There is one thing that we have always known, but no one is willing to mention, this matter will only be discussed with Sandora under special circumstances, that is, after the fall of the old empire, what happened to those crazy fallen apostles? what a sin.
No one wants to see their former comrades-in-arms degenerate from a glorious warrior to a murderous and twisted executioner, especially for the Xiling Apostle, who regards destroying the abyss and fighting gloriously as the highest honor in his life, being controlled by the power of the abyss, Turning to massacre former comrades-in-arms or other fighters who fought against the abyss is simply the greatest shame and dirty act they can think of. Therefore, every time they talk about the destruction of the old empire, the last thing Sandora wants to mention is those How many worlds in the same camp have been destroyed by the crazy fallen apostles—even if those worlds are not part of the huge army group led by the empire, they are still enough to be called comrades-in-arms just because of their actions against the abyss. However, after the Apostles of Xiling became lunatics, these "comrades in arms" must be the first to suffer.
The old empire has a vast territory, ruling tens of thousands of worlds. These worlds are not necessarily military zones. There are also a large number of colonial universes, resource worlds, logistics worlds, or simple vassal race home worlds. The old empire has arranged countless worlds in these universes. Endless military depots and cosmic fortresses. In the past, these military depots were solid lines of defense to protect the universe. A world was able to develop peacefully because of the military depots set up by the empire. These depots are a symbol of safe survival.
However, with the outbreak of the catastrophe, the former guardians instantly turned into slaughtering demons, and the disaster spread from these military depots that were still the Great Wall of Steel a moment ago.
Countless worlds were destroyed by the gunfire of the Fallen Apostles. The magnificent country built by the old empire over hundreds of millions of years collapsed at an incredible speed, and a large number of vassal races were killed. Galaxies were ignited, universes were deleted... almost all cross-world passages were under the control of the Empire. Ordinary races in the universe have almost no possibility of escaping from birth. Even worse, some individual weak races have also become monsters under the influence of the power of the abyss, embarking on the road of destroying others and destroying themselves. This is a rapid and desperate chain reaction. Almost overnight, everything was turned into ruins under the impact of the abyss that was broadcast to the entire empire network without time difference. Just like the land that Sandora once ruled, only the desolate and distorted space fortresses and broken starships were left in the universe, and survived from the disaster. Descendants of a very small number of vassal races who have almost restarted from the primitive. And the twisted stories they tell from generation to generation.
Of course, this storm of destruction did not only destroy the empire. In many worlds close to the empire's ruled area, the impact of this earth-shattering disaster was almost no less than that of the empire: the fallen apostles who destroyed their own country did not stop , after they found that there was no material world to destroy in their sight, they decisively turned their attention to other worlds in their memory—those ordinary worlds that did not join the imperial camp, fought against the abyss as the third camp, or remained neutral.
Because the great changes in the empire were too rapid. In addition, the empire itself imposed an extremely strict military blockade on its own ruled area, so no one knew what happened in the few days when the unprecedentedly powerful civilization suddenly fell silent. Even ordinary civilizations that border directly on the border of the empire's ruled area, and even have business dealings with the latter on weekdays, can't imagine what kind of terrible scene is happening on the other side of the [world] channel that suddenly fell silent amidst the noise . When the dark warships of the "Emperor" rushed from the void angrily, pouring gunfire and death on every innocent world that appeared in their sights, all the civilizations that were hit were confused, and they couldn't react at all. What is going on, the end is coming so quickly that many civilizations ushered in the end of the world quickly and painlessly in confusion...
The remaining ones who reacted were powerful advanced civilizations, the void was vast, and the abyss attacked every orderly world indiscriminately. Naturally, it was not limited to the territories of the Protoss and the Xiling Empire. Of course, the civilizations that confronted the abyss were not limited to stars. In the two camps of Yuyu and Xiling, many powerful ordinary civilizations are also fighting against the abyss, and the civilizations that are qualified to fight against the abyss have at least reached the level that can span the universe and modify the laws of mathematics. The attack, although immediately suffered heavy losses, still persisted and had a chance to breathe.
The fallen apostles who frantically attacked other worlds were slightly hindered in the face of these powerful stragglers. That's why the later ghost fleets came into being. Survivors who survived the universe escape.
After all, no matter how powerful the ordinary civilization of the third camp is, it cannot be compared with the behemoth Xiling Empire, especially a group of crazy imperial soldiers who have severely burned their brains. The strong line of defense didn't last long before it was wiped out. The anti-Japanese armies from all over the world had no choice but to arrange fleets to cover the last survivors of the race to escape from this universe before resisting on the front line for long.
This is a large-scale evacuation that happened in many worlds at the same time. Countless void escape fleets rushed out in the pursuit of the fallen apostles. The flames of war spread, and the home universe, which was on the verge of collapse, plunged headlong into the same dangerous void. The size of the escape fleet was huge, but the number dropped sharply very quickly. The huge attrition was not only due to the pursuit of the Fallen Apostles, but also because of the danger of the void: Many civilizations have immature void navigation technology, and they may have the following The void is a bridge, the ability to jump into another world, but there is absolutely no anti-sky technology that can survive in the void for a long time. However, the situation at that time was that almost every world they could find had been shrouded in the fire of fallen apostles. No world is safe in the navigation map of the world. No matter where the escape fleet parks, the only thing to be greeted is the imperial warship that is approaching in a blink of an eye.
