It would have been a good day for Marotta. Yesterday afternoon, he received an offer from the Imperial Military Academy. At the end of the month, he will go to the Imperial Military Academy to be modulated to become an Imperial Expeditionary Force. As far as Marotta knows, this is the last chance to become an expeditionary force. He caught the last train and laid a solid foundation for his future.

Of course, not everyone understands Marotta's approach.

As one of the 300 military control officials stationed in the 10th district, although Marotta's status is not as good as the military control officials of the other nine districts, nor as good as the military commander of the 10th district, but in the ten military districts of the entire empire, there are only more than 600,000 military control officials in total, to be precise, 614,100, that is, there are 300 in the 10th district, 600 in the 9th district, 1,200 in the 8th district, and so on, the first district has 307,200, and the entire empire has a population of 600 billion. In other words, there is only one military control officer for every million people. In the eyes of ordinary people, being able to become a military control officer is already a great achievement. More importantly, in this position, there is no need to take on too many responsibilities, that is, there is not too much risk, and you can enjoy enough rights to be able to obtain better living conditions for the common people.

Obviously, Marotta had no reason to be dissatisfied with the status quo, and therefore no reason to be an expeditionary force.

It's just that these are other people's knowledge.

Marotta went to fight for a place in the expeditionary force, not because he was dissatisfied with the status quo or wanted to get a higher position, but because of a rumor he had overheard. This is that the empire is about to undergo earth-shaking changes, and only by becoming an expeditionary force can it have a place in the future world. More importantly, becoming an expeditionary force can gain stronger personal strength.

Although it is only a rumor, Marotta's source of news is very reliable.

If the future is a cinema, then becoming an expeditionary force is equivalent to getting a ticket to the cinema.

Of course, even if the rumors are false, becoming an expeditionary force is not a bad thing, in addition to gaining stronger personal abilities, you can also gain a higher social status.

As far as Marotta knew, the status of the expeditionary force was far higher than that of military commanders.

The entire empire has more than 2,000 military commanders, while the total number of expeditionary forces is less than 1,000, and the individual strength of the expeditionary force is far above the military commanders.

All in all, it's the best of both worlds.

If nothing else, in a month's time, Marotta will return to Earth, report to the Imperial Military Academy, and then be concocted.

Perhaps, you can also meet the Emperor, the supreme being.

Of course, that must have happened after he had completed the concoction and became a member of the expeditionary force, as he had to swear allegiance to the Emperor at that time.

Thinking of this, Marotta is satisfied.

It also put him in a very good mood, at least when he came to the post of military control officer and started his day as he usually did for thousands of days.

It's a pity that all this was broken by the chaos that suddenly came.

Marotta was a little surprised to receive the battle report from the 8th District, but he gave the order at the first time and put the area under his jurisdiction into a combat state.

It's a huge area.

In this area, in addition to the 3,000 soldiers under the direct control and command of Marotta, there are about 300,000 citizens.

They are residents of the 10th arrondissement, and they are residents of a special status.

Although the 10th district was the first of the ten districts to be built, and it was also the lowest, they were citizens of the empire compared to the common people who lived on the ground, that is, subjects who swore allegiance to the emperor, and had a higher social status than the commoners.

In fact, Marotta was also a citizen before becoming a military control officer.

There is only one difference between citizens and commoners, that is, citizens owe allegiance to the emperor. It is precisely because of this that citizens enjoy a lot of privileges in the empire.

As a military controller, Marotta is not only responsible for protecting these citizens, but also dealing with external threats.

Of course, this is something that has never happened, at least in Marotta's memory, there has never been a threat from outer space.

The biggest threat is the floating asteroids and large meteorites.

In fact, this is not a threat at all, because all nearby asteroids and large meteorites are monitored, and threatening asteroids and large meteorites are directly destroyed. Even asteroids with a diameter of more than one kilometer will not be able to pass through the defenses of Sector 1.

For Marotta, who lives in District 10, he doesn't even get involved in the chance to intercept the asteroid.

All in all, this was the first time he had faced an external threat.

Although he had no experience, the relevant combat procedures were locked in his mind, so he was still able to complete the combat readiness work in the first time.

