Chapter 1009: Ancient Empire
Zhao Chen stared at the interstellar war sand table in front of him, remaining silent for a long time.
To be honest, this military plan...
From the beginning until now, neither Zhao Chen nor Charlotte has ever been 100% certain.
Charlotte even suggested on several occasions that there were great risks involved in carrying out this military plan in the later stages.
Especially assuming the angels remain neutral.
The JF-17 Legion could even suffer heavy casualties.
But in the end, Zhao Chen made the final decision and carried out the operation plan.
The reason why Zhao Chen is so obsessed.
Annual missions and missions triggered by the Mech race are both components of this.
Furthermore, Zhao Chen was well aware that the threat from the Demon Race always existed. Even though he continuously supplied the Angel Race with Dragon-type interstellar warships, he could not completely reverse the Angel Race's disadvantage; he could only slow down the rate at which they died.
After it was confirmed that the Cult of Machines was indeed related to the demon race.
This is a ticking time bomb that could explode at any moment.
Zhao Chen cannot remain aloof and watch from the sidelines; if he does, it could even turn into raising a tiger that will eventually become his own enemy.
After careful consideration, Zhao Chen decided to execute the operation plan.
While eliminating the Mechanicus Cult, they also decimated the elite fleet of the Demon Race.
Even if the demon race is not defeated when the final battle ends, it will be difficult for them to recover to the level of overwhelming the angel race after being severely damaged.
"Contact Charlotte and ask her if she is still proceeding with the original battle plan."
"Is there anything that needs to be changed?" Zhao Chen instructed Lilith.
He looked at Xiaolongnu: "You should also conduct simulations of the upcoming military operations."
If you have any questions, let me know immediately!
We must ensure the success of the upcoming military operations... at the very least, on the premise of guaranteeing the safety of our JF-17 Legion.
"Alright!" Little Dragon Girl immediately mobilized her powerful computing ability and began to simulate and deduce the upcoming course of the war in her mind.
Time passed little by little.
Information from the front lines was also being relayed back to Zhao Chen.
However, at this moment, a fragment of data collected from the mechanical planet of the original Mechanicus Church alarmed Zhao Chen.
It even put Zhao Chen's worries about the current battle aside.
"Can you confirm that this information is genuine?" Zhao Chen looked at Lilith seriously and asked.
Lilith nodded and said, "That's for sure."
"Lilith, I'm entrusting everything on the battlefield to you!" After giving Lilith his instructions, Zhao Chen immediately ordered the Dragon Emperor to temporarily withdraw from the battlefield and from the Mechanicus star system.
Switch to remote battlefield command.
Many people have questions about this arrangement.
But since it was the commander's order, they only needed to carry it out.
When the Dragon Emperor, a lone interstellar warship, appeared outside the Mechanicus star system.
A beam of light and shadow appeared in front of Zhao Chen.
You're amazing!
They actually managed to do it.
I heard everything from Ah Yin.
The Mechanicus's starfleet actually sailed out of that area on its own.
How did you manage to do that?
"This is simply incredible!" The little girl circled around Zhao Chen, dancing and waving her arms happily, as if it were a festival.
"Speaking of which, we've known each other for so long."
"I still don't know your name." Zhao Chen stared at the little girl.
The little girl was taken aback. She tilted her head, looking innocent and naive: "Is my name important?"
In our mechanical world, a name is much like a code.
"Then why did you name your pair of mechanical sisters?" Zhao Chen asked back on the spot.
The little girl was stumped by the question.
She also noticed that Zhao Chen's approach to her this time was clearly strange. The way he stared at her was as if a detective had finally found evidence.
"I suddenly remembered that I seem to have something I haven't taken care of..."
"Is it about the Gaia Empire?" Zhao Chen asked directly.
The little girl froze when she heard the words "Gaia Empire," but she didn't leave.
The smile on her face vanished, and she turned to look at Zhao Chen with a hint of helplessness: "How much...do you know?"
"I should be asking you how much you've been hiding from me!" Zhao Chen took a few steps forward, getting close to the little girl.
If the little girl were a real person, Zhao Chen could probably hear her heartbeat from this distance.
"It's from the database of the Mechanicus, right?"
"Actually, I thought of that possibility too, but you still found out." The little girl shook her head self-deprecatingly.
Then she jumped onto the desk, placed her hands on the surface, and swung her legs.
She seems to really like this pose.
Even the chair she sat in was a high chair that was completely unsuitable for her body.
"Speak, what do you want to ask?"
“Gaia Empire!” Zhao Chen uttered the word again: “I have not found anything about the Gaia Empire in the known information of the universe.”
Even the angels don't have it!
Of course not.
Because it was an interstellar empire from a distant era, an incomparably glorious era! As the little girl said these words, her eyes seemed to be sparkling with stars.
Then, the little girl didn't hide anything from Zhao Chen, but instead told him a story.
At that time, all the forces in this universe were still in the planetary stage. On a certain planet, a space station called 'Moon Palace' was established.
An interstellar civilization capable of traversing to other planets has officially emerged.
More and more interstellar technologies are being developed.
The inhabitants of that planet began to migrate to their satellites and began to transform all the habitable planets in their system into their colonies.
Suddenly, their world experienced a technological explosion.
From the first intergalactic voyage, to the development of the warp drive, to the construction of stargates using the fluctuations of stars, and the realization of stargate travel.
This is bringing the distances between galaxies closer and closer.
Neighboring star systems that would have previously required years of dormancy to reach can now be reached in just half an hour, as easy as going out to buy groceries.
As they expanded outwards, they encountered other interstellar civilizations.
Some coexisted peacefully with them, while others went to war with them.
Ultimately, nearly ten thousand years passed.
All the interstellar races that had lived peacefully with them joined them.
Those who opposed them were all wiped out.
For the first time in the known universe, a prosperous and unified era has arrived!
Ultimately, this era of unification was named the Gaia Empire Era!
This also signifies the birth of a vast empire.