Volume 3 Chapter 211 The Legend of Humankind
"Firepower in the third area is ready, open fire."
"The ship that was used to lure the swarm has been launched. The swarm has failed to deviate from its original target."
"The insect swarm has broken through the defense line. Prepare the close defense artillery. The close defense artillery failed to start."
In the starry sky, on the fortress-like planetary defense line, most of the fortress guns and floating guns had been destroyed in the previous endless battles, and now only a very small part of them are still operational.
Therefore, the staff in the command center tried to mobilize all the firepower they could, but they were still unable to stop the swarm from approaching the planet.
"Your Excellency the Commander, a small non-Zerg spaceship with no identification code has been spotted approaching." Suddenly a staff officer stood up and reported loudly.
"Remind them that this is a combat airspace and ask them to leave." The commander said subconsciously according to the procedure.
At the same time, it was a bit strange. Why was a small spaceship approaching the battlefield for no reason?
He did not suspect that this was some Zerg conspiracy or something, because in the entire universe, all non-Zerg races could not become allies of the Zerg.
After all, the Zerg devour everything and destroy everything, and everything is just food for the Zerg.
But in a blink of an eye he put the matter behind him, as he had more important things to decide.
"Everyone, get ready for low-Earth orbit air combat and street fighting." The commander finally gave the order to prepare for street fighting.
This means that the materials that were originally prioritized over the space defense line will begin to tilt towards the ground battlefield, which also means completely abandoning the space defense line.
But there is no way. Under the current circumstances, even if we continue to fully support the space defense line, it will only be a waste of supplies.
A large number of low-Earth orbit fighter jets began to take off, many of which were even old aircraft from a hundred years ago.
Those who operate these old machines are basically the follower races of these "humans".
They never imagined that there would really be a day when these old planes would have to go to the battlefield.
"Here they come, the bugs are coming, get ready." On the ground, a "human" wearing power armor shouted as he watched the meteors streaking across the sky.
The "human" men following behind him, as well as men of various follower races, all held up the electromagnetic rifles in their power armor, ready to shoot.
At this time in the space in low-Earth orbit, the Zerg warships that broke through the defense line, escorted a number of Zerg transport ships, opened a gap in the belly of the ship, and then dense follicles were launched out.
Each Zerg transport ship was like a giant cockroach in low-Earth orbit, spraying insect eggs onto the ground.
And inside these eggs are individual Zergs.
They began to change while they were still falling. Their shells absorbed the mucus in the follicles and matured rapidly. Some of them formed thicker armor and fell heavily to the ground.
Some of them grow wings, and then rely on the jet airbags on both sides of their bodies to spray gas for propulsion, taking off directly in mid-air and swooping down on the low-Earth orbit fighters that have arrived.
The two sides quickly engaged in a fight.
At the same time, on the ground, countless heavily armored Zergs also collided with the "human" power armored regiment.
An offensive and defensive battle from space to the ground is reaching a fever pitch.
In space, the Zerg are still destroying the last of "humanity's" artillery and floating guns, while continuing to attack the ground.
"Humans" were losing ground in defense, and the signs of defeat were becoming more and more obvious, but they were still holding on.
In space, Lin Xu and others on the Skylark who entered the battlefield saw this scene.
In a short period of time, the defenses of these "humans" were completely defeated, and Lin Xu didn't even have time to do anything.
"These guys are using the name of humans, which is really embarrassing for humans ." Nanzhu said unhappily.
"Well, they are not human beings anyway, I don't know what you are angry about." Lu Yao was quite open-minded.
"How can I not be angry?" Nanzhu was almost jumping up and down.
Compared to Nanzhu's anger, Arisa was eager to try.
The look he gave Lin Xu was like that of a puppy, even with a hint of pleading.
"Go ahead." Lin Xu waved his hands helplessly.
So Arisa cheered and rushed out of the Skylark.
The figure flashed and rushed straight towards the swarm of insects. At the same time, the space around her opened up and a large number of warships sailed out.
These warships are of different sizes, some are tens of thousands meters in size, comparable to the largest warships in the Zerg swarm, and some are just a few hundred meters in size, also comparable to the ships in the Zerg swarm.
