In the channels of the various squads of the Starlink Special Service, the sound of rough breathing came and went.

Every shout means the disappearance of a group. Although it is only three people, it is extremely heavy for the Starlink special service, who has also fought more than a dozen contact battles in a group of three, and has not died a single person until now.

"We have more important things to do", Su Yu coldly refused the invitation of the team leaders: "Wait for the order." ”

She looked at the silver-white spaceship not far away, and her eyebrows jumped restlessly.

If nothing changes, there is no need for my side to fight......

In the control cabin, Xia Ming thought so.

Did you take this opportunity to secretly do reconnaissance and enter the inside of the lair to take a look?

As soon as he thought about it, a cold, claustrophobic, and endlessly falling sensation swept through his brain, causing his mind to stagnate.

Oh no, there's something big coming out!?

"The concentration of the Chaos Strings has increased suddenly, the source is the nest in front of you, and there is also a vortex with dimensional differences, I think ......"

Qianyi blinked: "The exit is inside the lair." ”

This is the reason why Xia Ming did not bring Xiao Huan, but brought Qian Yi.

Up to now, Xia Ming's understanding of high-dimensional space-time has only been limited to a three-dimensional space with an exit as the center and a radius of 2 to 30,000 kilometers.

The asteroid belt that clings to the exit is the alpha belt, and it is presumed that the fragments of the planet that have been shattered are attached to the perimeter by the weak gravitational pull of the exit.

Beyond the alpha belt is a circle of void ranging from 10,000 to 30,000 kilometers, and then there is the beta belt, the thickness is not clear, and it is impossible to go deep without solving the mutant Borg lair.

Scientists also have no clue about the measurement of high-dimensional space-time, and they feel that the world within the "star gate" is very abnormal. For example, you can't see starlight, and you can't detect the existence of huge celestial bodies. The whole space is filled with radiation of different backgrounds, some of which resemble the backdrops of the dawn of galaxies, while others are the case of stars dying and about to turn into black holes and galaxies being torn apart.

All in all, as Anson once described, in the eyes of scientists, it is like a garbage dump completely isolated from the universe as they know it.

Here, radio observation is only slightly used at close range, and terahertz technology is not mature enough to do long-distance and large-range scanning, and can only do short-range directional communication.

The only reliable thing is Xiao Huan's "omniscient" magical vision, but this vision can only work on tangible things. Theoretically, Qianyi can detect all the thinking strings at the microscopic scale, that is, the essence of life.

However, Qianyi is an absolutely rational intelligence, she only follows the preset and makes the most efficient choice. A living form that enters a higher dimensional space-time through a buffer, she must maintain an intact structure. And when the structure is invaded by the mind, she will only sense it when it enters the exit, that is, when it comes into contact with her current temporary ontology, and is ready to obliterate it.

Bringing Qian Yi over is equivalent to extending her temporary body to the vicinity of the nest, and if there are big changes related to the chaotic strings here, Xia Ming will be able to prevent it in advance.

However, there is no way to prevent this situation now.

Younas's shallow large array also swayed under this fluctuation, and many points of light broke away from the formation, devouring the torrent of artillery fire of the mutant Borg, and the strength weakened a lot. You can even see a large spaceship, and the railgun shoots through a large hole in the ship's violent movement because of the ship's violent movement.

On the command channel, officers at all levels were panting and sternly ordering their subordinates to stay in formation, and some officers asked their subordinates to inject drugs immediately, which was stopped by orders from the command.

The command also called Xia Ming, and in the field of vision, the avatars of the five joint commanders, the chief science officer, and the liaison officer Anson all lit up, this was an urgent meeting between Younas and the Star Alliance.

Admiral Cox of the United States said: "Sure enough, there was an accident, and the situation was a little bad, but our pins were not out of order. ”

Admiral Ye Ding asked, "How much do you know about the current situation?" ”

"The other exit of the Star Gate is inside the lair", Xia Ming's words surprised everyone.

"Everyone also knows that Stargate is managed by intelligence, and the situation of Mutant Borg is very likely to be caused by abnormal intelligence."

