Chapter 618: with translation of chapter title

War Council…

Upon hearing this, Sui Meng's movement stalled, then he deactivated the anti-gravity function, so that as his left foot touched the ground, his right foot continued to tread on the abdomen of the Star God Fragment.

Thus line: "Upon hearing this, Sui Meng's movement stalled, then he deactivated the anti-gravity function, so that as his left foot touched the ground, his right foot continued to tread on the abdomen of the Star God Fragment."

"Hoo…uu…!"

Simplify: Use English double quotes: "Hoo…uu…!" So line: ""Hoo…uu…!""? Actually we need to output the line with 【3】 prefix. So: 【3】 "Hoo…uu…!" That's fine.

"！！" => double exclamation. Translate as "!!". So line: 【4】 "!!"

The Star God's facial expression twisted, wanting to shout something, but Sui Meng's right foot stepped on its mouth…

Being physically silenced, it seems that most OriginalBodies have this 'common ailment' when dealing with aliens or heretics.

This is not because the Star God Fragment is weak, but because Sui Meng is too strong.

Although different Star God Fragments vary in strength and destructive power, high or low, when compared to other races or forces, the Star God Fragment absolutely counts as a great demon of another dimension, or akin to the war god summoned via idols by the extinct Adaspirit race of the 03 Universe.

Unfortunately, this Star God present is not among the strongest of all fragments, and Sui Meng is not the An Na Jin who was bloodily abused by the Death Spirit Overlord; know that the combat power of the Vanguard OriginalBody is among the All OriginalBodies, belonging to the group that strives for first place and protects five.

Immediately afterwards, Sui Meng again used the gravity adsorption function of his right hand's gauntlet, pinching the Star God's neck from afar and throwing it back into the Cube Cage (similar to the gravity gun in Half-Life, except the gravity adsorption function of the OriginalBody's armor is much stronger, and the two are not on the same scale).

After using authority to complete the blockade, Sui Meng turned and walked out of the central hall, picking up the Blood Dragon Blade he had previously flung away, and ordered the Honor Guard captain walking beside him:

"Asudia's ground combat will be temporarily entrusted to you and the Po Jun commander; you must clear all tombs within ten hours."

"Understood." The captain nodded in agreement.

At this moment, everyone also left the central hall, and were successively enveloped by a dazzling blue light cluster; when the light cluster dispersed, the figures of the group also disappeared within this tomb.

It appears that control of this Overlord's tomb has been completely grasped by Ban Zhao, so the OriginalBody and the Honor Guard's exclusive power armor can now resume short-distance teleportation.

Although Ye Lian Na of the Man-Eating Shark has long been updated and is now also a sentient AI, the computational speed and logical thinking of a battalion-level AI are pale in comparison to the legion-level Ban Zhao.

This is also why Taibelos, leading the veteran Terminators, as well as Wokan and An Na Jin, suffered grievances in the tomb of Sarkhos.

However, since the full revival of the Space Death Spirit, about twelve hours have passed, and the White Empress is conducting a comprehensive decryption based on data and information gathered from various places.

One cannot say that in later battles humanity will no longer fear short-distance teleportation being blocked, but at least at critical moments it can create winning opportunities for human forces, as well as tactical retreats (escape) for self-preservation.

—— => This is an em dash line. Translate as "——". So line: 【20】 "——"

… => ellipsis. So line: 【21】 "…"

Here, ship wrecks are scattered, containing both humans and death spirits, with a ratio of approximately 1:7, humans 1, death spirits 7.

We won't discuss the loss ratios of other planets for now, but in Asudia, whether in naval combat or atmospheric battles, humanity overwhelms the death spirits.

After all, the OriginalBody leads the direct troops and fleet, plus the 6th, 7th, and 10th battalions, and with the Imperial Navy fleets of three attached Vanguard units, the total number of various warships alone exceeds six thousand……

This is definitely the main force; if it weren't pressing the attack, that would be the problem.

Mainly because Asudia is a strategic and economic hub, and the death spirit dynasty there is not wealthy, plus the Death Spirit Overlord insisted on showing off only to be instantly killed by Sui Meng, thus the Vanguard was able to fully control the situation in a short time.

Merely not clearing all the tombs makes the Space Death Spirit roughly equivalent to 'infinite resurrection', which is truly a lot of trouble.

And in the campaign to pacify the death spirit resurgence in Asudia, the most valuable warship is none other than the Vanguard flagship——

"No Death, No Life".

This Imperial-class flagship is approximately seventy kilometers long and thirty-five kilometers wide, its exterior adorned with abundant ancient Huaxia-style decorations and armor, for example, the top features numerous Qin dynasty-style structures and turrets.

