Blind Spot
Chapter 505 - 462 involves four

Chapter 505: 462 involves four

"This is space warfare, much more complicated and dangerous than aerial combat beneath the atmosphere."

The military district commander, originally in charge of supporting the Shadow Eater, spoke in a deep voice.

His name was Li Funan, and he shared the surname with Li Chengyi. At the age of seventy-nine, he had been assigned to assist a young man in his twenties. It sounded somewhat stifling, yet as the core member of the real military command system, he now finally felt relieved.

"The pressure was too great... The issue with the Shadow Eater’s three dragons had caused our Military Section Nine to be targeted by five Divine Star Generals. Now that the three dragons are gone, I fear your side may..." Li Funan warned with some concern.

"What is the mission of the region we are responsible for?" Li Chengyi asked.

"To defend and prevent the enemy from breaking through the triple defensive lines of the fortress.

We are currently on the first line of defense, where I have deployed a large number of space mines and hidden gravitational traps to thwart White Star’s direct jump travel.

But now, the problem is that facing us are six Divine Star Generals of White Star and their legions, who have nearly broken through the first line of defense three times in a row. Without the support of the Shadow Eater’s power, the situation is not good," Li Funan explained.

"How many people above Grade Six are there in Military Section Nine?" Li Chengyi asked.

"Well... including myself, twelve in total."

"What about the other side?"

"More than thirty were seen in the last battle..."

"...." Li Chengyi was at a loss for words. How had they managed to hold off such a gap?

Noticing his speechlessness, Li Funan quickly said.

"But our Feiyi Masters of the same level can take on two of theirs. With distance between us, they’re not our match, relying only on full-body reinforcements. I don’t know where White Star got so many resources from."

"Forget it, get ready to engage. All Grade Four Feiyi Masters, control your ships and prepare for support," Li Chengyi directed.

Li Chengyi looked into the distance and saw a series of explosions occurring at the front line.

A blue meteor shot out from the enemy ranks, detonating all the entangled ships and fighters along its path.

His laser gun was immensely powerful and extremely accurate. Normally, high-energy lasers couldn’t instantly explode a target upon contact, but needed sustained irradiation to produce extreme heat and melt through the opponent’s hull to damage the interior.

This required a terrifyingly sustained and precise aiming ability from the gunman.

And this guy...

Impressive marksmanship.

’It’s a good opportunity to see the performance of Imprints in modern warfare against modern weapons...’

Li Chengyi took a few steps forward, covering his body with gray-white Bone Armor. A pair of black wings slowly unfolded behind him, a fusion of the Floral Dress with Feilian.

Whoosh!

A Shadow Flash, and he suddenly appeared outside the command ship, then caught a two-handed laser cannon shot from behind.

The laser cannon was gray-white, with a barrel as long as his entire body pointing diagonally downward, its muzzle faintly flickering with red light.

"Commander, this is the Punisher Type-7 Adaptive Laser Cannon. This is your first space battle, please be cautious and reduce the number of times you approach the Reinforced Humans, as their self-destruction power is significant," the female technical officer responsible for weapons supply conveyed through the communicator in Li Chengyi’s ear.

"Do I have to use this?" Li Chengyi was surprised. He preferred close combat, instantly cleaving his opponents in two.

"In space battles, unless your speed is several times faster than your opponent’s, creating an overwhelming situation, close combat is a big taboo for our side, which is at a disadvantage in electronic warfare."

"Okay, I got it..." Li Chengyi roughly gauged the distance. From here, it seemed like everyone was very close, but in reality, every engaged area was at least thousands of kilometers apart.

Even at ten times the speed of sound, 3.4 kilometers a second, it would still take a long time to reach another battlefield.

For some larger battlefields, just approaching the enemy could take several minutes, while they could hit you with a light cannon in an instant...

This massive unevenness in speed had led to the peculiar state of space warfare today.

"Unless you keep accelerating in a straight line to several tens of times the speed of sound, but that’s only feasible for traveling. In war, such a predictable trajectory makes you a target for focused fire," the technical officer continued to caution.

"Moreover, the Punisher Type-7’s effective killing range against Reinforced Human armor is three hundred thousand kilometers. You must enter within the range of three hundred thousand kilometers to fire effectively and inflict damage on the Reinforced Humans. Please keep that in mind. The closer the distance, the greater the power."

"Understood." Li Chengyi looked at the device in his hand, three hundred thousand kilometers... tsk, this range.

Activating the auxiliary computing core on his body, a pale red screen immediately appeared a few centimeters in front of his left eye, displaying all the relative distances, factions, and general statuses of distant targets.

At this moment, a fleet of Mini Feiyi command ships followed behind him like a pack of wolves trailing their leader, poised for a charge.

There were ten command ships in total, but the Feiyi and ships surrounding them numbered in the hundreds or thousands. This was the might of a Feiyi Master. Enhanced by their command ships, they could control a vast number of ships and large battleships in combat.

"Everyone, follow my lead and adjust your trajectories accordingly," Li Chengyi raised his right hand, commanding through the communication channel.

"Yes!"

Ten voices responded in unison. Among them were men, women, and even an old man who sounded somewhat feeble.

"Get ready." Li Chengyi’s back wings fluttered lightly.

"Charge!!!"

With a roar, he was the first to dash ahead, flying towards the battlefield, charging at the reckless Blue Ray Reinforced Human.

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"Found him." Amidst the chaotic battlefield.

An invisible fluctuation passed over Li Chengyi and the elite of White Star about to engage in combat.

"Since the higher-ups have made their decision, being just an individual, leave its resolution to me."

