2: Planetary fleet

Upon hearing the System, Li Yang couldn't help but exclaim.

"No, say that again. Are you sure the mission is to occupy the planet I'm currently on?"

Li Yang, suspecting the System had made a mistake, quickly inquired.

"Yes, Lieutenant Li Yang, your first mission is to occupy this planet. Should you fail, according to the 'New Fire' plan, you will be stripped of your first-class lieutenant rank!"

Hearing this, Li Yang could only reluctantly accept. To be honest, he didn't have any special feelings for this planet.

However, at least in the virtual world, he was given a country to start with. Now, he was empty-handed, alone, and yet expected to occupy this planet? Was he supposed to stand in public and declare himself an officer of an advanced civilization, demanding everyone surrender immediately? He'd probably be taken away as a mental patient.

As if detecting Li Yang's thoughts, the System spoke again.

"Beep... Lieutenant Li Yang, to complete the Empire's mission, the fleet under your command has received the information. Please complete the coordinate transmission and combat orders..."

As soon as the words fell, a signal device, palm-sized and made of transparent material, instantly appeared in Li Yang's hand. Before Li Yang could react, a flash of light suddenly appeared before his eyes.

When he opened his eyes again, he found himself having left the mysterious space and returned to the previous hillside.

Standing in the deep pit, Li Yang first looked blankly at the device in his hand, and it took him a while to process what the System had just said.

"A fleet? My goodness, I originally thought this was a hell-level mission that was impossible to complete, but I didn't expect it to be a welfare mission."

A fleet from a Level 7 civilization occupying a planet of a civilization no higher than Level 2—wouldn't that be as easy as pie, effortless?

Thinking of this, the extremely excited Li Yang eagerly began to study the signal device in his hand.

"Speaking of which, how do I send this thing? There isn't even a button. Could it be... Ultraman, transform!"

After studying it for a long time, Li Yang found the device in his hand increasingly familiar and immediately struck an Ultraman transformation pose.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he raised it, a beam of light shot straight into the sky, illuminating deep into the universe.

"Wow, it actually works? But why does it need this kind of operation? Couldn't it just come directly?"

Just as Li Yang wondered why a Level 7 civilization still needed such an "ancient" method to transmit information, the System's voice rang in his mind.

"Beep... According to the 'New Fire' plan, officers selected from lower civilizations can personally experience the feeling of summoning a fleet, which helps to enhance their sense of belonging to the Empire. A friendly reminder: the signal device only needs to be raised; there's no need to shout Mo Ming's commands."

Listening to the System's voice in his mind, all of Li Yang's previous doubts were resolved.

"So that's how it is. But indeed, this feeling of personally summoning a fleet is quite good. System, when will my fleet arrive?"

"Estimated arrival in 2 and a half System hours."

...On the other side, a fleet floated silently in space, composed of 4 small frigates, 1 main starship, and 1 medium-sized functional starship.

In the main starship's Command Room, a group of beings in military uniforms quietly watched the enormous light screen before them. Some were humans with animal organs, some were strange-looking humanoids, and still others were completely non-human beings.

"Everyone, the Empire's 'New Fire' plan has been activated. The new officer has been confirmed. Proceed quickly to the target Galaxy!"

"Yes!"

Watching the information transmitted on the light screen, the officer standing at the front spoke to the crowd behind him.

As the order was passed down, the previously stationary fleet began to move.

"Attention all starships and units, destination coordinates confirmed. Hyperspace jump commencing... 3... 2... 1... Initiating jump!"

As soon as the words fell, the fleet, which had been moving forward, began to flicker. In the blink of an eye, the once massive fleet instantly vanished.

On the other side, Li Yang, who had waited quietly for 2 and a half hours, finally received a message from the System.

"Beep... Lieutenant Li Yang, your 'Planetary-Class' fleet has arrived in the Solar System."

"Planetary-Class? What does that mean?"

"Beep... Your rank only allows you to query the following Imperial fleet classes: Planetary-Class, Stellar-Class, Super-Stellar-Class. For higher classes, your current rank is not authorized to query. Please first get promoted to Lieutenant Class 9 to query."

"So, after all that, it's the lowest-class fleet. Well, that makes sense, since I'm only a first-class lieutenant right now. Class 9, a long and arduous journey!"

"Oh, right, System, what is the approximate strength of a Planetary-Class fleet?"

Seeing that his fleet was the lowest class, Li Yang quickly asked.

"Beep... As you are a first-class lieutenant, your fleet consists of an imperial type i star destroyer as the main starship, with a length of 2200 meters, a crew of 35000, 300 assisting officers, 24700 service personnel, and 10000 Soldiers.

It possesses 12 laser cannons, 4 heavy ion cannons, 1 super Star Destroyer Cannon, 4 blue light defense shield devices, and several small turrets. It carries 200 Imperial Planetary-Class combat aircraft, 300 shuttles, 500 intelligent reconnaissance aircraft, 100 transport landing craft, 100 assault Soldier craft, 50 assault gunboats, several assault craft, several reconnaissance robots, and several support vessels.

4 Imperial Light Shield Type E frigates, each 300 meters long, with a crew of 800 and 200 Soldiers.

Each possesses 10 laser cannons, 8 defensive turrets, 1 laser interception device, and 2 missile launchers. Each carries a small defensive air squadron.

1 Imperial Medium Type E multi-functional starship, 1200 meters long, with a crew of 5000, 4000 service personnel, and 1000 Soldiers.

It possesses 8 compressed railguns, 5 laser defense turrets, 1 tractor beam, a repair base, a medical base, and carries several intelligent robots and a small defensive air squadron.

Your fleet data has been reported. Based on the Imperial Planetary-Class fleet strength assessment, it can easily annihilate a typical-sized planet, occupy a small Galaxy, and destroy all civilizations below Level 2."

After listening to the System's complete explanation, Li Yang was utterly stunned.

"My goodness, easily annihilate a planet, destroy civilizations below Level 2... that means between Level 1 and Level 2, as long as it's not Level 2, it's fine, right...?"

Thinking this, the planet Li Yang was on was probably not even Level 2, at most a little over Level 1.

After all, the requirement for a Level 2 technological civilization is the ability to easily traverse its own small planetary system.

Although the fleet was the lowest class in the Empire, it was completely sufficient for him.

"It seems the mission is completely secure..."