Star Lord: Rob the alien race and you will get a hundred times the reward

Chapter 71 Selecting the Target, Oaks Civilization
It took the group two days to visit several trading markets. They found that prices in the open star region were generally 10% to 30% more expensive than those in the human territory, and some rare products could even be doubled in price.

In contrast, the prices of many alien products and mineral resources are much cheaper than those in human territories. Only psychic materials are very stable in price because of the unlimited purchase by the Interstellar Alliance, but the prices of psychic weapons and related equipment have skyrocketed.

When I returned to the fortress, I saw that Bai Haitang and his companions had returned and were analyzing the information they had purchased.

"Star field No. 12 is divided into nine areas in total. The whole thing looks like a fan. Area A is the tail end of the fan, and the fan ribs from left to right are the other eight areas." Shirley explained, pointing to the star map.

"The B to I areas are numbered according to the number of star systems. Beyond these nine areas, human power decreases dramatically. Only a few territories above the Marquis level exist. They are also the first line of defense and warning line against alien civilizations."

"With our current strength, we are only suitable to go to areas with more human lords. The alien forces in these areas are relatively weaker. At the same time, if a large-scale war breaks out, there will be enough reinforcements to rescue us."

"Among them, I am most optimistic about the C32 star system. It is relatively remote and located at the edge of the galaxy. There are many alien forces around it, but they are not strong overall, and there are no civilizations of level seven or above."

"I have a question." Deng Jingting said, "The edge of the galaxy should be the most dangerous place for us. Many subspaces in the void will invade from the edge. This is one of the reasons why many lords do not choose to settle at the edge of the galaxy. Compared with the alien races inside the galaxy, the void outside the galaxy has more unknowns and is more dangerous."

"This is actually very easy for us to accept." Luo Shaohua smiled while holding the thermos cup and said, "You have also studied the data. Among the lords who have settled in the edge of the galaxy, there is no one who cannot be self-sufficient. As long as our industrial system does not have any problems, the warships are constantly armed, and combined with the star system's defense system, even if we cannot defeat us, we will have time to escape."

"You think too simply." Michelle shook her head. "The biggest danger in developing star fields is not those alien civilizations that are out in the open, but the aliens in the subspace and void that appear at any time. Those places are difficult for even detectors to penetrate. And because of the subspace, space is constantly changing and shifting. No one can tell what kind of enemies are lurking in there. The unknown is the biggest enemy."

Bai Haitang nodded in agreement: "Whether from a tactical or strategic perspective, we should take our enemies seriously. Civilization wars cannot tolerate any fluke mentality. We encountered level 7 Zerg just after leaving the defense line, not to mention the undeveloped areas on the edge of the galaxy."

Hearing the heated discussion, Liu Wen and his companions quickly read through the information. After comparing the conditions in various areas, Liu Wen felt more and more that the location he had chosen was the most suitable.

"Okay, listen to it first." Liu Wen stood up and pulled the projection, setting the target at the location of his choice.

"This is the B52 star system, currently owned by a wandering alien race. The two surrounding star systems are occupied by human lords. According to existing data, there are more than ten subspaces around these star systems. These forces are constantly fighting each other, but there is still no decisive force."

Bai Haitang and others quickly retrieved the data of the B52 star system. After reading it, they all looked at Liu Wen, with surprise in their eyes.

"Boss, isn't this a bit too aggressive?" Shirley, who suggested choosing area B, felt that this location was a bit too aggressive.

"Yes, boss. The B52 star system is not easy to capture, and once the war starts, the surrounding alien races will definitely want to reap the benefits. It is very likely that they will launch an attack right after we finish fighting." Luo Shaohua was also frightened by Liu Wen's goal and hurriedly persuaded him.

Liu Wen looked at Michelle and Bai Haitang. After the two exchanged glances, Michelle asked, "Boss, are you planning to take action on the last day?"

"No, let's take action in advance." After seeing that the two had guessed his plan, Liu Wen no longer hid his thoughts and directly expressed them.

"The Ox civilization has settled in the B52 star system for no more than three years. They do not have a complete industrial system and are only slightly stronger than us, with more than three legions of troops."

"The reason they were able to occupy the star system was not because they were so strong, but because of the compromise between the surrounding alien races."

