Chapter 124 Too Shameless!

Logistics fleets mainly consist of transport ships, cargo ships, and industrial ships, which are relatively large. Although they are also equipped with weapons and shields, their flexibility and firepower are difficult to match with combat spaceships of the same tech level, so they huddle in the center of the formation, protected by the armed fleets on the periphery.

At this time, some of the logistics spaceships were virtually invaded and rammed into the escort ships from the inside, instantly tearing open the expeditionary fleet's formation. The shipboard weapons were not idle either, frantically outputting from behind, attacking the rear ends of one escort ship after another.

Because the armed fleets on the periphery did not inject too much energy into the rear shields, their rears were instantly penetrated, and several formations fell into chaos.

"Control those out-of-control spaceships, stabilize them! The other spaceships immediately strengthen their smart firewalls and increase the frequency of system self-checks!" Rodick had no time to think about other things and hurriedly commanded the fleet to deal with the sudden situation.

Super-A grade virtual mechanics have always been a powerful weapon in interstellar warfare. Any fleet would have a headache when encountering such an enemy.

A permanent solution is to shut down all the spaceship's intelligence, but the command system will be paralyzed, which is no different from committing suicide with the fleet.

Currently, spaceship control and communication systems based on quantum networks are the most useful in the universe. Other artificial intelligence and communication systems, such as magic and biological systems, exist, but they have more shortcomings.

For example, using magic to transform a spaceship into a conscious alchemical lifeform is many times more expensive, and the efficiency of controlling the spaceship is far lower than that of quantum network technology. The communication distance and efficiency cannot be compared, and there are more weaknesses. In parallel comparison, the encryption is not as good as the firewall of the quantum network. It is also useless against mages and psychics.

Civilizations throughout the universe have ways to prevent virtual intrusions, but whether the method works depends mainly on the strength of the opponent.

Faced with Han Xiao, who is now at the peak of Super-A grade, the Modo Civilization's smart defense methods are obviously unable to withstand it. They can only delay the time it takes for other spaceships to be invaded, but cannot truly keep Han Xiao out. No matter how hard they struggle, the defense line will still be broken one after another, and Han Xiao will inject data.

And for spaceships that have already been taken over by Han Xiao, it is almost impossible to regain control.

In the battlefield, the expeditionary fleet was attacked from both the front and the rear. They had to divide a part of the fleet and turn around to contain the riot caused by the out-of-control spaceships. The scene became very chaotic. The Modo Civilization's fleet was gradually unable to withstand the attacks from both ends.

Some of the out-of-control spaceships penetrated the formation and ran out, where they were seized by the attackers. Others rammed around, launching suicide attacks, not only attacking the surrounding escort ships, but also attacking other logistics ships that were not out of control.

In order to stop the losses, Rodick had no choice but to order people to blow up some logistics ships. Watching the logistics ships carrying a large amount of key resources turn into fireworks in the universe, his face was extremely ugly, and his expression was almost twisted.

Now that the Shattered Star Ring is full of people, although this route is remote, there are still people passing by. The energy fluctuations from this battlefield spread out, quickly attracting the attention of many passing fleets.

Most people were afraid of being involved in the incident when they saw the scene of this scale of interstellar warfare, so they did not dare to stay and hurriedly detoured away.

But there were also some forces that carefully approached and watched from a distance. Seeing the logo of the Modo Civilization fleet, they couldn't help but discuss it in the wide-area communication channel.

"The Modo Civilization's fleet was actually attacked?"

"Who did it? They actually dare to provoke a Super Cluster Civilization, and it seems like they have the upper hand."

"We just entered the Shattered Star Ring, but they can mobilize so many troops. It can basically be determined that the attackers are from the empire's side."

"The attackers hid their faction logo, so we don't know who they are."

"Tsk tsk, they hid their identities so they wouldn't leave any evidence. Don't talk nonsense, be careful to avoid trouble."

These passing forces were just watching the show, and no one would intervene. No one wanted to get into trouble.

The battle was fierce. Rodick ordered the fleet to move while fighting, and the battlefield continued to approach the location of the next stargate station.

The stargate station was guarded by the empire's fleet. Although Rodick knew that the attackers were inseparable from the empire, the empire could not openly attack the Modo Civilization, otherwise the negative impact would be too great. It would not only damage the empire's promise of freedom and openness in the Shattered Star Ring, but also leave a political handle.

Influenced by Super Cluster Civilizations, he knew the nature of the three major universe civilizations very well. In his eyes, the three major civilizations were not only hooligans, but also had to act like virtuous prostitutes, insisting on making their ruling position legitimate.

Now that there were so many onlookers, Rodick knew that the empire's fleet at the stargate station had to come to support them, so as long as they got close to the stargate station, they could force the attackers to retreat.

The fierce battle lasted for a while, and the attackers finally stopped attacking and actively withdrew from the battlefield. They all entered warp mode, turned into streaks of light, escaped, left radar range, and disappeared without a trace.

"The enemy has run away." Seeing this scene, Lagos relaxed his tense body and hesitated, "Are we going to pursue them?"