Xia Ming tried his best to explain in words that they could understand immediately: "So, this fluctuation is likely to come from that ...... Crazy Stargate Intelligence. I don't know what else it will do, except that it is weakening our defenses against mental aggression. ”

Admiral Sanson, who was from France, had been rubbing his head, and when he heard this, he took a breath and said urgently: "We should retreat!" ”

Russia's Lieutenant General Ran Alexei said: "The mutant Borg will definitely be chasing after us, we simply don't have time to build a defense in the alpha belt!" ”

Sang Song said unwillingly: "Withdraw to the buffer zone, or even withdraw from the star gate?" Isn't the barrier of the stargate able to hold them back? ”

"There is that possibility, but we can't tell if that stargate intelligence will abandon its previous natural erosion strategy because of this stimulus, and take a fierce duel to destroy our stargate."

Xia Ming described the change of rational intelligence in high-dimensional space-time as a battle between two star gates, which is the information he told UNOC and Younas a long time ago, and judging from the process and results, it is no problem for him to explain it this way.

Now he said this, also because Qian Yi had just told him that the stargate, to be precise, was the one who failed before, and she couldn't predict how it would react.

"In other words, if we retreat, there is a high chance that we will lose the entire stargate."

Admiral Ye Ding's expression turned to resoluteness: "Then I suggest that Plan A in the plan be activated." ”

Lieutenant General Aleksey immediately agreed, and Admiral Cox was silent for a few seconds before nodding, followed by Lieutenant General Schroeder.

"Plan A will do a lot of damage to ourselves......"

Sang Song was still hesitating, Ye Ding said coldly: "We have determined that there is no mechanism to produce more mutant Borg inside the nest, as long as all the mutant Borg is cleaned up, the decisive battle will be considered a success!" No matter how great the sacrifice is, it is worth it! ”

Plan A?

The so-called Plan A is to drop a nuclear bomb.

Although the killing effect of nuclear bombs in a vacuum is poor, the dense presence of mutant Borgs, as well as the environment of the asteroid belt, make nuclear bombs the only weapons of large-area destruction that can be counted on.

The nuclear bombs sent by various countries are all million-ton or even ten-million-ton large-yield hydrogen bombs, although the killing effect has been simulated by intelligence, but the simulation is a simulation after all, and no one knows how useful it will actually be.

"Once Plan A is implemented, we will have no back-up, and Plan B needs to be presided over, and I suggest that Admiral Sansson be in charge and evacuate with the wounded."

Admiral Cox's proposal was also approved, and Admiral Sanson was relieved.

After a while, the blue light flame broke away from the shallow disk array and retreated towards the alpha belt, and the shallow disk array also began to shrink.

Xia Ming pondered for a moment and gave an order to the Starlink special service: "All of them maneuver to the 80.61.92-770 position, anchor the asteroid, and prepare for the impact." ”

This position is an asteroid on the edge of the side of the shallow large array, and it looks like it can be attacked and defended. In the channels of each team, there was a sigh of regret, and it seemed that there was still no chance for them to fight.

In Younas's communication channel, the instructions were passed down layer by layer, and the shallow disk began to disintegrate, like a flower blooming, and the petals stretched out, forming several areas of different sizes, all supported by huge asteroids.

The mutant Borg originally converged into a dark torrent hundreds of kilometers thick at the front end, but because of Younas's change of formation, it also split into multiple tributaries, and continued to brainlessly impact the artillery fire, and the two sides were still in a stalemate.

Ship after ship shot out from behind the Great Array, piercing the array and submerging into the torrent of mutant Borg.

In the silent space, a huge flame swelled out, and the bright light instantly illuminated the entire space, and before it could be extinguished, another flower, another flash, another flower, another flash......

The core radius of each flower is several kilometers, and at the center of the explosion, the high temperature of tens of billions of degrees instantly evaporates a few mutant Borg into gas, and the gas is instantly heated to the plasma, carrying a huge amount of energy to spread outward. In some places on the outer layer, the heat and radiation also burned the mutant Borg to the shell and bones, which were pushed by the plasma and sent out a shockwave.

Layer by layer of energy transfer, countless mutant Borg and asteroid fragments are like fragments of grenades, converging into kinetic energy vortex, and the mutant Borg group is swept into this messy kinetic energy vortex, stirred into fragments, and then becomes a part of the vortex, transmitting energy to farther places.

Unlike what is commonly known, the energy of the hydrogen bomb does not mainly come from nuclear fusion, to be precise, the hydrogen bomb uses the energy of nuclear fusion to make the nuclear fission change sufficient, so as to obtain a greater yield. Therefore, unless a neutron bomb is specifically aimed at the human body, the radiation of a nuclear bomb is more intense than that of an atomic bomb.