The interception then began.

It was not an asteroid, but a being capable of changing its flight trajectory on its own.

Obviously, it was a flying machine controlled by intelligent life, and it was a very small flying machine, perhaps an intelligent life.

It wasn't just Marotta's defense forces that were involved in the interception.

In fact, during the entire interception, Marotta's contribution was minimal. In his zone of military control, there was only one rail-mounted interceptor gun, as well as ten interceptors. Marotta used all of that power, which was nothing compared to the dozens of control zones involved in the interception.

The fierce interception gave Marotta the first glimpse of the power of the orbital interceptor cannon.

It's just that the threat suddenly disappeared!

What the hell is going on, Marotta doesn't figure it out at all.

Although he was definitely in charge of monitoring the target's subordinates, the information fed back from the control ring indicated that all officers and soldiers were in a normal state.

No one had a problem, it was just that the target suddenly disappeared.

Immediately afterward, the officer in charge of surveillance discovered the meteorite.

It's fast, and it's sudden.

Although Marotta thought that it was not a meteorite, perhaps related to a previous threat, all the information detected indicated that it was a meteorite with a small mass, but it was very fast, faster than all meteorites that had been detected before, and entered the atmosphere almost vertically.

At this time, the military control zone where Marotta is located happens to be over the meteorite.

By the time Marotta thought of interception, the meteorite had entered the atmosphere, passed through the eco-controlled zone for civilian habitation, and finally exploded on the ground.

It was only at this time that Marotta changed her mind and hoped it was a meteorite.

The reason is simple, if it was just a meteorite, this time the matter would be over. The meteorite did not cause damage to the ecologically controlled area, but exploded on the ground, so there would be no aftermath work, and there was no reason for the Empire to intervene in such a naturally occurring disaster event.

The problem is, if it wasn't a meteorite, Marotta would be in trouble.

At least for the next five minutes, if it is determined that it is not a natural meteorite, but is related to the danger that arose before, since Marotta's control area is still above the meteorite's impact site, it will be up to Marotta to investigate the impact.

According to the Empire's military regulations, Marotta was the direct responsible person until the threat level was raised.

Five minutes later, of course, it had nothing to do with Marotta. Since Area 10 is not in geostationary orbit, there will be another military control zone above the meteorite impact site, and the military control officer of that control zone will be responsible for investigating the impact.

It's a pity that Marotta didn't wait for five minutes.

After the impact, the order was given.

Marotta was reluctant, after all, he had given up the job and was only staying in the post temporarily, and he didn't want it to affect what happened in a month's time.

It's just that Marotta didn't have a choice.

For an imperial serviceman, he did not have the right to refuse to carry out orders. After the order has been issued, the various procedures related to it have been initiated.

Marotta left the restricted area and headed straight to the surface.

For the soldiers of the Empire, it is not difficult to go to the ground at all, and they do not even need to resort to any external equipment, all that is needed is to be mentally prepared.

In fact, neither Imperial soldiers nor Imperial citizens did not like to go to the ground.

For them, it was a strange world, and it was also a world full of dangers. Even for a military controller with a strong personal strength, it is very dangerous to go to the ground alone. To this end, Marotta brought with him four guards who had been assigned to him.

Although it was only to investigate the impact, Marotta didn't want to take any chances.

In another month, he would be on his way to the Imperial Military Academy to be concocted, so there was no reason for him to risk his life for this unfortunate mission.

Of course, Marotta also hopes that this is just a simple investigation.

If it is just a normal survey, what Marotta has to do is gather information near the impact site, such as looking for meteorite residues, obtaining the composition of meteorites, and the damage caused by the impact to the environment. As for what this information is for, it has nothing to do with Marotta at all.

What's more, the usual investigation does not require him to go outside the impact point.

If this wasn't a normal survey, it would mean that Marotta would have to stay on the ground for longer, even to explore the surrounding area.

Obviously, that's a big risk.

Thinking about this, Marotta's mood is very complicated. He had a not-so-good feeling, as if the closer he got to the ground, the farther away he was from the Imperial Military Academy he longed for. Marotta even felt that this was his last mission, and that it would cost him the opportunity to go to the Imperial Military Academy.