The world was not solid.
Of course, this was only true for those who understood the nature of the world.
For most races trapped in the world, the universe they grew up in was an indestructible mathematical system. They could see it, but they could not change even a footnote in the truth of the universe. Every constant and conversion relationship that maintained the operation of the world was difficult to change. The speed of light was the first barrier that deterred mortals, and it was only the most inconspicuous of the countless "constant" barriers in the world. Humans may be able to travel at the speed of light, but it seemed impossible to make light travel at different speeds under the same conditions. Similarly, it was difficult to make one plus one equal to three, it was difficult to change the length of Planck's time, and it was difficult to change the range and fixed value of basic forces such as strong and weak forces. These things were the cornerstones of the existence of the universe. Every number was like an immortal boulder nailed to the earth, shaping the universe that mortals could see into what they knew. Their "sturdiness" is reflected in the source of these values. Just as a builder builds a house with bricks, he can build the house in any shape, decorate it in any way, paint it with beautiful paint, and even tear the house down into a pile of rubble, but no matter what he does —
The definition of a brick in the world would not change with his actions, and the word "brick" still referred to the same thing.
But for the super civilizations that transcended the shackles of the universe, the world was completely different. In the eyes of the Protoss and the Xi Ling Apostles, the universe was a delicate machine that could break if not handled carefully. Every basic part of it was placed in front of us without any protection. The propagation speed of light in a vacuum was a value that could be easily erased. One plus one equals two was just a temporary gear. The critical energy needed to warp space could be infinite, or it could be just a sneeze. As long as we rewrote the laws and definitions of space, we could do it. Just like the architect who used bricks to build a skyscraper, in the eyes of the architect, it was a solid work, but for the existence of a higher level, it did not even need to lift a finger to destroy the building:
We just need to define a brick as a gas.
It's not difficult to destroy a universe. The difficulty is how to control it. It's like how you don't necessarily know how to take a chip out of a device intact, but almost everyone knows how to smash it into pieces … Well, except for Hawking, but let's not discuss the details here. Therefore, "hot start" to restart the universe safely was a big project that could only be carried out by the arbitration organization, but to destroy a world instantly, all that was needed was a deep breath from the Psionic Death Star.
"The Celestial System Fleet has entered the battlefield. The core of the Death Star is being charged. The planetary fleet and satellite formation have detected a large number of high-energy reactions in transit and will engage the enemy. " The report from the largest fleet in history was transmitted to the bridge of the Admiral of the Empire. I and Sandora, who was on the other end of the communicator, nodded in satisfaction at the same time and said in unison, "Open up and fight!"
The Fallen Apostle was taken aback by the sudden appearance of the giant Empire. In all fairness, the visual impact of the Psionic Death Star was definitely more impressive than a dozen King's Landing. Even if this bloated giant weapon just stood there, it could swallow the entire fleet of the Fallen Apostle several times over. Moreover, it was accompanied by a large group of planetary battleships. In the orbit of each planetary battleship, there were at least two-digit heavy fortresses. Those heavy fortresses could almost be seen as small planetary battleships. Between the orbits of the planets of the Celestial System Fleet, a large number of fleets patrolled like soldiers guarding a beehive. Although most of them were made up of small and medium-sized battleships (motherships were not very useful for guarding planetary battleships. They were not suitable to act as escorts. Spaceships that were suitable for escorting other units were small and medium-sized starships), the sheer size of the fleet was enough to make the Fallen Apostle tremble in fear. This was the largest battle fleet that the New Empire had ever formed. As a special fleet, it was independent of the three major battle orders. It could only be activated with the Emperor's personal authorization. Ever since the battle of the Great Nebula, the Celestial System Fleet had rarely turned out in full force like today. Usually, it would only send out some combat planets to carry out missions. However, today, because the flagship of the Celestial System Fleet, the Psionic Death Star, Sandora brought out the entire fleet.
The appearance of such a behemoth on the battlefield was needless to say, attracting hatred. The Fallen Apostles immediately rushed towards the Ancient System. At the same time, all of their space-time weapons began to pour fire on the Celestial System Fleet. According to the battle report from the information link, the Fallen Apostles in the other three warring universes had also begun to move towards this side.
"Oh, it seems that our big guys are putting a lot of pressure on Halland," Sandora said with a slightly raised tone. She then gave an order that sounded a little strange at first. "First and Second Fleets, listen up. Don't intercept your enemies. Let them come. The more, the better. But be careful not to mess up."
"First and Second Fleets, roger that!"
So, the Fallen Apostles' army began to pour in from other battlefields. The pressure on the Celestial System Fleet was getting higher and higher. Halland was very clear that such a breathtaking behemoth was definitely not a decoration. All the big things created by the Empire were developed in the direction of insanity. The appearance of the Celestial System Fleet might have given the Fallen Apostles an explanation. It made them think that they understood why the Imperial Army had suddenly turned passive in all the battlefields. They saw the Psionic Death Star as a superweapon used in the final battle. They thought that this big guy was here to fight them to the death.
