Chapter 141: A Century of Hardship, A Moment of Glory

On the Layite Mother Star, unparalleled chaos was being faced. People woke up to find that the entire society had returned to the terrible state of information blockage.

There was no electricity, no water, and even the food usually delivered for free had vanished. Thirsty and hungry, the Layite People could only walk out to find the answer to the problem.

The cities were equally chaotic. Without the regulation of Digital Life, the traffic system was immediately paralyzed. Wrecks of Suspension Cars were everywhere, and accidents were constantly happening.

The Layite People discovered in horror that their society and their civilization were rapidly collapsing due to the loss of support from Digital Life!

But as a Fifth-grade Civilization with nearly a thousand years of history, they had naturally considered this situation when they first designed Digital Life. Although the excessive dependence of the Layite People made the situation somewhat out of control, it was not entirely hopeless.

The Layite government had not yet received specific battle news from their fleet until a month later, when a fleeing Layite spaceship brought truly shocking and panic-inducing news.

A crushing defeat. All Space Fortresses and Cruisers had been destroyed, nearly half of the Space Warships had been wrecked, and even the supreme commander of this Layite expedition had died on the battlefield.

The high-level officials of Layite immediately suppressed this news. At this already incredibly chaotic juncture, would such explosive news not be adding salt to the wound?

But rumors still spread everywhere, and the Layite People speculated about the fate of the expeditionary force. They were not stupid; combining various signs, they could deduce the result. Now they just lacked the government coming out to confirm this news.

At this critical juncture of near extinction, the Layite government operated with incredible efficiency, instantly breaking through the lifeless atmosphere accumulated over nine hundred years.

Following emergency countermeasures planned long ago, they used manual operation to restore the key links needed for the normal cycle of Layite society one by one.

It had to be said that any civilization, when forced to a matter of life and death, could create miracles. Facing unparalleled chaos, Layite only spent less than half a month to basically maintain the stable operation of society.

It was believed that given another two months, they could fully restore Layite’s industry and immediately enter a mode of total war!

With the industrial foundation Layite had hoarded for a thousand years, the war potential it brought was something Earth was far from reaching.

But currently, Layite had been dazed by the beating from Earth. Before its army could regroup, it was impossible for them to have that previous sharp spirit. All this recovery required time!

Would Earth give Layite time to catch their breath? Obviously not!

When the Layite Space Warships fled back to the Layite Home Star System, Earth’s remaining 1,700 third-generation warships and 150 Ghost Warships also quickly followed.

Of course, since Earth could turn the Solar System into a military fortress in 30 years, there was no reason the Layite People would leave their doors open to welcome invaders.

But the tragedy lay precisely here. These War Fortresses were previously all maintained by Digital Life, and now that thing had not been restored yet. The entire space fortress was completely in a primitive manual maintenance mode.

Facing the high-speed Space Warships barging into the Layite Mother Star, the War Fortresses only had time to symbolically fire a few shots; some hadn’t even finished preheating their Main Guns.

Inside the Layite Star System, there were also channels specifically for Warp Flight. But now, this channel was shared by both sides, and Earth knew Layite’s deployment like the back of its hand!

The Star Alliance only stipulated that using a Planet Destroyer to destroy the opponent’s Life Planet was not allowed, but they didn’t say it couldn’t be used to destroy the opponent’s military fortresses.

Along the way, Layite had insanely deployed ten celestial fortresses operating in sync with their Mother Star within the Star System, but they were all ruthlessly destroyed by Earth one by one, turning into cosmic dust.

And within the entire Star System, a total of fifteen military fortresses were all destroyed by sneak attacks from Earth’s Ghost Warships; none were spared.

Layite’s outer defenses were stripped away layer by layer overnight. The Layite Mother Star, this weak, exquisite, and beautiful Life Planet, was exposed under the strikes of Earth’s warships like a shy, defenseless young girl.

The Layite Space Warships had just returned from fleeing and had to hastily enter battle for the safety of their Mother Star.

They had been scared out of their wits by Earth’s warships before; the courage they mustered now was merely the dregs of their bravery.

Previously, with a numerical ratio of one to two and the support of Space Fortresses and Cruisers, they had only barely managed a draw.