不知道她调集的这是第几舰队的战舰，但明显只是出动了很少的一部分，与虫群数量相当的战舰。
It seems that he wants to enjoy this battle.
Unfortunately, her idea soon came to nothing.
Because even if the quantity is the same, the quality is too different.
The equal number of Zerg warships were crushed by Arisa's fleet almost as soon as they came into contact, leaving not even a trace.
The ground command center, which has been observing the battle in space, has made the most pessimistic preparations.
But I never expected such a magical development.
A group of warships came from nowhere, as if they appeared out of thin air, and directly wiped out the swarm of insects in space.
"Where do these warships come from? Which civilization do they belong to? Check it out immediately." The commander's eyes were shining. No matter where the warships came from, as long as they were not Zerg, they could be regarded as friendly forces.
With strong friendly reinforcements at the critical moment, this fortress might be saved.
"These bugs are too weak." At this time, Arisa was still muttering in space.
At the same time, countless warships began to change their shapes, becoming countless robots more than ten meters high. Then these robots curled up into a ball and fell to the ground like meteorites.
For a moment, the ground combatants who were fighting the Zerg on the ground saw countless meteorites falling from the sky.
The soldiers wearing power armor were even a little desperate for a moment. They thought that what was coming from the sky were Zerg reinforcements.
It was not until the battlefield synchronized information came with the news that those were unknown friendly forces that everyone's morale suddenly became high.
While the soldiers' morale was high, the commanders and staff in the command center were in a state of panic.
They observed the warships instantly disintegrating into countless war machines.
That technology simply doesn't seem to exist in reality, and it makes everyone's scalp tingle.
"Where on earth are these friendly forces coming from? There's no way we don't know about friendly forces with such high technical levels." A staff officer sighed as he checked the database, searching for information about friendly forces that could not possibly exist.
"Could it be that it is a civilization from the other side of the galaxy that is cut off by the Zerg?" a staff officer speculated.
"This possibility is not impossible."
Soon, the commander received various possibilities discussed by the staff, but unfortunately none of them were reliable.
Instead, several staff officers speculated that this was a civilization from the other side of the galaxy that was cut off by the Zerg, which made the commander think deeply.
Boom, boom, boom, boom! Loud crashing sounds continued to ring out, and combat machines like meteorites fell to the ground, creating deep pits in the ground.
Then, robots more than ten meters tall crawled out of the pit.
Amid the cheers of "humans" and their followers, these robots made crackling mechanical sounds and transformed into tanks or armored vehicles, joining the battle against the Zerg.
Some of them directly raised their guns and fired at the swarm of insects.
而除了这些亚里莎舰队中的战争机械之外，那百余名灵族也同样出动了。
Wearing power armor, they turned into small meteorites and fell to the ground with a loud bang.
Then, in the stunned eyes of those "humans" who were also wearing power armor, he roared and brandished his chainsaw sword, and rushed towards the swarm of insects.
"Don't go over there, retreat quickly." It was too late for the human commander to stop these reckless friendly forces.
Watching the Eldar rushing into the Zerg, the only thing he could do was to command his men to use the electromagnetic rifles in their hands to provide cover for the Eldar.
Then he saw an incredible scene. Why were the power armors of these "friendly troops" so strong and durable? They were hit by the Zerg's sulfuric acid shells one after another, but there was no sign of corrosion at all.
Even though it was bitten by the swarm of insects at close range, there was no sign of damage at all.
Instead, those bugs were torn to pieces by the chainswords in the hands of these power armored warriors.
"Captain, why are their power armors so strong?"
"They don't even use hot weapons, but use cold weapons directly?"
"I'm starting to feel that the electromagnetic rifle in my hand is not so good anymore. I also want a chainsaw sword like this. It looks so cool."
The soldiers were muttering to themselves as they provided support.
The elves who rushed into the Zerg swarm have already killed all of them.
In short, shortly after Arisa joined the battlefield and Lin Xu sent out the Eldar, the Zerg, which had originally attacked the fortress and had an absolute advantage, faced the situation of being completely wiped out.
