"I don't have a habit of blowing up my own property…" This voice was obviously Zhou Ye. Since he had already discovered the so-called secret weapon of the Difan Group, how could he not be prepared? Just an arbitrary door, it's not a big deal.
Just now, while the battle was in full swing, an arbitrary door led to the spaceship carrying the chain railgun. With one punch, he opened a big hole in the armor of the spaceship, and in a blink of an eye, he controlled the entire spaceship…
Why not destroy it?
Obviously, why destroy something so valuable for research? Are you stupid…
Chapter 447
"Destroy it… Destroy it immediately." Joyce was going crazy. He could fail, he could lose thousands of fighters, but the secret weapon must not fall into the hands of the enemy.
At this time, no one dared to talk to Joyce. The only thing they could do was execute the order. As the order spread, all the Difan Group's motherships turned their guns and aimed at the medium-sized mothership called Destroyer.
Zhou Ye watched the movements of the other mothership calmly. He didn't care at all… These things can't hurt him, nor can they hurt the secret weapon he wants to protect…
"Fire, fire…"
Dozens of bucket-thick red lights attacked the Destroyer-class medium-sized mothership. Zhou Ye smiled slightly, tapped his toes on the deck, and a dozen arbitrary doors shining with golden light appeared around the mothership—
Those red rays that destroy everything passed through the arbitrary door and disappeared…
Uh—no, they didn't disappear…
But directly appeared in front of Joyce's flagship… Zhou Ye directly opened the other end of the arbitrary door here.
Instantly—Joyce's flagship was turned into a giant fireball—
"It's over—what exactly are we fighting against…" Joyce looked at the command room that had turned into a spark, his expression dull… The scene that had just happened was completely beyond his comprehension… His last fighting will has been completely destroyed.
"…Boom—"
After Joyce said this, his flagship's endurance finally reached its limit. With a loud noise, the flagship of the Difan Fleet, Joyce's flagship… accompanied Joyce to eternal sleep in this star field. Perhaps in the world of death, he will forever stare at the Void Land, the place that buried him and ended his battlefield career.
The Difan Group's fleet completely lost its desire to fight after the flagship completely exploded… One mothership after another turned around and fled under the orders of their captains…
Strictly speaking, they are just mercenaries raised by the Difan Group. It is unrealistic to expect them to have an iron will to fight. It's okay to fight smoothly, but once they are defeated, they are the first group of people to run away.
Facing the fleeing motherships of the Difan Group, Zhou Ye wanted to vomit blood with heartache… This is all money, but there is no way, the [Manipulator]'s manipulation of the Sovereign's mothership is already the limit, and their abilities are not unlimited…
And he only has one mothership, which one should he chase and which one should he not chase?
However, Zhou Ye soon didn't have to worry about it… because dozens of motherships of various shapes suddenly appeared behind the Difan Group's mothership. These motherships were completely different from other standard motherships. They had various shapes, and there was even a pyramid shape…
"Are these the guys from the Ravager Group?" Zhou Ye recognized their identities at a glance. Obviously, his woman called his brother-in-law to help… It's just that the timing is too coincidental. Damn it, all the benefits have been taken by them…
But forget it, it's better to benefit my brother-in-law than to benefit others…
Zhou Ye sighed, turned around, and opened an arbitrary door to return to the command tower of his mothership.
"Honey, my brother and the others are here to help…"
As soon as Zhou Ye returned to his mothership, he saw Aleta's happy expression. "Well—I saw it, baby, remember to squeeze some good things out of your brother later… He made a fortune this time."
"Don't worry, darling." Aleta also gritted her silver teeth and said with a look of resentment: "These guys… hum hum…"
Just as the saying goes, speak of Cao Cao and Cao Cao arrives. When the two were thinking about Aleta's brother, the mothership's main brain, Milia, said: "Master, there is an unknown communication request link…"
"Connect it…" Zhou Ye sighed and sat on his command chair. Ayesha knelt obediently at his feet, snuggling against his legs like a golden cat.
"Hi, brother-in-law, I'm here to help you…" As Zhou Ye expected, the person appearing in the communication image was Aleta's brother, Stakar…
"You came at the right time, brother-in-law…" Zhou Ye rolled his eyes at him, speechless.
"Brother, are you really not here to take advantage?" Aleta would not give her brother face and directly questioned.
"Uh—you know, the Ravager organization is relatively loose, and the Difan Group is also a big guy. It took me some time to gather people…" Stakar was also a little embarrassed…
He said he was here to help, but when he arrived at the battlefield, he found that his brother-in-law had already defeated the enemy… He was only left with chasing the enemy, which looked like he was taking advantage of him…
Zhou Ye was speechless, but looking at Stakar's expression, he knew that this guy was not lying, and he was not such a person, so he could only helplessly say: "Forget it… Leave those stragglers to you… I still have to clean up the battlefield after the war."
"Well, don't worry, I will definitely not let one run away… I swear." Stakar patted his chest, which is the highest oath of the Ravagers.
"I want half of the spoils." Aleta unceremoniously started discussing the ownership of the spoils with her brother.
"Okay…" Stakar was also a little helpless, who told them they didn't help much.
"Then it's settled." Aleta said, directly hanging up the communication. She knew the situation here with her dear. If only her own mothership went to chase, it would be lucky to get a few, but now, she can get more than a dozen motherships with one opening, which is really taking advantage of her…
"Well done, baby." Zhou Ye praised without hesitation.
"There's no way… who told our Umbrella to be poor now…" Aleta said, and before Zhou Ye could speak, she said: "I'll go back to the Void Land to check the losses first, and then come back to report to you later."
"Well, go!" Zhou Ye nodded, watching Aleta leave the command tower.
Regarding Aleta's complaint that Umbrella is poor, Zhou Ye had nothing to refute. You must know that many of the materials needed to build a mothership are minerals that are not available on Earth…
This made Umbrella, which was trapped in one place, feel cramped… Fortunately, the first step towards the universe is very stable. Soon, Umbrella will occupy a place in the galaxy with its war-adapted system…
Zhou Ye doesn't know what Umbrella will grow into in the future, but it will definitely not be like today, where even the ships chasing the enemy mothership seem stretched…
Just as Zhou Ye was thinking about his thoughts, a weak voice sounded at his feet, like a kitten meowing.
"Master… Master…"
"Huh? Ayesha, what's wrong? Is there anything you want?" Zhou Ye asked, looking at Ayesha who was looking at him cautiously.
"Master… I, I beg you for something…" Ayesha said weakly.
"What is it? Tell me…" Zhou Ye asked with interest.
"Can, can you… give the captured Ayesha's clansmen to Ayesha to manage…" Ayesha became more careful when she said this, for fear of angering Zhou Ye, and hurriedly explained: "Ayesha definitely doesn't want to forgive these clansmen who offended you. Ayesha just wants to select some people from them to spread your greatness to the entire Sovereign race…"
"Oh?" Zhou Ye smiled and used his hand to hook Ayesha's chin, and asked: "Is that really so?"
"It's true, Ayesha is really to spread the glory of you, master…" Ayesha nodded quickly…
"That's really difficult…" Zhou Ye pretended to be embarrassed and said: "You must know that mining organic minerals in the Void Land requires a lot of labor, and the supervisors there have applied to me many times…"
"Master, compared to creating economic value for you, Ayesha will definitely make your glory shine throughout the Sovereign race… By then, the entire Sovereign race will let you ask for anything… Master." Ayesha begged.
"It's not that it can't be considered…" Zhou Ye pondered for a while, until he saw Ayesha's little face becoming more and more desperate, and then he gave her a big reversal…
"Really? Thank you so much, master, I thank the clansmen on behalf of the master…" Ayesha smiled. She really felt very happy at this moment, but obviously, she was a little too happy too early.
"I can give all those female Sovereign people to you to manage…" Zhou Ye said: "But those male Sovereign people can only mine in the Void Land…"
"Thank you for your mercy, master…" Although it was only some female clansmen, Ayesha was already very satisfied.
But all of this isn't without conditions…" Zhou Ye said, hooking Ayesha's little head closer to his lips, and whispering in her ear, "You have to do this… and this… and this…"
"Master—you're so bad…" Ayesha's face flushed red, knowing that she couldn't escape this fate after all, but she also wanted to try the different feeling that her master spoke of…
After a great battle, one naturally needs to relax. And what way of relaxing is more meaningful than disciplining Ayesha? Zhou Ye declared, there was none…
Chapter 478
At the edge of the Void Land—there stands a very peculiar building.
It is peculiar because you can't see any windows on this building. It is surrounded by a high wall, and the constantly flashing ionic sparks on the wall let people know its powerful might. It seems no one would want to try being struck by an ion stream.
From time to time, a team of Umbrella's Hell Paratroopers, piloting exoskeletons, marches past here in neat steps.
This is the prison that Umbrella has established in the Void Land.
