The universe is vast and dark and far away.

Billions of starlight crisscross the void and run through the brilliant sea of stars.

In the vastness of the galaxy, there are not many truly belligerent interstellar civilizations.

However, under the influence of many external and internal factors, most civilizations that are not warlike but not strong enough have disappeared in the torrent of time long ago.

Most of the rest are warlike civilizations.

Among them, there are a few who are naturally warlike.

Ferocious and murderous, poisoning the surrounding stars, almost like a tumor in the sea of stars.

For example, mercury.

In the 6,000-light-year-long Golden Palm Civilization Zone, there are two narrow star fields that are hundreds of light-years long and parallel to each other, and each has a warlike interstellar civilization.

One of them is a Dirip person, also known as the mercury family.

The second is called the Namorrah, also known as the Demon Brain.

In the process of meandering and extending to the distant star dome in the narrow star field occupied by these two civilizations, there happened to be a small section, where there was a large angle and reversed twists and turns.

In that blending area, the two intermediate spirit realm corridors that were supposed to be running in their respective directions were 'close to the edge' of each other' as the core skeletons of their respective star fields, and only after traveling a distance of one-fifth of a light year did they go to the sky and go towards the endless star dome in different directions.

The 'narrow' interstellar region created by the half-light-year-long 'welt' of the two corridors is 3 trillion kilometers wide at its widest point and only 100 billion kilometers at its closest.

So when they first embarked on the interstellar voyage, the two races discovered each other through this 'small' area at almost the same time.

As the two clans who are cold and warlike by nature, they naturally do not allow the existence of strong enemies on the side of the couch, nor do they allow themselves to be indifferent after seeing a rich and vast star field.

Yu is reasonable, and neither clan has a reason to let go of the other.

It just so happened that in this 'narrow' battlefield, there was another dark blue columnar nebula with a diameter of trillions of kilometers running through it in the form of 'bottom-up'.

The 'lower' nebula is far away and cannot be traced, and the 'above' nebula is also far away.

And in this interstellar region shrouded in a blue nebula covering an unknown number of billions of years, it is filled with cold, dense and endless interstellar dust; There are more than a dozen rudiments of stars that have not yet fully developed; There are also hundreds of desolate frozen stars; and tens of millions or more of broken meteorites.

The overall environment is extremely complex, but it is a good killing ground.

Therefore, this border area has become an excellent place for the two clans to fight.

After a long war, this area is full of all kinds of seriously damaged starship wrecks, large and small, and has an official name because of its environmental characteristics:

Pillar Battlefield. (The visual effect can refer to the [Pillar of Creation] in the real universe)

……

Wow –

A starfleet composed of hundreds of spiked spindle-shaped pure black ships slowly left the symbolic realm surrounded by a large area of illusory light and shadow, and appeared in the vast starry sky in time and space.

Thousands of kilometers ahead, the deep blue and purple nebula stretched endlessly across the universe, like an elusive and vast enormous world, lying quietly in front of the fleet, in stark contrast to the dark universe behind it.

The Mercury fleet did not hesitate, and after confirming that the starships had stabilized in the real world, they slowly sailed towards the nebula.

In flight, the thick nebula emitting a strange blue glow grew larger, and the fleet against it became smaller and smaller.

But the rebellious and ferocious Mercury soldiers on the ships were undaunted.

Because of their powerful abilities and technology, they can bravely face this mysterious and beautiful nebula.

Wow –

Silently, the fleet 'tore' the boundary between the universe and the nebula, and sailed into it.

During the rapid flight, the sharp black thorns that stood outside the ships continued to obliquely cut through the clusters of large and small rings of dust in the nebula, crushing them into wisps of stardust that emitted brilliant glories.

The colored light was reflected on the black and shiny alloy shell of the Mercury battleship, diffracting a series of ice blue and dark purple brilliance, reflecting the dust clusters in the nebula in the distance.

Time passed, and the fleet flew over a distance, hundreds of millions of kilometers, to the periphery of a bright area.

The fleet pauses to recuperate, and the ship's Mercury soldiers look through the portholes all the way to the bright area that glows brightly.

The farther away they look, the brighter they get.

Until the line of sight has traveled a long distance and reaches the very center of the blazing area.

Only then did they see that there was a huge blue 'eye' burning and glowing.

The Mercury soldiers, who had basic knowledge of astronomy, knew that it was clearly a new star in gestation.

Perhaps, the 'infant' star is only slightly larger than the average gas giant.

It will take a few hundred million years for that nova to fully develop and grow into a true star.

The soldiers withdrew their gaze and casually glanced at the dark blue dust clouds that swayed like smoke around the portholes.

