Light Speed ​​War

Chapter 98: Globular Clusters

The fleets of the five major civilizations and the Golden Ship civilization in other interstellar spaces all received orders from their home planet bases, commanding them not to make unnecessary sacrifices and advising them to abandon their support and expectations of revenge.

However, luck was not on their side. The fleets of these six civilizations, wandering through the stars, were detected by the "Eye of the Stars" and were immediately and mercilessly destroyed by the Imperial fleet.

The five major civilizations, the Golden Ship Civilization, the Landu Civilization, and eight other advanced civilizations that hindered the extermination of the Zerg, all perished or ceased to exist. The subordinate civilizations of the fifteen civilizations scattered like birds and beasts.

The Protoss and Terran races, once again, merely watched from the sidelines, only detecting brief outbreaks of war throughout the galaxy.

From the arrival of 110 fleets from the Earth Empire in the Andromeda Galaxy, to contacting the Humans and Protoss, then annihilating the Zerg, and finally destroying fifteen Andromeda Galaxy civilizations, only forty-five days had passed. The timetable set by the Earth Empire's fleet headquarters was to complete the task before the Lunar Empire finished scanning the globular cluster, and this time the Imperial fleet did not disappoint its headquarters.

Next, naturally, is to deploy combat positions against the more than 500 globular clusters in the Andromeda Galaxy and allow the fleet to rest and regroup.

To prevent interference from other advanced civilizations in the Andromeda Galaxy, the Imperial Fleet, with the help of Jamie, the renowned human presenter, produced a one-and-a-half-hour interstellar war documentary. The documentary focused entirely on the three races' annihilation of the Zerg and the complete destruction of fifteen civilizations by the Earth Imperial Fleet. Naturally, information about the Earth Imperial Fleet's sensitive weaponry was omitted. The documentary only showed large warships, combat modules, drones, optical nets, neutron star pinballs, intelligent combat robots, mechs, and stellar raids. The tragic scene, of course, depicted the complete annihilation of the Zerg and their hundreds or thousands of planets, along with the fifteen civilizations' fleets and their homeworld bases. The documentary concluded with a warning: if the Earth Imperial Fleet discovers any civilization engaging in rampant expansion, bullying, or disrupting interstellar peace and order, and if the Earth Imperial Fleet deems it a malicious civilization and its actions malicious, it will pursue and punish them regardless of their distance or power!

This time, the documentary was broadcast throughout the entire galaxy by the Earth Empire fleet, and it was forcibly inserted into all prime-time programs of various information civilizations.

As expected, many civilizations in the Andromeda Galaxy were stunned. This time, there was no laughter or insults. The civilizations that had previously sent impolite messages lived in fear for a long time, worried that the Imperial fleet would suddenly come looking for them.

The myth of the Imperial Fleet began to circulate widely throughout the galaxy.

The Sand Star Humans and the Protoss gradually came into frequent contact with other civilizations in the galaxy, acting as "messengers of the gods."

About a week later, the Lunar Empire sent all the scan and analysis results of the globular clusters in the Andromeda Galaxy to the Earth Empire and the Imperial Fleet Base.

These more than five hundred globular clusters are incredibly complex. Within each cluster, the speed of light varies greatly, with some areas operating at slower speeds and others faster, and numerous "light speed barriers" exist – likely the work of a "light-dropping civilization." Internally, each cluster seems to trap many civilizations and fleets, unable to escape, much like a prison. Strangely, each cluster contains many stars that are only half-sized! Most bizarrely, these half-stars appear to orbit a sphere. At the core of each cluster lies a supermassive black hole. In the largest globular cluster, the Ma Guan Er Globular Cluster, there is a supermassive black hole two million times the mass of the Sun.

As Zhou Yuan and the others read through this information, they felt their heads were spinning. There was even half a star; this completely defied the laws of physics and could only be the work of an advanced civilization.

"Gentlemen, these globular clusters are truly bizarre, they're like hell. Do we still need to go?" George asked all the fleet commanders.

"Deputy Commander-in-Chief, these globular clusters are truly terrifying and dangerous. I personally think we should send a fleet to investigate first, rather than sending a large fleet."

"Well, that makes sense."

"Dean Zhou, what do you think?"

“Indeed, these places are too abnormal, even more complicated than the Spider Nebula, that rich star cluster. I also think that we should send a fleet to check it out first, so that all the fleets don’t encounter danger.”

"Okay, it's decided then. Dean Zhou, are you still going this time?"

“George, you know I’m very curious and love adventure.”

"Alright then. The three of you will lead the 7th Fleet there. Also, for mutual support, the 11th Fleet will go along as well."

"Row."

After preparations were complete, the 7th and 11th fleets left the Imperial fleet base and began long-distance travel through the Klein space, soon arriving at the Macrocodile globular cluster.

The 7th and 11th Earth Empire fleets embarked on an expedition to the Maguaner Globular Cluster.

The Maguar globular cluster contains seven million stars, various anomalies, and a supermassive black hole at its core that is one million times the size of a sun.

