Light Speed ​​War

Chapter 86: Overestimating One's Abilities

"Jones, launch the 'Morse Modulation Matrix' to the Earth Empire and the Lunar Empire, informing them of the situation in the Dark Magic Zone. Have the Imperial Fleet Headquarters and the Academy of Sciences jointly decide whether to proceed to the Dark Magic Zone. Also, inform the Interstellar Federation of this region of the situation as well."

"Yes, Commander."

An hour and a half later, the Alpha Fleet received a reply: "Alpha Fleet, after joint discussion between the Imperial Fleet and the Academy of Sciences, it is determined that finding and dealing with such creatures in the magical black domain, which exists at the molecular, atomic, or even smaller levels, remains extremely difficult. The Academy of Sciences suggests that the Alpha Fleet first launch a probe ship to investigate the magical black domain and then decide on a course of action based on the findings. The Academy of Sciences is urgently researching methods to deal with the magical black domain and will promptly notify the Alpha Fleet of any results. As for the Interstellar Federation, we can appropriately exchange some of our low-level technologies for their valuable technologies, or we can simply ignore them."

"Interstellar Federation Headquarters, this is the Alpha Fleet. We've sent you a list of technologies. Take a look, and if it's suitable, we can exchange them."

"We have almost all of the technology lists you sent. Why isn't your gravity bomb on these lists? Attached is our list of technologies we can exchange."

Zhou Yuan and the others looked at the list of exchangeable technologies provided by the Interstellar Federation. To be honest, none of them were of any value to the Earth Empire's technology.

"Interstellar Federation, I'm sorry, we will not exchange that gravity bomb technology unless you have a corresponding equivalent technology that we consider valuable."

There was silence on the other end, and there was still no response when called again.

"Commander, a large fleet from the Federation is surrounding us."

"They're going to rob us by force? Jones, issue a warning."

"Interstellar Federation, please cease hostilities immediately. Interstellar Federation, this is an act of war against the Earth Empire. Please cease hostilities immediately." The Interstellar Federation did not respond, and more and more Interstellar Federation fleets surrounded the Alpha Fleet, gradually forming an encirclement.

"Interstellar Federation, please cease hostilities immediately, or you will bear the consequences."

"Jones, deploy the stealthy 'Super Energy Exchanger' to create a 'Light Speed ​​Barrier' that covers the 'Star Fortress' and all these warships."

"Yes, Commander."

An invisible 'super energy exchanger' was secretly projected near the massive star inside the 'interstellar fortress' and then began to operate.

For a moment, the massive star inside the interstellar fortress flickered erratically, before returning to normal after four or five seconds.

"What exactly did you do to the sun?" The Interstellar Federation finally sent a message.

The Alpha Fleet did not respond and began speeding toward the Interstellar Federation fleet base.

"Fire! Stop them!"

The super-powered lasers of a large number of warships of the Interstellar Federation were fired at the Alpha Fleet, but the Alpha Fleet's ships only showed a faint glow in response.

"My God, the speed of light has suddenly decreased!"

"Warp drive failed!"

"Is this their magic?"

The interplanetary fleet pursuing the Alpha fleet issued a panicked cry.

"Interstellar Federation, our patience is limited. This is the final warning. Please cease your attacks immediately!"

The Alpha Fleet discovered that the Federation warships had stopped launching super-powered laser attacks and were instead surrounding the Alpha Fleet.

"Who the hell are you?"

"Please withdraw the besieging fleet first."

"Ridiculous, you've reduced the speed of light, but we're still all the same."

George Zhouyuan and others understood that this statement meant that the laws of physics apply the same to everyone.

Seemingly to mock the Federation of Interstellar Ships, a large number of combat modules flew out from the Alpha Fleet warships, crashing into the Federation warships surrounding the Alpha Fleet at near-light speed. Predictably, as before, within two minutes, numerous warships exploded. Many warships still hadn't adapted, habitually trying to jump into warp drive space to escape the near-light-speed attacks from the combat modules, but all failed, and were forced to also speed away at near-light speed.

The warships being chased by the combat modules were like a herd of frightened deer, running wildly in circles around the outer edge of the interstellar fortress.

The Alpha Fleet continued its rapid advance towards the Interstellar Federation fleet base, bombarded by space-based orbital weapons along the way. However, these attacks only created ripples of light on the fleet's energy shields. Federation fleet warships attempting to intercept it were relentlessly pursued by combat modules. Some warships fired hyper-powered lasers at the combat modules, but these modules were impervious to laser fire. Upon being attacked, they automatically changed direction and rammed into the warships with incredible speed, leaving the Federation fleet no time to react.

The Alpha Fleet advanced rapidly and soon arrived near the Interstellar Federation fleet base. A large fleet surrounded the base, while another large fleet blocked the Alpha Fleet's path.

"Rutan Starsniper, launch the long-range intelligent energy beam to clear out the intercepting warships ahead."

The Alpha Fleet's Rutan sniper ship fired beams of hundreds of thousands of intelligent energy bodies at the Federation fleet's interceptor warships. The long-range strike was like sweeping away fallen leaves in autumn, vaporizing many of the massive interceptor fleet's densely packed warships, and the beams also destroyed many more warships as they curved around the corner.

