amaotonovel Chapter 65: Creating Trouble
Chapter 65: Creating Trouble
"Kashe, do you want revenge?"
"I really want to, but..."
Kashe gritted his teeth, contemplating the horrific massacre of hundreds of millions of his compatriots, his wife, and children by the Dota. For over a decade, he had been plagued by nightmares; had it not been for his burning desire for revenge, his hundred ships of comrades would have been slaughtered long ago. But now, the human race on Katami was estimated to number only about 500,000. With few ships and limited strength, how could they possibly seek revenge?
"We'll help you get revenge." The other party seemed to be expecting a response.
"So what kind of reward do you want?" Kashe thought for three or four minutes before asking this question.
"We don't need anything, because we are all human. If you feel indebted to us, you can tell us the location of those malicious civilizations' planets."
"You, you, you're going to eliminate them?" Kashe asked, somewhat incredulous.
"Correct."
"But..."
"But what?"
"I admit that your warship's light weapon is very powerful, so powerful that it makes us tremble. However, you only have one warship after all."
"Kashe, turn your warship's detection power to maximum."
Kashe didn't know what the other party meant, but still ordered his adjutant to do as he was told.
Kashe and his adjutant watched as small dots began to appear on the screen, then gradually grew larger, and eventually black dots filled the entire screen!
"Good heavens, sir, look out the window!" a duty officer suddenly exclaimed.
Kashe looked up and saw that it was pitch black outside the porthole. There should have been some twinkling stars.
Kashe walked to the ship's railing and picked up the binoculars.
A massive fleet of warships surrounded the Catami Star warships. Compared to the Earth's human warships, the hundred Catami Star warships were like the difference between a blade of grass and a tree.
That warship must be over a thousand kilometers long, right? This isn't just a warship, it's practically a planetary fortress! Kashe's heart skipped a beat. Like all his companions, this sight was a powerful shock that pushed them to their absolute limits.
If a small, round warship is this powerful, then wouldn't these huge ones be defying the heavens?
“Kashe, see? We have the strength.” George’s voice interrupted Kashe’s reverie.
"I must say, you are very powerful. Alright, we are willing to follow you."
"Alright. No offense intended. Due to time constraints, please dock your warship in our warship storage bay. I will send someone to guide you through the upgrade and modification process in a while."
Following instructions, Kashe led his warships into the enemy fleet. Subsequently, the two fleets held high-level talks. Kashe, on behalf of all the members of his fleet, expressed his gratitude for being saved, and exchanged pleasantries.
"George, my adjutant has already compiled a list of those demonic civilizations and their locations, and has just handed it over to your subordinates."
"Thank you. We just took a look."
"Because our Katami civilization is not advanced, our interstellar travel range is not very wide, only about 100 light-years. I just said that human civilization was almost hunted down by the Alliance, which I learned from contact with other friendly civilizations. You could say it was hearsay."
"Understood. Shall we head to Dota first?"
"can."
"Jones, set the course, maximum speed."
"Yes, sir."
In the year 66 of the Interstellar Era, the Alpha Fleet arrived near the Sun of Dota. The massive interstellar fleet had just emerged from its cloaking state when it was immediately met with a strong warning from the Dota inhabitants. Large numbers of interceptor fleets rushed towards the Sun, and even fleets in other nearby star systems returned to their home planets to provide support. Overwhelmed by the sheer size of the Alpha Fleet, Dota broadcast a distress call throughout the entire sky.
The Alpha Fleet remained near the sun, not in a hurry to attack. They were waiting for more reinforcements from Dota. The Alpha Fleet had already contacted the 19th Fleet, and if needed, the 19th Fleet could send stars and warships to the Alpha Fleet while en route to "New Home 1" as support was needed.
Two hours later, the first batch of interceptor warships from Dota, numbering approximately 500,000, arrived near the sun, one million kilometers from the Alpha fleet.
Just as the interceptor fleet slowed down, a circular flying saucer emerged from the Alpha fleet and crashed into the warships at near-light speed, like a beast charging into a flock of frightened sheep. In less than three minutes, half a million warships exploded.
Dota was thrown into complete chaos, and all the follow-up fleets dispatched to engage the enemy returned to their home planet to defend themselves. The power and frequency of outward distress calls increased rapidly.
"Kashe, are you sure you want to destroy Planet Dota?" George looked at Kashe.
Kashe seemed to be in great pain and conflict, his expression constantly changing.
"To be honest, I personally very much hope that you will destroy it, but there are still many kind and innocent people on this planet Dota. I think their fate should be decided by all of us."
A day later, over 500,000 Katami held a vote. The result surprised George, Zhou Yuan, and others: 60% of the Katami opposed the destruction of Dota. Perhaps after more than a decade of exile, the Katami understood the significance of destroying their home planet for a civilization. Ultimately, the Katami showed mercy to their archenemy.
But the kindness of the Katami did not save Dota.
"Sir, we have detected four light particles heading towards this sun at 90% of the speed of light. They will arrive and destroy the sun in three months."
"Track the trajectory of the light particles, determine their launch location, and pursue them."