No one thought that the New Empire would so decisively decide to abandon the entire universe.
"The Death Star has charged to ninety percent. The end of the world will begin in one minute."
When the electronically synthesized voice of the broadcast ended, Sandora suddenly picked up the communicator. "By the way, Ah Jun, this is the new attack method of the Psionic Death Star … You know what I mean."
I immediately woke up from the surging emotions that the Celestial System Fleet had brought me. Beads of sweat rolled down my forehead. "Wait! Why … "
"Chen Junzhi's Thunderous Roar … Don't look at me. This is the name that Shallow Shallow came up with. You can give the order to ban this name now …"
I was speechless.
Shallow Shallow squeezed through the screen of the communicator and pushed Sandora to the side. Then, she grinned at me foolishly.
"… Why didn't you stop her …" I frowned and said to Sandora with a sad face. There was only one person in the world who could make people so angry that they had a heart attack in the middle of a battlefield. "Just change the name. I am mentally and physically exhausted now …"
"Let's call it Judgment Day then." Sandora smiled at me and pushed Shallow Shallow back. "You will find that there is no better name for it than this."
When Sandora's voice trailed off, the Psionic Death Star had charged to its peak and began to broadcast a warning to all the fleets.
The Fallen Apostle's ferocious attacks did not cause much damage to the Celestial System Fleet. As an unprecedented behemoth, the Celestial System Fleet's ability to withstand damage was outrageous. It was a rather typical fellow with thick skin and thick flesh. The enemy was very smart. They knew that as long as the monstrous flagship still existed, just destroying the combat units around it would not cause much damage to the Celestial System Fleet. So, they directed eighty to ninety percent of their firepower at the surface of the Psionic Death Star. However, they underestimated the Psionic Death Star's ability to withstand damage. Almost ten minutes of indiscriminate bombardment did not even reduce the flames on the surface of the Psionic Death Star in the slightest.
Moreover, the enemy did not know what the Celestial System Fleet was planning to do.
"All fleets, attention. Activate the Order Field in thirty seconds. No one is allowed to move ahead of time!" Sandora's voice echoed in the command link. "Death Star, begin."
"Energy has reached peak. Power up command confirmed. Verifying the current edge of the universe … Verification complete. The Death Star is beginning to guide the end of the world … The end of the world will come in thirty seconds …"
The Psionic Death Star, the ultimate warship shrouded in a sea of blue flames, suddenly stirred up a strange storm on its surface. The million-kilometer-tall solar jets were all withdrawn into the star in an instant, and then erupted a hundred times stronger and more numerous. With a period of about three seconds, the entire Psionic Death Star began to expand and contract as if it was breathing. It was beating like a heart, and with each beat, the unprecedentedly powerful Psionic radiation would crush a part of the surrounding space. Under the illumination of the radiation, the aging stars and black holes at the core of the ancient system were collapsing. Space became unstable, and the cosmic radiation from various sources rapidly strengthened or weakened, drawing distorted lines on the monitoring equipment that would confuse scientists of ordinary races.
Soon, the heartlike beating spread across the entire universe: Psionic energy spread beyond dimensions or even concepts. As an existence that was a level higher than all things in the world, it spread at infinite speed, and if there were no restrictions, a Psionic ray could even shoot from one end of the universe to the other in an instant. And now, the safety lock on the Psionic Death Star had been removed, and its radiance began to be 'broadcasted' across the universe, before assimilating everything there.
At this moment, the death star was still pulsing unhurriedly, expanding and contracting, expanding and contracting … The sound of its heartbeat seemed to be transmitted from the depths of the dark and cold outer space into the hearts of everyone who witnessed this scene, as if the entire world had become a heart. Thump … Thump …
"All fleets, activate the Order Field and prepare to enter the Void!"
"Broadcast complete. World contamination at 100%, all universal constants deleted. The end of the world has been confirmed. "
The entire universe collapsed with a loud bang.
The Psionic Death Star spread its power across the entire universe. This was the so-called 'broadcast', and Psionic energy could surpass all things in the world. It was broadcasted to the entire universe, which meant that the entire world had been 'infected' by the power of the Psionic Death Star at that moment. Due to the assimilation effect of Psionic energy, from a certain point of view, the Psionic Death Star had actually expanded to the extent of the entire universe: everything within the world barrier was actually located within the Death Star.
Mathematical devices powered by Psionic energy had this property: all mathematical phenomena within the coverage of the Psionic Death Star could be controlled by the same energy source. This was the principle of the Psionic Death Star guiding the end of the world. It was simple, crude, environmentally friendly, and highly efficient. After the guidance was completed, the destruction of the world would only take one Planck time.
The Imperial Army activated the Order Field the moment the universe collapsed, and then they were thrown into the Void along with the Fallen Apostles. However, the Fallen Apostles didn't have the time to activate the Order Field — they instantly suffered a terrifying impact.
