Battle Against the Purification Protocol

There was plenty more to glean from the agreement above.

Most importantly, "Cyberlex" might know the Human Federation better than some Federation Ministry of Foreign Affairs officials knew their own civilization.

That was probably the result of what the other civilization had said: it had once observed the Human Federation in another universe for a long time.

Perhaps it was precisely this familiarity that had indirectly brought about the agreement.

"Cyberlex" was in urgent need of allies. That much was clear.

Whether gaining an ally like "Cyberlex" would ultimately benefit or harm the Federation remained open to debate.

The "Purification Protocol" was indeed a threat the Federation had to eliminate, and "Cyberlex" had most likely offered this agreement because it knew and understood that.

The thought processes of these machine intelligences had always been straightforward.

It wasn't that they couldn't scheme; it was that they saw no need to.

They always made their demands to the organic civilizations they encountered in a direct manner, demands that seemed entirely logical to them.

Whether the civilization being asked could understand the logic driven by these machine intelligences' thought processes—

That depended on the wisdom of its leaders.

If a God-level Civilization like the Angels or Demons in this universe tried to communicate with "Cyberlex" in this way, leaders such as the Angel King or Demon King—who knew only how to preach justice and condemn evil—probably wouldn't even be able to meet the basic requirement of understanding the other side's logic.

After all, the information density was too high.

If the other party couldn't quickly understand and absorb that vast amount of information, then respond in time, it would seem as if "Cyberlex" were taking human form to play a lute to a cow.

In simple terms, only civilizations on the same level could communicate on the same level.

If they couldn't communicate with these mechanical intelligences on the same level, it would most likely lead to one side annihilating the other without mercy.

For now, communication between "Cyberlex" and the Federation on the same level had gone very well.

Compatibility confirmed. A worthy ally to win over.

Chen Yu considered it briefly, secretly channeled Psionics, and made an overall assessment based on the will of the Human Federation. Then he gave his approval:

"This agreement can be signed."

As mentioned before, no matter how extremely isolationist the Human Federation was, the Star Sea Community still recognized it as both the Star Sea Supervisor and a Star River Guardian.

As a Star River Guardian, the Human Federation had joined forces with other civilizations to fight disasters on the level of natural catastrophes more than once.

Chen Yu then set up a simple process for signing the agreement, saving the Ministry of Foreign Affairs the trouble of handling the related procedures.

Cyberlex responded at once: "The alliance agreement is now in effect!"

"Organic beings, I hope you won't break your word."

Every word exchanged between them carried an immense amount of information.

Chen Yu didn't waste time. "The Gray Gu Storm fleet the Federation is sending to the Andromeda Galaxy will help you wage war."

"If you need intergalactic strike weapons from the Milky Way, the Federation will carry out the relevant operations at once."

The transmission ended.

The virtual image of "Cyberlex" vanished from sight.

"Gray Wind, under the agreement, assist 'Cyberlex' in holding back the 'Purification Protocol' in the Andromeda Galaxy!" Chen Yu ordered.

"Mission guaranteed!" Gray Wind declared confidently.

A million light-years away.

In a flickering region of the Andromeda Nebula, near the edge of a star system.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

One unmanned mechanical warship after another, controlled by the war directives assigned to it, fought in a terrifying melee.

Ship cannons drew one another's fire. The energy spikes erupting from the distortion of spacetime fields as Dark Matter deflection shields activated adorned the entire expanse of deep space.

After a fierce battle between two fleets, each numbering at least a million ships, countless wrecks drifted through the star system.

Yet fleets continued to pour into the system in formation, one after another.

Every second, massive battle units the size of battlecruisers were lost, vanishing into deep space like dazzling fireworks. Often, they left no wreckage behind.

Mechanical planets floated in orbit.

The light of Quantum Teleportation flashed across their surfaces from time to time, a sign that the ground war was just as brutal.

Streams of scarlet data, large enough to illuminate the entire star system, surged through it.

A colossal fractal geometric structure stood on one of the mechanical planets. The way its data signals spread showed that this was a star system under the control of the "Purification Protocol."

Those mechanical planets were all Purification Centers belonging to the "Purification Protocol."

There was no way to determine how many Purification Centers the "Purification Protocol" had in total.

The only certainty was that the Purification Centers were strategic strongholds for the "Purification Protocol." Destroying one would inflict heavy losses on it in a localized war.

Each Purification Center continuously produced fleets belonging to the "Purification Protocol," which it used to conquer other star systems.

Calling these fleets an all-consuming tide would be no exaggeration.

The "Cyberlex" fleet, the attacking force, suffered grievous losses.

The fleet attacking the star system was constantly taking casualties. Under interference from several of the enemy's Purification Centers, the fleet "Cyberlex" had sent into the system suffered signal suppression.

The disruption to command and control was almost fatal to unmanned fleets directed by a gestalt machine intelligence.

As "Cyberlex" directed its fleet's assault on the star system, it also sent ground forces to land, using Quantum Teleportation to forcibly transport them onto the mechanical planets and engage the enemy. But the results were negligible.

The two fleets, each numbering a million ships, swarmed like locusts.

But the outcome was already clear. "Cyberlex" had attacked the star system in an attempt to destroy the Purification Centers there, and it was evident that its strategic objective would fail.

Boom!

"Cyberlex" deployed some kind of intergalactic strike weapon to bombard the star system, heedless of the friendly fleet still inside.

But unfortunately—

An eerie dimensional membrane enveloped the entire star system, warping its spacetime field.

The moment the intergalactic strike weapon's attack reached the system, space dimensions were forcibly reversed. The attack was deflected and disappeared, until it vanished without a trace.

With the intergalactic strike ineffective, they could only continue the assault.

To both sides, the losses of a million ships seemed no more significant than tossing a pawn onto a chessboard.

Because the "Purification Protocol" had sealed off the star system's space, "Cyberlex's" ships couldn't jump directly into the battlefield to reinforce it. They could only jump to a nearby star system, then enter the battlefield through a hyperspace lane.

This pace of battle greatly increased the attacking fleet's waste of time and resources, putting "Cyberlex" at a serious disadvantage.

But the situation soon turned around, as several colossal ships charged into the battlefield:

"'Star-Slayer' is approaching the designated position. Locking onto the enemy 'Purification Center'..."