The Seventh Base - Chapter 1269 28: Threat

Morris stared ahead, the main battleships lined up, a hint of madness in his eyes, and ordered: “Fire.”

As soon as the words fell, all the warships simultaneously aimed at the Base Starship, and in an instant, the Light of Destruction erupted, sending terrifying shockwaves toward the opposite side.

At the same time, the starships surrounding the Base Starship also opened fire, this time, both sides faced each other, launching attacks at close range.

The three Nidhoggs stood side by side, their enormous bodies as grand as the starships, spitting out rays of destruction, and in that moment, the dazzling Cosmic Energy Light completely tore apart the space.

Meanwhile, from around, fleets converged, firing at the main battleship where Morris was located.

This universe was completely submerged in strong light.

“Damn…” In the main battleship, the Red-clothed Archbishop of the Church behind Morris roared: “I want to retreat.”

Saying this, he ran toward the outside of the command room, wanting to leave using the escape ship within the main battleship.

But just as he moved, the starship shook violently, the concentrated firepower engulfing this area of cosmic space, the starship trembled fiercely, followed by a piercing alarm sound, and then, the lights inside the starship flickered erratically, terrifying explosions ensued, as if something shattered, the hull was breached.

Although the main battleship’s defense was strong, it could hardly withstand the fleet’s close-range collective bombardment.

The storm of destruction penetrated the starship’s interior, Morris’s eyes shone with a blood-red light, he knew it was over.

This epic battle ended in a disastrous defeat.

“Boom…”

The storm continued to surge forward, killing many fleet members tragically, this warship collapsing, General Morris stared ahead, his armor enveloping his whole body, and he said: “The Empire will avenge us.”

As the words fell, the storm engulfed the command room, causing it to collapse and shatter, Morris’s figure dashed forward, seemingly struggling to the last under the destructive attacks.

The Base Starship had already retreated behind the enemy fleet, leading the way were several Nidhoggs.

The leader of the Nidhoggs seemed to notice Morris’s presence, opening its mouth wide to emit devastating cosmic rays, and the three giant beasts moved forward, simultaneously spitting out the Light of Destruction.

Morris pulled out a dazzling sword from behind, charging forward, and in King Nidhogg’s enormous eyes, there was a hint of contempt, even if his previous memories had been erased by Xu Mo, his violent nature seemed innate, ingrained in his bones.

Its fierceness, its pride, huge claws clamped down hard, covering the area where Morris was, Morris’s sword stabbed out but felt like it struck the hardest alloy, the powerful attack couldn’t even break through the opponent’s scale armor.

Thud… the claws directly squeezed Morris, the armor caving inward, the strong force crushing it, inside, blood oozed out, Morris let out a grief-stricken scream, being forcefully crushed to death.

The other starships naturally noticed Morris’s tragic death, the Commander’s face was grim, the battle continued, soon another advanced starship was shattered and destroyed, and the other starships were almost losing combat power, half of them nearly crippled, Energy Shields already depleted, the hull also showed cracks.

Continuing the fight seemed to lead only to death.

At this time, the signal from the Base Starship directly invaded, Gaia’s face appeared before them, saying: “Your General is dead, surrender and you won’t be killed, anyone who continues to fire will be attacked by the entire fleet and directly obliterated.”

For a moment, energy lights on some starships dimmed, ceasing further attacks, soon forming a chain reaction, one by one, starships stopped fighting, they knew the war was over, continuing to struggle might destroy some of the enemy’s starships, but it was meaningless, they would be completely wiped out.

“Rest assured, this cosmic space’s signal has been completely sealed, your surrender message won’t get out, to the Kales Empire, you’re already dead in battle.” Gaia continued speaking, the Commanders on the starships checked and confirmed the signal was indeed locked.

This cosmic space was completely controlled by the opponent; they couldn’t send messages out, so no one would leak the surrender news, their families in the Kales Empire wouldn’t be implicated.

Now, is it to fight for glory and let the Empire avenge them, or to survive by yielding?

“You are but tools for the Kales Empire to realize its ambitions, no need to sacrifice, the so-called glory is just brainwashing, in the face of life, nothing has meaning, the ultimate outcome of this cosmic war is unknown, perhaps the Kales Empire will also perish, if you’re willing to submit, our base is indeed short of talent, of course if not, you can be free individuals.” Gaia continued.

Though assured of victory, he did not order further attacks, instead maintaining a stance of confrontation, persuading the opponent to surrender.

