Chapter 137 The Situation

Black Star's suggestions are important references for the three major civilizations when making decisions. It's as refreshing as using a strategy guide to fight monsters, allowing the higher-ups of the three major civilizations to fully experience the joy of relying on a powerhouse.

But now, he can't get in touch with Black Star, so he can only think of his own ways and act according to the circumstances.

Simon composed himself and slowly said:

"So now there are two key points that need to be resolved. One is to locate the various Lianying (joint camp) bases, and the other is to adopt an efficient and low-cost method to break through the Leierbo spatial protection belt and destroy the enemy's various artillery strongholds."

"If the Son of Destiny monitoring yields no results, then we will either passively wait for different bases to launch long-range strikes, reverse-analyzing the source of the attack, or wait for our control range to slowly cover it..."

A staff officer spoke.

Hearing this, the Ethermian Commander shook his head:

"As long as the World Tree's long-range Lianying exists, it will inevitably continue to destroy our space anchoring orbits, monitoring stations, and other facilities, hindering our expansion of control. In areas not yet covered by us, the World Tree can freely expand the scale of Lianying, which is endless. These resources are just a drop in the ocean for them, forming a tug-of-war with us at an extremely low cost, hindering our actions... So currently, it seems we can only wait for the other party to attack and then lock on in reverse, which is very passive."

"What about using reconnaissance ships for large-scale searches?"

"The uncovered area is too large. This method is like looking for a needle in a haystack, and the other party will inevitably deploy a large number of patrol fleets near the Lianying area, making it difficult to succeed."

"Then what about Mysticism?"

Hearing this, the Secret Master interjected, "The World Tree has targeted protection in this area, so Mysticism cannot be used for positioning."

After a period of discussion, the crowd did not come up with an effective solution and had to temporarily shelve the positioning issue, turning instead to discussing attack methods.

"Compared to positioning, destroying the bases is not difficult." At this time, the Emperor Commander spoke, slowly saying, "We can use space-time shearing technology to allow small fleets to carry high-energy explosive bombs, directly pass through the Leierbo spatial protection belt, and blow up the other party's bases."

"Space-time shearing technology... It is indeed feasible."

Simon pondered for a few seconds and nodded.

The three major civilizations exchanged information with each other during the war mobilization phase, briefly introducing most of their trump cards to facilitate scheduling. Therefore, the high-level officers of the Crimson Dynasty and Ethermian knew that the empire possessed space-time shearing technology.

On the method of attacking the Lianying bases, everyone's opinions were consistent. Space-time shearing technology is extremely suitable for this kind of commando-style attack. Compared to sending a group army to attack head-on against the firepower, this is obviously a lower-cost method. All that is required is a few hundred warships at most, and a group of dispensable daredevils, mainly for insurance purposes, to switch to manual control in case of an accident.

Regarding the choice of daredevils, everyone present knew what to do.

"Let the Undying of our legion carry out the space-time shearing operation mission. This is a job they love," Aurora said, blinking her eyes.

"Okay."

Simon had no objection, paused, and added: "It is best for the daredevils to choose low-pollution explosive bombs, and the power must be sufficient, otherwise even the base's shield cannot be blown open."

After settling on the attack method, the group returned to the topic of positioning, which had to have a result.

"Passively waiting for the other party to attack is not impossible, but if we can't stop the enemy's attacks, our losses will only continue to increase. We need to find a way to protect the various branches of the space stabilization anchor orbit."

"Forgive me for speaking frankly, but it is almost an impossible task to protect the safety of all orbital branches under the enemy's unknown scale and unknown location long-range strikes. After all, there are too many branches, and the number is still increasing. We don't have defensive devices like the Leierbo spatial protection belt, at most we can only try to clear the directional targets left by the enemy's small units," a military officer said helplessly.

"The enemy is in the dark and we are in the light, and we can't solve it temporarily, but if we can capture and analyze the Leierbo spatial protection belt, we can also have the same defensive performance advantages as the other party and reduce our passivity." Simon pondered: "So, in addition to the space-time shearing daredevil attacks, we also have to dispatch formal troops depending on the situation."

Space-time shearing troops can only die in vain and cannot capture spoils. In this regard, we still have to rely on high-level combat power.

The few good news at the moment are that the World Tree's long-range strike targets are limited, either aiming at the directional targets left by the reconnaissance troops or aiming at targets near the base, and cannot carry out accurate strikes on other locations. Each Lianying base is equivalent to an inducement trap. Only when the three major civilizations' fleets launch an attack on it will they be exposed to the strike range, so there is not much worry about being subjected to long-range strikes on the road.

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Kang De's army quickly withdrew, with a lot of casualties. Most of the remaining warships' outer armor had traces of damage. They did not complete the combat mission and failed to destroy the locked World Tree base.

