bookrandom Chapter 1456 You want to rest? Did you ask me?
Chapter 1456 You want to rest? Did you ask me?
But it didn't bother him. He told the man in front of him that in the end, no matter how much the captain did, it was all for nothing more than Xiao Ce's benefit...
The captain's crimson electronic eyes blazed with a terrifying light—a pure, almost greedy, desire for conquest! "Excellent! Heaven is on my side! Xiao Ce thinks he's cleaned things up? He has no idea what kind of wealth he's standing on! Or rather, he knows, but he can't take it with him!"
He turned to Xiao Dingshan, his tone laced with a cold, smug sense of control, then said with a hint of doubt, "See that? Xiao Dingshan, this is the real strategic resource! Your failure lies in guarding a treasure trove without knowing how to utilize it! A quick victory?"
"And why didn't you use it when you were guarding this place?"
Xiao Dingshan said bitterly, "Captain, are you kidding me? It's not that I don't want to use it, is it?"
"And Captain, didn't you want a quick victory? If you go to mine these spirit marrows, aren't you just trying to delay things?"
He caught the fleeting question in Xiao Dingshan's eyes and let out a disdainful snort.
“That’s right, I’m aiming for a swift victory. But a swift victory is based on precise strikes and overwhelming power. The previous plan was built on flawed intelligence and a misjudgment of Xiao Ce’s strength. Now, with this mine… the situation is completely different!”
Xiao Dingshan finally couldn't help but speak, his voice dry and hoarse, carrying a hint of barely perceptible probing and anxiety.
!: "Captain...mining, establishing bases, reconstructing energy and production lines...this takes time!"
Plenty of time! Xiao Ce won't stand idly by; he'll use this time to strengthen our defenses and repair the anvil and hammer that severely damaged us!
More importantly… once Yangxing's support fleet reaches near-Earth orbit… our situation will be…”
He didn't finish his sentence, but the meaning was clear!
If they cannot deal with Xiao Ce and control the situation before Yang Xing's reinforcements arrive, their isolated army, deep behind enemy lines, will face annihilation!
Although the Interstellar Hyena Legion is powerful, it is impossible for it to fight against the reinforcement fleet of an entire civilization within the enemy's home system.
"Yangxing's support?"
The captain interrupted Xiao Dingshan with an even colder, more murderous laugh.
"Do you think I would give them that chance? Do you think my circuit breaker was just a means to escape?"
He clenched his metal fist tightly, his knuckles making a screeching sound.
"Xiao Dingshan, remember this! In this star field, time always stands on the side of the one who holds the initiative! Xiao Ce thought he had won a defensive battle and could catch his breath? He was sorely mistaken! My retreat was for the purpose of striking back faster and more fiercely!"
The captain's crimson electronic eyes flashed with a frenzied and ruthless light, as if he could already see the bloody future.
"This mineral vein is our new 'claw'! It can not only provide energy, but also extract rare psionic substances to enhance our soldiers, weapons and even warships!"
We will build a crucible of war here, on these ruins!
A forward operating base powerful enough to tear apart Lingas Fortress, paralyze the Star Network's core, and utterly crush Xiao Ce and his 'Iron Hammer'!
He surveyed his bustling subordinates and the potentially lucrative ruins, his voice resolute and unwavering, carrying an unquestionable will to destroy:
"Min! Immediately! As fast as you can think of! Establish a temporary protective force field, repair the basic energy source, and build drilling platforms and refineries! I want our cannons to be firing again before Xiao Ce's victory celebration ends!"
"As for Yangxing's support... Hmph, before they even cross the sea of stars to arrive, Xiao Ce and his planet will have already turned to ashes in my furnace! I guarantee he won't live to see that day!"
"Action! For the glory of the Legion! Let this planet tremble in true despair!"
The cold, hard commands sounded like war drums, and the remaining hyena legion, like machines injected with stimulants, immediately began a frenzied rebuilding and plundering of the spiritual marrow vein buried deep underground, emitting an alluring, eerie light, on the ruins of the creation base.
Huge engineering machines were unloaded from the transport ship, and a dark blue energy welding torch lit up in the cold night. The temporary phase shield generator hummed and started, erecting a distorted light curtain above the ruins.
The treasures buried deep underground are about to become fuel for an even more terrifying war.
The captain's crimson electronic eyes pierced through the observation window of the temporary command post, staring intently at the south!
