On the star map behind Tang Dingyuan, the crystal clear starship icons representing the Black Wind Fleet suddenly disappeared, turning into golden dotted lines, penetrated directly into the heart of the Federation like lightning.

Those starships emerged in golden vortexes again, directly attacking the federal resource collection and magic weapon refining base!

This scene left all the senior officials of the exiled government silent and full of worries.

This is how the war in the sea of ​​stars is different from the war between countries that lived on the same planet in ancient times and was almost a "plane" one.

Countries living on the same planet with "land" as their main territory often have clear borders. The enemy's attack can only break through the borders and slowly advance from the border to the inland and even the core.

Even if you master various flying magic weapons, you have to fly in along the border line. Except for a very small number of special combat troops with extremely high cultivation, it is difficult to jump in directly.

This is definitely not the case with the three-dimensional war in the universe.

The sea of ​​stars is too vast, and there are so few worlds that can allow humans to survive and develop civilization. Each world is an isolated island, connected by "jumping bridges" that can cross four-dimensional space.

The Starry Federation ruled not all the star seas between the seven great thousand worlds, but can only be said to be seven small "cosmic islands". It is difficult to distinguish the real frontier and core area. The enemy can completely bypass some of the worlds and launch surprise attacks on weak spots that are neglecting to prevent. The difficulty of defense can be imagined.

"In fact, we and the Federation have been conducting the above situation in the past ten years, and we have only deciphered it to you at this moment."

Tang Dingyuan continued, "This is also confirmed from the confessions of Ding Zhengyang and many rebels. Once their rebellion is successful, they will cooperate with the Emperor's Regiment and the Black Wind Special Forces who infiltrated the Federation to destroy the Federation, create chaos, and create opportunities for the Black Wind Fleet's attack.

"The war between the Empire and the Federation has already begun, and the outcome is likely to be decided before the Black Wind Fleet actually appeared, and it is now!

"There are immortal cultivators in the Federation, not only those who are superficial as Emperor Linhui, but those with higher positions, deeper hiddenness, and more critical figures. Although this information was thrown out by Lu Qingchen to tempt Ding Zhengyang and others to launch a rebellion, according to our analysis, the credibility is very high!

"This man has enough energy to create an excellent opportunity for the Black Wind Fleet's raid, at least where can the main force of the Federal Army Liaoyuan Fleet be ambushed, and such precious intelligence will be transmitted to the Black Wind Fleet.

"On the other hand, as long as we can pull this person out, we may know the jump point of the Black Wind Fleet in advance, and that will almost win half of it!

"The latest situation I want to share with you today is like this. Ding Zhengyang, Cheng Xuansu and others launched a large-scale rebellion at this moment, which can also show that one thing Black Wind Fleet has almost been prepared. No matter what the plan is, it is about to launch! The situation is so critical, and it is necessary for our alliance with the Starry Federation to... go further!"

Tang Dingyuan paused and looked at Cui Lingfeng beside him.

Cui Lingfeng coughed lightly and then said: "Everyone, we have received the latest news that the Starry Federation will announce its entry into the "highest state of war" after the new election. This is an unprecedented event in the history of the federal government. Even the "War of the Sky Ring" thirty years ago, they just entered the "level one state of war".

"This time the federal people are going to elect the veritable 'war speaker', and all the powers have been expanded compared to the speaker in peacetime.

"We originally sent an "election observation team" to inspect the emergence of the latest federal speaker, but it was interrupted by the rebellion of the cultivators. Now, the situation of the federal and the empire is different. The size of the election observation team should also be expanded, not only limited to the "election observation", but also carried out deeper cooperation with the federal government in many aspects such as military, economic and political aspects!

"The Imperial Expeditionary Force may appear before us at any time, and you must even have this understanding in the next second, and under such a premise, rethink the relationship between us and the Federation and think about our common future!

"So, Captain Tang and I have decided and communicated with the federal side, and they are still in the name of the "election inspection team", but the scale has been three times larger!

"The first stop of the inspection team will be Tianhuan Realm, where one of our senior officers will be stationed, discussing the details of the establishment of the "Joint Operation Base Camp" at the "Second Home Port of Liaoyuan Fleet" and the senior management of the federal military.

"The second stop is the "Hundred Flowers City" Star Sea Jumping Center between the Sky Ring, Tree Sea, Netherworld and Crystal Realms. It is the intersection of the seven major worlds of the Federation and the most prosperous trade city. Our economic and trade delegation will discuss there with a senior negotiating group of the Federal Economic and Trade Department about how the Firefly's "Starship Economic System" will be fully integrated into the federal economic system, including the unification of both sides' currency, the cancellation of tariffs, internal tax distribution... and a series of problems that have been brought about.

