"Then they repeated the process again?" I was dumbfounded, the expression on my face must have been exciting even though I couldn't see it, "Are you saying that they actually assembled twice?"
"Assembled twice, retreated twice," Tavel spread his hands, and then switched the screen on the holographic projection, "This is the second telemetry result, and a fleet signal of the same size as the first time appeared in the border area , and then before the team stabilized, they began to run around. Most of the fleet withdrew to the hinterland of the abyss area, and a small part disappeared. It may be too small for the spy forces to scan them, or it may be the ... ran away to places that no one expected."
I don't understand those complicated tactical analysis diagrams, but the chaos on the front line can still be seen at a glance. Listening to Tavel's report, I turned my head and looked at Sandora in a daze: "How do you feel? Is it like a collective convulsion?"
"So I called you back in a hurry," Sandora nodded, "The fallen apostles have never acted so strangely. There was something wrong with their raids on the border of the Protoss a few days ago, and now this kind of trouble seems to be getting worse... Such a large-scale distribution and transfer in the border area cannot be just to scare us."
I scratched my chin and began to think, recalling the experience of contacting the fallen apostles in the past few years, looking for whether they had similar convulsions before, and finally thought of some connection: "Hey, Harlan, you and your legion Didn't you also have a few days of wind?"
Harlan's face was full of embarrassment: "Let's not talk about this matter... Well, it was true that there was a period of confusion at the beginning, but I think the 'symptoms' of the fallen apostles are not the same as those of my day. At that time, our The confusion is due to contact with your power, and the incomplete reversal caused my own thinking to be slow. Although the behavior is weird, it is basically logical, and the main 'symptom' is still reflected in the low efficiency of action. But this time the situation on the other side It's obviously more weird. It's not that their actions are inefficient, but that their actions are illogical at all, and they seem to have no idea what they are doing... At least on the surface, and of course the possibility that they are engaging in some kind of conspiracy is not ruled out. , after all, there are quite a few old and cunning guys in the Fallen Apostles camp, so it's not surprising what they do."
Harlan is right, it cannot be ruled out that the enemy is engaging in conspiracies and tricks. In fact, I really think of a possibility: Could they be using these messy and large-scale military operations to cover up something? Get most of our attention with the legion moves on the frontier, and then do something more deadly in a corner that doesn't attract much attention...
As soon as I said this idea, most people at the scene immediately agreed, and a senior commander stood up from the officer's seat: "Your Majesty, the Sixth Army reported an abnormal situation during a routine border inspection a month ago. It may have something to do with the enemy's actions now."
Sandora and I said in unison: "What's going on?"
The senior commander transferred the holographic image in front of him to the large projector in the center of the conference room, and what appeared on the holographic screen was a scan record of the border area a month ago: "The reconnaissance team found that there are several consecutive world The doomsday phenomenon, the doomsday feed wave almost spread to the border of the empire at that time. The end of the world itself is a normal situation. The end of the world is everywhere in the void every day, especially in the abyss area. The birth and destruction of the world are more frequent than other places. But on that day the detection The doomsday feeds that we have seen are extremely dense, and the number of worlds destroyed in a day in the abyss area is more than three times what we usually monitor in that area, so this was reported to the highest military headquarters as an abnormal phenomenon."
"Oh, I remembered, I have the impression," Sandora nodded immediately, "I have seen this report that several universes in the area ruled by the Fallen Apostles were destroyed in a short period of time, because the detected The number of doomsdays is much higher than in the past, so this report was sent directly to me. In the past, daily telemetry reports like this were handled by each legion themselves."
I looked at Sandora curiously: "Didn't we take any action on such a big matter?"
I remembered that I seemed to be in another place a month ago, and I didn't know how Sandora handled it at that time, so I asked this question.
"Of course I took action," Sandora raised her eyebrows. "At that time, I ate four catties of rice cakes to celebrate, and then sent a lot to the soldiers in the telemetry analysis center to make them happy."
Me: "..." Well, according to the situation at the time, Sandora should really celebrate after seeing this report: But what should we talk about now is not this
"Of course there were other actions." Seeing the expression on my face, Sandora knew what I was thinking, "But at that time, no one knew that the fallen apostle would have a convulsion soon, and naturally no one thought too much about this report. I think this is just a coincidence. Many worlds in the Abyss happened to have passed the shelf life that day. Later, I sent two additional scouting troops, and let the Death Garden increase the power to irradiate the Abyss. No abnormalities were found, and In the next few days, the frequency of world demise in the abyss area returned to the normal value, and this matter will be over."
"It can't be proven that these two things are connected now," Harlan said aloud to attract our attention. "Multiple universes were destroyed, and the army was assembled abnormally. There seems to be no causal relationship between the two things."
"It would be great if we could take a closer look. It's impossible to tell just by telemetry signals and brain supplementation..." I nodded, but I was interrupted by Sivis' urgent report just in the middle of my sentence: "Your Majesty ! The early warning center sent an alert! The border has once again detected a large number of enemy fleets gathering, and now the scale has exceeded three legions!"
I almost smashed my head on the table: "Come again?!"