Originally, it held the Devan Group's employees mixed in with the Void Land, but as Umbrella's biochemical laboratory in the Void Land was completed, the number of prisoners here became fewer and fewer… Of course, Zhou Ye would absolutely not admit that he used those guys as materials for human experiments. The official claim was that they had undergone labor reform, had thoroughly reformed themselves, and had completely severed ties with the Devan Group, and had been released…
As for where the released prisoners went? Zhou Ye said that they had legs, who knows?
And today, this prison, which had originally seemed empty, is once again overcrowded—
Only this time, the prisoners are no longer employees of the Devan Group, but a group of Sovereign people with golden skin.
"What will happen to us?" A Sovereign girl with a princess hairstyle looked uneasily at the cold and gloomy building in front of her… she asked in a trembling voice.
"I don't know… Maybe we will be sold off by these guys… Who knows?" A long-haired girl beside her replied, her voice filled with pessimism and despair… "You should know that in the galactic black market, the price of adult Sovereign women has always remained high."
"…Aren't those people… afraid of our Sovereign's revenge?" A short girl behind her asked naively.
"Don't be silly, Judy, even if we want revenge, we need a target…" The long-haired girl mocked her companion's ignorance. "Those buyers will definitely not give us a chance to contact our clansmen…"
"…" The short girl fell silent. She turned her head and looked around, then looked at her side… Perhaps her companion was right. All around her were female clansmen who had participated in this battle, and not a single male clansman had appeared here.
She even saw a friend who served on other motherships… But meeting here was obviously not something to be happy about. She was too lazy to greet her friend.
The entire group walked forward in silence. After being numbered, they were thrown into the prison. Because the prison was a little small, and there were too many prisoners this time, they had to live six people in one prison cell.
Some people sat silently on the iron bunk, perhaps reflecting on the reasons for the failure of this war, while others shouted and screamed… looking quite hysterical.
"I demand to enjoy the treatment of the Galactic Prisoner of War Convention… You are torturing prisoners… I want…" A beautiful girl finally couldn't help but grab the bars of the cell and shout loudly.
Judy knew this girl. Her name was Yolanda, and her father was a councilor. She usually seemed very arrogant. To be called arrogant by a fellow Sovereign clansman, one could imagine the girl's personality.
Yolanda's shouts quickly summoned a team of Hell Paratroopers…
"Hey, who's in charge here? I want to enjoy the treatment of the Galactic Prisoner of War Convention. According to the convention…" Before Yolanda could finish her words, a rod flashing with electric sparks poked her body…
In an instant, this arrogant girl trembled and fell to the cold ground. "I… I… I want to go…"
Obviously, the Hell Paratroopers had no interest in listening to her nonsense, and another rod x'ed over…
Yolanda couldn't say anything anymore… She had already fainted.
A team of Hell Paratroopers directly took their weapons, forced the other Sovereign girls in the prison cell back, and then carried Yolanda, who had been electrocuted on the ground, towards the outside of the prison.
"Hey… What do you want to do to Yolanda?" Although she didn't usually like this girl very much, Judy felt that she should fight for something for her fellow clansmen at this time, at least not let them take Yolanda away like this.
But the answer to her was two particle cannons flashing with destructive red light… and the cold gaze on the skull mask of the Hell Paratrooper.
Judy fell silent… She really wasn't ready to face death yet.
She just watched this team of Hell Paratroopers take Yolanda away. Watching the team of Hell Paratroopers who took Yolanda away, Judy finally couldn't help but slump to the ground. She had never hated herself so much, hated her weakness… hated her cowardice.
Was their Sovereign's perfect gene really that worthy of pride? Judy began to question the characteristics of her race… Perfect genes only gave them a higher starting point, but…
That was not the end…
Just as Judy began to doubt her life and reshape her values... Yolanda had already been taken to an empty room.
"..." In a daze, Yolanda saw a woman standing in the center of the room. Although she couldn't see her face clearly, her golden skin told her that this woman was also of her race, which made her relax a little before she completely fainted.
After an unknown amount of time—
Yolanda was awakened by a shout...
"Yolanda... Yolanda... my friend..."
"Who is it...?" Yolanda slowly opened her eyes, and what came into her view was someone she never expected to see. "Ayesha—how is it you? How could you be here... Oh, right, I'm being silly... You should have fallen into the hands of those thugs earlier than I did. Did they do anything to you?"
Ayesha smiled and shook her head, comforting her friend, "Don't worry, Yolanda, I'm doing very well... very well, even better than on Sovereign Star..."
"How is that possible...?" Yolanda widened her eyes in disbelief, and said, "Didn't those thugs abuse you?"
"Abuse..." Yolanda's words reminded Ayesha of the little games her master Zhou Ye played with her, and her cheeks instantly turned red... "It can't really be considered abuse... Although it was a bit painful at first, that was only at the beginning. Later, it felt very good..."
"...Ayesha, what on earth happened to you...?" Yolanda also noticed something at this time. Her friend Ayesha was not wearing Sovereign battle armor, nor Sovereign priestess robes, but clothing similar to that of the thugs who had captured them. "Did you join them? Did you betray the Sovereign? Did you betray the mother race that gave you perfect genes...?"
"No, Yolanda... I didn't betray the Sovereign." Ayesha explained, "I just found a higher goal for the Sovereign's evolutionary direction... I think our race's previous direction was wrong... We..."
"No... Ayesha, stop trying to justify yourself. You really betrayed our race..." Yolanda's face was filled with resentment. "Was the drone able to be controlled by these thugs because you leaked our top secrets to them? You traitor..."
Everyone always wants to find an excuse for their failure when in adversity. Obviously, Yolanda was no exception. She found an excuse for the Sovereign's failure... an excuse that they lost the war not because they weren't perfect enough.
"No... I didn't... I don't even know what the top secrets are..." Ayesha's explanation was useless. People only want to believe what they want to believe...
Looking at Yolanda's expression as if she had finally understood why they failed, Ayesha finally gave up arguing... Maybe her master was right, she really wasn't good at persuading people...
"So... the job of persuading them still has to be done by me..." Zhou Ye's figure appeared behind Ayesha. Like a puppy that had finally found its owner, Ayesha hugged Zhou Ye and burst into tears. "Master, you have to believe me, I really don't know the top secrets..."
Ayesha was nervous for the most part because of Zhou Ye. She was afraid that her master would believe Yolanda's words and think that she really had Sovereign secrets and didn't tell him. If Zhou Ye got angry, she wouldn't be able to handle it...
Chapter 479
"Alright, good girl, I believe you..." Zhou Ye gently stroked Ayesha's long hair, comforting her, while looking at the beautiful girl with princess-like hair, Yolanda.
Zhou Ye had to admit that, apart from their skin color, the Sovereign deserved their title of a race with perfect genes. At least, he had just patrolled the prison and didn't find a single ugly woman... Even the ugliest one was beautiful enough to make a living in the entertainment industry on Earth.
"Who are you? Who let you in...?" Looking at Zhou Ye, who suddenly appeared in the room, Yolanda asked unceremoniously, as if this were her boudoir and Zhou Ye was an uninvited intruder. Her matter-of-course tone almost made Zhou Ye laugh out loud...
Before Zhou Ye could speak, Ayesha, who had calmed down, turned her head and said, "He is my master, the future ruler of the Sovereign..."
For Ayesha, as long as Zhou Ye didn't doubt her and didn't abandon her, she didn't care about Yolanda's so-called traitor accusations. Zhou Ye's trust was far more important to her.
"Ha... Your master? Ayesha. You've really fallen..." Yolanda said disdainfully, "We Sovereign have no ruler... We didn't have one before, we don't have one now, and we won't have one in the future..."
"Yolanda, you..." Ayesha was about to speak, but Zhou Ye stopped her.
"Ayesha, let me do it..." Zhou Ye said with a smile.
"As you wish, Master..." Ayesha said respectfully, but she paused slightly and said somewhat uneasily, "Although Yolanda is one of the priestesses I chose for you... she hasn't been trained yet..."
Don't worry, I'm best at this kind of thing… Have you forgotten how you got here?" Zhou Ye laughed. The Sovereign race should be a little arrogant to be fun… If they were all as obedient as Ayesha, it wouldn't be fun… Isn't the joy of 'training' in this?
"Tra… ining?" Yolanda didn't understand the meaning of this phrase at all… But, she could tell that it wasn't a good word. With her arrogance, how could she not be angry?
Yolanda raised her head and shouted angrily, "How dare you! Who gave you the courage to 'train' a noble Sovereign?"
"Yes, that's the arrogant attitude. I hope you can keep it up…" Zhou Ye smiled and Force, force, force, force, force, force, force, force, force pressed towards Yolanda…
Ayesha saw Yolanda being forced into a corner by Zhou Ye, smiled slightly, and turned to leave the room… She believed that even with Yolanda's arrogance, she would soon become a docile kitten in her master's hands… This was her personal experience.
Ayesha gently closed the door as she left the room, turning a deaf ear to the sounds of clothes tearing, scolding, and screaming that came from inside… She knew exactly what was going to happen, after all, she had gone through this step herself.