"We can't chase them. This is not our territory."

Rodick's face was ugly. Although he was angry, he had not lost his mind. He gritted his teeth and said, "Clean up the battlefield and count the losses."

The losses were quickly tallied up. The adjutant walked to the side, not daring to look at Rodick's face, and carefully reported.

"Report, we have lost 8% of our armed escort ships, 29% of our armed escort ships have been damaged to varying degrees and are undergoing nano-repair, and the logistics unit has lost 37% of its ships, of which 15% were seized by the enemy, mainly transport ships..."

Rodick felt his vision darken.

The logistics unit lost more than a third of its ships at once, losing a lot of resources. This ambush caused them to suffer too heavy losses!

A big loss!

"This is outrageous!" The faces of the Modo Three Kings were as black as the bottom of a pot. Their communications were not interrupted throughout the entire process, and they personally witnessed the expeditionary fleet being severely damaged.

The three of them had high hopes for the expeditionary fleet and Rodick, but now that they had just entered the Shattered Star Ring, they had suffered such heavy losses. The three kings' disappointment and anger toward Rodick were beyond words.

"I'm sorry, this is my dereliction of duty." Rodick hurriedly turned his head and took the blame.

As the commander, Rodick could not get rid of this blame no matter what. He fell into a trap, so he could not blame the enemy for setting up a trap here. No matter how reasonable he was, a loss was a loss. It was a fact that he did not protect the logistics unit well. If he had to argue, it would easily leave the three kings with the impression that he was "shirking responsibility," so even if he felt wronged, he could only endure it.

"We let you command the expeditionary fleet because we trusted your ability, but your current performance makes us wonder if this appointment was correct..." The Modo Three Kings reprimanded sternly.

Rodick did not dare to retort to his leaders at all. He stood straight and took the scolding, like a grandson being scolded, and could only keep assuring them that he would pay attention in the future.

After scolding him for a while, the Modo Three Kings finally told him to quickly deal with the follow-up problems before turning off the communication with black faces.

Rodick then straightened up, his face ashen, and he felt like he was about to explode.

He knew that this wave had already left a bad impression on his superiors. If he could not redeem himself, his future would definitely be bleak.

The room was filled with a cold atmosphere. Everyone present looked at Rodick tremblingly. Originally, Rodick needed to continue ordering the fleet to carry out the next action, but no one dared to tempt fate.

Lagos coughed and said with a stiff face:

"There are only a few Super-A grade mechanics in the empire. Although the other party used virtual intrusion, they did not show up. Based on the efficiency of their virtual intrusion, I estimate that Black Star is the most likely."

"No need to estimate, it's him!" Rodick's tone was cold, filled with anger.

"Unfortunately, we have no evidence. He..."

"What if we have evidence?!" Rodick interrupted him, gritting his teeth.

Even if he knew that the attackers were most likely the Black Star Army, it would be of no use. The Shattered Star Ring was their territory. Relying on the few people under him to go to the Black Star Army for trouble was tantamount to sending themselves to their deaths.

Just now, Rodick tried to engage in boarding actions, wanting to capture the other party's crew members as evidence, but the attackers kept their distance, not allowing him to get his wish. But in his opinion, even if there was evidence, it would not have much impact on the Black Star Army - in the Shattered Star Ring, the Black Star Army could almost do whatever they wanted!

Although the Modo Civilization was a Super Cluster Civilization, its base camp was in the Ancient Star River, which was far away from the Shattered Star Ring and the Shattered Star Ring. No matter how powerful it was, it could not do anything to the Black Star Army. Moreover, they were not a cosmic civilization with a lot of Super-A grade allies, so there was nothing they could do about Black Star himself.

The result was that they knew the identity of the opponent, but they could not fight back. They could only watch the enemy target them, and Rodick's mentality was about to explode.

Thinking of this, Rodick's mood worsened. He took a few deep breaths, suddenly turned his head and glared at Lagos, and roared, "Contact Garozell for me. I want to personally question him why he didn't come to participate in the battle!"

Now he could only find someone to vent his anger on, but Garozell was indeed responsible. He was close at hand but did not participate in the battle. Rodick had reason to be angry at whatever was wrong with this little brother.

Lagos had no choice but to contact Garozell again. The communication was quickly connected, and Garozell's figure appeared on the screen.

Rodick preemptively roared, "Give me a reason!"

Garozell frowned, his face expressionless, and said lightly, "Watch your attitude."

Faced with the unprovokable Black Star, his attitude was full of awe and he had no confidence, but when facing Rodick, he immediately found the arrogance of a Super-A grade, as if the words "high and cold" were written on his face.

Just two words, genuine.

"Why were you watching from the side?"

"I will ask your superior to terminate the employment." Garozell did not explain and directly hung up the communication.

When he accepted the employment, he thought that the task was only to deal with the competition from other foreign forces, but he did not expect to provoke Black Star. This employment became a loss, so he did not want to do it anymore. Even if he breached the contract and suffered a little loss, it was better than being involved in the dispute between the Modo Civilization and the Black Star Army.

