Interstellar boss, she doesn't talk about martial arts

Chapter 1791 I Didn't Get Away with It (Two-part long chapter combined, please vote with monthly tickets)
On the screen of the royal live broadcast room, Empress Tantai Zijun was not wearing military uniform this time, but rather a magnificent imperial robe, with a twelve-tassel crown made of natural seawater pearls on her head, standing there solemnly.

She said in a deep voice, "Citizens of the Northern Star Empire, the Empire's army has repelled the Zerg's sneak attack on Guiyuan Star and annihilated all the invading Zerg!"

"All of this was achieved under the leadership of Lieutenant General Xia Chujian!"

"This achievement is an unprecedented feat since the founding of the Northern Chen Empire!"

"Therefore, I have decided to promote Lieutenant General Xia Chujian to Marshal!"

"From this day forward, Xia Chujian will be the first female marshal in the ten thousand years of my Northern Chen Empire!"

Her words caused an uproar throughout the entire Northern Chen Empire.

On the StarNet, the hashtag #SummerMeetsTheGrandMarshal# has quickly become a trending topic, followed by ten "hot" tags!

Countless people cheered with joy.

Because they knew that this meant more than just His Majesty rewarding Xia Chujian for his merits and honors.

Moreover, this means that there is a very high probability that His Majesty will agree to Marshal Xia Chujian personally leading the expedition!

Sure enough, the next second, Empress Tantai Zijun announced: "At the same time, I will open the wormhole leading to Guiyuan Star and provide Guiyuan Star with all war supplies."

"And I agree to launch a general offensive against the Southern Cross!"

"I propose that Xia Chujian be appointed as the Grand Marshal of the Southern Expedition to subdue the Zerg!"

"At the beginning of summer, Marshal Xia once said: 'I will not return until the Zerg are defeated!'"

"I hope that when Xia Chujian sees the Marshal, whether or not you can defeat the Zerg army, you will return safely!"

"My empire cannot exist without you!"

Her speech truly shocked Xia Chujian.

She never expected that Empress Tantai Zijun would actually have such a magnanimous heart!

It seems that even someone like Empress Tantai Zijun can distinguish between priorities when faced with a common enemy of humanity...

At this moment, Xia Chujian felt that Tantai Zijun was not so annoying and disgusting anymore.

Of course, one of the reasons she knew that her dislike for her wasn't that strong was that she already knew that the culprit behind this Zerg attack was someone else.

Some members of the Tantai royal family may have gotten involved.

However, this may not necessarily have anything to do with Empress Tantai Zijun.

Now that everyone can join forces and stand together against external threats, she feels that's enough.

If anything happens in the future, we should wait until we kill the Zerg before we talk about it!
Xia Chujian's animosity towards the Zerg had escalated to an unparalleled level through repeated battles.

As long as she could lead the Northern Chen Empire's army to exterminate the insectoid race, she was willing to give up many things...

Huo Yushen was also a little surprised.

However, he shared the same idea as Xia Chujian.

That is, at this moment, the Tantai royal family, like them, faces a common enemy, and cooperation is not impossible.

After all, the lessons learned from the Southern Cross Principality, the Eastern Heavenly Plains Divine Kingdom, and the Western Manelli Federation are there for all to see. Even if there are people in the Tantai royal family who want to surrender, it wouldn't be Empress Tantai Zijun.

Because if others surrender, there might be a tiny chance that the Zerg will spare them.

As the emperor of the Beichen Empire, Tantai Zijun had no chance of being spared by the Zerg.

However, such a good thing comes so quickly and unexpectedly that it feels almost unreal.

Xia Chujian sighed and said, "...This time, I actually managed to have my wish come true!"

Huo Yushen said, "There's also the military's seconding and the Senate's vote; perhaps there are obstacles ahead."

Xia Chujian nodded: "I understand, I'm not arrogant, don't worry."

……

At this moment, Empress Dowager Li Feng'en, who had watched the entire live broadcast, was chatting with her chief lady-in-waiting, Ji Huangzhen.

She said, somewhat puzzled, "Yesterday, His Majesty was still reluctant to let Xia Chujian take on the main responsibility, so how come she agreed after just one night?"

Ji Huangzhen was also somewhat puzzled and said, "...Perhaps, the Empress Dowager's words last night still touched her? Maybe she thought about it all night and figured it out?"

Empress Dowager Li Feng'en nodded slowly, with a hint of relief, and said, "If that's the case, then that would be for the best."

"Young people, they just can't keep their composure."

"There aren't that many instant gratifications and quick revenges. — You just have to wait and wait and wait..."

