Starlight in the Abyss
Chapter 79

The Assault on Wind Star

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Earth Two and the resource planet, carried by 10 million Wind Master, have entered warp drive and will continue along their original routes. The remaining 40 million Wind Master have begun transporting the 21 planets that will be thrown into the flames of the JD3 Star, destroying all traces of humanity.

The upheaval caused by the collision of 21 planets with a star is still significant. However, for people who have witnessed even stellar explosions, this is no different from watching a fireworks display. Of course, only a small group of people who control the Wind Master through the holographic system can see this scene. Ordinary people are already traveling at 500 times the speed of light on Earth Two, and everything that happened on JD3 is no longer relevant to them and they cannot see it.

In the past, JD3's continuous bursts would have torn the warships to shreds into elementary particles. However, as a Star System-Level Civilization, the warships' defensive capabilities are dozens of times greater than those of Star-Level civilizations. The Stealth Killer, at only the mid -Star-Level- level, are already able to withstand some of the energy from a stellar explosion. The Wind Master, on the other hand, can remain unscathed in such small energy surges.

A few days later, the Wind Master and the modified Stealth Killer, having completed their mission to destroy the planet, embarked on their journey to Wind Star. Although the Stealth Killer were small and equipped with warp drives of equal power to the Wind Master, they did not exceed a thousand times the speed of light. A thousand times the speed of light acted as a high wall, strictly separating Star System-Level Civilization from Small Star Sector Civilization.

The Stealth Killer has low attack power but high mobility, small size, and is difficult to hit. The Wind Master is large, has high defense, and strong survivability. However, the Wind Master will definitely become a key target of the Wind Star Civilization. After careful consideration, Hu Yu placed several pieces of neutron degenerate matter stripped from Cepheid variable stars on the Stealth Killer. Of course, all five Stealth Killer have been modified and strengthened.

The Si Luo Fleet, which had carried out its final transport mission of civilized beings, had returned and was approaching the defensive perimeter of the Wind Star Civilization. After completing this mission, the fleet would normally have a few hundred years of leave before the next transport mission was handed over to another fleet. However, the Si Luo received orders for repairs and reorganization as soon as it entered the defensive perimeter. The news of the Wind Star Civilization fleet's expedition was confirmed time and time again, and Hu Yu felt more and more at ease.

Hu Yu has not tampered with these 5,000 Wind Star warships in any way. If any clues are discovered at this point, years of effort may be in vain. However, the control systems of these 5,000 warships have been completely cracked. If Hu Yu wishes, he can sever all ties with the Wind Star Civilization at any time and turn them into his own warships.

Hu Yu also instructed Old Li to leave the 5,000 warships within the Wind Star Civilization through the Minister of Military Affairs, with their weapons fully loaded like other warships. The reason given was that Feng Jun and Si Luo had a very good relationship, and this fleet could be of assistance in launching a rebellion against the leader after the fleet's expedition. The Minister of Military Affairs quickly agreed. Although he was the Minister of Military Affairs, he did not have control over the fleet; he was only responsible for command, and he had less than 100,000 warships at his disposal.

Three years later, the Wind Master fleet had reached the outermost satellite detection circle of the Wind Star Civilization. After hundreds of years of transport and navigation, Hu Yu had long since figured out the locations of these satellites and the hidden fleet, and easily bypassed their monitoring, heading straight for the Wind Star territory, which was still a thousand light-years away from the Wind Star Civilization.

That year, the Wind Star Civilization was extremely lively. The leader was finally going to take action against the S378 Civilization. Thanks to the leader's vigorous propaganda, the hatred between the S378 Civilization Wind Star Civilization severely stimulated the people of Wind Star. Even they themselves did not know that their fleet had been utterly defeated by the S378 Civilization 20,000 years ago. How could the people of Wind Star, who were used to being high and mighty, tolerate such hatred? Two hundred million Wind Star warships were quickly assembled and embarked on their journey amidst the enthusiastic farewells of all the beings in the Wind Star Civilization.

Compared to the jubilant state of the Wind Star Civilization, Hu Yu was not happy at all. After Old Li made many inquiries, no one knew that the S378 Civilization Wind Star Civilization had ever clashed. Even the Minister of Industry and the Minister of Military Affairs were unaware of this, even though they had only served as ministers for a little over ten thousand years. They should have known about these things.