Five hours later…
Ayesha opened the door with a smile after hearing no more sound from the room and walked in.
As she expected, her former friend, the arrogant Yolanda, had become a docile kitten nestled at her master's feet.
"Welcome to the Umbrella Divine Sect, Yolanda…" Ayesha smiled and extended her hand to Yolanda, who was still a little timid.
Yolanda wanted to reach out and slap Ayesha's hand away, after all, the two had just fallen out, and she didn't want to make up with this guy now.
"Hmm…?" Zhou Ye's light hum made Yolanda tremble involuntarily, and the hand that was about to slap Ayesha turned into a posture of shaking hands with Ayesha…
"That's right…" Ayesha smiled, "We are both Master's female slaves. Loving each other is in accordance with Master's wishes…"
As she spoke, Ayesha skillfully lay down and nestled at Zhou Ye's feet, in the same posture as Yolanda…
Seeing Ayesha's actions, Yolanda suddenly felt much more balanced…
"You must remember, Yolanda… Everything we have belongs to Master. Our glory, our bodies… Even our wills belong to Master…" Ayesha taught her junior with the attitude of someone who had been there.
"…" Yolanda wanted to refute, but seeing Zhou Ye's indifferent expression, she could only nod her head in grievance.
Three hours later—Yolanda was sent back to the prison where they were being held. Of course, this time she came back with a mission. She was to select qualified priest candidates for her master…
As for what constitutes a qualified priest candidate?
Zhou Ye said, first… beautiful, second… good figure… third… must be very arrogant.
Zhou Ye was already enjoying this training game…
It is estimated that it won't be long before all these Sovereign women will join the Umbrella Divine Sect founded by Ayesha under his call…
In fact, Zhou Ye had already decided on the organization of the twelve main priests and the high priest—waiting for Ayesha and Yolanda to help him choose them…
As for the girls who were not selected, don't worry. With Zhou Ye's integrity, how could he let them go? They will be the nuns of the Umbrella Divine Sect…
That's right, Zhou Ye didn't plan to accept men at all in the entire Umbrella Divine Sect, including future believers. Zhou Ye only wanted women… There's no way, is it silly to talk about integrity with a man who has a collecting habit?
As for the Sovereign men?
They must first be reviewed by the inspectors. What is the review about? Naturally, it is to review whether they have any technological information about the Sovereign race in their minds… Those with technological information will be sent to the laboratory for extraction.
Sovereign men without technological information are more miserable. They will wear explosive collars and become miserable slave miners in Knowhere—
No holidays, no salary, no entertainment activities, only enough food and fresh water to survive, and endless work… Zhou Ye likes this kind of free labor the most…
As for the time issue, Zhou Ye doesn't have to worry at all. He only needs to open the time barrier again to completely digest the war dividends in a very short period of time—
Umbrella is rapidly climbing its technology tree at a speed unimaginable to the outside world—the previous shortcomings will be filled one by one, as for the problem of not having resource stars… Zhou Ye is also working on a solution.
Developing a resource star is a very time-consuming and laborious task. First, it must be explored, and then an expedition team must be sent to conduct on-site inspections. After determining the resource reserves of the resource star, a mining team must be sent to mine. The entire process takes at least ten years.
But obviously, Zhou Ye doesn't have this time, and Umbrella can't wait this time.
So what is the best way? Naturally, it is to plunder… to plunder resource stars that others have already discovered, or even resource stars that have already begun to be mined.
At this time, Zhou Ye had already locked onto a target—a target that was both delicious and easy to digest.
Chapter 480
The Emperor—in the command hall.
Zhou Ye was studying the target he had chosen here at this time, but his current posture was not very dignified.
He was half-lying on the bodies of five Sovereign beauties,
letting their hands give him a full body massage. At his feet, there were also two Sovereign beauties gently placing his legs on their bodies, pressing his leg muscles.
Beside Zhou Ye's head was Ayesha, the former Sovereign priestess and now the high priestess of the Umbrella Divine Sect. She was gently hugging Zhou Ye's head and using her softest parts as a headrest for him, while Yolanda was sitting aside, obediently peeling a fruit, a specialty of Fida, similar to a walnut, and feeding it into Zhou Ye's mouth.
Including Ayesha and Yolanda, a total of thirteen Sovereign beauties formed the high-level members of the newborn Sovereign Umbrella Divine Sect. They were all personally trained by Zhou Ye, and each person's loyalty could be completely guaranteed.
In their minds, Zhou Ye was more important than everything, and everything they had belonged to Zhou Ye.
To be honest, Zhou Ye was finally shocked by the Umbrella Divine Sect created by Ayesha. The brainwashing nature of this religion was too strong. However, as a beneficiary, Zhou Ye had no reason to oppose Ayesha's creation of this divine sect.
Eating the fruit that Yolanda fed him with her mouth, Zhou Ye sighed comfortably. To be honest, this kind of enjoyable life really easily makes people lazy…
Fortunately, Zhou Ye still remembered what his purpose was. Looking at the pictures extracted from the minds of those Sovereign people played by the main brain in front of him, he fell into deep thought.
These pictures included all aspects of the Sovereign race, about politics, about the army, and even about technology… After watching these pictures, Zhou Ye could say that he knew their race better than some ordinary Sovereign people.
The Sovereign race—a race proud of having perfect genes. The technology they possess is considered to be upper-middle in the galaxy, and they have many resource stars.
In particular, their unique steel titanium battery technology has also made their race quite wealthy.
They have long abandoned the traditional means of procreating offspring. In their opinion, this method is backward and unscientific. All their people are produced through artificial cocoons after adjusting genes… This is also the origin of their pride in having perfect genes.
In the Sovereign race, natural childbirth is illegal…
Although this race can already be called a large race… However, they have no allies in the galaxy…
To ask why? That's really too simple and clear. Who would be willing to be friends with an arrogant race? Especially their irascible attributes make them have more enemies than friends.
Zhou Ye's goal of breaking through Umbrella's shortcoming of not having resource stars was set on the Sovereign race…
There's no way, who made the Sovereign race's combat power very strong for other countries, but for Umbrella, an enemy with special means to restrain them, it is too simple to capture them.
And the means that Umbrella specifically targets the Sovereign race are already being mass-produced, and tens of thousands of [Controllers]loaded with control modules are on their way here.
For Zhou Ye, which target is easier to conquer than the Sovereign Star? No…
No allies, strong technology, but the technology is restrained by himself, possessing more than 30 resource stars, enough to alleviate Umbrella's shortcomings… The Sovereign race is simply a big cake placed in front of Zhou Ye, undefended. What reason does he have not to pounce on it and take a bite? Moreover—Zhou Ye looked at these golden beauties around him. It's not easy to find a race with such high-quality girls.
"Milia—" Zhou Ye sighed, wanting to sit up straight. As soon as he moved, the Sovereign beauty behind him felt his thoughts and hurriedly helped him up gently.
"Waiting for your command, Overlord." The figure of Milia, the main brain of the Emperor, appeared in front of him.
"How long will it take for our Silver Star cargo ship to arrive?" Zhou Ye sighed and waved his hand, letting all the Sovereign beauties leave his side… He was afraid that if he continued to enjoy it like this, all his fighting spirit would be worn away…
The priestesses obediently bowed and retreated, leaving only Yolanda and Ayesha by Zhou Ye's side.
Sovereign, the Silver Star is passing through the fourteenth jump point and is estimated to arrive here in three cosmic hours," Milia replied.
"How is our troop increase plan progressing?" Zhou Ye asked.
"Sovereign, as of now, we have reached the standard wartime configuration." Milia reported, "The Valkyries have been increased to 30,000, and the Helljumpers have reached 50,000... If needed, we can produce troops beyond capacity."
"That's enough for now..." Zhou Ye sighed. He didn't plan on conquering the Sovereign race with just a few tens of thousands of people. The real trump card was yet to come.
"How is our research on viruses targeting the Sovereign race's genes going?"
Umbrella made its fortune with genetic viruses... How could Zhou Ye forget about this?
"The virus genetically modified to target the Sovereign race has been completely successful." Milia reported, "After testing on thousands of people, our developed Purifier virus has the advantages of rapid spread, strong concealment, and rapid onset. After being released on Sovereign Star, it is expected to enter a high-risk period of large-scale outbreaks in ten hours. After seventeen hours, Sovereign Star will become Umbrella's new headquarters."
As Milia spoke, a three-dimensional projection of Sovereign Star appeared in front of Zhou Ye. A dozen red dots appeared on it and quickly spread... Before long, the entire Sovereign Star turned into a red planet.
That dazzling red represented extinction and destruction—
"Not bad, not bad..." Zhou Ye nodded in satisfaction, while the two women beside him remained unmoved, as if it wasn't their home planet about to be destroyed...
To them, this was both extinction and rebirth. They were confident in building an even stronger Sovereign race on the newly born Sovereign Star, and they weren't without missions.
Their mission was to selectively rescue their own people under the protection of the Helljumpers at the peak of the virus outbreak... Uh, how to choose? It was obvious, the beautiful ones... the proud ones...