As she spoke, she seemed to remember something and fell into a long silence.

Seeing this, Ji Huangzhen did not wake her, but quietly left, allowing the Empress Dowager Li Fengen to be alone for a while.

……

What Xia Chujian and Huo Yushen did not expect was that this time, both the Joint Chiefs of Staff meeting of the military and the votes of the Senate were completed in one day.

On the morning of the second day after arriving at Guiyuan Star, the appointment letter bearing the Empress's Imperial Seal had already been delivered to Guiyuan Star via a wormhole-connected interstellar spaceship.

Xia Chujian stared blankly at the letter of appointment.

On that list, Xia Chujian was appointed as the Grand Marshal of the Southern Expedition, commanding the Fourth and Third Star Fleets to attack Southern Cross.

Moreover, the Empire's only Star Destroyer was assigned to her as its command ship.

Huo Yushen was her deputy commander!

She was also allowed to form her own personal guard, the size of which was equivalent to that of an entire starship.

Its organization is equivalent to that of an interstellar fleet.

Xia Chujian silently looked at the appointment letter and said to Huo Yushen, "I want to rebuild the Fifth Star Fleet."

The Fifth Starfleet's designation has been erased, and the remaining personnel have been merged into the First Starfleet.

Huo Yushen looked at Xia Chujian and nodded in agreement: "Okay, I'll listen to you."

The Fifth Starfleet is not only of special significance to Xia Chujian, but also of particularly great significance to Huo Yushen.

Back then, under his command, the Fifth Starfleet was the first to lose its designation.

It was later rebuilt.

Then, in someone's hands, the serial number was lost for the second time.

Now, it's the second reconstruction.

……

Xia Chujian quickly announced the plan to rebuild the Fifth Starfleet on the StarNet.

For a time, former members of the Fifth Starfleet, as well as new recruits, almost overwhelmed the registration site.

In less than three days, a new fifth interstellar fleet was formed, and she incorporated it all into her star destroyer battle group.

During this period, Su Buyan also referenced the biological pheromones of the Qingqiu fox clan and developed a new weapon.

This weapon currently has a nature of "large-scale attack without distinguishing between friend and foe".

Therefore, when we deploy them, we must wear fully enclosed helmets and bring our own oxygen.

This is not difficult to do at all.

For this attack, Su Buyan, in conjunction with Zong's military industry and Quan's mining, equipped Xia Chujian's army, from top to bottom, with second-generation mechs.

Now that they had the second-generation mechs, they no longer needed to breathe the air from the Southern Cross Star that had been polluted by the Zerg. Furthermore, with the powerful weapons from the Fox Clan, Xia Chujian was indeed full of confidence for this southern expedition.

……

The Northern Chen Empire, year 10023 of the calendar.

The third year since the Zerg invasion of the North Star system.

On this day, the dawn had not yet illuminated the entire star field.

Xia Chujian's third, fourth, and fifth star fleets have already been positioned in the star field above Shaofu Star.

"All units, prepare to enter the wormhole and break into the core area of ​​the Southern Cross star system."

The voice of Xia Chujian, the Grand Marshal of the Southern Expedition, was simultaneously transmitted to the three fleet groups via multi-dimensional communication.

They were facing a large base built by the Zerg in the Southern Cross star system.

Xia Chujian named it "Main Nest".

At 3:00 AM sharp, the engines of hundreds of thousands of interstellar warships started up simultaneously.

The dark blue background of space was torn into burning silver lines.

The fleet surged like a tide, resembling the divine ships of ancient mythology, traversing the Milky Way and entering one massive wormhole after another with overwhelming force.

On the other side of the wormhole, Xia Chujian had already sent an advance force to wait on the opposite side, lest he enter the wormhole only to be wiped out by the Zerg on the other side.

Huo Yushen, as the deputy commander, was naturally the first choice to carry out this order.

Because the person she trusted most in the entire Southern Expeditionary Fleet was Huo Yushen.

Only he could make her feel at ease entrusting her back to him.

……

The deep space was as black as ink, and the cold stars, like the eyes of cosmic giants, stared at them coldly without blinking.

Xia Chujian's interstellar fleets—the Third, Fourth, and Fifth Interstellar Fleets—emerged one after another from three different wormholes.

The massive ship silently hovered in near-star orbit.

The outline of the steel alloy, mixed with special metals, gleamed with a cold silhouette under the pale light of the distant star.

Below them, the planet, utterly corrupted by the Zerg, emitted a viscous, dark green glow, resembling a rotting planetary fruit.

This is Southern Cross, once the capital of the Principality of Southern Cross, and the last bastion of human resistance on Southern Cross.

