Chapter 2585: Aim at Where the Barrages Are Most Intense!
Li Yao was almost showered by Boss Baiâs saliva although he was hundreds of thousands of kilometers away. Wiping his face, he grimaced and replied rather at ease, âAya, I know that my requests are slightly outrageous. If it were another fleet commander, I wouldnât have proposed such shameless requests at all. But who are you? You are Boss Bai, and not just regular Boss Bai but the super Boss who has been strengthened by Yan Xinjianâs remaining soul!
âReally, I have never admired anybody in my entire life, but you are the only starship commander that I appreciate and even worship. Boss Bai, Iâve been regarding you as my idol since more than a hundred years ago. Other people may be incapable of such requests, but Iâm sure you can accomplish them! You are an unparalleled expert who is going to rage in the four-dimension, five-dimension, six-dimension, and beyond. Now that you have been reborn, you are destined to challenge the limits and create miracles. Are a tiny Astounding Thunder Fleet and an insignificant Lei Chenghu really a big deal?â
Li Yao finished his speech without stopping and stared at Boss Bai full of expectations with his big, pitiful eyes wide open and his hands crossed.
âWell...â
Boss Bai was rather reluctant to refuse Li Yaoâs adulation. He hesitated and said, âWhat you said is not entirely unreasonable.â
âThatâs right! Itâs a deal then!â
Li Yao jumped to his feet in excitement and transferred the data link between him and Boss Bai from the super crystal processor in the command center to his wrist crystal processor, before he stormed out of the room. âAll in all, just hang in there for a while, Boss Bai. Iâm going to the space battlefield as fast as possible!
âRight, since the Astounding Thunder Fleet has come to reinforce the Business Alliance of Ten Thousand Sectors, they mustâve established data links between themselves and the garrison fleet of the Business Alliance of Ten Thousand Sectors or at least shared the code of their identification system so that they would not accidentally hurt their allies, right?
âYou can ask Xiaoming and Wenwen whether or not they can hack Lei Chenghuâs fleet with the garrison fleet of the Business Alliance of Ten Thousand Sectors as the platform if I ask Jin Yuyan to fully open the ports of the identification system to them. Iâm not asking them to seize the commandership of the Astounding Thunder Fleet. As long as some information can be sent to you or that some of our starships can be marked as the Astounding Thunder Fleetâs âalliesâ, it will be of great help for your operation, right?â
âHey, hey!â
Boss Bai continued shouting on the light beam, but Li Yao had already run out of the building like a wind.
Because the communication channel had been transferred to the wrist crystal processor, the reception abilities were ten times weaker than before. The images and voices of the two parties were even more twisted. There were even several minutes when there was nothing but fuzziness and noise. Nothing could be seen or heard at all.
The Seven Seas Grand Market boasted an artificial atmosphere and tremendous metal materials after all. The interferences were rather severe. Only after Li Yao entered the space battlefield could stable communication be restored.
On his way to Jin Yuyanâs command center, Li Yao saw countless pillars of light rising from the horizon like the pillars of a magnificent palace, supporting the artificial sky that had been smoked and burnt.
Many Exos even launched themselves to the sky only with the jetting of their crystal suits instead of boarding on a starship. After accelerating to the highest speed, they turned off their power units and marched towards the battlefield through inertia.
The warriors were so dense that they were like thousands of boats on a running river.
They were the last reserves that the Business Alliance of Ten Thousand Sectors had launched for the final battle.
While thinking, Li Yao rushed into the command center and met Jin Yuyan whose eyes were bloodshot.
According to Jin Yuyan, in the space battlefield, Lei Chenghuâs âLetter To The Soldiers Of The Imperiumâ was as powerful as a piece of stellar magical equipment. 90% of the warlordsâ fleets and miscellaneous troops had stopped attacking. They were observing the situation in a neutral stance.
Yun Xuefengâs fleet and Lei Chenghuâs fleet, the two enormous military groups which each boasted ten thousand main-force warships, were colliding like two furious beasts. The result of their collision would very likely decide the stance of 90% of the observers as well as the outcome of this war.
As for the starships of the Li family, the Song family, and the Dongfang family, after realizing that the Astounding Thunder Fleet had jumped to the Seven Seas Space Zone, they naturally could not sit on the fence anymore. They all rushed toward the coordinates where Yun Xuefeng and Lei Chenghu were confronting.
It was a pity that they had run too far in the battles in the previous days. Many of their main-force warships had escaped all the way to the edge of the Seven Seas Space Zone.
Also, their fleet was mixed with abundant starships of the warlords, the miscellaneous troops, and the Immortal Cultivators of other surnames. Those guys were not determined to fight in the first place. After Lei Chenghuâs arrival and his declaration to âestablish a powerful national army and realize the glory of soldiersâ, whatever left of their determination was entirely gone. They hesitated and slacked off from the orders issued by the four families. Sometimes, they even purposefully made some accidents in order to stay where they were.
The Immortal Cultivators of the Li family, the Song family, and the Dongfang family could barely do anything about those guys. They could not fight those guys, and their criticism mattered little. If they were too inconsiderate, they might even be pushing those guys to Lei Chenghuâs side.
