Chapter 1 The Prelude to War

On Aquamarine Star, the six nations occupied the three continents of the south, north, and west. The central continent of Andia was once the main battlefield of the old era. It was severely polluted, the environment was desolate, and radiation filled the air. Desertification had taken hold, and it was an abandoned wasteland. Germination occupied it and shaped it into its main base.

Half a year ago, Han Xiao peddled information about Germination, shocking the six nations. Germination's branch bases, which it had painstakingly operated for many years, were all uprooted, and its vitality was greatly damaged. Germination had always relied on these "nails" to make the six nations hesitant to act rashly. With the hidden dangers eliminated, the six nations had no scruples and finally settled accounts after the autumn harvest.

The prelude to the expedition was thus opened.

War is not something that can be started on a whim, especially when the scale of the war almost sweeps the globe. It requires mobilizing military forces, collecting supplies, and waiting for everything to be in place before the flames of war can be ignited.

After several months of preparation, the official expedition was launched on September 16th of the Star Sea Calendar 688.

More than a dozen large naval formations set off from their respective military ports at the same time. With aircraft carriers as the core, accompanied by countless escort ships and destroyers, and carrying tens of thousands of soldiers, they advanced in a mighty and awe-inspiring manner, clearly intending to flatten everything in their path.

The six nations had discussed the strategic layout and conducted joint operations. The overall commander of the navy was Lin Lin, a top military officer from Ruilan. A pure soldier with no political inclinations, he was experienced and had a steady style. He was unanimously recommended by the top levels of the six nations after screening. Lin Lin commanded the naval fleet to attack Andia from all directions, launching a full-scale invasion.

Germination had deployed defensive measures and military forces around the coastline, and also sent out fleets and air forces to defend its maritime rights.

The first wave of engagement was missiles.

Germination took the lead in launching long-range missiles, trying to wipe out the six nations' navies from beyond visual range, but they were shot down in the high altitude by the anti-missile interception tracking missile arrays equipped on the aircraft carriers. The aircraft carrier formations returned the favor, launching missiles at the Andia continent. Germination relied on land-based anti-missile devices to escape the disaster.

Mutual missile attacks could not overcome either side, and the direction of the war still depended on the results of contact battles.

Fleets engaged in fierce battles in the waters of Andia. The flames of war ignited on the azure sea. The two armies were intertwined, and the gun flames of the combined turrets spewed out for tens of meters. The fire was blinding, thick smoke billowed, and explosions occurred on one warship after another. Ships were sunk at any time.

Although the protagonists of large-scale battlefields are various war machines, the role of Supers cannot be ignored. If no precautions are taken, a powerful Super can slaughter the soldiers on an entire ship and destroy a warship from the inside single-handedly. All kinds of strange abilities wreak havoc on the battlefield. The existence of Supers makes the battle situation full of variables. Fortunately, Germination's executives were powerful, and the Supers of the six nations were not bad either. Both sides suffered losses and restrained each other.

Due to the main line of the war being advanced by Han Xiao, the players from each camp participating in the expedition mission could only watch from the sidelines, with almost no room to intervene in the naval battle.

In his previous life, the players would have already rushed up with shouts, but now the players' influence on the battle situation had been weakened to the lowest point by Han Xiao.

Their levels were too low to be anything but cannon fodder.

Dalost, the naval commander on Germination's side, was once a high-ranking naval officer of a destroyed country. Under his leadership, the Germination fleet was as ferocious as a pack of wolves. However, the six nations advanced and retreated in an orderly manner, as if they knew Germination's deployment like the back of their hand. After the battle, the Germination fleet quickly suffered huge losses.

On the southern battlefield, Star-Long's Changxing (Long Star) and Youlong (Wandering Dragon) fleets tore apart the formation, and Hai Xia's Rilie (Fierce Sun), Lueniao (Lark), and Jianmao (Spearhead) fleets drove straight in, destroying the island ports that provided fleet supplies for Germination. The other four nations also had their own tactics on their respective battlefields.

The Germination main base information that Han Xiao revealed to Star-Long before the war gave the six nations an intelligence advantage.

They had the upper hand on the battlefield, thanks to Han Xiao's intelligence contribution. The high-level officials of various countries did not forget this.

Dalost's flagship was sunk in the naval battle, and he was blown to pieces by shells. Deputy Commander Ansas urgently took over command.

Faced with the siege of the six nations' navies, Ansas was unable to support the situation alone. In just three days, he lost a large area of sea. Finally, he wisely gave up the fight for sea supremacy, avoided the edge of the six nations' fleets, and transferred his troops back to the mainland to defend. Germination prepared to use Andia's home-field advantage to resist the six nations.