They were confident in turning these compatriots into their fellow believers and spreading Umbrella's divine light throughout the universe.
As for worrying about their safety? Not necessary at all. Since they dared to go down, they had naturally been injected with Umbrella's vaccine. Otherwise, how would they rescue their own people?
Afraid that the Sovereign race would be wiped out in the future? That was impossible... You should know that their people themselves were modified from artificial cocoons, and the Sovereign race's military stronghold, the gene bank, was one of Zhou Ye and his team's primary targets.
The Sovereign race would not be wiped out in the future, but... they would become a race without males. Their genes would be injected with genetic code loyal to Umbrella... They would become the first step in Umbrella's conquest of the universe, and a crucial one.
When facing other races, they could continue to be proud, but when facing Umbrella, they would have to lower their proud heads.
Zhou Ye, who had planned all of this, was waiting for his most important weapon to arrive...
Three hours later—
The Emperor's main AI, Milia, reported, "Sovereign, the Silver Star has arrived and has just joined our fleet."
"Then... let's set off..." Zhou Ye said spiritedly. "Let us completely conquer the Sovereign race."
"Your will." Hearing Zhou Ye sound the horn of war, Milia's eyes shone with dazzling light. She couldn't wait any longer... As the signal was transmitted throughout the fleet.
Soon, dozens of motherships of various shapes simultaneously began to jump, their target—the Sovereign homeworld.
Chapter 481
Two light-years away from the Sovereign homeworld, at the stargate jump point checkpoint—
Originally, stargates in the universe were public and no empire or race had the right to set up checkpoints here... Even the warlike Kree had not violated this rule tacitly accepted by various countries in the galaxy.
However, the Sovereign race set up a checkpoint here under the pretext that this stargate was too close to their homeworld to ensure the safety of their homeworld...
Fortunately, their checkpoint really only checked for passing combat motherships and did not conduct too strict inspections on merchant ships... Nor did it touch the interests of those galactic empires, so those empires acquiesced to this matter.
Today, Angus is performing routine inspection duties at this space stargate. He is the captain of a combat mothership—
Angus was quite dismissive of the task of guarding the stargate. For him, what he wanted to do most was not to come here to inspect these damned freighters... but to go to the front line to make contributions, gain military merits, and improve his position in the clan.
Sitting in his command room, Angus was bored looking at the outer starry sky. He was already tired of this star field... But his mission period was not over yet, and he had to stay here for another one hundred and thirty-six cosmic hours before he could return.
This was simply torture for him.
Watching one freighter after another pass through the sentry post set up by the mothership and then accelerate through another stargate. He was already drowsy from watching such a scene...
In fact, the so-called checkpoint was a circular three-dimensional light curtain drawn by sixteen small spaceships. All spaceships coming out of the stargate had to pass through this light curtain, just like airport security on Earth...
"Macy, is there any news from the front?" Angus, who was bored, asked his mothership's communications soldier.
"
Commander, there is no news from the front..." The communications soldier Macy thought for a while and said, "But I don't think there should be any major problems. After all, the first time our three motherships were destroyed was because the enemy ambushed near the stargate. This time we sent the First Fleet over... I guess those thugs would be so scared that they would pee their pants when they saw our mighty First Fleet, right?"
"I really envy those guys..." Angus sighed. In his opinion, it was an overkill to use the First Fleet to bully those thugs. If it weren't for the council's decision to use this incident to show off its military strength to the entire galaxy and deter some restless guys, it would be impossible to send the First Fleet to attack a small group of thugs occupying the Void Land.
This military operation has risen to the level of a political show, it is simply a guaranteed victory... It is really a good place to gain military merits.
You should know that in recent years, except for the Kree and the Shi'ar continuing their millennial war, other places are still very peaceful. In the military, in addition to accumulating qualifications, there is really no better way to get promoted, and this military operation is obviously a very good stepping stone, but unfortunately... it's not his turn.
Angus couldn't help but sigh again when he thought of this.
Just as Angus was thinking about finding something fun to do for himself, a burst of exclamations suddenly came from the command room—
"Oh my god—what the hell is that..."
"Which race's mothership is that... It's so big..."
"Not good... The weapons on their mothership are charging... Hurry, turn on the defense..."
Angus hurriedly stood up and looked out the window—
I saw an incomparably huge mothership had passed through the stargate... The ferocious muzzle on this triangular mothership was shining with a red light representing destruction—
"Tactical evasion————" Angus shouted.
But, it was too late... With a calculated move... Zhou Ye's Emperor had completed charging long ago.
"Destroy them." Zhou Ye looked at the Sovereign spaceship that could be called a mothership in front of him and said, "In order to keep the operation secret, don't leave anyone alive this time... Completely destroy them."
As Zhou Ye's order was issued.
The Emperor's nearly perverted ship-borne Forerunner Annihilation Cannon roared and aimed the destructive light at the Sovereign race's mothership—In an instant, the entire Sovereign race's mothership—disappeared, they directly disappeared into the universe, leaving only some debris floating in the universe to prove that they had indeed appeared here just now.
You should know that the Forerunner Annihilation Cannon can be said to be the highest technology of Umbrella now, and it is said that one shot can completely destroy a small planet, and the energy for one shot is enough for Zhou Ye to feel distressed for a long time.
Even when ambushing the Sovereign race's mothership at the stargate last time, Zhou Ye was reluctant to use it.
It was really because every time it was used, the service life of the fusion reactor on Zhou Ye's mothership was reduced by three years, but this time in order to keep the operation secret, Zhou Ye couldn't care so much...
After completely destroying the Sovereign's outpost mothership near the stargate, the Emperor left the stargate and left the place empty for other motherships that followed—Soon dozens of various motherships and more than a dozen various cargo ships also passed through the stargate one by one.
Of course, after the Emperor exited the stargate, it wasn't like it didn't do anything. The first thing it did was lock onto those freighters gathered near the stargate, issue a warning to them, and prohibit them from leaving here... At least stay here for twenty cosmic hours.
And must maintain radio silence, otherwise, they will face the Emperor's ruthless destruction.
How could those freighters not know that they were collateral damage... One by one, those who could run freighters in the galaxy to make a living were old fritters who had experienced wind and rain... They knew when to be obedient and when to resist.
Now is the time to be obedient...
Seeing that they had complied with the other party's orders, and the ferocious triangular mothership did not send landing ships to their cargo ships, those merchants felt a little more at ease... It is estimated that this time it was a false alarm, and even some captains were happily thinking that they would have new topics to talk about in the future, and there would be more topics to hook up with girls.
Soon, Zhou Ye's fleet completed its final assembly—leaving two motherships to watch over the merchants, the fleet sailed mightily towards the Sovereign's homeworld.
Zhou Ye stood on the command tower, looking at his fleet through the holographic 3D projection… The feeling of dozens of enormous motherships flying together was truly exhilarating…
However, Zhou Ye was not satisfied—because, apart from the Emperor, the other motherships were captured Sovereign motherships and Devan Group mercenary motherships… The entire fleet looked like a motley crew, giving Zhou Ye the feeling of a ragtag army.
But—soon, the time for Umbrella to take off had arrived. After occupying the entire Sovereign race this time, Umbrella would obtain sufficient resources, and new motherships would soon begin construction… By then, Umbrella would no longer need these ragtag motherships. They would be piloting Umbrella's own Star Destroyers across the entire galaxy.
Zhou Ye's eyes seemed to see through the barriers of space, seeing the Umbrella flag fluttering in the sky above the Sovereign's homeworld. His hands gently stroked Yolanda and Ayesha's golden hair on the left and right… "Execute the second phase of the mission, codenamed [Blockade]!"
"Your will, Master." Milia agreed excitedly and began to relay orders in front of Zhou Ye. "Attention all motherships, the first phase of the mission [Assault] has been successfully completed. Now, according to the established procedure, activate the second phase of the mission, codenamed [Blockade]."
"Ingrid understands, I will blockade the Olsen Stargate well." Ingrid's voice was transmitted to Zhou Ye's ears through the communication. "Darling, be careful…"
"Aleta understands, with me here, not even a fly will be able to pass through the Philly Stargate." Aleta's voice also came over. "Don't worry us, darling…"
"Don't worry, darlings, I am the safest…" Zhou Ye said, "You must also pay attention to safety. If things change, retreat to me quickly…"
"Wait for our victory news…" x2
The two women directly ignored Zhou Ye's words and cut off the communication… With their pride, how could they retreat to Zhou Ye's side in case of trouble? Fortunately, Zhou Ye had already arranged security forces around them early on.
As the two women cut off the communication, a dozen motherships slowly separated from the fleet and flew towards their respective predetermined targets on the left and right… They would be responsible for the task of blockading the stargates surrounding the Sovereign's homeworld…
Watching the figures of his two women leading their respective fleets away, Zhou Ye ordered: "Full speed ahead, target Sovereign Star—let us ignite the flames of Umbrella's rebirth there."
"Yes, Master!" Milia said excitedly: "Target Sovereign Star, everyone, full speed ahead."
