Rebirth of the Super Battleship-Chapter 721: Soul Attacks and High-Dimensional Attacks

“Although I have long ceased to exist in this universe, seeing that you have finally obtained the capital to confront the Sweepers Civilization still makes me very gratified. Now, I will tell you the insights and some understandings I gained when fighting the Sweepers Civilization…”

“That is correct. The Neutron War Star indeed possesses a certain soul attack capability, and it was precisely because of this capability that I was killed by it. It also possesses a certain large-area attack weapon that seems to be based on spatial energy. In battle, it was because of this large-area attack that the forces participating in the siege against the Sweepers Civilization suffered heavy losses. As for this large-area attack weapon, I do not have a good countermeasure to tell you. You can only rely on your own warships to withstand it head-on. Also, the Neutron War Star possesses high-dimensional attack capability. Regrettably, for this high-dimensional attack capability, I also do not have a very good countermeasure. As for the soul attack capability… I have found a certain limited method of response.”

“Before I died, I finally found a way to fully advance to a four-dimensional lifeform. If given enough time, I could have completely become a full four-dimensional being, that is, a Level 7 Alien Beast, stepping into a new stage and a new world. Unfortunately, I did not have the time. I could only place these insights upon the four-dimensional shield. That is correct. The four-dimensional shield can, to a certain extent, resist high-dimensional attacks and soul attacks. You need to stack many four-dimensional shields together. The greater the number, the stronger the protection. Completely enshroud your hiding place, and this kind of attack based on the origin of life will be unable to affect you.”

“The following are some of my insights into high-dimensional attacks. I hope you can rely on these things to find a way to counter the Neutron War Star’s high-dimensional attack capability…”

Xiao Yu listened quietly and did not make any reply. Because Xiao Yu knew this was merely a message the half four-dimensional Taihao had left before its death. It was already dead and had completely disappeared from the universe.

“So that is how it is… fine, I hope you are right.” Xiao Yu murmured. “I hope the method you mentioned can truly counter soul attacks. Hm… I still have a little more than twenty-three thousand four-dimensional shields. Then divide these shields into two portions, one portion to be equipped on the Solar, and one portion to be equipped on the Micron corpse to provide protection for the Specter. The Specter will provide sufficient energy to keep these four-dimensional shields operating. Only, in such a case, during high-intensity combat, the time the Specter can control the Micron corpse will once again be shortened…”

“In the message left by the half four-dimensional Taihao, the large-area attack originating from a certain spatial energy should be the Spatial Starburst. There truly is no good way to block this weapon. One can only rely on warships to withstand it. However, given my current warship performance, ships at the Nation-Class and above should still be able to withstand such an attack.”

“I hope you are right, because I have absolutely no concept of the soul or the so-called origin of life and am completely unable to conduct research. I hope this method will be effective… fine, let this problem be considered resolved for now. Then what about high-dimensional attacks?”

Among Xiao Yu’s current ships there are four-dimensional shields and two-dimensional shields, as well as all sorts of other shields, but there is one point that is beyond doubt. These shields all lack the ability to block attacks coming from the fourth dimension. It is like a closed circle on paper. No two-dimensional lifeform can break through the circle’s line to reach the interior, but a three-dimensional lifeform can easily enter the circle’s interior by using the higher dimension of height. So too is the relationship between four dimensions and three.

The half four-dimensional Taihao’s message ended there. The last trace it left behind also vanished. And Xiao Yu, while continuing the large-scale construction tasks, also continued to ponder how to respond to this type of high-dimensional attack.

Time passed bit by bit. In the blink of an eye, half of the one thousand years had already gone by. Xiao Yu’s warship reserves finally reached ten billion. Construction of the interstellar defense system had been completed to about sixty percent. The remaining forty percent would be completed in the time ahead.

The Taihao Alliance had stayed by Xiao Yu’s side, and during this period the Specter companions trained every day by controlling the Micron corpse to either confront or cooperate with the Taihao Alliance. With Xiao Yu’s support, rare materials could be obtained at any time, and the injuries of the Alien Beast Taihao had already recovered a great deal. However, after recovering, the Alien Beast Taihao’s temperament seemed to have changed. It was no longer so irritable and instead became taciturn. It was unknown whether this was because it had been taught a lesson and grown fearful, or because other life factors had influenced it. Xiao Yu did not pay too much attention to it.

Because of the existence of the Level 7 barrier, Xiao Yu’s technological progress had completely stagnated. The only places where breakthroughs might still be achieved were to search within the constructs obtained from the mechanical direction Level 7 civilization, the technological data left by the microscopic direction Level 7 civilization, and the four-dimensional jump technology left by an unknown Level 7 civilization. But this was an extremely complex and enormous project. Even with Xiao Yu’s scientific research strength, parsing these things required a vast amount of time to accumulate.

