The Empire begins with the Fourth Scourge.

Chapter 2207: God-Slaying War (IV)

  2208: The Battle of God-Slaying (IV)

Shepard was already on standby on the Normandy. She stood in the command center, looking at the battlefield situation on the holographic star map, feeling extremely anxious.

Now their fleet was completely surrounded, with warships firing from almost every direction.

Ender-Viking displayed his genius in command. He made the fleet take advantage of its firepower and used the Steadfast-class cruisers as the spearhead to continuously advance.

The three Infinity-class supercarriers and the Archangel-class Titan battleships all possessed powerful firepower in all directions. The turrets on the Infinity-class supercarriers were densely packed like hedgehogs, and the scene of firing volleys was extremely spectacular. The countless beams, missiles, and explosions were the best proof of the terrifying firepower of the Infinity-class.

The Titan battleship of the God-Envoy class is relatively low-key. Although the ship is extremely large, the weapon system currently installed on this mushroom-shaped Titan battleship is only eight sets of high-energy laser arrays on the front mushroom head and six sets on the left and right sides of the rear hull, a total of 20 sets of high-energy laser arrays. Moreover, every time this laser weapon fires, the naked eye can only see a tiny flash of light. However, every flash of light brings devastating destructive power. If you use thermal energy sensing to observe, you will find that every time the light flashes, the temperature sensed by the sensor will instantly explode to the upper limit of measurement!

But relatively speaking, although the firepower of the Steadfast-class cruiser is also fierce, it is all based on the hypermatter electromagnetic cannon installed on the front. This electromagnetic cannon is adjusted based on the original MK-IV-94B1E6 heavy MAC cannon, using the hypermatter electromagnetic acceleration technology independently developed by the Principality of Dawn, and its firepower is extremely powerful. However, because it is an axis-based weapon, it can only be aimed by adjusting the direction of the battleship.

In addition, the Steadfast-class only has two Archer missile launch bays and five MK-55 coil guns as secondary guns. Relatively speaking, its firepower is much weaker.

So Ender-Viking placed the Steadfast class at the front of the formation, and was only responsible for the enemies in front, while the surrounding enemy ships were dealt with by the four super battleships. In this formation, Ender-Viking commanded the entire combat formation to always be in a high-speed maneuvering state.

The Steadfast-class is the chisel of this formation, constantly destroying the rotten warships in front, breaking open the encirclement formation, and then its own warships rush in this direction.

The warships of the Rotten Star Ring were all in dilapidated condition. Although they were huge in number, their maneuverability was very poor. The sub-light speed of many warships was not even as fast as that of the already bulky Divine Envoy-class Titan battleships.

In such maneuvers, there were constantly rotten warships being left behind, and these warships had to stagger and chase behind. This meant that the number of rotten warships that could surround the Dawn Principality Fleet would never be too many.

Ender-Viking commanded the attack direction of the Steadfast-class cruisers very accurately. The Steadfast-class cruiser formation was like an arrow and a drive, guiding the forward direction of the four giant ships at the rear.

His command was extremely accurate. Under such constant pulling, a large number of rotten warships were left behind and could not catch up, which made the formation of the entire rotten warships more and more loose, and the battlefield continued to expand, with rotten warships everywhere. In order to continue to maintain the encirclement, more and more warships were sent from the direction of the rotten star ring, which made the number of spaceships around the planet less and less.

Shepard clenched his fists, anxiously watching the battle.

Finally, Ender-Wiggin's call came through, and he said solemnly: "Normandy, get ready! Set off immediately after receiving the order!"

"I'm always ready!" Shepard's eyes flashed.

  At this moment, the Steadfast-class cruiser formation and the Divine Envoy-class Titan battleships suddenly concentrated their firepower and fired a volley forward! Immediately afterwards, the particle light spears that the three Infinity-class supercarriers had been waiting to fire in order to save energy finally fired for the second time!

Countless flames and explosions spread ahead, making it impossible to even see the situation on the battlefield clearly!

At this moment, Ender-Viking shouted: "Now! Normandy, set off! You only have three minutes to break through the encirclement of enemy ships!!"

"Roger that!" Shepard shouted, pressing the command button at the same time.