But just three days ago, the advanced Zerg Notawa descended upon Southern Cross and ruthlessly destroyed all the surviving humans on the planet.

Whether they were ordinary people, resistance fighters, or even human traitors who surrendered to the Zerg, they all became food for the higher Zerg, Notawa.

Southern Cross is now the main planet occupied by the Zerg.

At this moment, looking down from above, a unique energy shield of the Zerg, like a foul-smelling membrane, enveloped the vast continent where the Zerg's main nest was located.

Xia Chujian stood in the captain's command room of the star destroyer, looking at the holographic star map in front of him with his hands behind his back.

Qi Lu thoughtfully marked all the visible and potential forces of this starry sky for her.

She could clearly see that in the dark starry sky beyond the outer reaches of their fleet array, lurking forces that had never been detected before—the immense cosmic power emanating from the Zerg.

A colossal biological mothership, resembling a corrupted nebula, surrounded by Zerg meteorite fortresses of thorns and tentacles.

A considerable number of these flying Zerg Devourers, each the size of a fighter jet, are incredibly agile and nimble.

They lay in wait silently, as if they had foreseen their arrival.

At this moment, Xia Chujian felt that they were not attacking proactively, but rather walking into a trap!

The other side has laid a trap, just waiting for them to walk right into it!

Huo Yushen stood beside her, frowning slightly, and said, "...What's going on? It seems the Zerg know more about us."

Xia Chujian nodded: "Although the news of our attack was not a secret, it was publicly announced."

"But the specific timing of the attack, the location of the landing, and... the arrangement of the warships are all kept secret."

"It seems that no one else knows this except you and me."

Huo Yushen said calmly, "No, there are others who know our plans."

Xia Chujian: "...Who?"

Huo Yushen said, "The military, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Your Majesty."

"Because our battle plans all need to be reported to higher-ups first."

"Otherwise, it would be considered unauthorized action and would be prosecuted as treason."

Xia Chujian rubbed her temples: "...I forgot to ask for an exemption."

Huo Yushen said, "It's not that you forgot, but that you thought they had changed their ways and wouldn't do something like this that undermines their own foundation."

Xia Chujian sneered: "This isn't tearing down your own walls, this is suicide!"

"However, if they want to commit suicide, I won't play along!"

"I'd like to see what happens even if the Zerg know our attack plans!"

"We are launching a fair and square attack! Not a sneak attack!"

Because the most difficult thing to deal with is not a conspiracy, but an open strategy.

As she spoke, she had already given the order.

In the silence, a monotone electronic voice resounded in the earpieces of everyone in the three interstellar fleets.

"Operation Cleanup, initiating."

"Target: Mother Nest Bio-ship above Southern Cross."

"Space-based kinetic weapon array, authorized to fire."

"Fifth Starfleet is monitoring the wormhole."

"Third and Fourth Starfleets, in coordination with the Star Destroyer Strike Group, eliminate all extraterrestrial orbital threats!"

The moment the command was given, the entire star field itself seemed to be torn apart.

Tens of thousands of energy beams, like lava spears hurled by a giant god, suddenly lit up from the darker depths of space behind the Third and Fourth Starfleets!

With pure kinetic energy capable of destroying everything, it silently and swiftly pierced the biological mothership that resembled a towering nebula.

The deafening explosion vanished into the silent vacuum of space, replaced by a terrifying, teeth-grinding tremor, as if matter had been forcibly ground into elementary particles, that reverberated violently through the vacuum.

The dark green shield outside the biological mothership fluctuated violently, as if it had been thrown into a putrid swamp of burning boulders.

The energy wave spread wildly, and the physical laws of the force field could not be defied.

Then, under the relentless and continuous barrage of energy beams from the Star Destroyer, this living shield finally let out a painful scream and shattered!
The dissipated energy flow tore apart the Zerg genes, causing them to be destroyed and dissipated in the thin upper atmosphere.

Almost the instant the signal for the collapse of the biological mothership's shields lit up, the Star Destroyer strike group, which had been poised to attack, let out a roar that shook the heavens!

To complement the Star Destroyers, the starships of the Third and Fourth Starfleets, with their majestic, mountain-like hulls, suddenly emitted a blinding blue-white light from the massive space energy beam cannons at the front of their vessels.

That was not just a simple ray of light, but a destructive energy that had been bound to its limit and was powerful enough to tear apart the entire starry sky!
Inside the ship, energy pipes made of special metal alloys emitted a shrill shriek, almost strained to keep up with the load.

The massive heat dissipation fins instantly turned crimson, casting a furnace-like dark red glow on the surrounding cold starry sky.

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