Soul of Burning Steel

Hundreds of hexagonal battleships, like a hive, separated the energy mist of the great demon tide, and sailed in the void in a neat array.

Behind the void covered by too dense energy mist, as the hive warship approached, a protruding steel port gradually appeared, and a bright guiding light shot out from the side of the port, shining on the top of the hive warship headed by it.

Guided by the navigation beam, the entire battleship began to turn slightly, slowed down along the beam, and then slowly headed towards the time-space anchor of the port.

Ahead is Frontier Port.

The Eldar Empire is located in the largest military port on the side of the Silent Void, Frontier Voidport.

It was originally just a civilian port responsible for transferring supplies from the colonies in the frontier provinces, but in the last few hundred years, due to the continuous investment of the Eldar in the void combat capabilities, almost all ports and large fortress worlds have been strengthened In the past few years, this port, which used to be the most important transportation hub in the frontier, has been completely transformed into a super-large void fortress.

The previously mixed hive fleet of 400 was only a small part of the military ships docked in the entire port. The frontier void port can dock more than 5,600 large hive warships at the same time, which is the largest in the entire Eldar Empire. One of the most advanced and powerful Netherports.

But now, even such a huge void port is now in an overloaded operation, and even had to temporarily build two smaller subsidiary ports around it to accommodate the huge fleet cluster with a number of more than 10,000.

All because of the increasingly stormy situation recently.

According to the increasingly sharp and clear reports of the major frontier monitoring stations of the Imperial Military Department, nearly three years ago (the time standard of the Eldar is different from that of humans, but for the sake of smooth reading, the whole multiverse unit is the same by default) the monitoring station detected The huge subspace energy fluctuations and echoes in the sky have become increasingly clear recently, and the meaning behind this had to be decided by the high-level Eldar clan.

Of course, the national fleets converging towards the border area will cause the normal void side to lose the long-distance response ability, but the spirit race also knows that, as a lucky young void civilization, if they really encounter the aliens from other galaxies Intruders have no ability to resist. Instead of worrying about things that are not trending at present, it is better to care about the storm that is definitely approaching on the side of the silent void.

Prepared to set off on the home planet of origin, from the Dust Realm to the Red Light Province, and then from the Black Fang Fortress to the frontier void port, this small fleet of 400 did not come as reinforcements—in fact, they came The purpose is to transport the cutting-edge detection equipment condensed from the highest technology of the current Eldar race.

The fleet with the special code of the military department quickly entered the core area of ​​the void inner port through a special channel. The transport ship was quickly dismantled, and the huge detection equipment was separated from the semi-biological hull. Soon, the Eldar soldiers Under the tense arrangement, the 'subspace energy wave receiver' shaped like a spire was successfully loaded.

However, half a day later.

A series of urgent warnings were thus sent to the capital galaxy of the Eldar, the home planet of origin.

"...We have observed that the gravitational bending phenomenon around the frontier void is very obvious, but we cannot observe any light and energy fluctuations..."

"...According to speculation, there should be a supermassive dark star that can shield light and is rapidly approaching the star field where we are. Unknown visitor friends will arrive soon..."

"...Dear Your Majesty, the subspace echoes have become so clear that ordinary monitoring equipment can hear them. They are already approaching the outside of our galaxy, and a series of material distortions have already occurred..."

"...There is every reason to believe that the unknown signal sources have left the silent void and began to enter the super-long dust cloud region at the edge of the galaxy. Their trajectories have not changed, and they are still moving forward in a straight line. The location is circled into the monitoring area..."

From September 18, 1103 to November 27, 1103, successive emergency warnings and notices almost filled the receiving columns of the royal family and the military. According to the most advanced detection equipment, it can be known that there are unknown signals coming from the other side. The source is approaching at an incredible speed—of course, this is not surprising, because according to the theory of information relativity, if the speed of target A is close to the speed of information transmission, then when another target receives the information, target A will The same will arrive soon.

