55: Report from the Second Age

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..."Tsk, tsk, tsk,"

"That's quite a serious injury."

Planet Five, Defense Force Command Space Outpost,

Watching the lucky slowly enter the port,

The Tower's duty officer sighed.

The originally silver-white Warship hull was covered in scorch marks and crimson yellow,

A terrifying large hole hung on the port side armor,

Cracks spread from the hole outwards,

Looking precarious.

"Confirm mooring!"

"Ready to dock!"

Giant mechanical arms secured the hull, and the gangway attached to the hatch.

Immediately, a person in Lieutenant Colonel's military uniform quickly walked down the Bridge,

Hurrying towards the port's shuttle—

This person was Gulac.

[Please come to the Command after returning to port for another record]

This was the reply he received after reporting the battle situation via the communication console on the Warship.

The shuttle trembled as it slid into the pipeline,

Current pulsed,

Then a "whoosh" sound was heard,

And it sped towards the top floor.

—

"According to Lieutenant Colonel Gulake's previous report,"

"Neutron Beams can effectively kill individual members of these creatures."

"This proves that the enemies we face have not completely transcended the biological realm."

"But this is very strange,"

"As early as the initial establishment of the defense line,"

"We tried Neutron Bomb Bombardment."

"But the damage caused was extremely limited."

In the command room,

Facing the intelligence just transmitted via online communication,

Galaxy Defense Commander Erot was discussing with a group of staff officers.

"Furthermore, we conducted high-energy fast neutron irradiation experiments on small individuals,"

"The effect was minimal,"

"The effect was even worse than physical damage."

A bespectacled staff officer chimed in.

"Everything can only be known after Lieutenant Colonel Gulake arrives."

Erot rubbed the Bridge of his nose, a headache brewing—

These inexplicably appearing things,

Their individual strength wasn't high,

But their numbers were absurdly large.

They were now desperately lacking means to cause large-scale damage to the Swarm,

And just now, according to the returning cruiser—its captain said,

That Warship used Neutron Weapons to cause effective damage to those things—

Even though they had long ruled out the feasibility of Neutron Weapons.

"Report, Lieutenant Colonel Gulake has arrived at the conference room door."

Just then, the Guard's report came through the earpiece,

Erot immediately replied,

"Let him in."

Then, he looked up,

At the frowning staff officers in the room,

And sternly reminded them:

"Try to extract effective information later,"

"If neutron bombs can indeed harm those bugs in ways we don't know,"

"Then the pressure on the defense line will be greatly reduced."

"Yes!"

"Click!"

Gulac entered the conference room amidst a chorus of responses,

And what greeted his eyes was a large group of staff officers with fervent gazes..."The torpedo model we used,"

"Is one of the standard ammunitions for the 'corrier' class bow heavy torpedo."

"Carrying a Plasma Armor-Piercing Neutron Warhead."

"The bugs we faced at the time,"

"Were covered in armor on their outer bodies,"

"The specific video is right here."

Saying that,

He tapped the table,

And brought up the footage just uploaded to the cloud.

"As can be seen in the video,"

"The moment it was hit,"

"The creature reacted."

Everyone watched the screen with furrowed brows.

That plasma bomb, with its pitifully small yield, could not have produced such an effect.

Undoubtedly,

The distortion of this Colossal Insect was caused by the Neutron Beam.

But where exactly was the problem?

The staff officers, who knew almost nothing about biology, fell into deep thought.

From the results, it seemed that

Gulac's arrival had not made any difference.

"We can't just sit here and wait to die!"

Erot suddenly slammed his hand on the table,

He looked at the staff officer in charge of the lethality experiments and ordered,

"Your exhaustive method has only found physical strikes so far,"

"Immediately change your experimental approach!"

"Focus on neutron lethality!"

"Exhaustively try again!"

"Try every kind of radiation!"

"Try every method of creation!"

"Produce results within two standard hours!"

"Yes!"

The man immediately took the order and left.

Then, Erot leaned down again,

And carefully looked at the Colossal Insect wrapped in iron armor—

That was the outer shell of a corrier-class cruiser.

"You say,"

"How did these bugs come about?"

"Is there a traitor among us,"

"Or can the bugs directly attach to Warships?"

"According to the information transmitted by the lucky,"

"These things have a certain ability to use shipborne weapons."

He cast his gaze upon the staff officers present,

And said,

"Immediately formulate emergency plans for these new situations,"

"And issue them to the frontline combat fleet!"

"Also, in the grand strategic planning,"

"We must increase the focus on unknown creatures controlling Warship factories at the setting points,"

"And this event's conjecture can be used!"

"Yes!"

..."Warp Drive Module, activating."

After a long period of preparation,

The base ship was successfully retracted.

Dozens of Warships, large and small, surrounded the base ship,

And officially began warp travel.

Xi Hai and Xu Chang met,

His younger sister had fully recovered, and her overall mental state had improved somewhat.

After deciding to assign this guy to White Shark,

Xi Hai walked towards the place where the mainframe was previously stored.

The cuboid mainframe was stored in its dedicated isolation room,

White Shark was at the side, recording the data restored by Little Night Lamp.

"Chairman,"

"You're here."

Seeing the suddenly appearing Xi Hai, White Shark quickly got up to greet him.

"In the future,"

"Privately, you can still call me 'Commander'."

After indulging in the addiction accumulated from working in his previous life,

Xi Hai suddenly felt that the title "Chairman" was... a bit awkward.

The "Welcome back, Commander" from before the setting overhaul sounded much cooler.

Fortunately, only Baili Ying and White Shark had been told to call him "Chairman" so far.

"Remember to tell your junior as well,"

"Unless it's a public event outside under the name of the Sacred Stars Group,"

"In all other situations, call me Commander."

White Shark paused slightly,

Then immediately reacted and replied:

"Understood, Commander."

Xi Hai nodded slightly,

"Has the data recovery for this mainframe been completed?"

White Shark immediately pulled out a tablet,

Swiped to several files, and said:

"Chair... Commander,"

"This small mainframe is much older than we thought."

"Although its casing comes from the Imperial era of the fourth era,"

"Its internal core is a relic from the Federal era of the second era!"

"night lamp is recovering those deep-level files,"

"From the currently recovered files,"

"It was originally installed in the 'Type Two' armed scientific research station mass-produced during the Federal era..."

In White Shark's eyes, everything made sense.

The small space station he casually picked up was actually a relic from the second era?

The embedded server room from the fifth era, and the soft furnishings renovated in the fourth era... forcibly making it look like it was from the fifth era.

"Deleted resources fully recovered."

Suddenly,

The Little Night Lamp disk plugged into the mainframe beside them made a sound.

The two stopped talking,

And looked at it simultaneously.

A large batch of files from the second era floated in the holographic projection light—

《Investigation Report on the Activity Range of Void Creature Communities》

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...(The following is not part of the main text and can be skipped)

Regarding many readers (more than ten people) being dissatisfied with the title "Chairman",

I am now officially making amends.

I will try to speed up this plot.

The main storyline of this book is the revival of Human Civilization; the corporate facade is only needed for rapid development in the early stages.

From the middle stage onwards, it will move beyond the corporate scope.

The author will try to read all comments,

If you have any questions, just @ me, and I will reply when I have time.

Also, this is the last time I'll update in the early morning.

From now on, the author needs to adjust his schedule for school, so updates will be in the afternoon or evening.

(Who knew I only updated once a day at first?)