A large circle of people in the meeting room looked at each other in blank dismay. After a shallow look, no one was speaking, and then raised their hands cautiously to express their opinions: "I think they may still plan to smoke one more time."
I guess many people at the scene had the same guess as Qianqian, but no one dared to take this guess seriously. I looked at Sivis with a confused face: "What about the defense army and the mobilizable legion?"
"His Majesty Sandora has already transferred the main force to the border before. At present, the main force of the defense army has arrived. The vanguard of the First and Sixth Legion has arrived, and the other legions are still on the way. When the enemy retreated for the first time, we let Some legions are on standby, but Her Majesty Sandora has not canceled the mobilization order since the second time."
I patted my forehead and sighed: "Okay, let them continue to drive to the border no matter what, and those who have already arrived will stay there. Regardless of whether the fallen apostles are convulsed or not, we will treat them as if they are about to start a war. One after another... Even if it's true once, I can't stand it."
Everyone agreed, and then Sandora and other senior staff assigned a defense plan, and were going to discuss a more active military plan. Bingtis doesn't know much about the military aspects of the empire, and she doesn't know how fleet warfare is commanded. She has participated in this meeting with the attitude of a layman watching the excitement, and she can't help but want to express her opinion: "I said... let's follow The enemy is so exhausted wave after wave? Don't be dragged down by the opponent anymore... By the way, isn't this the original intention of the lunatics on the opposite side?"
"No," Sandora smiled lightly, "Although both sides are exhausted, the one who consumes more is the Fallen Apostle. Their fleet movement back and forth consumes a lot of energy, and it puts a lot of pressure on the void engine of the spaceship. There is only one mobilization here, and they are waiting at the frontier to wait for work. If the other side really wants to drag the empire to waste, then their commander can send it to the reactor."
"That's what I said, but in the final analysis, we can't just wait passively," I glanced at Sandora, "It's psychologically unacceptable to be dragged away by waves of enemies—your active plan is What? Should we send some special forces across the line of fire? At least we have to figure out what kind of planes the other side is flying in the abyss area."
"I'm thinking too, but..." Sandora was halfway through speaking, and Sivis made another urgent report: "Your Majesty! The frontline telemetry report has detected the enemy fleet... It started to disband again, and it's on its way. Running around in a swarm."
Now even Sandora, who had been calm all this time, was stunned. Her Majesty muttered to herself with straight eyes: "Are they... are they going to end?"
"I'm going to organize a more elite reconnaissance unit," Harlan suddenly stood up, "I can't take it anymore..."
Sandora nodded, but still confessed: "Remember we have to wait for work with ease, and don't waste our strength indiscriminately before the fallen apostles take action. The only advantage of the empire is to be defensive."
Harlan nodded, and directly teleported out of the conference room.
"Until there is new news from Harlan, all the original action plans remain unchanged," Sandora looked around at the officers present, "No matter what the other side wants to do, treat this as an invasion. Sikaro, you lead the Royal Fleet The reloaded defense force went to the border springboard D-35D to assist the Imperial Guard there to strengthen the defense. If the fallen apostles invade the border nodes around D-35D, you must block it immediately. Now I am also a little worried whether the enemy is here It's a cover for some other sneak attack."
I quickly looked up at the officer's bench, only to find that the upright knight-faced uncle was standing up and saluting in a neat imperial uniform. I was a little disappointed: Why didn't this guy wear his black uniform today?
Well, this might seem like a bad time to be thinking about these things.
Sandora discussed some highly professional things with Sivis, and then stood up and made a concluding speech: "So that's it, there are indeed some strange things happening to the fallen apostles recently, and we may not be able to find out for a while. What is going on, but no matter what the situation is, stick to the only principle: whatever they do is a conspiracy. All ministries are on high alert, except for the 1st, 6th, 3rd and 4th armies that have been dispatched to the border. In addition, other legions went to each border springboard universe to deploy defenses according to the rules of the plan. Including the local Imperial Defense Forces, all fronts bordering the Fallen Apostles required at least one legion's combat effectiveness, and the surrounding springboards were kept clear. Three soldiers could be mobilized within an hour. Combat strength of more than 1 legion went to support. The macro world has been raised from the three-pole normal state to the second-level alert, and the civilian passages in the border area are temporarily controlled. Except for the inspectors performing official duties, they are temporarily closed. The telemetry device group of the death garden system remains online and is locked. All military industrial worlds in the border area, if any signs of infiltration are found, they will be regarded as an invasion. In addition, the civilization community is notified that the celestial system fleet is now 'warming up', so that they are ready to switch to another sun. That's it, who sees if there is still What's missing?"
Sandora's instructions this time are detailed, not only for the deployment of large-scale invasion, but also for small-scale spy infiltration: she ordered to use the death garden to lock all military universes, in order to prevent the special forces of the Fallen Apostles from taking advantage of it. Sneak in. She was also worried about whether the fallen apostle was using some weird way to disturb people's eyes and ears, and was actually preparing to do something behind the scenes.