These dark blue dust clouds flickered and changed colors under the agitation of the light from all directions around them, presenting a mysterious and dreamlike atmosphere.

Instead of admiring its magnificence, the Mercury soldiers felt that these nebulae, which could not be accurately detected, were full of deadly threats.

At this time, the fleet has also finished recuperation, and is ready to continue through the nebula to reach the main combat area of its own ship group.

But at this moment.

The outermost scout ship in the fleet, its incomparably sharp spirit radar, suddenly issued a violent alarm to all the ships on the scene:

[Attention!] 35.04.27 Enemy Signs in Azimuth]

[Attention!] 35.04.27 Enemy Signs in Azimuth]

[Attention!] 35.04.27 Enemy Signs in Azimuth]

Suddenly, under the instructions of the early warning system, the starships of the mercury fleet quickly entered a state of hot start, and all kinds of weapons also rotated and aimed at the direction of the early warning - 150,000 kilometers away, and attacked quickly.

In less than a second, the majestic nebula, which was hundreds of kilometers away, was torn apart and evaporated in an instant by a torrent of energy composed of countless ultra-high-energy rays and plasma pillars of light.

The meteorites that were closer to each other were also swept by the overwhelming tide of energy, disintegrating in an instant, and the explosion released a large amount of terrifying light and heat.

And at this moment, more than a hundred brown-black interstellar warships with black and red halberds curled up above their heads rushed out of that chaotic nebula, and fiercely counterattacked the mercury fleet.

These strange starships have an extremely strange appearance, with a long, slender python-like hull, a surface that seems to be woven from highly active organic fibers, and a honeycomb with a scarlet glow at the end of the hull.

In addition to the basic brown and black undertones, the surface of these strange ships is covered in a large number of irregular patterns filled with turbid green phosphorescence, which makes it easy to tell at a glance that they are very different from traditional silver or black metal starships.

These strange warships, which look extremely strange compared to the appearance of ordinary starships, look like a group of brown-black unicorns flying wildly from the sky.

It makes people feel frightened and unusual.

They are the living warships of the Demon Brains.

While these bio-starships, which were more like insects than their spaceships, quickly launched pillars of dirty green light, their backs also spread out several pairs of huge translucent wings like butterfly wings, and the entire hull of the ship flashed with colorful light in an instant, looking both dangerous and beautiful.

The moment the shimmer appeared, it exploded and expanded, quickly enveloping the strange-looking starship, and at the same time, it wriggled and jumped like a living thing, quickly devouring both the light and the plasma that shot in, and digested into intangibility in an instant.

The mercury fleet also reacted very quickly, and after the other side turned on the function of similar defense devices, it also quickly turned off the optical attack weapons that were operating fiercely and switched to live-fire weapons.

Zheng Zheng Zheng!

Ammunition is loaded at great speed.

Hundreds of antimatter munitions, with great destructive power, were fired at the target by the mercury fleet at sub-light speeds.

The antimatter projectiles wrapped in the spirit crystalline nanomaterials drew bright trajectories in space, quickly hitting the insect warships that were wrapped in the strange shimmering light force field.

Boom Boom!

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The energy that was enough to scorch a planet the size of the moon into a molten state in a few seconds, roaring and galloping, pierced through the dust clouds in an instant, stirring the surrounding dark blue nebula into a large vortex mixed with violent energy.

Huhuhuhu-

As soon as this maelstrom was formed, it frantically released a blue-purple shimmer of light that was even more dazzling than the previous star prototype.

The perspective is suddenly farther away.

Billion kilometers, 10 billion kilometers, 100 billion kilometers, trillion kilometers......

This kind of light released violently due to the short-term ultra-high energy release actually appeared no less than a thousand times at the same time in the entire Dark Pillar Battlefield.

Dozens of millions of interstellar warships, either metal or biological, are constantly shuttling and sailing in the sky of nebulae, rolling around them in the dark blue nebula.

The fighting between the two communities was fierce.

Starships on both sides are maximizing their firepower and maneuverability in an attempt to destroy each other.

It's not just starships.

There were also a number of smaller space fighters that sprang out of their respective starships like flocks of birds and flew into the boundless blue nebula.

As soon as these huge numbers of fighters appeared on the battlefield, they quickly pierced and attacked each other with superb maneuvering skills on the premise of maintaining the integrity of the formation.

The flashes of energy weapons continued to bounce between the warplanes, and they continued to splash bursts of brilliant sparks.

And the larger and more destructive starships are clustered into each other, flocking into the depths of the nebula, shuttling through the nebula, and constantly expanding the 'sphere of influence'.

