could see from the screen filled with confusing information that the Queen's speech was lost in the foggy vortex of noise after it was broadcast, like a stone sinking into the sea, a waste of effort.
She did not waver, but calmly ordered: "Play it in a loop, play it over and over again, no matter what the communication is like, even if I arrive in Xiyiqi, you have to keep playing it."
"As you command, Your Majesty!"
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The Queen's broadcast was repeated in the cabin. Liu Bei didn't know how many listeners could hear the speech of this respectable leader. Judging from the current situation, the situation was still very bad. He could see the fleets of shining ships in the distant orbit. They were the military units of the Xiyiqi people and the armed forces of the Saidi people. They were starships of different models, mobile fortresses and artillery units. Each layer of the orbit was crowded with dense warships, overflowing with magnificent colors. Torpedo mobile shafts, dark minefields and gravity weapons were lined up in the defense zone of the orbit.
These magnificent man-made creations were supposed to be a barrier to protect the lives of the Xiyiqi people, but now he could see sporadic flashes of fire, and the rage of hatred was about to explode. Once the conflict expanded, the flashes of violent energy would wipe out countless lives, and the mournful song of death would spread across the entire planet.
Then, several dots of light jumped on the screen, and then turned into rune codes. The moment they saw the information, everyone in the cabin exclaimed in unison.
It said on it that the Queen had been attacked and killed.
"That's a lie!!" Felice yelled.
The queen turned to look at her, her face shrouded in dark shadows, and her tone was stiff and flat, "Has the communication been repaired?"
"No," Felice replied, "Your Majesty, our signal cannot be sent out at all."
"But we can receive this false news." Liu Bei said.
Rites picked up the communicator and said stiffly and seriously, "It was the Black Box Society. They blocked the communication and then used a special channel to release this fake news."
"So, all the Siqi and Sadhi have received the news that I have been killed," said the queen, her voice like a whine of sorrow.
Silent fear spread in the cabin. They looked outside the cabin and saw a faint light flickering on the track.
Blue flames ignited on a starship, the spire was broken in half, the hull was shattered in an instant, the deck was separated from the hull, and the collapsed turret was spinning in the air. The explosion came quickly, fragments flew everywhere, and the wreckage of the hull spewed out dazzling white light. This scene was like the flash of light before the stars went out, slow and elegant.
"That's the Saddi warship," Rites whispered, "The Infinite Shooter."
No one responded to his words. All the crew members saw that the Saidi warship was sunk by the Xiyiqifang warship. The light of destruction was like a sign, it was blood and fire, it was an unclean light that was destined to take countless lives.
The war has begun.
"I don't understand what's going on," Algie said.
"Everyone is asking this question, my princess." Her teacher Kana answered her. The eldest princess, Alji, was supposed to start her post-graduation study tour today, but a sudden accident caused her to stop her trip. Under the strong electromagnetic pulse, all network communications were suddenly interrupted in an instant, and everyone fell into a state of confusion. Confusing information came one after another, and even government departments temporarily lost their due functions.
Alji said, "Some people say that the Sadie ambassador was killed." She looked at the teacher. "That can't be true."
"Of course it's a rumor," Kana said. "It must be the Sadis who are creating panic."
Algie didn't say anything. The teacher's words represented the more experienced and convincing judgment of an elder, but she could feel something unusual, a strange feeling she had never felt since she was born.
There was an uneasy sour smell in the air. She could feel the doubts and panic of the people, like surging waves. What happened? What happened? Are the Sadis attacking us? Tell me the answer! ! The wind was filled with questions from the Xiyiqi people. Company employees, ordinary workers, drivers, students, police, soldiers, and people from all walks of life were asking questions. The layers of smells carried all kinds of information and penetrated her sensory system, as if a claw was repeatedly scratching her brain.
As a candidate for the successor of the Zerg, she has always known that she is different from the rest of her kind. She is not a batch of eggs like her teachers, classmates and attendants, but a princess conceived by Her Majesty the Queen herself. She is special, and the only one who is as special as her is her infant sister Carrie. The princess is a natural leader of the Zerg, the crystallization of genetic evolution, and a demigod in the eyes of the Xiyiqi Zerg. The consciousness of the Zerg is closely connected to her in a sense. She has been able to keenly sense the emotions of her kind since she was a child. Whether it is fear, confusion or anger, she has never felt so uneasy as she does now.
