861 Interstellar Situation Changes and Shadows
The cosmic-level civilization that uses the weapon of public opinion with all its might is qualified to use the platform of the interstellar media of the whole universe to speak out, and the influence of the cosmic-level civilization spreads throughout all star regions, which is far from being comparable to the regional cluster-level civilization.
The Führer of Ulanriel addressed the universe in detail, detailing the course of the incident, and then the Imperial News released official documents documenting the incident and making it available to the outside world.
The document emphasizes that the Ethereal Sect is greedy for profit, in order to evolve the cube, ignoring the Empire's shining world sovereignty, and openly joining forces with the notorious Ark of the Fallen to attack the Imperial military forces, causing huge losses to the Empire, and the Empire strongly condemns this behavior, and reserves the intention to pursue accountability, announcing the temporary suspension of all diplomatic activities with the Ethereal Sect and entering a state of wartime alert.
The Empire's wording was very serious, making the interstellar citizens think that they had suffered a great loss, but after looking at the detailed course of events recorded in the documents, they were surprised to find that the Empire did not lose much strength in the attack, but instead fought back to repel the enemy, and even captured two super A-class powerhouses as prisoners in the Shining World.
The process of the Empire's description emphasized the merits of the Black Star and hyped up his achievements, the Empire on the one hand to help Han Xiao improve his deterrence, and on the other hand, to fight the Ethereal Spirit Sect. The Ethereal Spirit Sect is the background board for Blackstar's contribution this time, and Black Star has gained fame in the Ethereal Spirit Sect, and the more widely known this deed, the greater the blow to the prestige of the Ethereal Spirit Sect.
Black Star's record of capturing Di Lun alive spread out, causing an uproar, Han Xiao became a new super A-level not long ago, which caused a sensation some time ago, and it hasn't been long since then, so the interstellar citizens are no strangers to him.
Unexpectedly, after less than a year, Black Star, who is still a pink and tender newcomer in the super A level, was able to capture a strong man of the same level alive.
The record of killing or capturing alive Super A level has an extraordinary significance in the universe, in the hearts of most people, there is more or less some personal heroism, yearning for their own strength, and Super A level is the peak of individual power, if someone conquers a peak, the people will lift him to a higher altar.
Han Xiao fought against Sisko and Heber before, and he only had a tie record, although it was also a super A-level deed, but it was a little bit worse after all.
And this time, it was a real defeat of a powerhouse of the same level, and it can be said that after this battle, Han Xiao's prestige and status in the universe were completely consolidated.
The document also states that Herber caught a super A-class, but it was pale before Blackstar's credit. After all, most interstellar citizens can also understand the difference in environmental factors revealed in the intelligence, one of the two is fighting back under an absolute disadvantage, and the other is creating a heads-up situation after surrounding an enemy, which is completely incomparable.
In addition to being surprised by the fierceness of the Empire's counterattack, more people were worried about the impact of this incident, and the Red Empire and the Ethereal Sect broke out in a head-on conflict, which made the interstellar situation that had not been easily eased tense again.
In the past ten years, it was the Radiant Federation that confronted the Red Empire, but now the Radiant Federation has kept a low profile, but it has been replaced by the Ethereal Spirit Sect that beats soy sauce in the red tide and has come to the stage.
Since the discovery of the Shining World, the interstellar situation has been in turmoil.
Even if some interstellar citizens are sluggish, they can see that the struggle between the three major civilizations has been revolving around this new star field, which is the "thread" and "main contradiction" in the complex interstellar situation, and most of the regional chaos in each star field is related to this.
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After the Empire issued the statement, the major super-cluster-level and cluster-level civilizations learned about it, and in shock, they hurriedly used their own intelligence networks to inquire about the news, and organized people to analyze the information revealed in the official documents of the Empire word by word.
Black Star has become the target of the most attention of these forces, causing countless forces to be feared, and in the internal databases of various people, the threat of Black Star has been greatly increased.
The three cosmic-level super A-level allies have always been the focus of research for various forces, unlike those super A-level who have joined the empire for dozens or hundreds of years, Han Xiao has only joined the empire for about a year, and the information is extremely limited, and his qualifications and status in the empire's super A-level are not high. But now, these forces have to adjust the threat level of the Black Star to the same level as the three pillars of the empire, and they have become the main target of attention.