They are constantly firing high-energy laser, plasma, antimatter shells.

Stardust and light are constantly intertwining and colliding throughout the Pillar Battlefield.

The whole battlefield continued in an uproar.

The fleets of both nations are also constantly attacking and getting rid of attacks, counterattacking and defending counterattacks.

The surrounding desolate frozen stars, which were the background of the battlefield, were also continuously destroyed and burned in the battle between the two warships.

Countless lightning-glowing starships and warplane wreckage were like corpses floating in the boundless nebula.

The entire nebula seemed to be filled with a strong aura of energy at this moment, so rich that it was almost like thousands of planets exploding at the same time.

And right in the deepest part of the Dark Pillar Battlefield.

Around a red dwarf star with a blood-colored glow.

In a shuttle-shaped space fortress hundreds of kilometers long, three admirals of the Mercury Empire are discussing confidential matters.

In the thousand-meter-wide conference room, Marshal Barnka, who was sitting on a spherical chair and faintly exuding the aura of the overlord's rank, gently knocked on the conference table and asked coldly:

"The ruins of the center of the Dark Pillar, where have you solved it now?"

Hearing the question, a mercury general on the right who was more than 40 meters tall replied in a deep voice:

"Tell the marshal, the archaeological team has entered the third layer, and it is expected that they will be able to enter the fourth layer, which is the most core layer, in three hours."

Barnka muttered, "It's a little slow, Akasoni, you urge them to do their best to speed up the cracking within the allowable range." ”

Akasoni bowed his head slightly, a little embarrassed: "Subordinate...... Try your best, the four-dimensional text used by the ancient civilization contains too much information, and the meaning of the words is ambiguous, and three hours is the limit. ”

"Hurry again."

Barnka sighed, "I know it's hard, but the battle has been going on for an hour and a half, and the longer it goes, the easier it will be for the Demon Brains to see the clues, in case they realize the true intentions of the Empire in this battle...... That's trouble. ”

He looked at the mercury general on his left and said in a condensed voice:

"Sadogar, you are the commander-in-chief of this battle, and you must ensure that the war lasts until three hours later, no, until four hours, so that it is more secure."

"Whew-"

Sadogar pinched his head with a little headache, "Honorable Marshal, in the past, the battle between the Empire and the Demon Brain People usually lasted no more than two hours, and I discussed with the staff officers for a long time before I deduced a detailed strategy that lasted five hours, but this is already the limit, and it is very unstable, if it drags on for an hour, this ...... The battle is likely to collapse, and the casualty figure will increase explosively. ”

"Casualties, it doesn't matter." Barnka said indifferently, "No matter what method is used, as long as you can cover up the ruins cracking work and ensure the safe transfer of the important items inside, it doesn't matter if you use all the troops this time." ”

"This ......"

Sadogar Tong Kong shrank, obviously not expecting the empire to attach so much importance to the so-called 'things' in the ruins, so he replied again:

"Then the subordinates should do their best, but in case those demon brains use the Star Destroyer weapon to attack the ruins......"

"There's no need to be afraid if I'm here, I'll keep an eye on it, and that's one of the reasons I'm here."

Barnka said in a deep voice, "But as long as it's not an attack on the ruins, I will never appear, otherwise those demon brains will definitely be aware of something when they find out about my existence." ”

"Yes."

After Sadogar replied, he couldn't help but ask, "Your Excellency Marshal, can you easily reveal it, the ruins are ...... What exactly is so important? ”

As soon as he heard this, Akasoni next to him couldn't help but lift his spirits.

It's just for the sake of a so-called 'ancient artifact' in an ancient ruin, so much trouble.

Even the only three overlords of the empire have to send one over to take charge of it personally.

It's hard not to wonder what it is, worthy of such a big deal from the Empire.

"Hmm......"

Barnka lowered his head slightly and groaned for a moment before he said, "You should know that the upgrade and breakthrough of the spirit weapon battle body is not mainly in technology, but in biological materials." ”

The two generals looked at each other, nodded and said, "Yes, of course I know." ”

Barnka looked at them and smiled, "According to the records of the Empire that the Empire found and cracked from the ruins of the discovery of the Order Divine Machine many years ago, this world ...... There is a hegemon. ”

"Overlord...... Above?! ”

The eyes of the two generals widened, and they couldn't help but look at each other.

Then, they looked at Barnka and couldn't help but ask in unison, "Is it ...... ...... in that ruin."

Barnka smiled and nodded: "The Imperial Institute of Ancient History is sure that there is an overlord in that ruin...... of the remains. ”