Star Survival: The Rise of the Fourth Scourge - Chapter 434

c434 Preparing for War

Li Meng stood up and said to Marianne: “Marian, I have to go somewhere and I’ll be back soon.”

Where the “King” wants to go is the freedom of the “King” and Marianne will not interfere.

She lowered her head slightly and said, “King, come back soon.”

Li Meng smiled at Marianne’s words.

At this moment, Marianne was like a wife who was worried about her husband being away from home.

Without saying much, Li Meng had an idea.

The space in front of him suddenly became distorted.

A magenta vortex quickly emerged.

Li Meng stepped into it.

As Li Meng disappeared, the purple-red vortex quickly collapsed and disappeared.

——

The starry sky is endless, dark, dead, and cold.

In a dark universe, a huge fleet floated quietly.

This place is located in the gap between star systems.

The light of the stars was not visible, and the starlight was much dimmer.

More than a hundred gray biological battleships float quietly in the dark universe.

Each one is no less than five kilometers in length.

The largest mothership is close to ten kilometers.

In the main hall, Ophelia stood in front of the glass wall in a pale silver dress.

Her graceful figure was reflected in the glass.

She didn’t look at the starry sky outside the window, but at herself.

In her hand she holds a wine glass filled with red liquid.

Here, in the Dark Star Territory, the fleet has stayed for more than ten years.

Although more than ten years is just a short time for the ghost clan.

But Ophelia still felt that time seemed to pass extremely slowly.

She had no intention of sleeping. Ever since Master Vulcan left, she no longer wanted to sleep to make time pass quickly.

The ghost race is not a war-loving race.

Although in the eyes of other civilizations, the ghost tribe is a natural disaster civilization.

But the ghost tribe themselves don’t think so.

Every life has its own life form and way of survival.

Many civilizations have established themselves at the top of the food chain by massacring other races on their home planet.

The ghost tribe just expanded the ecological circle to the entire galaxy.

Other civilizations colonize other countries to occupy habitable planets and multiply.

The ghost tribe uses other civilizations as livestock animals.

Except for some different ethnic groups, most ghost queens do not like to kill indiscriminately.

They prefer the long flow of water to killing.

Therefore, Ophelia does not feel the urge to return to the Queen.

It’s good to be here, at least it’s closer to Lord Vulcan.

“Ophelia, what are you thinking about, so absorbed?”

At some point, Li Meng appeared behind Ophelia.

The sudden appearance of the voice startled Ophelia.

She looked stunned for a moment, then she felt happy and turned around quickly.

When she turned around, she saw Lord Kagami.

Compared to more than ten years ago, Lord Vulcan has not changed at all.

The passage of time has left no trace on him.

She smiled slightly and said: “I was just thinking about when Lord Vulcan would appear. I didn’t think about Lord Vulcan and he showed up now.”

Li Meng came to Ophelia’s side and looked at the dark starry sky outside the window.

“Go to the Dark Realm. There is an interstellar war about to start. I need your help.”

Without asking any more questions, Ophelia lowered her head slightly and said, “Yes, Lord Vulcan, the ghost tribe is willing to fight for you!”

She won’t refuse.

Li Meng knew this before coming.

Faith is a good thing, but it can make people blind.

The reason why Morese willingly surrendered to Li Meng, an outsider.

It was because Li Meng met her spiritual belief needs.

The universe is huge, and there are more than just galaxies.

Star systems are big, but there are hundreds of billions of them in the Milky Way.

The banking system is huge, but there are countless galaxies in the entire universe.

Its life forms are also diverse, and there is no shortage of powerful individuals.

In extragalactic galaxies, gods may just be a common thing.

Soon after, there was movement in the fleet floating in the dark universe.

The hulls of each battleship suddenly flashed with light.

The engine at the rear began to glow, and blue tail flames were emitted one after another.

Soon, the entire universe was filled with blue engine exhaust flames.

Driven by powerful power, the huge ship began to move forward slowly.

It’s getting faster and faster, faster and faster.

Not long after, suddenly, in the dark universe, only flashes of light appeared.

Each ship in the fleet jumped into the jump space one after another.

As the last flash of light ended, the universe returned to the dead silence it had been ten years ago.

——

S-71739 star system.

New Terra.

With the “King’s” order, the first great expedition began.

The war machine of the empire was running at high speed.

Make every effort to reserve war supplies.

The exploration fleet that was exploring outside was also recalled one by one.

In the past two months, one or several warships have returned every one or two days.

Most are Cobra destroyers and Firestorm-class escorts.

Temple number, the “King’s” bedroom.

After spending some time with Ophelia, Li Meng returned to New Terra.

The Ghost Fleet is on its way, and it will take at least nearly two years to reach New Terra.

Two years is not a long time, and it is just a good time to prepare for war.

“Now the Astra Militarum is under the control of the Imperial Navy. Considering the needs of future landing battles, the Astra Militarum is expanding its army. Before the expedition, the Empire has at least 10 million regular troops and 20 million reserve troops.”

For an interstellar war, a military force of 10 million is not large.

Of course, for a local war, it is not small either.

In interstellar war, ship-to-ship is still the main field.

The landing force can only be regarded as an auxiliary force, used to clear the resistance forces on the surface of the planet.

For the attacking side, only if the ship-to-ship wins can it launch the final stage of landing operations on the planet.

For the defending side, once the ship-to-ship loses, it basically loses the entire war.

Even if you fight stubbornly on the surface of the planet, it is just a dying struggle.

But the dying struggle also has its role, that is, to delay the enemy’s offensive.

If the enemy wants to obtain a planet with complete industrial capabilities, instead of smashing it to pieces.

You must use landing troops to clear the resistance forces on the surface.

And the orbital system of a planet will not be weak.

If the fleet approaches rashly, even if it destroys the planet’s defense system, it will suffer heavy losses.

In interstellar wars, ground warfare is inevitable.

Only with a strong landing force can a planet be occupied at the lowest cost.

Compared with a fleet, the value of life is undoubtedly much lower.

Regardless of which civilization, warships are always high-value consumables.

Ordinary soldiers are just low-cost consumables.