1845.Levik Annihilation War (4)
The two fleets sent out sent a message back the next day, saying that they had discovered suspected enemy ships. But then, they were like a mud cow drowning in the sea, with no response at all. Such a result made Ssi-ruuvi Imperium even more panicked.
In the past few days, Great Xirithut has been asking for news about the two fleets almost every hour, but the news he got every time was - no news.
Now, 10 days have passed since Ninth Fleet lost contact and was destroyed. During this period, all Ssi-ruuvi Imperium's troops were almost in a state of mental collapse.
They went from being nervous at the beginning, to high morale, to shouting and fighting, then gradually fell silent while waiting endlessly, then became uneasy, and now, they are full of fear.
They no longer know how long they have to wait, nor what they are about to face. All they knew was that they had been invaded, and it was an extremely terrifying invasion.
The rumors of God of Decay began to spread gradually from the top management of Ssi-ruuvi Imperium. More and more people began to know the existence of God of Decay. More and more people learned that it was God of Decay that destroyed the three fleets of Ssi-ruuvi Imperium! And not even one of these three fleets came back to report!
The panic of doomsday began to spread among Ssi-ruuvi Imperium, and became more and more intense. Almost everyone began to pray to Heavenly Saint on Homeworld, hoping that the power of gods could help them resist the attack of God of Decay.
However, all to no avail.
Nothing happened, but a lot of things seemed to happen...
Such emotions were even more serious among the Ssi-ruuvi Imperium army. The long period of alert made them physically and mentally exhausted. Later, even a comet caused the fleet to dispatch urgently.
Things can't continue like this.
Ssi-ruuvi Imperium ruler, Great Xirithut convened the highest level of the Empire for many meetings to discuss whether to lift the alert and relax the tight strings of the entire the Empire.
However, no matter how they discussed it, there was no way to get around this fact - three fleets disappeared before and after, so you can't just pretend that nothing happened, right?
There must be an explanation for who destroyed these three fleets, right?
And even from the perspective of the Empire's senior management, how can we lift the alert without even knowing where the threat comes from?
Amid the endless quarrels, another day passed.
Finally, Great Xirithut issued an order and agreed to let the troops rest in batches and no longer be on first-level alert. Just keep at least two-thirds of the soldiers on duty at all times.
However, while they were discussing, a red-skinned Xilu people officer rushed in angrily, lowered his head like a bull and ran directly into the emperor's meeting hall, shouting, "Unidentified hyperspace fluctuations have been detected!! We have been invaded!!"
"What? It's finally here!!" Great Xirithut almost immediately jumped up from the throne and shouted, "I've been waiting for them for a long time!"
"Heavenly Saint, above! The intruder has finally appeared!" Golden Bishop also bowed to the sky.
At this time, only General Lepix was relatively calm. He asked, "What is the level of hyperspace fluctuation? Can you judge the size of the opponent?"
"Although the fluctuations caused a lot of interference, our supercomputer still came to the conclusion based on the very fuzzy data - the opponent's scale is very large! At least a fleet can cause fluctuations!" the officer said.
"If this is the case, then attack immediately! No matter who the opponent is, I will blow them to pieces!!" Lepix shouted angrily, turned around and walked out.
"Wait a minute, General!" the officer quickly stopped him, "General... but the fluctuation we detected is at Planet Five!"
Lepix then stopped, turned around and asked, "Planet Five? What's going on?"
Planet Five is equivalent to the edge of Siskat system.
Siskat system is a galaxy with six planets, and Levik planet is the second planet close to the star in the galaxy. The distance between here and Planet Five is 550 million kilometers on average! Equivalent to almost 30 light minutes!
"If it was an intruder, why did he come so far?" Lepix finally stopped, extremely confused.
But no one present could give him an answer.
So General Lepix shouted loudly, "It doesn't matter so much! Get all fleets ready for battle! The enemy is already here!"
"General, our fleet has been preparing for battle for the past twelve days." the officer complained.
Dare to complain like this in front of General Lepix, not only because this officer is also of Red People's caste, but also because the soldiers have complained about this continuous vigilance.
Seeing General Lepix rushing out, Great Xirithut and others in the conference room looked at each other, then swarmed away, all running towards the command center.
They also want to know the height of this existence that quietly destroyed three of their fleets.
But when dozens of them rushed into the command center, they saw General Lepix standing in front of the holographic star map in a daze.
"Where is the enemy?"
"Where are the intruders?" everyone was asking.
But General Lepix just said slowly, "The hyperspace fluctuations just erupted and have now disappeared. This means that the opponent has left the hyperspace and is now in our Siskat system. But the opponent is 30 light minutes away, and it will take an hour for our scanning signal to go back and forth to get results."
"One hour!" Great Xirithut almost lost his composure, he roared loudly, "The enemies are already here, do we have to wait another hour to see who they are? Wait wait! Why do we have to wait!!"
General Lepix arched his neck and said, "This enemy is really weird. No matter what their purpose is, choosing the landing point of the hyperspace jump near Planet Five is a meaningless choice. I really don't know why."
He thought for a while and said, "Let all fleets gather in the direction of Planet Five, and prepare close-in defense cannons and orbital defense weapons! The other party may also want to use mass accelerators to attack at super long distances!!"
This is also one of the possibilities. Because in the cosmic environment, the theoretical range of live ammunition weapons is unlimited. Therefore, if the opponent continuously uses mass accelerators to launch cannonballs from a very long distance, it is indeed possible.
Of course, at such a distance, one's own defense fleet and orbital defense system have enough time to detect and lock the opponent's incoming artillery shells, and then intercept them easily.
But as soon as his instructions came out, a light suddenly flashed!
Then there was a faint sound of thunder from the horizon! Soon, the communication came, and someone shouted, "General! Our planet is being bombed! Someone is attacking us!!"
"Who is the other party? How did they attack?!" General Lepix said loudly.
"Light... we only saw three beams of light falling from the sky! Then... then Mount Silokas, it was gone!" The voice over there was filled with fear.
"This... what are they using to attack us?" Great Xirithut was completely confused.
However, another ten minutes later, the communication that the planet was under attack came again!