In the core area of the 1562nd energy unit of the [Gate of Time and Space], it is the command center of the Alliance's 271st Starfleet.

General Meng Chao was standing solemnly in the center of a dish-shaped space, and he had been standing like this for a long time since he received the over-distance communication information from the mobile formation.

As an intelligent creature of a super-cosmic civilization, it is extremely rare to do this, because time is the most precious resource for them.

However, General Meng Chao did stand with a solemn expression for a long, long time.

The mobile formation's over-the-range communications were sent at the last moment before their total annihilation, and the messages sent back were so small that they did not even have any practical significance in the eyes of ordinary people.

[My captain, my mobile formation......]

General Meng Chao finally moved, and the speed was as slow as a lowly creature.

[Now, they are all sacrificed......]

[The situation is far beyond our control, beyond our imagination!] 】

[The Annihilator Alliance shouldn't be so strong as this......]

General Meng Chao was still moving very slowly, but his brain was constantly racing.

[Is the enemy really the Annihilation Alliance?] This issue should have been taken into account by the Supreme Military Executive Council of the Union. 】

General Meng Chao was in a deep contradiction at the moment, and he even began to wonder if it made sense to continue to hold on to the [Time and Space Gate] No. 1562 energy unit.

Defeatism!

Defeatism spread uncontrollably in General Meng's thoughts.

This is really not the thinking of the supreme commander of a coalition fleet.

So, he began to think about the pitiful information transmitted back by the mobile formation using over-distance communications.

Or only a large number of hydrogen atoms and neutrinos that remain in the universe have been observed, whether it is those stars that have disappeared, or other celestial bodies, or even fleets of mobile formations, they have all been left behind without exception, and only these particles have been left behind.

It was as if only these particles could prove that they had ever existed in this space.

……

Soon after, a report from an officer disturbed General Meng's thoughts, and just the last moment, they had received an over-the-distance communication message from the higher Military Administration.

[Is there anything new?] 】

General Meng Chao asked, and from the officer's expression and tone, he guessed that it should not be good news.

Sure enough, the officer first reported to him about the situation in other theaters of operations:

Following the destruction of the 1688th energy unit, three more [Time and Space Gate] structural units were wiped out in the enemy attack.

In addition, there are two energy units that activate the zero-speed barrier at the last moment.

The so-called zero-speed barrier is essentially an artificially created finite area, and its general coverage radius is 0.3~0.5 light years. The three-dimensional speed of light in this finite region is infinitely close to zero (but not zero).

In the same way, in the corresponding four-dimensional space, even the upper limit of the speed of light in higher latitudes will approach zero or be extremely small and slow. Because, even at higher latitudes, the upper limit of the speed of light will increase by a factor of 100 or 1,000 times relative to that of a three-dimensional space, but because the base speed of light is infinitely close to zero, the actual value of the speed of light that can ultimately be reached is still negligible.

It can be said that the zero-light speed barrier is the ultimate means to save the alliance from protecting the [Gate of Time and Space], and it is also the last helpless measure.

Once the zero-speed barrier is activated, the upper limit of the speed of motion of all matter in the covered area will approach zero infinitely (the principle that the speed of light cannot be exceeded). As a result, all flying units that fly into the zero-speed barrier are to be confined to an extremely slow speed cage.

Because the speed cage is so powerful, to the outside world, they seem to be frozen in the inner space of time amber.

Of course, this is far from all, because the movement of all microcosms, such as electrons that also move at the speed of light, will also be imprisoned, so the whole world shrouded by the zero-speed barrier is like a living form that has entered a dormant pod, and everything slows down until they finally come to a standstill.

However, those who are infinitely close to the stationary zero-speed barrier in the external frame of reference do not themselves perceive the strange changes in the speed of time. Fleets guarding the Space-Time Gate structure will find that the enemy continues to pounce on them with impunity. There will still be a fierce battle between them. It's just that this battle will last for hundreds of millions of years in the eyes of the outside world.

In fact, the zero-speed barrier can indeed protect the structural units of the [space-time gate] from being destroyed by the enemy for a long time, but the zero-lightspeed cage will also imprison the structural units of the [space-time gate], and the imprisoned structural units will no longer be able to function normally until the zero-lightspeed barrier disappears, which is also a devastating blow to the operation of the entire [space-time gate].

