Light Speed ​​War

Chapter 130: Suppressing the Rebellion

In the council hall of the Presidential Palace in Amos, Zhou Yuan, as the leader of the Earth's human civilization in the capital star system, delivered a speech. Zhou Yuan naturally did not reveal any information about the existence of the Earth Empire. Instead, he offered a forward-looking perspective on the technology, culture, system, management, and future prospects of the Amos civilization over the next century, from the viewpoint of someone who had been there. Some of the advanced concepts and grand visions in Zhou Yuan's speech drew enthusiastic applause from the 100,000 Amos people.

This kind of speech was already very familiar to Zhou Yuan. He didn't use a prepared script; it was all spoken spontaneously. Although Adams did the same, his speech was less well-received because of the vast difference in experience and understanding between him and Zhou Yuan. However, Zhou Yuan, Wei Shan, and Lefia all felt that Adams was indeed a great leader, and some of his insights were remarkably forward-thinking, which made Zhou Yuan look at him with new respect.

As the bustling activity subsided and silence fell, the small warships, accompanied by the stealthy larger warships, returned to the planetary fleet base.

Three hours after returning to the fleet base, Zhou Yuan received a lot of information from Balatu's people, the most important of which was the strength and location of the rebellious civilizations in the capital star system.

"Xiaolu, there are a few things I want to ask you."

"Brother, tell me, I will tell you everything I know."

Wei Shan and Leifia were slightly taken aback when Chu Xiaolu called Zhou Yuan "Big Brother," but they didn't say anything.

"To whom do you Amoz worship, and what do you worship?"

How did you know we wanted to make offerings?

"Let's not discuss that for now."

"Our Amos civilization is under the jurisdiction of Lord Wak. Every twenty years, we must offer Lord Wak a precious metal refined from a mineral deposit free of charge."

Zhou Yuan couldn't help but recall that when they were approaching the mother planet of Amos, they had detected eight or nine similar mining bases.

Do you know what precious metals are used for?

“We ordinary people are also very curious. It’s been circulating online that these precious metals are used in a high-end weapon system, but I don’t know the specifics.”

"High-end weaponry? Offerings are made only once every twenty years. It seems this precious metal is extremely difficult to mine and refine. Why doesn't Wacker utilize the Great Wall Group's more advanced technology, or borrow advanced equipment to help the Yamos refine it? We must examine and analyze this precious metal." Zhou Yuan pondered for a moment.

"Xiaolu, do you know about the three civilizations of Kesman, Yaxi, and Dolai?"

"The Yakshi civilization seems to have appeared on the internet, but we think it's just a legend."

Zhou Yuan smiled; it seemed that Chu Xiaolu knew very little.

"Shanmei, Yamei, what do you think we should arrange for Xiaolu?"

"Big brother, sisters, please don't let me leave you. I don't know anyone here."

"It's okay if we're not familiar with each other. We are all very nice people and won't bully you."

"Your stuff is all high-tech, I don't know how to use it. I'd rather pour you tea, serve you water, and mop the floor."

The three smiled slightly. "Xiaolu, you don't need to do any of this. Besides, you're not a servant or a maid."

"Sister Shan, I feel completely useless in this place. I really don't know what I can do."

"What did you do before?"

“I studied art at the orphanage school, and after graduation, I taught art classes to the children at the orphanage, including the xylophone, erhu, zither, poetry, songs, and various dances. Sisters, did I say something wrong?” Chu Xiaolu suddenly became a little nervous.

"Xiaolu, don't be nervous, we just think you're amazing."

"sharp?"

"Yes, a talented woman and a beautiful woman."

"Sisters, if it's alright, I'll teach you."

“If I were to teach them, I could only do it in my spare time. They’re both quite busy. How about this: you teach them art, and they’ll teach you martial arts.”

"Fighting?"

"Yes, I'll teach you self-defense so that no one will bully you in the future."

"Big brother, did you bully your two older sisters before? Is that why they learned martial arts?"

Zhou Yuan was taken aback, while Wei Shan and Leifia couldn't help but chuckle. The three of them guessed that this Chu Xiaolu had probably spent too long in the orphanage school, and was really lacking in social skills and interpersonal relationships.

"Yeah, I used to bully them, but ever since they learned martial arts, I've never dared to bully them again."

"Did those two older sisters bully you after they learned martial arts?"

"You two won't bully me, right?" Zhou Yuan smiled at Wei Shan and Leifia.

"How vain of you." Lefia raised her fist, pretending to hit her. Wei Shan watched with a smile.

To everyone's surprise, Chu Xiaolu spread her arms to block them, saying, "Big brother, Sister Ya, let's talk this out, don't fight."

Lefia found it amusing. "I'll spare you today for Xiaolu's sake."

"Thank you for not hitting me." Zhou Yuan was also being mischievous.

The three of them were laughing and joking, which left Chu Xiaolu completely bewildered.

Despite their playful banter, the three were exceptionally serious when it came to work. After arranging accommodation for Chu Xiaolu, they immediately issued a series of orders: dispatching warships to detect and secretly investigate the rebellious civilizations, and sending stealth warships to explore the eight or nine mining bases on the mother planet of Amos, bringing back some refined precious metals. Most importantly, they needed to secretly deploy a giant Klein force field generator in the capital system. After long-range detection, they finally chose a desolate area in the capital system. Large warships carrying the force field generator modules entered dozens of stars, placing the modules within them so they could automatically assemble when needed.

