Chapter 399 The Highlight
Captain Melno was standing on the deck talking to his adjutant. As a Sedi, he had a streamlined, smooth body and distinct black and white skin. There was a gray-white scar on his forehead, revealing a fierceness that came from being battle-tested.
He was the supreme commander of the First Cape Corps of the Saidi Army. At this moment, outside the transparent cabin, a transport ship was slowly landing, and a group of small logistics robots had already gathered at the berth.
"I really don't know what these bugs have to complain about." Melno said, "Aren't we, the Sadis, sincere enough? How long will this negotiation drag on?"
"Your Excellency, I suspect that the Xiyiqi people will definitely ask some inexplicable questions to delay time." The adjutant said,
"Haha, I think our trade minister also has an excessive desire for showmanship. They will definitely delay this meeting for a few more short periods of time. I think it may even be delayed until the election."
"Sir, I'm afraid that what you said is a little inappropriate."
"It's just a show for votes . A tough attitude towards the Xiyiqi will please our voters." Melno said, "This time we are talking about expanding the export of rejuvenation drugs. We, the Saidi, can prolong the lives of those poor mutant insects and make money at the same time. This kind of win-win situation must not be wasted on endless political negotiations. We have the ability to save those insects, although they are indeed annoying, but the Saidi are a civilized race and cannot sit idly by and watch those patients die."
"Commander, to be honest, I sometimes feel that the Xiyiqi people are a little ungrateful," said the adjutant.
"Their entire race is suffering from an almost untreatable disease disaster, and we just happened to have developed a life-saving medicine. The problem is that these insects have excessive self-esteem. They want to cooperate with us, but they always suspect that we are humiliating them with a condescending attitude. This is the trouble." Melno said, "Fortunately, not all Xiyi people are like this. The prince is quite worthy of respect..."
The adjutant suddenly said, "Sir, some strange news just came in."
His voice paused.
"What?"
"Our trade minister was assassinated in a diplomatic meeting."
"What the hell are you talking about?"
"I don't know, but that's what the news says." The adjutant's voice was then drowned out by the alarms around him, one after another. The communicator was suddenly filled with all kinds of disordered noise information, and the bridge was filled with panicked conversations.
Melno looked at the screens around him, "What's going on!!" All the monitors were rolling with disordered rune signals. All the technical staff were at a loss, asking each other in high-frequency chirping sounds, "What's going on?" "All communications are cut off!!"
"What's going on?"
The technical officer stood up and said, "All communications have suddenly been cut off. The network has also been blocked."
"What about the backup line?"
"Sir, the backup line has also been blocked for unknown reasons." The technical officer stared at the data board and said, "Except for our flagship, other ships should be unable to contact each other. It looks like some kind of electromagnetic shock."
Melno stood up and said, "Now find a way to repair the communication and re-establish the link! Estimate how long it will take and inform me immediately."
"As you command, sir!"
Melno sat back in his seat, his fins brushing against the seat handles anxiously. The sound of dripping electricity echoed in the bridge, and the light on the screen kept flashing. This seemed like an accident, but it suddenly made him upset.
"Sir," the adjutant said, "before the signal was interrupted, we received news that the Minister of Trade was assassinated by the Xiyiqi. Do you think this is related to the current communication interruption?"
Melno did not speak, he just stared at the transparent side of the ship quietly, where there were warships of the Saidi people, and on the other side farther away were warships of the Siyiqi people. At this moment, their ships, like the flagship, were in a state of communication chaos.
"Your Excellency, this may be a malicious attack."
Melno still didn't speak, his brain was rapidly analyzing the situation in front of him. The sudden message and the blocked network communication were all pushing the Saidi people into the fog of doubt. As an experienced commander, Melno immediately felt that something was wrong.
There's something wrong, he thought, this is really a bit too deliberate.
"Is the communication still not working?"
"Not yet. They are all useless now..."
"Send a small communication airship to deliver a message and order all ships to activate their defense shields." Melno straightened up. "We may have fallen into a carefully planned conspiracy."
