Volume 3 Chapter 249: Unscientific Humanity

In the starry sky, dozens of spaceships of various types, tens of thousands of meters long, are parked.

Some of them are warships, while others are simply transport ships.

However, these gigantic spaceships are as tiny as ants compared to the magnificent and boundless battlefield ruins next to them, which stretch for tens of thousands of light years.

And now, these ants are carefully digging out some broken fragments from the ruins, which are the most precious treasures to them.

Dozens of spaceships were guarding outside. One spaceship carefully entered the ruins, grabbed a piece of debris floating by with a mechanical arm, and carefully put it into the cabin of the spaceship.

The soldiers driving the spacecraft had no idea what their robotic arms were grabbing. Maybe it was just a harmless piece of steel plate, or maybe it was some unknown weapon.

So every time you catch someone, you can say you are gambling with your life.

If they were lucky and caught something harmless, they could safely fill the cabin, but if they caught some kind of weapon, they would have to consider themselves unlucky.

The thirteen spaceships that were lost previously were all due to bad luck.

And their luck seemed to be good. Until the cabin was full, no dangerous situation occurred. This made the soldiers driving the spaceship breathe a sigh of relief, and they quickly retreated from the ruins.

The commander on the flagship in the rear was also very satisfied. When he was about to order the next transport ship to continue, suddenly various detectors on the flagship sounded a complex alarm in an instant. The alarm was so sudden that it was already the highest level alarm as soon as it sounded.

"What's going on? Where did the alarm come from?" the commander scolded dissatisfiedly.

"The battlefield ruins, that ruins, there are a lot of high-energy reactions gathering, they, they are coming towards us."

Then, the voice stopped abruptly because his report was no longer needed.

With just the naked eye, one could already see the autonomous mechanical aggregate suddenly rushing out from the ruins.

The number of these autonomous mechanical aggregates is not large, only a few hundred, but it is enough.

In other words, using hundreds of autonomous mechanical aggregates to capture these warships is already a very respectful act.

"What is this? Open fire and shoot them down. Let these guys who are hiding their heads and showing their tails see the power of the Imperial naval guns." The commander gave the command calmly.

Over the years, as the empire's territory expanded, he had witnessed countless counterattacks from civilizations that were unwilling to accept defeat after being conquered by the empire. He had seen all kinds of enemies.

Even though he didn't care about the lives of his soldiers, he did climb up through military merit.

Unfortunately, he was wrong this time. The enemy this time was obviously not the inferior civilization that had trembled under the imperial naval guns.

Instead, this time, they became the prey.

The guns on more than a dozen warships opened fire, and a large amount of high-energy rays streaked rapidly through the universe, constantly hitting the conical objects that seemed unable to dodge.

The soldiers of the Empire had no idea which civilization had built their warships like this. Not only were their appearances weird, but such a small spacecraft dared to charge towards the Imperial fleet.

Although these small spaceships seem to be numerous, they are indeed too small. Such a small hull not only lacks power, but also cannot be equipped with shields. They are simply the best targets in the universe.

However, the next moment, as the high-energy rays hit the small spaceships, the flashing shield light on those strangely shaped small spaceships stunned all the imperial soldiers.

"Is this impossible?"

“This is unscientific!”

"How do you deploy shields on such a small ship? And how do you get enough energy to supply the shields?"

"The shield even withstood the bombardment of the ship's guns. What on earth is this thing?"

Then the next moment, the surging autonomous mechanical aggregates began to accelerate, and in the blink of an eye under the curvature navigation, hundreds of autonomous mechanical aggregates spread around the fleet and actually surrounded the fleet.

An autonomous mechanical aggregate of only a few hundred meters in size, even if there are a large number of them, would seem like a joke no matter how you look at it if it were to surround dozens of huge spaceships that are ten thousand meters long.

However, the commander who saw the autonomous mechanical aggregate disappear and reappear in the form of curvature navigation could only feel cold sweat on his forehead.

"Curvature travel, how is this possible? How can such a small ship perform curvature travel? There is no way a curvature travel engine can be installed in it."

"Commander, what should we do?"

"What should we do? Fire and fight back. You are all warriors of the empire. Do you want to surrender? Attack for the emperor." the commander shouted.

So, one warship after another began to counterattack desperately. Even though the opponent had not launched any attacking action so far, everyone knew that they could not win this time.

Because the technological gap is too big.

