From cannon fodder to sweeping across thousands of stars.

Chapter 658 The Backbone of the Federation
"Done?"

Amber's voice was trembling at this moment, and her body, which was pressed tightly against the captain's seat, finally sat up straight.

Although the Eternity had just escaped ahead of schedule, the explosion of Alpha Serpens still allowed the Eternity, which had already entered the jump, to observe related energy fluctuations, and even a large-scale tremor occurred in the entire hyperspace.

"It's done, Master! If the Federation Fleet and Trafalgar can still survive under these circumstances, then we don't have to fight anymore. I will be the first to surrender."

Lilith's voice was heard after a moment's hesitation. Although she was well-informed on the Internet, this kind of large-scale celestial explosion was the first time she had seen it. At this moment, she was quickly organizing the large amount of precious data that she had just recorded.

As for Amber, there is no need to mention him. Although he is also a psychic with a strength close to level six, and he calls himself a "iron-blooded tough guy" who is not afraid of anything, he still felt a little bit of fear when he felt the power of celestial bodies at close range.

However, this fear also inspired his yearning for high-level psychics. After all, the "explosive star" special effects in the game were not as shocking as what he had just seen with his own eyes.
Moreover, the psychic strength of a psychic increases exponentially. Level 6 is just the threshold for becoming a high-level psychic. Level 7 can completely overturn the offensive and defensive balance of an entire ground war zone. Level 8 can "charge" battleship-level units, and level 9 can directly "charge" an entire fleet.

As for psychics above level ten, humans have actually never seen a living one so far. The only reason they know there are three levels, ten, eleven, and twelve, is because they have discovered relevant records in the remains of the forerunners.

Even for the elves of the Thousand Star Empire, this kind of high-level psychic is a legendary existence. Only in the Forerunner civilization in Salih's memory, there are very few people who can reach this level.

As the pinnacle of the entire psychic strength level, the twelfth-level psychic also only exists in the records of the Forerunner civilization, a legendary existence who can explode a star alone.

It is precisely because of the existence of this legend that the definition of psychic levels has reached level twelfth.

"Lilith, if I had the ability to 'smash stars with one hand', would I no longer have to play this kind of dangerous game and could just lie back and relax?"

"Master, you already have the ability to 'smash stars with one hand', but you still want to lie down?"

Lilith has become accustomed to Amber's unusual way of thinking.

"What's the point of fighting and killing every day? I've made enough money now. If Saleh hadn't warned me about the future crisis last time, I would have died long ago~"

Amber shook her head and continued:
"But then again, after feeling that impact just now, I felt like the shackles deep in my brain seemed to have been shaken loose."

Lilith: "So Master, you are going to break through the sixth level of psychic strength?"

"It may not be that simple. I feel like this shock has shaken off the shackles of the next few levels."

"what?"

"But I can't explain it clearly now. It's just a mysterious feeling. I have to ask Saleh to take a good look at it when I get back."

Amber quickly checked her mental and psychic state, and after confirming that there was no major problem, she unbuckled her seat belt and stood up from the captain's seat.

Just at the moment of emergency entering the jump state, the scene in front of Amber's eyes seemed to be distorted and reshaped by a pair of invisible giant hands. The originally deep, boundless, starry universe was now flowing and deforming like a melting wax figure.

The stars in the sky are no longer fixed bright spots, they have turned into colorful bands of light, as if being carried by a rushing river, rushing towards the endless rear.

Amber walked to the panoramic porthole of the bridge. At this moment, the external optical sensor units of the "Eternity" were still working normally, so the situation in the hyperspace was also presented to Amber.

The space around the battleship seemed to be caught in a crazy vortex. All kinds of strange lights intertwined and collided, bursting out with dazzling colors. It was energies of different frequencies that stirred each other in the leaping space and time, forming a magnificent picture beyond human imagination.

Some lights meander like nimble snakes, while others explode in an instant like blooming fireworks, releasing endless brilliance.

