Chapter 153 T-04

A colossal black iron space station floated in the cosmos, its outer armor adorned with rows of satellite-class defense cannons. Nine armed satellite fortresses orbited the space station, heavily guarded.

Transmigration Base T-04 – this was the target of the Zero Organization's assault.

Inside the base, Tamaria and other high-ranking officers were in a conference room, participating in a remote meeting.

The projection displayed the figure of Jod, the remote operations commander, his tone grave.

"According to reliable intelligence, Black Star, who has been dormant for two months, departed from headquarters with his fleet eleven days ago. We speculate that he will soon return to the battlefield. All commanders present must pay attention to Black Star's movements."

This meeting was aimed at all war-zone commanders in the Western Wind, Chada, and Kaya star systems. Black Star's return to the battlefield was the reason for the meeting. After the battle between Black Star and the Eight Vanguard Officials, Jod attached great importance to Han Xiao.

Although one person cannot sway the course of a war, Black Star was one of the Zero Organization's most dangerous high-level combatants, with an astonishing record. Jod felt it was necessary to issue a special notice for him. Even if it was overkill, it was better than being unprepared.

"Based on recent rumors and the experiences of the Eight Vanguard Officials in their clashes with him, I have compiled a report on Black Star, which will be sent to all of you later…" Jod said.

He believed in knowing oneself and one's enemy. The Crystal Race would certainly value Black Star, and this Black Star report would allow each commander to understand their opponent. If they encountered an attack, they would know how to deal with the Black Star problem.

The meeting ended quickly. The T-04 Transmigration Base commander received the intelligence report. He had only glanced at it twice when Tamaria strode to his side, snatched the communicator, and began reading it herself.

The base commander was helpless. He was not directly under the war zone, but rather a talented individual who had been recruited later. Tamaria's position in the base was higher than his. This green-skinned woman not only served as the captain of a dozen high-level combatants but also had supervisory duties. Except during combat, she simply did not acknowledge him. The base commander had become accustomed to Tamaria's rudeness.

Tamaria only glanced at it once before scoffing and tossing the communicator aside.

"I thought Black Star was so powerful; turns out he's so easy to deal with…"

Hearing this, the base commander picked up the communicator and browsed through it, immediately understanding Tamaria's meaning.

Jod had also included ideas on how to deal with Black Star in the report.

The battle between Black Star and the Eight Vanguard Officials was indeed terrifying, but a closer analysis revealed that Black Star's weaknesses were also obvious. He was suppressed by the Eight Vanguard Officials throughout the entire fight and only managed to hold on with an inexplicable undying body. Apart from that, Black Star's lethality was very limited and could not cause much trouble.

Although rumors said that Black Star had recently learned psionics, he was not the only mechanic in the universe who understood psionics, far from being an unsolvable problem.

Moreover, strategic psionic weapons were equivalent to interstellar nuclear weapons and were restricted by the three Universal Civilizations. Even Star Cluster Civilizations would not use them unless absolutely necessary, let alone in this secret war under the guise of non-official status. Unless Black Star wanted to go to the Heber Military Tribunal of the three Universal Civilizations and enjoy a sentence of more than a century, he would not randomly throw around狂暴狂暴原始原始psionics.

Based on various factors, Jod wrote down a general approach to dealing with Black Star in this report: as long as one or two veteran Calamity Grades and three to five ordinary Calamity Grades were sent to work together to blow up Black Star's mechanical legions, Black Star would lose his threat and be useless in the war.

According to the Zero Organization's practice of avoiding losses of high-level combatants, as long as this point of Black Star was cut off, the threat of other Calamity Grades in the Zero Organization would be greatly reduced and not worth worrying about.

No wonder Tamaria was contemptuous; Black Star was not as difficult to deal with as she had imagined… the base commander thought.

"However, Black Star's body is great." Tamaria revealed the fangs in her mouth, her tone filled with fanaticism, desire, and cruelty. "I wonder if I can get his abilities by eating him."

Tamaria's racial customs were very barbaric and bloody. They believed that devouring the flesh and blood of enemies could grant them the enemy's power. Eating powerful enemies would make them stronger. Tamaria was extremely envious of Han Xiao's body and yearned for a feast, licking her lips.

Buzz, buzz, buzz…

At this moment, the base suddenly sounded an alarm. Everyone's expression changed, and they hurriedly returned to their posts.

"Report to the commander! Outpost Planet No. 4 is under attack by the enemy. Requesting support from other outposts. Here is the enemy warship data from radar statistics." An observer reported immediately upon the commander's return.

Transmigration Base T-04 was the core that maintained the wormholes for the twelve outposts. All support actions had to be reported to the base and permitted before the rapid support channel could be opened. The base's task was to coordinate the overall situation.

The base commander took the intelligence and quickly glanced at it. "Which outposts have responded?"

"Number One, Number Six, Number Nine, and Number Twelve."

"Open the support channel for Number Twelve; that's the one." The base commander did not hesitate.

The operations team nodded and started working on the controls.

