Chapter 149 Covert Maneuvers

Two months after the Alienation Disaster, Black Star's lack of activity had left many feeling something was missing. After such a long period of silence, Black Star finally took action, sending a fleet to attack three planets affected by the Alienation Disaster.

This news caused a huge reaction in the Garton Star System, invigorating many interstellar citizens who knew the main event was about to begin. As Godora's nemesis, it was obvious Black Star wouldn't pass up such a good opportunity, and now they had finally filled in that missing piece of the puzzle.

There was still no evidence that the Alienation Disaster was Black Star's conspiracy, but it didn't matter. As long as Black Star intervened, Godora's biggest rival would become this mortal enemy, and the situation would be completely different.

Black Star's first wave attacked three disaster-stricken planets, encountering local Godora relief teams. A fierce battle ensued, and due to the hasty response and the small size of the fleet, the three Godora relief teams suffered heavy losses.

Logically, the civilizations of these three planets should have been defenseless against the Black Star fleet, but Black Star did not destroy them. It seemed they were there to attack the relief teams, making a show of destruction before withdrawing before Godora reinforcements arrived.

The attacks resulted in the loss of seventy to eighty percent of the relief efforts on these three planets, and the hard-won stability was once again thrown into chaos.

As a result, Godora raised the alert level, sending regular military fleets to various disaster-stricken planets as guards to prevent further Black Star attacks. Even so, they could not deter Black Star.

The second round of attacks soon followed, targeting other disaster-stricken planets.

The process was the same. Although Godora increased its defense force, Black Star also increased its attack intensity. This time, the two sides clashed head-on, resulting in a large-scale interstellar battle.

Spaceships fired at each other, shields flickered, and the light of ship-borne ion cannons resembled newborn stars, while photon pulse rays resembled rainbow bridges spanning the dark universe.

After a major battle, Black Star once again retreated in time, preventing a full-scale war. The Godora fleet suffered losses again, and the disaster-stricken planets they were protecting suffered the same fate as the first three planets, with relief efforts ruined.

Most of the time, Black Star just plotted against Godora from the shadows. Many years had passed since their last direct confrontation, but now Black Star was once again coming out in full force, no longer engaging in small skirmishes, which immediately put pressure on Godora.

Godora had an absolute advantage in hard power. However, Godora's territory was vast, and its fleets were stationed in different bases and colonies in the Garton Star System. The free troops it could mobilize were not enough to crush Black Star, and Godora was not sure how much military power Black Star possessed.

The most dreaded thing about Black Star had always been their ability to hide in the dark, making it impossible to detect their actions in advance. This gave Godora a headache. If they didn't know where Black Star would strike next, they couldn't develop targeted strategies and could only defend passively, which was very inefficient.

After two consecutive rounds of attacks, Black Star seemed to be targeting the relief forces, but Godora would not withdraw the relief teams because of this, otherwise it would seem like they were afraid of Black Star, and Godora would not show such an attitude to the enemy. Moreover, since they had already started disaster relief, abandoning it halfway would be even more damaging to their dominance and reputation. The situation had not yet reached that point.

The first direct confrontation between the two sides in many years caused a sensation in the Garton Star System and immediately became the focus of attention in the Colton Star Cluster.

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"Black Star won't stop there, they will continue to launch attacks, and sooner or later we will be attacked."

In the shelter's conference room, Nagokin explained the situation with a serious face. Among the conference participants, only Han Xiao understood the situation. Bennett and the leaders of the Six Nations listened carefully to Nagokin's speech.

After the first wave of Black Star attacks, the situation became serious. A few days ago, a Godora fleet arrived to defend Aquamarine Star. One hundred and twenty Godora warships were now on standby in the outer space of Aquamarine Star, guarding against Black Star attacks.

Nagokin couldn't care less about disaster relief or recruiting Supers; preventing Black Star had become the most important task. He had discussed it with Han Xiao many times these days. The purpose of this meeting was to raise the vigilance of the shelter and the Six Nations. Of course, the Aquamarine Star civilization had little resistance in interstellar warfare. Nagokin mainly wanted them to be mentally prepared so that they could take refuge immediately when the enemy attacked.

