APTnovel Chapter 71: Earth-Moon Meeting
Chapter 71: Earth-Moon Meeting
In the year 156 of the Interstellar Era and the year 515 of the Galactic Era, the Lunar Empire finally received a response from the Earth Empire in the Galactic Galaxy.
"Lunar Empire, this is Earth Empire. We are very pleased that you are still alive. Since losing contact with you 156 years ago, Earth Empire believed you had been teleported to the Andromeda Galaxy, never imagining you would end up in the Triangulum Galaxy. We tried everything to repair and correct the situation using quantum communication, but to no avail. Less than two years after your teleportation, Earth Empire engaged in several large-scale wars with the Galactic Alliance, which eventually escalated into a full-scale war that lasted nearly a hundred years before we finally defeated the Galactic Alliance. Afterwards, Earth Empire waged intermittent wars against the remnants of the Galactic Alliance and other civilizations in this galaxy. Even now, we are still fighting a terrifying advanced civilization. It can be said that since you lost contact, Earth Empire has spent over 150 years in hardship and war. The prolonged conflict has hampered our technological development, and we have no good solutions..." There's no time to contact you again. Over a decade ago, we did detect matrix signals similar to superluminal gamma rays in the Triangulum Galaxy, but your signals were distorted over long distances, resulting in us receiving only random stray signals. Of course, we're all very happy to know you're in the Triangulum Galaxy. Your discovery of the 'Morthian modulation matrix' allows us to now achieve high-fidelity communication over long distances, and your discovery of Klein bottle space flipping for long-distance intergalactic travel makes us both proud and ashamed. The Earth Empire Academy of Sciences has begun preparations for an intergalactic journey to meet you. However, we are currently engaged in a battle with a rather formidable advanced civilization, and it may be quite some time before we can meet again. We wish you a speedy rise to dominance in the Triangulum Galaxy and look forward to our next meeting. Please stay in touch. Thomas, Commander-in-Chief of the Earth Empire Fleet.
Upon receiving the reply from the Earth Empire, everyone in the Lunar Empire was overjoyed, yet also heartbroken. They hadn't realized that since the departure of the Alpha Fleet and the 19th Fleet, the Earth Empire had been constantly at war—over 150 years of continuous conflict with the Galactic Alliance and various civilizations. It was easy to imagine how difficult life must have been for the Earth Empire.
The reply mentioned a rather terrifying civilization, one that terrified the Earth Empire, meaning it must be quite powerful. Currently, the Earth Empire is still at war with this civilization.
"Gentlemen, our kin in the Milky Way are still fighting a hard battle, and it is necessary for us to lend a helping hand." At a high-level meeting of the three major organizations, Taiser, commander of the 19th Fleet of the Lunar Empire, suggested.
"Indeed, the Academy of Sciences has been working to produce Klein force field generators as quickly as possible. Over the past twelve years, our research on the 'energy matrix' of Changwang Star has given us considerable knowledge of space and communication technologies. In two years, we will be able to use high-power Klein force field generators to conduct intergalactic travel, allowing us to meet with our fellow galacticians and fight together against our enemies. In the blue star cluster of our local system, the collection of hydrogen ion clouds is ongoing, as is the process of turning massive blue stars into neutron stars and harvesting them. In two years, our fleet sent to the Milky Way must be equipped with sufficient supplies and neutron star weapons at all times."
"it is good."
“If we send a large number of warships into the Milky Way, I am worried that the defenses here will be weakened. On the one hand, we should speed up the production of warships, and on the other hand, we should recall some of our interstellar fleets.”
“Yes, we can’t lose this base. Even if we can make a long-distance intergalactic journey between the Triangulum and the Milky Way, this one-way journey will still take a year, and the changes in a year are unpredictable.”
"Compared to our galactic compatriots, our population base is still relatively small. As long as we help them achieve victory and have them supply us with population, all problems will be solved. Of course, if the population increases, we will also need more Earth-like planets. Therefore, the Empire should prepare as soon as possible to terraform or relocate those planets that have already been discovered. Moreover, interstellar hegemony requires more Earth-like planets and population. Finally, we must go to the Milky Way as soon as possible and end the war there. Once our two sides join forces, it will not be as simple as one plus one."
"Very good. Agreed."
"Dean Zhou, then send the 'Morse modulation matrix' message to our fellow citizens in the Milky Way, saying that the fleet we dispatched will arrive in the Milky Way in two years to support them, and tell them to prepare, and give the support fleet a meeting coordinate."
"it is good."
In the year 159 of the Interstellar Era and the year 518 of the Galactic Era, after bidding farewell to their new home in the Moon Empire of the Triangular Galaxy and undergoing a year of transgalactic long-distance travel, the combined fleet, consisting of the Alpha Fleet and seven other fleets from the 5th to the 11th Fleets, led by the Alpha Fleet, arrived near the rotating binary black hole system in the Milky Way that left everyone in the Alpha Fleet with a lingering sense of unease. This was also the place where the Alpha Fleet and the 19th Fleet were teleported in the year 360 of the Galactic Era.
The historic meeting between the Earth Empire and the Moon Empire begins.
The Earth Empire fleet, led by Commander-in-Chief Thomas, had already formed a large formation and was waiting. The Earth Empire fleet was patrolling and on guard within a radius of six or seven light-years in this space.