Through the space station's wide-angle projection window, thousands of blue beams of light shot out from two special devices on the base, outlining a circle of deep blue rapid wormholes on the left and right sides respectively. The space energy at the edges of the wormholes fluctuated, slowly expanding and gradually stabilizing. The two wormholes faced each other, perfectly aligned in position and size.

The next moment, the wormhole on the left spewed out dense transmigratory streams of light, which were the support fleets, directly rushing into the wormhole on the right and instantly arriving at their destination. The time taken for rapid support was less than thirty seconds.

"Success." The base commander nodded.

Before he could catch his breath, three more of the twelve outpost planets on the observation interface turned into high-risk red zones, emitting enemy attack alerts!

"Hmm? The enemy is attacking with a plan!"

The base commander's expression suddenly changed. He quickly completed the support arrangements and then loudly ordered, "Transmigration Base T-04, enter combat readiness state! Activate the satellite armed fortresses! Release all fleets! The enemy may appear at any time!"

This sign was a common example of attacking transmigration bases in the tactical manual. The base commander reacted quickly and immediately saw that the Zero Organization's target was their base. However, this was an open plot, because the attackers had the initiative. The only way to break it was to confront the attackers head-on and repel them.

The Zero Organization had endured humiliation for two months, and the tactic of using strategic depth to disperse their forces had finally paid off. Targeting Transmigration Base T-04 as a counterattack was precisely because of the limited forces in this area and the weakness of the remote transmission gates not yet being built.

The entire base was immediately mobilized. Tamaria's eyes narrowed as she stood up. Far from being nervous, she even revealed an eager and excited expression.

"Great, someone's finally here to fight. My bones haven't moved in too long; they're about to rust."

Soon, more outposts were attacked, calling for reinforcements. The base commander coordinated all the forces, but even though he knew it was a conspiracy, a large number of forces were still held back.

Just as everyone was nervous, the base radar sounded a piercing alarm that swept through the entire space station.

"Alarm! Alarm! Large numbers of unknown targets detected approaching!"

Everyone looked toward the window, the view of which had been adjusted to super-horizon mode, showing the distant scene. Transmigratory streams of light stopped one after another, revealing the appearance of the Zero Organization's fleet.

"Here they come!" The base commander clenched his fists.

"Finally!" Tamaria cracked her knuckles and strode out.

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Transmigration Base T-04 was in sight, its satellite armed fortresses radiating light, already in an activated state.

"The enemy fleet is ready to intercept; humph, looks like they've guessed our tactics."

Morrid looked at the super-far projection, unconcerned. He never thought that such a simple tactic could deceive the enemy, as long as it was effective.

"The distraction time is limited; all squadrons, full speed ahead!"

With the order issued, the fleet accelerated its charge. The two sides locked onto each other via radar and exchanged super-horizon fire. High-energy particle cannons crisscrossed, and the brilliant light instantly filled the dark space of the universe, a colorful scene, with death brewing in the silent splendor.

The nine satellite armed fortresses, acting as nine vertices, formed a massive irregular-shaped shield, protecting the base from attack.

Three spearhead units attacked the base, and reinforcements also appeared in the other two directions, immediately dispersing the firepower, and the pressure on Morrid's fleet suddenly decreased.

Han Xiao's troops charged along with Morrid, mixed within the fleet. The warship's light-blue electromagnetic shields repeatedly blocked the dense ion cannons, rippling and fluctuating.

At this time, the two sides were still far apart, exchanging fire at long range, not yet at the stage of close-quarters combat with interlocking formations. Han Xiao suddenly received a communication from Morrid.

"Black Star, do you see those nine satellite fortresses? They are the generators for the base's shield. This type of shield is very strong. We don't have time to break through it slowly. I've discussed it with the commanders of the other two units; we're prepared to send a team of experts each to land on the satellite fortresses, to blow up at least one of them!"

Morrid spoke quickly, meaning that by blowing up one armed satellite fortress, a gap would appear in the shield. Before the other satellite fortresses could shift positions to repair the gap, the main force could seize the opportunity to rush in and attack the base. Only by destroying the base would the operation be considered a success.

They did not have much time. In this operation, the diversionary force and the feint attack force were the largest in scale, because only by giving those outposts enough pressure could they draw away reinforcements and hold back the forces of the twelve outposts. This way, not many troops would be able to come to support the transmigration base, so they had to take advantage of the enemy's forces being dispersed and blow up the base in one fell swoop.

"No problem, my teammates don't need to follow me; I'll act alone."

The tactical mission on the panel changed, the goal becoming to blow up a satellite fortress.

Han Xiao nodded, agreed, and let Resda pilot the ship. Then, he jumped out of the cabin, deployed the Mountain Ape Mech, transformed it into interstellar navigation mode, drew a deep-blue arc, avoided the area of direct engagement, cut in from the side, and rushed toward a satellite fortress.

The other teammates took a ship to attack another fortress, while the other two units also sent out their respective squads. Han Xiao was acting alone; as long as he landed on the satellite fortress, he could tear it down in no time.

"I'm a small target alone, and I'm more flexible. Moreover, with my reputation, acting alone will make it easier to tie down the opponent's high-level combatants," Han Xiao thought.

