Rebirth of the Super Battleship-Chapter 590: Spatial Geometry

On the grand scale of the universe as a frame of reference, whether it was the more than one hundred planetary war stars clustered together by the Level 5 Civilization Alliance or the seventeen stars transported by Xiao Yu, they could all be regarded as points in the mathematical sense. How to use seventeen points to block a single point involved very complex spatial geometry algorithms. It was not as simple as just transporting the stars and flying them directly toward the target. 𝓯𝙧𝓮𝓮𝒘𝓮𝙗𝙣𝒐𝒗𝒆𝓵.𝓬𝓸𝒎

In this process, Xiao Yu had to take into account the target’s position, speed, and direction of motion, as well as predict what changes the other side might make next and how his own actions would affect the other side. Xiao Yu had to consider all of these things.

Among these factors, the target’s position, speed, and direction of motion were visible factors. Xiao Yu could determine them through observation. Prediction, however, was more difficult. Xiao Yu had to consider the temperament of the opposing leader, decision-making habits, and even the thinking style of their internal think tank. To that end, Xiao Yu convened a large number of scientists in social psychology, who specialized in making assessments of these matters in order to determine his next course of action.

For this war, the entire Divine Ark Civilization moved into action. Science and Technology Division scientists were working hard to research new theories, develop new technology, and manufacture new and more powerful weapons. Psychosocial Sciences Division scientists needed to help the Military Committee assess the war situation and propose suggestions for Xiao Yu’s decisions. Vast numbers of ordinary intelligent beings contributed their labor, manufacturing large numbers of warships and various instruments for Xiao Yu’s use. It could be said that for this war, Xiao Yu and the Divine Ark Civilization were already giving their all.

Both sides were racing against time. The crucial time node took the development of planetary curvature flight by the Level 5 Civilization Alliance as the dividing line.

If the Level 5 Civilization Alliance developed planetary curvature flight technology before Xiao Yu destroyed them, they could easily break Xiao Yu’s blockade and render the tactic of transporting stars ineffective.

Both sides understood this very well. Xiao Yu could therefore imagine to what extent the Level 5 Civilization Alliance longed for new technology at this moment. This also determined the intensity of Xiao Yu’s attacks on the Level 5 Civilization Alliance.

“Star Number One is already less than one light-year from the Level 5 Civilization Alliance, but the Level 5 Civilization Alliance has now accelerated the planetary war stars to a speed greater than 0.3 times lightspeed, so Star Number One cannot possibly catch up to them. However, Star Number One still needs to exist. It can block this section of cosmic void and make the Level 5 Civilization Alliance dare not flee in this direction.” In the conference room, Luka Two pointed at the virtual three-dimensional holographic projection and said, “The positions of Stars Number Two through Seventeen are as follows. Mm, at present we have sealed off ten percent of the cosmic void. The Level 5 Civilization Alliance still has ninety percent of directions to choose from. But based on the current situation and extrapolating from our earlier moves, I judge that the most likely next escape directions for the Level 5 Civilization Alliance are these three, namely here, here, and here.”

After a brief pause, Luka Two continued, “According to the analysis by our Psychosocial Sciences Division scientists, our recommendation is that we should adopt the following response plan. Star Number Fifteen should move toward declination 157 and right ascension 56. Star Number Eight should move toward…”

Xiao Yu quickly performed calculations. A moment later, Xiao Yu said, “This projection is very reasonable. In fact, using seventeen stars to block the escape route of the Level 5 Civilization Alliance is somewhat inadequate. But the other stars are too far away, and with our technology we cannot transport them here in a short time. Making good use of the resources at hand is therefore extremely important. Number Two, you have done very well. I will arrange the next step according to this projection.”

The situation was indeed as Xiao Yu said. In the vast void, using seventeen points to encircle one point was indeed quite difficult. Under such circumstances, predicting the opponent’s intent in advance became extremely important. If the prediction was wrong, it was very likely the encirclement would fail and the other side would escape. Even if the other side escaped, it would still be possible to continue the encirclement by transporting stars from outside, but that would undoubtedly waste much more time and introduce many unnecessary variables. If during that wasted time the Level 5 Civilization Alliance developed planetary curvature flight technology, it would be very bad and would affect the entire situation.

Fortunately, the team led by Luka Two were experts in this field. Up to this point, none of Luka Two’s predictions had been wrong.

Thus Xiao Yu continued, step by step, to shrink the blocking range of the seventeen stars. The smaller the range, the lower the Level 5 Civilization Alliance’s chance of escape and the smaller their space for action.

