Him and their stars.

Chapter 1888 He is probably dead

Five hours later, just after noon, the Imperial fleet in orbit, which was keeping full surveillance of the planet, reported that strange flowers and plants had grown all over the planet. Their branches and leaves looked like entangled and smelted alloys, and their petals were clearly crystal clusters, like they were carved from gems, red and ominous, purple and enchanting.

Logically speaking, this should be a stunningly beautiful scene, but perhaps due to the strange light that could not be captured by the naked eye, and the vague ripples in the air, it was as if dark clouds had descended directly in front of them, and the atmosphere became depressing and gloomy.

All kinds of virtual monsters suddenly descended on this ordinary and peaceful planet amid the astonished and panicked gazes of the earthlings.

To be honest, the Earth is really just an ordinary habitable planet. It does not have any buffs like high spirituality. Since written records, it has never encountered any major events such as the overlap of virtual realms and the transit of Leviathan.

The long-time residents of Earth really lack experience in dealing with such events.

However, before these monsters, which were still in the process of solidifying their entities, could attack the densely populated areas, the Imperial stormtroopers stationed there launched the first attack.

Compared to the Earthlings, the Imperial soldiers are obviously much more experienced in this regard.

All live ammunition weapons were stopped, and robots replaced the stormtroopers and grenadiers to enter the front line of the battle, cooperating with the Star Knights. Various armed vehicles cooperated in the action, using plasma cutting and blasting energy to destroy the skin of these foreign invaders. At the same time, small scorpion robots quickly infiltrated the battlefield, passed through the gaps between the savage monsters, and directly destroyed those strange crystal flowers.

Of course, it was inevitable that some virtual beasts broke through the imperial army's defenses and rushed towards the settlements, but they were still stopped by the imperial soldiers. The high-temperature energy net condensed into a deadly locked cage in space, resisting all the virtual creatures that were rushing around.

The Imperial Grenadiers finally found their place to use their skills. They finally discovered that electromagnetic rifles and power hammers could not defeat these prey, but melta axes were always useful, so they called on their friends to join the battle.

Of course, they also noticed that in the towns and villages behind them, there were indeed conquered people, both old and young, who were paying attention to their fight, and their morale immediately rose.

Although they were just conquered, they were still human beings after all, and their gazes gave the imperial soldiers a sense of mission to protect their fellow countrymen. If they were a bunch of monsters, ghosts, and non-human beings... Ha, how could we expect the empire's masters to really protect you?

Fortunately, most of the landing points were in the suburbs, which gave the Imperial Army space to deploy defenses and the damage was kept to a minimum.

Of course, the unfortunate thing is that the only landing point that overlaps with a residential area happens to overlap with the urban area of ​​the Big Apple.

Yes, it is the Big Apple city with a population of 3000 million. Like the Pearl City, it is the largest urban agglomeration on the earth.

Perhaps it was because Pearl City had experienced several incidents of cultists and terrorists using occultism to cause trouble in history, which made the entire city sensitive. Therefore, it was not surprising that the virtual invasion would come here.

But no matter what, a reptilian beast with eight legs and nine heads appeared in the city center. A giant human bear with a body of lava was waving a cruise ship it had picked up and demolishing houses. Ghosts, spirits and demons were rampaging in the streets.

Fortunately, the Imperial Army was well prepared. Ten stormtrooper divisions and three grenadier divisions were deployed around and in the Big Apple. An equal number of troops were on standby within a 200-mile radius around the city.

Then, within twenty minutes of the virtual realm overlap, another twenty large atmospheric gunboats and five robot motherships arrived over the city.

Another thirty seconds passed, and three combat units, totaling twelve Astral Knights, entered the Big Apple City via orbital airdrop and began to strangle all virtual creatures.

For psychics, these monsters with their own spiritual energy may be better sparring partners and hunting targets than all the mythical beasts in the main material universe.

Even with this level of rent, it is impossible to have zero civilian casualties. But we must admit that due to the full preparation of the Imperial Army, the damage to the citizens of Big Apple City was even less than that of Eternal City.

The residents, who had been evacuated to the bunkers early on by the Imperial Master, half-cajoling and half-threatening, watched the live broadcast of the street fighting with complicated eyes.

The silver figures of the Imperial Armored Grenadiers shuttled through the ruins of the city, engaging in close combat with enemies who might emerge from the shadows at any time.