From the direction of Lingas City, a murderous intent, like a tangible cold current, permeated the polar night in the Arctic.
Xiao Ce… the game has only just begun to reach its climax.
This time, there is no turning back; it's a fight to the death!
...
Meanwhile, the Star Hyena team, under the command of their captain...
This once desolate wasteland, considered a "garbage dump," has now been transformed into a bustling, sickly steel nest.
Like real hyenas that have caught the scent of blood, the interstellar hyena legion launched a near-frenzied plunder and reconstruction campaign around the spirit marrow veins buried deep underground.
The enormous engineering machine roared deafeningly under the control of the hyena technician (a short, stocky, multi-armed auxiliary mechanical body).
The high-energy laser cutter sprayed out incandescent beams of light, brutally clearing away the alloy debris and permafrost blocking the entrance to the main mine tunnel.
A temporary, pale blue phase shield stretched out a distorted curtain of light above the ruins, barely holding back the raging polar blizzard and potential orbital strikes.
The massive energy conduits, like greedy blood vessels, extended from the Crack Claw ships whose basic power supply systems had been barely repaired, piercing into the newly opened mining wellheads and drawing out the heart-pounding, surging energy from the depths of the earth.
They came with two purposes: to conquer this area and to plunder its resources...
Therefore, they brought with them the most advanced mining equipment and refining tools in the entire universe.
Therefore, obtaining these spirit marrow ores is very simple for them...
"Captain! Deep sample analysis report!"
A technician's voice, trembling with barely suppressed excitement, was transmitted through an encrypted channel to the command center temporarily converted from the Abyss Roar!
"The purity of the spirit marrow ore is extremely high!"
Its energy density is four times that of a standard military-grade energy block!
Moreover, it possesses the rare characteristic of 'active resonance,' and its amplification effect on energy weapons...theoretically calculated...is immeasurable!
On the throne, the Captain-Commander's cold metal mask reflected a greedy and fiery luster under the blue mineral spectrum of the light curtain.
His crimson electronic eyes were fixed on the holographic projection of the unpolished ore that had just been delivered by the robotic arm.
It is not crystal clear, but rather presents a deep, restrained dark gold color, with energy ripples flowing on the surface like a liquid halo!
Even a static projection exudes a powerful force that stirs the soul.
Wow...this is really great, much better than I imagined...
"Great...great! Unprecedented! Unprecedented!"
The captain's voice was filled with unprecedented excitement!
They possessed an ecstatic joy at having acquired a rare treasure!
"Xiao Dingshan! Do you see this?! This is the true source of power! You are guarding a treasure mountain in vain, wasting its precious resources!"
He suddenly turned to Xiao Dingshan, who was imprisoned in a force field cage, his tone filled with a complex mix of contempt and excitement.
Xiao Dingshan looked at the spiritual marrow ore that radiated an alluring light, his eyes filled with extreme complexity.
Greed, jealousy, regret, and a pang of pain that "should have belonged to me" intertwined and surged within me.
He was about to swear again.
Doesn't he want to dig into his past? He just doesn't have the ability, okay?
He licked his chapped lips, his voice hoarse as he echoed, "Yes...yes...I initially...was drawn to the potential of this mineral vein, which is why...that's why I poured all my efforts into building this creation base...I intended to use it as a foundation to forge an everlasting empire..."
His voice was filled with bitter resentment.
"A thousand-year hegemony?"
The captain let out a cold sneer, and then his crimson electronic eyes burst forth with an even stronger light of ambition!
"Your vision is too narrow! Xiao Dingshan! With this quality of spirit marrow ore, supplied in an endless stream... how will you conquer this planet?"
Hmph, it's just a snap of the fingers!
I want to make this place the crucible of war for the Legion at the forefront of the Orion Arm!
Using this as a springboard and fueled by the very essence of the entire planet, our power will radiate throughout the entire star sector!
What Yangxing, what Cosmic Alliance—they will all turn to ashes in the furnace!
He spread his metal arms, as if to take control of the entire planet, even the entire starry sky, and said, "This planet will become the anvil and hammer for me to forge an immortal blade!"
Xiao Dingshan sneered inwardly as he watched the captain's arrogant demeanor!
But on the surface, he could only manage a fawning smile: "Commander-in-Chief, your grand plans and strategies are bound to lead to unparalleled achievements!"
