An unprecedented mobilization began within the "Exile" civilization, not only because of the increasing interstellar activity of the "Hunters", but also because a new civilization had arrived in this "penal colony" system.

Although that civilization was well camouflaged, it didn't take long for the scientists in the "Exiles" to discover the clues, and the mass of those ostensible "energy battleships" was too large, completely different from the characteristics of the battleships of the "Silent One".

And most importantly, these camouflage ships fired at an asteroid during one of their operations, using a very conventional explosive weapon.

According to the Exiles, the Silencers have never used any other weapons other than their strange weapons that seem to be able to directly dismantle matter, and even when they need to smash asteroids, they do so directly.

Obviously, those ships were deliberately disguised in the form of the "Silent One" battleship, but the "Silent One" did not react to the other party's disguise.

This makes the "exiles" somewhat confused whether the "Silencer" acquiesced to the other party's behavior, or whether the "Silencer" was not interested in the matter at all, because according to what they knew about the "Silencer", the latter was also possible.

However, the mysterious appearance of the "Fourth Civilization" is enough to sound the alarm bell of the "Exiles", and their civilization leaders have never been more sensitive to the coming storm, so they have to prepare for it with full mobilization.

At this time, in a certain space fortress on the "Hell Line", a special mobile fleet once again moved to deal with the possible arrival of "pursuers".

The Stalkers are a special group of Hunters who specialize in hunting high-value targets, most notably the Legendary Stalkers, as many of the Exile's ace pilots have died at his hands.

The last time the "Exiles" combined the needs of many warriors, they planned to kill the "Legendary Stalker" with a trap, and the final executor of this plan would be the most heroic ace pilot of the "Exiles" at that time.

Everything was perfectly prepared and went in the expected direction, but in the end, the Legend Stalker failed with its incredible performance.

In the face of absolute strength, any intrigue is futile, and the "Legendary Stalker" is a good proof of this.

This is also the direct trigger for the "exiles" to go to the "big wound" in search of a way to "break out of the cycle", and they must find a way to bridge this gap.

However, it seems that time is running out now, and the changes in the "Hunter" civilization are quite obvious, and a considerable number of scout ships have already witnessed the actions of the "Stalker" ships.

Not only that, but in addition to these "vanguard" general "Hunter" ships, even the real "Hunter" fleet, which is almost never seen, has also appeared.

The upper echelons of the "Exile" civilization believe that the moment of decisive battle may be coming, and this mobile fleet formed improvised in Battlestar is to engage the "Hunters" and obtain as many updated "performance data" as possible to estimate the "Hunters'" fleet.

It can be said that this mobile fleet is there to "send to the death", and even in order to prolong the engagement time to obtain sufficient data, it must be fought by the most elite warriors in civilization.

It's not that they're reluctant to use artificial intelligence, but the Stalker has a unique interest in engaging remotely controlled unmanned spacecraft, and even leaving to abandon the engagement with powerful spacecraft performance is not uncommon.

However, the number of elite "exile" fighters who chose to participate in this special mobile fleet is unusually large, and the registration office is even full.

The last setback did not defeat these warriors, but only aroused their hatred even more, they knew that the "Stalker" was able to defeat them by relying on the performance of the ship, and they couldn't swallow this breath at all, even if they died, they would use the operation to humiliate the other party before they died, telling the other party "You are just a little better than the ship, dare to have a real duel!" ”

As a result, there were more applicants than ever before, and even if they knew that this was making them commit suicide, they were not afraid.

The "super stem cells" in their bodies give them a strong ability to survive, but it is difficult to say whether they will survive in such a fierce fighting environment.

It is also impossible for them to take out these "super stem cells" in advance for future "resurrection", because such cells will quickly lose their activity after leaving the body, and even their existing biological means cannot solve this problem, and only the real "lucky people" can "resurrect" from the dead with super stem cells in the flesh in the interstellar battlefield.

And when such a "lucky man" came to the registration office, everyone stopped the noisy quarrel and looked at him in unison.

He is "Scarface", and he was the last ace pilot to fight the "Legendary Stalker" in the last battle to encircle the "Legendary Stalker", in which the "Legendary Stalker" killed everyone, but the "Scarface" miraculously survived, and it was on the premise that he piloted the ship and died with the other party.

It was confirmed that no survivors survived the battle during the subsequent battlefield cleanup, but Scarface was magically found on a planet in the battlefield some time later.

No one knows how he survived, but he was able to go through a series of tests and return to the "line of hell".

His face seems to have been irreversibly damaged, and even "regeneration" can't make him reset, and "Scarface" seems to have taken it as some kind of hateful memorial, and instead of surgically removing it, he covered his face with a helmet.

It is said that his face is so hideous that it can scare any immature mind, hence the nickname "Scarface", but no one knows what he looks like under the helmet.

As the only hero to survive the battle against the Stalker of Legends, everyone in the "Hell Line" has the highest respect for him, so when he arrives at the registration office, everyone looks at him with admiration.

Then, the legend went straight to the officer in charge of the registration and bluntly said that he wanted to be part of the operation.

The tone was flat, but there was an irrefutable firmness, and the officer solemnly entered his name into the list.

The crowd of onlookers did not let out any exclamations or cheers, but watched all this with the same solemn faces.

For them, witnessing the return of a combat hero to the battlefield is all they have to do is keep the event firmly in their minds and pay their respects to the other person.

It wasn't until Scarface's figure completely disappeared from their eyes that they returned to their previous noisy atmosphere, only now they were talking more about the hero's achievements.

After leaving everyone's sight and coming to a hidden corner, "Scarface" slowly uncovered a corner of his helmet.

There seemed to be a flash of light under the helmet, but it disappeared in the blink of an eye, like a ghostly apparition.

However, "Scarface" did not completely uncover the helmet, but kept a corner uncovered like this, as if it was breathing.

It took a while for him to seal his helmet again, and he was once again silent.

Those who knew him knew that he was not so silent before, but now this state is regarded by them as a sequelae of the battlefield.

Although it is theorized that they can adjust this psychological problem by controlling the secretion of hormones in the body, "Scarface" does not do this, and it is also seen by those who know him well as a symbol of his reluctance to forget this memory.

It's just that no one seems to realize that his strange situation seems to be very similar to the state that a civilization in the galaxy most often exhibits.

And that civilization is gradually detached from the state of "silence", as if it is about to participate in this storm.

Their ships began to move in large numbers in a certain direction, and that direction was where the "Hunter" civilization had been staying.

The entire galaxy, the former or the present, "exterminators", seem to be "triggered" by something and are about to become the center of the storm.

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