Survival of the Stars: Rise of the Fourth Scourge

Standing up, Li Meng said to Marian, "Marian, I have to go somewhere, and I'll be back soon."

Where the "king" wants to go is the "king's" freedom, and Marianne will not ask.

She lowered her head slightly and said, ""King", come back soon."

Li Meng smiled at Marianne's words.

At this moment, Marianne is like a wife who is worried about her husband going away.

He didn't say much, Li Meng had a thought.

The space in front of him suddenly distorted.

A purple-red vortex quickly emerged.

Li Meng stepped into it.

As Li Meng disappeared, the purple-red vortex quickly collapsed and disappeared.
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The starry sky is vast, dark, dead, and cold.

In a dark universe, a huge fleet floats quietly.

It's in the gap between galaxies.

The light of the stars is invisible, and the starlight is much dimmed.

More than 100 gray and dark biological battleships float quietly in the dark universe.

Each one is no less than five kilometers in length.

The largest mothership is even closer to ten kilometers.

In the main hall, Ophelia stood in front of the glass wall in a light silver dress.

Her graceful figure was reflected in the glass.

Instead of looking at the starry sky outside the window, she looked at herself.

She held a wine glass full of red liquid in her hand.

Here, in the dark star field, the fleet has been staying for more than ten years.

Although more than ten years is just a short time for the Ghost Clan.

But Ophelia still felt that time seemed to pass very slowly.

She has no intention of sleeping, and since Lord Vulcan left, she no longer wants to use sleeping to let time pass quickly.

The Ghost Clan is not a war-loving race.

Although in the eyes of other civilizations, the Ghost Clan is a civilization of natural disasters.

But the Ghost Clan themselves don't think so.

Every life has its own life form and way of living.

Many civilizations stand at the top of the food chain by slaughtering other races on their home planets.

The Ghosts just expanded the ecosystem to the entire galaxy.

Other civilizations colonize outwards to occupy livable planets and multiply.

The Ghost Clan uses other civilizations as animal husbandry objects.

With a few exceptions, most ghost queens do not like to kill indiscriminately.

Compared with killing, they prefer a long stream of water.

So Ophelia doesn't feel the urge to go back to the Queen.

It's good here, at least it's closer to Vulcan-sama.

"Ophelia, what are you thinking, so engrossed?"

At some point, Li Meng appeared behind Ophelia.

The sudden appearance of the voice startled Ophelia.

She was stunned for a moment, then she was overjoyed and turned around quickly.

When she turned around, she saw Lord Vulcan.

Compared with more than ten years ago, Master Vulcan has not changed at all.

The passage of time has left no trace on him.

She smiled slightly and said, "I was just thinking about when Lord Vulcan would appear, but I didn't think about Lord Vulcan appearing now."

Li Meng came to Ophelia's side and looked at the dark starry sky outside the window.

"Go to the dark realm, there is an interstellar war about to start, and I need your help."

Without asking any further questions, Ophelia lowered her head slightly and said, "Yes, Lord Vulcan, the Ghost Race is willing to fight for you!"

She won't say no.

Li Meng was aware of this before coming here.

Faith is a good thing, it blinds people.

The reason why Moreser willingly surrendered to Li Meng, an outsider.

It was because Li Meng satisfied her spiritual belief needs.

The universe is huge, and there are more than just galaxies.

Star galaxies are huge, but there are hundreds of billions of them in the Milky Way.

The banking system is huge, but there are countless galaxies in the entire universe.

Its life form is also diverse, and there is no shortage of powerful individuals.

In extragalactic galaxies, gods may just be a very common thing.

Not long after, the fleet floating in the dark universe moved.

The hulls of each battleship suddenly shimmered with light.

The engines at the rear began to light up, and blue exhaust flames were sprayed out one after another.

Soon, the blue engine tail flames shone brightly in this piece of universe.

Driven by powerful power, the huge giant ship began to move forward slowly.

Its speed is getting faster and faster.

Not long after, suddenly, in the dark universe, only a flash of light appeared.

The ships of the fleet jumped into the jump space one after another.

As the last flash of light ended, this piece of universe returned to the dead silence of ten years ago.
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S-71739 star system.

New Terra.

With the order of the "king", the first great expedition kicked off.

The war machine of the Empire started running at high speed.

Make every effort to stockpile war materials.

Exploration fleets that were exploring outside were also recalled one by one.

In the last two months, one or several warships returned every one or two days.

Most are Cobra destroyers and Firestorm-class escorts.

Temple number, the bedroom of the "King".

After spending some time with Ophelia, Li Meng returned to New Terra.

The Ghost Clan fleet is on its way, and it will take at least two years to reach New Terra.

Two years is not a long time, just take advantage of this time to prepare for war.

"Now the Star Militia Army is under the control of the Imperial Navy. Considering the needs of future landings, the Star Militia Army is aggressively expanding its army. Before the expedition, the Empire had at least 1000 million regular troops and 2000 million reserve troops."

For an interstellar war, the size of an army of tens of millions is not large.

Of course, for a local war, it is not too small.

In interstellar warfare, ship-to-ship is still home.

The landing force can only be regarded as an auxiliary army, used to wipe out the resistance forces on the surface of the planet.

For the attacking side, the ship-to-ship victory is the only way to launch the final stage of landing operations on the planet.

As for the defensive side, once the ship-to-ship loses, the entire war is basically lost.

Even if he fought stubbornly on the surface of the planet, it was only a dying struggle.

But the dying struggle also has its function, which is to delay the enemy's attack.

If the enemy wants to get a planet with complete industrial capabilities, instead of smashing it to pieces.

It is necessary to use the landing force to wipe out the resistance forces on the surface.

And the orbital system of a planet is not that weak.

If the fleet approached rashly, even if it destroyed the planet's defense system, it would suffer heavy losses.

In interstellar warfare, ground warfare is inevitable.

Only with a strong landing force can the planet be occupied with the least cost.

Compared with the fleet, the value of life is undoubtedly much lower.

No matter which civilization you are in, battleships are always high-value consumables.

Ordinary soldiers are just cheap consumables.