"Therefore, relying on the warships and weapons resources stored in the Sera Industrial Zone, we can use special warships to quickly annihilate their manpower and force them to evacuate the star system."

"As long as we move fast enough, the surrounding alien races will not be able to interfere with us. With the productivity of the Sera Industrial Zone, our lost troops will be quickly replenished. The Emperor Phoenix Territory in the rear is our raw material base. We can purchase the raw materials we need for production from it. After gaining a firm foothold, the surrounding alien races will become our granary."

"As for the threat from the void, there is no need to think too much about it for now. How can there be no danger in exploring the star field? If you can't bear the danger, you can't get the due reward, right?"

Everyone fell silent. They understood that Liu Wen had made the decision. All they could do was to solve the related problems they were facing now: how to take over the star system, how to resist alien attacks, and how to quickly build a star system.

"Let the General Staff draw up a battle plan. Shirley, you go to the Interstellar Alliance station to collect more intelligence on the surrounding star systems." Seeing that everyone no longer objected, Liu Wen directly assigned the task.

"Bai Haitang, Michelle, you two should organize the fleet. We will take action once we reach the Sera Industrial Zone. Do you understand?"

"I understand, boss." Seeing that Liu Wen had made up his mind, Bai Haitang and the others had no choice but to agree.

Soon, the fleet's rest period was over, and Liu Wen went to the Interstellar Alliance city in Area A to relocate the Sera Industrial Zone to the B52 star system.

After going offline, he discussed the plan with Li Bingzhen and others who stayed behind, and reorganized the existing industrial zone fleet. When the agreed time came, the industrial zone would be moved to the area occupied by the Star Fleet. The internal reserve warships would be able to provide strong support to the Star Fleet, especially the latest special weapons, which would be easy to deal with a wandering civilization without a complete industrial system.

The Star Fleet continued to set sail and arrived at the designated location two days later. If they moved further, they would be out of the radiation range of human territory and officially enter the alien-occupied area.

"The scheduled time is three hours later. We need to capture a planet in the B52 star system within three hours. Otherwise, without a direct territory, the Interstellar Alliance will not carry out the subspace migration work." The blue fat man reminded Liu Wen.

"Michelle, start the attack, we don't have much time." Liu Wen ordered Michelle.

In the command room, after receiving the order, Michelle joined forces with Bai Haitang to establish coordinated command of the two fleets.

The fleet set sail again, and continued to jump forward in the void between star systems according to the jump points provided by the reconnaissance ship. The reconnaissance ship had been sent out long ago, and was currently collecting intelligence on the surrounding alien races and keeping an eye on these alien races. After several jumps, the Star Fleet avoided the alien races' territories and arrived outside the B52 star system. It was impossible for such a large fleet to completely conceal its whereabouts, but the alien races that were alarmed were still confused about the Star Fleet's goals, so they did not move around to avoid trouble.

As soon as the fleet arrived outside the star system, it was discovered by the detectors of the Ox civilization, and the fleet, which was originally on alert, immediately sounded the alarm.

"The opponent's defense system is relatively poor, and the firepower network is sparsely arranged. Only the defense around the planet is tighter." Shirley pointed out several key defense positions.

Michelle just took a glance and compared it with the intelligence detected by the reconnaissance ship, and quickly had an idea in his mind.

"Jump to Planet No. 5. All fleets are ready for battle. Prepare to activate the space disruptor."

Under the space interference arranged by the Ox civilization, the Star Fleet forcibly jumped into the interior of the star system. Planet No. 5 is the location of the opponent's industrial system, and its defense is stronger than that of the living planets No. 3 and No. 4.

When the fleet of 30,000 warships appeared in the void of Planet No. 5, the alarm of the Ox civilization sounded throughout the entire star system. The defense system was automatically activated, and the defensive firepower within the range turned its guns and fired at the Star Fleet.

In the orbit of Planet No. 5, seven space stations moved towards low-Earth orbit one after another. As the armor moved, hidden firepower was extended, and fortress cannons with a caliber of hundreds of meters opened fire almost at the same time.

"Execute emergency evasion. The capital ships fire salvos to destroy the fortress cannons. The mobile fortresses and super flagships activate their force field halos to move forward and destroy the enemy's land-based fortress cannons."

"Release all drones from the drone swarm to clear the enemy targets."

"High-dimensional disruptor activated, space disruptor activated."

