Him and their stars

The Imperial Army officers and soldiers on the Dawn Angel originally thought that they had traveled across the galaxy and had experienced hundreds of battles. They have really seen battleships burning in Orion, and they have seen the light of C-rays flashing beside the Chaos Star Gate. In this universe, there are no more wonders that can make them lose their composure.

However, for three minutes, the bridge of the Dawn Angel fell completely into a state of silence that made it difficult for you to cover it.

Fortunately, the situation of the other imperial warships should be similar, and no one should be worried that the flagship will suddenly become a ghost ship.

The huge building that orbits the entire planet is like the sun wearing a necklace, or like a sky bridge spanning the starry sky.

In the holographic projection that the soldiers could see, they could still only vaguely see a thin and complete silver circle, which was far from being able to capture its full picture. But at that moment, the shock that transcended history and dimensions was still like an irresistible helium flash from the sun, filling everyone's hearts.

At that moment, they even felt a little small and humble, feeling like ants that had broken into the pantheon of gods.

The Tirello military nobles, who are full of martial virtues, are confident, even arrogant, about their country and civilization. They can only firmly believe that they are the greatest civilization (of this generation). But the more this happens, the more huge the gap can be felt, and the more shocked, even horrified, I feel at this time.

But at this time, what broke the silence was three loud applause.

At that moment, everyone felt as if three thunders suddenly sounded in their hearts, which made their three souls tremble a few times, and then they all woke up. They looked in the direction of the applause, but it was none other than King Brunhilt of Sulyuka who had stood up from the throne.

She retracted her palm and stood proudly on the steps of the throne, overlooking her soldiers on the bridge. Her appearance is unparalleled, her bearing is majestic but inviolable, like a real, living god.

Then, she laughed like a silver bell: "Hahaha, gentlemen, isn't this the greatest discovery of this century? Aren't we making history?"

Her laughter was clear and bright, like the morning sunshine, but it seemed to have a vague domineering voice like a dragon's roar, successfully dispelling the gloom in the hearts of the imperial soldiers.

Many people only belatedly realized at this time that they were making history just by looking at the majestic ring in the distance.

Brigadier General Nelhana Mehra smiled and said: "Yes, at least we can leave a colorful page in the history book of "Enlightened Archeology"."

Yes, if that thing is really an artificial structure, it can never be built by any civilization in this generation. It is even less likely to be a plunderer, then there is and can only be an enlightened person.

"However, Your Highness, we are all prepared to follow you in the history textbooks of primary schools. Now that we have switched to archeology textbooks, isn't it a kind of degeneration?" Major General Ostana Barr still wore an impeccable smile. lukewarm and authentic.

Suddenly, someone couldn't help but burst into laughter, and the trembling and suppressed atmosphere in the bridge began to dissipate.

Giafel said seriously: "Strictly speaking, we are not the first discoverers, but may be the plunderers."

"Yeah, so you can't even get into archeology textbooks, right?" Brunhildt laughed: "So I'll try my best to get everyone into elementary school history textbooks."

There was more laughter. With just this one tongue-in-cheek conversation, these people had successfully evolved from ants that had wandered into the palace of the gods into humans again.

"The entire fleet is ready to fight... and escape at any time. Let the Buran take the lead and lead the first cruiser detachment to conduct a pilot reconnaissance." Giafel suggested again.

Judging from this sentence alone, it is really clear who has the most common sense among Brunhilt's best friends.

As for why it was the Buran... it was naturally because this cruiser was equipped with a gravitational wave relay beacon and a high-power detector, which were originally equipped for the purpose of squadron flagship and reconnaissance ship.

More importantly, everyone agreed that Brigadier General Yeager Soback was a talented person who was very suitable for this kind of job.

"At least he is a blessed general." Even Chief of Staff Ostana Barr, who is known as the "Sword of Lava" and is particularly good at reading people's hearts and identifying loyalties and traitors, has to admit this.

"I didn't know you had such a superstitious side!" Brynhilt sneered.

Ostana explained patiently: "My subordinates are not superstitious, but just follow tradition. On the battlefield, people who can force luck do exist, and they are often the most troublesome to the enemy. Brigadier General Sobek's previous experience has already been like this It tastes good. Even if this is just my imagination, at least we have nothing to lose."

All in all, since he is a lucky general, he is naturally very suitable for frontline exploration.

Of course, Brunhildt felt that the second half of the sentence might be what she really wanted to say.

Just like that, the outpost squadron with the Snowstorm as its flagship broke away from the large formation and drifted towards the silver ring in the distance.

