Volume 3 Chapter 98: The Great Wall of the Galaxy
An orbital plasma rapid-fire cannon that is part of the system's defense system.
A full million of them are spread across the outermost part of the Nossia galaxy, forming a dense network of floating turrets.
At the same time, there are various missiles and orbital accelerators forming a joint defense front.
The defense system's main base is Handal, the most massive planet farthest from the star, guarding the coalition's material distribution center.
But in fact, Mr. Total, the chief defense commander on the planet Handal, did not think that there would be any force that could threaten this material distribution center.
The so-called galaxy defense system is more of a decoration.
After all, most of the known advanced civilizations in the Milky Way have united because of their dissatisfaction with the human-immortal clan.
Even if the remaining small group of advanced civilizations do not agree with them, they will not jump out to oppose the joint fleet at this time.
As for the remaining human clans that can rescue the fairy ship, the closest one is the God-given elves on the Tree King Ark Avalon.
But according to the reports sent back by the small observation spacecraft that has been following the Tree King Ark of the United Fleet, the Tree King Ark is currently at least hundreds of light years away from here.
Even if we want to rescue the fairy ship Penglai, it will not be a matter of a day or two.
As for the rest of the human race, they are still following the orders of humans and stationed on the Great Wall of the Milky Way surrounding the center of the Milky Way.
In this case, how could the material distribution center located behind the front line be in danger?
Apparently, Commander-in-Chief Mr. Total was not the only one who had this idea.
In other words, the soldiers stationed on the star Handal and a series of galaxy outer defense lines basically have this idea from top to bottom.
Since there is no danger, everyone will just try to get by as long as possible.
In addition to the commander-in-chief's indulgence, the defense line has been able to maintain its superficial integrity until now, thanks to the advanced technology. Many tasks are mechanized and do not require manpower.
So from time to time you can see soldiers taking advantage of their holidays to leave Handal on transport ships and go to various prosperous planets within the Nossia galaxy to have fun.
After all, here, because of the long distance, they cannot connect to the network of their hometowns, whether it is virtual reality or the ancient Internet.
This is really suffocating for the soldiers who have been online since childhood.
Therefore, taking advantage of the holidays to relax on the prosperous planets inside the galaxy is their biggest hobby.
Otherwise, I would have gotten bored of playing those single-player games I carry with me.
And when you reach a prosperous planet in the galaxy, you can at least find the network belonging to this civilization and enjoy it.
Although the original civilization of this galaxy, which was occupied by the United Fleet and used as a distribution center for supplies, was only a low-level civilization.
For those of them who come from advanced civilizations, things on the Internet are like a sudden fall back from the 5G era to the 3G era, but at least there is Internet that can be used.
We have all imagined that one day there would be a network that connects the entire galaxy.
But this can only exist in science fiction novels. In reality, even for advanced civilizations, it would be extremely costly to connect several dozen galaxies in the core area with the Internet.
Not to mention connecting the galaxy.
In short, everyone took it for granted that no attack would occur.
Mr. Total, the Commander-in-Chief of Defense, drank with his secretary and talked about life.
The soldiers wore virtual reality glasses, immersed their consciousness in the single-player game, and chatted about life with the ladies in the game.
Some soldiers who had holidays boarded transport ships to a prosperous planet of an occupied civilization inside the galaxy, preparing to use the network on this backward planet to enjoy the Internet life in the civilized world again.
The computer, which always faithfully executes orders and never gets tired, detected space fluctuations in the distant starry sky.
That is the huge fluctuation that is caused when a supermassive object is using a curvature engine.
Instantly, the alarm sounded.
All the various plasma rapid-fire cannons, missiles, and orbital accelerator cannons of the galaxy defense system have entered standby mode.
Not until then did the soldiers, who had been daydreaming, hurried back to their respective posts.
"Your Excellency the Commander-in-Chief, the space radar has detected a massive object approaching at a speed ten times the speed of light. The mass of the object is close to that of the fairy ship Penglai ." The observer's voice sounded in the office of Commander-in-Chief Mr. Total just as he pulled up his trousers.
"Is its mass close to that of the fairy ship Penglai? How is that possible? The only thing with this mass can be the Tree King Ark. Could it be that the divine elves have come? But the intelligence clearly shows that they are still five hundred light years away and have no idea what is happening here." Total ran out of the office in a panic and went straight to the command room.