This state of affairs continued for a full fifty years. During these fifty years, Xiao Yu continuously transported stars to encircle and intercept the Level 5 Civilization Alliance while also dispatching fleets to carry out various strikes against them.

In these fifty years of wits and courage, both sides were constantly guessing each other’s intentions and thoughts and using them as the basis for their own next actions. Fortunately, because of the presence of Luka Two and his leadership team, Xiao Yu held an absolute advantage in this respect.

Thus, today, fifty years later, Xiao Yu ushered in such a favorable situation. Star Number Nine had already been transported to within less than 0.1 light-years of the Level 5 Civilization Alliance, and their relative speed had dropped to less than one thousand kilometers per second.

This meant that in only a few more months, Xiao Yu could detonate this star to strike the Level 5 Civilization Alliance.

At such a juncture, all stratagems lost their effect. Unless the Level 5 Civilization Alliance could pull off a miracle by immediately developing planetary curvature flight technology and immediately putting it into use, only then might they escape with their lives.

Regrettably, a few months was far too short. Xiao Yu saw that the Level 5 Civilization Alliance had begun constructing a large number of underground targets on the planetary war stars while also adjusting planetary orbits to have these more than one hundred planets cover one another. This made it clear they had already psychologically prepared themselves to face an imminent attack by a star detonation.

Constructing underground targets was an attempt to maintain basic control over a given planet even after the planetary shield was destroyed when the planet was struck by the star detonation. Adjusting the orbits to provide mutual cover among planets was meant to minimize their losses.

This also involved extremely complex spatial geometry. With such an arrangement, they ensured that no matter from which direction the star was detonated, no matter from which direction the energy of the star’s explosion came, the planetary war stars of the Level 5 Civilization Alliance could not all be wiped out and their own damage would be minimized.

Following the principles of such arrangements and based on the Level 5 Civilization Alliance’s layout, Xiao Yu reached the following conclusion. If he controlled the star and detonated it from direction a, then planetary war stars Number Three, Fifteen, Twenty-Seven, and nineteen planets in total would be affected, but the remaining planets would be protected by those nineteen. If it was detonated from direction b, twenty-three planets would be affected, and similarly the remaining planets would be protected.

In this stage of the war, both sides made extensive use of complex spatial geometry to enhance their own combat effectiveness and reduce the other side’s damage to themselves. Spatial geometry played an extremely important role during this period. The Level 5 Civilization Alliance was able to make such arrangements thanks to research in spatial geometry.

“Although you have reduced the damage to the minimum, this degree of damage is still a serious blow to you. At the very least, the various star system’s defense systems drifting within your defensive ring cannot all be completely protected, can they? The planetary war stars that are lost carry a large amount of industrial infrastructure. The loss of these facilities will also affect you, will it not? Moreover, I have many stars. This star is only the first wave of attacks. After this wave, the second wave will arrive very soon.”

Xiao Yu also began calculations in spatial geometry. Xiao Yu was calculating from which azimuth detonation of the star would achieve the greatest effect. The Level 5 Civilization Alliance used spatial geometry to reduce their own losses, while Xiao Yu used spatial geometry to maximize his killing power.

After various complex calculations, Xiao Yu finally determined the location of the star’s detonation and, while ensuring defense, determined the detonation distance. Thus, under Xiao Yu’s control, this star slowly approached the predetermined detonation location.

At this moment, large numbers of Level 5 Civilization Alliance warships had already hidden themselves. They concealed themselves behind the planetary war stars, attempting to avoid this catastrophe. But Xiao Yu would not let this opportunity pass. Under Xiao Yu’s command, as many as three million warships took advantage of the gaps in the Level 5 Civilization Alliance’s defenses created by the hiding of their warships to launch a new round of attacks.

The Level 5 Civilization Alliance rapidly dispatched warships to respond. The actions of these defensive warships were extremely swift and decisive, but in Xiao Yu’s eyes they carried an air of tragic determination.

For Xiao Yu, warships were merely numbers. As long as there was sufficient time and resources, Xiao Yu could build limitless numbers of them. For the Level 5 Civilization Alliance, however, it was not so.

There were living beings piloting them. Once they left the cover of the planetary war stars, these warships would certainly die in the radiance of the star’s explosion.

From the instant they left the planetary war stars, the fate of these warships and the soldiers within them was decided, regardless of whether they could repel Xiao Yu’s assault.