  Upon receiving the signal, pilot Jeff Morrow immediately drove the engine, which had already been preheated, to the maximum, activated the stealth system, and the battleship rushed towards the endless sea of ​​fire in front of the formation at an extremely fast speed!

The high temperature and countless fragments of the explosion continuously washed the shield of the Normandy, which also temporarily destroyed the invisibility of the Normandy. Some rotten warships immediately turned around and flew towards the Normandy.

Ender-Viking immediately gave the order, and the eight high-energy laser arrays in front of the Archangel-class Titan battleship concentrated their firepower to escort the Normandy.

  High-energy lasers flashed continuously, and rotten warships were destroyed one by one. Seizing this only opportunity, Jeff Morrow drove the warship directly through the gap that had just been made to break through the siege!

At this moment, almost all the attention of the rotten battleships was on the formation of super battleships. The Normandy continued to activate the cloaking device and flew silently towards the planet Mug-Faro.

Ender-Viking said solemnly in the communication: "Shepard, your mission is to go to the planet Mug-Faro and locate the exact position of Mnggal-Mnggal's core consciousness through the sub-conscious body! Then I can launch an attack and send the Mind Harp over!"

"Got it!" Shepard replied.

The subconscious body can only point to a general location. If it is in the universe, it will always point to the planet Moog-Faro. Therefore, to determine the location of the core consciousness, it is necessary to enter the interior of the planet.

At the same time, over at Ender Wiking's side, because the doomsday weapon of the Archangel-class Titan battleship can only be used once, he can only rely on this shot to do two things at the same time - send the Mind Harp to the planet, and use the particle light spear to launch an orbital strike on the core consciousness.

This is a closely linked operation and no mistakes can be made in any link.

Shepard knew very well that if he could not accurately locate the target, Ender Wiggin would have to continue to consume energy in the space battlefield. As his energy continued to decrease, his chances of breaking through the siege and sending the Mind Harp to the planet became smaller and smaller.

The Normandy remained invisible as it approached the planet Moog-Faro and finally broke into its atmosphere.

The violent air friction caused a huge fire in the clouds around the Normandy, which became a very obvious target. Immediately, warships turned down from the Rotten Star Ring and chased after the Normandy.

However, at this moment, there were not many rotten warships on the rotten star ring. Most of them were set out to encircle and suppress Ender Viking's fleet, and the Normandy also chose the most empty place, which made those slow rotten warships out of reach.

Breaking through the atmosphere, the Normandy once again went invisible.

Those backward and rotten warships were naturally unable to detect the Normandy. Having lost their target, they could only wander around aimlessly.

Shirley Birkin was also on the Normandy at this moment. She and her research team continued to stimulate the sub-consciousness, and through the resonance between the Mnggal-Mnggal consciousness, they tried to find the location of the core consciousness.

Shepard looked out the porthole at the world outside.

The planet of Mung-Faro, as mentioned before, is indeed like the deepest part of hell. The air is always foggy, and according to sampling and analysis, the density of Mnggal-Mnggal particles in the air has reached an astonishing level. It can even be said that if you come to this planet and take a breath, your lungs will be immediately infected by Mnggal-Mnggal.

  Moreover, the entire planet, whether it was plains or hills, was almost covered with brown mud. Countless muds here almost formed a brown ocean covering the entire planet! No wonder the planet looked brown when viewed from outer space! Except for some peaks that were too high, almost every inch of land on the planet was covered with Mnggal-Mnggal!

At this moment, an alarm suddenly sounded.

Jeff Morrow yelled, “We’re locked in!!”

"What? Those tattered warships can detect stealth?" Huang Yehao was shocked.

Shepard's face was solemn. "No, it should be using the Mnggal-Mnggal particles in the air to locate our position."

"This is trouble." Huang Yehao's face darkened.

  Sure enough, hundreds of warships were seen entering the atmosphere and rushing straight towards the Normandy!

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At the same time, the situation on the space battlefield began to deteriorate.

Although the expeditionary fleet under the command of Ender Wiggin has destroyed more than 20000 warships, this is only a quarter of the number of Rotten Star Ring warships.

But the price they paid was that the warship's ammunition and energy had dropped to a dangerous level! If they continued like this, they would run out of ammunition and food sooner or later!

Three quarters of the missile stockpile had been launched. Although the factories on several super battleships were operating at full capacity, the rate of consumption was far less than that.

