Chapter VIII Mining Areas

This mining area supplies 71 percent of the Holy See's metal resources and 66 percent of its energy supply, which can be said to be a top priority.

In total, tens of thousands of transport ships are constantly shuttling back and forth between the mining area and the Holy See's central star field, transporting valuable resources.

Through the Internet, He Ruozhi got an urgent news - because of the tension of the war ahead, the Holy See is now trying to form a new fleet, ready to invade the mining areas under the sphere of influence of the Spartan Star Domain from the rear and seize the resources there.

Of course, a fleet cannot appear out of thin air, especially when the forces at the front are already stretched thin.

Therefore, the mines of the Holy See are currently overloaded day and night, and the supply of more energy and metals to the front can be used to form this new expeditionary force as soon as possible.

In this case, the exploitation of the orc slaves in the mining area has reached a new level.

Many rulers of the mining planets have sent reports to the Holy See headquarters, saying that the orcs in the mining area continue to occur***.

In some places, even if it didn't happen***, the orcs died because they couldn't hold on to the high load of labor, and had to transport new orcs from the outside world.

Most of these new orcs were originally free people, and they severely resisted slave life, creating a vicious 'sex' cycle.

"We're just in the right place!" After reading the information, He Ruozhi said excitedly, "All the orcs in this mining area have been ignited by anger, as long as we add fuel to the fire, the Holy See will completely lose its control over this land!" ”

The radar crew signaled that a convoy of transport ships was approaching.

Everyone was suddenly 'refreshed', and the long-awaited prey finally appeared!

This is a 'hybrid' formation of eleven large metal transport ships and two frigates, responsible for transporting the high-strength alloy materials used to make mechs, although the war on the cosmic front is in full swing, for the people in the heart of the Holy See, everything seems to have no impact on their lives.

If anything, it's just a little harder.

Even the fighters on the frigate were not regular Papal troops, but the 'private' guards of the mining companies.

Because of the arrival of the war, the mining companies made huge profits, and the salaries of these guards also increased, which was something that everyone was very happy about.

And if the Holy See can win, it will be able to expand its business to the entire universe in the future, which will of course be of great benefit to these mining companies.

The captain of the 'mixed' fleet sat comfortably in his armchair, his feet resting high on the console, and humming a small tune in his mouth.

He has walked this route hundreds of times, there is no interference from meteorite belts or electromagnetic 'waves' on the road, and the thousands of stars in the vicinity are also very stable, still in the prime of life, and there is no danger of becoming a white dwarf or a black 'hole'.

And the interstellar pirates will not appear in such a place at all, to rob their ship of military supplies.

What's more, the regular army of the Holy See is less than ten light-years away, and it can arrive within two hours with a single cry for help.

It should be a very safe voyage.

The latest battle situation is being broadcast in the stereoscopic video: "Great victory! The loyal and brave soldiers of the Knights of the Cross, after three days and nights of hard fighting, repelled dozens of times the enemy army, and firmly occupied the core planet of the alien ***, Tianningxing, which is an important step towards the success of the Great Holy War......"

"It's boring." The captain yawned, "It seems that the Celestial Condensation Star has been occupied by the Holy See Army four or five times, and each time it has been recaptured by the enemy, damn it......"

"It has nothing to do with us anyway, does it?" The first mate said with a grin, "The war ahead is becoming more and more 'intense', and the business volume of our mining company is also 'surging'!" Anyway, the Star Coins used by the Holy See to pay for it are also common to the whole universe, and it doesn't matter which aspect of winning the battle. ”

The captain glanced sideways at the first mate: "You are still too young after all, you must know that in order to cope with the large number of orders from the Holy See, hundreds of orcs under our command have died of exhaustion!" The cost of going on like this is going to increase dramatically. ”

"This ......"

"Besides, now there are many orders from the Holy See that are taken on credit first, in case one day the war is defeated and the Holy See government goes bankrupt, then who should we ask for our money?"

The first mate nodded and said, "Indeed, damn it, in this case, we should still pray that the Holy See can defeat those evil aliens!" ”

"Well, it should work...... Otherwise, the ......captain of the ship, who would not have started a war for no reason, was not very clear about the political decisions of the upper echelons, so he could only assume this.

"Report, a broken down Holy See warship has been spotted ahead!"

"What?"

The captain and the first mate both became nervous, and quickly turned on the stereo radar and turned on the communication channel at the same time.

