Chapter 1997 Continuous Expansion

The Star Alliance, the public star field, a gray-white band of nebula in the pitch-black space shone with a not-so-bright cold light.

The joint fleet composed of fifty-six warships formed two fan-shaped fleet battles in groups of twenty-eight ships.

Reconnaissance ships, destroyers, cruisers, battleships, assault ships, and interstellar aircraft carriers. Behind the huge fleet of complete ships is a mobile satellite military fortress. The matte titanium gray fortress exudes a cold danger signal and is magnificent.

No matter from which point of view, this is a powerful space fleet with unparalleled momentum and terrifying scale.

But such a fleet group, which is enough to make any enemy tremble and fear, looks so small when facing the ring nebula aperture, and it is just a weak and thin ant under the dim ring aperture.

In the area of ​​the public star domain close to the border blockade of the Star Alliance, a series of detection outposts have been erected in units of every 10,000 kilometers, and the detection ships have established strict monitoring and navigation orbits.

After several months of expansion, the ring-shaped nebula aperture that opened the worm field and the space channel of the Star Alliance has now spread to the public star field. At this moment, the United Fleet is facing a gap in the space channel that has just been confirmed.

"This is the latest list of missing ships."

Du Ya, head of the Star Alliance Frontier Defense Army, and two officers of the coalition military department beside her looked at the list and background introduction that appeared on the light curtain in front of them, and their faces darkened at the same time.

"So far, no black boxes of any ships have been found. They lost contact with nearby outposts and communication stations soon after they approached the red line area, and they could no longer be located."

"Is it possible to enter the insect domain?"

It is not impossible in theory, but logically it does not make sense. These ships include cargo ships, passenger ships, caravans, civil aviation, private ships, and warships of the border guards. They have only one thing in common, and there is no reason to take the initiative Attempt to get through the ring aperture into ample range.

A communication order interrupted Duya's discussion with several officers.

"Major General, the meeting is about to begin."

"I'll be right there."

Dua teleported from the main battleship of the fleet into the satellite fortress in the rear.

The long tables in the originally empty ** conference room were gradually being filled by people who appeared one after another.

Covenant Army Headquarters,

The governments of the Star Alliance countries, the Explorers' Guild, the Star Alliance Council, the Palace of Knights, and citizen representatives crowded into the conference room with thousands of representatives, and the buzzing noise was as loud as a market in a city square.

The news from the Three Frontier Armies was astonishing.

"cough cough"

"cough cough"

The speaker of the meeting cleared his throat several times to signal silence, even if he rang the ding ding dong dong to no avail.

The news just announced was so shocking that representatives from all parties couldn't stop discussing it.

Pressing the mute cursor, the entire conference room fell silent instantly. The delegates who were discussing with each other suddenly realized that they couldn't hear the people around them even if they shouted loudly, so they sat upright and looked up at the central station of the conference hall. The representative of the Allied Forces.

Seeing that everyone was sitting upright at the moment, the lieutenant colonel who presided over the meeting raised his hand to call out the holographic light curtain in the center of the meeting room, and then entered the main topic of the joint meeting.

The star map jumped out, and a gray-white nebula band with flashing light spots appeared in the dark blue starry sky.

"As you can see, the ring-shaped aperture belt connecting the insect domain is constantly expanding. This is the newly discovered aperture belt. It was originally a scattered small nebula, but recently, that is, a week ago, the gap between them disappeared and completely merged. Together they formed the current scale..."

Even though they had heard the rumors before, they still gasped when they saw the ring-shaped circle of light in the star map with their own eyes, especially when the screen shots in the light curtain were played quickly, they seemed to see the dark space surrounded by Shengsheng stretched and tore a ring of light.

"oh......"

"This this......"

"Above the stars..."

Even if you can't hear anything, you can know what everyone in the conference room is exclaiming at the moment just by looking at the mouth shape.

"The data of the ships that have disappeared this week has been sent to you. The following details will be explained in detail by Du Ya, the commander of the three armies in charge of this area."

Duya is one of the few female army commanders in the Star Alliance. Her long silver-gray hair is tied behind her head, and her military uniform sets off her smooth and muscular lines. Her sharp eyes swept over everyone in the conference room. Duya waved her hand The screen changes.

