Chapter 964: Launch |
For the sake of this plan, Xiao Yu had planned for several decades and poured in a great deal of painstaking effort. Time was too tight, after all. If Xiao Yu had been given enough time, Xiao Yu could have made everything perfect. Under the current circumstances, Xiao Yu could only make use of limited resources to the extreme, using this to slightly increase the success rate of his plan.
Under Xiao Yu’s arrangements, most of these personnel were assigned to different posts. These posts might be very inconspicuous. For example, the administrator of a small reserve warehouse. In ordinary times, no one would pay any attention to him at all, but at the critical moment, he could play an extremely important role. Because he held the opening key to the warehouse, after the chaos began, the rebel personnel belonging to Xiao Yu’s side could conveniently and quickly obtain the weapons and equipment they needed from here.
Another example was a daily administrator of a living area. In ordinary times, he had no real function, but after the unrest began, he could use his prestige to make intelligent beings who did not know the truth obey his commands, using this to achieve his own purpose. In fact, most of the personnel Xiao Yu arranged were in posts like this. They were inconspicuous, yet extremely important. This also conformed to Xiao Yu’s principles: low-profile and safe.
Several hundred thousand nails were thus nailed by Xiao Yu into every position of the Radiance. As for how to coordinate them, and how to make them play their greatest role, that was what Xiao Yu needed to think about.
“This plan is truly troublesome to execute… It is not a good plan, nor does it possess universality. Its greatest result is merely to cause a period of chaos within the Radiance, and chaos that can be quelled very quickly at that. If not for the Logic Weapon being present, and if controlling the Logic Weapon did not allow one to control the situation, then this plan would simply not have a single redeeming point.” Xiao Yu secretly thought.
The Logic Weapon was the foundation of all of Xiao Yu’s planning. When facing any other civilization, Xiao Yu would never use such a method. Because its investment was large, its cycle was long, and its returns were low. But it was also precisely the special nature of the Logic Weapon that caused this plan, which simply did not have a single advantage, to transform into the most effective plan at this moment.
Xiao Yu had already fully activated this plan of his. Previously, Xiao Yu had already obtained the recent schedule of the Radiance. As the capital of the civilization, the Radiance undoubtedly had strict protection at all times. Its escort fleet had as many as ten million ships, and even at its lowest, it would not be fewer than one million ships. Approaching the Radiance amid such strict defensive power was an extremely difficult task. But Xiao Yu had accomplished it.
Xiao Yu used his technology to the extreme, and also formulated another strict plan before ultimately achieving this goal of his.
Through the reception of the Ideal Heaven organization, Xiao Yu was able to avoid the Dark Star Civilization’s surveillance. In the asteroid belt of a star system, he hid around a dozen of the smallest Village-Class warships. These warships had all been specially modified by Xiao Yu. Their internal space was very large, and each ship was sufficient to hold several hundred thousand combat robots, while also carrying large amounts of weapons and equipment. Aside from these dozen or so warships, there were also several dozen Neutron War Stars hidden here by Xiao Yu.
After everything was arranged, Xiao Yu began waiting quietly. Xiao Yu already knew that the Radiance would arrive at this star system five hours later and stop here briefly for several hours.
“The plan will be launched very soon. Prepare yourselves…” Xiao Yu calmly issued a command to the organization leader. “When the time comes, I will make the internal communication circuits of the Radiance briefly fail. That will be the moment for you to play your role…”
“I have been looking forward to this moment for a very long time.” The organization leader replied, “This moment will become the turning point of our Dark Star Civilization’s fate…”
The Radiance arrived as scheduled. Before the Radiance arrived, a large number of escort fleets had already come to this star system. They carried out an almost carpet-style search of this star system. This was clearly a routine search operation. In order to ensure the safety of the Radiance, similar search operations would be carried out wherever it arrived. This was within Xiao Yu’s expectations. Under such circumstances, hiding these dozens of Neutron War Stars was a very difficult matter, but Xiao Yu still managed it. With internal cooperation and Xiao Yu’s superb technology, this routine search did not discover Xiao Yu’s traces.
