In the painter's brush, the vast universe is full of stars and extraordinary beauty, but the reality is diametrically opposite.

Because there are no stars, let alone star systems, the Greenwich meteorite belt has been shrouded in darkness for hundreds of millions of years.

In the darkness of space, a little light suddenly appeared, and it quickly turned into a dazzling light. In the blink of an eye, a jump passage with a diameter of more than a kilometer appeared. Like squeezing toothpaste, a huge battleship slowly sailed out. More points of light appeared nearby, and as the jump passages opened one by one, dozens of warships completed space jumps one after another, which was a large fleet.

The largest battleship, 100,000 meters long, 1,000 meters wide, and 800 meters high, was a standard SS-class battleship.

At the bow of the battleship, a red "3" painted on it and a blood-dripping scimitar crossed by two pulls. It was the "Blood War", one of the nine SS-class warships of the Human Federation, the flagship of the Third Fleet, a battleship full of legends, and the Blood Scimitar was the military emblem of the Third Fleet.

On the bridge of the commander's ship, a burly general stood behind a porthole, staring intently into the deep sky outside.

He is more than two meters five tall and weighs no less than three hundred pounds, his pitch-black military uniform perfectly shows off his figure without the slightest flaw, and the five golden stars on the epaulettes exude a compelling majesty. A flawless man, a high-ranking general.

Du Wantu!

The commander of the Third Fleet, one of the three admirals of the Third Theater of Operations, and the most powerful one, is second only to the commander of the Third Theater of Operations and above the other two generals.

How did he end up here?

"General, we've arrived." The staff officer walked over and pointed to the left front.

There was a faint point of light, at first glance, like a star billions of light-years away, and it was the destroyed Outpost 7777.

Not far away, two slightly smaller but fast E-class battleships, large frigates, were speeding towards the outpost.

Du Wantu didn't say anything more, turned around and returned to the position of commander.

Not long after, images sent back from the frigate appeared in front of him.

Surveillance Post 7777 has been completely destroyed, the battleship that made up the post has been blown into three pieces, and a large number of debris and corpses are floating around it, as well as the wreckage of some ships. Although the flames of war have been extinguished, you can fully imagine how fierce the battle was at that time.

"It was reported that no survivors were found, and no wreckage of enemy ships was found."

Du Wantu's brow jumped a few times and looked at the staff officer who was reporting the situation.

"I've ordered the Resolve and Fortitude to continue their search, but the first round of scanning has ended and nothing has been found."

Du Wantu waved his hand, and the staff officer retreated with great interest.

After receiving the news, Du Wantu set off with his fleet and rushed over as fast as he could. Unfortunately, he was still a step too late.

He didn't care about the more than a thousand officers and soldiers at post 7777.

The Third Fleet has more than 1,000 warships and more than 10 million officers and men, and Post No. 7777 is a garrison force and has no direct relationship with the fleet.

To Du Wantu's regret, the wreckage of the enemy ship was not found!

As long as the wreckage of the enemy ship is found, even if it is a fragment, it can prove that it has been invaded by the Silicon Alliance, and it can also be used as an excuse to declare war on the Silicon Alliance. Without direct evidence, even if Outpost 7777 were destroyed, it would not be possible to convince the Bundestag that those members who were immersed in the dream of peace, let alone convince the other civilizations of the Galactic Alliance that war was imminent and that peace was coming to an end.

"Report, the second round of search has ended, and still no findings."

"Nothing?" Du Wantu finally spoke, his voice low and hoarse.

"The assessment shows that the outpost exploded due to the high temperature inside, which is consistent with the attack method of the Silicon Alliance, but it cannot be proved that it was the work of the Silicon Alliance."

"It's not evidence."

The staff officer didn't say much, he also knew that it was not evidence.

If the outpost is attacked by a wild silicone, such as being treated as a natural celestial body by a wild silicone, and laying eggs and hatching offspring in it, it will also disintegrate due to the high temperature explosion.

"Search again."

"The Great General......

"Do you have questions?" Du Wantu looked at the staff officer, although his expression was calm, but the majesty revealed made the staff officer breathless. "Send personnel into the outpost, search carefully, thoroughly, and comprehensively, and do not miss any clues."

"Yes!"

Waiting for the staff officer to leave, Du Wantu clenched his fists hard, and slowly released it after a while.

It has been almost a millennium since the last time, the Fifth Greenwich War, ended, and the peace event has lasted for about a millennium. This was the longest period of peace in the Third Age, with the previous peaces being less than 500 years old. Many people believe that the war with the Silicon Alliance will never break out again, that peace will last forever, and that two very different wisdom statements can coexist peacefully.

Peaceful coexistence?

Bullshit!