I thought about it, and felt that there is still one thing to add: "It's best to strengthen the defenses in those worlds that deviate from the abyss area, that is, the far border area."
Sandora looked down at me: "Are you worried about the same situation as the Protoss border?"
"The fallen apostles have done this once, and we have to guard against the second time." I leaned back on the chair, "Now their behavior is weird, and we can no longer judge according to old experience. What is this called... Re-acquaintance Your own enemy."
"Raiding the far border around such a large distance, there is no supply or cover in between... Logically, it does not conform to military codes, but what you said makes sense. They have done this once and succeeded, so they have to guard against the second time," Shan said. Dora looked up at Sivis while talking, "Then this part of the arrangement will be handed over to you. The Imperial Defense Forces in the far borders will strengthen their vigilance on the spot, and let the reserve echelon and the Seventh Legion rush over to support them. In addition, the Abyss is independent. The regiment should still provide a lot of troops, anyway, they are not in charge of the frontal battlefield at present, I will ask Harlan to push the abyss fleet to the far frontier."
Sivis gave a military salute with a "snap": "Your will!"
After arranging all these, Sandora breathed a long sigh of relief, and then waved her hands around to signal the end of the meeting. In a blink of an eye, everyone in the conference room was cleared, leaving only our family at the end.
"Okay, let's wait and see the next move of the fallen apostle, don't think about these troubles for the time being," Sandora took a deep breath twice, and turned her head with a smile, "I must be thinking about spending a few more days in the God Realm Right? Will you be angry if I call you back in advance?"
I cheerfully pinched Her Majesty's face (actually, it was like pinching just now, but I didn't have the nerve to do it in front of the court's civil and military officials), and said without caring at all: "How can I, in fact, I'm a little I'm used to it, and every time I go on a business trip, I don't encounter some emergencies, and I feel like my life is incomplete."
"Okay, I'll listen carefully," Sandora waved her hand, "Tell me about your situation in the God Realm, and the things you go there to deal with are all big things."
Before I could speak, Qianqian next to me raised her hand weakly: "Then what, you guys still want to continue talking about business, right?"
Sandora and I nodded together, and then disappeared in a flash, leaving only half a sentence that slowly dissipated in the air: "I remembered that the soup was still cooking in the kitchen. I'll go back and talk slowly... "
Everyone: "..."
Sandora and I stared at the direction where Qianqian disappeared, and it took me a long time to realize: "Good guy, soaking in Master Kong will taint the taste, and it's really thanks to her that she can come up with a reason to 'stew the soup'... This girl has something How unwilling to talk about business, why is it the same as Bingtis."
Bingtis, who had already moved her feet to the door, ran back in a desperate manner: "Can you shoot this concubine if you have nothing to do?"
Sandora and I automatically ignored Sister Bing, and started talking about the situation in the God Realm this time.
"The attack over there is not serious. The God Clan family has a great career, and the attack is only a remote and desolate world. There is nothing serious except that the Kingdom of God was shot," I first talked about this time. The main business of the business trip, "The main loss is a matter of face, but Father God doesn't want it like me... He is very calm, and he has planned a joint action plan to wipe out all the fallen apostles before the expedition, but now this plan may require A few changes: the fallen apostles have convulsed on our borders, and the protoss' offensive steps have also been disrupted."
I told Sandora about the general idea of the joint attack, and she was also very interested in this plan, but considering that the fallen apostles suddenly behaved abnormally, and they might cause trouble if they attacked before they figured out the situation, she was not in a hurry Let's talk about it now.
Then I mentioned the second thing: "The other thing is the hometown world, you have to keep calm: there are indications that the destruction of the hometown world may be related to conspiracy theories..."
"Conspiracy theory?" Sandora's brows frowned all of a sudden, "Is there something strange about the destruction of the home world?"
"It's just a little suspicious, and I'm not sure if there is really an external force involved. According to the log that has been deciphered on the artifact, the Protoss scout finally found the exact traces of the super civilization, including not only the void coordinates, but also the actual void shuttle. The wreckage of the aircraft. After comparing the time of various records with each other, it is now basically certain that a super civilization visited that area before the destruction of the home world. This super civilization left a series of investigation traces and disappeared. Soon it was the disaster that the Xiling people encountered. From the perspective of time, the two events happened almost one after the other. In addition, the Father God also confirmed one thing: the Protoss did not discover that super civilization after that, They showed up just once."
A golden light flashed across Sandora's eyes for a moment, and I saw Pandora not far away, hugged her baby pimple cannon on the spot, but soon Sandora's face regained her indifference, and threw it over This look made Pandora put away the pillar, and Her Majesty's calm expression returned to her face: "It is indeed very suspicious. If it is a civilization that can easily cross the void like the empire, it is indeed capable of destroying the home world at that time. And this tandem seems to be a bit of a conspiracy, but there are still too many things that don't make sense: Order and civilization can't control the phenomenon of opening the door to the abyss, and there is no direct evidence to prove that the home world was deliberately destroyed. The most important thing now We still have to deal with the fallen apostles, this matter... we will talk about it later."
As I said, Sandora cannot be impulsive. RS