"As you command, Your Excellency, Captain."
Then he watched his subordinates busying themselves in front of the screens and consoles, the hissing noise of electricity, the high-frequency chirping sounds unique to the Sadis, and various signal sounds intertwined. He could see the doubts on their faces, and the news that the Minister of Trade had been attacked and killed had probably spread on the ship a long time ago.
No, we can't act rashly now. Melno looked at the other side of the track, where the warships of the Xiyiqi were. Although there have always been frictions, they have signed an alliance and are strategic partners recognized by the Interstellar Federation and close and friendly allies. At the suggestion of the Galactic Federation, in order to deal with the threat of the eclipse swarm in recent years, the Saidi army and the Xiyiqi military are now gathering and cooperating in an unprecedented lineup.
The cooperation between the two races cannot be destroyed because of such deliberate suspicion. He tried his best to suppress all the doubts in his heart. Before the news was confirmed, he could not act rashly because of such information whose authenticity he did not know.
Then, he saw the flashing airport under the track, where several ships were already engulfed in flames. The darkness of deep space was being illuminated by the flashes of light. He could see that the airport structure, like a steel vine, was collapsing, and scorching flames were burning.
"It seems that a malfunction in the network system caused the collision of ships at the airport." The adjutant muttered, "Is this an accident?"
"..." Melno said, "Send out the communication airship and order all ships to immediately withdraw from the Xiyiqi orbit with the flagship."
"Your Mightiness?"
"Now, immediately!"
"Yes, sir!"
As soon as Melno finished speaking, a flash of light appeared before his eyes.
This was the most unimaginable and terrible situation he had ever encountered in his life.
The adjutant's voice trembled a little: "The Xiyiqi are firing on us."
The ship was being torn apart before their eyes, the explosion growing in the dark space and then gradually fading. Dazzling energy was gushing out of the barrels of the Siyichi warship. The darkness after the flash was like the entrance to hell.
The Saddi warships are falling.
"It's our Infinite Shooter." An engineer whispered.
A burst of noise suddenly sounded in the bridge, and the adjutant picked up the communicator, "Sir! New news!! Queen Xiyiqi is dead!" The bridge suddenly fell into deathly silence.
"What the hell are you talking about?"
"The Queen of Insects died inexplicably!!"
Melno tensed up, thinking that this was a well-planned conspiracy. But right now, his compatriots were being killed by the roaring energy cannon. He turned around and gave the order:
"From now on, I order the First Cape Regiment and all subordinate units to open fire and return fire."
"Sir, are you sure you want to open fire?" the captain asked.
"Fire," Melno said grimly.
This is the only choice for our Saddi military. The Siyiqi are no longer our allies, but our enemies.
"Her Majesty the Queen has been attacked and killed—"
The hall fell into noisy chaos.
The highest officials of Xiyiqi almost burst into wailing at the same time. "Your Majesty! Our Majesty——"
Xiao Zhen, the first prince of Xiyiqi stood up and said, "Where is the source of the news?"
Director Da Xi's voice was filled with tears: "It's a message from Captain Felice of the Royal Guard."
"This information cannot be confirmed at all..."
"Your Highness!" The Admiral stood up and shouted, "Didn't you feel that the Queen's connection with us has been cut off from a while ago? Every one of us feels the departure of Her Majesty the Queen!!"
There seemed to be a special bond between the Queen of the Swarm and the Xiyiqi people. Xiao Zhen recalled the strange feeling he had when he first met the Queen, as if he and she were entangled by some invisible thread. Because Prince Alsiel's physiological functions had stopped functioning, he did not have too strong feelings. With the reminder of the Navy Commander, Xiao Zhen realized that these Xiyiqi people could most intuitively feel whether the Queen was alive.
There are two possibilities. One is that the queen has been killed. The other is that the black box has done something to temporarily block the connection between the Xiyiqi people and the queen, just like destroying the network. Coupled with the rumors, even if the queen is still alive, the Xiyiqi people will firmly believe that the queen is dead.
