On the star map behind Tang Dingyuan, the crystal-clear starship icons representing the Black Wind Fleet suddenly disappeared, turning into golden dotted lines that penetrated into the heart of the Federation like lightning.
Those starships emerged from the golden whirlpool again, directly attacking the Federation's resource collection and magic weapon refining base!
This scene made all the senior officials of the exile government silent and worried.
The war in the sea of stars is like this.
It is different from the war between ancient countries that lived on the same planet and were almost on the same "plane".
Countries living on the same planet with "land" as their main territory often have clear national borders.
The enemy's attacks can only break through the national borders and slowly advance from the border to the inland and even the core.
Even if you master various flying magic weapons, you still have to fly all the way in along the national border.
Except for a few special operations troops with extremely high cultivation, it is difficult to jump in directly.
The three-dimensional war in the universe is anything but like this.
The stars and the sea are too vast, and there are so few worlds for human survival and development of civilization.
Each world is an isolated island, connected by "jumping bridges" that can cross the four-dimensional space.
The Starry Star Federation does not rule all the seas of stars among the seven worlds.
It can only be said to be seven small "isolated islands in the universe".
It is difficult to distinguish the real frontiers and core areas.
The enemy can completely bypass one of them.
In several worlds, surprise attacks were launched directly on weak spots that were not protected, and the difficulty of defense can be imagined.
"The above situation deduction has actually been carried out by us and the Federation for the past ten years, and it is only now declassified to you."
Tang Dingyuan continued, "From the confessions of Ding Zhengyang and many rebels, this has been confirmed.
Once their rebellion succeeds, they will cooperate with the Emperor Linhui and the Black Wind special forces who have infiltrated the federation to wreak havoc within the federation.
Create chaos and create opportunities for the Black Wind Fleet to attack.
"The war between the Empire and the Federation has already begun, and the outcome is likely to be decided at this moment before the Black Wind Fleet actually appears!
"There are immortal cultivators within the Federation.
They are not just superficial cultivators like Di Linhui, but people with higher positions, deeper hiding, and more critical figures.
Although this piece of information was thrown away by Lu Qingchen in order to seduce Ding Zhengyang and others to launch a rebellion.
It came out, but according to our research and judgment, the credibility is very high!
"This person has enough energy to create an excellent opportunity for the Black Wind Fleet's surprise attack.
He can at least transmit such precious information to the Black Wind Fleet about where the main force of the federal army, the Liaoyuan Fleet, is ambushed.
"On the other hand, as long as we can find this person out, it will be possible to know the Black Wind Fleet's jumping point in advance, and that's almost half the battle won!
"The latest situation I want to share with you today is this.
Ding Zhengyang, Cheng Xuansu and others are launching a large-scale rebellion at this moment, which can also mean that the Black Wind Fleet is almost ready, and no matter what the plot is, it is about to be launched!
The situation is so critical, it is necessary for our alliance with the Star Star Federation to... go one step further!"
Tang Dingyuan paused and looked at Cui Lingfeng beside him.
Cui Lingfeng coughed lightly and continued: "Everyone, we have received the latest news.
The Star Star Federation will declare to enter the 'highest state of war' after the new election.
This is something that has no precedent in the history of the Federation.
Even in the 'War of the Sky Ring' thirty years ago, they only entered a 'level one war state'.
“This time the federal people will elect a veritable ‘War Speaker’, whose powers have been expanded compared to the Speaker in peacetime.
"We originally sent an 'election observation team' to inspect the election of the latest Speaker of the Federation, but it was interrupted by the rebellion of the Immortal Cultivators.
Now our situation, that of the Federation and the Empire are all different, and the size of the election observation team has also changed.
It should be expanded, not even limited to the 'election observation' aspect, but to develop... deeper cooperation with the Federation in military, economic, political and other aspects!
"The Imperial Expeditionary Force may appear in front of us at any time, even in the next second.
You must have this understanding, and under this premise, rethink the relationship between us and the Federation, and think about our common future!
"So, Captain Tang and I have decided and communicated with the federal authorities.
We will still use the name of the 'election inspection team', but triple the size!
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"The first stop of the inspection team will be Tianhuanjie.
One of our senior officers will be stationed there.
At the 'Liaoyuan Fleet Second Home Port', they will discuss the details of setting up a 'joint operations base camp' with senior officials of the federal military. .
"The second stop is the 'City of Flowers' star sea jump center located between the four realms of Sky Ring, Sea of Trees, Netherworld and Crystal.
It is the intersection of the waterways of the seven worlds of the Federation and the most prosperous commercial city.
Our economic and trade delegation There, they will discuss with a high-level negotiating team from the federal economic and trade department how the Firefly's 'Starship Economic System' can be fully integrated into the federal economic system, including the unification of currencies, elimination of tariffs, internal tax allocation... and the resulting a series of questions.