Gaining sea supremacy, the six nations blockaded the surrounding waters, watching with fierce eyes. Each fleet deployed high-power sonars working twenty-four hours a day around the Andia continent to prevent submarine attacks or escapes, as if a net from the sky was cast down. The entire Andia continent had become a turtle in a jar, cutting off Germination's retreat.

Aircraft carriers became mobile air force bases, challenging Germination's air supremacy, bombing everywhere, and also fighting with Germination's air force units. Airdropping nuclear bombs was the last resort and would never be used unless absolutely necessary.

Troop carriers sent ground forces to the coastline. The ground forces of the six nations finally set foot on Andia, and a fierce and stalemate beach landing battle broke out.

The outcome of the ground war could sway the direction of the war. According to Han Xiao's intelligence, as long as those anti-missile military bases were destroyed, the missile lethality of the aircraft carriers could be unleashed, and the battle could be settled in one fell swoop, destroying Germination.

Germination had lost its retreat. Faced with heavy encirclement and suppression, delaying would only lead to the continuous breaking of territory, a dead end for catching turtles in a jar. If Germination wanted to break the situation, they could only seek other actions. The commanders of the six nations believed that Germination must have other strategic intentions in secret, and both sides were testing each other's cards.

Anyone could see that Germination was at a great disadvantage. The six nations held multiple war situation analysis meetings internally and unanimously concluded that Germination had almost no chance of winning. The only thing to pay attention to was the doomsday system intelligence that Han Xiao had revealed, to prevent Germination from jumping over the wall in desperation.

In order to eliminate the nuclear threat, the six nations dispatched commando squadrons to infiltrate the military bases controlling nuclear weapons according to Han Xiao's intelligence. These were all covert operations.

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In the Germination headquarters located in an underground explosion-proof fortification, the leader was listening to a war situation report.

The Germination high-level executives were shrouded in gloom. As soon as the war started, the situation kept sliding in a direction unfavorable to them. Indeed, in terms of hard power, Germination could not withstand the joint offensive of the six nations. Fortunately, they still had various planned products that could be used as surprise soldiers, which should be able to exert miraculous effects in the ground war.

In his previous life, when the six nations and Germination went to war, the situation was evenly divided. Relying on the branch bases on various continents, Germination held the attention of the six nations, and the military strength on the frontal battlefield was basically equal.

But now, Germination had been greatly damaged by Han Xiao, and the balance of victory seemed to be tilting towards the six nations in an irreversible trend. The situation was completely different from his previous life.

Everything was due to the influence of this little butterfly, Han Xiao!

No one knew how to win this war, but the leader's calmness made everyone think that he had a way.

"Holm Harbor, Aibird Harbor, Termifa Harbor... all thirteen ports have been lost. The six nations are continuously transporting ground troops to land. Ruilan and Tilius in the north are launching attacks on the Sunset Valley Base and the Black Tree Base. If these two bases are captured, we will lose some missile silos. The other four nations are steadily advancing, breaking through the defensive forces of Buck and Muhai Shan, and heading towards key bases. The enemy's goal is very clear: to remove our various missile and anti-missile bases. They actually know the detailed functions of the bases, and they definitely have our important intelligence..." The officer reported in a sweat.

"It's Zero." The leader's tone was calm and terrible. He was used to it.

This result further confirmed his guess that Han Xiao had "precognitive" abilities. Zero would always be a serious hidden danger to the organization unless he was eliminated. Intelligence was only useful when there was sufficient power. Unfortunately, Zero was mediating between the six nations, using them to kill.

But Germination was helpless. Zero was a rat hiding in the east and west. He hoped that the "Child of Destiny"'s assertion would be successful this time, and that Zero would come to the headquarters to throw himself into the net. The leader had deployed countless men and horses around the headquarters, and with a single order, they could form a huge encirclement that stretched for thousands of miles.

In order to catch Zero, no amount of fanfare was too much.

Zero's own strength was only at a mid-to-upper level. It was very likely that he would bring helpers with him. Under this grand encirclement, the leader was confident that no matter how many people Han Xiao brought, it would be a dead end.

As for whether Zero would discover his trap with his precognitive abilities, the leader had conducted experiments to address this point. He disrupted the troop deployment and found that the six nations were not aware of these changes. From this, he could see that Han Xiao's "precognition" had limitations, at least it was not omniscient and omnipotent. The leader could only choose to believe the "Child of Destiny".

As the passive party, he did not have many choices. He could only wait for the rabbit to come to him.

"Kill Zero, and we will have a chance of winning."

The leader's fist, wrapped in a glove, tapped the table lightly, and a cold voice came from under the mask.