Chapter 110 An Accidentally Successful Battle

Seeing Nagokin board the DarkStar command ship, Han Xiao knew the enemy commander was done for.

With the command ship in danger, the distant DarkStar fleet did not turn back to rescue it. Noka Pado would most likely fall into Nagokin's hands, and the DarkStar fleet could do nothing about it. The next-level fleet officers urgently took over command and carried out Noka Pado's previous order to retreat. Taking advantage of the command ship drawing the attention of the Gedora escort fleet, they broke through the range of spatial interference with the fleet, accelerated into streams of light, and warped away.

On the other side, the DarkStar assault team also broke free from the entanglement of forty Gedora warships and fled from other directions.

The DarkStar fleet abandoned the Crimson Gohr command ship and fled, leaving only the lone command ship trapped in the encirclement of the Batete fleet, like a lone wolf surrounded by a pack of hounds.

The BlackLight Stealth hovered not far away. Han Xiao did not join in the fun; Nagokin was sabotaging the enemy ship internally, so he did not need to take action. He was doing something else at this time.

"Rhodes, can you use the enemy ship's intelligent system connection to the DarkStar mainframe to invade the DarkStar main database?"

Han Xiao stroked his chin and pondered. All spaceships belonging to the same organization basically used the mainframe's sub-intelligence, which made it easier for the headquarters to coordinate the overall situation and control all spaceships. Just like his own mercenary group, Phillip was responsible for controlling more than a dozen spaceships at the same time. As long as the spaceship was configured with Phillip's replica chip, Phillip could open up a new computing sub-unit.

The sub-intelligence was related to the main intelligence. Generally speaking, a DarkStar mothership would use a main intelligence, and the affiliated fleet under its command would use the mothership's sub-intelligence. If he could invade along the path of the quantum network, he might be able to locate the position of a DarkStar mothership and discover its coordinates from the vast universe, like picking up a thread and pulling it out. In this way, he could crack the physical stealth state.

Rhodes' voice sounded in the cockpit, pouring cold water directly, "No, in the instant before the other party's intelligence was paralyzed, it cut off all links with the mainframe. This is a common intrusion prevention measure, and the sub-intelligence of other spaceships will detect its identification code to evaluate its trust level before allowing it to re-establish a link with the mainframe."

"DarkStar is still very careful." Han Xiao nodded. This method was very simple. For example, if there were two spaceships, A and B, that used the same sub-intelligence, once A detected an intrusion, it would automatically disconnect from the mainframe and could not share the mainframe's data, and the mainframe could not control A's location, status, and other information.

When A got rid of the intrusion, if it was within the data transmission range of B, B's sub-intelligence would automatically evaluate A's sub-intelligence. After confirming that A was safe, B would feed back to the mainframe, and the mainframe would reconnect to A's sub-intelligence. The lone Crimson Gohr command ship was naturally completely disconnected and could not continue to be invaded, cutting off the possibility of the mainframe being invaded.

DarkStar took this measure to protect the fleet's coordinates. There were not only Great Technician Han in the universe, but also quite a few virtual mechanics. DarkStar had always been on guard against this.

Although he felt a little regretful, Han Xiao was not too disappointed. If it were so easy to locate DarkStar's position, DarkStar would have been pounded into mochi by Gedora long ago.

It did not take long to paralyze the command ship. Han Xiao's own virtual technology had not yet reached the point where he could easily invade a DarkStar command ship. Rhodes was an important helper. This AI life had extremely high computing efficiency, many times higher than Phillip, which greatly enhanced Han Xiao's skill judgment.

It was a pity that Rhodes was a free agent…err, a free AI, not belonging to him. Han Xiao did not know when he would be able to strengthen Phillip to Rhodes' level. He scratched his chin and thought… perhaps he could let Rhodes help Phillip upgrade?

After all, the one who understood intelligence best was still intelligence. The way Rhodes' race grew was to exchange data with each other and upgrade their programs. Rhodes should be able to help Phillip optimize his computing structure.

Jin Dai and Seivyre exchanged glances. One of these two women was a Gunner, and the other was a Melee Weapon Master. Listening to a mechanic and an AI life exchanging artificial intelligence technology, they suddenly felt like ignorant rustics.

