Him and their stars.

Chapter 1900 There are still masters

As a border star zone close to the abyss, the Helots star zone has few habitable planets, but it has inexhaustible mineral resources, and it seems to be very suitable for setting up a labor camp.

In fact, this is indeed the case. This galaxy with a population of only 1500 billion people provides more than % of the metallurgical products for the huge and comprehensive heavy industry and military industry of the Galactic Empire.

We can fully believe that the dedication of the working people in the Helots star sector constitutes the most important foundation for the Tirrero people's expedition to the starry sea.

However, considering that 1500 billion of the 1000 billion people in this star region are slaves, "talking animals", perhaps we can use another way of describing it - it can be imagined that the glorious achievements of the Great Interstellar Crusade that lasted for a thousand years were clearly smoked by the smell of ashes of consumables.

Of course, the Imperial masters were not so thick-skinned as to place important shipyards and arsenals in this border star region. Livestock can be used for mining, but they cannot be used to forge swords. The Tirrero people are very clear about this.

In short, the crude metallurgical products produced by various slave labor camps will be sent to the industrial areas of the empire along three main waterways and four branch waterways. These are the three steel roads and four steel trails.

Yu Lian chose the Steel Trail No. 4 channel, which is the most winding, longest and most remote branch transport channel of this type.

Starting from the T92 star system in the Helots star sector near the abyss, it passes through the 16 mining and metallurgical star systems in the outer ring of the star sector, directly passes through the Diamond Nebula and enters Sumoe, then turns again, winding through four star sectors, and finally arrives at the heavy industrial base in the Xilan star sector of the empire's homeland.

This route is admittedly the most tortuous, but after all, it is located on the outskirts of the star zone, so it appears to be a lot safer, and it can also lead directly to the Xumoe star zone, so it is naturally the most suitable route for everyone.

Although it would take a little more time, and although they would probably encounter a branch base of the Star Zone Garrison on the way, it would not be a problem in front of the invincible Silence.

Of course, this is not the only thing Yu Lian needs to consider.

"This branch base, called Steel Rock Fortress, is a third-level fortress of the Empire. It has mediocre armor and firepower, and the fleet stationed there is not large in size. It poses almost no threat to our Silence." Yu Lian said with a smile.

"So, we are going to use this fortress to test the artillery?" Annie asked excitedly.

Yu Lian didn't bother to pay attention and continued: "However, it is a fortress after all, and it should have a small source wave terminal with a military communication channel."

"Shall we capture the fortress? Seize the communication codes of the imperial devils?" The first mate suddenly became excited.

Well, this little girl from the Violent Flying Clan who is always looking for trouble in the world is actually considered a well-behaved one on this ship.

Feifei smiled and said, "Are you trying to crack the Empire's signal encryption?"

Yu Lian nodded: "That galaxy not only has a source mass wave terminal, but also has a gravitational wave transfer station and beacon tower. It is easier to capture encrypted communications. The terminal computing power on the Silence can be put to use."

In short, the best way to crack communication codes is not to use top hackers, legendary spies, online attacks, offline infiltrations, espionage and counter-espionage, or to use the opponent's strategy against you. It has always been a complete and comprehensive crushing of computing power.

In short, since you are going to play stealth, you need to try your best to ensure intelligence advantage.

In addition, if they could monitor the Empire's military communication channels, even the outermost channels, they might be able to find some clues about the current location of the commerce-breaking fleet.

Everyone on the ship felt that the commander was indeed far-sighted. The Silence turned and accelerated with a flexibility that was completely inconsistent with its size, and entered Steel Trail Channel 6 after 4 hours.

They soon discovered a large transport fleet consisting of hundreds of medium-sized transport ships, escorted by a light cruiser and four destroyers.

There is no way. Since it is a branch waterway called "Trail", it means that this waterway is not very wide. Naturally, super-large cargo ships cannot pass through it, and light warships are used for escort.

To be honest, the transportation cost is not low, but at least it is not a loss. After all, the Galactic Empire is not a country ruled by bankers, and it will not be pathologically pursuing book numbers in economic activities.

