Rebirth of the Super Battleship-Chapter 584: Escape

The fact that the Level 5 Civilization Alliance also possessed spatial weapons shocked Xiao Yu greatly. He began to think rapidly, “Spatial fluctuation weapons… where did they obtain the manufacturing technology for such weapons? Could it be that during this period they too had a stroke of fortune and obtained the legacy of some Level 6 Civilization? No, that is not right. Although this spatial fluctuation weapon falls under the category of spatial weapons, its power is clearly much lower than mine. One must know, my spatial weapons are a castrated version, not a complete Level 6 creation. Yet even so, their spatial weapons are still inferior to mine. Does this mean… they developed it themselves? Otherwise how could the power be this weak?”

This inference gave Xiao Yu a sense of crisis, because it meant that at least in spatial technology the Level 5 Civilization Alliance had already stepped into certain domains of a Level 6 Civilization. They were already standing at the threshold of spatial technology, and in this respect they had gone even farther than Xiao Yu.

“So this is your trump card? I understand. I understand. I know what you intend to do.” Xiao Yu murmured, completely abandoning the plan to harass the Alliance.

The situation had changed. Once this fleet revealed its trump card, the spatial fluctuation weapon, Xiao Yu knew his previous calculations were wrong. He did not have the ability to annihilate these nearly ten million warships within five hours. To wipe them out completely would require at least six days, or seven, and that was with the Earth participating.

There was no helping it. Xiao Yu had fully understood the Alliance’s intention. Driven to the limit by Xiao Yu, the Alliance finally brought out its trump card, these ten million ships equipped with the most advanced weapons and possessed of the strongest maneuverability. They sent these ten million ships to their deaths for only one purpose, to win a few days of time.

Indeed, these ships had come to die. Although these ships were the pinnacle technological creations of the Alliance, they were still somewhat inferior to Xiao Yu’s ships and were not his match. But there was one point. These ships might not match Xiao Yu’s warships, but… could they not at least delay him?

Exchanging ten million of the most advanced ships and the lives of several hundred million soldiers for a few days of time is not excessive, is it?

At this moment, this raiding fleet had already launched the fiercest assault on Xiao Yu’s rear bases. It was a completely reckless way of fighting. These ships did not care how badly they were damaged or whether they would be hit by the enemy. They pursued only one thing, to hit the enemy and do as much damage as they could.

Here there were large numbers of Xiao Yu’s warships, as well as the Home ships that had low mobility and basically no combat power, and the planetary bases. All of these needed protection. To protect them, vast portions of Xiao Yu’s fleet were tied down here.

Emergency signals were transmitted continually aboard the Home ships and planetary bases. All non-combat ships were confined to their positions and forbidden to leave the Home ships or planetary bases. Meanwhile, the shields were powered up to maximum. Xiao Yu massed substantial combat strength around these locations, ready at any time to unleash annihilating strikes on attacking enemies.

On the planetary bases, all construction actions had been completely halted. All intelligent beings remaining there were gathered into emergency shelters. Outside, only the robots continued their busy labor, maintaining the normal operation of the planetary shields.

The planets began to grow quiet. The machines that normally roared without cease fell silent. The transport ships that shuttled everywhere disappeared. The rest areas that once bustled with crowds had no human shadows left.

A wartime solemnity enveloped the entire planet.

“The planetary shield will not be breached, right? Are we in danger here?” In one emergency shelter, an intelligent being asked worriedly.

He was answered by another intelligent being with a tone full of disdain, “Why are you so timid? The so-called Level 5 Civilization Alliance is nothing more than a rabble. Know this, our forces have all gathered here to defend. The committee members of the Military Committee, under the master’s leadership, are steadily sweeping away these enemies who dared attack us. How could we possibly fail? Do not overthink it. While we have this break, relaxing properly is what matters. Whew… this stuff tastes great. Is there more? Give me some more.”

“There is, there is, rest assured. All kinds of food are supplied without limit. You could eat until you burst and still not finish it.”