However, the Wind Star Fleet did indeed set off, and it headed straight for its destination without any sign of stopping or changing course. Perhaps the Wind Star leader had kept this defeat a closely guarded secret, Hu Yu thought to himself.

During the farewell celebration, Vice Minister of Commerce Feng Jun provided the entire Wind Star Civilization with free Silo Liquor. This time, even more addictive substances were added to the Silo Liquor. The Wind Star People drank and reveled wildly, completely unaware of the wine's abnormality. The revelry would last for a whole month. Fortunately, Feng Jun was well-prepared. After becoming Vice Minister of Commerce, things became much easier. In the past, he really wouldn't have been able to provide so much Silo Liquor. This Silo Liquor with added addictive substances continued to be sold at a low price until Hu Yu's fleet arrived.

No sooner had the Wind Star Fleet departed than the Minister of Industry approached Feng Jun to discuss the timing of a rebellion against the leader. Feng Jun ( Old Li, the businessman) advised against taking action at this time, arguing that the fleet could return at any moment and that they should wait until the fleet had been gone for some time before making a move. He stressed the need to allow sufficient time for the situation to stabilize. Once the situation was stable, the fleet would have no choice but to accept reality even if it returned. He suggested that they could then fabricate some lies and public opinion, so that even if the fleet's high command knew what was going on, they would not dare to act.

During this period, the Minister of Industry approached Old Li several times to discuss the timing of his rebellion, seemingly eager to seize the throne, but Old Li repeatedly dissuaded him.

Hu Yunhang was still traveling at full speed. This super-long journey of trillions of kilometers would take another ten months to reach the S378-Numbered Civilization territory mentioned by the Wind Star Civilization. Old Li was also working tirelessly in the Wind Star Civilization, trying to obtain the specific coordinates of the S378 Civilization. However, it seemed that only the head of state knew about all of this. The fleet and the Minister of Military Affairs had already left, and only the head of state's direct subordinates had channels to contact them. Old Li did not dare to openly explore the area.

Five light-years away from the Wind Star Civilization, the fleet could no longer hide from the ubiquitous reconnaissance satellites. The 40 million Wind Master were finally exposed to the Wind Star Civilization. After analyzing various data, the leader's think tank concluded that the approaching fleet was also Star System-Level Civilization, and that this was the Human Civilization that the leader had been hunting down hundreds of years ago.

Since it is Human Civilization, their intentions are self-evident. However, the leader smiled contemptuously. A mere 40 million warships. Even though the Wind Star Civilization has sent most of its fleet to invade the S378 Civilization, the remaining fleet still numbers 150 million ships, nearly four times that of Human Civilization. In addition, there are countless space-based artillery emplacements and interstellar mines. The leader and the others did not take Human Civilization's strength seriously.

Despite their underestimation of the enemy, the think tank still sprang into action, striving to annihilate the human fleet with the simplest and quickest solution, ideally before they reached the defensive perimeter. The human fleet was now less than 5 light-years from the defensive perimeter, and the think tank had no time to analyze why all detection systems within a thousand light-years had failed. They had no choice but to immediately mobilize warships to meet the enemy.

Normally, transport and patrol fleets need to travel on special routes to avoid colliding with the defense system. It takes one or two years to cross the defense circle from inside the territory, a distance of only one light-year. However, the Wind Star Civilization is not stupid. The defense system has reserved combat channels in advance. Otherwise, it would be ridiculous to trap themselves in the defense circle. One hundred million warships were divided into four parts and flew out of the territory through four channels.

The Wind Star Fleet had just arrived outside the defensive perimeter when the Wind Master Fleet arrived as well. From formulating a defensive strategy to assembling and then having the warships fly out of the defensive perimeter, this series of actions took the Wind Star Fleet several days. The fact that such a large fleet could be mobilized in just a few days demonstrates that the Wind Star Civilization's combat prowess is in no way inferior to that of humans, and may even be stronger. However, these few days were more than enough time for the Wind Master to reach the outer perimeter of the defensive perimeter.

Hundreds of billions of armor-piercing shells were launched within half an hour. Faced with such a massive stream of armor-piercing shells, the Wind Star warship was terrified and quickly took cover. However, they quickly realized that the armor-piercing shells could not cause any damage to the warship. But it was these few minutes of dodging that allowed the stream of armor-piercing shells to break through the warship's defenses and directly penetrate into the defensive perimeter.

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