The Witch's Taste

So the matter was settled like this: these Garcia people who made various unreasonable demands first rejected the results of their review and ignored the various demands they made, and then arranged endless new review procedures to detain them in place. .

If you don't accept it, we can put you in a jar and throw it out, and you can catch a ride on other passing starships.

The immigration work of Garcia humans will be handled by the corresponding team of civil servants.The next thing to summarize is the military parade that just ended a few minutes ago.

Judging from the ratings, this military parade undoubtedly attracted the attention of all starship humans, and the public's reactions to it varied.

Through small-scale polls, the vast majority of people still do not believe that starship humans can defeat the Federation, but the proportion of people who believe that starship humans have the ability to protect themselves has increased significantly, and currently reaches about 47%.

Due to the serious disaster that occurred in Garcia, the disembarkation party also quickly turned to silence and dormancy.After all, a large number of Garcia humans are boarding the ship. At this time, it definitely makes no sense for you to say that it is better to get off the ship and go to Garcia than to stay on the ship.

All in all, the military parade ended smoothly and achieved its intended effect.

After Garcia's rescue operation is over, the starship humans will make a long-distance jump to Ophiuchus as planned.

There must still be human residents in the Federation, but most of them are scattered on various colonial planets. It is unrealistic to search and rescue them one by one. In addition, the internal capacity of the Forever is close to saturation, so after arriving at Ophiuchus, it is just to replenish energy supplies, and then It is necessary to jump to the edge star area again, thus completely escaping from the Federation.

"I'm afraid the supplies in Ophiuchus will not go smoothly." Chen Ziang said worriedly.

No one can answer this question because Ophiuchus is extremely far away from Hercules, where the Garcia sector is located.Even if information is transmitted from there to here, the situation there has already changed.

But no matter what, the starship humans are like small boats traveling in a dark underground river. No matter what is waiting for them ahead, they can only continue to move forward along the current.

384.Chapter 379 Secret Seed

The Holy Seat World was originally a desolate rocky planet.

There is no molten core, no magnetic field, or even an atmosphere. Such planets are everywhere in the galaxy and would not attract the attention of any civilization.

However, this is the most famous galaxy in the entire federation, because the church of the Elf Father God is located here - a huge palace nearly a thousand meters high, carved out of the white marble hills, and blending seamlessly with the entire mountain. One body.

Countless believers of the Old God Religion came from all corners of the galaxy and worshiped at the entrance of the church every day until the wealth they brought with them was completely exhausted.

Nearly a huge amount of wealth was concentrated in the Holy See world, and was later passed to Krublev and Bakht in exchange for various supplies needed by the Holy See.

Yes, there is a secret alliance between the Holy See World and the Elf Nobles.

This kind of cooperation can be traced back to the Middle Ages. The Holy See is an ancient organization that fights against the mysterious world. It is not only to kill the weird things that invade the world, but more often to get rid of the heretics that attract weird things, that is, those groups who study taboos without authorization. Occult scholar of knowledge.

As well as secretly studying the mystery on his own.

In order to better fight the devil, of course you need to understand the devil first.Countless heretics were born during this process. Obviously, the temptation of mysterious power is more fascinating to some bishops than faith... But even if the internal personnel are constantly corrupted by the abyss, the Holy See has never stopped studying forbidden knowledge. pace.

The nobles are the guarantee of the Holy See's secular power, maintaining the order of the real world for them, and providing them with the materials needed to study mysteries.

This alliance continues into the present interstellar era.So to a certain extent, the pride of the elven nobles is justified. They are indeed contributing to the defense of civilization to a certain extent, as long as they do not specifically measure their merits or demerits.

In the Cerbery Temple, the high priest slowly opened his eyes, and his robe inlaid with countless gems slowly unfolded.

The acolyte was holding a communicator under the Holy See, which had just finished playing the message from the Krublev family:

"...The existence of these witches has seriously affected the stability of the world of faith and is a serious threat to modern civilization. Krubliff will not make any compromises with the witches in the past, present and future, no matter how firm his faith is. , and it also requires the generous helping hand of the servants of God the Father in order to excommunicate evil.”