"After leaving the senior officers and economic and trade delegations in the federal military and economic and trade centers, the remaining election observation missions went directly to the federal capital Tianyuanjie. According to the timetable, the results of the federal election were announced. At that time, we could know the latest policy of the Federation under the highest state of war and discuss with the new 'war government'... how the two sides can integrate.

"Everyone, let's give up our fantasy until now. We have been running away for a thousand years and have no way out. Just here, at this moment, we launch a counterattack, fighting back all the way to our ancestors' homeland, the center of the starry sea!"

...

Federal Standard Time is already midnight.

But there is no unified sleep time on the hundreds of "subships" of the Fireflies, and even in each cabin. The huge Star Battle Fort is still brightly lit, like thousands of fireflies gathering together, releasing the faint light of life.

Only in the core compartment is a "meditation platform" that is shrouded by a crystal dome that can directly overlook the stars. Under the bright stars in the sky, it also has a bit of the night and quiet.

Li Yao followed Cui Lingfeng, and the two of them slowly paced on the empty meditation platform. Under the brilliant starlight, there were only the two of them.

"In three days, the delegation will set off."

Li Yao looked at Cui Lingfeng's back immersed in the starlight and asked, "Speaker called me here, do you have anything else to say?"

"It's nothing, I just want to say 'thank you'. No matter who you are, no matter what your purpose is, at least you have brought... new hope for the five words 'Star Sea Republic'."

Cui Lingfeng looked at the shimmering sea of ​​stars outside the crystal dome and suddenly said, "In addition, if you are really a simple 'Red Lotus Man' who fled here to avenge the cultivators, you finally found other cultivators... I really want to know that if you discovered the ambitions and plans of the senior federal executive Jin Xinyue, and the so-called 'orthodox government' is not as perfect as you imagine. You still have the dark side such as the 'rebirth plan', will you be very disappointed?"

Li Yao was slightly stunned, thought for a while, shook his head and said, "It's not disappointing, but it's a pity. The enemy is in front of him. Everyone is obviously a cultivator, but they still have to be careful, petty, and even suspicious. It's really a bit..."

"There is no way, maybe this is human, this is human nature, and it is difficult to completely refine anything no matter how you practice it."

Cui Lingfeng smiled and said, "Captain Lin, have you heard of the porcupine in winter?"

Li Yao blinked: "Winter Porcupine?"

"The porcupine is a large rodent with long and hard needles on its body, which stand out like a hedgehog to guard against beasts that are larger than them."

Cui Lingfeng said, "Whenever winter is too cold, the porcupine will squeeze together to keep warm. If they are too separate, they will not be able to keep warm. The cold wind will still run around between them; but if they get too close, they will be stabbed by the spikes on each other's bodies.

"So, it evolved into a scene like this, the porcupines kept arching towards their companions until they were stinged by their companions' spikes, and then they suddenly retreated out. But shortly after retreating, they were forced by the cold wind and arched towards their companions again, longing for a little warmth until they were stinged by their companions again.

"We and the Starry Federation are probably two porcupines. Under the threat of the cold wind, everyone wants to hold together to keep warm, but they will be stung by each other's innate spikes. There is no way. This spike is the only weapon we used to protect ourselves in the mouths of beasts. If we hadn't had these spikes, maybe we wouldn't have waited for winter to come and would have died long ago!"

"I believe that even a stupid porcupine will eventually find the right distance, not to stab each other, but also to share everyone's calories. Otherwise, this species should have become extinct!"

Li Yao couldn't help but say, "What's more, human? I don't believe that the senior executives of the Starry Federation will be inferior to porcupines."

"You don't understand. Sometimes what I'm afraid of is not the Star Federation, but... ourselves."

Cui Lingfeng sighed and said quietly, "After all, the one who gave birth to the monster "Black Star Emperor Wu Yingqi" is not the real human empire, it is precisely us, the Star Sea Republic!

"It was the Star Sea Republic that gave birth to cultivators like the Black Star Emperor. After creating this monster, our ancestors fled in panic. During the thousand years of exile in the Star Sea, we have experienced too much darkness and despair, and have touched the bottom line of normal humans countless times.

“Yes, now I can say with shamelessness that the ‘bad cultivator’ and the ‘immortal cultivator’ are different.

"But, after Ding Zhengyang raised that question, I was wondering more than once whether everything is really determined by the environment, and it has nothing to do with Daoxin?

“I was lucky enough that during my tenure as Speaker, I didn’t encounter any painful choices to make.

"But if my luck with Firefly and I were a little worse, we encountered a serious disaster, lost a lot of resources, and could only maintain one-tenth of the people on the ship, would I dare to launch the 'rebirth plan' to kill 90% of the people at random?
Chapter completed!