Chapter 482
Sovereign Homeworld—Supreme Command:
"Commander, I think you should take a look at this…" A Sovereign female with a hurried expression handed a latest star chart to Augustus, the Supreme Commander of the Sovereign race, "This is the last image transmitted from the Ysard supply station… After transmitting this image, we completely lost contact with them…"
"Hmm?" Augustus took the star chart. The image above showed dozens of motherships sailing. His brow furrowed, and he asked, "Have we received any news from our Stargate checkpoints?"
"We have lost contact with all Stargate checkpoints…" The female Sovereign said helplessly: "I think they may have been completely captured…"
"Who exactly are these guys?" Augustus looked at the motherships on the star chart and couldn't help but mutter to himself.
It is said that the motherships of all countries that have entered interstellar civilization in the galaxy have their own unique shapes, such as the star-shaped motherships of the Nova Empire, and the heavy feeling of the Kree Empire's motherships… These are all caused by their unique technologies.
However, in this fleet, the shapes of the motherships are varied, and there are even Sovereign motherships… This made Augustus a little scratching his head. He was sure that the motherships in his clan had never been sold to the outside world… Except for the First Fleet sent out, the other motherships are parked in the airport…
But how did these Sovereign motherships appear in the opponent's fleet? Wait—the fleet sent out?
Augustus hurriedly stretched the image with his hand, zooming it to the maximum. At the edge of a Sovereign mothership, he saw the number of this mothership… v1-31…
v1 means it belongs to the First Fleet… 31 is its internal number in the fleet… This is the First Fleet sent out. God—the First Fleet was wiped out?
"Sound the highest-level alarm—I order all combat personnel to immediately end all vacations and enter a state of combat readiness… Activate the homeworld's protection device… Now, immediately, immediately…"
"But… sounding the highest-level alarm requires the authorization of the council…" The Sovereign female said hesitantly.
"I will bear all responsibility… Execute the order now." Augustus said urgently: "Now, open all shelters—evacuate all civilians… This is an order."
"Yes, Commander…" The Sovereign female seemed to be infected by the anxious emotions of her superior and ran out.
"I hope it's just a false alarm…" Augustus sighed softly and sat in his chair.
He already understood where this fleet came from… The group of thugs who occupied the Knowhere—the target of the council's political show… Now it seems that it is not as simple as a group of thugs…
…
Being able to capture so many Sovereign motherships… Obviously, their strength is not weak.
Fortunately, the Sovereign race chose not to do a live broadcast across the galaxy for this political show, because they wanted the Difan Group as cannon fodder, and then to obtain the fruits of victory without any losses... Otherwise, they would have been utterly humiliated this time.
The piercing alarm resounded throughout the Sovereign Star—all the motherships of the Second Fleet urgently ascended, tasked with intercepting Zhou Ye's fleet... After all, the Sovereign homeworld was their home, and they didn't want the flames of war to reach their land under any circumstances.
In the outer space of the Sovereign homeworld—Zhou Ye's fleet had already arrived.
In the command room of the Emperor, Milia was standing before Zhou Ye with her head lowered, like a child who had made a mistake, reviewing herself. "I'm sorry, Master, I was too rash... I didn't discover that temporary space supply station in advance..."
"It's alright, Milia."
Zhou Ye stood in front of the window, gazing at the beautiful planet before him... smiling as he watched the motherships ascending from the Sovereign Star... and said, "The completion of our initial mission was already beyond my expectations.
They would have discovered our arrival sooner or later, and having reached this point, all their resistance is futile."
"But Master..." Milia still wanted to review her mistakes again.
But Zhou Ye interrupted her. "Instead of wallowing in past mistakes, wouldn't it be better to face the current war properly? Milia..."
"Yes, Master."
Milia stood straight, solemnly stating, "Please give your orders, Master."
"Our surprise attack was to completely seal off this place... to prevent any information from leaking out... Now that all the stargates are sealed, the entire Sovereign Star is a turtle in a jar.
It's time to let them know... how ridiculous their resistance is in the face of Umbrella."
Zhou Ye paused here, and ordered, "Release all the [Manipulators], let these arrogant Sovereign people know how naive their proud technology is in our eyes..."
"Yes, Master."
Milia directly issued the order to the fleet through her main body. "Release all the [Manipulators]!"
Following the order, dozens of motherships simultaneously released tens of thousands of crystal urchin-like flying objects towards the Sovereign Second Fleet rushing towards them... This was Umbrella's secret weapon, the [Manipulators].
Faced with the manipulators released by Zhou Ye's fleet, the Sovereign Second Fleet also released their race's unique remote-controlled small aircraft without showing any weakness—in their view, the small aircraft controlled by their own race would definitely be able to smash these strange crystal urchins to pieces with ease...
But a scene that left them dumbfounded appeared... All the small aircraft, after approaching the crystal urchins, did not fire a single shot, but directly formed an escort formation around the crystal urchins... and flew directly towards their motherships.
And in the motherships, the pilots responsible for remote control also discovered that they could no longer control their fighters...
The distance between the two sides was not far, and the [Manipulators], under the protection of the Sovereign aircraft they controlled, rushed straight to the assembly point of the Sovereign Second Fleet, and soon... they reached the optimal manipulation distance.
The remaining process was to activate the defense systems inside the Sovereign motherships, and then, in the unbelievable gazes of those Sovereign officers and soldiers, swaggeringly, as if entering their own backyard, board their motherships...
The entire battle lasted twelve minutes.
Umbrella suffered one minor injury, because that manipulator was a little careless when boarding the ship and sprained his foot... And the Sovereign Second Fleet... was completely annihilated.
Sovereign Supreme Command—
Augustus stared blankly at the scene on the screen in front of him.
He couldn't understand why his fleet's fighters would be captured by the other side.
If it was because the other side had cracked the Sovereign race's fighter remote control mechanism... then why were the motherships also captured by the other side?
There was no remote control device on the motherships...
What exactly was going on?
Could it be that the Second Fleet collectively defected?
That was a bit too absurd...
"Activate the ground defense system... Temporarily prohibit the Third and Fourth Fleets from ascending..." Augustus ordered.
He didn't dare to send people to deliver food anymore... A Second Fleet was completely annihilated in the blink of an eye... How long could the Third and Fourth Fleets last if they were all sent out?
He had no idea in his heart.
Although he didn't know exactly why those fighters and motherships would be captured by the other side without resistance... but he thought it should be related to those strange crystal urchins—
But before he could figure out the mechanism of those things, Augusta didn't dare to send people to deliver food anymore... The Sovereign race only had four fleets in total... Two had already been lost... He didn't dare to send out the last two fleets.
On the other side, Zhou Ye was also happy that he was no longer sending people up to deliver food...
"According to the planned plan—" Zhou Ye looked at the air defense positions on Sovereign Star, which were on full alert, and the panicked crowds on the streets... revealing a sneer, "The extermination plan can begin..."
Chapter 483
"Initiate the extermination plan—!"
With Zhou Ye's order, all the motherships beside the Emperor, except for the Sovereign Second Fleet that had just been captured by the [Manipulators], dispersed... surrounding the entire Sovereign homeworld.
In the ground command post, Augustus looked at the strange movements of the other party's fleet and was confused.
"What exactly do they want to do?
Shouldn't they concentrate their superior forces to break through the ground defenses with all their strength and then land at this time?
Could it be that they want to land separately?
But doing so would be too stupid..."
In August's view, dispersed raids were the stupidest choice... If the enemy concentrated all their forces to break through at one point, and then used that point to expand the landing zone, he would really have a headache.
After all, it was impossible to concentrate all the anti-aircraft weapons on the planet at one point. If Zhou Ye really chose to land in a place with the weakest anti-aircraft defenses, then he would really be helpless.
Once the war reached that point, August planned to temporarily abandon the breached location and fully construct resistance fortifications around the enemy's landing zone... No matter what, he couldn't let the enemy expand the battlefield.
But right now, the enemy fleet's movements confused August... He could only order all ground troops to stand ready and defend their airspace... Currently, he could only respond to all changes with constancy.
Fifteen minutes later—
In the command tower of the Emperor flagship, Milia was reporting the progress of the operation to Zhou Ye. "Master, all the mother ships have reached the designated area."
"Then... let's begin, let us ignite this flame." Zhou Ye smiled and gently tapped the three-dimensional projection of Sovereign Star in front of him. A red dot appeared at the location he touched...
Following his order, all the mother ships simultaneously dropped a giant virus canister with a diameter of three meters towards Sovereign Star. When the virus canister passed through Sovereign Star's atmosphere, the firelight caused by its high-speed movement made the Sovereign people below feel nervous...
But later they discovered that these bombs looked impressive... But in fact, the damage caused was not serious. Only one bomb smashed into a residential building, killing a Sovereign person who couldn't dodge in time. Other than that, there were basically no casualties—
Just as the people on Sovereign Star felt fortunate that the bombs were not powerful, Zhou Ye smiled as he looked at the projection of Sovereign Star in front of him. On the three-dimensional image of Sovereign Star, which had been reduced countless times, red dots were emitting dazzling light...