The Ethereal Spirit Sect revealed Han Xiao's methods this time through secret intelligence channels, and all forces knew that Black Star was suspected of possessing two cosmic treasures at present, and the evolution cube did not need to be said, which was the cause of this battle.
And another thing that is suspected to be a cosmic treasure, can resist the scepter of all gods and seal super A-level, with such a means, in the intelligence of all parties, Black Star has a special strategic position, not only normal super A-level combat power.
Greed is naturally there, the Void Spirit Sect revealed the information in order to let many forces covet the cosmic treasures in Han Xiao's hands, and they did succeed, but even the Void Spirit Sect returned with a feather, and other forces did not dare to take any action.
Blackstar's record in this battle has deterred many coveting forces.
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A few days later, the Empire launched a military counterattack, and the Ethereal Sect was attacked by the Imperial garrison at the military stargate station of the Shattered Star Ring, and it was said that the energy reaction of the battlefield could be observed from across a star area.
After the failure of Sagman's raiding fleet, the Ethereal Sect guessed that the Red Empire would cut off their stargate passage in the Shattered Star Ring, dispatched reinforcements in advance, and even used another super A-level combat power to prepare to go to the Shattered Star Ring to garrison.
However, the Ethereal Spirit Sect quietly sent six Super A-level for the raid operation, so that the other Super A-level stayed in their respective stations to attract attention, and it took a certain amount of time to deploy at this time, and the empire just hit a time gap.
Ames is currently the only super A-level in the Broken Star Ring, and participated in the attack before the reinforcements of the Ethereal Spirit Sect arrived, her force field is a sharp weapon in interstellar warfare, easily disrupting and chiseling through the formation of the garrison of the Star Gate Station, and using the force field to pinch and explode the Star Gate, cutting off the enemy's rear road, helping the empire to uproot the military Star Gate Stations of the Ethereal Spirit Sect one after another, and catching the Ethereal Spirit Sect by surprise.
Immediately afterward, the Empire sent troops to monitor all common stargates, and placed eyeliners in the Shattered Star Ring to monitor the whereabouts of the Ethereal Sect troops.
It's just that, both cosmic-level civilizations, the Ethereal Spirit Sect also has various means to deal with it.
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Shattered Star Ring, an interstellar transit station.
Located in the planet's Seventh Scrapyard, the Old Medallion Bar is ostensibly a slightly outdated and dilapidated but often full bar for workers, but secretly it is a stronghold of a black marketeer nicknamed "Night Bat".
There is no absolute order in the universe, there is always a shadow under the light, and the interstellar black market is the biggest shadow of the interstellar society.
There is a black market in all regions of the universe, some of which are the product of the local ruling civilization turning a blind eye, and some of which are rooted in the gray zone controlled by no civilization and grow wantonly.
In the interstellar black market of the Shattered Star Ring, Night Bat is not a big man, on the contrary, he is unknown, and his main business is to collect scrap and smuggle and sell some non-military machinery through this camouflage.
He is not secretive, basically the local people know that the old badge bar is his black market stronghold, but because the scale is too small, and the things bought and sold are safe, it has not attracted the attention of any forces, a small black market merchant like him, this interstellar transfer station has not a thousand but eight hundred.
On this day, the Old Medal Bar welcomes a cargo captain, a long-time partner of the scrapyard, who sells some scrap to Nightbat, mixing some of the smuggled goods with it, and Nightbat himself invites him to the stronghold in the basement of the bar.
Retreating, the only thing left in the old, dimly lit office was the Night Bat and the cargo captain.
Cha! The cargo captain lit a cigarette, took a full puff, spit out a cloud of mist, the gray-white smoke curled and dispersed, smacked his lips, and then took out a piece of paper from his arms, pressed it on the desk and pushed it to the night bat opposite, and said:
"This scrap list."
"Thank you."
Night Bat is a thin man with a flattering smile on his face, and anyone who sees him will only think of the word "profiteer".
"The goods have been delivered, I'll go first." The cargo captain stood up.