"Because we have to carry out disaster relief, we can only defend passively, which is very disadvantageous to us. Black Star's goal is likely to take advantage of the weakness of the dispersed Godora troops to defeat them one by one, intending to gradually erode Godora's armed forces. We have no way of knowing Black Star's next attack target," Nagokin said in a deep voice.

Han Xiao nodded. This was indeed Black Star's goal, but it was only one part of the plan. Black Star implemented the Alienation Disaster plan to weaken Godora's power, not only militarily, but to shake Godora's rule in all aspects. Attacking disaster-stricken planets would not destroy the low-level civilizations on the planets. If they were to destroy the civilizations, Godora would not need to provide disaster relief. What Black Star had to do was to constantly delay Godora.

Bennett and the others looked solemn. It was impossible to panic. The problem was very serious, but panicking was useless.

"How do you plan to deal with it?" Bennett asked.

"The War Bureau will transfer troops from other star zones. The second and third batches of support fleets are on their way. The superiors want us to continue our work, maintain vigilance, and speed up the disaster relief progress…"

Nagokin frowned. In fact, the superiors intended to forcibly relocate the refugees from the disaster-stricken planets, but this behavior had a bad impact and many hidden dangers. They couldn't detect whether the Heteromorph Nucleus was following the refugees onto the spaceship. Considering various factors, this plan was temporarily shelved, and the War Bureau decided to face Black Star head-on.

More radical officers even believed that this was an opportunity. Black Star had been hiding all along, and now that they had finally emerged, they could lure the Black Star fleet out and attack them. Therefore, the War Bureau's decision was to transfer troops.

"So, we can only wait for the time being…" Nagokin said in a deep tone.

In fact, he had concealed an order. If they found themselves at a disadvantage after engaging the Black Star fleet, the superiors required them to strategically avoid battle to protect their forces. If the disaster-stricken planet was destroyed by Black Star as a result, Godora could only express their deep regret.

Han Xiao shook his head. The order of Black Star's attacks was random, and he couldn't be sure. Even if he knew Black Star's full plan, he still had to stop the enemy first.

"If the Black Star fleet attacks, I will have to participate in the battle as well. This time, it will no longer be a ground battle, but a space battle…"

Han Xiao thought to himself. The danger of space battles far exceeded that of ground battles. It was no longer a battle with Supers, but a battle with fleets, and he would face considerable pressure as well.

After the meeting, Han Xiao summoned the mercenary group's executives, asking everyone to be more vigilant these days, and ordered people to put all the supplies in the spaceship warehouse into the secret base under the shelter.

The spaceship he rented was a travel model with weak combat power. He did not intend to put these rented spaceships into battle. Not only would they not be effective, but it would be a huge loss if they were destroyed. He had other uses for these spaceships.

In this way, the mercenary group could only use the Blacklight Stealthers. Although the number was small, fortunately they were of high quality.

The shelter was also mobilized, dispersing refugees, reducing population density, and building some simple defense measures. Due to limited technical skills, they could only do their best and leave the rest to fate. Although the refugees did not know what was happening, they all obeyed orders, but the atmosphere in the shelter gradually became tense and uneasy.

The players did not know what they were about to encounter. Han Xiao still remembered that every time they were attacked in his previous life, the progress of the [Alienation Disaster] main mission would decline significantly. With the players' current strength, it would be difficult for them to play a role in space battles.

"It would be best if Black Star doesn't come," Han Xiao sighed.

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A cloaked Black Star fleet was moving slowly in the universe. This was a highly mobile armed force. The main ship was not a Black Star mothership, but a Frenzied-class command ship named "Bloodied Gohr," with more than two hundred warships guarding the main ship, most of which were fierce assault ships.

In the busy warship center, fleet commander Nokap stood with his hands behind his back, silently watching the star map projection. His eyes were devoid of emotion, so cold that he showed no trace of humanity.

Not long ago, he led the fleet to launch the first two attacks, annihilating hundreds of Godora warships, while suffering less than half that number in losses himself.

Nokap's fleet was Black Star's elite force, with strong combat power. According to the orders issued by the Black Star high command, he was leading the fleet to the next target.

"How long until we reach our destination?" Nokap asked indifferently.

"Seventeen hours and twenty-six minutes," the observer replied.

The green three-dimensional projection displayed on the virtual sandbox was the star map of the Ninth Star Zone. A planet was marked with a red light, which was the next target.

Aquamarine Star!