Xiao Yu waited quietly within the chaotic asteroid belt. Finally, Xiao Yu saw the shadow of the Radiance from far away. The Radiance was like an emperor ruling over all under heaven. Its entire body emitted a pale yellow light filled with a noble meaning as it arrived here under the escort of many warships. It berthed here, and the space of this sector quieted down, as if afraid of attracting the attention of the Radiance. Even that star seemed much quieter at this moment.
Xiao Yu knew that the final moment was about to arrive.
At this moment, the Radiance was roughly thirty million kilometers away from the asteroid belt where Xiao Yu was hiding. If Xiao Yu launched at full speed, Xiao Yu could have his forces rush before it within several seconds. But Xiao Yu did not move. Xiao Yu was still waiting quietly.
At this moment, at a location roughly zero point one light years away from this star system, a strange spatial fluctuation appeared. There was a stretch of void there, without any stellar body existing. Under such circumstances, a single spatial fluctuation was already enough to draw the attention of the Radiance. The facts did not exceed Xiao Yu’s expectations. Roughly several tens of thousands of warships left the Radiance and began setting out toward that place to investigate exactly what had happened there.
After these tens of thousands of warships left, one of Xiao Yu’s intelligence reconnaissance fleets suddenly appeared roughly zero point two light years away from this star system. They had just disengaged from curvature space, seemingly not yet detecting what exactly was happening before their eyes. This small fleet also quickly drew the attention of the Radiance, and once again, a fleet left this place and began setting out toward that location…
After these several small movements, the larger movement arrived. Xiao Yu began a large-scale military mobilization in his own base. Countless warships entered curvature space and began setting out in the direction of the Dark Star Civilization. This military mobilization immediately caused a reaction from the Dark Star Civilization. The Dark Star Civilization also began military mobilization, and the escort fleets of the Radiance also began to assemble and were arranged in front of the Radiance.
“Xiao Yu, what do you want to do? The agreement between us will expire in three years. After three years, there will no longer be any relationship between our two sides. Are you going to violate the agreement at this time?” At this moment, Xiao Yu received a message filled with anger.
“No, I have no intention of violating the agreement. This is merely a normal military mobilization on our side. You do not need to be overly nervous.” Xiao Yu replied calmly. “My fleet will not cross the border line.”
“If you dare to violate the agreement, we will activate the Logic Weapon. You know very clearly in your heart what consequences there will be at that time.” The Dark Star Civilization’s message was full of threatening meaning.
Xiao Yu’s fleet immediately stopped the mobilization. But the Dark Star Civilization still did not relax its vigilance.
“Relax, just relax.” Xiao Yu said with some sighing, then cut off the connection with the Dark Star Civilization. But the hidden connection did not stop. A command passed through this hidden channel and reached the minds of those nails Xiao Yu had buried inside the Dark Star Civilization.
“The time has come. Launch the plan.” Xiao Yu said calmly.
The undercurrents began surging once again. But the beginning of this undercurrent’s surge started with a minor figure.
He was merely the lowest-level information publisher. When a superior command was issued, he was responsible for publishing this information. Now, he clearly had not received any command from a superior, but he quickly edited a command, then pressed the confirmation send button.
“What are you doing?!” His direct leader immediately discovered this abnormality. He stood up angrily and knocked this information publisher to the ground in one blow. But it was already too late. This message had already been sent out.
“All escort fleets, heed the order. Immediately move three hundred million kilometers away from the Radiance and arrange a defensive line ahead. No matter what changes occur behind you, you are not permitted to approach…”
This information publisher was immediately controlled. His leader was rapidly editing the next command and preparing to report this matter to the superior, but… in this brief moment, he suddenly noticed that his computing terminal was no longer under his control.
At this moment, the communication system collapsed. The next command he had edited could no longer be sent out.
Also at this moment, the squad leader issued a command to the soldiers under him. “A notice from the superior has been received. Now immediately follow me to Area A to carry out the relevant mission…”
A warehouse administrator looked at the constantly flashing display screen before his eyes, calmly left his seat, and arrived before the warehouse he managed…
A municipal administrator left his work post and took a deep breath…
Dozens of Neutron War Stars had removed all camouflage at this moment and leapt out ferociously.
The surging undercurrents had been fully activated at this moment.
“Remember, you only have three hours…”