The Empire begins with the Fourth Scourge.

Chapter 2663 The Purification War of Planet Jobri
2663, The Purification War of Planet Jobri
The blueprint that Tang Xiao handed over to Arroyo Barlow is incomplete; it is currently only an outline.

After all, it's impossible for Scrantr-Sharpbeak to carry the entire blueprint with him, and such a massive amount of data couldn't possibly be memorized. According to him, the blueprint's data is hidden within his soul.

This requires transferring Skrand's soul using the Essence Transfer spell in order to obtain the complete blueprint.

Tang Xiao also checked the database of the Glory mothership and found that there was really no data on the Claw in this almost all-encompassing database!

This made him even more puzzled.

Judging from the current situation, Scrantr's Beak does indeed have problems. The problem isn't with him, but with the things he carries.

Despite the issues, Tang Xiao still held Scrantr-Sharpbeak in high regard. He even believed that if Matt Horner were to retire in the future, Scrantr-Sharpbeak would be the best candidate to succeed him as Commander-in-Chief of the Navy.

Originally, Ling Liang was the candidate, but after a deep conversation with Skland, Tang Xiao's mind began to change.

Arroyo-Barlow's shock stemmed entirely from a technical one. Because in this data, technologies like zero-element armor, dark matter deflector shields, dark matter reactors, and dark matter thrusters—these terrifying technologies—didn't even exist in their long-term plans!
In other words, once the complete blueprint is obtained, this technological system, built around zero elements and dark matter, will enable the Dawn Kingdom to achieve a qualitative leap in materials and energy technology!
It's important to know that the Dawn Kingdom's primary energy source is currently only antimatter.

Meanwhile, Tang Xiao also obtained some basic information about the Skland-Sharpbeak race.

This race evolved from avian creatures and was once a predator, belonging to the top raptors of their planet. To facilitate hunting, they had four eyes, allowing them to spatially locate their prey from four directions.

After evolving into an intelligent race, this became their most unique racial characteristic. They are agile, physically strong, and possess incredibly powerful spatial awareness. In terms of piloting aircraft, they can even perform spatial positioning independently without the aid of instruments.

It can be said that this race is born to be ace pilots.

In the Kingdom of Dawn, perhaps only those pilots who have fought countless battles and risked their lives in the Rebirth Project can compare to them!
Therefore, for the Kingdom of Dawn, the addition of Skrand-Sharpbeak is not only about gaining a highly qualified and virtuous admiral, but also about gaining a Titan-class warship, a race of natural-born ace pilots, and high-performance interstellar fighters to match them, as well as a series of the most advanced technologies.

Arroyo-Barlo immediately began organizing personnel to develop these related technologies.

The Kingdom of Dawn had already begun research into dark matter energy, but the technology was too advanced, so there had been little progress. Arroyo-Barlow told Tang Xiao that this opportunity to study the technology related to the Claw would accelerate the development of that technology.

After the conversation ended, Tang Xiao returned to the dark altar inside his palace, a place he had built for himself to conduct his darkest and most evil research.

However, when he turned on the recorder that contained data related to the god of destruction, Coleman Law, he fell into deep thought.

Without a doubt, Scrantr-Beak is not a god; he is just an ordinary person. While he is exceptionally talented, he cannot be considered a 'Prisoner,' nor even a legendary figure. By the standards of the mothership, he should be classified as a legendary being.

But how could such a person need to use divine technology?

Coleman-Law's recorder contained the methods he used to create those terrifying dark alchemical beasts. With this technology, he even touched the realm of the gods, which shows how terrifying the contents were.

And now, this technology is about to reappear in the Milky Way after 100,000 years, thanks to Tang Xiao's efforts.

What will this bring about?

……

Meanwhile, in an unknown star field, on the outer edge of the Qis territory, lies the gas giant planet Jorib.

This planet has a large number of moons, 55 of which are relatively large. One of them, called Nogu, has a diameter of more than 2000 kilometers. It was here that Severance Tann's exploration team was ambushed.