Features such as wormhole engines and matrix terminals are standard configurations, and it also mounts a new-style weapon not widely deployed, the 'Black Hole Engine'.

As the name suggests, since it's called the Black Hole Engine, it naturally can produce an Artificial Black Hole to devour enemies within a designated range.

The size of the black hole's mass and critical radius depends on the warship engine's power; however, warships below the fifty-kilometer class cannot manufacture artificial black holes.

Because the principle of creating an artificial black hole is no different from that of a natural black hole: it causes a 'star' to rapidly contract and collapse under its own gravity.

And when all matter has turned into neutrons, the contraction process stops immediately, being compressed into a dense celestial body, while also compressing internal space and time.

As for warships below the fifty-kilometer class, or put another way, aside from the Honor Lord, Honor Empress, and Imperial-class flagship, no other warships can equip the Black Hole Engine.

After all, the main guns of other warships still cannot blast a star to smithereens with a single shot.

Of course, strategic artificial celestial bodies such as Shield Worlds and Arks can likewise be fitted with the Black Hole Engine.

Thus, in Asudia's naval battle, the 'No Death, No Life', when the death spirit side prepared to launch a charge, directly released an artificial black hole with a radius of only 1 millimeter into the enemy warship formation…

That's right, it had a radius of only 1mm, and the artificial black hole existed for about four seconds.

Even so, that artificial black hole still shredded and devoured nearly a hundred death spirit warships, and even caused a certain degree of deviation in Asudia's orbital revolution.

Don't underestimate a 1mm radius, because a black hole with a 40mm diameter has a mass roughly equal to two Earths; fortunately, Sui Meng feared that one shot would carry Asudia away, so he did not push the Black Hole Engine's power to the limit.

The death spirits possess many black technologies, and the Human Empire is no exception; moreover, the Earth R&D Center of the main universe has already begun developing time weapons, and progress is quite smooth.

Actually, if not for concerns about the backlash of time regulations and being exploited by other dimensions, the Human Empire would have, a century ago, begun developing various spatio-temporal weapons.

However, while the Human Empire indeed hides many fun gadgets, the core of its long-term peace and prosperity lies in humanity possessing an Emperor; this in fact also serves as indirect proof that the Human Empire remains highly dependent on the Emperor.

Getting back to the point.

At this moment, inside the bridge of the 'No Death, No Life', thousands of crew members are orderly controlling and consolidating, integrating information and intelligence to better assist the ground forces.

Whoosh——!

A blue light cluster flashed by.

Just look, the OriginalBody that completed the transfer casually attached the Blood Dragon Blade to its back, then walked slowly to the side of the large control console twenty meters long and wide.

Moreover, as he approached, Ban Zhao in red robes had already projected a slightly reduced hologram of herself into the corner of the control console, and then reported to the OriginalBody:

"Connection imminent, please prepare, Commander."

. Sui Meng nodded.

Immediately afterward, tiny light particles floated up around the control console, then accelerated, almost instantaneously condensing into a hologram with tangible substance.

Aside from Sui Meng (Sixteenth Legion), all the OriginalBodies participating in this human–death spirit war——

John (Second),

Lai Ang (Third),

Rog (Fourth),

Lai Ang (Third),

Thus line 【59】: "Lai Ang (Third),"

Rog (Fifth)

Kelakesi (sixth),

Chahatai (eleventh)

Conrad (twelfth),

Helusi (thirteenth),

Fugureimu (fifteenth),

Peturabo (eighteenth), and two newly created OriginalBodies forced by an "accident" to become involved in this unprecedented war: Wokan and An Na Jin.

When Sui Meng arrived, Leon spoke straight away: "Everyone, this war is of utmost importance; it concerns whether the Empire can fully dominate the material universe and even the alternate dimensions.

First, it must be clear that Father has appointed me as the war commander, so I ask all brothers to cooperate. Secondly, Father has already gone to the alternate dimension with Magnus, and will not intervene in this war in the short term."

Having said that, Leon ignored the brothers, especially what the newly created brothers might be thinking, and immediately brought up the Milky Way star map of the Zero‑Three universe.

(Map)

The map marks the star sectors overseen by the Trapper, White Scar, and Dark Angel, as well as a dense array of strategic points, and…

the general revival range of the Space Death Spirit.

It can be said that within the star sectors under Sui Meng's command, none are stable; they are even gradually spreading toward the sectors governed by the other two OriginalBodies.

"War commander." Seeing the map, Sui Meng looked at Leon and said plainly: "The Trapper has suffered heavy losses; the Astatat Formation alone has lost over three thousand, and that number is updating every moment."

