Him and their stars.

Chapter 1801 Negotiation Channel
The beam of light, filled with deadly destructive power, was like a divine punishment from the sky, tearing through the entire planet's atmosphere. It then pierced through the entire equator from 30 degrees north latitude, all the way to 50 degrees south latitude, passing through an area of ​​more than kilometers, leaving a scar on the Bearman Planet that seemed to go through the entire earth.

Wherever the scar passed, cities were destroyed, trees were uprooted, and the hot steam evaporated from the ocean formed gusts of up to 100 degrees, sweeping over the embankments along the coast of the continent.

If it were in the era of cold weapons, this would be an undoubted punishment from heaven. Considering that the beam extended through more than ten cities that were razed to the ground, the death toll would definitely be in the seven digits.

Of course, because all the citizens entered the underground shelters in advance, the imperial army's attack did not cause too many casualties.

It was just that one shelter was unlucky enough to fall within the range of the beam. The rays that could directly destroy matter melted the soil and also melted the outer wall of steel. The boiling lava poured into the space of the shelter like an uncontrolled flood.

The terrifying high temperature quickly killed 16,000 ordinary citizens and 1,000 security guards in the shelter, of which only 500 were humans, and the rest were all Bean Bears, both men and women, young and old.

If we use an ion cannon or a positron cannon to directly penetrate the atmosphere and continuously irradiate the planet, the atmosphere and ocean will evaporate, and the land will crystallize, which is what we commonly call "burning glass."

Of course, the Empire only irradiated it once this time, which was enough to scare the planet Beaner out of its wits and force it to surrender. The sturdy Bean Bears would not survive longer than humans under the attack of the Galactic Empire.

The bureaucrats of the planetary administration, which was mainly human, were not harmed, but were temporarily detained. However, the bear lords who clamored for leniency were beheaded, dismembered, and moved away to be treated like dogs.

After the Imperial occupation forces burned nearly 20,000 people to death by burning glass, they executed 3,000 people in the following three days. They were all the leaders of the well-known bear lord families and tribal elders.

Nearly two million of their family members and loyal subordinates were also transported to the Empire in batches and thrown into the Empire's bottomless slave market, and soon became a hot commodity in the Galaxy's "labor market" in 834.

In the era of the community, these bear nobles only had to nominally obey the orders of the Earth government and cooperate with the local government in matters such as conscription, taxation, and infrastructure construction, and they would still be the masters in their own little piece of land.

But now, in just three days, the "civilized order" that the bear people had maintained for nearly ten thousand years collapsed. For the first time, the bear people's closed society showed the embryonic form of atomization...

Well, leaving aside the dead and those who were reduced to slavery, from a grand narrative perspective, Silver and the Empire should have done something good for the advancement of the Beanbear race, right?

Yes, compared to their operations in previous wars of conquest, the Empire was very "gentle" this time. After all, they only killed more than 20,000 people, less than a fraction of the average.

There are only 20,000 people. The Wolverines, Bakwi, Ketai, Anmans, Laytalins, and the Lager Giants, all of these races loyal to the Galactic Empire, all want to cry in the toilet. Back then, in order to help them "progress", the lives sacrificed by the masters of Tirello started at tens of millions.

Of course, the Galactic Empire may not be aware of this in its head. The ruler of half the universe is just reminding all the known worlds that although they have suffered heavy losses in the war with the Earthlings, it does not mean that they have lost the ability to conquer and massacre.

They want to tell the whole universe that the Galactic Empire is still the militaristic, anti-civilization gang ruled by tyrannical dragon kings!
However, after this operation, the actions of surrendering the dragon flags in various places became faster. By the beginning of July, except for New Shenzhou, all the community territories in the outer ring star area "north" of Nantianmen had fallen.

Considering the invincible momentum of King Suliuka's fleet from New Asia to New Baghdad, by this time, most of the territory of the Blue Star Community had fallen under the control of the Empire.

On July 7, the imperial fleet led by Vice Admiral Tosen finally approached Shanhaiguan.

Of course, the old Tiefling general still acted steady and down-to-earth. He did not think of attacking the narrow mountain and sea waterways. Instead, he stopped the fleet in a galaxy three jumps away from Shanhaiguan and parked it carefully.

Needless to say, the reason for the three galaxies separating them is to leave enough "safe distance".