"Prepare the gravity bomb."

"Activate all interception force fields."

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The Star Fleet launched an aggressive attack on Planet No. 5 without paying any attention to the industrial system on the planet. The super flagship and the mobile fortress's fortress guns launched a fierce attack on the planet's surface. The thick energy columns swept across everything and hit the void turrets in the window. All the guarding warships were pierced and destroyed. Then the remaining force of the energy column hit the energy shield of the land-based fortress gun, causing bursts of dazzling light.

Thousands of battleships pressed forward to face the defensive firepower of Planet No. 5. One round of salvos was tens of thousands of energy columns. Under this intensive firepower attack, the protective shields of several space stations of the Ox civilization were quickly penetrated. The armor was pierced and melted into molten iron, and fell to the surface in a chain reaction with flames rising into the sky.

At this time, the fleet of the Ox civilization finally arrived, and the defending fleet in the rear dropped the gravity bombs without hesitation. Dozens of gravity bombs were mixed in the rain of missiles, and they were all intercepted when approaching the Ox fleet.

After the gravity bomb exploded, huge gravity sources appeared one after another. The huge gravity distorted the void and sucked the energy columns passing through the gravity range into the gravity source, blocking as much as 70% of the firepower attack of the Ox fleet. At the same time, the existence of the gravity source also blocked their way forward.

Due to the existence of high-dimensional interference and space interference, it would take at least half an hour for the fleet of the Ox civilization to bypass the source of gravity. This time is enough for the Star Sea Fleet to wipe out the resistance forces on Planet No. 5.

After the Star Fleet intercepted the reinforcement fleet of the Ox civilization, the fleet released by the mothership also crossed a distance of more than ten light seconds and entered the orbit of Planet No. 5, launching an attack on the defensive turrets and ground forces in orbit. The particle cannons and missiles that covered the sky occupied the entire sky.

The Ox defense system on Planet No. 5 was quickly disintegrated. The entire surface was turned over by naval guns, plates migrated, volcanoes erupted, and broken defense turrets turned into meteors and fell to the earth, stirring up clouds of dust.

After dealing with most of the defensive firepower, the Star Fleet changed direction, and a group of frigate-class battleships and destroyer-class battleships continued to clean up some of the remaining firepower points. The main fleet turned around to face Oaks' fleet.

Nearly 100,000 warships occupied a void of more than ten light minutes, and came towards the Star Fleet with more than a dozen mobile fortresses as the core. The two sides confronted each other across the gravity source.

After the Oaks fleet deployed its formation, the outer fleet bypassed the gravity source and surrounded the Star Sea Fleet. At the same time, on planets No. 3 and No. 4, where people lived, countless spaceships were picking up and dropping off the people of Oaks. They were ready to transfer.

"How much time do we have left?" Michelle looked nervous, not because the fleet was about to be surrounded by the enemy, but because they did not know whether the Oaks civilization had any weapons of mass destruction.

"It will take half an hour before the Sera Industrial Zone moves here." Wu Shuhe replied quickly.

"Order, the fleet retreats and establishes a defensive formation in the orbit of Planet Five."

The fleet retreated immediately, and 30,000 warships established defenses around the far-Earth orbit of Planet No. 5. Floating cannons were thrown out by the transport department, and engineering ships lowered a large number of equipment to the surface. The modular equipment was quickly assembled under the operation of robotic arms. This was a simple fortress cannon with a service life of no more than one hundred rounds. The advantage was that it could be assembled and put into use at any time.

Finally, the energy of the gravitational source was exhausted and gradually dissipated. The Oaks fleet pressed forward in full force, and the two sides began to exchange fire at a distance of ten light minutes.

The mobile fortresses of both sides bombarded each other in the void. Energy columns hundreds of meters thick created space ripples in the void. They hit the energy shields of both sides, causing them to flash a few times, but failed to break the defense.

Then battleships and cruisers were deployed to the battlefield, and the naval guns became more and more dense. Because there were too many ships, neither side had much room to dodge, so casualties began to soar rapidly at this moment.

Fireworks bloomed one after another, and the broken wreckage of the warship crashed into the surrounding friendly warships like cannonballs. The ejected safety cabins were not safe under such firepower density. Only the petite frigate-class warships could shuttle through the array to quickly salvage the safety cabins and save the crew members.

(End of this chapter)