"Yes."
The Alpha Fleet quickly set sail, following the trail of light particles, and detected four fleets traveling at 90% of the speed of light.
Taking advantage of the difference in sailing speed, two and a half years later, the Alpha Fleet and the four other fleets were not far apart, and the Alpha Fleet simply followed them in sync.
Unable to shake off the Alpha Fleet, the four fleets prepared to split up and sail separately. As the lead ships of the three fleets prepared to deviate from their course, the Alpha Fleet was already waiting ahead of the four fleets.
The weapons of the four fleets had just been activated when the Alpha Fleet's sniper starships unleashed their intelligent energy beams for long-range strikes, and needless to say, a large cloud of metallic gas filled the deep sky.
In the year 79 of the Interstellar Era, the 19th Fleet finally arrived at "New Home 1." They then spent five years terraforming the planet and three years undertaking large-scale construction, followed by large-scale production and research. Five hundred thousand Catamians were transported to "New Home 1" through two fleet portals, becoming part of Earth's human race and new members of the planet.
From Interstellar Era 42 to Interstellar Era 87, the Alpha Fleet used artificially created stellar black hole jumps to cause trouble everywhere, conquering more than a dozen civilizations capable of interstellar travel in the Triangulum Galaxy. These civilizations were basically classified as "malicious civilizations" by the Alpha Fleet.
The Alpha Fleet's reputation spread rapidly throughout interstellar space. These civilizations, though never having encountered the Alpha Fleet firsthand, described its combat details with incredible detail, as if they had personally experienced the battles. The Alpha Fleet was unanimously dubbed the "God-Demon Fleet," referring both to its stealthy and unpredictable movements and its godlike, ruthless power. The Alliance dispatched numerous warships to search for the "God-Demon Fleet," but to no avail. When the Alliance received distress calls from its members and arrived, the members were either annihilated or the fleet had vanished without a trace.
Since the name "Gods and Demons Fleet" spread, many civilizations capable of interstellar travel have restrained their actions and travel range, especially those that have engaged in large-scale colonial expansion and plunder.
In the year 97 of the Interstellar Era, the Alpha Fleet arrived at "New Home 2," 345 light-years from "New Home 1." After nearly nine years of renovation and construction, the Alpha Fleet's humans began production and research on "New Home 2," while also resting and recuperating.
In the year 109 of the Interstellar Era, "New Home 1" and "New Home 2" basically possessed the rudiments of the Earth Empire at that time, and the population base also grew rapidly.
To distinguish themselves from the Earth Empire in the Milky Way, a referendum was held to name the empire the "Lunar Empire," signifying their unwavering commitment to their roots and their connection to Earth. The Moon, home to "New Home 1," was transformed into a super fortress, serving as the new home for two Earth-like planets. In addition to their respective suns, the Lunar Empire relocated several stars from other locations, placing them near their respective suns.
Warships were manufactured in large numbers, and new fleets were established in large numbers.
Zhou Yuan and his team put considerable effort into naming the new fleet. If they followed the Earth Empire's naming standards, the Earth Empire and Lunar Empire fleets would inevitably confuse each other if they encountered each other in the future. Zhou Yuan couldn't help but think that the current situation was all thanks to the "Matrix Civilization," so they decided to use a matrix method to ensure the Lunar Empire fleet remembered the Earth Empire. Thus, the three major organizations of the Lunar Empire—the Imperial Fleet, the Imperial Star Bureau, and the Imperial Academy of Sciences—jointly approved the naming standards for the Lunar Empire fleet. These standards also followed the fleet's establishment date, but retained the titles of the Alpha Fleet and the 19th Fleet. The new fleet names would start numbering from 3, with the 19th vacant. In this way, corresponding to the Earth Empire fleet names, the Lunar Empire fleet would use a numerical "transpose matrix" naming method, such as "7th Fleet (Seventh Transpose Fleet)," "22nd Fleet," and so on.
The Lunar Empire, modeled entirely on the Earth Empire of the Milky Way, is a testament to the human race of Earth in the Triangular Galaxy. They begin to replicate and form another Earth Empire within this galaxy.
The Lunar Empire's Academy of Sciences intensified its research into dark matter, dark energy, consciousness fields, and time and space. Over a century later, as the Lunar Empire gradually transformed into another Earth-like empire, its desire to contact the Milky Way Earth Empire grew ever stronger. Some scientists devoted themselves to researching how to establish contact with the Milky Way Earth Empire. It seemed that simply knowing the other side still existed was enough to bring them satisfaction.
The large, bright spiral galaxy that humanity in the Lunar Empire had been gazing up at in the upper left of the sky began to appear frantically in the city through various media. That was the Milky Way, approximately 21 billion light-years away!
Although the Lunar Empire is capable of creating a binary black hole system and possesses the teleportation ring of the "Matrix Civilization," the controller of the teleportation ring, namely the "Light Child," has remained completely unresponsive since arriving in the Triangle Galaxy and instructing humanity to strive for supremacy.
Some scientists in the Lunar Empire began to consider other methods of returning to the Milky Way.