Even the closest place to the hydrogen bomb explosion site is thousands of kilometers, and all kinds of rays are instantaneous. At that moment, the blue flames were extinguished one by one, and many of the ion engines that came out in a hurry failed to withstand the strong radiation.

In addition to ion engines, various devices with circuits on large and small spaceships, as well as two or three hundred thousand robots, are all being tested. I could clearly see the fires erupting on the spaceships, and the robots suddenly stiffened.

The personnel have strengthened the radiation protection of the space power armor, but there are always places where the batteries and precision instruments on their bodies are not well protected, and many officers and soldiers have also burst into arc-like sparks.

The radiation storm was followed by a kinetic impact. Even if Younas's spacecraft turned to the asteroid, the "mass storm" that was more violent than Younas's bombardment mutant Borg, even if there were hundreds of meters long, could not bear it, it was either broken down or exploded, and some of the anchored spacecraft were destroyed, and some were dragged around by debris. Some spacecraft anchored asteroids that were too small and were blasted into countless pieces.

Relying on a sampan-like spaceship for space warfare is so difficult, and throwing a nuclear bomb has also become a trick to kill a thousand enemies and lose eight hundred, no wonder Sansson was very hesitant before.

On April 22, 2023, mankind threw out more than 60 hydrogen bombs with a total yield of 800 million tons, including four large Ivan that Russia turned out from the depths of its nuclear arsenal, each with a yield of 50 million tons, which can be called a nuclear weapons carnival.

According to the calculations of the data flow military experts, each mutant Borg will be spread to several tons of equivalent, and it should be too dead to die.

Such calculations obviously missed Younas's side, and Younas's simulation was too optimistic in some aspects.

The lethality of the hydrogen bomb, except for a small area at the center of the explosion, depends on the kinetic energy of rays and fragments. For the mutant Borg, which has evolved to adapt to a vacuum, it doesn't do much unless the radiation is too strong. The latter is naturally unavoidable, but it is only a matter of probability for the formation that is densely packed into the shape of a long snake flow.

When the backup sensors transmitted the situation on the battlefield, the commanders of Younas saw a mess on their side, and in the front, in the space cleared by the nuclear bomb, wisps of black smoke were converging, and the mutant Borg group was regrouping. The nest, which was originally wrapped in a mutant borg, also revealed patches of rough shells.

"1st Division, 27% casualties......"

"The second division, the 22nd regiment lost contact!"

"The third division, 505th Battalion, 506th Battalion, no signs of life!"

Every time the numbers came up, the faces of the commanders were ruined.

"It is estimated that the mutant Borg has been killed and injured by more than 60%, but the other party is not a human who will collapse if he loses 10%!"

"I'm afraid our casualties are more than 30%, the formation is completely disorganized, and there is no way to continue fighting."

"We must retreat!"

The commanders also argued, and then Ye Ding's voice said: "There is no cover in the lair anymore, this is an opportunity!" ”

In the command channel with the highest authority, the commanders' breathing became extremely heavy, and then Xia Ming's voice sounded, and the calmness in the words made their hearts sink.

"This is your chance!"

Xia Ming said: "If we want to retreat, not only will our previous efforts be wasted, but there will never be such an opportunity again!" ”

His next sentence made the commanders' heartstrings tremble: "The nest will be handed over to the Starlink Special Service, if Younas still has the strength, help us buy a little time!" ”

After a moment of silence, Alexei won the lottery and laughed: "It's a pity, I didn't bring vodka." ”

Admiral Ye Ding said in a low voice: "I originally wanted to ask how much time you need, but ...... It doesn't make sense anymore. ”

Lieutenant General Schroeder added rigorously: "I think we should be able to contain them for an hour, after which it's called resistance rather than fighting." ”

Admiral Cox sighed: "It's okay, our first decisive battle with Younas can at least save face." ”

The command command quickly conveyed the ears of Younas's officers and soldiers, "The Star-United special service is ready to send to death, and we are also ready to fight to the death." The units sorted out the wounded and sent the seriously wounded away. ”

The blue flames gathered little by little, and in the channel, the officers and soldiers did not shout passionately, but carried out the order silently. None of the ships broke away from formation and retreated.

Seeing Younas's spaceship begin to shrink around several asteroids, Xia Ming ordered the Starlink special service: "Everyone, bring weapons and concentrate on the Scavenger ......"

His words caused a fire to burn in the hearts of the secret service: "Now is the time for us to fight hard. (To be continued.) )