The two fleets sped into the star cluster, experiencing a similar sensation to when the 7th Fleet entered the Tarantula Nebula Rich Cluster years ago—entering a world of light. However, unlike the Tarantula Nebula Rich Cluster, this place was filled with distorted electromagnetic signals.

The gravity here is constantly changing and extremely unstable.

The two fleets slowed down slightly and activated their combined fleet energy shield.

The two fleets deployed positioning beacons as they sailed.

After an unknown amount of time, the two "Halo Fleets" found themselves in a "devil's lair." This "devil's lair" was not a continuous space; it was not quite a folded space. The two "Halo Fleets" clearly detected that there were huge gravitational forces pulling the fleets from all around.

The two fleets were like two small fish, tossed about by the turbulent currents of the ocean, darting wildly in the direction of the strongest current.

After the two "Halo Fleets" stabilized, they discovered that there were a large number of warship wrecks scattered ahead, which was practically a huge warship graveyard.

Zhou Yuan, Wei Shan, Lefia, and the others began to wonder if this was some kind of adventure game. Well, they successfully passed the first level.

Powered by their energy shields, the two fleets smashed through the wreckage of warships blocking their path and continued forward. The further they went, the fewer wreckages there were, until finally there were none left. However, the light also diminished, and the gravity weakened, as if they had entered a vacuum.

The two fleets had no direction or purpose, and simply sailed straight ahead.

After an unknown amount of time, more than forty strong gravitational phenomena suddenly appeared in different directions ahead. Some of these gravitational forces even overlapped, but it seemed that nothing actually existed there.

These are the "Dark Zones," the "Light Speed ​​Barrier" of the "Light-Descending Civilization"!

"11th Fleet, be careful, there should be a 'Light-Descent Civilization' here!"

"Received. Dean Zhou, what should we do next?"

"Ignore them, we'll go straight through the 'light speed barrier.' The combined energy shield will maintain our light speed."

"it is good."

The two fleets rapidly accelerated to the speed of light in this space, and with the help of the Klein force field energy shield, they crashed into one of the "light speed barriers".

The two "halo fleets" seemed to have entered a "soap bubble" feeling.

This "soap bubble" is another world.

This world has three suns, four planets inhabited by intelligent life, and scattered, rough, rusty warship wreckage in space.

The two fleets suddenly received a delayed electromagnetic wave signal that was being dragged along. After analysis, the signal read, "Breaking news: Two faster-than-light light clusters suddenly appeared and then suddenly disappeared."

The two "halo fleets" quickly emerged from the other end of the "light speed barrier," this "soap bubble."

In the darkness, the two fleets continued their journey.

It's unclear how much time passed, but suddenly, both fleets involuntarily accelerated, being dragged forward at a faster pace.

The two fleets modulated the anti-gravity field, gradually stabilizing the fleet.

The appearance of light after a long period of darkness is a pleasant surprise. Sure enough, there was a surprise ahead; Zhou Yuan and the others could see with the naked eye numerous large fireballs resembling crescent moons.

When the results of the long-range detection came out, everyone was stunned. More than 50,000 crescent-shaped fireballs were all half-stars! What was even more astonishing was that these 50,000 half-stars were distributed in a very regular manner on an invisible, huge sphere. In other words, these stars seemed to have been neatly cut in half by an invisible sphere.

The other half of the star should be inside the sphere; otherwise, how could half of the star exist?

No matter how the two fleets searched the inside of the sphere, it seemed to be empty, with no matter or energy, only immense gravity.

Could it be a black hole? But why didn't the black hole swallow more than 50,000 stars that were only half-sized? Zhou Yuan couldn't figure it out.

"Brother Zhou, an empty space with enormous gravity, isn't that a black hole?"

"Yes, Shan-mei, but what's with this half-body star?"

"The Lunar Empire says there's a supermassive black hole at the core of the globular cluster, a million times the size of the Sun. Could this be the black hole?"

"I don't know if it's because the space here is too chaotic, and the gravity is also very complex."

"Brother Zhou, Sister Shan, I just had a sudden thought. Please don't laugh at me if I'm wrong."

"Princess, please speak."

"Is the other half of this half-sun that exists in folded or collapsed space?"

"Lefia, the immense gravity of a black hole can tear apart folded or folded space."

"What if these suns also have powerful anti-gravity devices? Or what if there are intelligent life inside the suns?"

"Yes, how come I didn't think of that?"

"11th Fleet, let's go inside the sun and take a look."

"it is good."

The two "halo fleets" accelerated, preparing to fly towards one of the stars that was half-body.

Suddenly, a star that was half-formed leaped out from the invisible sphere and became a complete star. Then, the star emitted a strong gamma-ray burst and turned into a white dwarf. The white dwarf was sucked into the black hole and torn apart.

The "Light-Descending Civilization" is unleashing a faster-than-light gamma-ray burst!

The intense gamma-ray bursts stirred up fierce halos on the energy shields of both fleets, but fortunately the energy shields withstood the faster-than-light gamma-ray bursts.

"Heavens, the 'Civilization of Light' has descended!"

Humanity on Earth has finally made a formal encounter with the "Light-Descent Civilization".