Extraordinary pedigree

When Inquisitor Cell heard Instructor Broly's words and his gaze locked on him, he felt a strong presence coming towards him.

This feeling does not come from any physical contact, but is an instinctive reaction from fighting and blood - it is the smell of blood.

Whenever he executed aliens on the battlefield and blood was spilled all over the battlefield, he could always clearly feel that special breath.

Cel Draven could feel that the aura emanating from Broly carried a certain oppressive force that brought destruction.

That breath, filled with endless killing desire and overwhelming power, caused the [Alien Restraint] in his body to become restless.

He could feel the strong smell of blood on the battlefield from the instructor, a smell that every soldier could smell.

——With the smell of gunpowder and blood.

Under the intimidation of Broly's aura, the Inquisitor straightened his body and replied:

"I won't let you down, instructor!"

"Don't put too much pressure on your students, Broly." Tours smiled softly.

Then, the fox-eared boy turned his head and looked at the other two Sons of the Yard standing nearby—Ordnance Officer Thomas Picton and Shapeshifter Henry Harding.

The two men still maintained a respectful posture, remained silent, and waited for instructions from the courtyard's senior management.

Turles raised his eyebrows slightly, then raised his hand and cleared his throat.

"I think you should have more or less guessed why I called you three here."

"I'm not going to beat around the bush. I called you together this time to discuss the first official war of conquest for the courtyard, which is also the first trial of the children of the courtyard by the Lord of the Courtyard."

Before he finished speaking, he waved his hand and immediately transmitted the relevant information of the Kresh Hub to the three Sons of the Courtyard through the genealogy system.

The three sons of the courtyard began to browse the information transmitted on the genealogy, and Tours continued:

“The target of this expedition is the Kresh Hub.

The speed of time there is extremely unstable. According to our preliminary estimates, one day in reality is equivalent to one to two months there."

He paused, his tone becoming more serious.

"And the hub we are going to conquer is of great importance, so we need to collect enough intelligence before the war to ensure the smooth completion of the mission."

Tours: "The intelligence we need to know includes the hub's type, gravity, environment, population, orbital defense, tactical weaknesses, etc."

"Each one is crucial. Only after we have a thorough grasp of this information can we ensure that we have the upper hand in the battle."

The three sons of the courtyard present exchanged glances with each other, their eyes showing their own thoughts.

However, when the topic turned to intelligence gathering, there was almost no hesitation as the other two's eyes fell on the shapeshifter Henry Harding.

His abilities were naturally suited to infiltration and intelligence gathering, and he was clearly aware of this.

Henry's mouth curled up into a smile, his eyes narrowed slightly, as if he had already begun to conceive his own plan of action.

Transformation, concealment, infiltration - these skills are like instinct to him and are exactly what he excels at.

When he was in Whisper Square, he also received generous instruction from the Thousand Transformation Workshop family, which was subservient to the Administration, and learned a lot of transformation techniques.

And Tours's eyes naturally fell on the shapeshifter, and he said to Henry:

"Henry, this intelligence gathering requires you to use your talents."

“Director Vito is currently busy deciphering and exploring the key data of the Kresh Hub. He needs your assistance, and the department he is currently in charge of also needs talents like you.

You should then report to him directly, follow his arrangements, and be sure to complete the intelligence gathering mission within the time limit set by Abraham.

The time is calculated according to Kresh's time distortion axis, and we need you to collect enough intelligence within a month."

Henry's smile became more obvious, and then he straightened his back, held his head high and saluted in a standard military salute, with a hint of excitement in his tone:

"clear!"

Tours nodded with satisfaction, then turned to look at Thomas Picton with a sharp and serious look.

Upon seeing this, the ordnance officer immediately restrained his expression, put his hands behind his back, stood straight, and waited for the vice-president's instructions.

"Thomas—"

Tours said in a calm tone:

“In the next period of time, you will follow Li Xi to learn how to fully take over the Mole Science Society branch located in the hub.