"So far, we haven't found any signs of Zerg coming in and out, which doesn't mean we can sit back and relax," Duya said directly, "Everyone, be mentally prepared, the situation is not optimistic."

"This is the fifth nebula halo that has appeared this month. They can all be connected to the Zerg Domain. Once the scale is formed, the Zerg army will be able to enter the hinterland of the Star Alliance in an instant. It is not the first and will not be the last."

This is a grim and helpless situation.

"We all know the dangers of these ring apertures, but what do we do?"

"Although the wormholes have disappeared, the hazards of these annular apertures are even worse than those of wormholes..."

"The most urgent task is how to solve..."

"Should the line of defense continue to be tightened?"

"After all, the Zerg is still causing trouble. In my opinion, it is better to take this opportunity to completely eliminate the Zerg and bring the Zerg Domain into the territory of the Star Alliance..."

"Actually, it's not uncommon to have another place like the Chaotic Starfield..."

"The two cannot be confused at all. Do you still want to form an alliance with the Zerg like the Weilan Empire?"

"Fight, the threat of completely eradicating the Zerg will be lifted."

"To put it simply, if such a war of attrition is really that easy, it won't drag on for so long and it won't be resolved."

"Speaking of the Weilan Empire, it is always a huge threat..."

After a round of intense discussions, the meeting failed to reach any results in the end, let alone any effective implementation strategy plan passed, at most it was just a routine notice.

At the end of the meeting, more than half of the people left one after another, and the ** conference room returned to an empty and spacious environment.

Until almost everyone left, there were only five people left, the two elders of the guild, the government representative of the Free Federation and Major General Duya.

At this time, there was one more person at the head of the long table, a short and thin figure put his hands behind his back, and nodded to the standing people to sit down.

The few people who were told to stop for a while were a little surprised to see the speaker in such a regular meeting.

The speaker of the lower house of parliament appeared in the almost empty conference room, and the speaker motioned for the correspondent to come forward.

"We have another discovery around the ring aperture, not just this ring aperture, we have the same discovery in all surrounding starry environments where ring apertures appear..."

Waved his hand to change the picture of the light curtain, "The place where these gray ripple marks appear is the area where we detected the latest changes. The space fluctuations are abnormal, and the probability of starry sky storms continues to rise. The space environment has become extremely unstable. Even The rate of starship failures also continues to rise..."

Group after group of data reports appeared in front of everyone. This is a detection report that is not suitable for the public at the moment. It will only cause more panic and doubts. It also indicates that the crisis that the Star Alliance is facing at this moment is not just the Zerg invasion So simple.

"The parliamentary investigation team is already following up on this matter. Regarding this point, I believe that the Explorers' Guild has more experience in detection and investigation in this area."

The speaker kept his posture very flat and sincere, "This may be the biggest crisis that the Star Alliance will encounter in hundreds of centuries. I hope we can cooperate frankly and openly..."

"If there is a bug infestation in these rings that appear in the Covenant..."

There is no need to go into detail that they all know what a huge impact it will have on the border defense line, but even if there is no bug swarm, the frequent starry sky storm is a problem that needs to be solved urgently.

"The joint fleet led by Captain Duya of the Three Legions is currently in this area. What do you think?"

"The speaker said that there is already a plan?"

No one answered directly but asked rhetorically.

"In fact, the parliament has always intended to send the army to take the initiative, but there are many obstacles in it. The proposal has not been passed in the parliament, but time waits for no one..."

"The guild has also received news that the cause of the failure rate of the ship is not easy to define, and the magnetic field of the Zerg may also be the reason."

"The number of missing ships is far more than that. The detailed data is still being counted. If those unregistered smuggling ships are counted, the number will be even greater."

Everyone's expressions were hard to relax, and the elders of the Explorers' Guild tapped on the desktop to pop up a document, open it one by one and pass it on to others.

"There seems to be a new trend in the Weilan Empire. The expeditionary force left the empire's territory and began to appear in the public star field."

"This is the latest information on the Weilan Empire sent back by Ye Yanluo explorers, you can take a look."