From the outside, it really looks like a patrol boat, which is exactly in line with the Holy See system, and the red 'color' cross pattern in front is also clearly visible.

The commander of the three-dimensional communication channel reported the number of the patrol boat, explaining that he was the escort in charge of patrolling the area, and was accidentally hit by a meteorite.

The captain released the detection satellite, and sure enough, he found that there was an exaggerated large 'hole' in the engine part, and there seemed to be a tragic explosion, and the entire back half of the ship was distorted.

After logging into the Holy See military network and entering the ship number, the battleship that appeared was exactly the same as the one in front of him, and even the captain looked like the person in the three-dimensional communication channel.

"Captain Loren, can we help you with anything we can do?"

The hapless captain sighed and said, "My ship looks like it can hold out for a long time without problems, but there was a big explosion when the meteorite hit us, and now there are a dozen badly burned soldiers on my ship, and I can't rely on the medical equipment I have here to provide medical care." Please take these soldiers to your ship, and if they can't get medical treatment, at least send them to the planet where they have medical equipment as soon as possible. The captain nodded.

The Holy See and the four star fields are at war at the same time, and what is most lacking is not mecha or warships, but soldiers. Therefore, every soldier is very valued, and ordinary ships like them who save the lives of soldiers will be rewarded heavily.

"Got it!"

The captain ordered another frigate to quickly lead the transport ship through, while his own slowly approached the patrol boat, and at the same time sent out mechknights to prepare to build a parallel passage between the two ships to transport the wounded.

The huge convoy of transports slowly passed through the channel like a herd of clumsy camels.

The patrol boat was impartial and right in the middle of the fairway.

The mecha drop-off compartment on the deck of the patrol boat also slowly opened, and more than a dozen armed mechs flew out, as if they were coming to meet the counterparty.

"That's not right......" The first mate on the frigate suddenly frowned, and said with some confusion.

"What's wrong, Jack?"

"The standard crew of the Golden Oak patrol boat is twenty-eight people, and there are more than a dozen seriously injured people on the other side now, why are there more than a dozen mechas?"

"This ......"

However, the number of mechs on the other side was still increasing, and there were almost seventy or eighty mechs gushing out of the belly of the Golden Oak patrol boat.

And these mechs did not all concentrate in front of the frigates, but scattered and 'pressed' the surrounding transports.

Suddenly there were layers of interference on the radar screen, and the whole world seemed to be distorted, and large chunks of snow 'flakes' fell from the sky.

"What's going on?" The captain panicked.

The first mate was sweating profusely and said with a wry smile: "It seems that we have been deceived, captain!" The other side used some kind of high-tech radar jamming equipment to jam our detection system, and all that appeared on the radar was a virtual image! They are not patrol ships of the Holy See at all! ”

"What?"

The cruel truth was in front of him, the wolves finally tore off their camouflage, and on the three-dimensional radar projection image, the opponent's battleship had become no longer a Golden Oak patrol ship after a burst of electromagnetic interference, but a Shinra-class fast attack ship.

The HRE is a *** battleship that is five or six levels higher than the Golden Oak, and like a bloodthirsty shark, it can completely shred any enemy ship!

And those camouflaged Holy See mechs also all 'revealed' their hideous faces.

"Kill as much as you want, Star Shatterers, and let your fury that has been silent for hundreds of millions of years, all 'shoot' at these poor lambs! Shapeshift, charge! ”

Howling Sky Star turned into a fighter jet first, and the murderers behind him were like tigers descending from the mountain, and they were already happily looking for their respective targets, where could they still use it to 'boost' morale?

The poor mining company guard knights were not at all the same as this group of murderers, and they turned into clumps of flames without even turning on the weapon sighting system!

Looking at these mechs in front of them, which sometimes turned into combat planes and sometimes into mechanical monsters, the frigate captain and first mate were all stunned.

The weapon in the opponent's hand was so powerful that with just one shot, a huge transport ship completely collapsed and turned into an insignificant pile of dust.

In just a few seconds, most of the huge fleet was destroyed!

The captain and the first mate glanced at each other, and they both saw the chill in each other's eyes.

"The situation must be reported!" The first mate's voice trembled a little, and he rushed to the communication station in three or two steps.

However, the communication soldier had already shaken his head depressedly: "The electromagnetic interference is too powerful, and we have lost contact with the outside world!" ”

In front of him, Xiao Tianxing raised his weapon against the frigate with a sinister smile on his face.