In the future, the courtyard's weapons system must be controlled by the sons of the courtyard themselves, rather than relying solely on the technical delivery of the Administration.

"yes."

After arranging the tasks, Tours glanced at the three people again, his tone slowly became lower, his tail wagging gently, and he said to the three sons of the courtyard seriously:

"Remember, the Lord of the Courtyard is watching you."

"The Lord of the Courtyard is watching you."

These words struck the depths of the three people's consciousness like a bolt of lightning, carrying an indescribable weight that weighed heavily on their souls.

In an instant, they straightened their backs, their eyes became more determined, and the faith in their hearts was completely ignited at this moment.

Without the slightest hesitation, they responded in unison, their voices resounding like the sound of war drums, echoing throughout the huge dock:

"——We have been bathed in the glory of angels, blessed by the grace of the Holy Spirit, and walk in the world to fulfill the sacred path!"

This is not just their oath, but also their belief, their absolute commitment to the courtyard and the master of the courtyard with themselves as the foundation.

Then, their voices were in unison, with a rhythm that was almost poetic, and they uttered the final oath after the battle cry:

"We will fight for the Earthly Courtyard and be judged by the glory of the Lord of the Courtyard - we will not fail in our mission!"

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The Depth of the Universe: 60.

Coordinates: X-428, Y1200, Z900.

On the outskirts of the Kresh Vol hub, in a deep, hidden river basin, the ether storm surges silently, and the space energy is intertwined and twisted in an extremely unstable form, forming a natural navigation barrier, and also giving birth to an ideal area for hidden jump routes.

This is not only an excellent place for concealed fleet operations, but also one of the hyperspace routes formed by the five ether traction waves that must be passed through to reach the Kresh Hub.

The faint light of the starry sky flickered in this space. Occasionally, abyssal cracks in the void appeared, like silent peeping eyes, watching the existence that broke into this forbidden realm.

In the distance, the Kresh Vol Hub is suspended like a blue crystal at the junction of the astral plane and the material world. It is located on an important rift channel.

This route is the lifeline of the Githian Empire to the core world, and it is also the connection point between multiple colonies and strategic nodes (ether traction wave space routes).

call out--

At this moment, the [Sword of Glory-class heavy cruiser] of the Midgard has completed the jump and quietly jumped here.

The rune shield on the surface of the Gothic ship vibrated slightly, stabilizing the energy disturbance after the cross-dimensional voyage. As the ship gradually slowed down, the ship quickly activated the stealth device to block all ether perception fluctuations, making the warship completely hidden in this void, like a shadow lurking on the path of its prey.

Inside the bridge.

In the command room, the metal floor glowed with a cold luster, and the surrounding high-level rune projection screens were suspended in the core of the ship, flashing various data streams.

The entire room was illuminated by the tactical light screen, and at the front, Xia Xiu stood quietly in front of the main command desk, his hands folded, his golden eyes staring with interest at the target image floating on the virtual tactical projection.

—Kresh Wall Hub.

This world is completely different from the concept of planets in our current world.

It is not a traditional spherical celestial body, but a huge, angular blue crystalline continent.

The huge rock formations of kyanite crisscross like mountains, forming a mineral world suspended in the astral realm.

Ether psychic energy veins run through the entire continent, causing its surface to glow with an eerie blue glow. Under the long-term influence of astral energy, the physical laws of this plane have long since become unstable, and the speed of time, gravity intensity, and even ecological cycles are very different from those of conventional planes.

[Think Tank Scanning——]

[Regional resistance detected——]

[Start confrontation mode——]

——【Basic scanning data is as follows】——

Plane type: suspended crystal continent.

Composition material: High concentration of psychic ore (???)

Geographical features: intersection of fissure channels, multi-layer suspended landforms.