A mammoth-sized insect beast stalked the wide streets, with compound eyes on each limb, reflecting the bright and hot lights flashing in the city. And then, it was shot through the head by an ion cannon falling from the sky.

Orbital airborne support from space continues to flow in, like falling meteors.

Hundreds of two-meter-tall monsters covered with bulges were rampaging on the streets. Once killed, they would turn into a deadly acid mist. However, when they rushed to the entrance of the shelter that had not been closed in time, they were stopped by the Star Knights.

The spiritual energy of the knights' light spears turned into the most indestructible wall. Of course, occasionally there would be splashes of acid that penetrated the knights' shields and fell on the silver armor with a hissing sound, but the optic holes on their visors still calmly flashed blue light.

However, three days ago, at the surrender ceremony that brought the greatest humiliation to the Earthlings, the Star Knights also looked at the Earthlings watching from the outside with the same gaze.

Many times, being calm or being cold means the same thing.

Of course, smart people can't help but have wild thoughts. The Imperial Army's preparations were too thorough. So thorough that it seemed as if they had been prepared for a long time. Could it be that they really knew something was going to happen?

In fact, they were indeed on high alert, but what they were waiting for were not the uninvited guests from the virtual world, but the remaining resistance forces of the community.

The guerrilla force, composed mainly of veterans of the Tiger Guard Division, was also preparing to enter the port area of ​​the Big Apple City along the underground city defense passage built in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China on September 9 and seize their own warships parked in the open sea.

Hidden in the crust of this planet was a massive national defense tunnel project, with warehouses, barracks, simple workshops, and even underground incubator farms. The spider-web-like dense tunnels also connected shelters and subway stations in major cities.

The guerrillas thought it was a military secret. Even if the imperialists knew about the existence of this project, they would not know that there was a passage directly outside the port area.

They decided to give the Imperial Army a big surprise, seize the Mars Cook that was parked in the open sea, break out into outer space, and meet up with the Outer Rim Fleet or the New Shenzhou Fleet.

...Well, there is now a Titan and two Dreadnoughts in the Earth's space orbit, and with only a badly damaged green-skinned Marauder, the possibility of breaking through is basically non-existent.

But even so, the resistance could not tolerate this dreadnought that represented the martial virtues of the Earth (Yu) Earth (Da Ren) (Shuai) becoming a trophy of the Empire. Even if they robbed the battleship, fired a shot at the Angel of Dawn, and then were torn to pieces by the enemy ship, this action would be enough.

Of course, the guerrilla soldiers did not expect that the enemy, who had an overwhelming combat advantage, had already set up a pocket formation and was waiting for them to arrive.

However, they did not expect that the enemy had already started the fight before they got out of the tunnel.

When the Earth warriors emerged from a certain seaside subway station, the battle had already entered a white-hot state. As for their target, a huge ship that looked like a steel island in the distant sea was helplessly on fire. It was the last byproduct of a flying virtual beast that was slashed by a star knight and fell into the sea before being annihilated.

The guerrilla soldiers were confused. Three minutes later, the resistance sniper who occupied a nearby high-rise building and set up a firing point finally moved the scope away from the silver-armored chest of a certain Astral Knight three kilometers away, and instead aimed at the latter's opponent, a bull-bodied monster with three distorted human faces.

Neither the Earthlings nor the Imperial Army had ever imagined that the two sides would start fighting side by side again in such a small Big Apple city.

Perhaps it was because the Empire concentrated super-specification forces here, and although it was a street fight, it ended the fastest.

At 9 a.m. on September 6, as the last gorgeous crystal flower within a hundred miles was eradicated, the Big Apple City was also safe.

The resistance army and the imperial army stared at each other, and the scene was very awkward for a while. Then, the earthlings began to retreat along the same route, and the latter did not pursue them. The two sides rarely showed a tacit understanding.

By September 9, the final battle on Earth was over, and the aura of the virtual world was of course completely eliminated.

It wasn't like a smell gradually dissipating, but more like the erasure of some concept. If it weren't for the messy battlefield and corpses left behind, some people might have thought they were hallucinating.

As for how many rumors have arisen behind this incident, it is no longer important.

