Him and their stars

Upon hearing the three-digit number, Soback's first reaction was to drag the Buran away. However, he soon thought that in order to survive in the harsh environment of the Galactic Center, the Predators did not have a large number of assault ships and destroyers in the fleet. If a three-digit number really comes, it means that the entire main fleet is overwhelming.

Just to deal with these two ships? Not so!

Even so, Colonel Soback quickly ordered the crew to adjust the engine to maximum power.

"Your Excellency, are you preparing for a tactical charge?" A young and energetic second officer said with longing on his face: "Our glorious Imperial Navy is ready to fulfill its duties!"

This guy boarded the ship at the Gate of Glory and just graduated from the Naval Academy. He was also born into a military family, and his mind was filled with romantic fantasies about being shrouded in horse leather.

It’s so convenient when escaping! Soback rolled his eyes in hiding, but he couldn't say these words, so he could only let the surviving marines on the destroyer hide on the spot and establish a temporary artillery position. As for our own Blizzard, it moved towards the direction of the Scarlet Throne, but the pace was a little slow, and it always felt a little awkward.

Of course, it would be difficult for a dreadnought and a cruiser to form a coordinated formation. Once they encounter an enemy, the two ships are destined to only respond to the enemy alone. Yu Lian on the boat over there did not express any dissatisfaction.

"Don't worry. Didn't that guy say that the enemy will concentrate fire on the biggest target. That dreadnought is our natural barrier. If nothing can be done, most of the crew will support your decision." Hongshan said the captain.

Soback glanced at the other man, a little hurt. Although this guy looks like "I am your loyal old subordinate", doesn't the implication mean that he must make his own decision? But in this case, wouldn't it be possible for him to take the blame?

Gee, I thought we had fought side by side so many times, at least we should have some feelings for each other!

While Colonel Soback was grieving, he received the image signal forwarded by the Scarlet Throne. The latter is closer to the jump channel, and has thrown out several automatic detectors in advance, and has now captured the true face of the enemy drilling out of the gravity well.

"It's really a stone!" Soback couldn't help but be startled.

To be precise, it was a large number of densely packed crystal-like UFOs. They were all different sizes and shapes and really looked like a large shard of broken glass floating in space. However, the smallest of these crystals is the size of a fighter jet, and the largest is almost comparable to a light cruiser.

When these colorful crystals jumped out of the gravity well channel, they were like a storm of gem fragments, colorful and dreamlike.

It is difficult to see such magnificent scenery on the surface of the planet, and it is only possible in the universe.

If it weren't for these gorgeous crystals, which were rushing towards us like locusts, Yu Lian would definitely stand at the open porthole of the bridge, hugging Feifei, and use them as the background to take a selfie of himself

"Hey, space crystal group? This thing has appeared now?" Yu Lian was a little shocked.

This is a creature unique to the New World and a type of space Leviathan. Of course, even fifty years later, the academic community has not reached a conclusion as to whether it is a living thing or not.

After all, their body compositions are completely different from what everyone thought before. Their body crystals do not show the metabolic and digestive systems that carbon-based organisms should have. However, this kind of crystalline biological community seems to have the instinct of gregarious creatures to stay in groups for warmth and to hunt together, and can even reproduce through division.

For these space crystals, metallic substances are their food. The refined and smelted ship shell is of course equivalent to a carefully cooked delicacy. Therefore, the ships that occasionally pass by their territory are naturally the top prey that are automatically delivered to their door.

In the last world line, this thing was recognized by the public and regarded as one of the most dangerous natural disasters in the universe, more than thirty years ago. However, Yu Lian vaguely knew that this thing had actually appeared many times, and some were even man-made.

Not to mention anything else, there will be a snake head in the future. I don't know if he made a py deal with the cosmic crystals for his gains. He can really control a huge crystal community to fight, which can be regarded as a one-man army.

...Of course, that guy was later killed on the spot by the Great Elder Eggplant of the Void Spirit Temple using a spirit storm to kill people and crystals. That was a different story.

In other words, if that guy hadn't stood on the largest crystal to show off and was caught in the induced serial crystal explosion, he might still be able to save his life.

In short, although these strange crystal flying objects look like a pile of crystal stones and can easily be confused with the unique natural phenomena in the crystal asteroid belt, they are indeed not ordinary creatures. They have the ability of wild animals to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages. Instinctively, if you encounter a large warship, you will retreat.

After all, attacking ships is for hunting, and hunting wild animals is for survival and not for "battle honor." No matter how ferocious and crazy the wolves are, when will they attack lone tigers and bears again?

But now, they are indeed rushing towards us. The reason is simple! These crystals are manipulated. Yu Lian quickly made this judgment, and he was even 80% sure that these gadgets should have been released by the Great Khan of the Predators.

...Well, anyway, the predators now even have the star map of the New World, and it seems very reasonable to have control of some space crystals.

"I have never seen such an enemy." Feifei frowned and whispered.