The two enormous monsters captured from the Nogu satellite have been completely dismantled by Abathur. Abathur found organs inside these two monsters that could receive signals from the Kilik swarm's mother hive.

Abathur has also established a Toggart swarm nest on the Nogu satellite and begun hatching swarm combat units.

At this moment, a large number of combat robots are venturing deep into the excavated underground caverns on the Nogu satellite, where gunfire and explosions are constantly heard. Clearly, an unknown number of Kilik swarms remain hidden underground.

The Torgate swarm's combat units also joined the effort to wipe out the Kilik swarm, cooperating with the combat robots.

Compared to those brave Dawn Kingdom Marines, these supplies are more suitable for carrying out this kind of mission.

Within Abathur's lair, two fleshy spheres, each at least four or five meters in diameter, grew out. These spheres were connected by countless cavities and continued to wriggle, resembling tumors growing within the lair.

These are the signal receiving organs of the two giant monsters hidden underground, which are equivalent to the brains of the Kilik bugs.

Abathur plunged his tentacles directly into the two brains, causing the fleshy mass to convulse violently, as if in excruciating pain. The mass emitted incredibly strong biological signals, even affecting the surrounding Torgate swarm controlled by Abathur; the ferocious insects hatched by Abathur through genetic manipulation began to grow restless.

The insects let out terrifying howls towards the sky.

[Have you found it?] Severance Tann's holographic projection appeared beside Abathur.

“Three mother hives, with three satellites within them. The signal is clear, but we can’t pinpoint their location. These mother hives are using covert methods,” Abathur said, illuminating three satellites on the holographic star map.

"Could the substance emanating from the planet Jorib be so potent that it can even block the detection of the mother planet's signals?" Severance Tann frowned. During her previous explorations, she had discovered that the reason scanning here was so difficult was because a special substance existed within the atmosphere of the gas giant Jorib. This substance, under the influence of the planet's powerful magnetic field, turned into mist, which could almost completely block all existing detection methods.

Furthermore, this substance also exists in the atmospheres of the moons surrounding the planet Jorib.

“The Ethmane gas was absorbed by the mother hive, fused into it, and became undetectable,” Abathur said.

"I understand." Severance Tann nodded, then turned to the T-series tactical robot behind her and said sharply, "Immediately launch a bombardment of the marked satellite!"

【Roger! 】

The Dawn Kingdom's warships immediately adjusted their formation and began to approach the three satellites marked by Abathur—Eyyl, Jwlio, and Ruu.

Once in attack positions, the 20 capital ships unleashed their full firepower, launching an orbital bombardment of the Airy satellite! Turbine laser cannons and nuclear bombs rained down from the sky, instantly igniting countless explosions on the surface of this large satellite with a diameter of over 3700 kilometers.

As the satellite was attacked, its surface erupted in chaos. Countless flying Kilik Zerg combat units emerged from the ground. These Zerg were enormous in number, a dark mass resembling a storm cloud, and they roared as they flew toward the Dawn Kingdom's fleet.

These Kilik Zerg combat units are all covered with a smooth, hard carapace, providing excellent defense against turbo laser cannons. They have likely evolved the ability to fly against gravity at extremely high speeds.

Moreover, on the satellite ground, some giant insects were also launching huge spheres of plasma into the sky!
The Kilik swarm was supposed to have regressed to a primitive state, but now they have regained the capabilities needed for interstellar warfare and evolved them into their combat units!

However, at this moment, they were facing the powerful fleet of the Kingdom of Dawn.

The light cruisers and fighter squadrons surrounding the capital ship opened fire, unleashing a barrage of lasers and missiles that rained down, exploding instantly within the swarm of insects. Even the toughest insect carapaces couldn't withstand such power, shattering into pieces, with countless insect remains and slime flying everywhere.

It looks lively, but it's actually not a threat at all.