Behind him was the secretary who was hurriedly packing her clothes.
"Send all the information over here. I need more detailed information." Total shouted loudly as he entered the command room.
The officers who were already on standby in the command room were still panicked, but with the order, they finally knew what they should do. The long training made them calm down quickly, and they began to get busy according to Total's orders.
Although they have been a bit lazy recently, the professional skills of these officers are still good enough.
Soon, more and more intelligence gathered from all parties was presented to Total.
"The object seems to be a sphere? It is speculated that it may be a war planet? Then it is not the Tree King Ark. But if it is a war planet, could it be that a certain human clan stationed on the Great Wall of the Milky Way has driven back the beacon tower at a certain node? How dare they do that? How dare they disobey the orders of humans? They dare to neglect their duties in such an important matter as defending against the galactic center crisis. I must find humans and sue them." Total said gritting his teeth.
"Well, Your Excellency Commander-in-Chief, I think if humans really come back, we will be the first ones to be spared." The secretary next to him whispered.
Total glared at her.
If it weren't for the fact that she performed quite well just now.
"Commander, they are coming. The battle star has released the battleship."
"Too fast! These warships are so fast, they are reaching 15 times the speed of light."
"Fifteen times the speed of light? That's impossible. The fastest assault boat in the combined fleet can only travel at ten times the speed of light. Shouldn't a normal warship travel at six to eight times the speed of light?"
"The speed was too fast. Our weapons system had no time to react and was breached. What should we do?"
Boom, boom, boom, a series of explosions sounded in the starry sky.
Countless floating turrets set up around the galaxy were destroyed by the makeshift warships that passed by at high speed.
After destroying the floating turrets on one side and tearing a breakthrough in the defense of the outer galaxy, these warships continued to advance towards Handal Star, the headquarters of the defense system, without stopping.
In the blink of an eye, they arrived above the planet Handal.
"Prepare the anti-aircraft guns. Prepare the anti-aircraft guns of the base. The enemy's warships are about to break through the atmosphere and enter the near-ground defense circle."
"Guards, where are the guards? Put on your exoskeleton armor quickly. They are about to drop in the air. Protect the commander."
"The orbital cannon has been destroyed. I repeat, the orbital cannon has been destroyed."
"What are they doing? Why are those warships splitting up? Splitting into smaller warships? What kind of technology is this?"
In the command room, Total, who was as anxious as an ant on hot pan, was stunned when he heard this.
"The battleship split into smaller battleships? Do you have a video? Send the video over quickly and show me the pictures ."
So after a moment, a holographic video that was a little shaky, but still allowed a general view of what happened, was projected in front of Total.
Commander-in-Chief Total watched as the huge warship quickly split into countless small components, and then reassembled into smaller and larger warships. Then these massive warships began to raid the atmosphere of the planet Handal.
Looking at this scene, Total was completely dumbfounded.
At this moment, he only felt his mouth was dry.
An answer swirled in his mind, but he didn't even have the courage to speak it out loud.
The other officers who were watching the video like him had a similar reaction. They only felt their throats were hoarse but could not say anything.
It was the young secretary next to him who first thought of something.
He screamed in fear and sat down on the ground with trembling legs.
Soon, the ground where the secretary was sitting was soaked with large amounts of liquid.
The scream woke everyone up at once. None of the officers had time to pay attention to the secretary who was frightened to the point of incontinence. They just looked at each other.
Everybody recognized it.
The only possibility for not being able to recognize them is that they fell asleep in history class.
Or have never watched any drama about fighting against humanity.
But that's impossible.
"Man, human beings, are self-disciplined mechanical aggregates of human beings, but how is this possible?" Finally, an officer broke the collective silence with a hoarse voice.
"Commander, what should we do?"
In an instant, all the officers looked at Total.
"Just stay calm first. I'll go to the headquarters to ask for reinforcements." Mr. Total looked calm. He gave everyone a reassuring look, then turned around and went back to his office. As for the secretary on the ground, he ignored her.
His calmness seemed to give everyone courage. Although everyone was distracted, they still returned to their respective posts and forced themselves to work.
Until a moment later, a scream came from somewhere.
"Oh no! The Commander is not in the office. He has boarded the ship and escaped."
So the next moment, all the officers in the command room rushed out, fearing that if they ran too slowly, there would be no more spaceships to board.