The sound dispersed in the church.After a long time, the chief priest raised his head and looked at the glazed holy colored floating window in the distance.

Witches, fallen beings who gain power from the devil, can almost be regarded as the earthly agents of the devil due to their extremely terrifying growth potential.

Usually within the territory of the Federation, if a witch appears anywhere, the Temple will immediately send out all the Templar Knights to eliminate it.

As for the places outside the Federation, where the light of the temple cannot shine, the witches born from them will often completely destroy the entire planet, and then die in despair and pain... These cases prove that witches are the enemies of civilization. Anyone who cooperates with the witch is a sinful heretic who needs to be eradicated with the force of thunder in time.

Whether the other party is an individual, a company, or a country.

It's just that starship humans are special. This pagan organization has too many witches... You know, usually even one witch needs the temple to mobilize most of its power to deal with it.

If the opponent is too strong, the Holy See will naturally not be able to die with the opponent at all costs in order to eliminate the witch.

After all, the Holy See is the only beacon in the world of faith. The disaster caused by the collapse of this lighthouse is more serious than any witch wreaking havoc.

The chief priest silently raised his scepter and tapped it lightly on the stone bricks. Soon, golden words were outlined in the air, and finally a sealed scroll was formed, with the coat of arms of the holy seal on it.

Now is not the best time to annihilate the heretics, the church still needs to accumulate a fatal divine punishment blow.

But before that, let the ascetics support Krubliff.

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The Forever and the Instantaneous entered the long-distance transition state again.

The destination is Ophiuchus.

There is of course strategic significance behind the choice of Ophiuchus.

First of all, starting from the Garcia sector, there is no way to jump directly outside the Federation. You must find a place to stay as a transfer station to supplement the energy required for the jump.

Secondly, there are not many optional locations for the foothold, and after the Garcia incident, the Federation has most likely declared hostility to the starship humans, so a war is likely to break out at the foothold.

Finally, Ophiuchus is close to the center of the star arm and is covered by a large number of high-quality stars and black holes. The gravitational environment is extremely complex and dangerous, and there are no federal colonial star areas around it.Although the starship humans are alone in the depths, the Federation fleet is similar, and the battle-damaged ships cannot be replenished in time nearby.

The strength gap in away games will be narrowed, and the only thing left is head-on confrontation.

Even so, starship humanity still faces a god-level opponent that is difficult to defeat.The Federation fleet has a crushing advantage in size and firepower. As long as some self-exploding bombardiers are packed into each ship, the witch will not be able to destroy these ships unscrupulously - because a large number of curses will be concentrated along the killing path. on their bodies.

If the Instantaneous fleet is allowed to take action and these curses are borne by hundreds of thousands of soldiers, then everyone will be "easily fatigued" at best.

The witch restrains the fleet, the fleet restrains the self-destructors, and the self-destructors in turn restrain the witch, forming a strange cycle.Whoever can make better use of this cycle will have a chance of victory in the war.

The premise is that the temple will not use more power to restrain the witch...

Chen Ziang was very anxious.There are many dangers along the way, and what lies ahead is probably the most dangerous moment in the entire journey. No one knows what is waiting for the starship humans there.

The Holy Church, the Elf Plutocrats, the Federation Fleet... and if Suzuna's analysis of the past life is correct, even the Empire may be secretly involved behind the scenes...

Just thinking about it gives me a headache.

He sat up from the bed and looked at Suzuna Tsukimiya, who was sleeping soundly next to him, and Xia Zili, who was rinsing her body in the bathroom.

During the mothership jump, in order to ensure stable quality, large-scale movement of people was not allowed. Basically all people were locked at home and all shops were closed.

Everyone had nothing to do and nowhere to go, so they could only stay in their bedrooms and rely on video games to pass the time.Whether it is the grassroots people or the high-level people, it is the same.

Chen Ziang doesn't hate this kind of life.Although he is wandering in the galaxy, facing an unknown and dangerous future, although he is tired every night and his body is almost exhausted, he still hopes to protect the people around him, protect all starship humans, and fight for everyone in this cruel world. to gain a chance to survive in the universe.