"Why don't you stay and play, I heard that the Red Widow of Greyshed Street has recently acquired a few half-bloods of elven blood......"
"Half-blood elves...... Forget it, let's talk about it later, have you heard, the Red Empire and the Ethereal Spirit Sect are fighting in the Broken Star Ring, and now the situation outside is turbulent, it's too dangerous, I'll go home after a trip, and I'll come out to work when they're done. ”
The cargo captain seemed to be a little moved, but waved his hand and left the room.
The Night Bat also went out, gathered his men, unloaded the containers of the cargo ship, and carried the scrap inside.
In the busyness, people's attention does not pay too much attention to the small changes around them, and no one notices that the night bat, which is personally commanding on the spot, suddenly becomes one or two centimeters taller from a certain moment, and its body size has changed slightly. The opposite changed for a worker under the captain of a cargo ship.
After a long day of work, the unloading was finally completed, and the cargo spacecraft took off and left the planet.
The cargo captain set up his automatic flight, just took off his survival armor and changed into civilian clothes, and was about to go back to his room to rest for a while, when he received a report from his workers that there were parasitic iron-eating insects in the warehouse area.
This is a common interstellar parasite that destroys the structure of a spaceship and must be removed as soon as it is discovered.
The captain of the cargo ship rushed to the warehouse area, and more than 30 workers had already set up high-burning flamethrowers, burning brown beetles dozens of centimeters long one by one, burning them to ashes.
"Captain, we have brought the situation under control and are checking on the infestation of iron-eating insects, and some of the cargo shows signs of being eaten." A worker opens his mouth to report.
Hearing this, the cargo captain's face was anxious, the goods he transported were all orders from customers, and if they were destroyed, he would have to compensate.
He is just an ordinary person who is very common in the universe, and he can't afford to pay for the goods he transports in order to make a living.
"Take me to see it!"
The two hurried into the warehouse area, the firelight behind them getting farther and farther away.
At this moment, the worker suddenly pulled out the silenced pistol from his bosom and turned to the center of the cargo captain's eyebrows.
"You ......" the cargo captain froze suddenly, his face shocked.
Without waiting for him to speak, the worker opened fire decisively.
Puff puff!
A dull silencer gun rang out, and three bullets were fired into the head of the cargo captain, undoubtedly fatal wounds for ordinary people.
The cargo captain fell to the deck with a thud, blood slowly spilling out.
The worker wiped his cheeks and rubbed off a mimic mask as thin as a cicada's wings, revealing the true face of a night bat.
At this time, the night bat had a cold face, and there was not the slightest hint of profiteer on his body, all of them were disguised.
He found the magnetic card and communicator of the captain's authority on the cargo captain, and then swaggered back to the area where the workers burned the iron-eating insects.
The night bat came out of the darkness, only to see that the situation in the field had changed greatly, the original more than 30 workers, now only five were standing, all holding silenced pistols in their hands, and there were more than 20 corpses of workers lying on the ground, all of whom had been shot.
"Captain." The men looked at the night bats and bowed their heads.
All of them were Ethereal Cult-trained spy agents, with Nightbat disguising themselves as black marketeers for years and operating inconspicuous smuggling channels, while some of the team members disguised themselves as workers and worked for the cargo captain for a long time.
These people have been smuggling for many years, secretly transporting mechanical parts of various important equipment in batches, and the night bat has hoarded several sets of stargate equipment in his hands, and when he unloaded the goods not long ago, he let these workers do their tricks and feet, and quietly sent the stargate equipment onto this cargo spaceship.
After lurking for so long, they have been waiting for the call of the organization, and the Ethereal Sect has activated these shadows at this juncture, and their mission is to seize an inconspicuous spaceship with a disguised identity, secretly join up with the Super A-class, and use the stargate to help Sagman and the others evacuate.
The Night Bat's team wasn't the only spy, and at the same time, a similar scene played out in various areas of the Shattered Star Ring.
Countless small characters who usually have no sense of existence have taken action.
Super A-level is the pinnacle of individual power, but no one can be called the protagonist of the universe, the universe is too big, every little person has their own role, and some inconspicuous small characters can also affect the overall situation.