The burden of high-speed flight was insignificant to him. In his vision, the originally tiny satellite fortress gradually "enlarged," and he could clearly see the mechanical structure of the satellite fortress's surface. Soon, the fleet guarding the base discovered him, and some of the gun barrels turned around to fire at him.

The high-energy ion cannons approaching again and again left traces of light on his retina. The built-in tactical screen constantly reminded him of the direction of high-energy reactions. Han Xiao was fully focused, maneuvering and dodging, occasionally using the floating shuttles to construct psionic shields to block stray bullets.

Before long, Han Xiao plunged into the defense line of the base's defense fleet, weaving and dodging among the enemy ships.

His brain was extremely active, processing countless data. Time seemed to be stretched out, yet it also seemed to pass very quickly. Han Xiao had no time to care about the outside world, focusing on dealing with the artillery fire coming from all directions. He did not know how long it had been when the pressure on his body suddenly eased!

Han Xiao turned back to look and saw that he had already left the fleet's defense line behind him. He had broken through the entire defense line without realizing it. In the distance, Morrid and the other two spearhead units were already engaging the base fleet at close range, indirectly sharing the attention and reducing the density of fire Han Xiao encountered.

"This time, my teammates are finally being effective."

Han Xiao's eyes lit up. Without delay, he went straight for the satellite fortress close at hand.

The satellite fortress was spherical in shape, its exterior resembling a small asteroid. Its volume was about a few hundredths of Hai Lan Star. It sounded quite small, but looking down at it from close range, Han Xiao felt that it was not much different from a planet.

The blue shield blocked him out. Han Xiao reached out and pressed his hand on the shield. The shield neutralizer was operating at full power. The shield within a diameter of one hundred meters began to ripple at high frequency, its light dimming, and its energy level decreasing. Estimating that it had reached the critical point, Han Xiao transformed his other arm into a psionic cannon and fired at close range!

The blue ball of light exploded, blasting a hole thirty to forty meters in diameter in the shield. Compared to the entire shield, this hole was like a pit of sand on a planet, insignificant, but the size was enough for Han Xiao to enter.

Han Xiao glanced around. The edges of the hole were shrinking, automatically repairing. He summoned more than twenty troop barracks boxes and rushed in before the hole closed.

This satellite fortress had a simple artificial atmosphere to supply repair personnel. Han Xiao quickly descended, the sound of wind whistling in his ears.

*Pa-da.*

Stepping onto the ground, he looked around. There were undulating mechanical surfaces, grim, cold, and lifeless, full of the hardcore charm of machinery.

"Warning buzz! Five high-energy reaction sources detected!"

Han Xiao's eyes narrowed, and he turned to look.

Five enemies with an aura of "I am Calamity Grade" flew over from the horizon and landed not far away with a bang. The leader wore menacing, heavy armor and carried a dark-gold mechanical giant axe.

"Kala-la—"

This person's faceplate opened, revealing a ferocious face and short Mohican blond hair. It was Tamaria, the war zone adjudicator stationed at Transmigration Base T-04, whom Morrid had reminded him to watch out for.

"I've been waiting for you here for a long time."

Tamaria stared at Han Xiao, a sinister smile on her face.

When she discovered Black Star on the front lines, she was overjoyed. Based on Han Xiao's charging route, she had brought a few people to this satellite in advance to wait for Han Xiao's arrival.

According to her duties, she was supposed to deal with Black Star anyway, and Tamaria was personally eager to fight Han Xiao.

"Only five people?" Han Xiao glanced at them and said with a grin, "All your vanguard officials failed to kill me. You're underestimating me too much. All fifteen of your Calamity Grades from the base would have to come together to give me some pressure."

"Ha, Jod has already seen through your weakness. We don't intend to kill you. Don't mention fifteen people; we five are enough to hold you back. What role can you play?"

Hearing this, Han Xiao thought that it was as he expected. After the last battle, the war zone would no longer send a large number of people to try to kill him, but rather adopt a tactic of entanglement.

Tamaria licked her lips, and a bloodthirsty desire surged. "Your body is so great; wait, I will devour your flesh and blood in big bites, crush your bones, suck your blood dry, swallow your bone marrow, and eat every cell in your body. I heard that your recovery ability is very strong; I hope you can let me eat my fill."

Han Xiao felt a chill. If it were anyone else, perhaps these words would just be used to threaten him, but he could tell that Tamaria was not threatening him, but really wanted to do it.

This woman wants to eat me?!

How perverted… but I don't like it!

*Rumble—*

At this moment, the earth suddenly trembled, and the surface armor of the satellite fortress cracked open. Multi-linked turrets rose up like a steel jungle, all their muzzles pointed at Han Xiao.

Myriad Beast Soldiers ran out from underground, tens of thousands of them, surrounding him from afar.

These were the satellite fortress's defenses against enemies on the surface.

In the blink of an eye, everywhere he looked, he was surrounded by enemies!

Tamaria closed her faceplate, emitting a muffled roar.

"You can't go anywhere until this war is over!"

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PS: This chapter is almost 5,000 words. Happy National Day!