Time dilation ratio: 1:60 ~ 1:90 (1 day in the present world ≈ 1~2 months in Kresh)

Gravity environment: unstable (zero gravity or hypergravity exists in some areas)

Hub attributes: The boundary between the astral world and the material world, an important navigation node.

Rift Channel: Connects to the core world of the Githian people and can be used for fleet deployment.

Jump Channel: 5 known aether-pulling hyperspace channels, which can be blocked or utilized after control.

Colonization potential: High (rich in psychic resources, suitable as a long-term base)

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Known garrisons: Gisyan troops + Mi-Go forces (unknown number)

+Geographical Features+

Floating Zone: There are a lot of suspended rock formations that can be used for concealment or ambushes.

Rift Zone: Some areas are connected to the pure astral plane, and you may encounter psychic storms or astral creatures.

Underground mine tunnels: A large number of kyanite mine tunnels have been detected, which may be underground facilities of the enemy.

Strategic Note: The Kresh Vol Hub is a target of high strategic value. Once captured, it will greatly enhance the courtyard's military delivery capabilities in the astral plane and directly threaten the core defenses of the Gisyan people.

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Xia Xiu's fingertips tapped slowly on the operating table, the rhythm even and meaningful.

His golden eyes narrowed slightly as he stared at the navigator Silas Cephalon standing before him. His deep three eyes reflected the faint light of the flowing ether, as if they could see directly into the essence of the astral world.

"Silas, what do you think of the development of ships - mainly Terra."

Xia Xiu's tone was calm, but it contained a hint of deep meaning that was difficult to fathom.

This question seemed to have nothing to do with the current expedition to the Kresh Hub, but Silas knew that every question from the Lord of the Courtyard would never be aimless chat.

The principal asked about Terra's ships. If he considered the long-term, it meant that the principal had the ambition to compete with Terra...

Thinking of this, Silas immediately collected his thoughts. It was too early to think about these things now.

After all, Heaven has not expressed the slightest ambition now.

The three-eyed student focused his thoughts on the question of the master of the courtyard. He pondered for a moment and took a step forward.

As the fleet commander, he replied firmly:

"You know, the foundation of any fleet deterrence system based on sturdy ships and powerful firepower lies in the ability to project firepower."

Silas's tone was flat, as if he was stating some indisputable objective fact.

He continued:

“The fleet’s most direct source of deterrence is its powerful firepower, including;

- Long-range missile strikes, orbital bombing, air strike support, mobile operations, expeditionary strikes and other means to ensure tactical coverage and strike depth. "

"But, Terra's situation is completely different."

Silas frowned slightly and continued:

"On Terra, the ship technology cannot fully take advantage of the 'strong ships and powerful guns' because of the existence of the Crystal Sky Barrier."

Xia Xiu's fingers paused for a moment, then continued tapping the console, motioning Silas to continue.

"Terra is surrounded by an impenetrable barrier. All ships can only operate within Terra's range."

Silas' voice was as steady as ever, but with the calmness of rational analysis.

“Except for the space-based weapon systems owned by the Kingdom of Heaven, the ships of other forces cannot really enter Terra’s high enough altitude to enter the orbital combat system that truly possesses an advantage.

Crystal Sky not only blocked Terra, but also blocked Terra's high orbit and synchronous orbit, making it impossible for ships to leave the planet and forcing ships to only travel in low orbit or within specific orbits.

Any attacks from outside (except designated space-based weapons) cannot penetrate the crystal sky and bombard Terra, and the ships inside cannot leave - even if they rely on ether to navigate.

Moreover, because Crystal Sky has a unique threshold feedback mechanism - the firepower of the ship cannot be fully exerted, because if the threshold is exceeded, the turbulence formed by the Crystal Sky will directly crush the ship, so the ship needs to lower its altitude at any time and pay attention to threshold fluctuations.

Therefore, in this environment, ships cannot dominate Terra and can only wander in specific orbits and provide limited fire support.