Yu Lian thought to himself that it would be fine if I had seen it before, but I must be cautious at this time. He looked at the people on the bridge who were already in their positions, and he recognized the tactical proficiency displayed by everyone, and then gave the order: "Turn off the positron and ion main guns. Transmit all the energy to the shield system. Thank you. Doctor, can you do it?"

Dr. Xie Yiwei, who was on standby in the main engine control room, said: "Yes. We already carried out debugging in this area when we were repairing and preparing in the Abyss Nebula. Moreover, after all, I am also the designer of the empire!"

One of the biggest features of the Imperial warship is the versatility of the energy pipeline. In other words, in an emergency, all the energy from the engine, artillery, and even the living area can be supplied to the engine. Of course, it can also be converted in the opposite direction. Because of this, the survivability of Imperial warships is unparalleled in the universe.

As the former chief designer of the Hand of Glory Design Bureau, Dr. Xie Yiwei, even if he is not an expert in energy circuits, at least knows how to modify them.

Yu Lian nodded and said: "Close the armored gun doors of the turbo laser team. All members of the secondary battery team are on standby and prepare to use live ammunition Phalanx for air defense."

Seeing Agnes's confused expression, Yu Lian said: "Those things are like a pile of glass fragments. They look like they have special defense against energy weapons!"

There seems to be too much to complain about the logic of this statement, but no one raised any objections. Just look at it and you will know that those densely packed crystals are still pouring out of the jump channel. The number has exceeded four digits, but the largest one is the size of a destroyer. When using main guns to bombard, there is indeed a problem of cannons hitting mosquitoes.

"Prepare to intercept missiles." Yu Lian ordered again.

This kind of missile is a type of submunition. A submunition is equipped with at least a thousand steel ball bombs. It is very effective in intercepting the enemy fleet's fighter planes and jumping landing craft. It should be no problem to use it to deal with these crystals.

"Launchers No. 5 and 6, intercept the bullet cannon launch!" Agnes, who was already serving as the gunnery commander, repeated Yu Lian's words, and then delegated the launch authority to the gunner of each missile launcher.

The Scarlet Throne was slowing down at this time, and the two magazine compartments in its abdomen suddenly opened. Thirty-six interceptor missiles, carrying hundreds of steel spike bombs, roared into the distant void.

Yu Lian continued to give orders loudly: "Launchers 1 to 4, fill them with interceptor submunitions! Keep firing!"

Originally placed on missile launchers 1 to 4 were electromagnetic radiation shells used to destroy ship shields, and nuclear fusion missiles used to break armor. Now, it will still take some time to temporarily switch to interceptor missiles.

Fortunately, the mercenaries on the ship and the "students" sent by the Toss Merchant Group performed well. They were at least two-thirds as efficient as the elite soldiers of the empire, and it only took two minutes to complete the change.

However, before everyone could throw these missiles out, Vega, who was sitting in the radar officer's position, loudly said: "There is a high-energy reaction ahead! This..."

He was speechless for a moment. Since it is a high-energy reaction, it is the opponent's shelling. This can also be judged from the energy readings read by the ship's radar. However, the quality readings that came back were unacceptable to him.

This is no artillery shell. Even a heavy assault landing craft with enhanced armor and ramming angle can only reach this speed.

But it just so happens that its forward speed is astonishingly fast, and the rail gun's shells are nothing more than that.

More importantly, the opponent did launch an attack from an extremely long distance, and the range could even match the bombardment of a dreadnought's main gun.

What on earth is this? The scalps of all the friends on board the Throne were numb.

It is very understandable that people would react like this when encountering an unknown and powerful enemy.

But at this moment, the interceptor missiles launched by the Throne in advance collided with those dense high-energy reactions. At this moment, the explosion's fire quickly formed a surging blazing light, so flashing that the friends on the bridge could hardly open their eyes.

It took Vega a few seconds to react. While cursing himself for his gaffe, he hurriedly prepared to check the radar and said in surprise: "Gao, the high-energy reaction has disappeared?"

Is this a missile to intercept artillery shells? What's the difference between shooting a gun and intercepting another bullet with a bullet? It’s so unscientific!

However, before anyone could raise any questions, Yu Lian had already given the next instruction: "Launchers No. 3 and 4, launch all missiles in the eight o'clock direction, and the delayed explosion is set to 4 minutes. The ship sinks 12 In a standard position, take the initiative to rendezvous with the Buran."

He paused and then ordered: "Tell Colonel Soback on the Blizzard that the UFO will launch an active collision attack outside the range of their main guns. Please be prepared to intercept and prevent impact."

Only then did Vega suddenly realize that after the explosion just now, there were far fewer densely packed enemies reflected back from the radar, which were clearly intercepted by interceptor missiles.

Only then did everyone realize that it was not the crystals that launched the bombardment, but that they allowed themselves to collide with them at the high speed of the cannonballs.