Star Lord: Rob the alien race and you will get a hundred times the reward

Chapter 149 What is imperial power?

Intelligent life serial number 03, the host is located in the giant structure of the black hole at the core of the Tuomu Lei Ting Galaxy. It uses the black hole body that needs to maintain the gravity of a huge galaxy with a diameter of nearly light years as its energy core, devouring the free energy of the entire galaxy to keep it in peak condition at all times.

The host's auxiliary computing matrix has 120 million seats. All the star system material planets have been transformed into industrial bases. Asteroid meteorite groups have been dismantled and turned into industrial raw materials to be cast into spacecraft weapons.

"Human exploration fleet, level 7 technological warships, some level 8 technological warships."

"The target has been locked: Human Star Sea Exploration Territory, Lord Liu Wen."

"One of the main reasons why intelligent life serial number 03-308 failed to enter the star field."

"In twenty-five years, the technology will be upgraded from level 5 to level 7, and some level 8 technologies will be unlocked! The probability of a technological explosion is 95%."

"Threat level, high!"

"The target meets the requirements for clearance, and the 06 clearance plan will be implemented!"

"Stargate particle transmission matrix activated!"

"Mechanical Purge Corps executes awakening procedure!"

"Doomsday Mecha Combat Group activated!"

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At this time, Luo Shaohua and the other two were on the command platform, looking at the wormhole channel behind the intelligent fleet. Intelligent warships were still pouring out in a steady stream. The space energy of the wormhole channel was also surging during this period, and the channel was reinforced and widened. They knew very well what this meant!
An ordinary temporary wormhole channel only needs a diameter of more than 100 kilometers to accommodate the passage of most ships. A channel wormhole needs to be widened to a diameter of more than 1,000 kilometers to 10,000 kilometers to accommodate the passage of planetary fortresses and huge celestial-class warships such as mobile war stars. However, only military-grade channels need to maintain such a large wormhole channel. Ordinary channels are at most a few hundred kilometers.

But the intelligent mechanical wormholes in front of us now have a diameter of more than 5,000 kilometers and are still expanding. The other party is trying to send celestial-level war machines over!

Luo Shaohua took a deep breath. After experiencing a series of accidents, his reason regained control. His brain understood the flagship intelligent central computing matrix and quickly thought of a strategy to defeat the enemy.

"We can't continue to consume the enemy's energy. Their reinforcements are coming in continuously, while our fleet is getting smaller and smaller. Even if we win, we will still lose after the fleet finishes fighting!" Chen Wen spoke first.

Bai Haitang nodded in agreement: "We must break through the enemy's blockade. Although the territory now has wormhole technology, there are not many fleets in the territory, and they are unable to launch emergency support operations for us."

Luo Shaohua was naturally aware of this, but now the army of intelligent machines was about to encircle them, and the advantage in numbers was indeed very puzzling.

An encirclement with a diameter of more than twenty light hours is taking shape. The intelligent fleet in front is charging and attacking fiercely without fear of consumption. A large number of armed robots and drones are pressing over like dark clouds.

The dense beams of light from naval guns obscured the view of the starry sky, and the energy tides and strong light caused by the battleship explosion were comparable to the flares from stellar explosions.

The living space on the battlefield is shrinking rapidly, but the three armies of the Star Fleet have been unable to open a channel out and can only line up to protect themselves and exchange firepower output with the intelligent fleet. The energy output of the rule-level warships of both sides has reached the limit. The distorted space phenomenon in the void is the result of the competition between the rules of both sides. Any spaceship approaching that area will be decomposed into particle state by different rules.

"For now, if you want to survive, you have to take risks." Luo Shaohua said to the two while commanding the fleet to fight.

"There are some special weapons distributed by the Lord in the fleet, but the effectiveness is unclear. They were originally experimental equipment used to extract energy from the enriched stars in the 106 system for verification after the capture of the system."

When Chen Wen heard that it was a weapon that hadn't even been tested yet, his heart sank. But he couldn't care less now. It didn't matter whether it was useful or not, as long as it could play a role in the war, it would be fine.

"If we have it, then use it. Don't worry about whether the experimental equipment works or not. We are surrounded anyway. Even if it doesn't work, it won't be that bad."

Luo Shaohua explained: "No, you didn't understand what I said. These devices need a large number of stars to provide energy to operate, and we are in the void between galaxies. There is not even a wandering planet, let alone a star."