Therefore Xiao Yu did not harbor extravagant hopes of parsing all these technologies before the Sweepers Civilization launched its attack. Xiao Yu merely treated these things as clues leading into a Level 7 civilization and waited for the time after he had won the war against the Sweepers Civilization, when he would be free of worries and could then spend a great deal of time parsing these technologies with single-minded focus, ultimately entering a Level 7 civilization.

With no technological progress, the entire upper echelon of the Divine Ark Civilization fell into a decadent state. Xiao Yu knew this state was dangerous. If it were an ordinary Level 6 civilization, upon encountering such a state and losing the ability to move forward, the outstanding figures within the civilization would turn their energy and attention toward other areas, such as war or internal strife. This was a very bad state.

This state continued for a while longer, until Xiao Yu once again received a message.

This message greatly exceeded Xiao Yu’s expectations, because Xiao Yu had originally thought he would have no possibility of dealing with this civilization again in this lifetime, and even if there were such a possibility, it would be far in the future.

The sender of this message was the Guardian Civilization.

“Divine Ark Civilization, greetings. We are the new leadership of the Guardian Civilization. Contacting you this time is a decision made only after prudent discussion and consideration within our civilization. Yes, that is right, we plan to help you.”

“To be frank, our help does not come from any good intentions. We deeply hate your Divine Ark Civilization, and we also deeply hate the Sweepers Civilization, which is why we have decided to help you. Because compared to the Sweepers Civilization, you are truly too weak now. Even if your civilization possesses the Micron corpse, we still do not believe your chances of victory are very high. As you are now, you cannot inflict overly serious damage on the Sweepers Civilization, while what we hope to see is mutual destruction between you and the Sweepers Civilization. For there to be mutual destruction, you must now further increase your strength.”

“We will hand over to you some technological data regarding high-dimensional space. Regarding technology of high-dimensional space, our civilization has not found feasible methods either. We merely have a few insights. We hope you can, on the basis of our work, find a way to respond to high-dimensional attacks…”

“Enough, that is all. Farewell. We hope we never meet again.”

The Guardian Civilization’s message ended there. Xiao Yu only listened quietly the whole time and made no reply. The relationship between the Divine Ark Civilization and the Guardian Civilization was very strange now. These two civilizations had originally been mortal enemies, yet because of the existence of the powerful Sweepers Civilization, they were temporarily united. 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝒆𝒘𝙚𝓫𝙣𝙤𝒗𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

The Guardian Civilization’s stated reasons were very reasonable. As for the data they handed over, with just a glance Xiao Yu confirmed its authenticity. Yet Xiao Yu still harbored some suspicion.

“Is it really merely because you hate the Sweepers Civilization that you have come to help us…” Xiao Yu pondered silently. “Since you have already decided to voyage beyond the galaxy, why are you still paying so much attention to the Sweepers Civilization? Is it merely because of emotional anger that you have come to help me? This could be one person’s temperament, but it is unlikely to be a civilization’s temperament. The dealings between civilizations should be rational, not mixed with an individual’s emotional factors like this.”

Xiao Yu thought of the Battle of the Galactic Center. In order to block the Sweepers Civilization from advancing to a Level 7 civilization, the Guardian Civilization had been willing to pay a huge price and had racked its brains to destroy him. It could be confirmed that at that time the Guardian Civilization had already been constructing the star route and was nearing its end. After the extragalactic voyage they would basically have no further relations with the Sweepers Civilization, so why did they still care so much about the Sweepers Civilization?

“There is only one possibility. The Guardian Civilization fears that after the Sweepers Civilization advances to a Level 7 civilization, it will continue to go beyond the galaxy to deal with them. Then why are you afraid? It is hard for me to understand a Level 7 civilization eagerly running to extragalactic space for the sole purpose of annihilating a Level 6 civilization. Perhaps there is still some secret between the Sweepers and the Guardians that I do not yet know. The greatest possibility is that the Guardian Civilization possesses some item or data that the Sweepers Civilization is determined to obtain. Therefore, the Guardian Civilization knows that even if they voyage beyond the galaxy, the Sweepers Civilization will not let them go, which is why they have never forgotten the Sweepers Civilization.”

“But it is still very contradictory. Why did the Sweepers Civilization not take advantage of the time when the Guardian Civilization was still within the Milky Way and rely on the Neutron War Star to directly assault the Guardian Civilization? Could there be more matters among them that I do not know?”

Xiao Yu was extremely puzzled and could not figure these things out at all.

“Leave it be for now… first parse the high-dimensional technology. I hope that in the time to come I can perfect this technology and ultimately find a way to counter high-dimensional attacks…”