229: Chapter 218 Kidnapping

Baliwei and Le Gang drove the small shuttle and quickly arrived at the end of the vast queue.

This was the queue of personnel from the Kindling Project heading to the parallel channel.

Nearly a million ships were densely packed together, carrying not just living beings, but also Hope.

At the end of this 80-million-kilometer-long queue, however, seven thousand similar-looking warships appeared.

This caused confusion and even terror among the passengers of many ships near these warships.

After all, all the ships in this queue were passenger ships donated by various civilizations to carry passengers.

Therefore, their styles varied, and naturally, they carried no weapons.

Thus, those seven thousand warships, identical in specifications and bristling with cannons, were very conspicuous in this queue.

Furthermore, it left the surrounding ships unable to figure out their origins or intentions.

In one passenger ship, the lucky passengers of the Kindling Project could not help but discuss it privately.

"Which civilization's fleet is this? So massive? What are they here for?"

Listening to everyone's uneasy doubts, some beings speculated privately: "Could it be that there aren't enough passenger ships? So this civilization dispatched its own fleet to transport us, the 'kindling' in the Kindling Project?"

But a being on the side immediately retorted: "How is that possible? There are countless ships in the Milky Way Galaxy."

"And as passenger ships, there are no strict requirements; as long as they can carry people to the parallel channel, that's enough."

"Why would they need to send such advanced warships?"

Hearing this, the beings all felt it made a lot of sense.

Someone next to them even added: "Besides, if there weren't enough ships, shouldn't they have removed the weapons from the warships? That would free up more space to carry living beings."

"Everyone look, the passenger ships we are riding on have had some of their original entertainment and leisure facilities removed."

"So it's even less likely that those warships would be an exception."

The beings fell into silence, and for a moment, the whole scene became terrifyingly quiet.

Finally, a being said cautiously: "These massive warships look quite advanced!"

"They must belong to a powerful civilization in the Milky Way Galaxy!"

"Their appearance here, so contrary to common sense, seems to suggest a possibility that is closer to the truth."

"That is... they are here to seize the parallel channel."

"Actually, I had heard for a long time that the entire Milky Way Galaxy is currently surging with undercurrents."

"Some civilizations are already eager to plan some ulterior survival schemes!"

The beings looked around and whispered to each other for a while.

Although they didn't want to believe it, they knew in their hearts that this guess was the most likely fact.

"But... but... all four parallel channels are guarded by people from the Xingyang Civilization."

"The Xingyang God is above; that is the civilization created by the Great Xingyang God."

"How dare these troops act presumptuously!"

"Besides, if it weren't for the Xingyang God, this Milky Way Galaxy would have ceased to exist long ago!"

A being curled up in their seat, muttering continuously.

Someone immediately retorted: "Yes, on the surface, everything you say is correct!"

"The Xingyang God is absolutely great and supreme!"

"But, right now, the entire Milky Way Galaxy, no! The entire universe is on the verge of extinction!"

"Therefore, there must be civilizations that will make a final struggle before extinction."

"Burning their bridges, willing to risk everything, including the lives of their entire civilization, to take this gamble!"

"If they win, the entire civilization escapes to safety and starts a new history in a parallel universe!"

"If they lose, the worst-case scenario is just that the entire civilization meets its end more than a year early!"

The entire cabin fell silent instantly.

At this moment, the beings were more convinced that the dense, locust-like fleet of warships outside the porthole was there to challenge the authority of the Xingyang Civilization.

It was there to seize the parallel channel.

So, a being immediately said tremblingly: "Then aren't we in great danger!"

"Our ship is so close to those warships!"

"If a fight breaks out, we will definitely suffer."

Seeing him trembling with fear, the tense atmosphere immediately spread through the ship.

And the countless ships around them were naturally experiencing similar things and going through the same mental journey.

At this moment, Baliwei and Le Gang's small shuttle was also observing this massive, terrifying fleet of warships from afar in the queue.

Le Gang said with slight annoyance: "These seven thousand warships were originally at the end of the queue."

"If we had attacked them from the rear of the queue from the beginning."