Everyone on the Silence was very excited. After all, this was the largest fleet they had seen in three months. When the soldiers experienced the joy of the village network, they once again felt the sense of security of returning to the human world.

Human beings are, after all, social creatures.

A towering ship of the same level as the Titan was hiding behind a dwarf planet two astronomical units away from the fleet. She did not activate the energy-consuming "Mirage" system, but as long as she maintained basic communications and engine silence, she could minimize her presence, as if she were a small smuggling ship.

This makes sense, after all, the gravitational response of the Silence is now similar to that of a smuggling ship.

The Imperial transport fleet was naturally completely unaware that there was such a huge enemy ship hidden in this galaxy. They just lined up in a standard formation and sailed through the gaps in the interstellar space in an orderly manner.

Although they are all medium-sized cargo ships, they are still large in scale and thus look spectacular.

They were like a group of sheep escorted by sheepdogs, migrating leisurely across the grassland, completely unaware that a hungry giant bear was lurking behind the hill next to them.

...If the difference in combat power is taken into consideration, it might be more like an evil dragon that is trying to disguise itself as a rat snake with no sense of existence.

The Empire's transport fleet passed by the Silence without knowing it, and it took them half an hour to get out of the arc gun's attack range.

During that time, Yu Lian even saw a hint of coquettishness in the other party's actions.

"Ah, they are finally gone." Yu Lian sighed, and for a moment he actually went through a psychological process from difficult self-control to dissatisfaction to loss. But he still turned around to comfort his comrades: "Just a bunch of transport ships and three or five cats and dogs, they are not worthy of our efforts."

"Yes, yes, it's not even enough to match a little paint fragment on our arc cannon!" Annie touched the aiming plate of the main gun, but still controlled herself and put her hand down.

Feifei found some doubts: "We are at least 500 light years away from the Abyss now, right? It is almost impossible for the pirates from the Abyss Nebula to infiltrate here."

"Indeed." Yu Lian nodded.

Of course, there are pirates in the Empire. After all, the universe is too big, and criminals or deserters can just find an asteroid to hide and gather in the mountains.

However, after all, they were in the most powerful military empire in the known universe, and they had done their best to escape with their tails between their legs. They could only rob lone cruise ships and ships of small chambers of commerce occasionally. How could they dare to challenge a transport fleet with a military background?

"If that's the case, why do we need special warships for escort?" Feifei pondered.

Anne asked, "Phi... Sir, do you think this could be the influence of the commerce-breaking fleet?"

"I can't rule that out. Of course, it could also be the influence of the uprising."

Feifei made such a judgment. However, if possible, she would hope that her judgment was wrong.

Six hours later, the terminal that was continuously listening to the broadcast from the Helots sector immediately broadcast the following notice to everyone: "The rebel organization called Blood Angels has been wiped out by my glorious Imperial Army in one fell swoop. 476 of its backbone members have been executed, and the rest will be sentenced to death this month..." Yu Lian had of course heard of this name. Although it was full of the feudal flavor of the Imperial Grenadiers, it was indeed one of the Helots' uprising slave labor organizations.

However, everyone on the Silence could only remain silent in response to such news.

Feifei looked at Yu Lian and whispered, "The Blood Angels don't have so many people."

Yu Lian nodded slightly: "So it must include a large number of ordinary slaves from the periphery, and even women and children."

"I remember that Mr. Tan brought the rebellious laborers of the Black Labors to build an ice spaceship in the Cold World 12 star system, right?"

"Yes. That galaxy is home to the largest group of ice asteroids in the entire galaxy, as well as several planets rich in minerals. In addition to mining equipment, there is also a large-scale orbital smelter and ship material primary processing plant."

In addition, there are four labor camps in the 12 star systems of Hanshi, with a total of more than six million slave laborers. They live in space nest cities on dwarf planets, doing repetitive and monotonous work, and forming the smallest parts of this huge military empire. Many slave class laborers have never left the nest city where they live from birth to death, and are even less free than a worker bee.

If they express the slightest dissatisfaction with their current living conditions, they will definitely face the most severe death penalty.