What's more important is that the female dragon king who announced the demise of the community once again appeared in the Independence Square of the Eternal City with great fanfare. The statue of Marshal Li had collapsed in the earthquake, and the site had been cleared to become a flower bed. It was said that a statue of Emperor Ilesel would be erected here in the future. The square had also been renamed "Co-Prosperity Square".

This is certainly not to commemorate the Communist Party. Brunhilde has already ordered that all political parties in the original Earth are illegal organizations. Under the political system of the empire, such existence cannot be allowed. Whether it is bureaucrats, parliamentarians, or even princes and the Privy Council, they are just diligent screws under the command of His Majesty the Emperor.

In this way, it becomes self-evident what the song "Common Prosperity" of this square means.

Brunhild, who has been increasingly regarded by public opinion as the undisputed candidate for the next emperor, awarded the first batch of medals since her arrival on Earth in this newly renamed square.

Of course, it was to honor those who had made contributions in this battle. In addition to the soldiers of the Imperial Army, there were also quite a few local bureaucrats on Earth who organized rescue and evacuation during the disaster and tried their best to maintain law and order.

"This is a small step for the earth, but a giant leap for mankind," declared Brunhild, King of Zuliuka.

Then, the award winners and onlookers in front of her seemed to be having a really good time.

By the time a certain commander who was wandering in an unknown nebula received the news, it was already September 9, a whole week after the incident.

This is no longer the village's internet and telephone lines, it's as if we have returned to the era before Bell.

As the youngest admiral in the history of the Blue Star Community, Yu Lian also celebrated his 25th birthday on his ship, the Wide Silence.

A birthday party or something like that was of course impossible. After all, they were on the march. Even if Yu Lian was as thick-skinned and arrogant as he was, he couldn't do such a stupid thing.

Of course, the loyal Captain Nemo and other senior officers suggested that they should celebrate together, but Yu Lian immediately scolded them.

Of course he was very angry, thinking that his subordinates were preparing to celebrate the Thousand Years Festival. So why not just find out the birthdays of his ancestors? In this way, there would be eight more statutory holidays every year, wouldn't that be great?

Feifei celebrated a little as a lady. She used the fragments of Tiyangkai she collected to make chocolate powder and sprinkled it on the cake, saying that she wanted to see if the digestive system of human extraordinary people would also become Leviathan when they were about to enter the demigod stage.

Well, if it was a joke, Yu Lian felt that he had successfully gained emotional value. However, considering that he actually ate the cake, his emotions suddenly became complicated.

Of course, since it was his birthday, he finally received some good news. The most comforting thing was that the captain told him that the Wide Silence had left the most complex inner ring of the Abyss Nebula, passed through the hunting road where dragons were said to appear, and entered the so-called "Tan Gong Trail".

Since it is called this name, everyone should understand its origin.

Tan Jize led a group of rebellious slave workers in the Helots star zone to build an ice spaceship, and then escaped from the empire through the abyss from here. This happened half a year ago.

As for the "Tan Gong Trail", a term destined to be full of legend, it was only mentioned by rebellious slaves and some well-informed underworld figures, and it was still a long way from being included in the official star map of the Standard Shipping Association.

...This set of channels is indeed a "small path", so small that only the smallest spacecraft can pass through it. Hence, there are ice spacecraft.

There was no road here originally, but as the ice spaceships traveled more, a road was formed.

Of course, the above restrictions are no problem for the Wide Silence. For this Illuminator warship, no matter there is a road or not, as long as it is a hole, it can make a road.

At this point, it also means that it is time to make a choice.

"If we sail in the direction of the third cantilever, we can enter the Trident Star Region within a month," said Captain Nemo.

"Of course, you would not choose this," Anne Romanova said with a smile.

Yu Lian smiled but said nothing.

Naturally, the Silence moved towards the opposite destination and began to accelerate towards the Imperial Helots star zone.

At this time, the communication situation had also improved significantly, and the Silence also immediately received the news from Earth that was delayed by a week.

This is certainly a very good sign. If this is considered a gift, Yu Lian feels that his birthday is not particularly bleak.

Of course, after learning about the turmoil on Earth, he naturally saw President Nishita's final speech. It was said to be a rebroadcast of the speech before the assassination, but it has been called the "last cry."

Yu Lian felt very complicated for a moment. He knew that Mr. Keith Nishita was indeed dead.