The surface of Airy Satellite was now engulfed in flames, and even the Earth's crust was shaking. The insects that launched plasma spheres were bombarded as soon as they appeared, and were quickly blasted into burning fireballs.

However, at this moment, Severance Tann felt a vague unease in her heart.

How did the Kilik swarm here manage to defeat the Galactic Empire's fleet with just such an attack?
Orbital bombardment continues, but it is also beginning to expose a weakness of the Dawn Kingdom's warships—these warships were developed for fleet operations, and their orbital bombardment capabilities are relatively weak.

To compensate for this, most of the Dawn Kingdom's warships carry large nuclear bombs for orbital bombardment, but now, facing the Kilik Nest hidden deep underground, their firepower is still insufficient to overturn the satellite's crust in a short time.

Now, the Dawn Kingdom's main warships have begun to concentrate their bombardment on the areas where the insects capable of attacking the air have appeared.

Suddenly, a sense of crisis welled up in Severance Tann's heart.

The Force sensed danger!

"The troops... their formation is too scattered." Severance Tann immediately noticed something was wrong. She turned to the tactical robot and shouted, "Order the fleet to retreat immediately! Reorganize the formation!"

"Roger!"

Less than five minutes after the order was given, something unexpected happened!
"General! Sensors have detected an unknown signal! In... the direction of Planet Jorib!" a radar operator shouted.

Severance Tann's expression changed, and she looked in the direction marked through the holographic combat star map.

Sure enough, a fleet suddenly emerged from the thick purple atmosphere of the gas giant! There were more than a hundred ships in total!
Leading the fleet were two Imperial-class Star Destroyers, along with over a hundred light cruisers and even some civilian spaceships!
These warships looked incredibly terrifying, with massive biological tissues growing and spreading from their hulls. Huge blood vessels crawled all over their bodies, constantly writhing!

These are all warships infected by the Kilik swarm! And before this, they had all been hiding within the atmosphere of the gas giant, relying on the Eisenman gas to shield themselves from all detection, just waiting for this opportunity to launch a sneak attack!
"Don't panic! Regroup the capital ships! First and second high-speed assault groups, launch immediately! Take off fighter formations!" Severance Tann immediately began making deployments.

The 20 capital ships scattered around Airy Satellite immediately began to turn, preparing to leave the satellite's range and regroup. At the same time, two high-speed assault squadrons, totaling 150 light cruisers, quickly turned thanks to their agile maneuverability and charged towards the Kilik swarm fleet.

Both sides opened fire simultaneously, with laser missiles flying in unison.

On the infected warships, some of the biological tissues that had grown out were actually firing! Large amounts of concentrated plasma clusters spewed out from the nozzles that grew out of them, just like biological turrets!

These biological tissues also gave those civilian spacecraft combat capabilities.

However, what angered Severance Tann was that this fleet showed no intention of engaging in direct combat; instead, it flew directly toward the Nogu satellite as soon as it appeared.

Abathar is there!

Severance Tann's expression changed drastically. She immediately ordered a halt to the formation, instructing each ship to maneuver freely and reinforce the Nogu satellite. At the same time, she instructed Abathur to take cover as soon as possible, concentrate ground combat units on the satellite, and protect themselves.

A Hellsangel-class battlecruiser was seen charging at the forefront, and once it reached firing angle, its side-mounted laser cannons immediately opened fire. The colorful laser beams were beautiful, but they carried destructive energy!

One of the infected frigates was immediately struck by the laser, a large hole burned through its biological tissue, and countless amounts of tissue fluid gushed out, splattering into space. Simultaneously, these tissues began to rapidly regenerate themselves while writhing!
But the Hells Angels-class frigates wouldn't give it that chance. Soon, a second, third, and fourth laser beams arrived in an instant, and the frigate was completely destroyed within seconds!

At this time, infected spaceships arrived on the Nogu satellite and airdropped a huge number of Kilik worms!