She looked outside the car. Passers-by on the street were running in panic. Thousands of rapid heartbeats were beating along with her heart. Because of riots in many places, the city riot guards had been dispatched to maintain order. Several policemen were shouting on the road. Several thick gray smoke columns were rising from the distance of the city.
Her father will host a meeting with the Sadie ambassador today, she thought. She had been secretly following her father's movements. She had imagined that she was not a princess, but an ordinary Siyiqi person, becoming the prince's secretary, advisory scholar, or even a servant, so that she would not have to leave her father and would always be by his side. Such an idea was very dangerous, and Ajil knew it very well. She could only quietly put away her little thoughts and continue to study hard, just to become a Siyiqi princess that her father and mother could be proud of.
My father should be in the banquet hall now , with the Saddi diplomatic corps. But all kinds of rumors have been circulating since a while ago. Some say that the Saddi ambassador was assassinated, and some say that the Saddi extremist organization attacked this diplomatic event. The chaos in network communications has made the rumors even more rampant.
What were those Sadis doing? Or was it an internal incident of the Siyiqi? Was it an unexpected attack? Or was it a political conspiracy? Even though Alji was just a larva, she could fully understand the intricacies of political struggle. Her mother had taught her that she must collect the necessary information before making a suitable decision.
But now she couldn't get any information, couldn't confirm any intelligence, it was like she was suddenly caught in a vortex of chaos, and like her people, she was at a loss in fear.
If it was her mother, her queen, she would surely be able to calmly make the most rational judgment.
Would the mother be so anxious and worried about the father that she couldn't think at all?
All she wanted now was to rush to her father's side and make sure he was safe.
"It's the Saidi people!!" someone shouted on the street. Not far away, several Saidi people were preparing to get on a hovercraft and leave. The Xiyi people stared at them with suspicion and hostility. The Saidi people avoided the crowd's gaze. Obviously, they did not want to have any direct conflict with the Xiyi people who were outnumbered.
The tense atmosphere spread in the air, and suddenly a stone flew from nowhere and hit the huge black and white fish head of a Sadie. The Sadie chirped a few times in protest.
"You are the ones who caused all this!" passers-by shouted, and then more stones rained down on the Sadis.
The Sadis, whose bodies were bruised and swollen by the stones, shouted: "You killed our ambassadors, you ungrateful bugs!!"
His words were like tearing directly into people's already anxious hearts. Emotions of anger and malice exploded in the crowd. People gathered together and rushed towards the Saidi hovercraft. A bloody conflict was about to take place.
"Stop it!" Alji pushed open the car door and shouted. Her teacher Kana and the attendants jumped out of the car. After seeing the badges and weapons of the royal attendants, the people stopped cursing. The crowd was reluctantly pushed aside by the guards. The few Sadis did not show them gratitude, they just stared at Alji and his group with more doubt and vigilance.
"Everyone should remain calm until the situation becomes clear," Alji said. "Please follow the instructions of the guards and disperse to seek shelter."
Kana exuded a scent of approval. Yes, I must be like my mother and always stay rational and calm.
"Please rest assured, order will be restored soon..." But before she could finish, screams suddenly broke out in the crowd.
Algie felt something.
This powerful mental shock almost made her brain explode. Everyone was looking at their communicators. Something had happened, something very terrible had happened.
Algie picked up her communicator, and then she saw it.
This can't be true, she thought.
This can't be true.
Kana's eyes met hers, and she saw the despair that tore everything apart in her eyes. Her world had collapsed at this moment.
The Queen has been attacked and killed.
No, it was impossible. How could a mother abandon her child? The Queen was the god of the swarm, and how could a god fall?
Then, the bells of mourning echoed in the city, and the alarm bells roared along with the explosive flashes in the sky, resounding throughout Xiyiqi.
She raised her head, and there was a violent flash of light in the sky, dazzling balls of light and lightning dancing. Everyone raised their heads together, looking at the flowing dots of light. Under this hazy and unclean light, Xiyiqi's era of peace came to an end.
After a flash of light, the warships in orbit began to vent their hatred and murderous intent on each other, and the flames of war were blocking out the stars and the sun. Silver lines like meteors streaked across the sky.
The war has begun, father.