Gently moving Suzuna's arm to his side, he tiptoed out of bed and decided to go to the study to continue working through the night to cram in the military knowledge he might need next.

In the bathroom, Xia Zili pushed her wet blond hair back and looked down at her flat belly.

Bloody lines appeared on the abdomen, and a strange seed was quietly gestating in it.

...You can't let Tsukimiya Suzuna know, nor can you let your sister know.To be on the safe side, not even Chen Ziang could tell.

Until he was actually born.

I’m too sleepy, so I’ll update first.

385.Chapter 380 Planet Landing

Ophiuchus, the ruined galaxy.

This place is called the Ruins because it was once a rich colonial sector...until the Federation's Third Corporate War completely destroyed it.

Nowadays, on the three planets in the ruined galaxy, there are only large areas of urban ruins, as well as pirates, gangs and wanderers who hate the enterprise.

The reason why I chose this place as my foothold is because although it is within the territory of the Federation, both military fleets and caravans will go around here, so it will be relatively safer - at least they will not just jump over and immediately It was surrounded by a large number of federal fleets.

Of course, long-distance jumps will cause oscillations in the space strings, just like long ripples in a calm lake, and the other party will track them down sooner or later.

Before that, it is necessary to find enough fuel as soon as possible to replenish the fleet.

The supply itself is the biggest difficulty.Although there is no continuous flow of federal fleets waiting for you to enter the urn, there are no neatly arranged energy warehouses on the star port. All supplies must be explored and searched deep into the ruined world, and seized from pirates.

Chen Ziang plans to lead the team down personally.He may not be as good as the witches in terms of combat, but when it comes to casting a wide-area net to search for a specific location, what can compare to the proliferation of ghouls and living dead?

In this regard, he was confident that one man was worth five divisions.

The only problem is who will accompany him to explore the ground. Xia Zili and Tsukimiya Suzuna have different opinions.

Now there are three powerful witches on the starship.The most reasonable configuration is, of course, one witch to explore the surface of the planet to protect the lives of Chen Ziang and other armies; one witch to stay on the starship to protect the safety of humans on the starship; and another witch to roam in nearby space to protect The safety of the fleet fleet.

But the problem is that both Tsukinomiya Suzuna and Xia Zili want to go to the planet's surface, and neither agrees that the other will go on their behalf.

If Xia Qingyu is allowed to go, Tsukimiya Suzuna cannot accept it... So the final result is that Suzuna and Zili go together, while Xia Qingyu stays alone on the starship and is in charge of the fleet outside.

"Actually, it's okay for me to lead the team by myself." Chen Ziang complained.

He stood by the observation porthole of the starship, watching the orbital bombing fleet ravage the surface.

The pirates were not without the ability to fight back, but in the face of nearly saturated orbital bombing firepower, these old air defense facilities could not even break through the lattice defense system on the ship, and countless missiles were destroyed before they were launched into the air.

"Currently, it seems that although these pirates are not weak in fighting will, their equipment and technology are too backward." Chen Ziang continued, "The density of air defense facilities can actually pose a threat to our fleet, but the success of the actual missiles The firing rate is less than 20%, which proves that they are not even self-sufficient in ammunition quantity.”

"You're right, senior." Tsukimiya Suzuna said, "Pirates alone are indeed nothing to worry about, but what if there are other forces hiding among them?"

"For example, federal agents, snipers, and mystical scholars." Xia Zili agreed.

"Another example is the Empire Killer." Tsukimiya Suzuna said.

"If the empire really sends out killers, they should be ambushing humans inside the starship, not on a pirate planet where we may not come." Xia Zili said coldly.

"Perhaps he will be in our army." Tsukimiya Suzuna retorted, "As soon as we are distracted, we will take the opportunity to stab our senior in the back."

"Why do you want to backstab me?" Chen Ziang asked in confusion, "Xia Qingyu is now a witch, and trying so hard to kill me apart from making the starship humans uncomfortable...doesn't it mean anything to the empire?"

