Galaxy Domination Guide-Chapter 597 - 583 Two Chancellors (Part Four)
On the warship of Mastrov, the Legion Commander of the 37th Legion, who was preparing for battle, an officer responsible for sensing the battlefield situation suddenly started shouting as if in a fit, "Legion Commander! Our Fleet is suffering from a strong gravitational disturbance, the effect of Earth's Gravity Well on us has vanished!"
At this time, Mastrov's eyes had already glazed over, as he clung to the porthole looking out, murmuring, "What gravitational disturbance? Without Earth, of course, there's no gravitational response!"
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The entire bridge erupted into chaos, with some crew members even breaking discipline to leave their battle stations without permission, while others directly opened the observational impact visual. What they saw was something they had never imagined possible in their lifetimes.
In the vast universe, amidst densely packed orbital structures, the Moon, with its various man-made ecological habitation systems, orbited around a void.
A complete void — the blue planet that carried countless people's memories and dreams, the Capital Star of the Star Alliance, and the most important planet of the entire Alliance, had vanished right before their eyes.
"Is this some sort of hellish vision?" For Mastrov, this sight was even harder to accept than the attack of tens of thousands of enemy ships.
"Ahh, my wife, my children, my parents! They were all still on Earth!"
"My home is on Earth, too, what am I supposed to do now?"
Inevitably, over half of the crew members had families on Earth, and witnessing Earth disappear from before their eyes, everyone's morale suffered a severe blow.
Mastrov's staff, trembling with fear, said to the Legion Commander, "What method did the former Chancellor use, how did he make Earth also disappear?"
Mastrov cursed, "If I knew, I guess I'd be a Chancellor too!"
In the current situation, he could no longer care about matters of status. The Star Alliance Chancellor Xiao Yu had clearly sent them to their deaths, and now, with even Earth gone, he was completely infuriated.
What was more frightening for the 37th Legion was that the Wormhole had already closed, and over ten thousand warships, whose combat power was not inferior to that of the Star Alliance, had already begun to array in front of the 37th Legion.
The two Jinwu Legions would not care about what happened to Earth; relying on Earth's dense and powerful orbital defenses, as soon as the Legions' warships launched, they immediately opened fire on the Swarm Ships still arranging themselves.
The response of the Swarm Ships was also very swift; they immediately dissolved the larger groups and turned to utilize smaller but mutually protective coordinated formations, evading the concentrated areas of fire from the Jinwu Fleet and Earth's orbital defenses. They dissolved their ranks and then re-assembled, launching a counterattack against the Star Alliance.
In terms of single-ship firepower, the Star Alliance Warships had the advantage. However, in terms of group formations, the Swarm had the upper hand. In this battle, Bai Zhongqi didn't even consider minimizing losses or showing off his might. What he wanted was simple — to tell everyone that he, Bai Zhongqi, had returned.
"It seems that Xiao Yu is truly not on Earth," Bai Zhongqi could not possibly be without a sense of loss, for after he enclosed Earth within the Glass Sphere, the Supreme Command was still operating normally, indicating that Xiao Yu was not trapped inside the Glass Sphere and thus naturally would not be on Earth.
Xiao Yu had maliciously attempted to cause Bai Zhongqi pain by destroying Earth, but Bai Zhongqi stuffed Earth into the Glass Sphere, automatically stopping the flow of time within it. As time, the central axis element of the physical world, came to a halt, even a catastrophe that could end the world was frozen in place.
"We'll find a way to solve the problem of Earth's destruction later, but it would be feasible to rescue a portion of the Earth's population," Bai Zhongqi estimated.
At this moment, Bai Zhongqi once again heard Xiao Yu's voice.
"What... what have you done?" The voice was incredibly calm, but Bai Zhongqi could hear the volcanic rage about to erupt, signifying a situation beyond Xiao Yu's control—this Chancellor, who thought he could control everything, couldn't accept such an outcome.
What may have terrorized him even more was the fact that, even after seizing Bai Zhongqi's Supreme Command and becoming the Chancellor of the Star Alliance for eighteen years, having established an interstellar civilization far more powerful than during Bai Zhongqi's time, Bai Zhongqi always managed to surprise everyone.
Bai Zhongqi thoroughly enjoyed hearing Xiao Yu's voice like this, and he laughed, "What's the matter, scared now? Earth hasn't been destroyed; Earth will not be destroyed. If you think such filthy tactics can deter me, you're greatly underestimating me."
At this time, Xiao Yu was like a monster whose anger was suppressed yet calm as an iceberg, the more furious and perplexed he was, the more composed he appeared.
He once believed that Bai Zhongqi's ability to become Chancellor was all thanks to the Supreme Command, and that without it, Bai Zhongqi would be nothing. For eighteen years, he had been preparing, even though he thought he had completely killed Bai Zhongqi and erased his existence, he still felt Bai Zhongqi would return. Now that Bai Zhongqi truly had, Xiao Yu, amidst such shock and fury, prepared to inflict even greater suffering upon Bai Zhongqi.
However, this was now a Bai Zhongqi he no longer recognized.
Merely moments later, Xiao Yu had already returned to his composure. From an indeterminable location, he spoke to Bai Zhongqi, "Though I am not sure how you took Earth away, I fear Earth is still doomed. Our war has only just begun. Do you think this round is your victory? That's naive. Incompetent people are always incompetent. I am the Chancellor of the Star Alliance, and you are but a laughingstock."
Just as Bai Zhongqi was about to retort, a surprising change occurred on the entire battlefield. The eight massive orbital structures above the orbit of the Earth, far larger than any common weapons platform, suddenly emitted beams of light that connected to form an octagon. The plane of the octagon shimmered with a pale purple glow, and behind the translucent surface, it seemed to show something that wasn't the familiar cosmic space.
Mastrov was so excited upon seeing this scene that he nearly jumped for joy, "An instantaneous Stargate! It's an instantaneous Stargate! Impossible to pass through without an agreement, but we are saved now!"
The massive network of Earth's orbital infrastructure, even after losing Earth, still demonstrated its power. After forming the instantaneous Stargate, something Bai Zhongqi had never seen before, the other orbital structures constructed several Energy Shields, completely covering the area where the Jinwu Fleet was located.
In fact, they utilized the Shield Sharing technology from the Teizene civilization, only adapted for use with orbital structures, more targeted in application even if the effect was more singular.
The Jinwu Fleet began to retreat toward the Stargate, firing as they fell back in an orderly manner, but at this moment, Mastrov was horrified to discover that the 37th Legion's Fleet had detached from his command and began to charge headfirst into the main cluster of the Swarm Ships.