Light Speed ​​War

Chapter 126: The Great Wall Fortress

The Wheel of Faction consists of twenty-one star clusters, which are stationed in the dark space some distance away from the Tianxing II star system.

The twenty star clusters continued their hyperspace journey, and as they approached the Tianxing-2 star system, they immediately returned to normal space. These twenty star clusters then turned around to quickly escape the hyperspace confinement of Tianxing-2.

The Tianxing-2 hyperspace blockade was unlocked, and it suddenly adjusted its orientation and attitude. Then, the "Sniper Arrow" hyperspace strike was launched against the twenty star clusters that were turning around at near-light speed.

The powerful gamma-ray burst shockwave struck so suddenly that it destroyed those twenty star clusters in an instant!

The twenty-one star clusters that were still far away from Tianxing-2 accelerated and turned around as soon as they saw Tianxing-2 begin to adjust its course, then entered hyperspace and escaped.

The "giant gravitational source" galaxy cleanup in the Hydra-Centaur direction has reappeared.

The Tianxing-2 galaxy began accelerating its journey, then entered hyperspace and headed towards the Sculptor's Wheel Galaxy.

Shortly after the twenty-one star clusters entered the normal space of the Wheel Galaxy from hyperspace, Tianxing-2 also arrived near the Wheel Galaxy.

The core of the Wheel Galaxy began to brighten, and the spokes began to rotate. This time, the Wheel Galaxy did not fire, but accelerated backward and prepared to enter hyperspace.

However, the Wheel Galaxy failed to enter hyperspace, and the Imperial Fleet has sealed off the hyperspace of more than one hundred star systems near Tianxing II.

Tianxing-2 begins its hyperspace journey, chasing after the high-speed Wheel Galaxy.

The Wheel Galaxy is desperately fleeing, trying to escape the clutches of Tianxing-2.

However, as if it had calculated the exact angle and position of the Wheel Galaxy's appearance, Tianxing-2 intercepted it right in front of the Wheel Galaxy in no time. The "Sniper Arrow" superluminal strike arrived, and the bright star cluster at the core of the Wheel Galaxy was hit instantly. The Wheel Galaxy, like a wheel about to fall apart, tried its best to dodge and move forward at an angle.

Soon after, the core star cluster of the Wheel Galaxy was destroyed. Then came the outer starburst ring, which, like the Wheel Galaxy in the Armenian Cosmic Wall, was ultimately destroyed by the intense faster-than-light attack from Tianxing-2.

The hyperspace underwent another violent oscillation, and the "giant gravitational source" was cleared once again.

Tianxing-2 has entered hyperspace and begun its journey towards the 28th star system.

After traversing multiple light-speed dimensional space regions and numerous cosmic Great Walls, Tianxing-2 arrived near the Great Wall fortress that the Matrix Civilization had instructed it to occupy in the 7th year of the Great Wall Era.

This fortress is a small star cluster with thirteen star systems, established by a coalition of hostile forces from the Matrix civilization. This coalition has twelve Great Wall lords, primarily led by Kelly, the Great Wall lord of Kelia. Kelly's coalition currently possesses over four thousand five hundred Great Walls, making it a relatively large coalition within the Great Wall faction.

The Kelly Alliance has been quite rampant, constantly seizing control of some of the weaker cosmic walls. Because the Matrix Wall faction is relatively new, currently only possessing eleven cosmic walls, it is considered weaker among the 142 cosmic wall factions, making it a target for some larger cosmic wall lords who are secretly vying for control.

The Great Wall War is a battle between lords of different factions, a process of the strong preying on the weak and the big fish eating the small fish.

Tianxing-2 began its advance towards the fortress. Of the thirteen star systems at the fortress, twelve were adjusting their positions and attitudes—and these twelve systems were actually escort satellite systems!

Tianxing-2 quickly accelerated and entered hyperspace to avoid the attack of the twelve escort satellite systems. Those escort satellite systems did not give chase.

"This fortress is protected by twelve star systems. If Tianxing-2 were to deal with twelve star systems on its own, it would be harder than climbing to heaven."

“George, our master ordered us to occupy this fortress with the sole purpose of cutting off their communication and transportation. Let’s try hyperspace blockade first, and then deploy our four ‘Shengtian Bowls’.”

"Dean Zhou, how long would it take to produce eight more 'Shengtian Bowls'?"

"It will take about eight years. It's a pity that we haven't been able to use the six 'Heavenly Bowls' at the Milky Way base. If we go back to retrieve them, the round trip will take quite a while."

"Should we seek help?"

"Help? Our comrades? I don't know if there are any comrades on a mission nearby."

"Dean Zhou, not necessarily an ally; the enemy of my enemy is my friend."

"Yes, that's right. I'll examine the 'light slice' copy more carefully to see if there are any available help nearby. Also, we can use hyperspace communication to summon the Pandora civilization or other allies in our camp."

"it is good."

A dedicated encrypted hyperspace communication to summon allies of the Great Wall faction is immediately initiated.

