Chapter 787 - 377: The First Shot (Part 2)

The warship that hadn’t been active for years was preserved exceptionally well. Its colossal body re-energized and started up again, a process as smooth as ever, betraying not the slightest ripple, as if it were the best-performing military warship in the world. As the warship flew halfway to its destination, three linked planets gradually disconnected, and Su Jiameng contacted the vanguard coldly, saying, "The siege plan begins!"

Almost at the moment of disconnection, all three artificial ecological zones of Po Jun Star fell into a state of panic! The regional network was forcibly interrupted by some force, and not only that, but programs related to mecha also fell into an unexplained paralysis.

"What the hell is going on? Just what happened... I pay a lot of tribute money every year, damn it, and now there’s a network outage? Are they asking for trouble?" Quite a few burly men came out of their houses, cursing, bare-chested.

"Quickly activate the city’s emergency system, I was just having a good chat with the little beauty and got kicked offline all of a sudden, is this looking for a beating?"

"Damn it, what on earth are they doing? Why is there a network outage, and even the electrical energy system is having problems..."

Many people vented their frustration, but this didn’t stop the regional network from remaining paralyzed. The city managers tried to launch the emergency system urgently, but the usually reliable emergency system was also under attack; no matter how many times they tried, they couldn’t restore it to normal.

In the interstellar era, both the interstellar network and the small-scale regional network affect countless aspects of life. Things like credit point transactions online, business operations, grocery shopping, travel, leisure, and entertainment—all are covered.

That’s why Su Jiameng previously said that leaving the network would leave people from Future Interstellar stranded, and it wasn’t just sensationalism.

This panic spread like a virus, quickly infiltrating every corner. Yet, this wasn’t the worst—it was only because they were all criminals with very strong mental resilience that they soon temporarily snapped out of their brief panic.

"Damn it, who the hell did this? We can’t send any messages, the brain signals can’t be sent out at all!" Sharp cries, hoarse curses, and uninterrupted oaths rose and fell, making the place noisier than usual.

"Damn, there’s a problem with the electrical energy system, and even the artificial ecological zone’s defense shield has been affected..." The city management’s technical personnel looked blue in the face, staring at the monitoring screen running on residual power.

The virtual-entity defense shield was changing from blue to green and then flickering with red spots, a sign that the energy was running out and it’s about to go dormant and disintegrate! The city’s energy system and the defense shield have separate energy supplies, but now there’s a problem with both... When the artificial ecological zone temporarily disappears, although people won’t die, they will experience discomfort!

"Who on earth could have acted so ruthlessly and swiftly..." The city manager raged. Both the city’s energy system and the defense shield’s energy points are located in the city center, heavily protected, impossible for outsiders to invade, let alone create such a large-scale impact in such a short time. It almost... almost seems like there’s an internal ally assisting!

Of course, is there an internal ally? Naturally, the answer is no, but when the garrison corps takes down Po Jun Star, perhaps there will be! Su Jiameng watched the decreasing distance on the screen and smiled faintly, calmly saying, "About to enter the atmosphere, everyone get ready!"

The vanguard completed the mission more efficiently than she had expected, completely surpassing her initial expectations.

Liang Xiaonuo, holding the latest files, adjusted her combat-assisting smart glasses and said nonchalantly, "The vanguard has completed the mission perfectly, but the interference will only last for eight hours and thirty-one minutes..."

Su Jiameng crossed her arms and smiled, "Eight hours, huh? That’s more than I initially expected."

Thanks to the Plane Store, she discovered that blending minerals from a certain Ore Plane with Chongming Ore creates an unexpectedly powerful effect, multiplying the power of the Chongming Ore itself hundreds to thousands of times, and consequently inadvertently stalling the opponent’s energy system.

Liang Xiaonuo glanced at the smartwatch on her wrist and said, somewhat helplessly, "If there’s nothing more here, I’ll go and stand by with the vanguard combat troops. After all, I’m also one of the original five comrades, I can’t let Theo and the others outdo me."

Liang Xiaonuo herself is quite battle-hungry, but teaming up with even more battle-hungry comrades, she feels rather overwhelmed.

Fortunately, Cui Hu is the Commander and generally doesn’t easily go to the battlefield for mecha fistfights, and Cui Hu’s golden partner was taken to be a brother-in-law by the Shelier siblings, leaving him alone and less inclined to leave the command room.

"Go ahead, may you return victorious!"

Su Jiameng smiled and wished her well, watching her turn and leave, then raised her hand to contact Cui Hu, saying to him in the other command room, "You can start dismantling the warship, we’ll advance together, but be sure to proceed with caution. If you can’t handle it, don’t force yourself, I’ll speed things up on my end."

Cui Hu, though a professional commander, was genuinely leading a war for the first time, having missed the opportunity to deal with the Green Wolf Star Thief Alliance before. Now, he could finally indulge in being a commander.

He saluted and said loudly, "Following orders to the letter, Lieutenant General."

After ending the communication, the main command room resounded with a synthetic female voice, cold and devoid of any emotion.

[The No. 0074 warship will execute the twin disassembly command, which will be executed in thirty seconds. All relevant personnel, please evacuate the Vacuum Road immediately. Reiterating, the No. 0074 warship will execute the twin disassembly command, which will be executed in thirty seconds. All relevant personnel, please evacuate the Vacuum Road...