Now, under circumstances of similar numbers, the two sides clashed for less than three minutes! Forty percent of the Layite warships were destroyed.

Remember, it was destroyed, not shot down or damaged. Earth’s warships never left the enemy any chance for a dying struggle.

This iron-blooded and ruthless method made these Layite People lose all courage to fight, and some began to turn around and flee into the surrounding space.

The defeat was an avalanche-like chain reaction. The escape of the first warship quickly drove a whole group to follow.

Of course, there was no lack of people determined to fight to the death among them, but they were all eliminated by Earth’s warships one by one.

The hot-blooded ones of Layite were wiped out at this very moment by Earth’s warships! From now on, all that remained of the Layite Civilization were cowardly people who bowed and scraped.

This battle, occurring in the outer space of the Layite Mother Star, lasted for half an hour. The result of the battle was that Earth lost 300 third-generation warships and 10 Ghost Warships, while the Layite warships were ninety percent annihilated!

At this moment, Layite’s last military strength was left with only the Fourth Fleet confronting the Renos People at the border. But as a force within the same military network, it had also experienced the collapse process of Digital Life.

It was even more miserable than the three fleets fighting on Earth’s side. It was directly annihilated in the Universe space by the Main Gun of the Renos People’s Space Fortress, which discovered this situation. Not a single one of its Space Warships escaped.

At this moment, Layite could be considered crippled by Earth, thoroughly losing the opportunity and strength to regroup.

On the Layite Mother Star, the Speaker of the Federation seemed to have aged ten years overnight. His originally tall and straight body became hunched, his silvery white glossy hair became withered, and his eyes lost their luster, becoming completely dead!

He tremblingly convened the last planetary meeting of Layite.

At the meeting site, everyone was incredibly silent, their expressions despairing. Outside the venue, Layite warships were constantly crashing onto the Mother Star, and in the firelight they stirred up, the cries and screams of the people were mixed in.

The profound despair that Earthlings had once tasted was, one hundred and thirty-three years later, returned in full to the Layite People!

The Speaker’s Adam’s apple bobbed, and he uttered a painful sigh with a hoarse voice: “We have lost?”

The assembly members remained silent, as if they were going to stay silent forever.

The Speaker looked at this group of numb-faced fellows, and suddenly tears streamed down his old face: “We have lost!”

Outside the window, in the morning light of the Layite Star, Earth’s warships were descending with the arrogant posture of victors. The display of that power, the glory of that victory, was bestowed upon the Earthlings at this moment, incomparably dazzling.

The Speaker of Layite lost all his strength. He instructed the Foreign Minister: “Go, publish our letter of surrender to Earth, and also send one to the Star Alliance. These savage Earthlings have no constraints and are capable of anything. Make it quick!”

This sentence spoke the greatest worry in the hearts of the assembly members present. Immediately, everyone began to act efficiently regarding the matter of surrender.

The Speaker watched this scene, which revealed absurdity and ridiculousness, and what flashed through his mind was only the sorrow of the Layite Mother Star.

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On Earth, the Supreme Leader gave the honor of announcing the news of victory to Lu Yuan, the legendary figure who had single-handedly led Earth out of darkness and toward the brilliance of victory.

The radiance on some people could not be concealed by status or power. As the head of the Earth Security Department, Lu Yuan was such a person.

In the central square of the City of Hope, Lu Yuan stood on a platform under the statue of the Father of Earth, Lin Lei, and loudly proclaimed this victory to all Earthlings.

“Our descendants will forever remember today, this day flashing with glory, hot blood, and victory.”

“Today, we have finally removed the mountain that weighed on humanity for a century, and we have shattered the haze in the sky!”

Lin Lei pointed a finger at the golden sun in the sky and shouted loudly: “Look! Our glory is like this golden sunlight, rich and intense, everywhere, unstoppable!

Layite, just as the man standing behind me a hundred years ago, this War God predicted, has finally become a kneeling servant begging for mercy, becoming a stepping stone for our Earth Civilization!

Long live Earth!”

At this moment, 30 million people across the globe rejoiced together, for the glory of this race!