Therefore, the zero-light speed barrier is really one of the most helpless means of defense. The significance of this is merely to provide a possible window of time for the destruction of the Space-Time Gate's structural units.

If in the distant future, a rescue fleet from the outside world is strong enough to enter the area shrouded by the zero-speed barrier. At that time, the defense fleet stationed inside will be surprised to find that their war with the enemy has only begun before outside help has arrived. But they will know that even the short period of time they have been waiting for reinforcements may have actually passed tens of thousands, tens of millions, or even hundreds of millions of years in the frame of reference of the outside world!

Of course, it is also possible that they are waiting for the enemy's powerful reinforcements in the end, but this does not essentially change the outcome of the battle, because the opening of the zero-light speed barrier is just to save the danger at the last moment, in order to win a chance to rescue.

[Isn't there any more information about the enemy?] 】

General Meng asked slowly in an extremely deep voice.

[There are some, but the number is small and the value may be extremely limited.] The officer replied.

[Extremely limited value? Is this what you are qualified to say? General Meng Chao looked a little annoyed.

[I'm sorry, General Meng. In fact, this is the conclusion reached by the Supreme Academy of Sciences of the Union. The officer hurriedly explained.

[Those old fellows......] General Meng Chao doesn't seem to buy it, [they should be ashamed!] Where are all the self-proclaimed genius scientists? The situation of the war has evolved to the present stage, and they have not been able to determine the enemy's means of attack. Our Starfleet has suffered such tragic casualties, and they should bear the greatest responsibility! 】

The officer did not answer immediately, but just stood aside and waited quietly.

[Let me see.] 】

After a long time, there was finally communication again in the dish-shaped space.

[After all, these are all exchanged for the lives of the fleet soldiers...... General Meng Chao said in a deep voice.

[Okay, you've entered the demo system, General.] 】

With a wave of the officer's hand, the dish-shaped space gradually plunged into darkness.

……

First of all, they saw a battle screen from the 2702nd energy unit theater.

If it is a battle picture, it is more like a cosmic natural catastrophe. Because during the whole course of the battle, only one-sided annihilation and extinction were seen, and there was not even any trace of a real battle with the enemy.

The footage is short-lived, as the entire engagement, or contact with the "Grey Zone", is very short, with only about 0.042 seconds (in equivalent units) before the communication signal is immediately interrupted.

Like the First Mobile Formation under the command of Captain Captain of the Steel Pillars, the battleship dissolved in an instant like a sand sculpture eroded by a hurricane.

They hadn't seen this before, and if a battleship was suddenly exposed to extremely high energy radiation, a similar ablation would occur. But the strange thing is that during the entire process from the battleship to the "gray area" to the dissolution, no powerful energy sources were checked at all, not even a weak one.

[These old guys think that the dissolution of the battleship, that is, the enemy's attack, comes from the internal ...... of the organizational structure of the attacking battleship]

[So, where is the enemy?] How did they get in, or let the means of attack get into our ships? 】

Several inferences drawn by the Alliance's Supreme Academy of Sciences puzzled General Meng Chao.

[Could it be that the enemy is really hiding in a higher dimensional space and launching a surprise attack on us in it......]

Come to think of it, this is the only possibility that is more likely. But soon, General Meng Chao discovered many contradictions.

[Hehe, these old guys aren't stupid. Naturally, they will also think of things that are illogical......]

The Supreme Academy of Sciences of the Alliance also came to a similar conclusion, if the Annihilator fleet could really enter the space of five dimensions and above, why didn't they choose such a strange attack method instead of using more direct, efficient, and economical force strikes.

The most unreasonable thing is that if the fleet of the Annihilation Alliance can really hide in the high-latitude space like a ghost, then their best tactical choice should be to quietly lurk around the core of each [space-time gate] structural unit, and then directly launch the most lethal strike, rather than running all the way to the outermost edge of each war zone, devouring the stars and all the celestial bodies they encounter one by one.

You know, such an act is tantamount to telling every Rescue Alliance defense fleet stationed in the [Time and Space Gate] structural unit: "Hey, here we are, we are ready to launch an attack on you!" Are you all ready? ”

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