Cannon fodder in the Interstellar

Ruo Manni clicked on the top-ranking news post, which was also the first one published. The lengthy post, spanning 15,000 words, appeared before her, complete with images and videos.

After reading just the first few lines, her expression grew serious, as the post was discussing real events.

The post was exposing the imminent invasion of the Gumera Star Region by an alien species. While it didn’t directly provide evidence that the invasion was highly likely, the author did present undeniable proof of the existence of extraterrestrials.

Ruo Manni quietly clicked on the provided video evidence. In the video, two non-human, humanoid creatures appeared. The footage seemed to have been captured by a spy device, as the humanoid creatures hadn’t noticed they were being recorded and continued with their activities.

Ruo Manni’s eyes widened. The video showed the two humanoid creatures injecting something into the bodies of some animals. These beasts were ones the citizens of the Gus Empire were very familiar with—creatures unique to their empire.

Having seen images of the Yunkai aliens before, Ruo Manni immediately recognized that the two humanoid creatures in the video were Yunkai aliens.

Ruo Manni immediately concluded that whatever the two Yunkai aliens were doing was undoubtedly harmful to humanity.

Just then, in the video, human special forces appeared, fully armed, to stop the Yunkai aliens from injecting substances into the beasts. A fight broke out.

Initially, the Yunkai aliens didn’t appear very large, but their combat abilities were incredibly strong. The ten human special forces soldiers were unable to hold them off and had to deploy mechas to fight back.

The post’s author explained that these soldiers were all level-seven mecha pilots. Even with five times the number of human fighters, they struggled to match the power of the alien species.

At first, with the mechas, the human soldiers seemed to have the upper hand. But suddenly, the aliens went into a berserk state, their bodies growing several times larger, reaching the size of the mechas. The tide quickly turned, and the human mecha fighters started losing ground.

The video appeared to have been edited and sped up, as the combat scenes were not continuous.

Midway through the video, one of the level-seven mecha pilots was sent flying with a single punch from an unarmed Yunkai alien. Shockingly, ten level-seven mecha warriors couldn’t overcome just two Yunkai aliens.

At that moment, two level-eight mecha warriors appeared, and they fought the Yunkai aliens on equal footing.

The post’s author mentioned that he had edited the fight scenes because the battle had lasted over twenty hours. He said that if anyone was interested in watching the entire video, he could post it next time.

In the video, the two level-eight mecha pilots ultimately defeated the Yunkai aliens, but it was only a pyrrhic victory. They had the assistance of ten level-seven mecha pilots nearby; without their support, the two level-eight pilots likely wouldn’t have been able to win.

The author stated that this video was filmed three years ago, and its origins must remain confidential.

Although Ruo Manni knew that the Yunkai aliens were much stronger than the humans in the Gumera star region, she had seen little about battles between humans and Yunkai aliens in novels, and most of those were set in interstellar wars. Therefore, she had no understanding of the Yunkai aliens’ abilities and had thought they were merely technologically advanced.

After watching this video, Ruo Manni realized how terrifying it was that the Yunkai aliens could resist level-eight mechas and maintain their berserk state for such a long time.

Additionally, although humanity had only encountered two Yunkai aliens, they could not use this encounter to judge the overall combat strength of the Yunkai race.

However, if half of the Yunkai aliens possessed such combat prowess, combined with their significantly more advanced spacecraft and weapons, humanity would have no chance of resisting them.

Because there aren’t many level-eight mecha pilots in the entire Gumera star region, current official data indicates that the Gus Empire has only a dozen or so level-eight mecha pilots.

However, in this video, regardless of how difficult the process was or how humanity managed to overcome greater odds, it ultimately showed that humanity triumphed over the two Yunkai aliens. As a result, those who watched the video felt a heavy heart but did not despair.

Many experts left comments below, confirming that the video was genuine, and they even analyzed the location of the video, which was surprisingly shot in the desolate forest on the desolate star.

The post’s author provided evidence that extraterrestrial beings were breeding mutated beasts in the desolate forest, intending to use them to eliminate the humans on the desolate star and occupy it.

Using this incident as evidence, the author speculated that the extraterrestrial beings harbor malicious intent toward humans, wishing to invade humanity’s home planet.

He further stated that he had insider information, revealing that the Gus Empire had known about the existence of the extraterrestrial race for six years and had received word from the aliens that their original home star system was about to be destroyed. The extraterrestrial beings intended to eliminate the humans in the Gumera star region and occupy humanity’s life-giving planet.

The author also mentioned, based on reliable sources, that the main force of the extraterrestrial race was heading toward the Gumera star region, and it would arrive in about five years. By then, all of humanity in the Gumera star region would face an interstellar war.

The poster stated that in order to avoid causing fear among the populace, the Gus Empire suppressed this issue and kept it hidden from the public, instead preparing in secret for the possible upcoming war.

The poster elaborated on the origin of the war realm, revealing how the Gus Empire provided its citizens with free access to human-level cultivation techniques through the war realm, significantly enhancing the overall cultivation levels of the populace over the past four years.

The poster listed the valuable cultivation techniques offered by the Empire within the war realm, which any discerning citizen could recognize as genuine benefits.

In addition to the opportunities in the war realm, the poster also pointed out various preparations made by the Gus Empire in anticipation of war.

Finally, the poster passionately stated, “We know that the Empire is working hard for our future, secretly exerting effort, time, and money to make many contributions that the public is unaware of, and we, as citizens, are grateful to the Empire.

However, since this concerns our lives and we will eventually need to know about it, we must face this crisis. Therefore, we hope to have the right to be informed, and we want to do our utmost for our future as soon as possible.

Here, I earnestly request the Empire to inform us of the relevant matters so that we may be aware.”

For the uninformed public, this post was quite shocking, as it contained many pieces of evidence that could be verified. In the comments section of the post, numerous people had shared additional proof as claimed by the poster.

Anyone who took the time to read this post would likely believe it, otherwise, it wouldn’t have gained so much traction and turned into a hot topic.

Mani noticed that the click rate had astonishingly reached 30 billion.

What does this represent? It means that at least this matter has spread widely throughout the Gus Empire.

When Ruo Manni clicked on other related posts, she found that they were all derived from the original post.

Each of these contained various new pieces of evidence to some extent.

Just yesterday, Ruo Manni had not discovered these posts, and today they had suddenly exploded in popularity, coinciding perfectly with the time of the elite competition’s final individual championship.