Beacon Mars, Dragon War Continent, Ten Thousand Beasts Wasteland.

The sun had already set, but the sky was still shining under the light of the night fire and moon. In fact, the Night Fire Moon is not a satellite of Mars, but a star in the Wolf Smoke Galaxy, that is, a secondary main-sequence star. Because the main-sequence star, or Wolfsmoke Star, is a huge supernova, this smaller red dwarf star is captured by the gravitational field and becomes a secondary main-sequence star in the galaxy. It's just that it's so far away from Mars that it looks like a moon that glows brightly. At least thousands of years ago, the indigenous people who lived here believed that it was a satellite, gave it a beautiful name, and even regarded it as a god who guarded the night.

The indigenous population has long since become extinct, and it is now home to about a million human colonizers.

Actually, that was a few months ago.

Less than half of the inhabitants survived the fierce battle, and they were scattered in various places, living precariously in various places.

Strictly speaking, it can only be regarded as a stealing life.

If it weren't for that person, I'm afraid these colonists who escaped the catastrophe would not have survived for long, let alone organized to fight against the invading enemy.

Those who survive are lucky, but it also means fighting strong enemies, which means going through more tribulations.

In the past, a few months was not a long time for anyone. But in this situation where you don't know if you can see the sun rise tomorrow after today, let alone a few months, even if it's just a few days, it's a long time, and those who can hold on to it until now and haven't collapsed definitely have a tenacious will. It is not only the will to persevere, but also the firm belief to fight the enemy to the end.

Those who can persevere in a desperate situation are by no means ordinary people.

It's just that Wick knows that they are all ordinary people. What is truly extraordinary is their leader, the leader who came to them in times of crisis, led them through them, and then led them to fight and let everyone see hope in desperate situations.

Only, as with all the colonists who survived. Wick didn't know the leader.

He had seen the leader, and he only knew that under that ordinary appearance, there was a strong will as strong as steel, and an unshakable faith.

In addition, the leader has a mouth that can speak well.

No matter how great the defeat may be, in times of despair, leaders are still full of hope, and they always give everyone a new hope.

Perhaps, the surviving colonists will be able to hold on. That's what the leader calls hope.

The question is, where is the hope?

Like all survivors, Wick has always felt that the hope spoken of by the leader was only to keep people going, not to really exist.

Actually, this is understandable.

In times of despair, if there is no hope, how can you persevere?

The point is. Beacon Mars is just an insignificant colony planet, and even the entire Wolf Smoke Galaxy is not worth enough for the Federation to send reinforcements.

The Wolf Smoke Galaxy is one of several colonized galaxies originally owned by the Human Federation. It is also one of the oldest and most thoroughly developed colonized systems. It's just that the Wolf Smoke Galaxy doesn't actually have too many resources. Five thousand years ago, when the Human Federation had just established itself in the home system, the Human Federation was still a very weak civilization, and it was not only the Human Federation that settled in the North Fourth District. Although according to the rules set by the three top civilizations. All civilizations that have contributed to the war against the indigenous civilizations have been assigned to the colonization system, and the Human Federation has also contributed, but due to the limitations of its own strength, the Human Federation has received leftovers that no other civilization wants. The Wolf Smoke Galaxy is one of them, and it is precisely because of the lack of resources that it has not been favored by other civilizations.

It's just that. For the Human Federation at that time, any colonial galaxy was of great value.

To put it bluntly, in order to build a home galaxy, the Human Federation can only find ways to develop the colonial system and obtain the necessary resources from the colonial system.

It is in this context that the Wolf Smoke Galaxy, as well as the only one suitable for human habitation, has been vigorously developed.

The centuries leading up to the First Greenwich War were arguably the most prosperous period for Mars. More than 100 million colonists settled here at that time, in addition to about 50 million builders. For about 100 years, Mars was the most prosperous planet in the region. Although it was far inferior to the home galaxy at that time, the abundant labor demand made many people come here to pan for gold and adventure.

Unfortunately, the good times were short-lived.

The First Greenwich War completely changed the fate of the Human Federation and the fate of Mars.

Although compared to the later Greenwich Wars, the first Greenwich War was nothing, not even a full-scale war, mainly because the warring parties did not know each other very well, so they had reservations, and did not use all their capital in the war, which was tentative, but for the weak Human Federation, the impact of this war was extremely long-lasting, and it has not dissipated until now.

The main thing is that the Human Federation is at the forefront of the war!

In this war, Beacon Mars was devastated, and it gave it its name.