"I have my plan." Leon waved his hand lightly, causing more intelligence and data about the Space Death Spirit to be displayed on the central console, and said:

"Simply annihilating or conquering in the traditional sense cannot truly resolve the Space Death Spirit, and moreover, the vast majority of overlords and lords despise all living things, making negotiation impossible."

If, without the use of large devices' cross‑phase pulse waves and massive Spiritual Energy, we resort to traditional warfare—i. e., systematically eradicating every terrestrial planet, moon, asteroid, and any body capable of housing a tomb within that sector—the undertaking would involve astronomical engineering quantities.

He paused, then Leon continued expressionlessly: "The above plan is unrealistic. Of course we could ask Father to destroy the Zero‑Three universe outright, but that would betray our original intent, and besides, we cannot be sure the Space Death Spirit possesses technology capable of reshaping the universe directly."

Therefore, I intend to draw out the true ruler of the Space Death Spirit and attempt to seize its strategic‑level weapons."

To this, setting aside An Na Jin and Wokan, the rest of the OriginalBodies raised no objections.

According to the relevant data Father provided, the Space Death Spirit has a Supreme King and at least two or more Dharma Kings (above the overlords).

The OriginalBody's father knows the general setup of the Space Death Spirit, but is unsure how many Dharma Kings exist in the Zero‑Three universe; after all, Zero‑Three is not the true Warhammer 40K universe, and whether the Tri‑Saint Council remains "three" saints is uncertain.

It is precisely this immunity and shielding of Spiritual Energy that makes the Space Death Spirit especially mysterious.

As for the strategic weapons Leon mentioned, they include the "Brilliant Star Map," and the Space Death Spirit in the Zero‑Three universe may even possess a "product" capable of controlling the entire cosmic range.

Since it is hypothesized to exist, we naturally must seize… acquire it.

"How to draw it out?" John, the second brother, asked first.

Hearing this, Leon glanced around the brothers, then looked at Sui Meng first: "The Trapper legion must not retreat; please defend according to your original plan. However, your legion will receive support from the Midnight Lord, Shadow Moon Grey Wolf, and the Human Son."

Speaking, Leon's gaze also swept over Conrad, Helusi, and Fugureimu: "Supporting legions must assist the Trapper legion in recapturing and garrisoning a colonized planet with a population exceeding one hundred million within four Earth months, and purge all tombs upward from the planet."

Also, within forty‑two Earth days, the four brothers must relocate the rescued Imperial citizens to the Trapper star sector's capital and to nearby systems within a radius of no more than four light‑years.

At the same time, I have obtained Father's approval to use Ark 003 and Ark 004; four Earth days later, Ark 003 and Ark 004 will relocate near the Trapper sector's capital to help alleviate population pressure and provide absolute firepower support."

"Understood."

To this order, Sui Meng and the others all voiced their agreement.

At this moment, Leon glanced again at Chahatai and Peturabo: "White Scar and Steel Warrior, patrol and conduct guerrilla actions along the edge of the Space Death Spirit's activity range, and select strategic points to build defensive walls to curb its continual expansion."

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The two newly created OriginalBodies nodded, indicating they would do their utmost.

Finally, Leon ordered the veteran brothers: "Rog, Robert has already gathered five hundred fifty thousand reserves in John's border‑fortress star sector; the remaining four hundred fifty thousand reserves still require some preparation time.

However, I will first hand you command of those five hundred fifty thousand reserves, tasking you with planetary defense in the remaining two star sectors, especially Shensheng Tala."

"Don't worry, this is my specialty," Rog replied without hesitation, his tone slightly exaggerated.

Leon ignored Rog and instructed Kelakesi and John: "Kelakesi, you and your Dark Crow Guard cooperate with the Red Queen to conduct on‑site reconnaissance, physically inspecting each suspected tomb that may house the Space Death Spirit's Supreme King.

We cannot be certain whether that Supreme King will be drawn to the Trapper sector's capital due to increased war intensity and population relocation, so we must first try our luck in the Zero‑Three galaxy.

John, Sparta and Dark Angel are on standby to assist the remaining legions with appropriate patrols and garrisons; we will wait for the moment the Supreme King appears and then execute a decapitation or capture."

"Hmm…"

The OriginalBody titled "War God" and "Crow King" adhered to their habit of speaking little, giving brief replies.

Finally.

Leon turned his gaze to the considerably shorter An Na Jin and the slightly shorter Wokan and said, "You two will temporarily follow Taibelos's command; after clearing all the death‑spirit tombs on Caron Tower, continue to act with the man‑eating shark, assisting the Trapper legion in completing the lure objective."

(End of chapter)