As the insect swarm became smaller and smaller and the ground battle was nearing its end, countless combat machines stopped fighting and gathered together. In front of the stunned eyes of countless "humans" and their followers, accompanied by the sound of mechanical combination, the combat machines gathered together to form battleships.
The battleship then took off and hovered in mid-air.
More and more combat machines gathered together, became battleships and then took off.
Soon, the sky was filled with warships, which even blocked the sunlight.
It was at this time that Arisa appeared.
She stood high in the sky, surrounded by countless warships.
Although there is nothing around him, it makes people dare not be negligent.
"Where is your supreme commander here? I want to see him." Arisa's voice spread far away.
Soon, the commander in the command center came out in person.
It can only be said that at all times, the core of diplomacy is strength.
Now that Arisa has demonstrated her strength, she will naturally receive respect that is equal to her strength.
However, Arisa's first words after they met surprised the commander.
“你是人类？”亚里莎降落在地面之上，打量着面前这个确实与人类外表几乎相同的种族，奇怪不已。
"On behalf of the human race, I would like to thank you for rescuing us." The commander said politely, emphasizing his human identity without being disrespectful.
"You're welcome. It's what I should do." Arisa's mood suddenly improved, and she even couldn't help but smile.
After all, being thanked by humans for saving her life was a treatment she had never received before.
Thinking back to those humans she knew in the past, when did they ever need her to save them?
Although this human being is not that human being, and is at most a race with the same name, she still feels great.
"I wonder if I may have the honor to know where you are from?" Although the commander didn't understand why Arisa suddenly smiled and her mood seemed to have suddenly improved, he still asked while the iron was hot.
"We, of course, come from the end of the universe. These are all trivial matters. In comparison, I want to know more about why you call your race human?" Arisa asked another question that seemed extremely strange to the commander.
My race is called human, what's wrong with that?
But the situation is stronger than people. After all, these defeated soldiers of mine have just been rescued by others, and the other side is strong in manpower and horses. If I turn against them now, I will definitely suffer. So I will try to answer all the questions I can.
Just consider it as satisfying the curiosity of my savior.
"Speaking of the name of the race, we may have to trace it back to the history of our race. When our race was still trapped on the mother planet, we called ourselves human beings. Later, with the development of civilization, our footsteps began to gradually cover every planet, leaving our human footprints on every planet. That is the legend of mankind, and we have always been proud of it." Speaking of this, the commander's eyes flashed, and even the guards beside him couldn't help but straighten their backs.
"You call yourself human beings while you are still on your home planet? Then are these musical works the ones you created when you were still on your home planet?" Arisa said as she played a melody.
That was the music-related content among the many "human" life traces found on the previous fake fairy ship.
Lin Xu remembered it very clearly. It was clearly a work from the Earth era.
"Yes, it's an old song. It seems you like it too." The commander thought that Arisa simply liked their culture and responded happily.
Arisa was silent for a moment, because Lin Xu, who had been asking questions behind her, was silent, so she also remained silent.
But soon, Arisa received another question from Lin Xu and continued to ask questions.
"When did you start the war with the Zerg? How is the war going now?" Arisa changed the subject.
The commander was a little surprised. Why was he asking this question? Shouldn't this be known to everyone?
Well, maybe some races that have not yet left their home planet, or have left not too far away, don't know this, but with the technical level shown by Arisa in front of her, it is impossible for her not to know about this.
"The war with the Zerg began five thousand years ago. I don't know what the overall situation is now, but from what I see, we have been losing continuously." Having said this, the commander couldn't help but sigh.
"Can you introduce the Zerg?" Arisa continued to ask.
"Of course." The commander was even more surprised. Do the Zerg need to be introduced?
But since the other party asked, he introduced it, and then added a lot of details under Arisa's questioning.
These questions are Arisa's personal interest. She is very interested in these insects.
The war between "humans" and Zerg can be said to be a war for every inch of land.
"Humanity" built fortresses in galaxies, and the Zerg continued to conquer fortresses and attack the core areas of "humanity".
Five thousand years ago, when the Zerg first appeared, the battle line between them and "humanity" was still five thousand light years away, but now the battle line is getting closer and closer to the core area of "humanity".