From a distance, the entire Sovereign Star looked like a leper, with red spots all over its face, and these countless red spots were spreading outward over time...
"Ayesha, do you think these people of your race are rejoicing that I didn't drop a big bomb?" Zhou Ye glanced with interest at the close-up scenes of Sovereign Star that Milia was playing for him. On the street at one bombing point, the Sovereign people were hugging each other, jumping and shouting happily.
"Their stupidity is the cause of their death... Master." Ayesha sarcastically said to those people: "The future Sovereign race will be even stronger... These stupid people are only worthy of being stepping stones for the Master's rise."
"They are not worthy of bathing in Umbrella's glory in the coming new era, they deserve to die. Master." Yolanda was even more direct. "They have no need for salvation."
"Don't say that... you still have many people of your race worth saving." Zhou Ye said, smiling as he pointed his finger at a Sovereign woman singing on a display screen on the street, with a stunningly beautiful face, "For example—her."
"She is a famous singer on our Sovereign Star—Fiona, Master, your taste is as good as ever..." Ayesha said with a smile, snuggling against Zhou Ye's leg: "It is said that her singing can allow deaf people to hear sounds... But because the Sovereign race does not have deaf people, it is not known whether this rumor is true or false."
"She is known as the most perfect woman of the Sovereign race, and her supporters are all over the galaxy, Master." Yolanda also introduced the information she knew, not wanting to be outdone. "If it's her... she is barely qualified to serve you, Master."
"Interesting... I didn't expect that I would randomly pick the queen..." Zhou Ye said with a smile: "Ayesha, Yolanda... I'll give you a little extra task..."
"Your will is our mission, Master." The two women waited solemnly for Zhou Ye to give the order.
"Don't be so serious..." Zhou Ye gently patted his leg, "Come..."
When the two women saw Zhou Ye's actions, they knew what their master wanted. They obediently stood up one by one, sat on Zhou Ye's lap, snuggled against Zhou Ye's chest, waiting for Zhou Ye to give them orders.
"I want this woman—after you go down, your primary task is to find her for me, and then bring her to me." Zhou Ye gently stroked the two women's slender waists and said: "For intelligence support, you can directly consult Milia. I think by then, Milia will have collected enough information for you to find her."
"Yes, Master—" x2
"Then now, let us celebrate—Umbrella's rebirth, and the Sovereign race's rebirth..." With the plan progressing to this point, Zhou Ye had already seen the ending, there was no suspense... He planned to play with some romance, for example, watching the destruction of the Sovereign race while playing with a woman of the Sovereign race...
Ayesha and Yolanda looked at each other, revealing charming smiles on their faces. One was responsible for the top, and the other was responsible for the bottom... They began to carry out the orders given by their master... This was already easy for them.
On the other side—on Sovereign Star, August was anxiously waiting for the test results—
He wouldn't be as naive as the other Sovereign people, thinking that the other party had thrown a dud, and rejoicing in his luck.
As soon as Zhou Ye dropped the bomb, August issued an interception order, although the gains were minimal... But, he still sent troops to collect the scattered remains of the poison canisters on the ground and sent them to the Sovereign race's laboratory for testing...
Their advancements in genetic technology far surpassed those of the Sovereign people. The gene virus they cultivated specifically targeting the Sovereign gene was detected… but they were completely helpless.
Destruction is always faster than construction. The time required to cultivate a virus is calculated in units of ten years, while the time required to develop a vaccine to crack this virus… needs to be multiplied by two on that basis.
The Sovereign people don't have a cheat device like Zhou Ye… They possess superb genetic technology, but they are helpless against this virus targeting their genes… They only have ten hours left.
Augustus dragged his exhausted body out of the Supreme Council's meeting hall. Just now, at the emergency meeting, he proposed surrendering to the other side immediately… His proposal was completely rejected by the councilors.
Those councilors clamored to coexist and die with Sovereign Star… to fight until the last Sovereign person.
"A bunch of idiots…" Augustus muttered, "What do we have to fight them with? All the fighters can't take off… Taking off will turn them into the enemy's combat power… Even if some manage to escape by chance, they won't be able to cross the star gate and will eventually be lost in the vast universe. We are now just a pet in their cage… They can slaughter us whenever they want, it's just a matter of time…"
Looking at the uneasy clansmen on the street… Augustus sighed. The council concealed the matter of Zhou Ye releasing the gene virus canisters, using the excuse of not wanting to further stir up public anxiety…
But if there is no action taken… these people will probably be unable to escape death. Augustus shook his head, perhaps the Sovereign people really should experience a phoenix nirvana to be completely reborn… The councilors are too old, living in the glory of the past and refusing to wake up.
They never know that time is passing, and all races in the galaxy are desperately evolving themselves for survival… but these old guys are indulging in the glory of the perfect race of the past. Now it seems, they are far from being a perfect race…
Augustus walked unsteadily towards his home. Because of his surrender proposal, he has been stripped of his supreme command by the council, and he is now just an ordinary Sovereign person…
Chapter 484
Six hours after Zhou Ye's mothership released the virus canisters—
On the Sovereign homeworld, the virus has begun to erupt—
In the underground shelters, Sovereign people are lying on the ground groaning everywhere. The perfect genes that were modified before birth gave them a constitution that never gets sick, so the Sovereign people have long since eliminated the product of such a backward system as hospitals. They only have gene modification centers.
But obviously, in this situation, the gene modification center cannot play any role. All Sovereign people suffering from the virus can only lie on the ground groaning, unable to get any help from the outside world.
This gene virus makes their whole body muscles weak, like suffering from osteomalacia, unable to stand up…
Some Sovereign people with slightly stronger resistance, whose viruses are still in the incubation period, looked at these clansmen struggling painfully on the ground, their hearts filled with fear and unease… They only know that their homeworld has been attacked, and they know nothing else.
In their minds, these enemies should soon be defeated and crushed by their invincible fleet. Even to be beaten to the enemy's homeworld, plundering everything they have in the name of war.
But reality slapped them hard in the face.
Their proud fleet failed… The ground air defense weapons did not play any role. All they can do is hide in underground shelters, shivering and praying for the arrival of peace.
On the other side, on the ground of the Sovereign homeworld, thousands of orbital landing ships landed on the Sovereign homeworld without encountering any resistance.
Sher District—
This is the gathering area for the Sovereign aristocracy—in Earth terms, it is an upscale community.
In this beautiful community, live the privileged people of the Sovereign race, and Fiona, the Sovereign singer whose reputation resounds throughout the galaxy and is known as the treasure of the Sovereign race, lives here.
At this time, she was at home, taking care of her sick best friend while anxiously waiting for rescue.
Today was originally an ordinary day for her. She didn't receive a singing invitation, so she rarely had a day off. So, taking advantage of this opportunity, Fiona called her best friend, wanting to get together with her friend and go on a tour of the Quadstar.
But unexpectedly, just as they got into their private spacecraft, they received news that their homeworld was under attack, and all spacecraft were prohibited from taking off.
Fiona had no choice but to take her friend back home again.
Turning on the TV, they saw the joint speech of the Sovereign Speaker and the High Priest, calling on all Sovereign people to take up arms to resist the invaders.
The clever Fiona felt from it that in this war, the situation of the Sovereign race was not optimistic. Just when Fiona, under the encouragement of her two passionate best friends, picked up her self-defense weapons and planned to defend her homeworld… her best friend fell.
This was a symptom that Fiona had never seen before, with convulsions all over her body, a clear consciousness, but unable to respond to her calls… This symptom, even Fiona, who claimed to have traveled all over the galaxy, had never seen.
Helpless, Fiona could only put down her weapon, pick up the communicator, and ask for help—she couldn't abandon her best friend.
But—what awaited her wasn't government aid—but a group of individuals clad in black exoskeletons, their faces hidden behind skull masks.
"Who are you? What do you want?" Fiona demanded, raising her weapon to aim at them. These individuals in strange mechanical exosuits were clearly not Sovereign government personnel, and Fiona heightened her vigilance.
"Fiona—the jewel of the Sovereign race, the Galaxy's Songstress… Not bad, my luck is truly good." A Sovereign woman in white priestly robes emerged from behind the Hell Paratroopers.
"You're Sovereign? Why are you with them?" Although Fiona didn't know who the Hell Paratroopers were, linking it to the speech the Speaker had just given, and the Hell Paratroopers' fully armed state—she immediately understood. "You're a traitor to the Sovereign race… You're actually helping these invaders."
"No, I'm only betraying the corrupt council. Everything I'm doing is for the Sovereign race to stand at an even higher peak of madness in the future," Yolanda retorted.
"All your explanations are so pale. You betrayed the Sovereign race…" Fiona shouted, unable to contain her anger.
"Forget it, explaining this to you is completely useless…" Yolanda said, then told the Hell Paratroopers behind her, "This is the person the master specifically requested, capture her alive… but don't harm her."