"We wouldn't have to worry about harming the innocent."

"But that's clearly not possible now; many passenger ships have come to queue up behind them."

"These seven thousand warships are sandwiched between passenger ships as a whole."

"Any rash action from us will cause those in the Kindling Project to be implicated!"

Listening to his friend's analysis, Baliwei had a different point of view: "You are too naive."

"If we attack from behind, we will still harm the innocent."

"Haven't you seen the weapons of this Alliance Member fleet? Although we can only see half of them."

"We can already see many Star-Destroying Cannons, pulsed magnetic energy cannons, and other large-scale high-energy weapons."

"So no matter how we attack or when we attack, their counterattack will definitely cause a significant number of passenger ships to be affected."

"It will cause the death of many 'kindling'!"

"So, let's go back. Wait for the reinforcements mentioned by the Missionary Officer, and then decide on a battle plan!"

Hearing this, Baliwei was still very unwilling: "Must we wait for reinforcements? Can't we infiltrate those warships and destroy them one by one!"

Baliwei was speechless: "What are you thinking? Seven thousand warships, we might succeed with the first few."

"But as soon as they react, we won't be able to escape unscathed."

"Actually, from the moment they joined this queue, they were effectively holding a large number of passenger ships as hostages."

"We are really helpless right now, so... listen to me, let's go back first."

Baliwei sighed deeply.

He had no choice but to suppress his temper and return to the parallel channel's control center with Baliwei.

They reported the intelligence they had seen to Luo Ningning one by one.

"A total of 71,023 warships!"

"All are equipped with a large amount of the most advanced weaponry!"

"And at this moment, the entire fleet is already among the queue of passenger ships!"

"They must have done this deliberately. In fact, they have already used countless ships of the Kindling Project as hostages."

Luo Ningning nodded with a stern expression.

She immediately ordered everyone: "Combat personnel, take your positions. As soon as reinforcements arrive, we will attack!"

"Currently, I don't know the Missionary Officer's specific battle plan."

"But I Hope that while you stop the Alliance Member, you must not accidentally injure those passenger ships."

The soldiers widened their eyes, silently thinking that was probably impossible.

After all, the Alliance Member were already mixed in with the long queue of passenger ships.

But under Luo Ningning's stern gaze, they could only bite the bullet and shout: "Yes!"

Meanwhile, at the space battlefield of Beixing Star.

After General Xiang's deputy was killed in battle, the fleet, which was already uneven in quality, was now leaderless and lacked unified command.

It was quickly beaten into a rout by the Symbiotic Armor Squadron of the Xingyang Civilization, 7,000 ships of the Silver Core Alliance, and the assistance of a small number of Resistance Army warships.

And the flagship where the deputy was located was naturally captured by the people of the Xingyang Civilization.

The little girl "Hope" immediately hacked into the network using the communication equipment inside.

And shouted to the entire enemy fleet: "The General Commander of your battlefield is dead!"

"As for all the plans and whereabouts of your Great Commander General Xiang, they are all within our grasp!"

"We know that he led the true combat power of your civilization, and all the main forces are rushing towards the parallel channel!"

"In fact, he is already very close to the parallel channel at this moment."

"So, your mission is complete. Do not make any more pointless resistance!"

"Our Xingyang Civilization is not a heartless executioner! We do not want to commit acts similar to a massacre!"

"Moreover, as pawns abandoned by your own civilization, you have already suffered enough."

Under "Hope's" combination of threats and promises.

Those Alliance Member warships, which had already been beaten into a rout and were being divided and surrounded, began to waver one after another.

From the sporadic surrender of warships at the beginning, it became more and more frequent later on.

But naturally, there were still diehards.

They ordered their own warships to open fire on those surrendering compatriots.

At the same time, they viciously scolded: "You are the shame of the Alliance Member! We don't have Alliance Member people like you who are afraid of death!"

"I will eliminate you cancerous tumors of shame right now!"

Those who surrendered also complained bitterly: "There is no need for us to hold on."

"As a diversionary force and bait, we have already completed the mission entrusted to us by the Great Commander!"

