Chapter 1,136 The Fifth Fleet’s Distress Signal
Toberu is an advanced race with high attainments in space technology and psionic technology. We found that the in-orbital teleportation gate they use has almost the same performance as the empire's short- and medium-distance teleportation system, and After being completely driven by psionic energy, I am even more convinced of this.
Although many people think of savagery, ruthlessness, lack of restraint and extreme expansionism when they mention the Zerg, and many people think that the Zerg are only good at developing biotechnology-such as their own biceps- - is not suitable for studying high technology, but in fact, this "conclusion" based on racial impression is a very unreasonable prejudice. Whether a technological civilization can be developed will not be decisively related to the appearance of a race, but will depend on their historical process and world environment. Toberu is a clear example. They are a typical insect swarm race. They also have a centralized structure similar to that of the insect kingdom, and have produced a variety of physical super-evolutions to adapt to the environment. However, their most powerful thing is still science and technology, and they can easily compete with other races. getting along well.
They are even the most technologically advanced members of the Exile fleet - and the only ones to have retained much of their original technology. After the exiles finally settled in this universe, all races unanimously chose to continue to use Toberu technology, which was mature and adaptable to all races, as the core technology of their own world. For example, the space dock we passed when we came here, as well as the buildings on the colonial star below, were all built using Toberu technology. Well, at least 80% of the time.
Such a special gift. Moreover, the social structure of the race is more suitable for civilizations that face the cruel cosmic environment and various evolutionary challenges. If they had not encountered that disaster and developed safely to this day, they would have achieved limitless achievements. Although because of their Like the Xiling Apostles, they have not been able to grasp the truth of the world more easily because they have developed two technical systems, the mysterious system and the technological system. However, a race that can control psionic energy already has the foundation to become a super civilization.
When being transmitted to the Planet Governor's Mansion through the space transmission equipment manufactured by the Toberu Zerg. I couldn't help but have the above thoughts. These devices around me are so easy to get emotional about: they have completely different manufacturing processes, weird but effective system architectures, these black machines with a smooth and round appearance like some kind of insect carapace are filled with the psionic energy that I am most familiar with. The Toberu Advanced Zerg are the only race I have seen, other than the Xiling Empire, that can use psionic energy as a daily energy source and apply it to themselves. Other races may also have the ability to control psionic energy, but their physical bodies have never made corresponding progress. The only exception is Toberu. In addition to the huge difference in appearance, their civilization and the Xiling Apostles are technologically different. Development is full of similarities.
It is precisely because of this that Sandora and I are very sorry that such a race has never been able to join the imperial camp.
Shandora has been thinking about how to completely eliminate the exile's fear of the empire, let the two settle their feud, and finally allow the Toberu advanced Zerg, a rare genius species that has traveled throughout the entire void, to join the army of the new empire. . Originally we thought it might take two hundred years of hard work - this is the average lifespan of a member of the Exiles United Fleet. Sandora and the expert team both believed that it would take at least a generation on the part of the Exiles to resolve their differences - but now , I suddenly felt that I might be facing an opportunity: as long as I could find the escape team that had completely lost contact with the Fourth Fleet hundreds of years ago, I might be able to inspire a considerable number of exiles to join the imperial camp. Instead of being like now, only a few radicals who were considered "heretics" among them had a favorable opinion of the Empire.
Under the guidance of Jin, Torulu, and a small group of Toberu soldiers, we came to the capital star just established by the exiles, and came to a city called "Kairudak" (in fact, Kailudak Rudak is also the name of this planet. Toberu's advanced Zerg race is accustomed to directly naming the planet's capital after the name of the planet). This city is the "capital" of the planet and the administrative center of the exiles. When we took the intra-atmospheric shuttle to the location of the "Parliament", we were all curiously observing this alien city with its unique style. The most striking thing is the style of Toberu's buildings. They look like spore plants with expanded ends. All buildings are very tall, and the lower part is slender (relative to the entire building). The smooth black "umbrella handle" looks like a tower, while the upper part expands to form irregular spheres of different sizes and shapes. Countless such buildings form the main body of "Kerudak", like a spore city. Various small vehicles used for transportation within the planet shuttle around the "waist" of these buildings, busy and orderly. Due to the special shape of Toberu's buildings, the semi-empty area in "Kairudak" city is quite spacious, suitable for the transportation needs of civilian aviation equipment.
Of course, you can also see many buildings with different styles in this city, but their number is very small and they are more like decorative embellishments.