But what Amber was really looking at were some mysterious shadows emerging from the torrent of light.

They have different shapes, sometimes like huge mountains, sometimes like twisted creatures, looming in the gaps between the lights, like ancient ghosts from the depths of the universe, silently watching the battleship that broke into the jump channel.
Among the various rumors about jumps and hyperspace among humans and elves, the most talked about are the mysterious existences in hyperspace. A large number of crew members swore that they had seen bizarre scenes in hyperspace.

Some even say that they once traveled with another extremely large fleet during the jump.
Of course, this statement was also laughed at by the vast majority of people, because it is "well-known" that after a ship enters a jump, as long as the jump signature code is not shared or deciphered by other ships, the hyperspace channel it is in is absolutely independent.

But all psykers who have experienced the jump, including Amber, know that some legends are not jokes. They can truly feel that there are other beings in hyperspace, but as to whether they are native inhabitants of hyperspace or just visitors passing by, that is not something they can tell for sure.

Under Amber's gaze, the mysterious shadows in the hyperspace did not appear for too long. They soon seemed to have embarked on another route and were drifting away from the Eternity.

Amber had naturally seen this strange sight more than once. Even in the game of her previous life, Amber and other players had seen such a scene. At that time, players had organized large-scale expeditions, trying to force their way into other areas of hyperspace during the ship's jump to find out what was going on.

However, the final result was not satisfactory. In addition to the fact that all the people in the entire fleet were re-cloned in their respective bound space stations, there was only the high cost of ship loss.
"We can find a chance to ask Saleh. The pioneers may have done research in this area."

The thought flashed through Amber's mind and she put it on her to-do list before she looked at the projection of Cerise that had reappeared in mid-air.

"Cerris, report the current status of the Eternity."

"Commander Amber, the power unit and jump engine of the Eternal are currently operating normally. All weapon units are temporarily offline. Workers are performing maintenance. In the absence of crew members, the weapon system can be online at 50%. The integrity of the external armor is 46.32%. Some areas need urgent repairs. The storage module, hangar module, electromagnetic catapult module, personnel living centralized module, multi-purpose silo module, deployment bay and other secondary modules have been abandoned."

At the same time as Ceris's voice sounded, the 3D model of the Eternal was also projected on the bridge. At this moment, the middle and rear sections of the ship were basically in a "skeleton state", like a sea fish that had not been eaten. In most people's cognition, such a ship with its internal core exposed should not be able to sail, but in fact, due to the extremely high degree of modularity of human ships, the Infinity-class super flagship is the epitome of it, so as long as the navigation, power and jump modules responsible for sailing are not problematic, it can actually continue to sail, but it has lost its combat capability.

"When we set out, it was a complete warship that had just been shipped out of the factory. When we returned, only half of it was left. All the modules that could be discarded to reduce weight were discarded. Do you think the people from the shipyard and logistics department would want to beat me up?"

Looking at the battleship model full of holes in front of her, Amber smiled sheepishly.

After hearing Amber's words, Ceris paused for a moment, then continued in the same cold tone as usual: "I definitely don't dare to hit you, Commander Amber. Unless the Atlas employees of the Shipyard Heavy Industry and Logistics Department don't want you to pay them."

"Ok?"

Amber turned her head curiously and looked at Cerise, who still maintained her 'cold' expression, as if it wasn't her who had just spoken.

Amber realized something and looked at the pixelated figure of Lilith on the screen beside her unhappily. She asked helplessly, "Lilith, have you made some random settings for these shipboard control personalities again?"

"Master! First of all, I only adjusted Ceris's personality model. Secondly, I didn't add any settings randomly. I just added the setting of 'complaint' to the 'three no' attribute according to your preference."

"Nonsense! How can you complain about it when it's already 'three nothings'! Your setting is not in line with fundamentalism!"

