Time flies, and more than two months have passed since Zhang Lang entered subspace.
During this period, mankind has been fighting against the counterattacks of several other major forces.
Thanks to Zhang Lang's previous sweeps of major galaxies, although it did not damage the foundation, it also greatly consumed the power of other forces, making their counterattack less fierce.
Moreover, the ones Zhang Lang had chosen before were all galaxies that different races were competing for. This was not something he picked randomly. There were two purposes for choosing these places. One was that places in turmoil made it easier for humans to reap the benefits. Secondly, even if these forces fight back afterwards, they will fall into fighting again and it will be difficult to attack humans in unison.
Therefore, although the situation is unfavorable for mankind, it can barely resist. In more than two months, it only lost four galaxies, and it also occupied one or two barren planets in these galaxies. As the final base, it left a counterattack Seed.
But that's all.
In the flagship of the Red Manco Galaxy and the Big Dust Star, Catalina frowned as she looked at the star map of the human sphere of influence.
In the past two months, she felt several years older.
Because of multi-front operations, during this period, battle reports would be sent to the headquarters almost twenty-four hours a day, and battles were taking place every moment. Even with Zhuge's computing power assisting the command, Catalina, as the decision-maker, still spent a lot of effort!
The commander's order was absolute, but Catalina expressed doubts about Zhang Lang's plan from the beginning.
The speed of advancement is too fast, and humans have no time to repair and develop!
Of course, when she saw those forces and races being reduced to a group of defeated soldiers by unknown forces, Catalina still had fantasies in her heart. Maybe the commander has information and power that he doesn't know about, which can make this ridiculous plan go smoothly. All he needs to do is follow the orders left by the commander.
Everything went well at first. But after they occupied twelve galaxies and hundreds of planets, the plan came to an end.
Since then, the commander has not contacted them again, nor has he given any follow-up instructions or plans. Catalina defends such a large territory and can only deal with the wrath of many forces alone.
"Major General Zhang Lang, what exactly do you want to do?" Catalina looked at the battle report on the screen and the flames of war ignited all over the star map. She anxiously grabbed her blond hair: "I really can't hold on anymore. It’s...human beings can’t hold it anymore..."
At this moment, a warning message popped up on the screen.
"What's the matter, Zhuge?"
"Space turbulence has been detected between the third and fourth orbits of the Red Manco Galaxy, and it is expected that a new star path will be opened up!"
"Between the third and fourth orbits?" Catalina's eyes widened: "Isn't that near the big dust star? How is this possible?"
No wonder Katarina couldn't believe it. When the human expeditionary force made great progress in the early days, it did occupy many fertile galaxies and habitable planets. However, after the counterattack, these places were the first to be attacked. For the sake of safety, the human flagship and command headquarters were eventually Still retreated to the Red Manco Galaxy and the Big Dust Star that were originally occupied.
First of all, this is the place where humans first occupied and the foundation of humans is the strongest.
Secondly, the resources here are poor and the environment is harsh. It is almost not coveted by other forces and is relatively safer.
Of course, as a base camp, humans have also put a lot of effort here, and various defense facilities are very complete, including the space shielding field.
The so-called space shielding field is a device that stabilizes space within a certain range. This is mainly set up to prevent other races from opening up new star paths.
After all, your army is fighting outside. If they open the star path directly over your home planet and teleport the army to steal your home, then there is no need to fight and the game is over.
In the Red Manco Galaxy, humans have already deployed a large number of space shielding devices. The nearest teleportable area is also outside the sixth orbit and near the third orbit. It is impossible to be invaded by the enemy!
"Zhuge, is there something wrong with the detector?" Catalina questioned.
"There is no problem with the detector." Zhuge replied after a few seconds of self-check: "It is speculated that it is due to an unknown subspace fluctuation that has affected the stability of the space. Our shielding field cannot completely stabilize the nearby space. "
"How could this happen?" Catalina asked in surprise: "What about the scale of the space turbulence? What level of star path is expected to be, and how many troops can be carried through it at one time?"
"The scale is huge. It would take a lot of energy to open up such a star path." Zhuge analyzed: "If you deliberately consume resources to open it up, the opponent should have prepared a considerable army!"
"Then what are you waiting for!" Katarina shouted: "Quickly increase the power of the space shielding field and do your best to prevent the opening of the star path. At the same time, notify all the armies in this system to gather between the third orbit and the fourth orbit and be ready. !”
Zhuge immediately conveyed Catalina's order, the space stabilization device began to operate at full strength, and the human army also moved in an instant, mobilizing all forces to prepare for war.
In the end, after hours of struggle, the space shielding field still failed to withstand the turbulence. Under the gaze of the assembled human fleet, a hole seemed to be torn open in the vast space. Then, a huge wooden bow engraved with monster patterns poked out!
"Wooden ship?" Catalina, who was always paying attention to the battlefield trends, was stunned for a moment, then realized: "It's the Empire!"
The so-called empire is a magical civilization established by a race with strong spiritual power. The appearance of this race is similar to that of humans, and their technology is relatively primitive, but they have been studying the field of magic for thousands of years, and can even use powerful magic to sail in the universe on primitive wooden battleships!
Catalina did not underestimate this race, because magic is a novel force that is completely different from technology. Although their equipment looks primitive, with the blessing of magic, it is not inferior to the powerful power of technological weapons. What is even more terrifying is that , some magic that cannot be explained by science can bypass the defense of technological civilization and cause damage to the mysterious system. It can be said to be pervasive!
The moment she saw the Imperial fleet, Catalina ordered an attack. The human fleet lined up and started a salvo!
But after a round of concentrated fire, the empire's fleet was unscathed, and wooden space battleships came out of space one by one, somewhat unconventionally!
Whether it is kinetic artillery shells or laser weapons, they are all perfectly resisted by the empire's magic shield!
"A tough opponent!" Catalina gritted her teeth and was about to order a continued attack when a dazzling light lit up in the center of the empire's fleet!
The counterattack from the magical civilization has begun!
