570: Chapter 570 Mercury is Destroyed

“The escalation of the conflict stemmed from some contradictory clauses added to the Peace Treaty during its signing, in order to reconcile the interests of all parties.”

“The first was the provision that the division of forces on resource planets should be based on the boundary lines agreed upon in the treaty. This clause aimed to clarify ownership and avoid conflict.”

“The second was that in the event of force majeure, interested member states could submit an application to the United Nations requesting additional compensation. This clause was unanimously approved because everyone wanted to maximize their own interests as much as possible.”

“Sa America precisely relied on this agreement to request the United Nations to re-divide Venus’ resources.”

“But this proposal was naturally rejected by us and Bagu Country. Because the result of the re-division would cause huge losses to the interests of our two countries.”

“Sa America naturally would not give up easily. They significantly increased their troops in Venus’ orbit, attempting to provoke a war.”

“Out of safety concerns, our two countries naturally had to strengthen our defenses. This led to a tense situation on Venus, with war on the verge of breaking out.”

“But no one noticed that the crisis had already arrived.”

“By the time we discovered the Sirius battleships, they had already entered Mercury’s no-fly zone.”

“But it was all too late.”

Dragon Three was somewhat sad at this moment, his eyes filled with melancholy.

“They didn’t give us any chance to react and immediately launched an attack on Mercury.”

“Their battleships completely surrounded Mercury, and the beams of high-power ion cannons fired in unison, instantly shattering Mercury.”

At this moment, the two of them stood in space, with the battle scene restored by the Supercomputing Center before their eyes.

The light blue beams released by the ion cannons surged from all directions, and Mercury quickly turned from blue to red.

Cracks of red continuously expanded and widened on the planet’s surface.

The high-speed particle flow contained in the ion cannons could penetrate the planet’s surface and reach its core.

Mercury’s core was destroyed, releasing immense energy, and the entire planet was torn apart.

“We didn’t have time to react. No one escaped from here; everyone died in this attack.”

“I was also here at the time and died like everyone else.”

Oriental Chen’s eyes widened.

“Don’t be surprised. The me you see now is not the me from back then; it’s just a data composite,” Dragon Three said with a smile.

“The total population living on Mercury at that time exceeded 30 billion, all of whom perished in this attack.”

“After discovering Mercury was attacked, where would the various countries still have time to fuss over the trivial matters on Venus? All battleships docked at Venus and Mars Base took off and rushed towards Mercury.”

“At the same time, the surviving senior generals of the three countries’ militaries quickly reached an agreement to establish a joint command center for coordinated operations.”

“After destroying Mercury, the Sirius battleships prepared to advance towards Mars. At that time, humanity’s battleships were not much inferior to Sirius, and their number was twice as many.”

“However, the battle was hastily fought, and the enemy also held the initiative, leading to enormous losses for humanity.”

“Humanity ultimately won this battle, and the Sirius battleships were completely annihilated.”

“For this, humanity’s battleships also suffered over ninety percent losses in the battle.”

Oriental Chen looked around, and the space before him was filled with battleship debris, a scene of utter devastation.

“Mercury was completely destroyed, with a portion falling towards the Sun, and the other fragments scattered here, forming a small asteroid belt.”

Monga also said that after Mercury was shattered, a portion of the fragments was swallowed by the Sun, but the largest piece formed the current Mercury.

“The war ended, but no one felt joy.”

“The survivors of the three countries were mainly military forces, with the remaining being staff and scientists living on Venus and Mars.”

“The common problem everyone faced next was the reconstruction of their homeland.”

“In light of the lesson from Mercury’s destruction, everyone unanimously agreed to designate Venus, which is in a near-solar orbit, as the new habitable planet, and Mars, which is further out, as the military planet. At the same time, early warning observation stations would be built on Jupiter’s moons and Saturn’s moons to protect humanity’s homeland.”

“During the negotiations, our Dragon Country proposed to designate Blue Star as the new habitable planet and not make many adjustments to the functions of Venus and Mars. However, this proposal was not supported by the other two countries.”

“For Sa America, their interests on Venus suffered huge losses, and if there was no reshuffle, it would be very unfavorable for them.”

“For Bagu Country, their entire research team was concentrated on Mercury, resulting in them now lacking sufficient capability to transform Blue Star. Therefore, if Blue Star were designated as a habitable planet, it would mean they would have no place to live.”

“Furthermore, at that time, Blue Star only had the most primitive single-celled organisms, and the oxygen content in the air was not high. Transforming it into a habitable planet would require a long time and a massive investment of resources.”