Along the way, Jin and Toululu were chatting with us enthusiastically. The main topic was introducing their rather large city - although all the buildings here seemed weird to me, but to them In their eyes, this is obviously the proudest home. It just so happened that we were also very interested in the construction progress here, so the topic started smoothly. I think this is what the "Parliament" means when it sends these two ordinary young soldiers with little authority to serve as "envoys". Most of their tasks are to chat with the leaders of the empire. Perhaps the "Parliament" has learned about the habits of the rulers of the new empire through various channels, so she knew that in this situation where it was not possible to greet us with a guard of honor with great fanfare, it would be easier to win the goodwill of our group by sending two acquaintances to greet us. Her judgment was correct.
However, we never mentioned to Jin and Torulu the specific matter that we came to discuss with the parliament this time - that is, the news that the Fifth Combined Fleet may still survive. This was communicated to each other when we communicated with the "Parliament" before. The matter of the Fifth Fleet is still a secret among the exiles. In addition to the "parliament" and some senior officials, the only people who knew about this were the technical staff who received the signal. Jin and Toululu were not of high enough level, and of course they knew nothing about it. They only knew that the head of the empire suddenly came to visit in person today, and their mission was to come and receive him, but they did not know what specific matters the head of the empire wanted to discuss with the "parliament". And wise enough not to ask too many questions.
"The sky above the city is blocked by these big balls, but the lighting is not affected." My sister curiously looked at the scenery outside through the porthole window and couldn't help but mutter to herself. "And such a big building is supported by only one thin pillar, which looks quite unsound."
"Light. Entering the lower level of the city and channeling it through the refraction field, the light is even throughout the city," Toululu, who was sitting next to us, introduced us with waving slender forelimbs. "There are gravity-free devices, so no need to The supports, the building itself…”
"Ahem, let me explain," Jin said, seeing us becoming more and more confused. He waved his hand to silence his companions, "First of all, you probably know what's going on with the lighting problem. Just add a light deflection system. In addition, all these buildings have independent gravity-free equipment, so they are not afraid of falling down - -The thin pillars below are not for support. They are just connecting devices. The main body of the city is the spheres above, and everyone lives in them."
"I didn't notice this in your star battleship at the time." I looked at the "spore buildings" passing by outside, feeling that there were so many strange things in the world, "but they seemed to be very different from the buildings I saw at that time."
"That is a shelter, this is home." Jin's face was filled with a smile, and he did not hide his happiness. "The houses in the shelter are all very low, and there is no such aerial structure, because there are Space is too precious, and it’s different here. Kerudak is now a very, very big city, with many people living here, but today is the day of diffusion. After diffusion, the city will not be as crowded as it is now. Oh - yes, you must take a look at that, it is the most spectacular time over the city..."
Jin suddenly mentioned a term that seemed very unfamiliar to us: diffusion, but before I asked for details about this term, a Toberu Zerg soldier suddenly walked into the cabin and told us that we had arrived at our destination.
The final destination is the "Parliament Building", which is also a huge sphere supported by a thin pillar with a diameter of only a few meters. These buildings built by the Toberu Zerg are somewhat uniform in basic structure, and it seems that all the buildings are different. It is only reflected in the expanded ball on its upper level. The Parliament Building is taller than the surrounding buildings, and the upper part of the top sphere has a symmetrical octagonal "lid", which is its most distinctive feature. The shuttle stopped on the small platform at the bottom of the sphere. Jin and Torulu seemed to have no permission to enter, so they said goodbye to us outside, and we were led by a team of Toberu soldiers to the inside of the "building". In the end, the person who received us was the female officer who had guided us. After seeing us, the other party gave us a military salute stiffly - not the imperial military salute, but their own. The exiles did not Join any Imperial army so they don't have to give us the Imperial salute.
"The Parliament is waiting for you. This is a secret meeting. Nearly half of the government officials are kept in the dark, so please forgive me for the poor reception." The female officer's attitude this time is much better than the first meeting. Times, although it could be seen that she was a little unnatural, it was mostly out of nervousness and apprehension, rather than any hostility. Onee-sama nodded kindly to her, and then we walked into the hall together.
What greeted us was still an empty, completely symmetrical polygonal metal room, exactly the same as the room where we first saw the "Parliament". Walking in here reminded everyone of the first time they entered the command center of the Exile Fleet, listening to " Parliament” tells the story of the empire’s darkest history. But this time there is something different from last time: when the surrounding lights began to flicker and the "Parliament" gradually emerged from the air, several large chairs appeared out of thin air behind us: It's really good, this time Furniture is prepared.
A female voice with multiple metal echoes sounded in the air: "I hope you don't mind this simple reception. Your arrival is very sudden. I haven't had time to prepare - we were supposed to send people to report, but I didn't expect you." I will come in person immediately."
This time the reception was much more humane than the last time...