Seivyre always felt that she had forgotten something. She tilted her head and thought for a long time before suddenly realizing—she was so shocked just now that she wanted to throw up.

After waiting for a while, Nagokin finally sent a message that he had taken care of it. He controlled the command ship and docked with the fleet. Han Xiao and Batete boarded the Crimson Gohr and met Nagokin in the command room, as well as a large number of DarkStar members captured by him, including Noka Pado.

"Well done! As expected of the famous Lord Nagokin." Batete was overjoyed.

Nagokin waved his hand with a calm expression and said, "This is not my credit. Thanks to BlackStar, if he hadn't paralyzed the enemy's spaceship, it wouldn't have been my turn to play a role at all. He is the biggest contributor."

Batete laughed and said, "Haha, you're right. BlackStar lives up to his reputation."

"It's nothing, just did some insignificant work." Han Xiao remained noncommittal.

After exchanging a few pleasantries, everyone got down to business and checked the losses and gains.

Gedora lost less than ten warships, and also destroyed about the same number of enemy ships. In the end, they also captured a DarkStar command ship and members including the commander. Keeping the prisoners alive could be used to force information and inquire about DarkStar's action plans. Overall, they had made a profit. If they added the dozen or so DarkStar assault ships that BlackStar had dealt with, then they had made a huge profit.

After suffering so many losses, Gedora had finally achieved a positive result once, and the War Bureau finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Noka Pado raised his eyes and swept over the few people. His gaze was inexplicable. Batete? An aggressive commander who was led by the nose by himself. He did not take him seriously. Nagokin? A senior official of the War Bureau who had been famous for a long time. His strength was strong, but he was not a key factor in this battle.

Finally, Noka Pado's gaze fell on Han Xiao, like a nail…this person decided the outcome of the battle!

Noka Pado believed that he lost because he misjudged BlackStar's strength. If the intelligence had not been wrong, the fleet would have already attacked Aquamarine Star and left, and he would have been able to retreat completely.

He did not expect to be caught here.

"One wrong step, every step wrong…" Noka Pado's eyes were dim, his expression frustrated and unwilling, knowing that he had no chance to make a comeback.

…

Three minutes after the DarkStar fleet escaped, the news of the fleet's defeat and Noka Pado's capture quickly spread back to DarkStar headquarters. This was the first loss-making attack, which immediately attracted the attention of the higher-ups.

The battle process was not long, and the higher-ups left behind at headquarters quickly understood the situation. At this time, the supreme commander of the headquarters was the DarkStar Vice Leader. This was another veteran with the same qualifications as Arnel, named Degulish, who was unsmiling and deeply dignified.

"It's BlackStar again!"

Degulish frowned, his tone dissatisfied. After the last Arnel incident, DarkStar harbored extremely high hostility toward Han Xiao. However, at that time, it was an important juncture in the plan, and they did not carry out revenge. After all, Han Xiao was backed by Longtan, and even DarkStar was unwilling to provoke Ames.

The scene of a DarkStar mothership being smashed into pieces by Ames with an island was still vivid in his mind, and he felt thirsty just thinking about it.

But now, BlackStar had once again hindered their plan. Degulish was not as profound as the DarkStar Leader. The DarkStar Leader was currently personally carrying out a secret mission outside, and he was now in charge of the headquarters. Degulish's style was tough.

"He has repeatedly opposed us. It is time to let him understand what kind of existence he is provoking. I want him to pay the price for his actions all along." Degulish said in a deep voice, "Heh, isn't he fighting to protect his homeland? Send out two DarkStar motherships and blow Aquamarine Star into a nebula!"

"Vice Leader, this is not in line with our plan. We should not destroy a disaster planet," said the intelligence officer.

"I remember Ashes always suggested that we kill BlackStar at all costs. Perhaps there is some truth to it. We have more than a dozen disaster planets. Destroying one has little impact on the overall situation," Degulish said in a deep voice.

If Ashes were here, he would probably agree with both hands and feet, but unfortunately, he did not attend the meeting.