"Yes."
The leading Hell Paratrooper squad leader acknowledged and waved his hand, leading his subordinates to surround Fiona…
"Don't even think about it—!" Fiona shouted angrily, raising her weapon to fire at the Hell Paratroopers, but to her disappointment, her weapon, which was powerful enough to kill a giant beast, only slightly slowed the Hell Paratroopers' advance… In the end, she was still captured alive.
"Soon, you'll be able to see my master… Happy or not?" Yolanda slowly walked up to Fiona, whose hands were bound behind her back, and smiled, "Perhaps in the near future, you'll become one of us."
"Pah—!" Fiona's response was a mouthful of spit.
"Such a crude act… I really don't know how our Sovereign race produced an anomaly like you." Yolanda tilted her head, easily dodging Fiona's sudden attack.
"You're not qualified to call yourself Sovereign, you're not worthy." Even as a captive, Fiona didn't change her fiery nature.
Yolanda completely ignored Fiona's provocation. Instead, she turned to look at Fiona's two best friends, who were lying on the sofa unable to move. Clearly, the virus in their bodies had already begun to take effect.
"What are you going to do to the Phili sisters? I'm the one you want to catch, let them go…" Fiona said anxiously when she saw Yolanda suddenly become interested in her best friends.
"Such rare identical twin sisters…" Yolanda smiled as she looked at the sisters, and then looked at Fiona… This Fiona seemed to care a lot about her friends, a good material, at least helpful for the master to tame this little cat.
Thinking of this, Yolanda ordered, "Take these sisters away too… but keep them separated from Fiona…"
"Yes."
Several Hell Paratroopers stepped out of the ranks, directly lifted up the immobile sisters, and escorted Fiona out… They would send Fiona and the twin sisters to Zhou Ye's mothership.
Chapter 485
Fiona, escorted by two Hell Paratroopers, walked out of her home.
The scene along the way made her widen her eyes in disbelief… Only to see that her usually elegant neighbors were now either lying on the ground like her best friends, convulsing, or being beaten black and blue by soldiers wearing the same equipment as the guys escorting her… She even saw dozens of clansmen already lying in pools of blood.
The occasional explosions in the distance, and the strange warplanes flying everywhere in the blood-red sky… made the entire Sovereign Star seem like hell.
"You… who exactly are you people?" Fiona noticed a detail. Whether it was the warplanes flying in the sky or the soldiers escorting her, they all had an umbrella-shaped symbol composed of red and white, obviously, this was the symbol of an organization or a country. But she had no impression of this symbol at all…
Because she had been invited by many empires, Fiona was relatively knowledgeable about the large organizations in the galaxy, but she couldn't recognize which organization this symbol belonged to at all. Being able to invade her home star was definitely not something a small organization could do. Obviously, this organization must be very large…
"…" The Hell Paratrooper escorting Fiona glanced at her, ignoring her. Fiona's question was as if they hadn't heard it.
"I'm asking you a question… Are you people from the Quark race?"
The Quark race, an intelligent race in the galaxy, their race is known for being taciturn. In fact, they don't communicate through language, but through the tiny antennae on their palms to exchange pheromones. At some point, in the galaxy, the Quark race became synonymous with mutes.
"Mind your identity, prisoner." The Hell Paratrooper escorting Fiona obviously knew this allusion. She stopped and glared at Fiona, saying in a cold tone, "You better pray that the Overlord takes a fancy to you, otherwise, I will pray to the Overlord to reward you to me. When you fall into my hands, I don't mind letting you know what hell is like…"
Looking at the Hell Paratrooper whose eyes were emitting inches of red light, Fiona fell silent… She couldn't see any emotion in the Hell Paratrooper's eyes, only cold killing intent.
During the rest of the journey, Fiona cooperated obediently. The fact that she didn't commit suicide immediately after being captured indicated that her deepest desire for survival was still very strong.
In fact, she didn't walk for long. Soon, Fiona, escorted by the Hell Paratroopers, arrived at an open space... This place used to be a shopping center plaza. But now, the bustling scenes of the past were gone... Replaced by a heavily guarded temporary construction site.
After being scanned by the sentries at the entrance, the Hell Paratroopers escorting Fiona were allowed to enter the construction site... Fiona was also fortunate enough to become the first person on Sovereign Star to enter an Umbrella construction site.
Here, Fiona saw Hell Paratroopers marching in neat steps, descending from the rear cargo hold of a huge shuttle. Through the masks they hadn't had time to put on, Fiona discovered that the people operating the mechanical exoskeletons were actually beautiful women. Although they were all women, Fiona didn't dare to underestimate them...
Because these Hell Paratroopers all had firm expressions, and their eyes were filled with undisguised excitement. Obviously, they were excited about the upcoming battle... This was something Fiona couldn't understand. Why would anyone like war?
With such questions, Fiona was taken by the Hell Paratroopers onto an orbital shuttle that had already unloaded its Hell Paratroopers and was about to return. She knew she was going to see the Sovereign mentioned by those people.
Who exactly was the Sovereign who specifically asked for her? What was his purpose in wanting her? Fiona didn't dare to guess... But, vaguely, her heart was telling her that this was definitely not a good thing...
With uneasy feelings, Fiona's shuttle arrived in the outer space of Sovereign Star... Here, she saw the Emperor-class mothership, the culmination of Umbrella's technology.
This... is this really a mothership? Isn't this a city built in space?
Fiona was already frightened by the ferocious behemoth before her. Even the Nova-class mothership, recognized as the largest in the galaxy by the Nova Empire, was laughable compared to this giant ship, like a child's toy.
When the shuttle flew closer to the Emperor, Fiona observed the giant ship at close range and felt its terror even more. Countless gun muzzles were densely packed on its body... This was simply a space fortress.
It wasn't until the shuttle flew into the Emperor's hangar that Fiona woke up from the shock...
She was silently escorted by the Hell Paratroopers onto a high-speed elevator. The elevator slowly started, and the speed became faster and faster... Through the elevator's viewing window, Fiona saw the fleeting scenery outside. There were countless fighters ready to go... All of them had the umbrella-shaped logo on their tails.
Five minutes later, the elevator stopped... At the elevator door, Fiona saw a group of women dressed in white, who seemed to have been waiting for them here for a long time.
"This is Fiona, the Sovereign race's songstress, whom the Sovereign specifically requested." The Hell Paratrooper captain in charge of escorting her gave a military salute to the woman and said.
"Indeed, we have received the Sovereign songstress Fiona." The leading woman returned a military salute and smiled, "Thank you so much, Captain Wendy."
"It is our honor to serve the Sovereign." Mentioning the Sovereign, Wendy's eyes couldn't help but reveal a fanatical gaze that made Fiona feel terrified... Fiona didn't doubt at all that if the so-called Sovereign ordered Captain Wendy to commit suicide, she would carry out the order without hesitation.
Watching Captain Wendy, who had escorted her here, turn around and leave without hesitation... Fiona even felt a little reluctant. It wasn't that she was reluctant to leave the cold Captain Wendy, but... Captain Wendy's departure meant that she was getting closer and closer to her unknown fate.
"What exactly does your Sovereign want to do with me?" Fiona finally couldn't help but ask, after all, these women seemed easier to talk to than the cold Hell Paratrooper captain.
"A good thing." The Valkyrie handmaiden was right. Their sisters dreamed of climbing onto their Sovereign's bed and taking this as their lifelong goal...
"Hopefully it's a good thing..." Fiona murmured. Whether it was a good thing or a bad thing... she was already like meat on a chopping board, at the mercy of others...
"Before that, you need to take a bath first." The Valkyrie said, unlocking the shackles on Fiona's hands. She wasn't worried about this girl attacking her at all... Of course, this stemmed from her superhuman strength.
"How are my sisters?" Fiona couldn't help but ask.
"They are receiving treatment... After all, the virus in their bodies has already broken out. Unlike you, you only need to go through the immunity gate." The Valkyrie explained.
"Immunity gate? What is that?"
"It's the door you passed through when you got off the shuttle, spraying medicinal mist." The Valkyrie smiled and pushed Fiona, who had turned into a problem child, into a luxuriously decorated bathroom, "Okay, I'll give you fifteen minutes to wash yourself clean, or I'll help you... Believe me, that's definitely not a pleasant experience."
Chapter 486
Emperor - Command Tower -
Zhou Ye was sitting in his seat, looking at the three-dimensional projection of Sovereign's homeworld in front of him, which had been covered with a layer of dazzling red. It showed that the virus had spread to every corner of the planet.
However, Zhou Ye's expression did not relax—after all, there were still four companion stars not far from the Sovereign homeworld. These four companion stars were not originally part of the Sovereign homeworld but were moved to its vicinity by the Sovereign race using technological means.
The four companion stars were transformed by the Sovereign race into their industrial hubs and recreational venues. They also used the gravitational waves generated between these closely spaced stars to produce energy for their use.
Zhou Ye didn't attack them initially, but first surrounded the Sovereign star because all of the Sovereign's fleets were stationed there. Crippling the homeworld was equivalent to a major victory.