Although it is true that there have been no large-scale wars for thousands of years, skirmishes in the border area, that is, in the Greenwich meteorite belt, have never stopped. Especially in the last 100 years, silicon beasts from the North Alpha galaxy have nested in the Greenwich meteorite belt almost at any time. Although this is a natural behavior of wild silicones, this phenomenon indicates that the North Alpha galaxy has become so crowded that wild silicones have lost their habitat before entering the Greenwich Meteorite Belt to reproduce on small celestial bodies that are not suitable for spawning. This also means that it won't be long before the Silicon Alliance will launch a war in order to gain a broader living space.

This is also the root cause of the inability of the two camps to coexist peacefully.

The Silicon Alliance needs living space, and the same is true for the Galactic Alliance, all intelligent civilizations need living space. After the existing living space is filled, in order to survive and reproduce, it is necessary to find and open up new living space, such as occupying the homes of other civilizations through war.

In times of peace, the rate at which organisms reproduce is astonishing.

In the past thousand years, the population of the Human Federation has increased by nearly a thousand times, not to mention the home system, and even the colonized planets are overcrowded. The other civilizations of the Galactic Alliance are in a similar situation, all facing resource and space crises brought about by the population explosion. War can take over living space and consume excess population. Even if the Silicon Alliance doesn't start a war, it won't be long before the Galactic Alliance does.

It's just that starting a war requires a reason, a high-sounding excuse that can make ordinary people willingly and successively act as cannon fodder.

This is exactly what Du Wantu is here for.

"General."

"Did you find it?" Du Wantu stood up and looked at the communications officer who was reporting the situation.

"The search is ongoing, but a survival signal has been intercepted, a rescue pod, and the identification code indicates that it is a soldier at the outpost."

Du Wantu's brow jumped a few times.

The communications officer hurriedly said: "Yang Yi, a recruit who enlisted this year, has only served for a month. ”

"Where?"

"About one and a half million kilometers from the outpost, fly to outpost No. 7778. Reverse speculation indicates that it came from the damaged 'Bun' service ship. ”

"Send someone right away."

"Yes!"

At this time, the staff officer who had reported the situation to Du Wantu came over.

"What's the matter?" Du Wantu glanced at him.

The staff officer hesitated for a moment before he said, "General, there are some things that I don't know whether to say or not. ”

"You've been following me for ten years, haven't you?"

The staff officer nodded, and then said: "He is an eyewitness to this battle, and he can also be said to be a witness, and he must know what happened at that time." However, without evidence, even if there are witnesses, we cannot convince the members of Parliament. If we are called careerists by some people with ulterior motives, we will lose our trust and even lose the right to speak in the association. Wait until there is evidence ...... future"

Du Wantu pressed his hand. "There are too many people who know about it, and they can't hide it at all."

"There's no need to hide it." When Du Wantu came over, the staff officer said, "It is a felony to flee because of cowardice and fear of war, and at least exile." He was a new recruit, and he was assigned here, obviously with no background and backing, and no one would care about his life or death. ”

Du Wantu frowned, and looked at the staff officer incomprehensibly.

If it's for secrecy, the best option is to kill people.

"There is no evidence now, so the witnesses are of little value. When there is evidence, the witness can play a role. The staff officer explained briefly. With Du Wantu's shrewdness, he was obviously able to hear why it was exile, not more direct.

"By that time, will he be obedient?"

"The general's worries are indeed right, if it is the theater command who exiles him, and it is the general who saves him from the dire situation at that time, then ......"

As soon as the staff officer said this, Du Wantu showed a hint of a smile.

"General, without further ado, we have to make a decision as soon as possible."

"Got the right place?" Asking this question shows that Du Wantu has been moved.

"Fire Hell."

Du Wantu's brows tightened, and then he nodded.

The staff officer didn't say anything more, Du Wantu had already adopted his suggestion, and all that was left was specific operations, some simple procedures.

At this time, more than a million kilometers away in the depths of space.

Slowly approaching, the lifeboat used its robotic arm to drag the pod-like escape pod with a flashing red light into the engine room. Less than 5 percent of the energy in the escape pod remained, and if the lifeboat arrived a few minutes late, the people in the escape pod would have frozen to death because they ran out of energy.

Inside is a very young man, looking at his appearance, he is not yet twenty years old, it is Yang Yi.

He's still alive, just breathing.

When the paramedics set out to rescue them, the lifeboat returned to the battleship.

The third round of search has ended, and still nothing has been found, and with Du Wantu's order, dozens of warships have entered the jump channel.

Soon, the area calmed down, and all that remained was the ruins of Outpost 7777.

A few hours later, a small spaceship arrived.

After finding two escape pods in the wreckage of a spaceship, the small ship sped away.