122: Defeat

Within the territory of the "Deep Sea" Pirate Group, a massive fleet was traveling rapidly.

These starships had peculiar designs and were equipped with dense arrays of turrets.

They were the trump card combat force of the "Peaceful Passage" Four Great Pirate Groups, the "Suppressor I".

They had appeared in the virtual projection world; in terms of combat power, they were roughly at the mid-to-high level of Tier 6, slightly inferior to the first-generation "legend series".

"How is it?"

At this moment, on the flagship, the leader of the "Deep Sea", S-Class Transcendent Hetok, asked with a dark face.

"Boss... the entire Wave Region galaxy has lost contact since the day before yesterday. All messages sent have vanished without a trace, with no response..."

An adjutant, looking anxious, tried calling repeatedly.

"Damn it, who exactly are they, and how dare they!"

Hetok's expression became increasingly gloomy.

"Full speed ahead, immediately head to the Wave Region. Also, send out a notification, tell all the brothers to prepare for battle."

"Understood, Boss."

The adjutant on the side, as if granted amnesty, acknowledged and hurriedly retreated.

Soon, the reactor engines roared, and the entire fleet began to operate and advance at high power.

Until five days later.

At one moment, all detection devices suddenly sounded a piercing alarm simultaneously.

The expressions of the "Deep Sea" members changed, and they immediately looked at the feedback displayed on the screen.

"My god... this..."

Several high-ranking members of the Pirate Group, who had seen their fair share of Wind and Waves, could not help but exclaim.

"What is it?"

Hetok, who was meditating with his eyes closed, opened his eyes and frowned: "Have you discovered the enemy?"

"Yes, Boss... You should see for yourself..."

An adjutant swallowed hard and said, trembling: "They... they are everywhere..."

"What do you mean?"

Hetok's heart sank. His figure flashed and he appeared in front of the detection screen, only to see dense red dots covering the screen. Furthermore, as the fleet advanced and the detector range continued to cover more area, the number of red dots was still increasing.

A rough estimate was at least over a million! It seemed as if the entire Wave galaxy had been occupied.

Meanwhile, these red dots seemed to have sensed the intrusion of the "Suppressor" fleet and were all rapidly moving in this direction.

"Where did these enemies come from, and how are there so many! The edge of the Wave galaxy... should be the territory of the Gale, right? What the hell are they doing, how did they let people in..."

Hetok was puzzled; he didn't understand how these guys had appeared silently.

At this moment, the detection screen suddenly went dark, and after a burst of static, a familiar voice rang out:

"To all members of the 'Deep Sea' Pirate Group..."

"Now, you have two choices..."

"Submit or perish..."

"What is going on!"

Seeing this, everyone's expression changed in unison.

"Boss... fellow leaders, the starship has been hacked..."

The technician, covered in sweat, said: "He... he directly seized the management privileges."

"How is that possible!"

Hetok was filled with disbelief.

You must know, the equipment of their Four Great Pirate Groups was all controlled by the Statue of Liberty. How could someone directly hack into the fleet system and seize control...

Wait! The Statue of Liberty!

A terrifying thought suddenly flashed through his mind... What if it was the Star Alliance officials who did this...

That's it... No wonder these people came directly through the "Gale" border line, yet the other side had no reaction at all.

Cold sweat seeped from his back. Without hesitation, he took out his communication device, found one of the hidden anonymous numbers, and dialed it.

Beep...

The moment the call connected, it was hung up.

Before Hetok could react, a voice rang out again from the communication screen:

"Countdown ended. The target has chosen to resist stubbornly. Initiating elimination."

"Wait! Is there some misunderstanding? We are working for Lord 'Dormo', you..."

Hetok hurriedly tried to explain.

But before he could finish speaking, the technician on the starship suddenly screamed in terror:

"Boss, it's bad! The command ship's self-destruct sequence has been initiated!"

"It really is the officials..."

Hearing this, Hetok's heart turned cold.

"What do we do now, Boss?"

The other adjutants were also panicking; they were equally knowledgeable and had also thought of this possibility.

"First, notify all the brothers to abandon ship. I will try to contact Lord Dormo again..."

Hetok barely managed to brace himself and gritted his teeth.

In any case, they couldn't just sit and wait for death.

Soon, the elites of the "Deep Sea", wearing mechs and combat suits, appeared in the void.

At this moment, the starships that had originally initiated the self-destruct sequence suddenly stopped. They turned in unison, spewing fire, and flew rapidly past the "Deep Sea" crowd, disappearing.

"Does this mean... our starships were stolen?"

They looked at this scene, completely dumbfounded, looking at each other, not knowing what to do.

However, this daze did not last long.

Countless combat robots, about five meters tall, poured in from all directions.

After Zhang Huaiyuan issued the order for an all-out attack.

On every planet, destructive mining was initiated. A large number of engineering robots excavated everything they saw and converted it into the required materials through energy converters.

Industrial assembly lines were quickly set up, completed at an assembly speed of almost one unit per minute.

This type of combat robot abandoned the comprehensiveness of the main legions, focusing only on retaining endurance and mobility; they weren't even equipped with weapons.

When they rushed to the battlefield from their respective planets through short-range Warp Devices, Zhang Huaiyuan held up the empowerment stone in his hand. Bundled weapons materialized from the void network and fell into their hands.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!

Without even a second of pause, the combat robots that received the weapons aimed and opened fire without hesitation.

Brilliant bundled light beams instantly pierced through the crowd, and thousands of pirates who couldn't dodge in time were instantly killed.

"Damn it! It's energy weapons, watch out!"

Hetok roared, and monstrous waves surged from behind him. As he waved his arm, a large area of combat robots were crushed into fragments. However, the weapons were promptly retrieved by Zhang Huaiyuan using the Warp Device.

And these casualties were completely negligible for the millions-strong machine legion.

Viewed from a god's-eye perspective, these combat robots were like a massive swarm of bees, continuously flying out from planet after planet, rushing to the battlefield.

Their construction materials were all the most ordinary alloys; the cost of ten thousand of them could barely compare to one "Wings of Freedom" series mech. They were perfectly suited for dealing with such enemies that weren't particularly strong.

More robots poured into the battlefield, and Zhang Huaiyuan waved his hand, redistributing weapons to them.

Energy beams swept the void with no blind spots. The "Deep Sea" Pirate Group, having lost the cover of their fleet, had almost no power to resist and fell in large numbers.

Even the leader Hetok, who was an S-Class Transcendent, only managed to attack twice before being forced into a state of only being able to dodge by the increasingly dense attacks, teetering on the brink of danger.

"They are just pirates after all, far inferior to the regular troops of the Star Alliance."

Zhang Huaiyuan shook his head, his mind slightly moved.

Hundreds of massive orbital cannons were constructed in the starry sky.

"Go."

He pointed his finger, and the artillery fire, flashing with dazzling electric light, descended from the sky like divine punishment, instantly covering the entire battlefield.

Annihilating everything.