In the void, invisible electromagnetic waves intertwined and echoed above the battlefield.

Among the many complex electromagnetic skirmishes, this fluctuation was completely unaffected, like a drop of ink floating on the sea, eerily maintaining its purity.

The waves looked down from above, locked on Li Chengyi, and then instantly dissipated and vanished, turning into an invisible light frequency band and flying towards White Star.

Several seconds later.

In a space located between White Star and the Earth-Moon.

Invisible waves converged here.

They weren’t ordinary electromagnetic waves or light waves but another kind of special energy wave that ordinary people couldn’t touch.

They didn’t travel through normal space but seemed to jump through space instantaneously like instantaneous movement, appearing and disappearing as they gathered here.

There were nine waves in total, representing the nine most powerful hackers between the Earth-Moon and White Star.

They had transcended communication through radio and light waves, using various methods to enter a special layer of dark energy waves.

Utilizing these wave layers didn’t necessarily represent the absolute strength of the hackers but signified the highest technique and confidentiality.

The Void Council wasn’t a fixed location but instead a supreme hacker council whose position was determined randomly.

The original purpose of this group of hackers was to maintain the ultimate peace between the two major camps and reduce internal consumption for the technological development of the human collective.

But now, after the fifth chairman took over, the nature of the Void Council had somewhat changed.

Its aggressiveness had become much stronger than the previous terms.

At this moment, in the void where normal detection methods couldn’t reach.

The nine waves met here, forming a singularity.

The singularity was only the size of a sesame seed, but inside, it was like a black sphere.

Within the sphere, nine blurry human figures emerged, each sitting on a throne of completely different styles.

The design of the thrones here was entirely up to the aesthetic of each council member.

So, the nine thrones varied, some being all mechanical technology style, some crystal raw stone style, and some simply carved wooden chairs.

The nine people were divided into two rows, with an elevated chair at one end, which was the chairman’s seat.

In the world of hackers, strength was everything, and the chairman was naturally the strongest among them.

Saruman Kaladin, this was the name of the current chairman. Many people believed he was the most powerful artificial intelligence in White Star today, but many signs indicated he wasn’t that entity.

"I’ve urgently summoned you because I’ve received a piece of latest news," said Saruman, with a Caucasian face and the appearance of a handsome young man with brown short hair.

But in reality, he was at least a hundred years old; as the strongest hacker, whatever appearance he chose was up to him.

"The chairman should know that the purpose of our Void Council is to maintain world stability and stable technological development. Please don’t forget this premise," a female shadow on the left said in a deep voice; she sat on a high-backed chair made of a semi-transparent material with countless schools of fish moving within it.

"Thanks for the reminder; it is precisely for this premise that I have summoned everyone, to deal with this matter together," Saruman replied with a nod.

He waved his hand, and instantly, a square light screen appeared among everyone, displaying Li Chengyi’s face and overall image.

Black armor, dragon eyes, long hair reaching his waist, arms crossed, and a robust physique—just looking at him exuded a fierce and daunting aura.

"The largest armed group on Earth-Moon today, the Garden of Fate, everyone should have heard of it. The Garden’s NO.2, Rainbow Candy, is also running for our new councillor. This should be clearest to you, Ling Dian; she is competing for your spot," Saruman said, looking towards a male shadow seated on a steel chair on the right side.

"Yes... She is quite skilled, but still inexperienced," Ling Dian nodded slightly.

"According to reliable clues, I have learned that the presence of the Garden of Fate is causing an irreversible and peculiar danger to Twin Star. Therefore, I call for the immediate suspension of Rainbow Candy’s councillor candidacy, and propose a Void cleansing of the entire Garden of Fate," Saruman announced.

"Share the evidence," a burly female shadow on the right end insisted coldly.

"Alright," Saruman nodded slightly.

In an instant, a massive amount of data was uploaded to the council, and in mere seconds, the data was replicated into nine copies, all transferred at the speed of light into the minds of the other eight members.

"This is Yuan Ying’s intel..." someone murmured, frowning slightly.

"Back then, it was United Front who provided the evidence, so we should still give a certain degree of trust to Yuan Ying," Saruman explained.

"The situation was different then, and we are not the same people as now. Merely relying on this data, I believe it is insufficient to determine the guilt of the Garden of Fate," someone raised an objection.

"I need to verify this with the high-level committee on the Earth-Moon side," another stated seriously.

"Rainbow Candy’s talent is exceptional, and it is not reasonable to kill a potential newcomer to our ranks based solely on this evidence."

Many opposed, but the majority remained silent.

"Since there are differing opinions, let’s vote," Saruman said with a smile.

Half a minute later...

The voting results were in.

Five votes in favor, three against, one abstention.

At the same time, the latest verified evidence also appeared: ever since the Garden of Fate emerged, the overall frequency of blind spots began to decrease, but high-difficulty blind spots became more frequent.

In some places, there were even occurrences of blind spot merging and expansion.

"Now the evidence is conclusive. The extermination order against the Garden of Fate is officially launched," Saruman said with a smile, looking around at everyone.

"Does anyone else object?"

No one spoke; the evidence was conclusive, and it had been verified, leaving the opposing members speechless.

"Then you may now begin..."

"I object!!"

A clear female voice suddenly rang out within the council sphere.

A new wave, not knowing when it had entered, gathered into a black figure in the aisle between the two rows of seats.

"You...?" Saruman looked slightly startled, turning his gaze towards her.

It wasn’t just him; the other council members also became restless, with vast amounts of data crisscrossing and all eyes converging on the newly arrived female figure.