"There is no need to fight to the death with the Xingyang Civilization!"

"We are not afraid of sacrifice, but we hate this kind of meaningless death!"

But the diehards obviously couldn't listen to these words and shouted angrily: "You bastards!"

"Just to survive for this year or so, you have abandoned the dignity of the Alliance Member!"

However, despite the tough attitude of the diehards.

The number of surrendering Alliance Member warships continued to increase.

Soon, this space force of 30,000 warships, after being reduced to about 10,000, finally gave up all resistance.

They began to accept the command of the thousands of warships of the Silver Core Civilization.

Gradually gathering in a space area slightly away from the center of the battlefield, they formed several neat, huge squares in the vast universe.

"Hope" and Xiliu were counting their side's losses in this battle.

1,000 Symbiotic Armor Warriors, 120 killed, over 400 injured.

Nearly 80% of the Resistance Army's nearly 1,000 warships were lost, and tens of thousands of soldiers died.

And the 7,000 warships sent by the Silver Core Alliance also suffered losses of over 1,000.

Yu Lan looked at Lin Han beside her and said with lingering fear: "It's fortunate that the people from the Silver Core Alliance arrived at the last moment."

"Otherwise, the consequences would have been unimaginable!"

"We probably would have sacrificed our lives here too."

Lin Han, however, was indifferent: "So many living beings in the whole universe have died, it's not like I can't die!"

But immediately, he showed a pained expression and said with a sad face: "It's just that most of those who sacrificed before were killed by that Evil God, Chu Zhangyang!"

"I just don't understand, even though we hid in the Milky Way Galaxy, even though we have the Xingyang God protecting us!"

"Yet we still suffered such heavy casualties!"

Yu Lan patted his shoulder, comforting this sad man: "Cheer up!"

"We won, didn't we?"

"Besides, there must be even tougher difficulties waiting for us later. You cannot lose heart!"

"Yeah!" Lin Han nodded, showing a determined expression: "I will hold on until the end."

"I want to see the demise of Chu Zhangyang with my own eyes!"

At this time, a commander of the Resistance Army suddenly stood up from behind and asked respectfully: "Commander, should we clean up the battlefield?"

"It's just that the scale of this great battle is too large. With the few hundred warships remaining in our Resistance Army."

"We cannot clean up this vast battlefield wreckage in any way."

Yu Lan immediately said: "Leave it here for now. Instead of dealing with these battlefield relics!"

"We should better settle the wounded, and take care of the pension work for the soldiers who died!"

"Of course, there is also the reception of prisoners!"

Thousands of Silver Core Alliance warships guarded more than 10,000 Alliance Member warships.

And sent personnel to board the enemy warships one after another to register them.

This was a very cumbersome and time-consuming task.

The representative of the Silver Core Alliance, Shen Jin, said urgently to the people of the Xingyang Civilization: "We cannot delay any longer here!"

"General Xiang has already led the true military power of the Alliance Member to a place not far from the parallel channel!"

"And they seem to be lined up in the middle of the queue, intentionally using countless passenger ships of the Kindling Project as hostages and meat shields!"

Xiliu said immediately: "Then let's ignore this place and return to the parallel channel first."

Wei Wei shook her head: "Don't worry about that side, the great deity has already sent reinforcements there."

Hearing this, Yu Lan also felt relieved: "Then we will stay here and properly settle these prisoners!"

"By the way, there is also Beixing Star. That fat President Shi En is still hiding on the planet like a tortoise."

Everyone then realized.

The three forces of this major event.

Ate withdrew.

The main force of the Alliance Member has reached the parallel channel.

But the Shi Family of Beixing Star, which has the least presence, seems to have not yet taken a clear stance.

Yu Lan said impatiently: "Hurry up and disarm the prisoners, then we will head straight to Beixing Star. We must give that President Shi En a surprise!"

Wei Wei also showed a happy smile: "That Shi Family, a terrorist regime that only knows how to enslave the masses, squeeze the people, and suck the marrow from their bones, is finally going to come to an end this time!"