And the same instant and all over the sky.
Part of the escape fleet desperately jumped into the universe they thought was relatively safe. Most of the fleets that made this choice were torn to pieces by the empire's hyperspace firepower, while the remaining part was in the void. Wandering in the middle, when the energy is exhausted, it slowly disintegrates.
In the end, if you persevere, you can maintain it in the void for a long time, until the number of exiled spaceships escaping the influence of the fallen apostles is less than ten percent of the original number of evacuations. And almost all ships were badly damaged.
The council told us this history, and she, who was directly connected to the starship database due to the mutation of life forms, had almost no emotion when she told these things. It's like telling a story straight.
"It took nearly a thousand years for the fleeing fleet to temporarily escape from the pursuit of the imperial army. The number of survivors was less than one-tenth of what it was when it set off, and some of the fleet was already unsustainable. Able to venture into the main material world before the disintegration of the starship. Most of them fell into a desolate universe, lacking resources and population. There is also no vital basic industry. Started their own civilization from scratch. They used the only remaining void equipment on the battleship to maintain contact with the large troops still on the wandering journey for more than a thousand years. The final record shows that many of them have already reduced to star civilization. Still Some of them were destroyed by the cosmic environment. The rest of the fugitives continued to wander in the void, because no one knows how long the imperial army will hunt and kill, you... They never know what to give up. Facing such an army, no one dares Stop. The Yunaders merged with the last batch of starships after they terminated communication and formed a parliament. Otherwise, we, who were hit hard by the imperial army when we set out, would also become one of the stragglers .
"It has been wandering for quite a long time. Even the most powerful civilizations are gradually running out of resources, and there are fewer and fewer starships that can continue to operate. Although those imperial warships seem to have given up hunting, the wandering fleet is about to be swallowed by the void, The once huge clusters of starships were integrated one after another, and then there were only five joint fleets left. The five supreme commanders finally discussed and decided to split up and drift endlessly into the five void 'quadrants' that no one had ever explored until When the entire fleet's resources are exhausted, they will leave the void on the spot. What kind of universe they will fall into at that time is entirely up to fate. We firmly believe that the void is vast, and there is always a 'quadrant' that is a safe area that even the empire cannot find.
"After that, tens of thousands of years have passed. Although the five fleets have split up, we still try our best to keep in touch. During this period, this fleet, the Fourth Combined Fleet, carried out the largest and most risky reorganization. : Abandon all their respective battleships, and use all remaining resources to support the Toberu starship formation. The Toberu tribe, or the Toberu higher Zerg, is the civilization with the highest technology and productivity in the fleet, and they are also The only living body with psionic talent, when it was found that the efficiency of the fleet was getting lower and lower, and the ability to continue to develop in the void was zero, the council judged that only Tobelu was not afraid of psionic radiation, and had mastered the technology of the void laboratory Only living organisms can re-promote the development of the group. Extend the fleet's endurance as much as possible, so the final result, as you can see, is that there is only one kind of spaceship left in the wandering fleet, and that is the starship of the Toberu people. This is the fourth combined fleet. history."
I was silent for a while, and asked in a low voice: "There are four other fleets, they are now..."
In fact, you don't need to ask this question, because the young soldier has revealed the fate of several other fleets before.
"The first, second, and third fleets encountered the imperial army and were destroyed." Pain flashed across the council's face, but it quickly recovered. "The situation of the fifth fleet is unknown. In the end, only the fourth and fifth fleets survived. We were still in communication until six hundred years ago. At that time, they had wandered to the extremely remote areas in the void that no one had ever reached. They were in a large and dense primitive area of a desolate world. The communication between us was maintained intermittently. After more than ten years, finally lost contact, don't know if they still exist, may they still survive - the fifth fleet will eventually have almost twice the population of the fourth fleet, maybe they will succeed in the end."
"That is to say, within the currently known void range, you are the only remaining exiles."
Sandora sighed softly, looking at the council with a complicated expression.
The other party nodded silently.
"By the way, I remembered one more thing." I suddenly remembered a detail that I was concerned about before. "When I came here just now, I saw some imperial marks in your fortress, residual imperial equipment and so on. What's going on? ? Is it the fallen apostle warship that you captured during the firefight?"
"No. They are something brought by the 'remnants'" The council shook its head. "Although the Imperial Army is our mortal enemy. But we have to admit that their technology far surpasses the United Fleet. In order to survive, we will use everything we can. Including the enemy's weapons."
"Remnants?" My sister couldn't help repeating the word, "What remnants?"
The council closed its eyes: "It was the former imperial family. When the catastrophe happened, the imperial soldiers attacked all targets, including their original servants. But under normal circumstances, the imperial family has very cutting-edge void navigation technology. These technologies directly From the empire, so that they can have a higher chance of escape, many imperial family members escaped from the empire territory. They brought a lot of technology and warships, and joined the combined fleet. At first, a short battle broke out between us, Then we got a little understanding of what happened in the Xiling Empire. The battle ended, the two sides formed an alliance, and the imperial equipment they brought was used to enrich the material warehouse of the United Fleet."