"Forget it about the scene. You know we are not used to this - and neither are you." I waved my hand to the gorgeously dressed woman who appeared in the air and sat down casually. "Let's just talk about the current situation."
"Yes, first of all, this is the signal we received." The thought aggregate that appeared in front of us in the form of projection turned on other projection equipment in the hall. What appeared in front of everyone was a video clip that had been distorted to the point where the content could not be seen at all. Only the audio signal seemed to be in better condition, and the sound had been processed. The recognizable snippets sounded fairly clear: "...the Fifth Fleet has...no one has ever arrived...is under attack...Imperial markings...unidentified enemies, we are alone...have retreated and are still It can last for a while. Whether or not anyone can still receive this frequency... this is a last attempt at communication..."
The signal shown to us by the "Parliament" only lasted for a few dozen seconds, and then began to play in a loop.
"It sounds chaotic," Sandora raised her arm and pointed at the messy images. "These video clips seem to be images from the battle, but they are too blurry."
"This is already the clearest version." "Parliament" shook his head regretfully, "We received this last communication early this morning, and then lost contact with the other party again. So far, the channel where this information has been searched is It was still noise. We called back twenty-seven times using our strongest communication equipment. But we didn’t know if the other party received the signal.”
"That is to say, the news of the Fifth Fleet has been completely lost now..." My sister looked less optimistic about the current situation. "This message was probably sent before - I heard that the signals you received for three consecutive days were... Same, so this should be an automatic broadcast, and the first transmission was probably a long time ago."
"This is the worst judgment." The council nodded. "So the council is weighing how to make this incident public to the public, or to what extent it should be made public. The news of the Fifth Fleet is of great significance to us, but now An announcement is likely to create unrest."
"Xiao Xue." I thought for a while, then turned to look at the girl sitting next to me, who replied: "Hulu~~"
"You can sleep at this time!" I was about to run away in an instant. Holding the opponent's face and pulling it to both sides, Xiaoxue immediately waved her hands and shouted: "Ah, it hurts, it hurts~! Dad, I didn't sleep, I didn't sleep! I just did a divination for the Fifth Fleet——"
I was stunned, and immediately I didn’t know whether I should believe this girl’s lies, because Lin Xue had actually told me before that when making predictions about an extremely vague target, it felt like the soul was leaving the body and it was easy to enter. In the absent state, the outside world looks like he is asleep. It's just that Lin Xue usually doesn't snore when making such in-depth prophecies...
Xiaoxue rolled her eyes quickly and quickly changed the subject before I spoke: "The Fifth Fleet is safe for the time being - but it has not escaped pursuit. I saw that the target of my prophecy continued to change in the following time. Fuzzy, this should be the reason why they are gradually being hunted down - of course, that is if we fail to carry out effective rescue."
The "Parliament" looked at us doubtfully, and I pointed at Xiaoxue: "Her words are credible. This is a prophet."
"It's...incredible ability." The council seemed to have a look of surprise, but her tone was still that of stating the facts. Then she no longer struggled with this temporarily unclear issue, "Then based on your words, The Fifth Fleet still has a chance. They should be trying to escape from the attackers. The enemy is very strong, but they obviously do not have the ability to confine the Fifth Fleet and annihilate them all. It's just that we haven't found a way to help the Fifth Fleet yet. "
"They may have reached the extreme depths of the void, and their coordinates are unknown. Reinforcements cannot be sent, contact is interrupted, and their situation cannot be confirmed... Well, the only thing we can do now is to re-establish contact. We need to determine the current status of the Fifth Fleet. Sandora immediately judged the current situation, and then set her sights on the "Parliament", "Open your communication port and tell us the information pattern when you communicate with the Fifth Fleet. We will use the Garden of Death system to search for that signal." .”
The "Parliament" seemed a little surprised, probably because they didn't expect the Empire to help so easily: the exiles' habitual impression of the Empire was not easy to change. Then she fell into silence for a short period of time. I felt that I could not let her hesitate on this issue, so I took the initiative to say: "Now is not the time to worry about the psychological gap. The Fifth Fleet is reducing its personnel every moment. By the way, you guys They have already settled in the empire, so they are not so afraid of us, right?"
"No, please forgive me, but the Parliament is not hesitant on this issue," the Thought Collective woman apologized to us - in a completely straight tone, "It's just that there was a sudden sigh: the communication protocol within the Combined Fleet was at the beginning of its formation. The first purpose was to keep the Imperial Army’s equipment secret, but I didn’t expect that now I need to rely on your Empire’s technology… This is really dramatic.”
"Let's discuss the dramatic questions later," Sandora stood up. "I have just arranged the system transfer. When will you be ready?" (To be continued. If you like this work, , you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly votes. Your support is my biggest motivation.)