Text Chapter 1644 Porcupine in Winter

On the star map behind Tang Dingyuan, the crystal-clear starship icons representing the Black Wind Fleet suddenly disappeared, turning into golden dotted lines, straight into the hinterland of the Federation like lightning.

Those starships emerged again in clusters of golden vortexes, and directly launched an attack on the Federation's resource collection and magic weapon refining base!

This scene made all the top officials of the government-in-exile silent and worried.

The war in the sea of ​​stars is like this, and it is different from the war between countries that lived on the same planet in ancient times, which was almost a "plane".

Living on the same planet, countries with "land" as their main territory often have clear borders. The enemy's attack can only break through the borders and slowly advance from the frontier to the inland and even the core.

Even if you master all kinds of flying magic weapons, you have to fly all the way in along the national border. Except for a very small number of special operations troops with extremely high cultivation, it is difficult to jump in directly.

The three-dimensional war in the universe is definitely not like this.

The sea of ​​stars is too vast and boundless, and there are so few worlds where human beings can survive and develop civilization. Each world is an isolated island, connected by "jumping bridges" that can pass through the four-dimensional space.

What the Star Federation governs is not all the seas of stars between the seven great worlds, it can only be said to be seven small "universe islands". It is difficult to distinguish the real frontier and the core area, and the enemy can completely bypass one of them. In several worlds, one can imagine how difficult it is to directly launch a surprise attack on an underbelly that is neglected to guard against.

"The deduction of the above situation has actually been carried out by us and the Federation for the past ten years, and it is only now that we have deciphered it to everyone."

Tang Dingyuan continued, "From the confessions of Ding Zhengyang and many rebels, this point has also been confirmed. Once their rebellion is successful, they will cooperate with the Emperor's Linhui and the black wind special forces who sneaked into the Federation to wreak havoc within the Federation. Create chaos and create opportunities for the Black Wind Fleet to attack.

"The war between the Empire and the Federation has already started, and the outcome is likely to be decided before the Black Wind Fleet actually appears, at this very moment!

"There are immortal cultivators within the federation, not just superficial cultivators like Emperor Linhui, but higher-ranking, deeper-hidden, and more critical figures. Although this information was thrown away by Lu Qingchen in order to lure Ding Zhengyang and others to launch a rebellion. It came out, but according to our research and judgment, the credibility is very high!

"This person has enough energy to create an excellent opportunity for the Black Wind Fleet's surprise attack. At least he can send such precious information to the Black Wind Fleet where the Federal Army's main Liaoyuan Fleet is ambushing.

"Conversely, as long as we can find out this person, it is possible to know the jumping point of the Black Wind Fleet in advance, and that is almost half the battle!

"The latest situation I want to share with you today is just like this. Ding Zhengyang, Cheng Xuansu and others launched a large-scale rebellion at this moment, which can also show that the Black Wind Fleet is almost ready for one thing, and no matter what the plot is, it is about to launch! The situation is so critical, our covenant with Star Federation also needs to... go further!"

Tang Dingyuan paused and looked at Cui Lingfeng beside him.

Cui Lingfeng coughed lightly, and continued: "Everyone, we have received the latest news that the Star Federation will announce that it has entered the 'highest state of war' after the new general election. This is an unprecedented thing in the history of the Federation. Even in the "Battle of the Sky Ring" thirty years ago, they had only entered the "Level 1 State of War".

"This time the federal people are going to elect a veritable 'war speaker', whose various powers have been expanded compared to the speaker in peacetime.

"We originally sent the 'Election Observation Team' to investigate the formation of the newest speaker of the Federation, but it was interrupted by the rebellion of the cultivators. Now the situation between us, the Federation and the Empire is different, and the size of the election observation team is also different. It should be expanded, not even limited to the 'election observation' section, but to carry out... a deeper level of cooperation with the Federation in military, economic, political and other aspects!

"The Imperial Expeditionary Force may appear in front of us at any time, and even in the next second, you must have such an understanding, and under this premise, rethink the relationship between us and the Federation, and think about our common future!

"So, Captain Tang and I have made a decision and communicated with the federation. It is still in the name of the 'Election Investigation Team', but the scale is tripled!

"The first stop of the investigation team will be the Sky Ring Realm, where one of our senior officers will stay, and discuss with the top brass of the federal military at the 'Second Home Port of the Liaoyuan Fleet' to discuss the details of setting up a 'Joint Operations Base Camp' .

"The second stop is the 'Hundred Flower City' Xinghai jumping center located between the four worlds of Tianhuan, Shuhai, Netherworld and Crystal. It is the intersection of the waterways of the seven worlds of the Federation, the most prosperous commercial city, and our economic and trade delegation. There, I will discuss with a high-level negotiating team of the federal economic and trade department how to fully integrate the "starship economic system" of the Firefly into the federal economic system, including the unification of currency between the two sides, the cancellation of tariffs, the distribution of internal taxes... and the resulting series of questions.