Bai Haitang reacted: "You mean these devices require a huge amount of energy supply? But where can we get so much energy to supply the equipment now? After the previous battle, the energy reserve consumption has dropped a lot. Now that the battle has lasted for so long, the energy supply has reached its limit. Where can we get extra energy to supply the equipment!"

"It's not impossible." Chen Wen thought for a moment and said, "Transfer the energy of auxiliary ships such as transport ships and engineering ships to weaken the energy supply of rule-class battleships."

"No!" Upon hearing that the energy supply of the rule-class battleships was to be cut, Bai Haitang immediately objected: "Absolutely not. The rule-class battleships are the guarantee of the fleet's survival. Once the rule barrier is breached by the intelligent machines, even if those experimental equipment are really useful, what's the use? The fleet is doomed. Won't the equipment still be a sitting duck when it's running?"

Chen Wen did not refute, but asked Luo Shaohua: "Commander Luo, what are those experimental equipment used for?"

Luo Shaohua explained: "This batch of experimental equipment was built by the Territory Research Institute to verify artificial rules. In other words, this is a rule-level device that touches on level nine technology, so the energy consumption is a bit high. The current energy technology of the territory has just reached level eight not long ago, and it is simply unable to provide a corresponding energy supply system. Therefore, a large number of stars are needed to provide energy. This is to make up for quality with quantity."

"Ninth-level rule-based technology?" Bai Haitang didn't know that the territory's scientific research capabilities had actually advanced so far. When she was in charge of the Bonucci Industrial Zone, the technology had not even officially broken through to level seven.

"Since it is an experimental device, the researchers who developed it should also be in the fleet, right? In the transport fleet?" Chen Wen sighed in his heart. As expected, Luo Shaohua has always been valued by the lords. After all, he is one of the first commanders in the true sense, and his military achievements are no less than Michelle's. It's just that his technical level is worse that he failed to compete with the other party. They don't even have the authority to know about the existence of these experimental equipment.

"This batch of equipment is under the personal supervision of Duan Rudong, the director of the Bonucci Research Institute. It is indeed in the transport fleet and is carried by specially manufactured transport ships." Luo Shaohua had nothing to hide now, so he directly revealed the relevant information to the two. According to the current wartime situation, the two, as army commanders, also have the authority to use all the weapons carried in the fleet, and everyone must make way for the war.

"Use it." When Bai Haitang heard that it was Duan Rudong and his son who were guarding the equipment, it was obvious that the importance of this batch of equipment was higher than she expected. In terms of rank, Duan Rudong was of the same rank as them, but he did not have the command authority of the army.

In the Star Territory or human civilization, civilian rulers do not normally have the authority to command troops, even if the other party is an ordinary marine.

The only chance to take power is when, during a battle, there is no one within the third level of his rank still alive in the fleet, and the fleet cannot rebuild its command system. Only then can one rely on the highest rank to temporarily gain command of the fleet. But even at this time, there are still the General Staff, the Intelligence Department, and the Military Police to restrict him. Any order cannot be executed if it fails to pass the review of the General Staff and the Intelligence Department.

And after the battle, they will immediately lose their command authority, and the General Staff and other departments will jointly take charge until they return to the territory or a new commander system is in place. That is why although several people discussed whether to use the experimental equipment, no one ever mentioned whether to consult Duan Rudong. The other party has no right to interfere in the command of the fleet. Once the combat order is issued, he must cooperate unconditionally, even if the order means a huge sacrifice, unless it is really a pure act of sending heads, it can be reported to the fleet intelligence center for review and the military police for multiple verifications. Only when it is confirmed that this is murder or revenge will the order be forcibly terminated.

These are all to ensure that the commander has sufficient authority in commanding fleet operations and that orders can be 100% executed.

When Luo Shaohua's order was passed to Duan Rudong, his first reaction was not to think about whether he could refuse it, but to turn around and ask the person in charge of the project: "What is the probability that the experimental equipment can be used? Can it suppress the attack of the opponent's intelligent fleet? How long can it last? Can a safe passage be opened for the fleet?"

The person in charge was confused by his series of questions. After a while, he spoke: "It can be used, but it is hard to say whether it can suppress the rules attack of the intelligent fleet. At present, the fleet's energy supply can only ensure that the equipment can be started, but it cannot guarantee that the output power can break through the opponent's rules barrier."

"As for the duration, I'm sorry, based on the energy the fleet can provide, it will only last for thirty seconds at most from the start to the completion of the strike, and that's at the cost of paralyzing the reactors of some logistics ships."