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Outside was a brutal war, yet here there was laughter and joy. If Xiao Yu knew the emergency shelters had been treated like entertainment venues by these people, one wonders what he would think.

Judging by the Alliance’s average warship strength, never mind ten million warships, even twenty million Xiao Yu could handle with ease. He would not even need to handle them, because ordinary warships simply could not catch the Home ships and planetary bases. Xiao Yu could just pilot these assets to flee directly. But the ten million warships that came now were not ordinary. They possessed basic spatial weapons, boasted stronger maneuverability and defenses by comparison, and their speed slightly exceeded that of the Home ships and planetary war stars. Facing these ships, Xiao Yu could not run and could only stand and take it.

The fierce battle had already begun. Xiao Yu’s fleet fully defended the Home ships and planetary bases while striving to destroy the enemy warships as quickly as possible. Meanwhile, not far away within the Death Flower Star System, large numbers of planetary war stars, various warships, commercial, civilian, and industrial ships and fortresses, and various bases were rapidly adjusting their orbits. Ten of the largest planetary war stars had been selected to stand foremost facing the star, while every other asset that could be moved was hidden behind these ten planets.

It was clear the Alliance had made the decision to sacrifice these ten planetary war stars, using them as shields to block the terrifying energy of the star after it exploded.

And Xiao Yu could only watch this happen. Although during this redeployment the Alliance’s defensive line could be said to be riddled with holes, full of gaps, and if Xiao Yu could attack at this moment he could achieve enormous results at minimal cost, he did not have the strength to interfere. To resist the suicidal assault of these ten million warships, ninety-five percent of Xiao Yu’s strength was tied down here, and the remaining five percent would accomplish little even if sent to attack.

These ten million warships used their lives to buy five days, allowing the main forces in the rear to complete redeployment and arrangements, dissolving the crisis Xiao Yu had created for them. Their method of attack was so brutal that it secretly shocked even Xiao Yu. He saw that after these ships were hit and damaged to a certain degree, they would, to avoid being captured, immediately self-destruct without hesitation. Furthermore, after the Death Flower Star System completed its defensive setup, the roughly one million warships that remained launched one final suicidal attack, releasing their most intense vitality amid the ferocious battle, and then… there was no then. They all died. To prevent Xiao Yu from acquiring the technology aboard these ships, they all died. Even those who need not have died ended their lives by self-destruction, because they knew they had no chance of escape under Xiao Yu’s heavy blockade.

More than ten million warships, all lost in battle, not a single one survived.

For this, Xiao Yu paid the price of losing three million warships. All Home ships and planetary bases were preserved, not a single one fell. A few Home ships sustained some degree of damage and required maintenance, that was all.

This campaign had ended. At that very moment, Xiao Yu received intelligence. It indicated that the star within the Death Flower Star System had already been detonated by the Alliance. The distance from here to that star was over one hundred billion kilometers, so the light and energy of the star’s eruption had not yet reached Xiao Yu. What Xiao Yu still saw was a star in its normal appearance. But through tachyon detection, he had received the news in advance.

Xiao Yu could not remain here any longer. Although this place was more than one hundred billion kilometers from the Death Flower Star System, in the starry void that distance was negligible. At such a distance Xiao Yu could not withstand the star’s terrifying eruptive energy. So Xiao Yu had to flee, and during the retreat make arrangements to sacrifice one or two planetary bases to withstand the most violent first wave of the stellar explosion’s energy, after which he could return.

Xiao Yu once again set his fleet and the other ships, along with the nine planetary bases, into curvature flight and began to escape this region.

“Fine, have it your way.” Xiao Yu thought bitterly. “But even if you resolved this crisis, you have suffered losses of immeasurable severity. At the very least, your ten million most elite warships are gone, all immobile stellar-system defense installations and the like have been destroyed, and the star is gone. From now on you can only rely on those one hundred plus planetary war stars to construct your defensive system. Having suffered such grave losses, I very much want to see whether you can still withstand my attacks.”

“I will be back soon. When I return, it will be the moment your Level 5 Civilization Alliance is dismantled by me.”