"After leaving the senior officer corps and the economic and trade delegation in the federal military and economic and trade center, the remaining election observation team went directly to Tianyuanjie, the federal capital.
According to the schedule, it would be just in time for the results of the federal election to be announced.
At that time, Then you can know the latest policy of the Federation in the highest state of war, and discuss with the new 'war government'... the issue of how the two sides can integrate.
"Everyone, let's give up our illusions now.
We have been fleeing for a whole thousand years, and there is no way out.
Right here, at this moment, we launch a counterattack, all the way to the homeland of our ancestors, the center of the sea of stars!
" … It was already midnight Federal Standard Time.
However, there is no unified sleep time on the hundreds of "sub-ships" of the Firefly, and even in each cabin.
The huge Star Sea Battle Fortress is still brightly lit, like thousands of fireflies gathered together, releasing their weak life to the fullest of light.
Only in the core cabin is a "meditation platform" that is shrouded by a crystal dome and can directly overlook the sea of stars.
Under the bright stars in the sky, it also has a sense of quietness in the night.
Li Yao followed Cui Lingfeng, and the two of them walked slowly on the empty meditation platform.
Under the bright starlight, they were the only two.
"In three days, the delegation will leave."
Li Yao looked at Cui Lingfeng's back immersed in the starlight and asked, "The Speaker called me here.
Do you have anything else to say?"
"Nothing, I just want to say 'thank you' to you.
No matter who you are, no matter what your purpose is, at least you have brought... new hope to the words 'Star Sea Republic'."
Cui Lingfeng looked at the sparkling sea of stars outside the crystal dome, and suddenly said, "In addition, if you are really a simple 'Red Lotus Man' who fled here to avenge the immortal cultivators, you will finally discover the other...
Cultivator...me I really want to know if you, like you, discovered the ambitions and plots of Jin Xinyue, the top leader of the federation, and that the so-called 'legitimate government' is not as perfect as you imagined, and there are still dark sides such as the 'Rebirth Plan', will you be very disappointment?"
Li Yao was startled for a moment, thought for a while, shook his head and said: "It's not disappointing, but it's a pity.
In the face of a powerful enemy, everyone is obviously a cultivator, but they still have to be careful, care about, and even doubt and jealous.
It's really a bit... …” "There is no way, maybe this is human beings, this is human nature, it is something that is difficult to completely refine no matter how hard you practice."
Cui Lingfeng smiled and said, "Captain Lin, have you ever heard of porcupines in winter?"
Li Yao blinked: "Porcupine in winter?"
"Porcupines are large rodents with long, hard spines that stick out like hedgehogs to defend themselves against larger beasts."
Cui Lingfeng said, "Whenever the winter is too cold, porcupines will huddle together to keep warm.
If they are too far apart, they will not be able to keep warm, and the cold wind will still pass between them. ; But if they get too close, they will be stabbed by each other's sharp thorns.
"So, it evolved into a scene where the porcupines kept arching towards their companions, until they were stung by their companions' sharp thorns, and then they suddenly retreated outwards.
However, not long after retreating, they were forced by the cold wind and again towards their companions.
He arched away, longing for a little warmth, until he was stung by his companion again.
"We and the Starry Star Federation are probably just like two porcupines.
Under the threat of the cold wind, we both want to huddle together for warmth, but at the same time we will be stung by each other's innate spikes.
There is no way, this' "Spikes" were the only weapons we had to protect ourselves from predators in the past.
Without these "spikes", we might have been dead long ago before winter came!
" "I believe that even stupid porcupines will eventually find a suitable distance without stabbing each other and sharing everyone's heat.
Otherwise, this species should have become extinct long ago!"
Li Yao couldn't help but said, "Let alone a human being?
I don't believe that the top leaders of the Star Federation are worse than a porcupine."
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"You don't understand, sometimes what I'm afraid of is not the Federation of Stars, but... ourselves."
Cui Lingfeng sighed and said quietly, "After all, it was not the true human empire that gave birth to the monster 'Black Star Emperor Wu Yingqi', but us, the Star Sea Republic!
"It was the Star Sea Republic that gave birth to cultivators like the Black Star Emperor.
After creating this monster, our ancestors fled.
During the thousand years of exile in the Star Sea, we experienced too much darkness and despair.
Countless The bottom line of normal human beings was touched for the first time.
“Yes, now I can say without shame that there is a difference between ‘bad cultivators’ and ‘immortal cultivators’.
"However, after Ding Zhengyang raised that question, I wondered more than once, is everything really determined by the environment and has nothing to do with Taoism?
“I was lucky enough that during my tenure as speaker, I didn’t have to make any painful decisions.
"However, if the Firefly and I have worse luck, and we encounter a serious disaster, lose a lot of resources, and can only maintain the survival of one-tenth of the people on the ship, will I dare to launch the 'Rebirth Plan'?
How about randomly killing 90% of people?
"If I really do this, will I be considered a 'bad cultivator' or a 'immortal cultivator'?"