The only gain was that when subjected to long-range strikes from other directions, the intelligent calculation model analyzed the locations of several new Lianying bases, increasing the three major civilizations' attack targets.

Before long, the second batch of fleets set off, heading towards these bases separately. All were equipped with the empire's improved space-time shearing devices, which would be activated upon reaching their destination.

The crew members were basically temporarily conscripted legion players, without any of the tragic spirit of "The wind howls, the Yi River is cold, the heroes are gone and never return." The atmosphere on each warship was very relaxed. A large number of players had happy faces, not like a group of daredevils, but rather like going on a picnic.

"I didn't expect the rewards for this kind of death mission to be so generous. Fortunately, I managed to grab it."

"It's too easy to complete the mission by just delivering heads."

"It's so comfortable. If we can do it a few more times, wouldn't it be the same as farming experience?"

Listening to the excited discussions of the many players around him, Crazy Blade was also very happy.

Players are the designated candidates for the daredevil team. Only players can accept this mission. The mission briefly introduced the combat tasks of the space-time shearing force. The players were stunned to find that this mission was not difficult for them at all. The mission reward was so high that it was moving, even including the credit for destroying the enemy's base on their heads.

It's equivalent to not having to do anything. As long as they go out and deliver a wave of heads, experience points will pour in, which is extremely easy and carefree, just like farming experience!

According to the forum, this operation mission is very important. It is actually very difficult, equivalent to a certain-death mission for normal soldiers, but their innate advantages happen to overcome this difficulty, so they can obtain seemingly high rewards that are disproportionate to the difficulty at a very low cost.

Not many players are willing to miss such a good opportunity. Because the number of places is limited, many players almost broke their heads, and only a very small number of people got the opportunity to go on an expedition, and they were very happy.

In the cheerful atmosphere of many players, the various fleets arrived at different World Tree bases, and without saying a word, they activated the space-time shearing device and moved towards the base like a skipping frame.

Various long-range attacks struck one after another, shattering the fleet, but the next moment, the fleet returned to normal and continued to move forward in a leapfrog manner. It soon broke into the Leierbo spatial protection belt without being affected.

When the space-time shearing force broke halfway, the World Tree base realized through space radar that this was an unknown space-time technology, and quickly stopped conventional attacks, instead using space-time methods to target it.

Space-time shearing technology is not without a solution. Its nemesis is space-time technology. The empire also used the same method to crack this black technology from the Kund族 (Kun De race). The World Tree base's response was effective. The distance interval of each frame jump of the space-time shearing force began to shorten, and the white noise flickering on the surface became denser, accelerating the collapse.

However, after years of improvement by the Scarlet Empire, although the space-time shearing technology is still restrained by space methods, its resistance has been greatly increased and it can last longer. The space-time shearing force carrying the high-energy explosive bombs withstood the World Tree base's targeting and stubbornly passed through the Leierbo spatial protection belt, exploding in the base group.

In the shocking fluctuations, dazzling energy clusters lit up one after another in the universe, engulfing the entire base.

At the same time, in the temporary base of the Black Star Army in the interception circle, streaks of white light flashed, and the legion players who served as daredevils all resurrected in the bound stronghold.

Crazy Blade opened the panel and glanced at the mission that had been completed, smiling like a blooming chrysanthemum.

"I'm rich, I'm rich. After eating this wave of rewards, my level should be able to surpass the first echelon of players... I wonder if this kind of mission is a one-time thing. I really hope to do it a few more times."

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Using the striking power of space-time shearing technology, the three major civilizations can effectively strike the World Tree's long-range Lianying.

The World Tree doesn't have a good solution to this black technology. It can only continue to implement its original tactics, constantly destroying the three major civilizations' anchor orbits, while the three major civilizations continue to send people to destroy the exposed bases. The two sides launched a tug-of-war.

Because the space-time shearing force is not afraid of conventional attacks, the World Tree reduced the long-range strikes against the attacking fleet, not wanting to expose more bases in vain on the troops immune to conventional attacks. Taking advantage of this point, the three major civilizations made a secret detour and sent a wave of normal fleets led by high-level combat power, mixed among the space-time shearing forces, and successfully captured a base, seizing a set of Leierbo spatial protection belt devices, and hurriedly transported it back to the interception circle main base for analysis.

In the huge front-line research institute, the Leierbo spatial protection belt's generating device floated in a vacuum bubble. A large number of mechanical probes were inserted into the device's structure, constantly detecting parameters and deducing principles. Countless technicians were busy in front of different instruments.

Simon and other high-level military officers were also paying attention to the research institute's analysis progress. The remote projection stood on the ground, looking up at the Leierbo spatial protection belt device in mid-air, and felt excited.

