The Empire begins with the Fourth Scourge

1838. Inhumane crime

"General! The particle light spear has been charged!" On the bridge of the Eternal, the adjutant reported to Lieutenant General He Ru.

"Don't shoot! Keep the battlecruiser on the opposite side." He Ru waved his hand, "This ship is moving forward, just attack it!"

He could clearly see that the battle had entered a decisive stage - the Xilu fleet was completely unable to resist.

No matter how powerful the Xilu people's drones and communication systems are, and no matter how weird they appear, they cannot directly influence the situation of the battle.

After other warships and fighter formations in the exploration fleet noticed the power of the opponent's drone swarm, they all moved closer to the Eternal, forming a defensive formation. According to the command of Lieutenant General He Ru, they each performed their duties and were responsible for one direction. These warships will serve as the Eternal's outer air defense circle, making it impossible for the opponent's drones to attack.

And to put it bluntly, even if the more than 2,400 drones launched by the opponent are allowed to continuously attack the Eternal, it is estimated that they will not be able to cause much damage to the Eternal until next year.

After all, those drones are micro drones with a length of 2 meters. They can carry only that much firepower and cannot cause damage to the opponent's capital ship at all.

But the threat of the Eternity super aircraft carrier to the Xilu people's warships is real! The three particle light spears on the bow of the Eternal have been condensed and not fired, and remain charged. This is to tell those Xilu people that I have the ability to kill you again at any time.

Even without the use of particle light spears, the extremely powerful firepower carried by the Eternity is unmatched by the Xilu fleet. Coupled with the fire support of the Steadfast-class cruiser and the Double-Blade class light cruiser, the Xiru people's warships were destroyed one by one, leaving them completely unable to resist.

Their final struggle was to let the remaining drones attack the powerful air defense circle built by the Eternal.

More than 2,000 drones rushed towards the Eternity like moths to a flame. However, under the attack of the outer anti-aircraft firepower of the surrounding warships and the dense close-range anti-aircraft fire of the Eternal itself, they soon became a swarm. be wiped out. They had the advantage when facing Phantom fighters and Viking fighters before, but they had no resistance at all when faced with the towering giant Eternal!

About an hour after the battle started, the overall situation was decided!

All more than 2,000 drones in the Xilu fleet were destroyed, one battlecruiser had been blown to pieces, and another was dying and floating sideways. There were six other 400-meter cruisers and eight 300-meter light cruisers left, all of which were seriously damaged.

Those four aircraft carriers have not been attacked too much, but what else can the four aircraft carriers that have been stripped of their carrier-based aircraft do in front of a fully armed fleet?

"Particle light spear, A turret fires a warning shot! Then ask the opponent to surrender on the public frequency again!" He Ru said seriously.

One of the three particle light lances on the bow of the Eternal, which had been charged long ago, opened fire immediately! The spiraling beam was launched instantly, shooting from the opponent's only remaining battlecruiser! Even if there was no direct hit, the powerful energy attached to the particle light spear directly melted a large piece of the outer armor of the battlecruiser whose shield had been damaged!

[Stop the engines, lower the shields, and surrender immediately! ! 】In the public channel, the electronically synthesized Xilu language began to play continuously.

But this time, in the face of the desperate power of the exploration fleet, especially the Eternity, those Xilu people who had shown extremely xenophobic and cruel characters from the very beginning of their contact finally chose to give up.

One by one, the warships shut down their engines and lowered their shields.

Well, actually until now, they have no shield to lower...

The hangar platform of the Eternal opened. Huang Yehao and Cummings led the soldiers of the Fourth Army and took off with more Marines on the transport ship. They approached the Xilu warship and then entered through the open door of the warship. , went straight to the bridge and prepared to capture their commander.

Among them, Huang Yehao took 100 Fourth Army soldiers and 1,000 Marines on ten transport ships and flew to the Xilu people's largest battlecruiser.

After parking at the hangar platform, they saw hundreds of Xilu people looking at them blankly.

Huang Yehao frowned. He found that these 'Silu people' seemed to be the smaller and thinner type that were considered to be female Xilu people in their previous anatomy research.

But in general, they still look like velociraptors or lizards, with beak-like mouths, short and flexible forelimbs, well-developed lower limbs and tails, and dense scales.

"It doesn't seem right?" Huang Yehao frowned and said, "If it's not that these Xilu people gather all their women and use them as labor, then there are other situations... a subrace? Or a subordinate race?"

The Marine Corps immediately took control of the scene and gathered all the "Silu people" together, leaving a few to lead the way, and the rest asked them to leave the hangar platform and squat inside the warehouse.

1,000 Marines were divided into 10 groups to control each cabin of the battleship. Huang Yehao himself led the most elite soldiers of the Fourth Legion towards the bridge.

When entering the corridor, something suddenly happened. All I saw was a turret suddenly protruding from the ceiling of the corridor! The turret fired a strong current, hitting the leader of the 'Silu' directly! He suddenly screamed and seemed to be in extreme pain. After struggling for more than ten seconds, he fell to the ground with smoke all over his body and was already dead.

The turret was destroyed by a burst of fire from Huang Yehao as soon as it appeared, which also sounded the alarm for him. He drove these "Silu people" to explore the way ahead, and at the same time, through the translation of the universal tool, he asked them to take him to the bridge.

But one of the "Xilu people" timidly told Huang Yehao while gesticulating that they were not qualified to go to the bridge. If they must go, the electric shock device in the corridor will cause them to die in a very painful way.

Huang Yehao nodded and said, "Then show us the direction and we'll blast all the way there!"

The ‘Xilu people’ nodded one after another, and their originally sluggish and numb appearance actually gained some energy? They seemed very excited about Huang Yehao's decision?

…

At the same time, the salvage ship taking off from the Eternal also began to clean the battlefield. And when one of the salvage ships approached the wreckage of a 400-meter cruiser, the driver was suddenly stunned!

I only saw several strange cabins in the center of the cruiser. Due to the damage caused by the explosion, the contents of the cabins flew out...

Shockingly, hundreds of corpses! !

And these corpses are obviously not crew members! Because they are not Xilu people, and they are not wearing anything!

What's even more terrifying is that these corpses are withered, their postures are painful and twisted, and most of them have various tubes inserted into them! !