What will happen if the queen of the swarm is deemed dead by her people? Xiao Zhen's heart suddenly started to ring with alarm bells. He said, "Don't you think this is all too coincidental?"
"Our Majesty is gone! She was killed by those damned Sadis! These fathead fish are firing at us!" the Navy Commander shouted, "The current situation has reached the most critical moment for Xiyiqi, but Your Highness is still talking about the Black Box Meeting!"
"Watch your words," said the Prime Minister.
"I've had enough. The situation is a mess. Our soldiers are being slaughtered by the Sadis on the track. Our prince is not thinking about fighting back but focusing on other things."
"You are so rude!" Director Da Xi scolded.
"Fuck it. We should organize all armed forces to fight back now! To seek revenge!! Revenge for our queen!!" The Admiral raised his limbs and shouted, "Revenge!!"
Her sharp scent echoed in the room, piercing the hearts of all senior bureaucrats like a burning solution.
"Revenge!! For our Queen!!"
"Kill all the Sadis!!"
"revenge!!!"
“Revenge!! Revenge!!”
The surging shallow consciousness in the room was like fragments of a cannonball, filled with the smell of excitement, murderous intent, and rage, making the air smell like ashes and blood.
Words could no longer calm these people down. The severance of their connection with the queen had driven them completely into a frenzy of thirst for revenge.
The Prime Minister stood up, glanced at the Prince, and announced in a very calm voice:
"Then we must seek revenge until we die."
The surging waves of war are spreading in Xiyiqi's orbit.
The warships of the Siyiqi and the Saidi sprayed dazzling war lights at each other. Human lives became meaningless numbers, and hundreds of flashes bloomed in the void and then disappeared into the darkness.
"Ungrateful Xiyiqi bug! Die!"
"The treacherously murdered the Queen! All of them should die!"
The hateful words from both sides poured out in a chaotic and overlapping signal. The flames lit up and went out like the sun. Endless beams of light tore through the dark universe. Explosions continued to explode on the surface of the warships, and the scattered debris danced in the void like raindrops.
The two races are fighting in orbit, with artillery fire crisscrossing. The war is dragging the two races into an abyss of hatred that can never be resolved.
"Fire, fire, fire!! Kill them all!" both sides roared.
The Xiyiqi and Saidi people on land looked up at the sky, and the queen and the crew of the Zekin, who were rushing to Xiyiqi, also stared into the void. This was a war that could not be reversed, a disaster that was destined to kill countless people.
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At first, everything was uneventful.
Then there were ripples, like a humble sigh.
Fireflies, tiny little fireflies, then groups of fireflies, jumped out from the dark void.
They grew bigger and bigger, fireflies, glimmers, and then stars appeared. They were so bright, wild and full of unbridled power.
It was like a group of sleeping giant beasts awakening from the depths of the universe, coming in a dazzling teleportation vortex with an extraordinary appearance, and appearing in the flowing nebula.
They tore through space, challenging all the warships on the battlefield with an arrogant and domineering momentum. Surrounded by countless wreckage fragments, the ships beyond imagination came laughing as if wearing shining crowns.
A moment later, all the ships present heard their voices, their roars of eager battle.
Spears of light shot out from their ships, and lightning flashed between the ships of the two races like a storm. Those were weapons that far surpassed the technological capabilities of the Siyiqi and Saidi peoples, and the light was enough to mock all the intelligent races present.
One of the Saidi ships was smashed in an instant.
The commander of the Melno Corps stared at them and said, "Fuck, they are Mudin people."
A Siqi ship was sunk in a flash.
The commander of the Xiyiqi people stared at them and shouted, "Why are there Mudin people here??"
The queen stared at them and asked in confusion, "Mudin people?"
Liu Bei said: "Yes, it seems that the Muding people intend to beat both sides together until both sides can no longer fight."
Queen:"……"
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A corner somewhere in Xiyiqi.
Duke Gil stared at the sky and said, "Just as you planned, the Mudins have finally arrived."
Next to him sat a cat, which glanced calmly at the starry sky and wagged its tail slightly.