Therefore, they could only get rid of the troops of the warlords and the miscellaneous troops, and they could regather only with the forces of the four families.
As a result, a lot of time was wasted.
The garrison fleet and the hunting fleet of the Business Alliance of Ten Thousand Sectors, on the other hand, did not idle by. On one hand, they intensified the cyber interferences on all frequencies indiscriminately, sabotaging the enemyâs âFlying Lightning Super Command Chainâ without considering the cost to prevent the starships scattered at the edge of the Seven Seas Space Zone from regrouping. On the other hand, all the capable soldiers in the Seven Seas Grand Market were all deployed to stop the fleets of the Li family, the Song family, and the Dongfang family from reinforcing Yun Xuefengâs main force.
They were naturally no match for the four families.
However, as long as Lei Chenghu took down Yun Xuefeng, their âcommanderâ, before the arrival of the reinforcements of the four families, 90% of the warlordsâ troops and the miscellaneous troops would be inclined to the reformistsâ side. They would take the initiative of the battle.
âListen to me, Director Jinââ
Li Yao was deep in thought as he stared at the red and blue light spots that were glittering on the holographic map of the space zone. He suddenly had an idea. âWhatever Lei Chenghu is really up to, he is an ally to the Business Alliance of Ten Thousand Sectors on the surface, right? It is perfectly normal for allies to send a few liaison officers to each other. Can you tell Lei Chenghu that you are going to send a liaison officer to his flagship?â
âItâs very difficult.â
Jin Yuyan shook his head and said, âIn order to destroy the intrudersâ command chain as greatly as possible, we projected tremendous indiscriminate interferential magical equipment everywhere in the entire space battlefield. It is interfering with the enemy as well as us. Now, the communication between us and Lei Chenghu is very bad. Sending a liaison officer is absolutely meaningless.
âBesides, Lei Chenghu made it very clear a moment ago that whatever questions we had, we could discuss with him after he annihilated Yun Xuefengâs main force. I could feel that he was very indifferent and even slightly wary of us.
âIt seems that he must know something, or he just doesnât like the greedy merchants no more than Wuying Qi does.
âDonât forget that the most serious economic crisis of the century in the Imperium a hundred years ago, caused by Black Wind Fleetâs failure in the collapse of the defense line in the Black Wind Sector, had a lot to do with the Business Alliance of Ten Thousand Sectors. If Lei Chenghu learns part of the inside information, it will not be unusual that he is highly vigilant of us!â
In his anxiety, Jin Yuyan lost control of his mouth and spoke part of the truth.
âAlso, Yun Xuefengâs fleet and Lei Chenghuâs fleet are already getting engaged.â
He continued, âThe tens of thousands of main warships of the two parties are about to collide with a thunderous momentum. It will definitely cause a destructive vortex. How are you going to approach them? Isnât it too weird that a liaison officer is sent at such a moment?â
âIt does make sense.â
Li Yao had to seize every second and did not have any time for explanation. âThen, give me the fastest starship. I have to go to the space battlefield immediately!â
âAre you really going to take the risk?â
His eyes red, Jin Yuyan stared at Li Yao for a long time. âThe fastest starships under my command have just set off to the battlefield with the last reserves to block the reinforcing fleets of the other three fleets. The only vehicles left are the cargo ships that are terribly slow. By the time you reach the battlefield, the fight between Lei Chenghu and Yun Xuefeng would have been concluded.
âHowever, if you are the only passenger, I have faster ways.
âWe have a facility named âtidal slingshotâ on the No. 5 spaceport of the Seven Seas Grand Market. It is a super teleportation array that can launch objects of small masses directly into space. Those who are above the Nascent Soul Stage and who can resist the tearing force can be launched too.
âHowever, the precision of such a super teleportation array is very low. It is impossible to teleport you to a certain safe place accurately but will likely send you to the center of the most intense battlefield. Is there a problem?â
Li Yao immediately understood what Jin Yuyan meant.
The so-called âtidal slingshotâ was a piece of teleportation magical equipment similar to the âHeavenâs Artilleryâ in the Heavenâs Origin Sector and the âEye of Blood Demonâ in the Blood Demon Sector.
Such a piece of massive teleportation magical equipment was mainly meant for middle and long-distance teleportation across Sectors. For example, Jin Tuyi had tried to teleport an army of demons to the capital of the federation through the Eye of Blood Demon.
The feature of such magical equipment was that the longer the teleportation was, the more accurate it would be. When the destination was so close, it was barely possible for the device to recognize the tiny parameter differences in the coordinates.
However, Li Yao did not have a choice.
Furthermore, he did not mean to be too far away from the intense battlefield either. If he jumped to the peaceful and quiet sea of stars billions of kilometers from the battlefield, should he spend another few days catching up to Lei Chenghuâs flagship?
By the time he reached his target, everything wouldâve been over!
âIn that case, launch me out nowââ Li Yao shouted, ââtoward where the barrages are most intense!â