As for energy weapons, the capacitors have overheated due to continuous use, and each launch requires longer and longer cooling and circulation time. Some capacitor compartments have even started to catch fire due to untimely heat dissipation.

  The reduction in the firing rate allowed more rotten warships to rush up. These warships originally had no chance of getting close to the expeditionary fleet, but now, several warships have tried to rush over and hit them directly! As time goes by, such situations will become more and more common!

The Steadfast-class cruisers were even more overwhelmed. Their missiles had already been used up, and the hypermatter electromagnetic cannons in front of them were also beginning to be overwhelmed. Some of the hypermatter electromagnetic cannons of the Steadfast-class cruisers even exploded!

As for the fighter formation, although Ender-Viking made targeted tactical arrangements to launch attacks from the periphery of the battlefield, which gave these fighters enough fighting space, the fighters had less energy and ammunition reserves, which had already been exhausted. When returning to the mothership for maintenance and supplies, they were attacked by the rotten warships and lost more than a quarter of their fighters!

Twelve Steadfast-class cruisers had been destroyed in the battle, which reduced the front firepower of the fleet formation by about half. In order to keep the fleet breaking through and maneuvering, Ender-Viking had to move the Titan battleships of the God-class to the front of the array, using the eight high-energy laser arrays at the mushroom head position of the God-class to clear the way ahead.

However, this also weakened the formation's firepower in the face of the surroundings, and the encirclement has become smaller and smaller! But the rotten warships are still endless!

The expeditionary fleet has already circled the planet Mug-Faro three times, destroying countless rotten warships wherever it passes, leaving behind countless fragments and wreckage. These fragments and wreckage drift around the planet, forming three very loose debris star rings!

Ender Wiggin stared at the holographic battle star map, his forehead was covered with cold sweat. The assistant beside him had fed him three doses of high-energy nutrient solution and even gave him a shot of adrenaline, so that he could support himself and continue to command.

This battle is not only extremely stressful, but it has already lasted for 6 hours!

Ender-Viking is also waiting. The doomsday weapon of the Archangel-class Titan battleship has already been charged. Now it is just waiting for Shepard's signal to arrive so that the doomsday weapon can be launched immediately!

……

On the surface of the planet, hundreds of warships continued to fire downwards.

  These warships were very smart under the control of Mnggal-Mnggal. Although they could not observe the Normandy, they could use close-in defense weapons to madly sweep a large area. As long as one bullet hit the Normandy, it would create a momentary flaw for the Normandy!

Jeff Morrow flew the warship up and down, almost treating the 176-meter-long frigate as a fighter jet.

The Normandy drew several complex curves in the air, avoiding most of the attacks, while also continuing to fire and shooting down several rotten warships.

"Joker! Fly along the equator of the planet! This is the projection of the Rotten Star Rings. Mnggal-Mnggal must have hidden his core consciousness under the protection of the Rotten Star Rings!" Shepard said loudly to Jeff Morrow.

"I said, I can only try my best!" Jeff Morrow roared loudly. He had already used all his skills to fly the spacecraft and had no time to care about anything else.

"Shirley!!" Shepard turned around and yelled.

"Still positioning! It will take some time! After entering the planet, the state of the sub-consciousness is very unstable!" Shirley Birkin was also extremely nervous. She and the research team continued to operate the instruments and equipment to read the brain wave energy of the sub-consciousness.

"Now neither we nor Ender Wiking can hold on any longer!" Shepard said in a deep voice.

……

  At this moment, the sea-like mud on the planet Mug-Faro suddenly moved, and then condensed into an extremely huge face on a plain with an area almost as large as the Pacific Ocean on Blue Star!

This face was about 70% similar to humans. It looked at the expedition fleet struggling desperately and said sarcastically: [Ah... ignorant humans, weak humans. I like these warships you sent... After killing you, I will put these warships in the most conspicuous position on the planet.]

Inside the planet Mug-Faro, its sound was as deafening as thunder, and in space, this sound was also sent to the Titan battleship God's Envoy along with the public communications of countless rotting warships.

[You have lost your last hope... Failure and death are your final destination. And I... will enjoy these new toys...]

But no one paid any attention to it.

At this moment, Shirley Birkin suddenly shouted, "Found it! I found it!!!"