Of course, Zhou Ye wasn't completely unprepared for them. Between the homeworld and Ring 1, Ring 2, Ring 3, and Ring 4, Zhou Ye had set up three lines of defense with Controllers as the main force and Motherships as support… to guard against them causing trouble at a crucial moment.
Now that the extermination plan for the homeworld was nearing completion, it was time to consider taking those four ring stars.
Although the Sovereign population on those four ring stars was less than one-tenth of the homeworld's population, Zhou Ye didn't have the habit of leaving loose ends.
"Master, your after-dinner dessert has arrived…" Just as Zhou Ye was considering what to do, the voice of the main AI, Milia, interrupted his thoughts.
"My after-dinner dessert?" Zhou Ye asked, puzzled. "What is it?"
"It's the Sovereign songstress you personally requested…" Milia said, then suddenly paused. "Master, the commander of defense line A1 reports that small spacecraft launched from the Sovereign homeworld are attempting to force their way through their defense line. He asks if you want to intercept them?"
"Of course, intercept them… Wait—" Zhou Ye stopped speaking and carefully looked at the 3D map in front of him. He saw a small red dot flying towards Sovereign Ring 1… He smiled, "Tell the defense line commander to let them pass… And in the future, do not intercept any spacecraft departing from the Sovereign homeworld. Let them go to their ring stars—"
"…This, why is that, Master?" Milia asked curiously.
"These guys must have already been infected with the gene virus, but they are still in the incubation period… Letting them pass is to help us take down the four Sovereign ring stars…" Zhou Ye said, pointing to the inconspicuous red dot between the homeworld and Ring 1. "They are our vanguard for taking the four ring stars without bloodshed…"
"What if they don't fly towards the ring stars?" Milia asked.
"Anyway, they're doomed once they're infected with the virus. Besides, I've already blocked the surrounding stargates. Where can they run? The nearest other stargates are millions of light-years away. Do they dare go there?" Zhou Ye laughed. He was in a good mood now. The surprise those escapees brought him saved him a lot of trouble.
"Congratulations, Master, the problem that has been bothering you has been solved," Milia said with a smile. She knew that these four closely spaced planets had always troubled Zhou Ye. When setting the battle plan initially, Zhou Ye had a headache over these four ring stars.
It wasn't that he hadn't considered the possibility of escapees from the homeworld, but the probability was too small. In Zhou Ye's opinion, a qualified government would definitely seal off the planet in such a situation, leaving a glimmer of hope for survival for the people on the other four planets.
But now it seemed that the Sovereign race's ruling figures weren't very good… Even the least likely scenario had occurred. This saved Zhou Ye a lot of trouble… It wasn't that Zhou Ye didn't want to attack five planets simultaneously, but he simply didn't have enough troops… What Umbrella currently possessed was all they could muster… After all, the gap between an organization confined to one place and a race that had long entered the interstellar era was measured in light-years.
If Zhou Ye didn't happen to have the means to restrain the Sovereign race's fighters, he really wouldn't have dared to let Umbrella attempt such a David-and-Goliath feat. It might have led to indigestion.
Having solved one problem, Zhou Ye was in a great mood… He then remembered what Milia had just said. "You said the songstress I wanted has arrived?"
"Yes, Master. Fiona is waiting for your summons outside the door," Milia said with a smile.
"Let her in. Let me see just how beautiful the Sovereign race's treasure truly is," Zhou Ye said, stretching languidly in his chair.
"As you wish, Master," Milia said, waving her hand slightly.
The door of the command hall opened, and a stunningly beautiful golden-haired woman wearing a long black dress walked in. It was Fiona, after her bath.
"Why invade our homeworld…?" As soon as Fiona walked in, she angrily questioned Zhou Ye. "Invader… Executioner… Murderous maniac… Pervert…"
In short, Fiona hurled every word she could think of to describe brutality at Zhou Ye.
"Bold!" The Valkyrie standing behind Fiona was scared out of her wits. This girl had been obedient just now, but how did she suddenly become like this? She couldn't imagine what her Master would look like in a rage.
"Ignore her. Let her continue…" Zhou Ye waved his hand, stopping the Valkyrie who wanted to subdue Fiona. He was in a good mood now, and facing the furious golden-haired kitten, Zhou Ye found it amusing…
"Yes, Master." The Valkyrie tactfully retreated.
Zhou Ye watched with interest as this stunning golden-haired girl used all the languages known to intelligent species in the galaxy to scold him. Through the translator, Zhou Ye knew that she was basically saying the same thing over and over: that he was an inhuman executioner.
Fiona spoke for a full ten minutes, finally exhausting all the vocabulary in her belly… In the end, she said fiercely, "You can just die with that thought of yours. I will absolutely not dedicate even a single word of song to you, the executioner…"
"Pfft—" Zhou Ye almost laughed. Did this girl really think he specifically asked for her to listen to her sing? But on second thought, it made sense. The Sovereign race, who had abandoned traditional reproductive knowledge, had no idea what kind of things could happen between a man and a woman.
"What are you laughing at?" Fiona asked, displeased, looking at Zhou Ye's smiling face.
"I'm laughing… that you will obediently dedicate your singing to me…" Zhou Ye said, walking towards Fiona. "And it will be a song exclusively for me…"
"You're dreaming… Wuwu…" Fiona's words were cut short as Zhou Ye completely blocked her mouth… Zhou Ye would soon teach her how to sing a beautiful and wonderful song that belonged only to him…
Chapter 487
Three days later—
The entire Sovereign home planet and the four companion stars, Ring 1, 2, 3, and 4, had become a ghost realm.
The five originally brightly lit planets were now pitch black. Only a few scattered lights pitifully dotted them, and those were the defensive zones established by the Umbrella landing forces. Now, all Sovereign people, except those who had joined the Umbrella God Sect, had been completely destroyed.
It could be said that the original perfect race now only had a few hundred thousand Sovereign people from the Umbrella God Sect left.
Zhou Ye stood in front of the window, looking at the silent planet before him, feeling a slight sense of emotion… War, after entering the interstellar era, had become even more cruel. Rather than being destroyed by others, Zhou Ye preferred to destroy others.
"Master…" Fiona picked up Zhou Ye's clothes and gently draped them over his shoulders. She asked softly, "When will the New Life Project begin?"
"It's time to start…" Zhou Ye said, pulling Fiona into his arms. "Let's go, it's time to start our New Life Project…"
"Of course, Master." Fiona said, breaking free from Zhou Ye's embrace, turning around and waking up her two best friends, Fili and the Julie sisters, who were still sleeping on the couch. "Fili, Julie, it's time to get up…"
"Master, please spare us…" Half-asleep, Fili was still begging for mercy… One could imagine how intense the battle just now had been.
Fiona rolled her eyes when she heard Fili's sleep-talking and said directly, "Master is leaving… and doesn't want you anymore…"
"No… Master, we can still handle it…" With Julie's exclamation, the two women were completely awake. "Fiona?… Can't you let us rest a little longer… Master pities you, so he lets you go every time you beg for mercy, but we're exhausted…"
"It's not that I won't let you rest…" Fiona blinked her eyes innocently and said, "Master is going to land on Sovereign Star. Are you going to accompany Master or wait here?"
"Of course, we're going to accompany Master…" The Fili sisters said in unison, hurriedly getting up and starting to put on their clothes…
Half an hour later—
The Sovereign Star's largest airport was heavily guarded, and tens of thousands of beautiful young women wearing golden priest robes were waiting anxiously here. They were all new members of the Umbrella God Sect. Between life and death, they chose life.
All they knew was that joining this sect would give them the right to survive… They could live… Between life and death, they chose to bow their heads and live.
And the priests of the Umbrella God Sect did keep their word. After joining the sect… each of them received a pill. After taking this pill—they no longer experienced the same situation as those around them.
And now, they were arranged here by the priests to wait and welcome their only master, the supreme master of the Umbrella God Sect. Their hearts were uneasy… They didn't know what this master, who had invaded their homeland, would do to them.
They didn't have to wait too long—a luxurious medium-sized spaceship steadily stopped in front of them. And the High Priest Ayesha, who led them here, quickly stepped forward and embraced a handsome young man who had just walked out of the cabin door.
"Master, welcome to Sovereign Star," Ayesha said excitedly.
"Ayesha, thank you for your hard work." As soon as Zhou Ye got off the spaceship, he saw tens of thousands of Sovereign girls standing on both sides, holding unknown bouquets to welcome him. He knew that these were all Ayesha's missionary achievements.
"Not at all, for Umbrella, for the Sovereign race, Ayesha is not tired at all." Ayesha lowered her head and said respectfully, "Please allow Ayesha to introduce this planet to Master."
"Of course." Zhou Ye nodded with a smile.
Ayesha directly took Zhou Ye and the Fiona women behind him and transferred to a Sovereign flying vehicle, flying towards a semi-circular temple.
This used to be the Sovereign race's temple, but now it has become the headquarters of the Umbrella God Sect.