"I'm so stupid, really... I only knew that I was just doing some casual patrol work to defeat the defeated soldiers, but I didn't expect that I would be recruited by His Highness King Suliuka to fill in the decisive battlefield. I only wanted to stand up I took some credit and applied to be transferred back to my country, but I didn't expect that I would be dragged here by His Highness. Even though the war is almost over, I still want to explore some ruins. I'm so stupid, really! It's all my fault."

Sobak read so hard that the scalp of Captain Hongshan beside him was numb, and he said: "If you think so, even if you want to be transferred back to the country to start early retirement, you can still accumulate some achievements. Although I don't understand you psychics very well. But no matter what, there is no danger of war in archeology, right?"

The old captain Hongshan has been supporting the Astral Knights all his life, how could he not understand the affairs of psykers? Of course his words were meant to comfort Sobek.

"Old man, I now feel like an ant trying to observe the statue of a god up close. It feels very sacrilegious and disrespectful." Soback sighed.

"Isn't that a good thing?" Hongshan said with a smile: "The statue will not move and will not take the initiative to trample ants to death."

That's a metaphor! What if there are one or two wild pangolins hiding next to the statue?

"Didn't you also participate in the last archeology? Have you forgotten about that ancient ship? This circle looks much scarier than that ancient ship. If it were me, I would flee as soon as I entered this galaxy. ”

"You have to think about things from a positive perspective. You know, the first visitors who arrived here were not us, but the looters. They did not die here, but were killed by us outside, which means the situation is not bad. .”

Thank you, I am somewhat comforted. Although it doesn’t feel like much.

Yeager Soback sighed and said quietly: "In this expedition to the New World, I really did everything I would never do. They say that if people want to grow, they must try to get out of comfort. Circle, now I’m going to go into a circle again? What will happen to me? A penguin who walks into a ring of fire?"

"Eh? That's right. Your sense of humor has improved recently! Also, the ones that get through the fire rings are actually penguins? I thought they were at least more sensitive animals. Could it be that if you can't get through it, just treat the audience to braised pork? Penguin?" Captain Hongshan asked curiously.

Soback didn't want to pay attention to him, and just continued to mutter: "So, why are you targeting me again? Why why why? Why on earth?"

"Tsk, you are so annoying. Anyone else would have thought that His Highness was appreciating him, and he would have been so passionate that he was ready to die generously," Captain Hongshan said.

So they died like this! Sobek thought.

Captain Hongshan comforted him again: "Don't worry, as a veteran captain who has experienced many battles, our operation will be uneventful this time. To say the least, we can definitely be included in the archeology textbook. "

"Your intuition?" Soback glanced at the other party with contempt.

"Yes! After participating in this operation, I can retire and go home to run horses and herd cattle! My intuition is so hard."

"...After you finished your intuition last time, our Snowstorm took a serious hit. You also went in."

"It's just a slight concussion." Captain Hongshan said: "Since I didn't die last time, the spirit of the universe will not let me, a devout veteran, down this time!"

Soback wanted to say a few words, but a window automatically popped up on the communication terminal, and opposite was Miss Viscount Serlu.

"Your Excellency, the entire fleet has formed a Category B swallow-shaped reconnaissance formation according to the original plan. Are there any other requirements?"

"No, let's do it." If it were another commander, he would be very angry at the subordinates' overstepping of authority, but Soback had no such idea at all. Instead, he enjoyed the feeling of lying flat. However, when he saw Miss Viscount's current attire, he still didn't lie down completely and couldn't help but said: "What are you..."

Judging from the background, Miss Serlu is now in the hangar. She has been covered with a heraldry machine and has also been equipped with a gliding module for landing.

"All the Astral Knights and Marines in the fleet are ready for landing." She tapped her breastplate: "Sir, my suggestion is that you should conduct landing reconnaissance when you enter a safe distance from the ring-shaped object. . In addition, if the looters have remnants of soldiers hiding here, we should also be prepared."

If there were really any remaining soldiers, they would definitely turn around and run away to join the main force! Although Soback thought so, he still said seriously: "Stay alert, stay calm! The landing is not approved. When the situation is unclear, the lives of soldiers cannot be wasted."

Miss Serlu wanted to say something else, but she held it back. A trace of emotion and admiration flashed in her eyes, and she saluted, "Understood."

In this way, with the Buran as the leader, a total of seven imperial warships carrying gravitational wave relay devices and high-power information transmission devices were deployed in a swallow-shaped formation.