For this increasingly tense situation, in order to avoid the huge loss caused by the encounter with the Void Behemoth fleet in the past, the Eldar Empire mobilized all the fleets of the entire clan, and began to build temporary fortresses at the places where the unknown signal sources were about to land. Half of the resources accumulated by the empire over the years have been taken out, and all of them have been invested here. The next successor of the Empress of the Empire, the twenty-fifth Awakened Beehive, the Eldest Princess of the Empire has gone to the front line with the Deputy Prime Minister and the Minister of Military Affairs, proving that the entire empire is right. attention to this.

At least, in terms of preparations, the upper and lower leaders of the Spirit Race have a clear conscience, and they have indeed done their best.

The time is November 27, 1103 in the spiritual calendar.

With the issuance of the highest alert order, the silence of the entire frontier port and fortress group was broken.

The eldest princess, the deputy prime minister, the military ministers, and the front-line marshals, who were originally powerful and didn’t need much sleep, as well as the queen and other cabinet ministers who were far away in the empire, all received the same emergency notice by coincidence.

But in fact, there was no need for any announcement, because all the high-powered psykers above level three felt the wave that was sweeping from afar... the wave called trembling.

"—Alert—We have received a strong unknown wave sweeping across the galaxy!"

"——Alert—The frontier monitoring station has been shocked by abnormal psychic fluctuations, and 90% of the corresponding inspectors have fallen into a state of soul shock that cannot be cured!"

"—alarm—the sources are approaching—they're coming!"

boom!

Until this moment, the high-ranking spirit clan in the frontier port area heard a terrifying roar that resounded deep in their souls. Except for the strongest military minister, everyone else was caught by this seemingly infinite memory. The loud noise of the infinitely erosive soul shook the thinking center into confusion, and it was impossible to think at all for a while.

Obtaining self-awareness and wisdom with the soul as the source, the Eldar as a large insect is naturally a race that awakens psychic energy. In fact, most races without noumenal thinking organs obtain extraordinary power based on psychic energy. The normal state of the multiverse, the most universal supernatural power. And the psionic energy itself can be easily transformed by other powers, as long as the soul is strong enough, it will have powerful psionic energy.

And the roar that erupted at the soul level just now made all the spirit races understand in an instant that the strength of the coming existence is almost beyond their imagination.

"Detect... detect the source of the explosion of this soul roar, I want to know where it is now!"

Today, only the minister of the military department has enough thinking ability, and it immediately directly connects to the automatic program of the subspace detection equipment, allowing it to detect the previous abnormal impact.

But the result was extremely frightening.

"Can't-method-distinguish-warning, the psychic fluctuations are too strong, and the automatic program cannot distinguish the source of the main body of the psychic fluctuations-warning, the super-giant subspace shock is happening, please suspend the navigation of all ships, and make sure to fix it at At the time-space anchor of the port!"

"——The recovery function of the optical monitoring lens, the recovery function of the magic energy monitoring lens, the unknown target is taking off the surface barrier, the image is being transmitted... the transmission is successful!"

Soon, the eldest princess and the others, who were gradually waking up, saw the blurry picture sent by the automatic detection program together with the minister of the military department.

It was an incomparably huge beast as magnificent as the world.

Accompanied by the space-time shock that even the void port can clearly detect, eight familiar but unfamiliar void behemoths broke through the material barrier created by the spin of the galaxy, and sailed rapidly in the dust cloud at the edge of the galaxy in the world. Slowing down, it seems that they are preparing to land. These giant beasts cut through the void, broke through the clouds, and smashed a large number of condensed clouds that were gathering in the dust clouds, just like barbarians who didn't care about trampling on the flowers and plants by the roadside. Speeding away towards the target star field.

"The Void Behemoths - and other fleets?!"

Seeing these void behemoths, all the senior leaders of the spirit clan exclaimed in unison. The reappearance of the behemoth fleet that destroyed their land in the past filled their hearts with anger, but soon, the images that followed made them feel angry again. These big bugs calmed down.