What's more serious is that the aetheric channels around Crystal Sky are in disarray, which means that many fleet tactics based on 'jump advantage' are simply ineffective on the battlefield of Terra."

Silas's third eye closed slightly, and psychic veins faintly appeared on his forehead, obviously performing deeper calculations and deductions.

He continued:

"Under this extreme environment, Terra's fleet development has therefore split into two main schools - one is Oletin's [Mobile Castle] ground STC integrated war fortress system; the other is Iberia's [Invincible Fleet] system and the Adisi Federation's [Hundred Ship Group] etheric four-chain deep space fleet system."

He paused for a moment, sorted out his thoughts, and continued:

“Oletin’s development path is relatively closed. They rely on floating cities and heavily armed land fortresses as their main combat units, and their ships are only used for defense and short-range support.

I don’t know much about this model, but I can confirm that their focus is on ground warfare rather than star fleet, and their development path is indeed successful enough.”

Silas slowly turned his neck, as if trying to organize his words, and continued:

“I know more about Iberian fleet science.

Their invincible fleet system relies on a specific etheric chain to operate, and when necessary, through various lineage resources and rituals, it can carry out limited firepower projection in the first chain, second chain and other areas. "

"Tara's etheric guide chain is somewhat similar to the other side of the crystal sky. It is the projection of the etheric ocean in the low-dimensional space."

Silas's eyes flickered.

“Ships can travel in this realm, but they cannot directly affect the battle situation on Terra.

In other words, ships can rely on the guide chain to cruise around Terra's periphery, but they cannot penetrate the Crystal Sky to carry out large-scale strategic bombing.

This results in Terra's deep space ships being unable to form an absolute orbital firepower advantage. Even if they rely on the guide chain to penetrate Terra, the fleet's combat is more inclined to low-Earth orbit combat, mobile air combat, and aircraft carrier-style combat, rather than unilateral dimensionality reduction strikes. "

Silas sighed softly, with a hint of caution in his tone:

“The lack of ships with an absolute height advantage means that the fleet cannot completely crush the ground forces, and the role of anti-ship tactics is therefore infinitely magnified - especially the extreme individual anti-ship tactics of the mighty units.

The only way for all fleets to truly influence the battle situation on Terra is to establish enough strategic hubs within Terra.

Set up etheric chains from the inside, control the chains, and bring the fleet's deep-space firepower into the battlefield through the chains."

"but--"

Silas' tone became slightly more serious.

“Nations have already taken over most of Terra’s hubs.

Even if a fleet war breaks out on Terra in the future, it will inevitably evolve into a deep space battlefield independent of the main body of Terra. Ships can influence Terra on this battlefield, but they themselves cannot become the ultimate weapon that determines the future of Terra. "

"The theme of future Terran fleet wars is to fight for the hub routes connecting Terra's interior with the Ether Chain and control the energy nodes."

Xia Xiu was very satisfied with Silas's answer. Many of his views were correct. The fleet war was indeed confined to the Ether Four-Chain area because of the Crystal Sky.

Previously, we sank a lot of Iberia's [Invincible Fleet] in the fourth chain...

He muttered to himself.

To be honest, when people on Terra say that the Fourth Sword-bearer of Heaven is a disaster, it is not fabricated at all.

Everyone saw it - the [Invincible Fleet] that Iberia had worked so hard to accumulate, after being fiddled with by the fourth sword-bearer of the Kingdom of Heaven, exploded directly on the fourth guide chain.

This is not an isolated case. Wherever this unlucky thing goes, the forces or people in that place are bound to get into trouble!

At this moment, Xia Xiu stroked his chin with his hand and couldn't help but sigh at the development of Terra's fleet.

"As long as Crystal Sky exists, Terra's fleet war will be like birds in a cage pecking at each other, which greatly reduces the intensity of the war.

The gods' blockade of Terra actually prevented the destruction of the planet and the further self-destruction of the human civil war. This is...

——How ironic.”