To gain a comprehensive understanding of the situation in the capital star system, Zhou Yuan, under the pretext of needing to reconnoiter the rebellious civilization, began searching for them in interstellar space. This did not arouse suspicion from the Great Wall "consuls"; on the contrary, they gave Zhou Yuan and his team the green light, allowing the capital star system's patrol fleet to cooperate and provide convenience. Once Zhou Yuan deemed it absolutely safe, the warships he dispatched began deploying "Star Eyes" among the more than two thousand stars in the capital star system.

Zhou Yuan, of course, hadn't forgotten that there were eighteen other locations in this capital star system that the "Gemini Sky Eye" couldn't directly observe. These eighteen locations held immense appeal for Zhou Yuan, but they were likely heavily guarded, so he didn't personally investigate them, fearing it would arouse suspicion from the "consuls." Zhou Yuan immediately ordered scientists to develop superphoton quark reconnaissance aircraft. Two days later, thirty-six superphoton quark reconnaissance aircraft, divided into pairs, flew at high speed towards those eighteen mysterious locations.

Everything was proceeding smoothly according to plan. Zhou Yuan knew he had about a year and two months to prepare. When the four star system fleets of the Matrix Great Wall's allies, the Balu Civilization, arrived here in a year and three months, it would be the day the war with the Fortress System would begin. Zhou Yuan needed to create a series of favorable combat conditions for his side before the Balu Civilization's star system fleet arrived.

After the deployment of the "Eye of the Stars," the Imperial Fleet gained a thorough understanding of the activities of intelligent civilizations in a large part of the capital star system.

The Imperial Fleet's policy of suppressing or annihilating rebellious civilizations was not to achieve a swift victory, but rather stipulated that a certain pace must be maintained. The purpose was naturally to let the "consuls" of the Great Wall in the capital system know that dealing with rebellious civilizations was not an easy task for the Imperial Fleet.

The Imperial Fleet's first battle against the rebellious civilization in the capital was against the Yaksi civilization.

According to the information gathered by "Starry Eyes," the rebellious forces led by the Yaksi civilization are still quite powerful. Moreover, in the eyes of Zhou Yuan and others, this rebellious force is also a "malicious civilization," using various means such as rampant expansion, forced suppression, and plunder to plunder the labor and resources of other innocent civilizations. Although the Great Wall "consuls" have dispatched large armies to suppress them, their power is considerable, and most importantly, they are adept at hiding and concealing themselves. Once they escape, it is very difficult to find them again. All of these factors have made it very difficult for the armies dispatched by the "consuls" to suppress the Yaksi civilization forces.

Given that a supermassive black hole was used as a warning against the combined interstellar fleet of the Vark affiliated civilization last time, Zhou Yuan decided to use a black hole against the Yaksi civilization this time as well. However, this time it was not a warning or deterrence, but a direct engulfment and annihilation.

"Eye of the Stars" began compiling a list of Yakshi civilization bases and key positions. The fleet analyzed and marked these bases and positions. After confirming that only Yakshi civilization forces existed in these spaces, small-mass black holes rapidly devoured the matter within, including Yakshi civilization warships and fortresses. This black hole devouring was so fast that there was no time to react; the marked Yakshi civilization forces were swiftly eliminated.

In response to the Yaksi civilization's activities of plundering or waging war in other civilizations, the Empire began dispatching fleets to these locations.

The Imperial Fleet was adept at this kind of interstellar warfare. First, it sealed off the warp drive, then used black hole bombs to separate the two sides. After isolating the Yaksi civilization, the Imperial Fleet began to launch super-range, superluminal attacks on the Yaksi warships using intelligent energy beams. The power of the sniper ships had been greatly enhanced over hundreds of years. What terrified the Yaksi was that these suddenly appearing warships seemed to show no regard for the black hole bombs that had caused serious damage to their ships. They directly entered and passed through the black hole bomb area without being torn apart by the powerful gravity.

If there were too many Yakshi warships, the Imperial fleet would simply launch a massive number of neutron star marbles. This kind of neutron star marble warfare was far less exciting than dealing with the Zerg planets in the Andromeda Galaxy; a Yakshi warship was naturally no match for a planet. The other civilizations' fleets observing the battle were clearly shocked by this highly efficient weapon of mass destruction. The disparity in strength was too great—this was their shared sentiment.

After annihilating the Yaxi fleet, the Imperial fleet quickly departed. This action was like that of a martial arts master who kills the enemy with a single blow and then leaves with a flourish.

The Imperial fleet was not in a hurry to annihilate the Yaksi forces that were hiding and concealing themselves.

Zhou Yuan reported to Balatu on the recent operations against the Yakshi rebels. Most of them had been wiped out, but due to limited detection methods, the Yakshi forces that were hiding were still not found.

Balatu had no doubts and greatly praised the Empire for eliminating most of the Yakshi rebel forces. As for the Yakshi forces that remained hidden, aside from the eighteen locations, extremely important military bases, and the residences of the Great Wall "consuls," Balatu authorized Zhou Yuan to search the entire capital star system. This authorization from Balatu made it easier for the Imperial fleet to operate.