Wrapped in the center by eight void behemoths, it looks inconspicuous, but it releases a silver ball that is brighter than a star, and three strange fleets that are led by this light break through the clouds and mist.

The space-time stability field visible to the naked eye is so eye-catching, anyone can tell from the momentum that the eight void behemoths are just existences driven by the silver ball and the fleet behind them. The main body of the entire weird fleet is actually that one. There seems to be a small number of silver steel fleets, their technology cannot be distinguished by the eyes of the Eldar, and they can't see any good or bad.

As for the Starfield of the capital of the Spirit Race, the home planet of origin, the titular Empress of the Empire, and the actual manager of the entire country, the Prime Minister and the Cabinet of the Empire all silently watched the psychic communications that were constantly being sent.

"Unknown existences have appeared—that is a strange joint fleet composed of four major parts, some of which are individuals from the void fleet clusters that invaded us in the past...they are what we detected before, and they are approaching us The source of subspace energy waves of the galaxy."

"According to the images, the mass of the fleet is not enough to cause the terrifying subspace shock of the previous level. We have detected a huge gravitational source, but we can't identify its real body. We suspect that this is just the front of the real fleet of unknown forces. Its main body is still in the silent void and has not yet arrived. So far, everything is very confusing. The unknown beings do not accept any psionic wave communication, do not respond to any calls, they may use another kind of hyperspace communication equipment."

At this point, the suggestions given by the major monitors are clearly divided into two factions.

"Empire—our galaxy is being invaded by a powerful void force from another galaxy. We are facing an unprecedented battle. The strength of the unknown force is extremely powerful. Before the main fleet of the opponent arrives, we must act first!"

"We, maybe we can try to mobilize the communication band to contact the other party. There is no need for meaningless battles. Before the vigilance and conflicts brought about by unknowns and doubts cause conflicts between the two sides, we must start a real communication!"

The brief landing and communication made the entire empire's top management not know how to choose for a while-they found that they actually knew nothing about these alien fleets from unknown areas, and did not know the strength, technology and form of existence of each other. Even the so-called familiar void behemoths have only been seen, they have only 'heard' about the strength of the void behemoths, and have never launched a close battle.

And what made the Eldar make up their minds was a series of behaviors carried out by the unknown fleet afterwards.

After removing the black information shielding barrier, the actions of the entire alien fleet can already be seen by a simple detection circle - the huge void behemoth broke through the interference of the dust cloud and led the fleet to a target In the star field, the silver ball wrapped in the center by the behemoth released a translucent halo covering the entire star field, and all the automatic fortresses and void outposts in the entire star field stopped operating immediately.

The next moment, even the long-distance detection circle dimmed for a moment, because the space-time stability field was cancelled, and the excessively strong energy spewing phenomenon of the fleet itself created a man-made 'little devil tide' in the Jetrum star field 'Phenomenon.

Then, there was news that several inanimate worlds had been smashed into world barriers, and there was also an extremely violent space-time shock.

"—Highest warning—the eight inanimate world barriers in the Jetrum star field have been destroyed, and the void behemoth is eating!"

"A large-scale tearing of the space-time structure has occurred in the Jetrum star field. We have detected extremely complicated mana fluctuations. The unknown fleet seems to be building a super-giant time-space rift centered on the Jetrum world—— They seem to want to build a huge space-time hub, a huge 'star gate'! We also intercepted the signals of these fleets communicating with each other... They are hungry, crazy and chaotic, it seems to be a suppressed cheer for a long time, now They're full of joy, and it sounds like a carnival!"

"They act quickly and their goals are clear. We are running out of time. If the space-time hub and the star gate are all built, when the main body of the alien fleet arrives, we have absolutely no chance of winning!"

This too terrifying information immediately became the last straw that overwhelmed the high-level decision-making of the Eldar Race.

"... Expand, attack!"

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