From cannon fodder to sweeping across thousands of stars.

Chapter 569: Desperate Assault
Battle in the space area near Rubion V.

Under the fierce attack of the Federal Navy, the Atlas Group's unmanned fleet stood firm like an indestructible steel line of defense.

Although ships were constantly being ruthlessly destroyed by enemy fire, their positions were immediately filled by their companions in the rear. The formation of the entire fleet was not in the slightest disorder and it always maintained a strong combat effectiveness.

At the core of the fleet formation, on the unmanned battleship 'Moonlight Goddess' carrying the unmanned fleet commander-in-chief - the command-type artificial intelligence 'Selene', this artificial intelligence named after the ancient god is processing all the combat information quickly and meticulously.

To her, the fierce battle outside the battleship was nothing more than a series of information flashing quickly before her eyes.

After the information was quickly categorized, the entire battle appeared in front of Selene as a constantly changing and updated table - this was the imagination of Amber, Dr. Mephisto and others based on the perspective of carbon-based creatures.

But for Selene, commanding the fleet is like constantly "doing exercises".

In front of her was real-time updated information from both warring parties, and what she had to do was to compare the situations of both sides, find the "optimal solution" and then generate a command to issue to the unmanned fleet.

In addition, although Lilith reset and unlocked their "emotional modules", according to the settings of this "mistress" (the respectful title for Lilith within the unmanned fleet), all artificial intelligences under the Atlas Group, whether they are high-level shipborne control personalities or command-type artificial intelligences, will still temporarily take the "emotional modules" offline after entering combat status.

So at this moment, whether it was Selene, Hecate, or the unmanned fleet that was engaged in battle, they were all giving and executing orders coldly.

The loss of the surrounding fleets would not have the slightest impact on their minds, but would instead become a "weak point" in the defense line, which would be quickly filled by other warships under Selene's command.
When she and Hecate received the order "Boss starts the assault, other units provide fire cover", the commanding artificial intelligence quickly began to look for the optimal solution to "this problem".

"The first priority is to disrupt the enemy fleet through the fleet's firepower and cover the Boss to complete the assault."

“Real-time status import of both warring parties.”

“Begin analysis.”

"Under infrared imaging, the enemy fleet's bow temperature is too high, and it is suspected that the main gun has reached its limit after continuous firing. According to the analysis, the enemy fleet will have an 80% probability of suspending main gun firing and a 20% probability of forced cooling through liquid helium spraying."

"Based on this condition, multiple results were obtained. The optimal result is being deduced. The deduction has been completed and will be converted into an order."

Within seconds of receiving the order, Selene completed her assessment of the current situation and made the "optimal solution".

Soon, the surviving warships of the two unmanned fleets, whose bow main guns had just fired multiple rounds of salvos and had turned red due to the high temperature, were suddenly forced to dissipate heat by the liquid helium sprayed from the cooling system. The main gun acceleration channel made of nano-memory metal also began to rapidly reorganize the lattice after the temperature dropped.

Since the liquid helium and other coolants carried by the warships are limited, and a huge amount of coolant is required each time emergency cooling is carried out, the fleet commander will generally cautiously "hold" forced cooling, treating it as a kind of backup measure.

But Selene's way of thinking is obviously different from that of humans. She is result-oriented and takes the current highest priority order as the priority. After realizing that the salvo of the Federation Fleet might be suspended, she chose to force the fleet to cool down the main guns without hesitation.

The federal fleet naturally quickly noticed the movements of the unmanned fleet. After all, the large amount of fog formed when liquid helium was rapidly cooled was very conspicuous, not to mention the simultaneous actions of the entire fleet.

But even if they discovered this, it was already too late.

Because Selene has once again commanded the unmanned fleet to launch a new round of salvos.

Although forced heat dissipation by liquid helium and other coolants was only an emergency measure for the main guns of the battleships, even after the cooling was completed, they could only fire two or three more salvos before they had to stop firing to prevent the acceleration track from melting. Even so, this unconventional salvo still caught the Federation Fleet off guard.

Especially the two rounds of salvos from the unmanned fleet focused the attack on the bottom of the federal fleet's formation. After the warships that were preparing to intercept Amber and others, Amber and others who were breaking through suddenly felt the pressure greatly reduced.

"Lilith, you did a great job! These command-type AIs are really good at timing."

In the cockpit of the upgraded super-heavy HCP 'ATLAS Kai', Amber, who was firmly fixed in the driver's seat, looked at the Federation fleet in front of her that was thrown into chaos, and could not help but praise it.

In the games of his previous life, he had always stood in the perspective of the federal fleet at this moment, accepting the ravages of this unmanned fleet.

It would be a very pleasant thing to be able to watch such an attack as an ally or 'owner' of the unmanned fleet.

Although there is an old saying that "blackened is three times stronger, whitened is three times weaker", this saying obviously cannot be applied to Lilith and the unmanned fleet.

For Amber, they were indeed cleansed in this life, and joined the team, but their potential and combat effectiveness were not weakened at all, and were even stronger than when they were "blackened" in their previous life.
"Thank you for the compliment, Master~"

After hearing what Amber said, Lilith's tail behind her little devil image went straight up to the sky, but she continued to remind him:

"But Master, the unmanned fleet can only provide so much cover. Although it has caused some chaos to the Federation Fleet, their anti-aircraft firepower is still a threat."

"It's okay. The number of unmanned fleets is limited. It's enough to achieve this step." Amber shook her head, and then continued: "Unmanned fleets are not the only ones that can fight in Atlas's combat sequence."

As he finished speaking, more and more heavily armored combat boats were catching up with the 'ATLAS Kai' which was advancing at high speed.

They are also the few units in the entire space battle sequence that can directly catch up with the 'ATLAS Kai' in 'cruise mode'.

The First Fleet carried a total of more than 700 heavy armored combat boats, and now these heavily armed high-speed predators were directly arranged into two "box formations", passing from the left and right sides of Amber, and under the salvo of heavy particle cannons, they pushed forward all the way.

The anti-aircraft destroyers, frigates and HCPs deployed outside the Federal Fleet's formation could not withstand this kind of "space queuing and shooting" style of play.

Other warships that adjusted their axes and planned to use their main guns to fire would be immediately subjected to concentrated fire from these combat boats once their movements were discovered.

As for the federal HCPs that surrounded these heavy armored combat boats from both sides and intended to attack them from the flank, they were quickly intercepted by the HCPs carried by the combat boats.

From a God's perspective, it looked like a meteor shower was rushing towards the Federation Fleet from the nadir direction.

During this 'meteor shower', there were constant explosions of fire, and with each advance, the distance of the 'meteor shower' would become smaller, but this could not stop the 'meteor shower' from moving forward.

There was no way to stop the brightest "meteor" from rushing towards the "Lighthouse" heavy cruiser that was performing guidance operations.

(End of this chapter)