The action tracks between the warships were spread as far as possible, and the distance was maintained at more than 300,000 kilometers. In this way, the entire fleet's detectors can cover a very wide reconnaissance sector.

Of course, there is also the possibility of being ambushed by the enemy and broken through, interspersed and surrounded.

However, since they are scouts anyway, it is reasonable to leave them alone. As long as the message can be sent back to the rear and a warning can be given to the larger troops, then it can be regarded as a complete meritorious deed.

The officers and soldiers of the entire fleet may have already realized this. Although they were breathing much heavier, they still focused on keeping the ship moving forward smoothly and turning on the detection equipment.

However, fortunately for everyone, no problems occurred until the fleet arrived at a position less than one astronomical unit away from the ring. The huge creation that orbited the entire galaxy was still stable and stable, like an eternal monument. It is a monument to the gods, a monument to history, and even a monument to a civilized era.

At this distance, the railgun and ultra-long-range thermonuclear missiles carried on the Buran have already brought that ring within the range - of course, this is without regard to hit rate. If there really were some ancient guardians or robots that could still move in that huge space ring, the other party would have appeared long ago to attack.

Thinking of this, even a guy like Soback felt that the situation was not as pessimistic as he imagined.

They were close to within an astronomical unit, and the detector that had set off early had already flown quite close. These autonomous aircraft also did not encounter any enemies. They followed the established procedures, turned on the wide-angle radio telescope and material detector to maximum power, and passed "over" the huge ring.

All the images and information they captured were immediately sent to their own unit closest to them, which was the Buran.

The first thing Soback and his friends saw was the main body of the ring that seemed to be stretched by mercury coating. They are indeed a very typical architectural style of enlightened people. There is no rough feeling of any pipelines or connections on the surface, as if they are naturally integrated. Those fluid materials as smooth as mirrors solidified in space, reflecting endless sunlight and starry sky. The dark deep sky seems to have been absorbed into the deepest level by the warm metallic substance, and on the surface there are only shining holy colors, which even look more mysterious and gorgeous than the starry sky.

Soback felt that by expanding the hull of the ancient ship he encountered last time hundreds of billions of times, and then completely assembling it together, he should be able to form this giant silver ring.

This is already the ultimate greatness in a civilized sense. However, what really shocked the imperial soldiers to the point of being speechless was the green and blue colors wrapped in those silver ring structures.

That's the ocean and the land!

It was only at this time that they could really intuitively feel how shocking this huge... no, incomparably majestic space creation would be to people.

It's not like they haven't seen celestial bodies that are larger and more spectacular. Not to mention stars, even many gas giant planets, the whirlpool-like flares on their surfaces are enough to swallow up an entire fleet.

Those strange but magnificent scenes constitute a magnificent and magnificent scene in the universe.

However, these magnificent scenes are, after all, natural and the evolution of the universe. For human beings, it is too mysterious, too profound, too ambitious, too indescribable, and of course it cannot be understood by the human mind.

Yes, civilization is really just a parasite in the universe, small and short-lived. However, once the individuals who make up a civilization have such an awareness, although it is shocking, as long as they get used to it, they can take it calmly. Nowadays, veteran sailors who are used to running ships even dare to hold cigarettes mixed with moon sugar and pee in the direction of the black hole.

And what shocks individual civilized people even more is always a greater and higher-dimensional civilization.

Now, everyone on the Blizzard has realized this.

The well-informed Captain Hongshan only felt that his mind was temporarily stagnant at this moment. Miss Serlu was even more surprised and directly reached out to cover her open mouth.

Of course, Soback was shocked to the point that he almost lost his ability to think, but after all, he had been professionally tamed by Duke Sadolan, and his mentality was much better than most people. I couldn't help but said loudly: "Gone with the wind, continents and oceans floating in space? What kind of game screen? Gabeia OL hasn't done this, right?"

Captain Hongshan adjusted his breathing and immediately regained his composure. He couldn't help but glance at Soback with a surprised expression, and then said: "To be precise, they are not floating in the air, but are caught by the silver ring." It's in the air. Shall we land and explore a little?"

Soback looked at Captain Hongshan, whose face was full of tricks, and saw Miss Serlu's eager expression on the screen. He was about to reject these guys without emotion, but at this time, he heard the alarm. There was already a roar.

Immediately afterwards, a destroyer located at the outermost edge of the Yan-shaped formation sent a notification: "Commander Soback, at three o'clock, a ship of unknown origin was found, numbering 4! Do you want to engage in a battle?"