"Master, your thinking is too rigid"

With a sudden sense of relaxation after surviving the disaster, the man and the AI ​​started arguing about Ceris's "personality attributes", and Ceris, who was the core of the argument, just watched the two sides silently without saying a word.

However, this dispute did not last long. Soon, Amber, who had completely relaxed in a short period of time, casually knocked down a nearby crew seat, lay down on it, and fell into a deep sleep within seconds.

Seeing this scene, without Lilith's reminder, Ceris, who had the attributes of 'three nothings' and 'complaint' as well as 'gentle and considerate wife', immediately closed the panoramic portholes, and the entire bridge suddenly darkened, leaving only a circle of warm ambient lights.
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The bridge of the Infinity, the Atlas First Battle Fleet.

At this moment, the front line is in a short "truce period". Both the attacking and defending sides have temporarily stopped their attacks, licking their wounds silently like a wild beast, and at the same time constantly gathering new supplies and support forces for the next battle.

At the last moment before commanding the 'Eternity' to jump, Amber also sent the situation to the front line through the quantum entanglement communication system. The speed of this message transmission is obviously much faster than the ship jump. The 'Eternity' had just entered the hyperspace and started its route, and the 'Infinity' had already received the information.

After Guterres used his authority to unlock the encrypted message and saw the content, he was stunned where he was. After a long time, the old navy finally reacted after being asked by his adjutant who noticed the abnormality.

He looked at the encrypted message again in disbelief. After confirming that his eyes were not blurry due to old age, a complex emotion along with a feeling of being drained of strength suddenly surged up. He leaned back in the command seat. Even though he tried his best to control his expression, he could not hide the look of shock.

[The First and Third Fleets of the Federation Navy have been confirmed to have been destroyed in the explosion of Alpha Serpens. The Second Fleet has followed the Special Operations Fleet and has already jumped to the assembly point of 'Plan C'. The 'Eternity' also entered the jump at the same time this message was sent. There is no need to worry.]

The amount of information contained in this short encrypted message is explosive and even crazy.

Before the battle began, Guterres had imagined countless possible outcomes, but even though he had great faith in Amber's strength, he did not dare to imagine that Amber would wipe out Marshal Trafalgar and his federal naval fleet.

That's right, although the Second Fleet is still in pursuit, in the eyes of Guterres, who also knows the specific content of "Plan C", this isolated army is already a pile of cold wreckage floating in the universe.

This also means that the Federal Navy, or the most elite tactical mobile forces of the entire Federation, were destroyed in this battle.

But in Guterres' view, the destruction of these three fleets is not the biggest problem.

For the Federation, the real loss should be that Marshal Trafalgar died directly in this battle. This is a truly fatal blow to the Federation, which has now entered a state of temporary military government.

The person with the highest prestige, qualifications, strength and power in the army just disappeared. The entire federal navy and even the entire federal army will fall into great turmoil. Based on Guterres' understanding of the internal situation of the federal army, once the suppression of Marshal Trafalgar is lost, those "military leaders" who are usually timid will definitely not be able to hold back.

"Sir, what happened?"

Guterres' adjutant also came to his side at this time and asked in a low voice. He was the first to notice Guterres' abnormality.

"It's good news. The last remaining backbone of the Federation has been completely broken."

After saying this, the former vice admiral of the Federation Navy walked to the panoramic porthole of the bridge with deep emotion, and activated the celestial body query function.

"Query the celestial body, Unukalhai - Alpha Serpens"

A moment later, a projected indicator frame appeared in front of Guterres' eyes. Guided by the frame, he quickly saw a faint bright star in the southeast direction of the sky.

Yes, Alpha Serpens is just a third-magnitude bright star, and it was captured by Guterres through the "image enhancement" of the celestial body query function.

At this moment, Alpha Serpens has been completely annihilated by the violent reaction of the core, but in Gutellus' eyes, this giant gas planet still emits a faint light.

And this faint light came from three thousand years ago.

(End of this chapter)