The explanation from the parliament made me suddenly realize that there are traces of the empire in this planetary fortress. It seems that when the catastrophe broke out, not all the vassal races were as unlucky as the natives of the Mobrador world. , and the vassal races who mastered a relatively large number of imperial equipment escaped and ascended to heaven by chance, and then they merged with the fleeing fleet. I think the status of those imperial remnants in the United Fleet must have been very awkward in the early days.
My guess was immediately confirmed by the parliament: Although the descendants of the imperial remnants are no longer discriminated against in the combined fleet, in those early days, conflicts were everywhere between the remnants of the empire and the exiles. Mainly stemming from the latter's hatred and fear of the fallen apostles, and the remnants who were once the minions of the empire were regarded as the spokesmen of the devil by them. All of them went to the west, and with the efforts of the new generations of citizens, the relationship between the two sides was greatly eased. The remnants of the empire used the void technology they inherited from the empire to greatly extend the life of the combined fleet in the void. The exiles Then try to help the survivors correct their technology trees and reshape their development capabilities—we all know that under the control of the empire’s intentional or unintentional technology shackles, the vassal races will basically distort the technology trees, once they leave the empire” Blood transfusion" It won't take long for them to become a group of primitive people who only know how to press switches in ready-made machines.
We already know about the general situation of the Ghost Fleet, Sandora pondered for a moment, and said: "Basically, I already understand, so about our information—what do you think?"
"The credibility is not 100%, but it doesn't seem to make much sense whether we believe it or not." The parliament is as simple as ever, and she dares to pour out like a narrative on any serious problem. "The current combined fleet cannot have any impact on the actions of the imperial army How much impact, we can only guarantee an absolute counterattack when you launch an attack."
"In other words, as long as we don't attack you, you won't cause trouble, right?"
Sandora asked with a calm face, and immediately got a positive answer from the parliament: "There is no need to hide this issue, the combined fleet does not have the power to actively attack the Imperial Army."
"Hey, what are you going to do in the future?" Miss Lin who had been silent all this time suddenly asked, "Would you like to continue wandering?"
"If possible, the Fourth Combined Fleet will continue to wander, and we will continue to drift deep into the void until we have to stop. Of course, the premise is that you can really let us go."
"I'm afraid I have some bad news for you." Liliana jumped over suddenly and yelled loudly, "After many years of silence, the fallen apostles have actually resumed their operations. The place you are now is the fallen apostles. The range of attack—the reason why you are still alive until now is because this is also the monitoring area of the star domain gods and the territory of the new empire. That is to say, if the exiled fleet continues to move forward, once it leaves the sight of the empire and the star domain, You will immediately be attacked by the fallen apostles—just like when you left your homeland many years ago."
It has to be said that guys with a background in psychology are different, and Lilina's mouth immediately poked someone's scar.
The council immediately fell into a state of entanglement. Apparently, a logical judgment told her that the credibility of what our group of people said was relatively high. However, another logical judgment also told her that even one percent of the things related to the empire Even if the credibility of our big family reaches 99.9% in her mind, the remaining 0.1% of untrustworthiness is enough for her to ponder for a long time. Qianqian is a quick temper, see The other party began to count again, Momo Haw hadn't made up his mind for so long, and immediately jumped up and shouted: "Why are you wandering around! It's so dangerous outside! Our house is so big, we can live in it for you!"
As the mistress of the empire, Qianqian is also very bullish now. She can be satisfied as long as she has a set of three bedrooms and one living room, but now she dares to give others land and borders!
"The ultimate goal of the exile fleet is to find a stable home." I tried to move my feelings towards the council, although I don't know if the other party's emotional model is still the same as that of ordinary people, anyway, what I said is very sincere "Although I dare not It is said that the territory of the New Empire is absolutely safe, but at least it is safer than the void. The fallen apostles have indeed resumed their activities. It’s really a catastrophe at any time.”
"Emperor Xiling Apostle, do you mean to let the combined fleet settle down in your empire's territory?"
There was no expression on the parliament's face, just asking in a very serious tone.
At this time, I also realized that I might have said it a little rashly. This invitation seemed nothing to me. It seemed too sensational to the crew of the exile fleet. Among other things, after the end of World War II, you let a Jew stay. Try it in the old Nazi's house, whoever beats the brain out the next day is considered a natural phenomenon...
But I can't take it back at this time, so I can only bite the bullet and nod, hoping in my heart that the parliament, the super wisdom gathered by tens of thousands of souls, can use pure logic to think about it. It is really emotionally unacceptable, but Logically, I can't think of a safer way out than this.
After waiting for a full ten minutes, the council seemed to have finally completed her logical calculation. She reluctantly nodded in our expectant eyes, but then said: "I can pass this proposal, but then I will pass all the information Broadcast to the entire Combined Fleet, let them decide their future."