In general, the military and civilians of New Shenzhou may already be the safest group of people in the entire community.

Yu Lian's mood was slightly relieved. As long as his fleet successfully arrived at New Shenzhou, his battle plan would be half successful. As for the other half, it depended on whether his 2500-light-year round trip could be successful.

The first place he had to travel was, of course, the Far Shore Nebula. He had already traveled the first half of this route that year, and he also dismantled a Kerna Fortress. As for the second half, he could also rely on the star maps he had seized and collected from various sources, as well as the navigation information sent back by Brigadier General Bazin and his men.

However, the reason why a nebula is a nebula is not only the instability of its path, but also the instability of its star image.

In the Far Shore Nebula, a terrifying energy storm then erupted. It was a series of stars deep in the nebula that suddenly began to evolve explosively in their old age, releasing their own mass and energy into the entire universe. This burning then evolved and induced multiple supernova explosions.

Immediately afterwards, surging energy ions lingered in the universe, like a storm that suddenly arose in the sea of ​​stars.

This is a natural disaster that is enough to create hundreds of Wandering Earth stories, but compared to the size of the universe, it is really nothing.

Legend has it that the elements in the back row of the periodic table, including gold, were all born in the evolution of these magnificent galaxies. Now, there must be countless golden cuties scattered all over the universe. They will merge with other substances and turn into gold mines hidden behind the rock layers under the surface of a planet, waiting to be mined by the successors of civilization.

This is the reason why it is said that “gold is naturally a currency”.

However, Yu Lian and his friends on the Xunli had no intention of appreciating the magnificent nebula storm.

They were quite embarrassed by this scene. The original route began to collapse suddenly, almost closing the gravity well channel. The Prowler carefully wandered in the outermost orbit of the galaxy, but still had to withstand the impact of full-load cosmic radiation and uncontrolled stellar energy.

In this case, everyone can only open the shield to the maximum. But generally speaking, this is only necessary in a fleet decisive battle.

If the Xunli had been replaced with an ordinary, unremarkable cruise ship at this time, the ship would have been destroyed and everyone on board would have died long ago.

Even non-humans like Yu Lian and Fei Fei who can dance in the vacuum of the universe without any protection can't last long in the face of such a situation. Perhaps they can only rely on hiding in the virtual world to prolong their lives.

...Well, hiding in a virtual world to prolong one's life, what a counterintuitive concept.

However, when the supernova storm on the far shore really began to calm down, the magnetic field of the entire nebula was still abnormally chaotic. The spatial turbulence even interfered with the gravity well and caused wide-area interference to the communication of the source wave, which could be called a shielding.

The communication principle of source matter waves is related to space travel. This is a consensus reached long ago by scientists and mystics, and the current situation has once again confirmed this.

However, even knowing this, the civilization of this generation still could not complete instant communication across the galaxy after it broke away from the source wave core left by the Enlightened One. As for Yu Lian and his friends, their communication with the outside world was almost blocked. In the following three weeks, Yu Lian spent half the time longer than expected to finally cross the Far Shore System and enter the territory of the Barkwi Republic. It was not until this time that the communication of the Pilgrimage finally became smooth.

However, considering that they had just left the dangerous nebula and fell into the Empire's surveillance network, the captain could only order the entire ship to maintain communication silence. At this time, any behavior that might increase the risk of being discovered must be avoided.

Of course, Yu Lian agreed very much with the captain's judgment and handed over all the command work to him.

As for him, he was actually somewhat interested in the wreckage of a group of warships "not far away". They were obviously the remnants of a battle, not large in scale, but quite intense.

When the Mirage got a little closer, it was confirmed that the pair of wreckages included an Earth assault ship, three Bakwi destroyers and two armed merchant ships.

"This is the Steel Ball MS0079 under Commodore Bazin." The captain reported to Yu Lian.

"This is also their first battle outside the far shore, right? The results are indeed brilliant, exactly as they reported." Yu Lian praised.

Moreover, this may also indirectly prove that Brigadier General Bazin's battle reports along the way were not false at all. This is actually very important.

Yu Lian and everyone on the Xunli were certainly not the first Earth troops to cross the Far Shore Nebula.

Eight months ago, Brigadier General Bazin, together with Deng Zhengqing, William Banner and others, led a small but capable and powerful raiding fleet and did the same thing.

