It's still me, the former Fifth Commander of the Zilun Empire's First Super Assault Group, Third Column, Seventh Legion, Carlos.
Ever since I successfully completed the special mission to make contact with the humans, I've been recognized by Marshal Ares and His Majesty Lasti. I've jumped three ranks and become a Second Commander!
In the Empire's military command system, a Second Commander can be considered a small higher-up. I'm in charge of a legion with a total of one billion battleships.
At the same time, because of this promotion, I've gained a lot of authority that I didn't have before, including some information about the humans and Purgatory.
It's only now that I know that I used to be …
Brainwashed!
At first, my worldview had completely collapsed. I thought that I was righteous and that the Empire was the lighthouse of the entire universe, but in the end …
Well, after discovering that something was wrong with me, Marshal Iris was very concerned about me and arranged for me to undergo psychological counseling.
After a whole month, with the help of drugs and the "guidance" of professionals, I understood that everything was correct and necessary for the survival of the Imperium!
After seeing that I've finally recovered, Marshal Ares was very happy and gave me a mission, a very important mission that could make me a hero of the entire Empire.
Thank you, Marshal Ares!
Thank you, His Majesty Lasti!
Thank you for giving me such a chance!
I, Carlos, am about to become the greatest hero in the history of the Empire. In the future, my name will appear in every textbook of the Empire!
In the battleship that was "escorting the human leader" and heading towards the Holy Land of Halavi, Carlos looked at the starry sky outside the porthole and felt an indescribable excitement in his heart.
"Commander, we've arrived at the border of the Holy Land of Halavi. However, due to the existence of a spatial fault, we can't enter directly!"
"Got it. Send the signal according to the program and wait for the entrance to open!"
"Yes, Commander!"
Soon, a set of special authentication signals were sent from the battleship through the dark energy communication network.
Carlos didn't have to wait for long. The empty space in front of him suddenly became blurry. Then, a wormhole-like window appeared in the empty space. Unlike a wormhole, one could see the scenery on the other side of the passage through this window.
"Commander, the entrance has been confirmed to open!"
"Enter immediately and head straight to the center of the Holy Land!"
"Understood!"
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In the central palace of the Holy Land of Halavi.
After receiving the signal from Carlos's battleship, Garen opened a passage from the fault so that he could enter the Holy Land.
After doing all this, Garen slowly opened his eyes.
However, for some reason, there was a faint sense of uneasiness in his heart.
Especially …
There seemed to be something ominous on that warship.
Was it because of the humans they were escorting on the warship?
Garen, who couldn't figure out the reason, could only make such a guess.
In short, when the warship arrived, as long as they got close to this so-called human, they should be able to understand, right?
On the other side, the battleship that had just entered the Holy Land was under the command of Carlos, releasing the stargate components in the battleship and busily building the stargate.
After all, the Holy Land of Hailavi was huge, and under the influence of the spatial fault, it was impossible to travel through hyperspace. If one were to fly at sub-light speed, they would not be able to reach the Central Palace in a year.
However, spatial teleportation was not a problem.
Of course, this was only the spatial teleportation under the fault. If one was outside the fault, there was absolutely no way to teleport from the outside to the inside of the fault.
However, no one, including Garen, noticed that in the dark, there were nine people who were watching everything that was going on in Halavi. No matter what method they used, they could not discover them. Similarly, there was no method that could stop them from spying on them.
"What this warship carries is the weapon made by the humans using the Knox Particles, right?"
"Yes!"
Hearing a doctor beside him suddenly ask him, Lin Aotian could not help but nod and confirm.
"This is indeed the most preliminary application, and even the method of launching is very primitive."
"Alright, the humans are only a Level Eight technological civilization, what else do you want?"
"That's true!"
If the audience was normal, they would watch the development of the situation while chatting with each other, and occasionally comment.
In their eyes, whether it was the humans, the Zi Lun Empire, or Garen, they were all children who had just learned to walk, and their various methods were extremely immature.
"Stop talking, get ready, the spatial teleportation channel has been built, and they will detonate the Knox Particles in seven minutes!"
"Don't worry, I have prepared the time bubble, it can be activated at any time!"
"The preparation for the opening of the black space channel is also completed!"
"The area I am responsible for is also destroyed!"
...
The eight councilors talked about the preparation of their respective areas.
Hearing this, Lin Aotian nodded slightly.
"Remember, there is only one chance, any mistake in the mission will make all our previous efforts go to waste!"
"Understood!"
...
Soon, seven minutes had passed.
Not far from the Central Starry Sky, the spatial channel opened without warning, and a Purple Lun Empire's army level command ship flew out quickly.
At this moment, Garen and Ipnos had already arrived outside the palace.
However, looking at the warship that appeared on the stage, Garen's uneasiness grew stronger.
Damn it, what was going on, why did he feel so uneasy about this warship, and for some reason, this uneasiness felt familiar to him!
However, no matter how much he thought about it, Garen could not find the source of this sense of familiarity.
At the same time, in the warship's bridge.
"Army Commander, we have arrived at the predetermined coordinates!"
"Inform the warehouse to activate the gift!"
"Yes, the gift is being activated … Activation complete, estimated to detonate in thirty seconds!"
Suddenly, a huge thirty-second countdown appeared in the bridge.
Time … was passing by rapidly second by second!
"Everyone, this is our last mission, and also the greatest mission in the entire history of the Empire!"
"From today onwards, all of us will be heroes of the Empire, and in the future, our names will be engraved in every history book of the Empire!"
"We … have just been praised by the Empire forever!"
"For the Empire!"
Using the last bit of time, Carlos passionately finished the last speech of his life.
A group of crew members, who were completely brainwashed like Carlos, all stood up and faced Carlos, their faces filled with madness.
"For the Empire!"
In response to Carlos's words, everyone began to shout loudly.
It was at this moment that the huge countdown timer in the bridge …
It finally became 0.