"After the senior military officer corps and the economic and trade delegation are left in the military and economic and trade center of the Federation, the remaining general election observation team will go directly to Tianyuan Realm, the capital of the Federation. According to the schedule, it will be just in time for the announcement of the results of the federal general election. At that time, Then you can know the latest policy of the Federation in the highest state of war, and discuss with the new 'war government'... how to integrate the two sides.

"Everyone, let's give up our illusions. We have fled for a thousand years, and there is no way out. Right here, right now, we will launch a counterattack, all the way to the home of our ancestors, the center of the Star Sea! "

...

Federal Standard Time, it was already midnight.

However, on the hundreds of "sub-ships" of the Firefly, and even in each cabin, there is no unified sleeping time. The huge Star Wars Fortress is still brightly lit, like thousands of fireflies gathered together, releasing their feeble lives. Light.

Only one of the core cabins is covered by a crystal dome and can directly overlook the sea of ​​stars and stars. Under the reflection of the brilliant stars in the sky, it still has the meaning of the dead of night.

Li Yao followed behind Cui Lingfeng, the two of them paced slowly on the empty meditation platform, under the brilliant starlight, there were only the two of them.

"In three days, the delegation will leave."

Li Yao looked at Cui Lingfeng's back immersed in the starlight and asked, "The speaker called me here, is there anything else you want to say?"

"It's nothing, I just want to say 'thank you' to you. No matter who you are, no matter what your purpose is, at least you have brought... new hope to the five words 'Star Sea Republic'."

Cui Lingfeng looked at the sparkling sea of ​​stars beyond the crystal dome, and suddenly said, "Besides, if you are really a pure 'red lotus man' who fled here to avenge the immortal cultivators, it was hard to find other Cultivator... I really want to know, after you have discovered the ambitions and plots of Jin Xinyue, a high-ranking member of the Federation, and the so-called "orthodox government" is not as perfect as you imagined, and there are still dark sides such as the "Rebirth Plan", etc., Will you be very disappointed?"

Li Yao was slightly startled, thought for a while, then shook his head and said, "I'm not too disappointed, but it's a pity. In front of the enemy, everyone is obviously a cultivator, but they still have to be careful, care about every detail, and even have doubts and suspicions. It's a bit... ..."

"No way, maybe this is human, this is human nature, it is difficult to completely refine it no matter how you practice."

Cui Lingfeng smiled and said, "Captain Lin, have you heard of porcupines in winter?"

Li Yao blinked: "A porcupine in winter?"

"Porcupines are large rodents with long, hard spines that stick out like hedgehogs to protect against larger animals."

Cui Lingfeng said, "Whenever the winter is too cold, the porcupines will huddle together to keep warm. If they are too far apart, they will not be able to keep warm, and the cold wind will still rush between them. ; but if they get too close, they will be stabbed by each other's spikes.

"Thus, it evolved into such a scene that the porcupines kept arching towards their companions, until they were stung by the spikes of their companions, and then they retreated suddenly, but shortly after retreating, they were forced by the cold wind, and once again turned to their companions. Arching, longing for a little warmth, until being stung again by a companion.

"We and Xingyao Federation are probably like this two porcupines. Under the threat of cold wind, everyone wants to hug each other for warmth, but they will be stung by each other's innate thorns. There is no way, this' The spikes were the only weapon we used to protect ourselves from the beasts, if there were no these spikes, maybe we wouldn't be able to wait for the winter to come, and we would have died long ago!"

"I believe that even a stupid porcupine will find a suitable distance after all, without stabbing each other and sharing everyone's heat, otherwise this species would have been extinct long ago!"

Li Yao couldn't help but said, "What's more about people? I don't believe that the top management of Star Federation can be inferior to porcupines."

"You don't understand, sometimes what I'm afraid of is not the Star Federation, but...ourselves."

Cui Lingfeng sighed, and said quietly, "After all, it was not the real human empire that gave birth to the monster 'Black Star Emperor Wu Yingqi', but us, the Star Sea Republic!

"It was the Star Sea Republic that gave birth to a cultivator like the Black Star Emperor. After creating this monster, our ancestors fled. In the thousand years of exile in the Star Sea, we have experienced too much darkness and despair. Countless Touched the bottom line of normal human beings for the first time.

"Yes, now I can boldly say that there is a difference between a 'bad cultivator' and a 'immortal cultivator'.

"However, after Ding Zhengyang raised that question, I wondered more than once, whether everything is really determined by the environment and has nothing to do with Dao Xin?

"I was lucky enough that during my tenure as speaker, I did not encounter any painful choices.

"However, if the luck of the Firefly and I is even worse, we encounter a serious disaster, lose a lot of resources, and only maintain one-tenth of the people on board, how dare I launch the 'Rebirth Plan'? How about killing 90% of people at random?

"If I really did this, would I be considered a 'bad cultivator' or an 'immortal cultivator'?" (To be continued~^~)