Since he was going to terminate the employment, he naturally would not say anything about Black Star - wouldn't offending both sides be stupid? Since he had chosen to stand on one side, he would carry it through to the end.

Besides, he did not want to admit that he was afraid of Black Star, so he did not want to tell outsiders the reason.

But this attitude, which was like being high above and disregarding everyone, made Rodick's blood pressure, which had finally dropped, soar again!

--Oh, does he think that my position is not high enough, and he is too lazy to explain the reason to me?!

"A bunch of bastards!"

Rodick trembled with anger, his fists repeatedly clenched and loosened, and his expression was as ugly as if he had just eaten shit.

Lagos looked worried. "We have lost a lot of equipment and resources, and we can only mobilize the inventory of the rear base, which will inevitably slow down our speed and have a huge impact on our strategy..."

All the forces were competing, and being behind from the start would cost them a lot of potential benefits? Lagos did not dare to think about it, and his heart was bleeding.

It could be said that the Modo Civilization's development plan in the Shattered Star Ring was completely disrupted by this wave of attacks!

At this moment, the empire's patrol fleet, which was responsible for maintaining law and order, finally arrived late and sent a communication request. The image of an empire officer appeared on the screen.

"We have detected the energy reaction of the battle. What happened here just now?"

Rodick took a deep breath, his face gloomy, and repeated what had just happened.

The empire officer nodded. "We are aware of the situation and will send someone to track it down immediately. We will notify you as soon as we have any news."

After saying that, the empire patrol fleet turned around and scattered, chasing in the direction of the attackers.

It seemed that they were very conscientious in their duties, but Rodick and Lagos both knew very well that the empire's tracking would definitely not produce any results.

...

At the same time, some of the attackers stopped in a certain area, entered stealth mode, gathered the captured logistics ships together, and began to move the resources on them.

The captured Modo Civilization crew members were all driven into a spaceship that blocked communication signals. All their equipment was confiscated, and everyone stared in fear at the armored warriors holding weapons around them.

At this time, an armored warrior stepped out of the crowd, took off his helmet, and revealed a baby face. It was Nero.

Seeing him, the crowd immediately stirred up. Some people had seen Nero's information and immediately understood that the attackers were the Black Star Army.

Nero looked around at the crowd, trying to make a dignified expression, but this would only make his baby face even more adorable.

"There are now two paths in front of you. First, death. Second, give up your freedom, exchange it for life, and work for us forever."

The crowd fell silent. At this moment, a voice suddenly sounded:

"Aren't you afraid that we will betray you?"

Nero narrowed his eyes. "Who's speaking?"

As soon as he finished speaking, a short Modo person walked out and said in a low voice, "I am the deputy director of the logistics team and the leader of the engineering technology team. I am a senior engineer."

Nero's eyes lit up.

Did he seem to have caught a senior technical cadre from the other side?

"You don't need to worry about this problem. You will not have the opportunity to contact the outside world. You will always be the shadow of the army." Nero said slowly, "We will not force those who are unwilling. The hatch is next to you. Jump into the universe yourself. Choose now."

"It seems we have no other choice." The deputy director of logistics looked helpless.

The crowd looked at each other. Without much hesitation, everyone chose the second path.

Soon, Nero picked out the technical talents among them. These people were useful and would secretly work for the army in the future, squeezing out their remaining value.

As for the other non-technical crew members, according to Han Xiao's intention, they would be sent to the Kunder Clan's planet. As for whether they would become slaves or be torn apart by the Kunder Clan, he did not care. Anyway, they were all used to vent the Kunder Clan's anger.

These people could participate in the Modo Civilization's expedition. They were basically soldiers. Perhaps they did not know about the Kunder Clan incident, but they could not be considered innocent. The civilization's debts would be repaid by them. It was a matter of course... Revenge should be like revenge. There was no such thing as being soft-hearted.

...

Han Xiao, who was rushing to the Black Star Palace, received a good news report from Phillip and could not help but nod, feeling quite satisfied.

"Now it will be even more difficult for the Modo Civilization to develop in the Shattered Star Ring."

Han Xiao ordered the fleet to hide their identities and attack the Modo Civilization's expeditionary forces. As long as they did not leave too conclusive evidence, even if the other party knew that he did it, it would not affect him.

He did not intend to completely destroy Rodick's fleet. He could not completely erase the Modo Civilization's hope.

Only by letting them continue to invest resources in the Shattered Star Ring could he carry out a long-term revenge plan. Otherwise, if they really did not come to the Shattered Star Ring, he would have to run to their territory in the Ancient Star River to deal with the Modo Civilization, which would be much more troublesome.

Now, the Modo Civilization would replenish new resources, which was just right for a long-term plan.

Cutting meat with a dull knife was the most tormenting... Don't ask, asking was just torturing.

In the 4.0 version of his previous life, the degree of competition among foreign forces would become more and more intense, and there would be more and more incidents of attacking other forces while concealing their identities.

Today, I am considered to have fired the first shot in the Shattered Star Ring...

A gleam of light flashed in Han Xiao's eyes.

"Little one, wait and see. This is just the beginning. You will have good juice to drink in the future."