If you think about it carefully, the fact that the rebels were able to use the equipment in the shipbuilding factory to build aerospace equipment under the noses of the imperial monitors is already a legend.

"The exercise range of the Empire's new battleships this time includes Hanshi 12." Feifei said.

Yu Lian nodded slightly: "I just hope that the actions there have stopped. However, since Captain Geshi has already used a regular spaceship, it means that the ice spaceship has finally withdrawn from the stage of history."

"That's right. They are an organization directly developed by Mr. Tan, so they should be smarter." Feifei solemnly affirmed: "But I already understand what you mean."

"What do you mean?"

"The policies of the orange cat in the original community will not last long. There is an empire over there, and there is an empire here. How can progress and reaction really appear under the same banner? If she continues to be the Grand Admiral, she will soon be the enemy of the whole world."

"To let a feudal fighter who has been through a lot play the role of a liberator is an abstract operation in itself," said Yu Lian.

"But with that woman's brain, she would have thought of this. She must be conducting a social experiment! What an evil Bi... evil imperial reactionary slavery!"

"You were just saying that she would have enemies all over the world."

"That must be part of her social experiment." Feifei looked as if she was not afraid to evaluate Brunhilde's character with the greatest malice.

In short, the Silence maintained unprecedented patience, waiting for the transport fleet to pass in front of it and enter the gravity well before setting sail.

After three jumps, the transport fleet stopped in the next labor system to carry out routine maintenance and load and unload cargo. The Silence also took this opportunity to overtake the "curve", accelerated half a counterclockwise circle in the outer ring of the system, and then drilled into the gravity well.

Her gravitational response was still as weak as a smuggling ship carrying moon sugar, and of course did not attract the attention of the transport fleet and the orbital factories.

Then, the Silence passed by an Imperial patrol fleet (four AUs) consisting of two light carriers, a heavy cruiser, and four light cruisers.

"Just as the Fox provided information, there will indeed be patrol fleets entering and passing through our galaxy." Yu Lian said.

"I saw it. Uh, you asked us to slow down, aren't you just trying to verify it?" Feifei said.

Yu Lian nodded: "Of course we should verify it. Anyway, we have the Mirage System, so we can survive at the critical moment."

Feifei sighed, but did not object.

Yu Lian added: "The schedule was verified successfully, but the scale is different. There are two more light carriers and one heavy cruiser."

"Is it because of the existence of the commerce raiding fleet?" Captain Nemo asked.

Yu Lian shook his head: "It's too much of a fuss, and Qing Mu is even more superfluous."

You know, the remaining troops of Deng Zhengqing's fleet participating in the commerce raiding are less than double digits, and it is possible that all the remnants combined cannot fight against a heavy cruiser.

Even the Galactic Empire cannot abuse its military force like this.

Of course, it was even more impossible to target the workers who were in revolt - to be honest, the workers of Helots were only illegally building ships and crossing the border, while it was the neighboring Simoe who were engaged in armed resistance, so there was really no need for such a large-scale mobilization.

"There must be something fishy about this matter." Yu Lian murmured.

Feifei immediately showed an eager expression: "So? Are you planning to change your infiltration method? I am quite familiar with this aspect."

"Change the infiltration method?"

"Ahaha, fish, so you know, there are two ways to sneak into the world, without being discovered by anyone, and without letting anyone make a sound."

Tsk, so it's just the so-called White Hood Blade Infiltration Method. Although I'm not as skilled as the great Black Moon Hero, I'm used to doing these things before.

Yu Lian looked at Feifei's bloody smile and felt that everyone on the boat was getting more and more manic. He was about to become the only stable person on the boat, so he should continue to work harder to control himself.

"Everyone, we still can't fight..."

As soon as he opened his mouth, the first mate's loud and strong voice exploded on the bridge.

"A high-energy reaction has occurred ahead! It's an energy beam! It's heading for the Imperial patrol fleet!"

Oh, there are masters out there?

I went to Xiao Miao's primary school open day today. I didn't get home until the afternoon. There's nothing I can do. Please make do with it.