After checking the information, everyone here did not show any surprise,

"Unsurprisingly, the royal family of the Weilan Empire has gone mad."

This also means that the danger level of the Weilan Empire is even higher. A powerful empire with all the people crazy can pose too much threat to the Star Alliance.

"I think with these and your influence as the speaker, you should be able to push the bill through."

This is the sincerity of the Explorers Guild.

The Star Alliance Council has always been ambiguous in its attitude towards Mo Ye and did not directly express its position. The elders of the Explorers Guild knew why the Council was so well aware, and just reminded, "Speaker, you also mentioned before that the Star Alliance is now in a serious situation and there are many crises. , it’s also time to restrain the talents of your subordinates.”

"The parliament has always put the overall situation first. You can rest assured that we are only for the Star Alliance."

"Hmph." Another guild elder chuckled, obviously not agreeing with this, and has always been annoyed that the council has an official face for the sake of all mankind, from the top to the small role, "I hope your council will not say the same thing and do the same thing. One set is fine."

"The Weilan Empire has recently mobilized a large number of troops. Not only the expeditionary force, but also fleets belonging to other legions also frequently enter and exit the chaotic star field and public star field on a large scale. The border star wars are serious."

The small countries around the Weilan Empire were almost wiped out, which also caused a large number of displaced and homeless refugees to flow into the surrounding countries.

The nations of the Star Alliance hated what the Weilan Empire had done.

"The three armies have already started to investigate and deal with it, and hope that the guild can give it the greatest support."

Several big bosses secretly discussed to expel the others, and the meeting time of fifteen minutes was not too long.

**The screen flickered up to twenty-eight times during the entire meeting, and there were two interruptions.

"Please rest assured, Speaker, we will definitely cooperate fully."

**The meeting ended, and Duya was the only one left in the conference room above the satellite fortress. She pushed open the door of the conference room and exited the link.

From the secret room Duya in the middle layer of the satellite fortress, he quickly returned to the main ship bridge without staying in the fortress too much.

Fleet correspondents then submitted during the Dua meeting

"Captain Du, what did you say at this meeting?"

Duya didn't answer but asked, "Has the scouting team returned?"

Two mecha reconnaissance teams were sent out a day ago, but there was no news feedback.

The adjutant's answer made Captain Du Ya frowned.

Walking to the observation tower of the satellite fortress, the ring-shaped aperture like thick fog is endless, and the fleet is particularly small against the starry sky.

"what is that?"

The watchtower's sentinel pressed the alarm and "found a UFO approaching at high speed."

"Spotted a UFO."

The detector zooms in on the observation lens, and a black dot flies out from the ring aperture at an extremely fast speed.

"Looks like an escape pod for an aircraft."

Around the circular aperture, they found many mechas and aircraft wreckages that were different from the Covenant standard. Ordinary people do not know that there are humans living on the other side of the worm field, but the Covenant Alliance and the high-level officials of various countries are very clear.

At this moment, it doesn't seem so surprising that there are aircraft rushing out of the annular aperture, even though this annular aperture has never had any Zerg in or out.

The speed of the black spot is getting faster and closer to the detection range.

“Sure enough, an escape pod”

"Quick, salvage the aircraft and prepare."

The hatch below the ship was opened and several professional salvage aircraft flew out, heading towards different coordinates, each taking its place.

"Ready"

"The target has been locked."

The flight speed of the escape pod far exceeded the normal value, more like a kinetic energy shell fired at high speed.

Soon the salvage aircraft will be in place, "launch"

As the launch command was issued, the elastic energy salvage net ejected to form a blue light barrier, and the escape pod plunged into it. The speed continued to slow down in the energy net, but the high-speed friction brought another serious sequelae.

"Oops, high speed friction is causing overheating"

"Cool down, cool down quickly"

After a series of salvage operations, the escape capsule was successfully controlled.

The cylindrical escape capsule is hundreds of meters long, and it was placed on the extended space platform of the interstellar aircraft carrier under the premise of uncertain safety.

The black cylinder is tightly closed and smooth without any gaps. Unless it is violently disassembled, there is no place to open it from the outside. It is so smooth that it is unbelievable.

"Is this made in one piece?"

Is this an escape pod?