"...We have to guard against it anyway!" Tsukimiya Suzuna was a little at a loss for words, but she still insisted on her point of view - the empire must be behind it.

Chen Ziang felt helpless when he saw that she didn't listen.In fact, for starship humans, the best way out is undoubtedly to join the Empire, because once a full-scale war breaks out in the galaxy in the future, and the two behemoths compete with each other, the first to suffer will definitely be the many small countries in the fringe star regions.

Even if the starship humans establish a nation in the edge star region, sooner or later they will have to face the bloody blades of the Federation elves.

Besides, with Xia Qingyu's identity here, there is no need to worry about being ostracized when going to the empire.

But Tsukimiya Suzuna is too hostile to the empire (its source is most likely directed at Xia Qingyu). If she cannot be persuaded in this regard, then the so-called "dedicate to the empire" is just empty talk.

As for the suspicion she raised, although Chen Ziang did not refute it, he couldn't find the logical rationality in it after thinking about it carefully.

Does the Empire have ill intentions towards Starfleet humans?not necessarily.Otherwise, Xia Qingyu would not have been provided with manpower support when he left Gao Tianyuan.

Judging from the information that has been learned so far, the empire's overall attitude towards the starship humans is "indifferent", that is, "you have no value in being rescued now." The reason why it is willing to provide resources is also for Xia Qingyu's face.

Of course, this attitude will change.For example, if the starship humans show strong enough cohesion and resistance under the Federation's high-pressure war situation, they may be valued again by the Empire... When a full-scale war with the Federation is about to break out, a ship full of refugees A fleet that is waiting to be fed and may rebel after submission, and a fleet that is full of soldiers and can fight well and fight against the Federation, the value of the two to the empire is obviously completely different.

But if you think about it from this perspective, there is no need for the empire to plot against itself as the leader of starship humanity.

Otherwise, as soon as he dies, the witches will immediately fall apart, and humanity will most likely not be able to save the starship. Then all these previous conjectures can be overturned.

Unless, as Suzuna Tsukinomiya said, it was Xia Qingyu who wanted to deal with herself... that would be even more bizarre.

Chen Ziang didn’t believe it anyway.

After almost half a day, the orbital bombing fleet had bombarded the surface with devastation, and almost no intact defensive military facilities could be seen.

It's now!

Countless landing pods were airdropped from orbit, and parachutes opened one after another in the air, like flying dandelions.

The planetary commandos began to land on Ruin Planet [-].

As the commander-in-chief of the frontline assault corps, Chen Ziang certainly did not squat in the landing cabin with the big soldiers.He took the shuttle down with Suzuna, Zili, and the high-level escort team.

Through Suzuna Tsukimiya's [Shadow Obscuration], the shuttle became invisible in terms of optical and radar detection, so the process of passing through the enemy's artillery position was very smooth, and finally landed on the roof of the tallest building in the city. .

The high-level guards on top quickly swarmed out.One part urgently cleared the building to ensure safety; the other part began to arrange bunkers, intending to set up this high-rise building as a frontline command center.

Chen Ziang walked around the floor and found that it had probably been ruined beyond recognition by scavengers, and almost no complete furniture could be found.

"Next, let's use this as the center to attack the three airports nearby." He told everyone.

The original space starport in the ruined sector has been destroyed, and the pirates will definitely not repair the starport, so the ships take off and land at various airports on the planet's surface.

Considering the convenience of energy supply, the most likely places to store energy are naturally the many facilities near the airport.

As the signal was sent out, the surrounding planetary commandos that had landed quickly rushed towards the command center.

At the command center, the staff were quickly modeling the maps and marking the positions where enemy troops were stationed.

Judging from the resistance encountered by the planetary commandos along the way, Chen Ziang's original prediction was completely correct: these pirates had extremely high will to fight, but their technical level was too low. They were like barbarians and did not bring any impact to the commando members. What a difficulty.

The only problem was probably that there were too many people, and each of them was good at taking advantage of the environment to lay ambushes and plot against each other, which still caused a certain amount of casualties to the commandos.

Tsukimiya Suzuna was bored and offered to lead a team to attack and sweep all the surrounding airport facilities.