Sure enough, the next moment, one autonomous mechanical aggregate after another began to deform, and in the blink of an eye, densely packed with various weapons appeared on each autonomous mechanical aggregate.

Most of the weapons did not fire, but a few of them did.

With just one attack, more than a dozen warships were blown up in mid-air, leaving only more than twenty transport ships and the commander's flagship on the scene.

Afterwards, the autonomous mechanical aggregates surrounded the flagship and easily captured the entire flagship.

The Eldar power armored warriors wielded chain swords, split open the flagship's outer armor plate, rushed into the battleship, and began to clean up the interior of the flagship.

Until the commander who was still shouting was captured and brought to Lin Xu.

The commander, whose mouth was foaming with blood after being beaten by the elves, glared at Lin Xu breathlessly without cursing.

I have to say that although he doesn't take the lives of soldiers seriously and his character is not very good, he still has some backbone.

"Do you know anything about this ruin?" Lin Xu asked.

"Although I don't know which civilization you come from, I advise you not to go against the empire, otherwise His Majesty the Emperor will not let you go." Unexpectedly, the man answered the question irrelevantly.

Lin Xu frowned, thought about it and decided to ask directly.

"Have you ever heard of humans?"

"Human? Are you talking about the Emperor's orders? Of course I know. I know every word that the Emperor has said." When it comes to things related to the Emperor he mentioned, he gave an answer with a proud expression on his face.

"I'm not asking you about the orders, I'm asking if you know the humans mentioned in the orders?" Lin Xu corrected.

"Of course I know. His Majesty's Emperor's order clearly stated that they are an evil race that will destroy the world. And the warriors of our empire will eliminate all threats for His Majesty, whether they are human or anything else!" The commander still expressed it proudly, but his face was covered in blood, which looked a bit funny.

"It seems that this guy knows nothing." Nanzhu on the side sighed.

"Why do you keep talking about humans? Are you humans?" The commander finally reacted and looked at Lin Xu and others with difficulty.

"That's right." Lin Xu nodded.

"I see. It seems that what I did was right. " The commander suddenly let out a sigh of relief.

"What did you do?" Nanzhu asked curiously.

"Long live the Emperor!" The commander glanced at Nanzhu with disdain , then suddenly shouted with an expression of heroic sacrifice.

Just a moment later, nothing happened. Only Lin Xunan, Zhu and a few others were watching his performance calmly.

"What happened? Why didn't it explode? Why?" The commander struggled, trying to check if there was something wrong with the small nuclear bomb installed on his body, but his hands were still held by the Eldar power armored warrior.

At this time, the power armored warrior next to him spoke.

"Are you talking about the nuclear reactor that covers some of your internal organs? It was removed just before the audience with Lord Lin Xu because of safety concerns."

"Dismantled? Why didn't I feel anything? Wait, how did you know I had a nuclear reactor on my body?" The commander's face was full of disbelief.

"It was removed by nanorobots, of course you didn't react." The Eldar warrior received professional training and answered without laughing no matter how funny the story was.

"Take him away, read his memory and consciousness, and then report the results directly to me." Lin Xu waved his hand to indicate that he was no longer interested in continuing the conversation with a fanatical fan of an imperial emperor.

After all, fans are rarely rational.

Then, the commander was carried out by two power armored warriors.

As he walked out, he was still shouting and cursing.

Then he was beaten by the soldiers who held him and walked with him. At first Lin Xu could see it, so the beating was relatively secretive. But when Lin Xu could not see it anymore, they stopped pretending and just pressed him against the wall and started boxing.

When he was taken to the interrogation room and his consciousness was read, he had turned into a puddle of mud and was dizzy.

This is good, it makes the consciousness reading smoother.

So it didn't take long for Lin Xu to get the report. Sure enough, in the commander's consciousness, there was absolutely nothing related to humans.

The only thing related to humans is the emperor's order.

"From the memories I read, the entire civilization doesn't understand humans, but that emperor issued such an order. Obviously, the emperor still knows something!" Nanzhu analyzed.

"It seems that I have no choice but to go find the emperor." Lin Xu decided.

Therefore, the autonomous mechanical aggregate that was still outside was taken back into Lin Xu's personal space.

Then the Skylark leapt towards a galaxy fifty light years away that was suspected to be the Empire's native star system and had already been discovered.

The twenty or so transport ships that were captured earlier were directly dumped here.