"It was originally just a try, but I didn't expect to really capture this device. The expeditionary force almost perished."

"If we can analyze this technology, not only will we be able to deal with the other party's long-range strikes, but our interception circle will also be more difficult to break through."

Just as the group was happy, the lights in the research institute suddenly turned into a dazzling blood red, and a humming alarm sounded sharply.

"Alarm! Alarm! Unknown data detected attempting to infiltrate the firewall..."

Many technicians present suddenly shook, and quickly checked the source of the problem.

"What's going on?" Simon's expression changed.

"Report, this device captured from the front line seems to carry a kind of highly latent data virus, which is automatically invading the firewall and trying to scrape data from our database..." the research team leader hurriedly responded.

"What about the hidden danger investigation report? Why didn't we discover this virus beforehand?" Simon asked sharply.

"This... All inspection links are qualified... The only explanation is that this unknown virus concealed our detection," the research team leader said through gritted teeth.

At this moment, the alarm's humming frequency increased again, and many technicians were sweating profusely, shouting loudly.

"Level 1 firewall breached! Level 2 firewall breached!"

"Too fast! This virus is invading too fast!"

"Request immediate mobilization of main intelligent computing power to suppress it!"

Simon hurriedly went to a technician's screen and took a look. He saw that the unknown virus was unstoppable, breaking through layers of firewall shells and about to officially enter the surface quantum network of the interception circle base group.

But at this moment, streaks of silver data flow suddenly emerged, instantly enveloping the unknown virus, like white blood cells engulfing germs. No matter how it charged left and right, it could not get rid of the silver data's blockade, and its speed instantly slowed down.

A large amount of silver data flow emerged again, condensing into Manison's virtual figure, with a calm expression.

"The Arcane Nation!" Simon's eyes lit up.

"I sensed the fluctuation of the network. It seems that there is a problem here... Is this a World Tree virus?"

Manison reached out and grabbed the struggling unknown virus, carefully examining it.

Seeing this, Simon immediately asked, "What's the situation?"

"This thing is a virus-like intelligent life, not pure data."

Manison responded lightly.

At this time, the unknown virus suddenly exploded and disappeared. The research institute's alarm immediately stopped, and the lights returned to normal.

"You eliminated it?" Simon was stunned.

"No, it found that it couldn't break through my blockade, so it self-destructed... If I'm not wrong, this intelligent life is a World Tree dependent, and can also enjoy the World Tree's resurrection. It has a natural advantage in the quantum network level, and most firewalls can't stop it."

Manison narrowed his eyes.

"So that's how it is..." Simon pondered for a few seconds, his expression relaxed, and said: "Fortunately you were here this time, otherwise even if we could eliminate it, some information would have leaked."

The three major civilizations mobilized more main intelligent computing power to eliminate this intelligent virus life, but they were one step too late. If it hadn't been for Manison's rapid response, the enemy's intelligent virus might have invaded the quantum network, and through information sharing, the World Tree would have learned some of their information.

Because the intelligence disadvantage led to the last failed strong attack, the World Tree has taken more measures to collect information on the three major civilizations, and naturally information warfare is indispensable.

"With Black Star not here, I'll take care of this kind of thing."

Manison responded calmly and canceled the virtual figure.

Hearing this, Simon breathed a sigh of relief.

Although everyone's first thought when mentioning the strongest mechanic in the Star Sea is Black Star, which has led to a decline in the Arcane Nation's presence.

But one cannot underestimate the Arcane Nation just because Black Star is powerful. After all, he is the peak of the previous generation of mechanics, and his level is still there. Regardless of ideological conflicts, Simon still believes in the Arcane Nation's ability.

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Although they temporarily lost Black Star's help, with the foundation laid by Han Xiao early on, the three major civilizations were still able to fight back and forth with the World Tree.

The two sides used various cosmic treasures and special technologies, constantly restraining each other, and could not do anything to each other for the time being.

The World Tree occasionally sent some foreign race powerhouses who had been devoured and transformed to test them. Because of Black Star's existence, the World Tree has turned the foreign race powerhouses into cannon fodder-like positions. Anyway, they cannot play a role on the frontal battlefield, so they are simply used for small-scale harassment and consumption.

But because Han Xiao entered the Sanctuary, the World Tree's foreign race powerhouses did not receive the virtual purification treatment, and could only be killed by the Beyond Grade As of the explored universe.

But even without Black Star in charge, many Beyond Grade As were equally independent and did not cause any trouble.

The two sides fought back and forth while silently brewing, and the intensity was maintained at a relatively low level.

After such a stalemate for about two months, Han Xiao returned from the Sanctuary.