At that time, Beacon Mars was occupied by the Silicon Charm army, and less than 100,000 of the more than 100 million residents escaped, and the rest died tragically under the iron hooves of the Silicon Charm army.

By the time the human legions recaptured Mars, the planet had been changed beyond recognition.

Quite simply, in order to allow the Silicon Charm army to be stationed here, the enemy modified Beacon Mars, and used extremely primitive and barbaric methods. Piercing the crust of Mars and allowing magma from the center of the earth to pour onto the surface, creating a high-temperature environment suitable for silicon-based organisms.

It can be said that the magma that covers the entire planet alone has made Beacon Mars lose its recolonization value.

It's just that the Federation of Humans has not abandoned Mars.

Quite simply, the Wolf Smoky Galaxy is so close to the Greenwich Meteorite Belt that it is less than five light-years away. In addition, the Wolf Smoky Galaxy happens to be on a route through the Greenwich Meteorite Belt, and it is the end point of that route. Even now, this is the only route that can safely cross the Greenwich Meteorite Belt. Whether in peacetime or wartime, this route has a very important strategic value.

After the end of the First Greenwich War, the Human Federation built a space fortress in the Wolf Smoke system. It's just that due to the technical limitations at that time, the Human Federation did not return to Beacon Mars, nor did it transform Beacon Mars, but only sent warships to Beacon Mars from time to time to patrol.

Mars is not suitable for human settlement, but it is very suitable for silicon-based organisms.

Although the Silicon Alliance will not invade in a big way after the end of the war, those wild silicon beasts that have passed through the Greenwich Meteorite Belt must like the hot environment on Beacon Mars, and it is possible to settle down on Beacon Mars. If it is not controlled, Beacon Mars will surely become a paradise for wild silicones.

Obviously, no one wants a planetary den on their own turf.

This continued for more than a thousand years, during which two Greenwich Wars broke out. Fortunately, in the next two Greenwich Wars, the Galactic Alliance was fully prepared, and the top civilization took the lead in the war, so the impact on the Human Federation was not great, and the Wolf Smoke Galaxy was not captured by the Silicon Charm army. Otherwise, Beacon Mars wouldn't be what it is now, or even cease to exist a long time ago.

After the end of the Third Greenwich War, Beacon Mars ushered in a second spring.

At that time, the Human Federation was already one of the most powerful civilizations in the North Fourth Region, and thanks to its great contribution in the Second Greenwich War, it gained more colonized galaxies, took on more defense tasks, and was the first to be qualified to enter the Greenwich Line. In accordance with the decision made by the Galactic Alliance at the time, the Human Federation took over a section of the Greenwich Line. Although it only accounts for one percent of the entire Greenwich Line, the Human Federation has also been granted the privilege of establishing a military base behind the Greenwich Line. What's more, the section of defense taken over by the Human Federation is just north of the Wolf Smoke System, making it an ideal location to build a military base.

At the same time as the status was raised, the Human Federation also gained more advanced technology.

Of course, in the past thousand years, the scientific and technological level of the Human Federation has also been greatly improved.

It can be said that it is no longer difficult to transform the environment of Beacon Mars, and it is definitely not a trouble to build a huge military base on Beacon Mars.

In fact, this is also the original plan of the Human Federation.

That is, first to transform the environment of Beacon Mars, and then to make Beacon Mars the strongest military fortress in this area, and even in the entire jurisdiction.

A planetary-class military fortress!

If this vision becomes a reality, then Beacon Mars will definitely not be what it is now, and it may not exist for a long time.

It's very simple, a planetary-level military fortress, and it is only five light years away from the Greenwich Meteorite Belt, and it also guards the only route through the entire meteorite belt, not to mention the Silicon Charm Alliance opposite, even the top civilization of the Galactic Alliance, it will definitely be greedy.

While exploring Mars, that is, preparing for the construction of a military base, a major discovery made the Human Federation change its original intention.

That is, there are a large number of valuable resources that are extremely easy to mine, especially rare metals.

This unexpected discovery ushered in a second wave of development.

In fact, this is also a blessing in disguise, because these rare metals that are almost exposed to the surface of the earth are originally in the core of the earth, and they only flow to the surface after the earth's crust is penetrated by the Silicon Charm Alliance. Because the environment is extremely harsh, these rare metals have not been discovered by the Human Federation before this.

This was definitely a huge treasure for the Human Federation at the time.

More importantly, the Human Federation is in a period of rapid development, and it urgently needs all kinds of resources, and the Third Greenwich War has just ended, and there is no threat for the time being.

It is for this reason that the Human Federation did not build Beacon Mars into a military fortress, but recolonized it. (To be continued.) )