High-tech warfare had always been fast, accurate, and ruthless. It was a one-hit kill, leaving the opponent no time to breathe.
During the Iraq War of the old era, it only took 21 days to completely destroy the Iraqi regime and take control of the entire territory. There were 128 American soldiers who died, 110 of them died in the war and 18 of them died in accidents. According to the previous prediction, the war would last for one to two years.
As for the war between the Humans and the Glassian civilization, although the battlefield had expanded to an entire galaxy, it only took 20 hours from start to finish.
Although the war had not ended completely and the battlefield had yet to be cleaned up, the Humans had already predicted the outcome with the destruction of all the Glassian inhabited planets.
There were 14 warships left when the Humans retreated but only 11 managed to leave the battlefield. There were another three warships that would remain in the galaxy forever. 120 crew members had died on the eve of dawn.
Due to the long distance, the Humans were unable to confirm the exact results of the war. No one could guarantee if the star map was accurate or not. Did the attack miss? Especially at such a high speed, the error of a millimeter was equivalent to a thousand miles. Even if the error of a microsecond was magnified to six times the speed of light, it would still be a difference of 1.8 kilometers.
The commander of the fleet, Hou Shuwen, contacted the captains of the various warships. After a moment of silence, they decided to follow the plan to clean up the battlefield.
A minute later, tens of thousands of space fighters shot out from the battleships like a swarm of locusts. Their engines then shot out a plasma flame that was a few kilometers long, flying in all directions into the dark space.
Compared to the third generation of space fighters that performed well during the previous war with the Glassians, these space fighters had been developed to the fourth generation.
It was smaller, with a length of only 150 meters and a wingspan of only 65 meters. However, its small size did not mean that it was weak.
The reason for this was that it was similar to the warships, using an antimatter power furnace.
On the other hand, it had completely abandoned the electromagnetic cannon and only had light speed energy attacks, which saved a lot of space to carry ammunition.
The electromagnetic cannon was powerful and easy to make. It could also carry various powerful warheads including antimatter nuclear warheads and intelligent tracking warheads. However, its shortcomings were quite obvious. For example, its speed was slow, the weapon system occupied a lot of space (it needed a long enough acceleration rail) and it relied heavily on the material of the cannon barrel. Its power could not be compared to energy weapons that could be stacked with quantum energy to increase its power infinitely.
To civilizations that had just stepped into interstellar space and had insufficient energy levels, it might be a powerful weapon. However, to humans, it was already of little value.
Coupled with the use of the antimatter power furnace, the energy output of the space fighter was increased by a few levels. This allowed the energy attack to be comparable to the power of the antimatter warhead. Hence, the flawed electromagnetic cannon was removed from the list of human weapons.
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As soon as the space fighter entered the battlefield, it began to clear the Glassian's AI defense turrets. Previously, because of the Reactionless Drive Warship, which was beyond the limits of both parties, it was impossible to see the level of the Glassian's technology. But now, with the close combat, it was clear to see the technological gap between the Glassian and the Humans.
No matter if it was the reaction speed of the Glassian's defense fort or the prediction of its movement trajectory, they were all slower than the space fighter. Usually, when the fort had just launched its attack, the space fighter had already hit the fort from afar and was vaporized by the high-density energy rays.
Coupled with the strong mobility of the space fighter, its movement trajectory was random. Sometimes, it would suddenly accelerate at a speed of more than 1000 G and then decelerate like a cliff. One second, it was still flying in a straight line and the next moment, it could make a sharp turn at an angle of 60 degrees. On the other side, there was a relatively fixed defense facility. The battle was completely one-sided and the loss rate of the space fighter was shockingly low.
They were like a group of locusts, constantly gnawing at the Glassian's solid defense and gradually advancing into the inner circle of the galaxy.
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"The war has ended!" Luo Yuan retracted his gaze from the fourth dimension. He felt slightly complicated.
He could still remember how powerful the Glassian was when they first appeared in front of the Humans. It was a mountain that made people feel suffocated. They were like stray dogs that were forced to leave their home planet and started a great escape.
However, more than 30 years had passed and the situation had changed. The Glassian civilization was overtaken by the Humans and a prosperous and huge civilization was destroyed.
As the saying goes, the river flows east for 30 years, and the river flows west for 30 years.
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It was late at night and the Space City was silent. Suddenly, Luo Yuan had the urge to go to the battlefield to have a look. This civilization had given him a lot of pressure in the past. It would be a pity if he could not see it up close.
Moreover, it was only 30 light years away. He could definitely go back and forth within a month.
As he was thinking about it, Luo Yuan left a short message in the virtual world. His body turned into nothingness and instantly appeared in space. After a few teleportations, he had already flown out of Barnard's Star.
Immediately, he was ready to fly in the space-time bubble. Just as he thought about it, the space around him underwent a drastic change. The strong space fluctuation even triggered a space tide nearby.
Throughout the years, his Will was more than 10 times stronger than before. He could control the space like it was his natural talent. In just a moment, the space-time bubble around him pushed his body to move at an astonishing speed.
Ten minutes later, his speed had reached 300 times the speed of light. Dense superluminal photons were colliding in front of him, accumulating and almost materializing.
Ever since he arrived at Barnard's Star 20 years ago, Luo Yuan had flown in the space-time bubble once. All these years, it was his first time using it. He was slightly unprepared for such a violent acceleration. In just 10 minutes, he had reached the maximum speed of the last time he flew in the space-time bubble.
He was too close to the star system. Unlike the black region between galaxies, the photons were unusually dense. He felt that his body was gradually melting and a large number of atoms were being bombarded by the photons. Apparently, 300 times the speed of light was the limit of his body. If he were to fly any faster, his entire body would probably be vaporized.
However, Luo Yuan had no intention of slowing down. He pondered for a while and the next moment, a part of his Will continued to maintain the space-time bubble while another part of his Will probed into every atom on his skin. The surface of his body changed. The atoms were completely crushed and the nucleus of each atom was forcefully squeezed together. The electrons were turned into free electrons but were instantly bombarded by the superluminal photons.
At this moment, the surface of his body had become extremely dense and was many times smoother than a mirror.
The atomic nuclei were squeezed together and were firmly fixed in place. The molecular movements had completely disappeared and the atomic nuclei were trembling. The surface of his body was in a state of absolute zero and the high temperature was completely isolated.
No matter how the superluminal photons bombarded him, the surface of his body remained unmoved.
His speed was getting faster and faster until it was close to 1,500 times the speed of light. Only then did it finally stabilize.
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