To be precise, many senior cadres were absent from the meeting. They all went out to perform tasks according to the plan. Attacking disaster planets was only the only action on the surface of DarkStar. However, in secret, most of the senior cadres were doing unknown things.

The intelligence officer shook his head, "But that must be based on the ability to kill the other party, otherwise it will only be a waste of our fleet. He has a BlackLight Stealth that he doesn't know where he got it from. This is a high-end product of the Federation of Light technology. We can't catch him at all."

Degulish frowned and said, "He can run, but Aquamarine Star can't run away!"

The intelligence officer shook his head. "If Aquamarine Star is really his weakness, it would be too wasteful to destroy it like this."

"Wasteful? What are you thinking?"

"BlackStar is essentially just a mercenary. According to my observation, he has been opposing us all along. Most of the time, it is because Gedora hired him, or we attacked him first. Of course, this is not to excuse him. No matter what the reason is, he still has to pay the price.

"The problem is, if we destroy his only known weakness, he will have no worries and will wholeheartedly be our enemy. He may even ask Ames for help because of this, which is not good for us."

Degulish said coldly, "When has it been our turn to fear others? I can crush three mechanics of BlackStar's level with one hand. So what if he is the Dragon Throne? Can she find us?"

"What I mean is, since BlackStar protects Aquamarine Star, it means that he cares about this planet." The intelligence officer narrowed his eyes. "It is easy for us to destroy Aquamarine Star, so it is better to keep this handle and threaten him at the right time… In this way, he will truly regret it, and even have to be used by us."

Degulish's face changed when he heard this, and he felt that it made sense.

"My men will continue to collect information about BlackStar. BlackStar belongs to the Dragon Throne. If we can use him, it may have a miraculous effect. The lurking team left behind on Aquamarine Star has been monitoring his movements. Although Gedora's military radar can break our stealth mode within a certain distance, the lurking team has already turned off the spaceship, only maintaining the stealth equipment. As long as they don't start the spaceship, they will not be exposed. Moreover, I plan to plant spies in the BlackStar Mercenary Group. A group of mercenaries, as long as they can afford to pay, they have no integrity. Planting our people inside him will monitor his every move."

This failed attack was a fuse. DarkStar decided to thoroughly value Han Xiao. Since hard methods did not work, they would use insidious methods. Anyway, there were many methods.

Degulish thought for a while, and finally nodded, "Do as you said."

"Then I suggest not to frequently attack Aquamarine Star during the plan. You said before that it is just a disaster planet. It is harmless. Moreover, with BlackStar around, we may have to pay a greater price to attack Aquamarine Star, which is not worth the loss."

…

Everyone returned to Aquamarine Star. The BlackLight Stealth landed in the shelter. At this time, nine DarkStar assault ships were parked outside the shelter. These were the spaceships captured by the mercenaries.

Thirty DarkStar assault ships attacked. Some were blown up in the air, or crashed on the surface. In the end, less than ten escaped, and the rest were captured by the BlackStar Mercenary Group. All of them were damaged to varying degrees, and the internal damage was particularly serious, but the basic functions could still be run.

Han Xiao was in a happy mood. Nine small assault ships. This was a good harvest. If calculated at the cost price, the total value would be more than one million Enas. The most valuable parts of this conventional type of spaceship were the energy core, the warp engine, the spaceship-type shield, and the ship-borne ion cannon. Without these things, the cost would shrink by 70% to 80%. If the core components of those crashed spaceships were not broken, they should be able to be dismantled into some materials and parts, which would be very valuable and would be considered an extra harvest.

This attack not only did not cause him much loss, but also made him a profit. With these assault ships, the firepower of his fleet would be greatly improved. Han Xiao was a little happy, wishing that the Dark Grandpas would come and play often, giving him more opportunities to use war to support war.

Just as Han Xiao was about to board the ship to inspect the captured assault ships, Batete also landed.

Batete glanced at it, stepped forward, and nodded solemnly, "BlackStar, you did a good job. My people will come to take over these spoils later. Thank you for your hard work this time."

Han Xiao stopped and stared at Batete's taken-for-granted expression, his eyebrows gradually raised.

"Huh?"