Zhou Yuan began to carefully search the massive amount of information in the "light slice." The nearest "enemy of the enemy" to the fortress would take three years to reach by star fleet. Considering the round-trip time (six years would be enough to build about six "Sheng Tian Bo"), the uncertainty of whether contact, negotiation, and cooperation with the "enemy of the enemy" would be successful, the Tianxing Second Fleet temporarily abandoned the idea of ​​utilizing the "enemy of the enemy."

Three months later, Tianxing-2 received a response from a ally of the Matrix Great Wall faction. This ally was four star system fleets from the Balu Civilization (the Balu Civilization originated from the Cornenian Cosmic Great Wall). These four star system fleets had recently finished a battle and received Tianxing-2's distress message while returning to their Cosmic Great Wall. The four Balu Civilization star system fleets would arrive at Tianxing-2's current location in approximately one year and three months.

"George, it's not a good idea for us to just wait here."

"Yes, but in this vast universe, there's nowhere else to go except for the fortress."

"I want to go to the fortress myself and see it for myself."

"Oh? Dean Zhou, that's too dangerous."

"I naturally won't go to those twelve escort satellite systems. The capital system that hasn't made any moves should be the key point of the fortress. I'll go and check out that capital system. As for security, let's keep a low profile and secretly spy to confuse the enemy. Just give me a 'Halo Garden' warship that can travel quickly through hyperspace."

"I need to consult with the relevant scientists at the Academy of Sciences to see if we can increase the warship's hyperspace travel power and speed. If the warship can achieve the effect of a starlight fleet and quickly escape danger, only then can I approve your request to go."

"Understood, thank you. Use this waiting time. Tianxing II, rebuild some more large and medium-sized 'Shengtianbo' and starlight fleets."

"Okay, Dean Zhou, don't worry about this, I'll take care of it."

A few days later, Tianxing II turned back and advanced towards the fortress. The twelve star systems of the fortress adjusted their positions and orientations, preparing to attack Tianxing II. Tianxing II immediately sealed off the hyperspace of the fortress and its own star system. At the moment the hyperspace was sealed off, an inconspicuous warship broke through the hyperspace blockade and sped towards the capital star system of the fortress.

After the thirteen star systems of the fortress lifted the hyperspace blockade, Tianxing-2 immediately fled again. Tianxing-2 seemed to be testing the fortress's ability to lock down and unlock the hyperspace blockade.

Everything seemed to have returned to normal, but an Imperial Hercules warship had already entered the Fortress Capital System and was navigating stealthily through the interstellar space of this system.

The Hercules warship detected that the interstellar space of this fortress capital system was teeming with the creations of intelligent civilizations: defensive star clusters, heavily guarded military industrial units, colossal mechanical structures, and a diverse array of life forms—a scene of unparalleled prosperity. This system truly lived up to the grandeur and character of a "capital city."

The Hercules warship began to be stationed in a star system where intelligent civilizations had not yet set foot, a star system containing an Earth-like planet.

Although the Empire only has one warship this time, thanks to its folding space technology and shrinking technology, this one warship can carry almost all the supplies and weapons of a normal Earth Empire fleet from the previous interstellar era.

The Imperial fleet swiftly terraformed the Earth-like planet, constructing military factories, space shipyards, and large buildings. What started as a single Hercules warship was transformed into over a hundred fleets in a short period.

After ten days of preparation, this planet resembled a newly emerged, relatively advanced intelligent civilization's mother planet. Zhou Yuan did this to confuse them and pretend that he was a "native" of this capital star system.

Through the long-range "Twin Eyes," the Imperial Fleet had thoroughly surveyed most of the capital star system. However, there were still eighteen locations in the capital star system that the long-range "Twin Eyes" could not directly observe, presumably because they involved important secrets.

The Imperial Fleet's current mission is naturally to find out what secrets are hidden in these eighteen locations.

"Shanmei, Yamei, what's the best way for us to appear? Should we take the initiative to contact them? Or should we be discovered passively?"

"Brother, this capital star system has many intelligent civilizations, and there should be quite a few advanced ones. If we appear weak, they might not take us seriously and it will be difficult for us to infiltrate their ranks. If we stand out too much, it might arouse their suspicion. Therefore, we'd better appropriately demonstrate our strength."

"Yes, Shan-mei is right."

"This place is probably fraught with danger. If we make even the slightest mistake, we'll have to run for our lives. As for how we act, I think it depends on our objective. If it's just about spying on those eighteen secrets, then we'll operate covertly. If we want to infiltrate their ranks, then it's like what Sister Shan said."

"Ya-mei is right. We'd better win their favor and infiltrate their ranks. For the great cause of the Empire, we're willing to be pathetic undercover agents." Zhou Yuan's last words were naturally a self-deprecating remark.

"So, how exactly should we make our entrance?"

"Sister Shan, I think if we make our appearance, we should try to attract attention and blend into their camp without drawing attention. I have three plans: A, B, and C."

"Ya-mei, aren't there two plans, A and B? You're getting more and more shrewd these days," Zhou Yuan teased.

"I learned this from you." Lefia smiled charmingly at Zhou Yuan and winked.