The world that had been repeatedly fought over no longer existed. It disappeared in an instant, and not even a scrap was left. The armies of the Imperial Army opened up hundreds and thousands of Order Fields that floated in the original location of the world, just like the large and small escape pods that floated in space after a mothership had collapsed. The people in the escape pods watched coldly as the Fallen Apostles' battleships were assimilated into basic information units in the Void. They didn't even have time to explode before they turned into scattered information. After that, not even this bit of information would be left.
"It seems that there was no need to seal the barrier at all. They didn't expect us to 'detonate' their own territory." I watched as the Fallen Apostles' reactions on the early warning radar disappeared one by one. I smacked my lips and sighed at Sandora. Then, I added, "Also … it really hurts … It wasn't easy for us to build this military node …"
Sandora silently glanced at me through the communicator and turned her face to the side. "Don't mention that. It hurts me too."
"The enemy's flagship formation and King's Landing formation are activating the Order Field!" Sives's sudden voice interrupted the two Emperors' heartache. "They have withstood the initial impact!"
I immediately looked in Sives' direction. "What about the intercepting troops?"
"The enemy's resistance is intense, and we can't break through!" I saw a large group of tattered black and red spaceships activating the Order Field. The Order Field was obviously constructed in a hurry and lacked stability. As a result, the spaceships within the Order Field were continuously damaged. However, these spaceships that had barely survived the Void Shock had successfully blocked the Imperial Army's intercepting troops. They had used their large numbers and fearless self-destruction.
The Void Shock after the world disappeared had destroyed almost all of the Fallen Apostle's small and medium-sized warships. However, the powerful motherships could rely on their original psionic shields to sustain themselves in the Void Shock for a long time until they could activate the Order Field again. We had thought of this and immediately launched an attack on the enemy's motherships after the collapse of the universe. However, we hadn't expected so many large spaceships to survive. Now, they had completely given up their lives and wanted to cover the retreat of their Emperor and the super warships at the cost of total annihilation. At this moment, I could already see Halland's flagship formation from the images transmitted from the frontlines. It was the Fallen Apostle's Royal Fleet. It was huge and well-organized. It didn't seem to have suffered any damage. Among them, the largest was a strange-looking "Double Bridge" warship. It looked as though it was made up of two Eternal-class motherships, but it was longer. That should be the royal flagship that Halland had specially made, just like the Empire Admiral. I knew that Halland was on it. However, the Imperial Army couldn't stop this fleet from retreating. The radar showed that the difference between the enemy's Order Field and the Imperial Army's Order Field was close to a critical point. Once this point was crossed, we would lose track of the other party forever.
"We can't stop it anymore." Just as I was about to order all the interception troops to capture the enemy's leader, Xiaoxue suddenly tugged at my sleeve. "Dad, let the interception troops give up. It's not worth it to chase after them. The Royal Fleet's counterattack is very powerful. Moreover, our army is in a terrible state right now."
I was stunned for a moment. In the end, I could only nod reluctantly. No matter what, we had to listen to the prophet. Back then, the old Empire had suffered a lot in this regard …
Moreover, our warriors were indeed exhausted. As the saying goes, don't chase a cornered enemy. The counterattack of a Fallen Apostle before his death could be very powerful. Moreover, he still had an entire Royal Fleet under his command that was almost undamaged. The risk was too great.
"Reorganize the army. Calculate the losses. Return to the ship and reorganize. Also …" Sandora silently looked at the empty void. "After returning, revise the borders of the Empire."
This fierce battle had finally ended. The good news might be that we had finally defeated the Fallen Apostle. However, the bad news seemed to be far greater than the good news. Most of the enemy's super warships at King's Landing were still in good condition. Their Royal Fleet and all of their high-ranking commanders had also safely retreated from the battlefield. The soldiers that the Fallen Apostles had lost in this battle were all troops that could be mass-produced again. Even if the losses were huge, they could still rely on their own powerful industrial backing to quickly replenish themselves. Their replenishment speed far surpassed that of the Empire.
As for the Imperial Army … In terms of the battle losses, the Imperial Army's losses were fewer than the Fallen Apostles'. Due to some unknown reason, the Fallen Apostles' fighting condition was terrible. As a result, we were able to complete this battle with relatively low casualties. However, we had to consider that the Imperial Army's numbers were originally lower than the Fallen Apostles'. We and the enemy had a natural weakness in terms of hard power. In this battle, all three of the Imperial Army's armies had suffered great losses. The First and Second Armies would have to temporarily be on the second line for a long period of time. The Sixth Army had experienced two consecutive fierce battles, and their losses were close to half.
In a short two days of battle, the Imperial Army's losses had already exceeded the several months of fierce battles in the Great Nebula.
Even more losses had yet to be calculated. However, I knew that there would definitely be more than what we could see now.
Apart from this, there were still many things that needed to be resolved as soon as possible. For example, what was the reason for the Fallen Apostles' abnormal movements this time? Did Lin Xue see any crucial turning point in the future? Also, why did the army that Halland brought over perform so much worse than the Fallen Apostles in the past?
For a very long period of time, I would probably be very busy …
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