"Calling the Earth Empire, this is the joint fleet dispatched by the Lunar Empire. We are preparing to exit hyperspace and reach the vicinity of the binary black hole system. Please grant us your approval, Commander-in-Chief."
"Approved. George, you've done a great job."
When the two sides heard each other's response, the joy and happiness they felt was indescribable in words or speech; their reunion was like an old song.
Following Zhou Yuan's advice and requests, the Earth Empire fleet conducted extensive reconnaissance of this space, and everything appeared normal with no abnormal changes. Space-flipping hyperspace travel differs from warp drive hyperspace travel; during warp drive, a spatial oscillation ripple appears when the fleet enters or exits space. The tests of the Lunar Empire fleet's hyperspace travel confirmed that it could be used for surprise attacks on the enemy.
One minute after the call ended, the combined fleet led by the Alpha Fleet suddenly appeared out of nowhere, lined up neatly not far from Thomas's flagship.
George, Zhou Yuan, and Wei Shan were teleported by light to George's flagship conference room. The meeting was broadcast live to all of humanity in the Earth Empire, while the Lunar Empire would not receive information about this Earth-Moon meeting for another year.
"Commander-in-Chief, Alpha Fleet Commander George is reporting for duty!"
"Thanks for your hard work."
Thomas and George embraced warmly. Although human lifespan has now reached over four thousand years, the two had not seen each other for 159 years.
Thomas, Zhou Yuan, and Wei Shan also gave each other a warm hug.
"Dean Zhou, Commander Wei, you've worked hard."
After exchanging pleasantries, both the Earth and the Moon introduced their respective situations.
The Earth Empire now possesses nine new Earths. While technological development has nearly stagnated due to the prolonged war, progress in consciousness and the mind field has been rapid. Many members of the Earth Empire now possess special abilities and superpowers, such as aviators capable of long-duration flight without any aids, mind readers who can read minds, prophets who can foresee the future, and even superhumans like The Flash, Iceman, Fireman, Heroes of the Storm, Magneto, teleporters, invisibility, and telekinesis. Of course, the Earth Empire has enacted a comprehensive set of laws to regulate these superhumans and those with special abilities.
"Commander-in-Chief, in your message to us you said that the Empire is at war with a rather terrible civilization. What's going on?"
"The war between the Empire and the Galactic Federation lasted for nearly a hundred years, followed by another sixteen years of fighting, and then nearly thirty years of recuperation. Ten years ago, more than a dozen of our fleets were attacked in different parts of the galaxy by an unknown, relatively powerful intelligent civilization."
"Huh? What are the characteristics of this terrifying civilization?"
"They are capable of warp drive and have a great many warships, each only a dozen kilometers in size. The key is their warships' energy shields, which can withstand one or two hits from our sniper starship's intelligent energy beams. Their main weapons are also ultra-high-energy lasers, which pose a huge challenge to our warships' shields."
George, Zhou Yuan, and Wei Shan were astonished. The enemy's warships were not only numerous and capable of withstanding one or two rounds of fire from sniper ships, but they also possessed ultra-high-energy lasers. No wonder the Earth Empire said the war was extremely difficult.
"Because the enemy's warships are so numerous, we are at a great disadvantage. You should know that one of their fleets has a hundred million warships. Because their warships are so numerous, we call this civilization the 'Star Luo Civilization'."
"Is the 'Star Luo Civilization' like the copyists, the alien insectoid race, or the mechanical civilization, where a fleet consists of a hundred million warships? How many 'people' would that civilization have?"
"We are not clear about this yet. In the past, when our individual patrol fleets were surrounded, we just tried our best to fight our way out and get rid of them. Now, when our fleet goes out to patrol or fight, it appears in the form of a fleet group."
Where did the "Star Luo Civilization" come from?
"After more than a hundred years of war with the Galactic Alliance and other civilizations, we have not obtained any information about this civilization. The 'Star Luo Civilization' seems to have appeared out of thin air and is specifically targeting the Earth Empire. After a comprehensive analysis of the 'Star Luo Civilization's' warship types, combat methods, and other factors, the Empire's scientists believe that they do not belong to our Milky Way galaxy."
"From the Andromeda Galaxy?"
"Not necessarily. It could be a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way, such as the Large Magellanic Cloud, the Small Magellanic Cloud, or other satellite dwarf galaxies."
Suddenly, all human fleets near the twin black hole system received emergency distress signals from the Earth Empire's 7th and 12th fleets, which were patrolling six or seven light-years away. These two fleets had been surrounded by sixteen massive fleets of the "Star Luo Civilization" that had jumped out of warp space.
Immediately afterwards, the Earth Empire Fleet Headquarters also sent a secret report that the "Star Luo Civilization" fleet jumped out of warp space and appeared near nine new Earths, with sixteen "Star Luo Civilization" fleets near each new Earth.
Ten locations, sixteen fleets in each location, and one hundred million warships in each fleet—the "Star Luo Civilization" has dispatched a total of 16 billion warships to launch a full-scale invasion of the Earth Empire. Perhaps the "Star Luo Civilization" has follow-up support fleets.
Of course, the Earth Empire was not fighting alone this time; they also had their own allies as reinforcements, namely the Lunar Empire's joint fleet led by the Alpha Fleet.