NOVEL NEXT Chapter 494: Sweeping Through
After receiving news of attacks from various locations, the Silver Heart Empire.
Immediately guessed part of the truth, realizing that the unknown mysterious civilization had come to invade.
Although their swift arrival was beyond the imagination of most of the Silver Heart Empire's high command.
The determination to resist resolutely was still present among the high command of the Empire.
This time, remarkably, they worked together, with no one dragging their feet.
Elite forces from all sides were mobilized.
The treasured high technology equipment was also taken out and placed on the warships ready to set out.
The renowned commander of the Silver Heart Empire, who had already retired and was living in peace, was also brought out, and prioritized for various high-technology devices beneficial to health.
Giving him the vigor seemingly back to his former peak years.
At the same time, this empire's famous commander also received many promises, reluctantly agreeing to return to his old career, becoming the commander of this army.
Thus, as the front line changed three times a day, with a series of bad battle reports arriving.
This fleet, carrying the hopes and hearts of countless people from the Silver Heart Empire, had to set off somewhat hastily into the vast starry sky.
As the fleet's commander, Stratford, after ending a video call with his family.
He looked at the time-space node displayed on the large screen ahead.
This time-space node, located in the Constant Star System of the Mother Star, had a space station built by the Silver Heart Empire to defend, providing vigilance and supply.
Moreover, the time-space node was equipped with one of the Empire's few space stabilizers, forming a relatively stable two-way portal.
According to the data returned so far.
Everything seemed normal, and the messages from the opposite side every half hour always indicated everything was as usual.
The fleet's adjutant began to ask Stratford whether to proceed according to plan and let the fleet pass through the time-space channel.
To reach the front line more quickly.
Stratford hesitated for a moment, just about to nod.
He suddenly furrowed his brow.
The inexplicable anxiety of that moment.
Made Stratford cautious.
He could become a legendary commander of the Silver Heart Empire, achieving great feats and still surviving.
That intuition for early warning that always worked at critical moments never let Stratford down.
"Activate the gravitational wave communicator and contact the space station on the opposite side."
"I want to see with my own eyes that everything is normal over there."
Stratford thought for a moment and gave the order.
On the other side of the space channel, naturally, there was also a space station placed for vigilance.
And gravitational wave communication, as a high-technology device, enables ultra-long-distance communication, ignoring distance.
This device itself requires precious materials for both manufacturing and use, and is quite expensive.
Generally speaking, no one would use this thing unless it's a critical moment.
The adjutant was momentarily stunned, lowering his head and not daring to question the commander's order.
As a legendary figure in the empire's military, this level of prestige was certainly present.
Soon, the communicator began to operate.
After contacting the sub-components installed on the space station.
A projection appeared in the command room.
The scene in the image initially seemed normal.
All the empire's soldiers were orderly doing their own things in the space station.
They came and went, each seemingly occupied non-stop.
The adjutant and the other captains attending the meeting slightly relaxed, about to smile and say something.
But then they heard Commander Stratford cough, his expression serious and his tone icy:
"Where is the person in charge of the space station, why hasn't he come to report the situation?"
"Moreover, don't you think... these people are acting somewhat abnormally?"
With Stratford's reminder, the others continued watching.
After watching for a while, they, too, noticed the anomalies in the space station's projection.
Not only did the gravitational wave equipment activation mean the station chief and others should be notified and report promptly, yet no one appeared.
You could see the Silver Heart Empire staff in the office area.
Initially, nothing seemed amiss, but after watching for a while, it felt like they were watching a looped silent film?
Each staff member appeared to be continuously repeating their previous actions.
The tallest staff member closest to the edge would start by drinking water, then get up after a minute to hand a cardboard box to someone in front.
In the third minute, he would receive back from behind what was actually the same cardboard box he previously delivered and place it back under the desk.
Afterward, in the fourth minute, he would start to stare blankly at the desk, before repeating the previous actions starting with drinking water in the fifth minute.
"We're not watching a repeated film clip."
"It's just that those staff members are unknowingly influenced to repeat their actions."
An adjutant from the Silver Heart Empire's Academy of Science suddenly spoke:
"I noticed some people have no water in their cups anymore, and the wear and tear in the moving process keeps accumulating."
"I suspect the space station on the other side might have been attacked by some high-technology weapon."
"That unknown mysterious civilization... has already approached the opposite Constant Star System to our Mother Star!"
"They came so quickly!"
"The opponent probably also has devices like gravitational wave space node detectors, thus finding the fastest space shortcut!"
Upon hearing this, gloom covered the meeting room.
Stratford scanned everyone, then looked at the adjutant from the Academy of Science: