The Seventh Base

Capítulo 1294: Chapter 53: Countermeasures

Skull Star, within a military base.

At this moment, many people are gathered here, including Gaia and Xu Mo. Of course, the Xu Mo here is a vessel, fully armed in armor and unrecognizable.

Before them, beams of light are intertwined, forming a massive galaxy map that vividly presents the major star domains of the known cosmic center region.

From this galaxy map, the Emperor River appears to be the absolute center of the known universe. In fact, the O’Brian Republic and the Kales Empire are also part of the cosmic center. In the farther outskirts, there are indeed many star domains, but their strength is generally weak due to their ancient geographical locations, and are largely neglected.

For instance, the star domain where Byron Star is located is like this — in a very remote area, basically unnoticed from the perspective of the known universe.

Gaia waved his hand, immediately enlarging the central region while removing the surrounding star domains.

From the star map, if the Coriade Star Domain Fleet sets off now, it could still make it, and even the Tyr Star Domain fleet might catch up.

The Church, Kales Empire, and Saint Tiya Star are even farther away from the O’Brian Republic.

In other directions of the star map, people are present as well, but all exist in virtual projection form, among them one sits upon a throne, he is Osman, the leader of the O’Brian Republic.

“An estimated one month, the Lin and Odyssey Star Domain fleets could arrive first, afterwards, the Church, Saint Tiya Star, and the Kales Empire fleets will also reach the O’Brian Republic,” Gaia spoke, as from the star map, the universe seems small.

But in reality, the distances of each star domain are extremely vast, measured in light years.

“Where will they attack?” Osman asked.

“For the first large-scale operation after the Asgard conference, the objective of this war is naturally to utterly destroy the O’Brian Republic. Forces like Lin have always been arrogant, they actually look down upon the republics outside the Emperor River, yet they’ve initiated an alliance of five major forces, clearly intending to destroy the O’Brian Republic to intimidate the universe,” Gaia said. “Of course, there’s also an important objective, which is for Xu Mo and the Skull Star, so the ultimate combat targets of the alliance will be the O’Brian Republic Capital Star and the Skull Star Domain, as for the process, it’s unpredictable.”

“Mr. Gaia,” at this time, a figure from the Coriade Star Domain projection spoke, “How about your Skull Star Domain’s current military strength?”

“With our current power, it’s simply impossible to withstand the alliance’s attack, even if they only deploy part of their fleet force against us, they could easily flatten the Skull Star Domain,” Gaia responded, candidly admitting their weakness.

Skull Star Domain exists within the O’Brian Republic, and the reason it has been able to exist for so many years is that it has never truly angered the official Republic.

But now, with the fleets of top cosmic powers arriving, it’s enough to overturn Skull Star Domain.

Although they have been making progress these years, there’s still a huge gap between them and those giant forces.

Therefore, from Gaia’s standpoint, he must prevent this war from happening in the Skull Star Domain.

If the opponent is determined to attack the Skull Star Domain, then they must find a way to stall the opponent’s main forces, leaving only a small force to deal with them, otherwise, it’s certain death.

The sword is already hanging over their heads, this joint action of five major forces is an absolute catastrophic level for them.

Skull Star has not yet grown to the point where it can contend with those forces.

“We can deploy our forces immediately to support the O’Brian Republic,” at this time, the leader of the Tyr Star Domain spoke, his figure so majestic and towering that even just a projection exudes a strong aura of authority, seated high upon the Heavenly God Race’s divine throne.

“If that’s the case, perhaps it will be as they wish. Our power compared to theirs is still unequal, if space warfare breaks out head-on, our victory odds are at most twenty percent, it’s most likely a defeat,” Gaia responded.

Hearing Gaia’s words, several others frowned, Osman said, “Mr. Gaia, what suggestions do you have?”

“Leader Osman,” Gaia said, “With the arrival of the five powerful forces’ alliance, they surely will not use their full strength. If you’re willing to recall all fleets of the O’Brian Republic to the Capital Star, leveraging the space base, perhaps there’s still a chance to hold for a while.”

“Letting the O’Brian Republic abandon other planets, all fleets guarding the Capital Star?” Osman O’Brian spoke up, his voice seemingly raised a few notches, questioning the notion Gaia suggested.

“Mr. Gaia, are you asking our republic to abandon other planets?”

Concentrating all forces at the Capital Star is tantamount to abandoning other planets, even the main star.

“In this context, scattering forces would be a dead-end approach. No matter which planet the opponent attacks, the strength of that planet alone cannot hold them back. So it’s better to concentrate forces at the Capital Star, relying on the space base, there might be a chance to resist,” Gaia said. “Moreover, even though the other main stars have no fleets to guard them, they all have space defense bases. If they attack, it might also weaken their strength. If they’re determined to destroy the O’Brian Republic, then they will directly attack the Capital Star.”