"Stop! We surrender!"

The Alpha Fleet immediately ceased its attack, and the combat modules also stopped chasing the Federation warships, quickly converging on the Alpha Fleet and returning to their respective warships.

In the conference center of the Interstellar Federation fleet base, the intelligent beings remained silent, not uttering a single word.

"Your Excellency, please forgive our arrogance and impoliteness." The Commander-in-Chief bowed his head and apologized to Zhou Yuan and the other two.

"Commander-in-Chief, it was all caused by greed."

"Your Excellency is right. I am very grateful to the Empire for showing mercy."

"Commander-in-Chief, may I say a few words to them?"

"Of course, please."

"Gentlemen, if you hadn't treated us with courtesy earlier, your fate would likely have been far more tragic. I once implemented a policy of extermination against a marine civilization on a certain planet, a policy based on our assessment of the degree of malice towards that species. I know how you feel right now; being attacked and forced to surrender by an alien civilization is not a pleasant experience. However, the law of the universe dictates that strength prevails, and I am not blindly preaching. We do not accept the surrender document you offered."

"Ah?!" A gasp rippled through the crowd below, and even the Commander-in-Chief's wings trembled slightly.

"The surrender document is only a temporary form of constraint. When you become stronger, you can destroy this surrender document or wipe us out."

"Your Excellency, we dare not."

"Everyone, there's no question of whether we dare or not; it's just a matter of time, ability, and attitude."

"Your Excellency, we..."

“Commander-in-Chief, don’t worry, we won’t.” Zhou Yuan interrupted the Commander-in-Chief. “Gentlemen, when I say we don’t accept it, it’s not because I want to destroy you, but because I don’t want you to be affected by this incident and carry a humiliating and heavy burden.”

"Thank you, Your Excellency."

"Everyone, it's time for us to leave."

"Where is Your Excellency headed?"

"Magic Dark Domain".

"Ah? Your Excellency, you cannot go."

"why?"

"That place is extremely dangerous. As far as we know, those thirty-five stars that suddenly exploded at the same time last time must have reached the atomic level."

"That's a bit of a hassle. Thanks for the reminder, but we still have to go."

"Then, shall we send some warships to escort them?"

How far is this place from the Dark Realm of Magic?

"Do you mean how many light-years? This light-year..."

"Oh, the previous calculation of the speed of light, right?"

"About thirteen thousand light-years."

"There's no need to send warships to escort them; I'm worried they'll suffer an undeserved disaster."

"Thank you for your concern, Your Excellency."

"Commander-in-Chief, everyone, take care of yourselves." After saying this, Zhou Yuan, Wei Shan, and Lefia disappeared.

The three had just been teleported back to the Alpha Fleet flagship command center when they received an urgent call from the Interstellar Federation: "Your Excellency, can the speed of light in this space be increased further?"

The invisible "super energy exchanger" near the massive star slowly stopped operating, the speed of light in space gradually increased and returned to normal, and then the "super energy exchanger" was recycled.

"Thank you, Your Excellency."

Just as the Alpha Fleet was preparing to set sail and jump into warp space to head towards the Magic Dark Domain, it suddenly received an urgent order from the Earth Empire's fleet headquarters: "Alpha Fleet, postpone your trip to the Magic Dark Domain and proceed immediately to the Andromeda Galaxy. The Earth Empire and the Lunar Empire have already dispatched fleets to the Andromeda Galaxy to support the 7th Fleet."

The Alpha Fleet had no choice but to follow orders and activate the Klein force field generator to conduct long-distance travel in Klein space, arriving in the Andromeda Galaxy in less than a day.

The Andromeda Galaxy is the largest galaxy in the Local Group, with twice the mass of the Milky Way. The Andromeda Galaxy and the Milky Way share many similarities; the Milky Way's appearance is remarkably similar to that of the Andromeda Galaxy. The Andromeda Galaxy and the Milky Way together dominate the Local Group.

The Andromeda Galaxy contains approximately 500 globular clusters. The most massive of these is the Mayar Globular Cluster, containing seven million stars, making it one of the brightest globular clusters in the Local Group. Even by typical globular cluster standards, the Mayar Globular Cluster is enormous. Another large and prominent globular cluster in the Andromeda Galaxy is the Mayar Globular Cluster, located halfway along the eastern edge of the southwestern spiral arm, containing four million stars. Other globular clusters in the Andromeda Galaxy typically contain hundreds of thousands to millions of stars.

Interstellar Era 289, Star Marker (1, 5, /, 4c0).

The Alpha Fleet's target was the Macrocodile Globular Cluster. When the Alpha Fleet arrived, the thirty fleets dispatched by the Lunar Empire were already with the 7th Fleet. Less than an hour after the Alpha Fleet arrived, the sixty-nine fleets dispatched by the Earth Empire arrived and joined forces.

Thus, the Earth Empire and the Lunar Empire together had one hundred fleets in the Andromeda Galaxy. After more than thirty years of development, the strength of each fleet in both the Earth Empire and the Lunar Empire had naturally increased considerably.

All fleets were hidden in the Klein space and were not exposed in normal space.

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