In times of war, every starship is wealth.

Whether theirs or the opponent’s.

If the fight continues, the enemy fleet will be wiped out, their own battleships will also suffer losses.

If the opponent surrenders, these warships would belong to them.

Moreover, he spoke the truth; if the opponent surrendered, he could utilize them, though Xu Mo would need to employ some methods to ensure their loyalty.

These people were all Kales Empire leaders, which was exactly when they were short on people.

“Your choice will be the right one…” At this moment, Gaia suddenly smiled and spoke, causing all the warship commanders’ hearts to tremble. Has someone surrendered?

At that moment, their signals were hacked, and the starships had already lost communication with each other, so they didn’t know the situation of the other starships.

“I am willing to surrender,” a voice said.

“Who are you?” Gaia asked.

“Charmo,” the other party replied.

“General Charmo, the base will not treat you unfairly,” Gaia said, and Charlton immediately realized he had been tricked… he was the first to surrender, but it seemed no longer important.

When others heard Gaia’s voice, they knew Charmo had surrendered, and suddenly, one voice after another came out, and the warship commanders successively made their choices. Soon, the remaining fleet decided to surrender as well.

The next step was to receive them. Nowadays, surrender was just a verbal promise, and these people might still have some ideas in mind.

Gaia deceiving the opponents into surrendering didn’t mean receiving them unconditionally; the risk was too great. If there were any spies in the base, it would be disastrous for them.

Thus, the next to come forth was Xu Mo.

He led the Alien Demons and Tribal Warriors to board each starship, taking control of all the members inside the starships. Only then was the reception complete.

During Xu Mo’s reception process, indeed, there was resistance; obviously, some had feigned surrender earlier. However, in front of Xu Mo, Zero, and the Alien Demons, the resisters had no alternative but death.

After some time, Xu Mo completed control over all the starships. From then on, they all pledged allegiance to the base, and they even acquired a lot of useful information about the Kales Empire.

Such as the deployment of some military forces in the O’Brian Republic Star Domain.

Such information was extremely important to Xu Mo.

The other side’s operation, starting from the agents they controlled on various major planets, was to gather information about their base and force their hand, but the result was reversed. Instead, they learned a lot of information about the Kales Empire from the opponents.

If this information was properly utilized, it could bring a ‘windfall’.

Xu Mo and Zero returned to the Base Starship, looking at the fleet they controlled. Overall, they had gained more than they lost; this war could be considered a great victory.

At this time, many people in the starships were immersed in the joy of victory, but then they heard Xu Mo’s voice coming through.

“Record the names of the destroyed starships and tally the names of all the members of those starships. Once we return, carve their names. The journey of the base continues, and they will accompany us forward. If we achieve our goals in the future, their names should be remembered by history.”

Xu Mo’s voice came through like a bucket of cold water, awakening many people. The living were excited about this victory, while the dead could no longer see it.

This war, despite being a great victory, saw many starships destroyed. Every starship had people from Byron Star and those they cultivated on Skull Star, and they were forever buried in this starlit sky.

“Sir, let’s go find Qiong Master,” Xu Mo said. The Base Starship was actually already half-ruined.

The battlefield of Qiong Master and Satter was unknown, and the signals could not be detected, presumably the battle had moved to a far-off place.

With the war over on this side, if the fleet could reach the battle scene, it might lend Qiong Master a helping hand.

“Hmm,” Gaia nodded, and the fleet marched mightily, beginning to search in different directions.

It wasn’t long before the Base Starship captured a figure, Qiong Master.

He transformed into a beam of light heading their way, the Base Starship slowed down, and Qiong Master entered the starship.

Gaia, Xu Mo, and Zero walked out of the command room, heading towards Qiong Master’s location.

“Qiong Master, are you alright?” Xu Mo asked.

Qiong Master shook his head and said, “No decisive victory was reached, Satter seemed to have realized the outcome of the war and left, Satter’s speed is too fast to be held back.”

Xu Mo nodded and pondered, “Without a starship or a detector, Satter can only rely on perception. For him to leave this Skull Star Domain will be difficult, he’s most likely to get lost in this star domain, though having a Destroyer Level individual remain in this star domain is a hidden danger…”

This star domain is vast, and Skull Star is actually just an inconspicuous spot among it, the probability of Satter encountering anything is very low, but if a low-probability event occurred, it would be dangerous.

Moreover, if their future starship encounters Satter, it would also be a dangerous matter.

The threat of a destroyer is too great.

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