“Even relying solely on the O’Brian Republic, it’s difficult to fend off the Alliance Army even if all forces are concentrated.” Osman spoke, although this area belongs to the O’Brian Republic, he is not entirely confident in holding off the alliance.

Gaia’s proposal also makes him uneasy.

“Therefore, this is why I don’t want support from the other parties; the Coriade Star Domain and the Tyr Star Domain shouldn’t come to the O’Brian Republic but attack their territories, to hold the enemy in check.” Gaia pointed forward at the Star Map and said, “Saint Tiya Star prides itself as a Divine Country and is extremely arrogant, the Saint Tiya Clan controls that Star Domain, and since the Tyr Star Domain is quite close to Saint Tiya Star, if the Tyr Star Domain attacks Saint Tiya Star Domain, Saint Tiya Star will surely not tolerate its territory being invaded.”

“Moreover, the Coriade Star Domain can attack the Emperor Star; lastly, the Abyss will divide its forces between the Odyssey Star Domain and the Church, forcing them to withdraw part of their fleet and to avoid pressing the entire front.” Gaia said, “I will make contact with the Abyss.”

The leaders frowned, as every force will not support the O’Brian Republic but rather launch attacks on the opponent’s Star Domain, which is a very risky move. If the situation here fails, the consequences will be disastrous.

There are a few issues now, does Osman agree to this risky maneuver?

Secondly, how many fleets will the Coriade Star Domain and the Tyr Star Domain be willing to deploy, and whether the Abyss will fully support their actions remains unpredictable as the Abyss Force acts unpredictably, making it impossible to forecast. If the Abyss doesn’t cooperate, it will also be an overwhelming disaster.

“Can the Republic agree?” Xu Mo thought silently beside Gaia, looking at the five major Alliance Fleets pressuring them. The first to be attacked would be the O’Brian Republic, and if the entire Republic Capital Star is invaded, the entire republic faces extinction.

If the O’Brian Republic Capital Star falls, that signifies the fall of the O’Brian Republic.

People from other forces also looked at the Osman Leader.

“Leader, Sir, since a military alliance has been formed, it’s time to see everyone’s determination. This will be the first direct war, if each force lacks resolve, the Anti-War Cosmic Federation might directly disintegrate. On the contrary, if they can repel the enemy this time, it will have extraordinary significance.” Gaia said.

“Also, there’s the Kales Empire that was missed.” The O’Brian Republic stated.

“Every force sends a fleet to patrol the Kales Empire without taking any action. If actions in other areas go smoothly, the Kales Empire will surely fall for it.” Gaia said.

The people understood Gaia’s intention; as long as other forces initiate withdrawal actions, the Kales Empire, upon recognizing that Abyss Fleet has entered its empire, might also retreat.

“Mr. Gaia, what role does the Skull Star play?” asked the Coriade Star Domain representative hologram.

Gaia said, “If everyone lacks resolve, we will all be destroyed. If the plan succeeds, we will intercept any fleet coming to Skull Star, but of course, I can’t promise anything; if changes occur, Skull Star will choose to abandon everything, turning to the depths of the Universe.”

The Coriade Star Domain representative frowned, compared to other forces, Gaia and his group seem to be most flexible.

“I agree with Mr. Gaia’s proposal, I will gather all possible battle forces within the republic to head to the Capital Star.” At this point, Osman Leader looked at several people and said, “And I hope you can hold onto your allies because if this action fails, the O’Brian Republic will be the first to fall, and next, it may be you.”

“Osman Leader agreed so readily.” The representative of Coriade Star Domain said.

“Xu Mo is at the Capital Star.” Osman knew what the others were thinking and simply said this one line, which stopped further queries.

With Xu Mo at the Capital Star, Gaia’s decisions naturally can’t have any selfish motives.

“We entrust it to you all.” Osman O’Brian said earnestly.

As he spoke, the hologram gradually faded away.

Meanwhile, two other figures also gradually faded away.

Xu Mo stood beside Gaia and said, “The O’Brian Republic should have no issues, but will the Coriade Star Domain and Tyr Star Domain go all out?”

“They will.” Gaia responded, “They have no choice, none of us have a choice. The Anti-War Federation is established; now, it’s a contest between the two sides, distinguishing victory and defeat, and also life and death. The loser faces the destruction of their race.”

“We can only wait?” someone asked nearby, it was Zero’s ‘mother’ Hera. She stood next to Qiong Master. Now that Xu Mo has appeared in the world as Zero, there is no need to continue hiding.

The revival of the Empire is their wish.

“Of course, preparations for battle must be made.” Gaia responded.

After this call, Osman announced that all armed forces within the republic would be gathered to head towards the Capital Star.

At the same time, fleets from the Coriade Star Domain and Tyr Star Domain set off grandly, as a storm sweeping the Universe was stirred.