Anyway, with these transport ships, even if they want to go back to report the news, it will take more than 20 years to fly back at their speed.

And they have no means to transmit information across fifty light years, and at most they can transmit information within one light year.

In that case, just leave it behind.

Just like that, the Skylark arrived outside the galaxy where the empire was located in the blink of an eye.

Looking from the outside, the planets in this galaxy are all well built. There are obviously shuttle buses between the planets, and communication between people on the planets has long become the norm.

On one of the planets, a huge star ring was built that was attached to the planet and orbited around it.

According to calculations, the planet where the star ring is located should be the mother planet where the civilization in this galaxy originated.

Because under the operation of nature, only the distance between the planet and the star, as well as the temperature and environment, are suitable for the survival of intelligent life.

"Look, there is a huge logo on that star ring. It seems to be the same as the logo on their warships." Nanzhu said, pointing at the star ring.

"That should be the symbol of the royal family, so could this star ring be the palace of their emperor?" Mu Xiyue guessed.

"It's possible that it's the emperor's palace." Lu Yao also nodded and agreed.

"I was thinking, should we also design a more domineering logo for Lord Lin Xu? And then hang it on our warships?" Nanzhu was talking about something else.

"It seems good." Mu Xiyue nodded in agreement.

"Okay." Lu Yao also nodded. She didn't care whether to hang up or not.

"Is that right? And then get a tattoo on your body or something, so that it means that you belong to Lord Lin Xu." Before Nanzhu could finish her words, Lin Xu slapped her on the forehead.

"Don't get feverish, let's talk business."

"This is the real business! Can we try it first, for example, engrave Lord Lin Xu's name or something." Nanzhu pouted in grievance and turned his eyes to Liuli next to him.

Suddenly, Liuli, who was just enjoying the meal, felt a chill all over her body and started shivering as if she was being stared at by something.

At this time, the Skylark had already entered the galaxy and was heading towards the star ring.

Soon, all kinds of physical constants were hidden so that they could not be detected by any instruments. At the same time, optical camouflage was turned on, and even the appearance of the Skylark was invisible. Without causing any alarm, it arrived above the star ring.

At this time, the nanorobots have collected various signals traveling back and forth within the galaxy, and Yinghuo is analyzing them.

Soon, Yinghuo retrieved the required data from the massive amount of data. In the entire galaxy, the communications between all intelligent life forms, at least in the apparent communications, did not contain any information related to humans.

The only information that mentions humans is related to the emperor's order.

No one knows what humans are, nor does anyone know why the universe will be destroyed if humans return. All they know is that this is the emperor's order, and it is bound to happen.

Everyone is on guard against the return of humans, but they can't clearly explain what humans are.

"He is on guard against humans, but he doesn't make it clear what humans are like. What do you think the emperor means by this?" Nanzhu asked puzzled.

"Who knows? Maybe he has paranoid delusions? He always feels that humans want to harm him?" Lu Yao thought for a while and said.

"If humans really want to harm him, how can he be the emperor here ? By the way, did you notice that this emperor doesn't seem to be originally from this race, but an outsider?" After flipping through the history of this race that Yinghuo had just collected, Nanzhu discovered a blind spot.

"According to their history, His Majesty the Emperor descended from the sky and led the tribe to rise. Doesn't this mean that the emperor is an alien? He came to this planet and then unified the planet with the technology he brought." Lu Yao also said.

"In that case, do you think it is possible that the emperor is actually a remnant of the god-level civilization that was destroyed by humans? And then he is lingering here?" Nanzhu suddenly had a wild idea.

"This is impossible. If these are really the remnants of that god-level civilization, would they still need to go shopping in the ruins?" Lu Yao shook her head.

"Maybe he was just an ordinary person of that civilization. When he escaped, he carried limited technical information with him, and was able to develop this civilization to its current level. Now that he can't develop further, he can only go to Taobao." Nanzhu added.

"Is that why he is so afraid of humans? If that's the case, it seems to make sense." Lu Yao hesitated and partially agreed.

"Okay, we'll find out when we meet the Emperor later and ask him." Lin Xu interrupted the two people's irresponsible guesses.

But I somewhat agree with what the two people speculated.

At this time, the Skylark had docked on one side of the star ring, and several people entered the star ring directly.

This location was chosen by Mars and is the closest to the core of the rings.