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They then followed the border route, crossed the Cloud Tower Trail, and entered the Empire.

The last time Yu Lian received a message from Brigadier General Bazin was three months ago. At that time, he and his fleet had already passed through the Polar Frontier Star Region. As for how much they had lost, how many pursuers they had encountered, and where they should go, he had no idea.

More than one person believed that the Bazin fleet had been completely destroyed, but Yu Lian still held out hope. After all, he had not received any similar battle reports from the Empire.

Of course, judging from the current situation, Yu Lian was no better than his subordinates. In other words, he was worse than them.

At least when General Bazin was taking the Yunta Trail, he didn't have to worry about how to avoid the scans of so many active deep space detectors, nor would he be surrounded and attacked by dreadnoughts at the slightest sign of trouble.

If he hadn't known that there was a fork in the road hidden in a certain star system on the Cloud Tower Trail, he might have turned directly into the Abyss Nebula. This time, he would probably have been blocked by the swarming imperial army.

However, this means that Yu Lian's plan was a little off-track from the very beginning.

Fortunately, Feifei told herself, there is always a way out. At least they have reconnected with Waijia, which will bring more good news.

Feifei said, "Lieutenant General Tuosen, who was in charge of the mountains and seas, has been dismissed. He was escorted back to the country by the judge who arrived from the Heaven Realm. He was said to be punished for dereliction of duty and fear of war. He was replaced by Lieutenant General Bifik."

"Tuo Sen is the only remaining non-human fleet commander in the Imperial Army, right? I remember he is a 100-year-old veteran who fought against Marshal Li in the past. I didn't expect that he would be imprisoned at this age. The Imperial devils really don't care about their dignity! However, what good news is this? Bifik is leading the aggressive 'Black Lancers'. Will they launch an attack on New Shenzhou immediately?"

This was a real warrior, and he was also the Imperial Marshal during the time of Queen Brunhilde. In his youth and middle age, he was undoubtedly a warrior, with amazing explosive power and aggression, and he could achieve most of the victories with his extremely fierce three-axe attack at the beginning. In his later years, he became more and more peaceful, and began to develop in the field of balanced offense and defense.

Of course, at that time, Vice Admiral Buffick was only in his thirties, and his flagship was still the Wang Hu with its flashy paint job. Those were the years when he was most energetic and most bipolar.

Yu Lianke didn't believe that this person would also choose simplicity and strength.

Feifei said: "He did attack, but after three attacks he realized he couldn't deploy his troops, so he had to give up."

"Oh, that's good news."

If a general who is recognized by the whole universe as a fierce and aggressive general feels that he can't attack, then he really can't attack. The Imperial Army will definitely maintain a stable situation for a long time.

"The Duke of Nauzhou, Vina Hodgett, has already set off, saying that she is preparing to start negotiations with New Shenzhou." Feifei added, "This is the latest news from GNN."

Yu Lian suddenly showed a strange expression.

Yu Lian actually knew the name of this duke. She was also the current head of the 45 oldest founding dukes in the empire, and the helmsman of a top vassal family in the empire with fiefdoms and private fleets. Although she had no seat in the Privy Council and no direct public or military position, she had been a senator for ten years and was one of the rotating chairmen.

In the core political decision-making layer of the Tianyu Empire, he is still one of the most prestigious figures.

In addition, the Duchess once headed the Hongluyuan and was a famous figure in the imperial diplomatic community with outstanding achievements - although given the Tirello people's way of doing things, diplomacy is actually a very easy job.

Of course, the most important thing is that she is Mr. Qi’s old lover.

...Yes, she had won the final victory in the battle of Crystal Palace when Mr. Qi was young. If it weren't for the family feud and the War of Independence, she would have been the final winner.

All of the above gossip was heard from Brunhild herself.

As for why His Royal Highness King Suluka was interested in such gossip from his elders, it was because the Duchess of Nauzhou was Brunhild's aunt, and the Hodget family was the natural local supporter of the Royal Family of Suluka.

In this regard, Yu Lian said that he only believed half of it. The key issue lies in the attitude of the empire on this matter.

"I don't believe Mr. Qi will surrender. Besides, the New Shenzhou is so huge that he doesn't have the final say alone. However, the fact that the empire sent an envoy of this status actually shows that the negotiation channel is always open."