Duan Rudong was silent for a moment and said, "Go and prepare to start. Now we can only give it a try. I hope your design can really work and open a breakout channel for the fleet."

He is not a pure scientific researcher. As the manager of a branch of a scientific research institute, his scientific research ability is not the best. It's just that the top scientific researchers are busy with scientific research, so where do they find the time to manage so many messy things?

Therefore, the position of administrator fell into the hands of a person who was neither good nor bad. As a result, he had more time and channels to understand the affairs of the territory and also learned something about fleet operations.

Although he did not have a strategic vision for the current situation, he could see clearly that there was no need to consider any strategy at all. The fleet needed a channel and repressive military intervention. Otherwise, Luo Shaohua would not have ordered the use of this rule equipment that had not even been experimented with. Obviously, the fleet was in a precarious situation and the decision was made out of the mentality of taking a gamble.

The researchers entered the cargo hold of the transport ship. The interior was extended dozens of times using space equipment. In the integrated cargo hold, a number of strangely shaped devices were quietly restrained in place.

The researchers wearing exoskeleton protective armor sighed as they looked at the equipment standing in front of them, praying silently that the thing they designed would really work.

The protective layer of the equipment was removed, and energy pipelines were connected together with the help of robotic arms. Hundreds of scientific researchers debugged the data structure around the equipment.

The cargo hatch of the transport ship opened, and the surrounding logistics ships proactively delivered energy pipelines. The invisible force field constructed an energy transmission pipeline like a spider web, which went straight into the stellar energy absorption equipment in the cargo hold and was converted into the high-specification energy needed by the experimental equipment.

"The Imperial System has been activated and the equipment is operating normally."

"Energy supply is 3 percent complete, estimated charging time is 8 minutes and 53 seconds!"

"Rule parsing system malfunctioned, executing command 1021, the command has been corrected."

"The energy supply system has been overloaded. It is estimated that the energy supply can only be maintained for 30 minutes."

"The measurement system has lost its sensitivity, please go and repair it immediately!"

"The positioning system is functioning normally."

"Rule editing system operation error, error code 033652..."

"The Imperial System is ready, and the star map is in place!"

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After receiving the message from Duan Rudong that the experimental equipment had been successfully started and was ready, Luo Shaohua was immediately overjoyed. This thing really works.

But after reading the equipment introduction information below, I didn’t feel so good anymore.

"The experimental equipment can only carry out one strike for thirty seconds, and its power is only 70% of the designed power. We only have one chance, and we must seize the opportunity!"

Luo Shaohua passed the information to Bai Haitang and the others and made a suggestion: "I suggest breaking out to the right and heading back to the territory for repairs. In order to supply experimental equipment, a large number of engineering ships and logistics ships will be abandoned. We need to replenish supplies and repair ships, so we can only return to the territory."

"I agree!" Bai Haitang and Chen Wen said at the same time.

It was suggested to keep going, and Luo Shaohua immediately began to mobilize the fleet to turn to the right. The fleet was currently fighting in a circular defensive formation, and with the space being targeted, it was using conventional propulsion engines to maintain movement at 3% of the sub-light speed, so it was not difficult for the fleet to turn, and there was no hindrance to moving forward.

"Continue to increase the speed and raise the movement speed to 50 percent of sub-light speed."

Large warships such as large fortresses have too much mass and accelerate very slowly, and their speed can only be increased to 50% of the speed of light.

The three army formations accelerated in a triangle shape. All drone swarms and other combat units were abandoned to cover the fleet's departure.

When the fleet collided head-on with the intelligent fleet on the right, Luo Shaohua ordered Duan Rudong to use the experimental equipment without hesitation.

Duan Rudong immediately ordered the activation of the Imperial Power equipment. The scientific researchers responsible for executing the positioning output drew a line on the dynamic projection of the battlefield, encircling the entire circle of intelligent machines.

The Imperial Power System was officially activated. A device that looked like a satellite dish cover stretched out from the cargo hold of the transport ship and was aimed at the direction of the fleet's advance. As the surging energy merged into the device, it supplied various devices to convert energy into the power of rules.

"The Emperor, by order of Heaven, decrees: You are sentenced to death, to be executed immediately!"

"Rules sentence death!" Duan Rudong murmured as he looked at the flashing indicator light in the rule editor: "If the king wants his subjects to die, they have to die. This is the imperial power!"

(End of this chapter)