The battle lines in some areas have even penetrated into the core areas, causing great losses to "humanity".
So overall, it can be said that "humanity" is losing ground.
The Zerg even established an area completely controlled by the Zerg in the middle of this river system, as if cutting through it with a knife, completely isolating the river system and dividing it into two halves.
So now even "humans" don't know the situation in the other half of the galaxy, don't know how the fight against the Zerg is going there, and don't know whether any race with a higher level of technology has developed there.
This is also the reason why they suspect that Arisa comes from the other half of the galaxy.
In short, although "humanity" is still in a stalemate with the Zerg, the situation of humanity is not good and it is going from one defeat to another.
亚里莎甚至还询问了关于仙舰的问题，然而指挥官只是一脸疑惑，知道亚里莎给他看了照片之后，指挥官的表情才从疑惑，到惊讶，再到震惊。
"This is, this is the expedition fortress of mankind back then, but it has been missing for thousands of years. Where did you find it?" The commander stared at Arisa with sharp eyes.
“在河外空间遇到了，你想要知道，我可以把坐标发给你。”亚里莎对此并不在意。
"Expedition Fortress? The name isn't Fairy Ship." Mu Xiyue on the Skylark seemed a little melancholy.
It’s like the alley in front of your house, which has been called this name for decades, suddenly changed its name.
Although this fairy ship is not a real fairy ship, Mu Xiyue still feels a little disappointed.
"It's okay. Since you like it so much, we can build one ourselves. It's not difficult to build one nowadays. If you just want to reminisce, we can use nanorobots." Nanzhu came over and said.
“没必要。”穆汐月摇摇头，但看她的眼神就知道，她是真的心动了。
Afterwards, Arisa asked many questions related to humans from various aspects, trying to confirm what this "human" race was all about.
But they didn't get any effective answers, or it could be said that the commander in front of them, although a big shot in this planetary fortress, was nothing in the entire "human" civilization.
There are many secrets about the human race that he could never know.
So after asking almost all the questions, Arisa gave up asking any more.
Then he directly rejected the other party's invitation and left.
The commander looked up at the warships in the sky. As the girl left, the warships also took off one by one and flew away. He breathed a sigh of relief.
Although the opponent is not the Zerg, with such a large military force stationed on their territory, no one will feel at ease.
Now that the other party has left, I can finally breathe a sigh of relief.
At the same time, he did not forget to report the intelligence he had just obtained about the expedition fortress and everything related to Arisa through hyperspace communication.
He had never met Lin Xu and others from beginning to end, so a lot of the information he reported was about Arisa, including video footage and so on.
After gathering her fleet, Arisa returned to the Skylark, and the Skylark continued its journey without stopping.
"Where are we going next?" Arisa, who was very satisfied with the fight, said bit by bit while sitting on the sofa with her feet crossed.
"Let's go to the human capital planet. We should be able to find out the truth there." Lin Xu replied.
"The capital planet, I wonder if it will be like that fake fairy ship, with all the architectural styles from your previous Earth era?" Arisa said after thinking for a while.
"Well, maybe." Lin Xu thought about it, especially thinking of the fake fairy ship, he was not sure.
"The architectural style of the Earth era? If that's true, it seems quite interesting." Nanzhu suddenly became excited.
She is very interested in various architectural styles on Earth, and it would be great if she could appreciate more works.
Just like that, a space jump channel appeared in front of the Skylark.
Then the Skylark sailed into it and disappeared.
The telescope that was always monitoring the space also detected the disappearance of the Skylark and immediately reported it to the commander.
The commander was completely relieved this time.
As for why telescopes are used for observation instead of various advanced radar facilities.
The truth is that the Skylark cannot be detected by any of those, and can only be seen through the telescope.
Afterwards, the footage of the Skylark’s disappearance was sent to him.
The commander watched the Skylark enter the space jump channel, and his eyes widened instantly. Space jump, is it the legendary space jump? He suddenly thought of something, but he was not sure.
He watched the scene of the Skylark disappearing over and over again, considered it again and again, and finally made a decision.
He called the signalman and immediately sent an urgent report to the higher-ups as quickly as possible.
Then, he fell into long thought.