According to the analysis of the data of the entire galaxy's traffic by Yinghuo, this star ring is indeed the residence of His Majesty the Emperor.

But even for the emperor, it is impossible to completely occupy the entire huge star ring.

Most of them are various laboratories and official departments.

The emperor lives in a palace at the core of the star ring, which is heavily guarded.

So after entering from the part closest to the core of the star ring, the first thing that appeared in front of Lin Xu and his companions was a soldier wearing power armor, waiting in front of the closed door.

"Who dares to trespass into the palace?"

"Hold still, I'll fire if you move forward."

"Fire."

In an instant, countless high-energy light beams of various kinds shot towards Lin Xu and his companions who were taking a walk as if on a picnic.

Afterwards, it was blocked by the shield that appeared in front of Lin Xu and others, and did not cause any harm to them.

The guards, who had thought that it was just an ignorant person who had trespassed into the palace, suddenly became nervous.

Then alarms sounded throughout the entire star ring.

Countless civil servants who were working overtime in the office were stunned for a moment, then they reacted, and then everyone jumped up from their seats.

Because, this turned out to be the alarm of a assassination attempt.

Who on earth was so bold as to assassinate the Emperor?

Could it be that the remnants of the destroyed civilization are unwilling to accept defeat and so want to make a desperate attempt?

In any case, at this moment the entire star ring, and even the entire empire, began to move.

Although the various departments of the Empire cannot protect His Majesty the Emperor at the core of the Star Ring, they can investigate where the assassin came from.

The supercomputer began to analyze the intelligence of recent cargo ships and investigate suspicious persons.

The intelligence agencies sent messages to various colonized galaxies, asking them to cooperate with the investigation, suppress internal opponents, and find those who intended to assassinate His Majesty the Emperor.

No one believed that His Majesty the Emperor would really be assassinated by someone from nowhere, nor did anyone believe that His Majesty the Emperor would really be in danger.

But daring to assassinate His Majesty the Emperor is already a slap in the face of the empire. Such behavior must be punished, no matter where the assassination comes from.

Until the alarm from the palace stopped, everyone thought that the assassin had been killed or captured, but everyone was still angrily trying to find out which force the person who dared to assassinate His Majesty the Emperor came from.

This also included the guards who rushed to the palace to reinforce as per custom.

A large number of warships were docked outside the Star Ring Core, and teams of soldiers wearing power armor poured into the Star Ring Core.

The Guards officers, who were also wearing power armor, urged the soldiers to speed up according to the procedures, but in fact, they felt relieved when the alarm stopped, because the assassin would definitely be executed or captured by now.

It was not until he actually arrived outside the palace and did not see any guards on duty that he felt something was wrong.

Afterwards, the officer led the soldiers all the way into the palace, and they saw that the battlefield became more and more brutal as they went deeper into the palace.

No, it cannot be said to be tragic, because all he saw was just a one-sided massacre.

Countless Guards soldiers fell to the ground, and all kinds of defensive firepower were overturned, but he did not see a single body of a suspected assassin.

What’s going on? What’s going on?

The officer quickened his pace, and at the same time he had a bad feeling in his heart.

Until he led the soldiers to the square inside the palace, with simulated blue sky and white clouds above his head and a huge square below that looked like it was on the ground.

But now, all kinds of guards wearing power armor were lying on the square.

In front of the Emperor's residence, there was a girl with fox ears and a fox tail. Behind her was another girl in a long windbreaker, looking at the scenery in the sky with a leisurely look on her face.

"Oh, you're here, you're so slow." Nanzhu was a little bored. She originally wanted to follow them in to meet the emperor, but she was photographed here guarding the entrance.

"Traitor, how is the Emperor?" The officer raised the hand cannon of his power armor and aimed it at Nanzhu, but he did not dare to fire.

Not only him, but also the soldiers under his command.

Because the situation is now very clear, the other party has captured His Majesty the Emperor.

However, Nanzhu had no intention of arguing with them. He just smiled and raised his hand towards them.

The officer instinctively sensed the danger, but it was too late to dodge.

The next moment, the officer felt as if he was flying into the sky.

Am I going to die?

Strange, I'm wearing a power armor? It's the latest model, it can even withstand the bombardment of a tank's main gun.

This is unscientific!

Unfortunately, no one could answer his question.

After easily getting rid of a large group of reinforcements, Nanzhu turned around and jumped into the hall.

She is still very curious about why humans would destroy the universe.