He thought to himself: Go crazy, go even crazier. The crazier you are, the sweeter the fruit will be for Xiao Ce in the end.
In truth, Xiao Ce was well aware of the situation before him...
He didn't move. Based on Xiao Dingshan's understanding of Xiao Ce, he was simply letting someone else prepare the wedding dress for him...
Meanwhile, they weren't idle, and Xiao Ce, of course, wasn't idle either...
Xiao Ce stood in front of the huge star map light screen. The ruins of the Arctic Creation Base were highlighted, and next to them were dense streams of data, showing that the other party's energy reaction was rising sharply and the project was progressing at a crazy pace.
His gaze was as calm as a deep pool; he knew the time was almost right.
"Your Highness, we have detected an exponential increase in deep energy fluctuations at the Creation Base!"
It has been confirmed that the other party has been mining the Spirit Marrow vein on a large scale!
Its temporary shield strength and the speed of construction of small defensive emplacements exceeded expectations.
A technician quickly reported.
"As expected... I've tasted the sweetness."
Xiao Ce's lips curled into a cold smile as he muttered to himself, "Want to mine peacefully and rebuild your lair? Did you even ask me?"
He quickly swiped his finger across the air, bringing up a three-dimensional polar topographic map!
The map clearly marks the temporary mining area, energy nodes, shield generator locations, and entrances to several newly cleared mine tunnels established by the Hyena Legion.
"Attention all armory units, swarms unlocked, mechanical hounds unlocked. They want to rest, but they need my permission first... Go harass them!"
Xiao Ce said in an icy voice!
The command was instantly transmitted through the quantum network of the Starlink Hub to several mobile arsenal bases hidden under the Arctic ice cap, in deep-sea ice crevasses, and disguised as large icebergs.
These "arsenals" are not warehouses in the traditional sense!
Instead, it was a mobile fortress that Xiao Ce had previously built using Starlink Hub technology, integrating a small starship-class space warp engine, drones, mecha production and maintenance modules, and a powerful energy core.
It will be unlocked along with the unlocking of the ten major armories this time.
At this moment, like poisonous spiders lurking in the shadows, they begin to unleash their deadly silk.
hum...
Silent vibrations propagate beneath the ice at the edge of the polar ice cap.
The armor on top of an arsenal disguised as an iceberg silently slid open, revealing a honeycomb-like array of firing ports.
"For the first wave, launch the drone swarm!"
There was no deafening roar, only a high-frequency, wing-like buzzing that sent chills down your spine, which coalesced into a tidal wave.
Thousands upon thousands of drones, each no bigger than an adult's arm, spewed out pale blue particle streams that blended almost seamlessly with the polar environment, like disturbed ice swarms of venomous bees. They skimmed along the undulating ice surface, moving at an astonishingly low altitude, and silently swooped toward the ruins of the creation base!
They are covered in an environment-adaptive optical camouflage, appearing and disappearing in the ice fields and snowstorms, making them extremely difficult to lock onto by radar, and the edges of their wings flash with high-frequency vibrating energy blades!
Almost simultaneously, the bottom hatches of several other armories opened. Dozens of mechanical hound assault mechs, with a size somewhere between humanoid and beast-like, moving on all fours and moving with extraordinary speed, emerged!
Like true polar wolf packs, they silently slip into the icy seawater, or use anti-gravity devices to hover at low altitudes, taking advantage of ice mounds and blizzards to sneak towards the target area from multiple directions.
Equipped with highly sensitive sensors, small particle cutters, and self-destruct modules, they are the ghost assassins of their legion.
Just as the offensive was underway from all sides.
Danger signals have already been detected at the Star Hyenas' camp...
"Warning! Large-scale low-altitude, high-speed target detected approaching!"
The quantity is impossible to count precisely!
Its energy signature is weak and mixed in with the background radiation!
Type recognition... small drone swarm!
A piercing alarm sounded inside the makeshift defense command post.
"What?! So fast?!"
The hyena commander in charge of the outer defense of the mining area immediately shouted, "Air defense array! Activate close-in weapon systems! We need to launch drones to intercept! Quickly!"
Several rapid-fire close-in weapon turrets deployed on the edge of the mining area immediately turned their muzzles, spewing out orange-red flames that wove a dense barrage in the wind and snow.
At the same time, dozens of hunter drones rose into the air like ghosts, projecting deadly cross-shaped laser beams.