King's Landing had already shown us two of its famous three moves: Revelation and the Gospel, the most powerful macroscopic field control device, and the sturdiest defensive barrier. Now, only Genesis had yet to show us. It was said that the thing could blow up thousands of stars like a machine gun. This attack didn't sound as powerful as the Gospel, which resisted the collapse of the universe, but there was one thing to note. Genesis's attack was purely based on the Laws: Material Deletion. In terms of power, Genesis was half an order of magnitude higher than the Gospel!
If it was attacked by Genesis head-on, even the Empire fleet that could reverse phase would lose more than half of its forces.
But now, it seemed that Genesis's attack wouldn't come. The huge rings had strengthened the Gospel and Revelation. Ockham's strategy was simple and deadly: Reverse time. Do everything possible to reverse time so that the Black Sun would repeat the scene of the gods' self-destruction in twelve hours. Compared to Genesis, that self-destruction would probably be more deadly. More importantly, due to the unique nature of the Black Sun, the power of the self-destruction would be restrained near the center of the sun, which would increase the attack we had to endure by dozens of times!
When Genesis attacked, the powerful interference it produced would temporarily disable the Gospel, which would give us a chance to counterattack. But if the rings continued to reverse time, there was nothing we could do.
The Empire fleet's multiple salvos were unable to break through the Gospel's defense. As the ultimate weapon that Schilling and the others rarely used, King's Landing was not easy to destroy once it was fully activated. It was no wonder that we didn't see Ockham deploying defense forces near King's Landing. Presumably, after the Gospel was activated, the defense forces would have been withdrawn. Compared to the Gospel, which was based on the Laws, no matter how powerful the defense forces were, they were just decorations. It would be a complete waste to let them be destroyed in the subsequent battle.
As the fleet's attacks were intercepted again and again, dark clouds gradually shrouded our hearts.
"How much time do we have left?"
This time, I asked Shallow Shallow. Revelation had just reset some of the constants in this space. Now, the Bubble could no longer determine the time of the Black Sun's collapse. Only Shallow Shallow was still staring at the flow of time. The latter was reversing time faster and faster.
"Three hours." Qian Qian's face was ghastly pale, but she maintained her composure. She grabbed my hand, which calmed her down a little. "I tried to interfere with the flow of time here, but it didn't work. It's a system. It's not the kind of time that I recognize!"
"Don't waste your energy." Sandora sighed. "If we don't destroy Revelation, the reverse time here will never stop. It has nothing to do with reality … The Fallen Apostle's Legacy of the Empire is more than we imagined!"
I didn't say anything. Instead, I furrowed my eyebrows and tried hard to think of what I could do.
Ockham was indeed a powerful enemy. His strength wasn't reflected in his own strength, but in the layers of sinister schemes. From the looks of it, the appearance of that insect in the Star Sniper Cannon was the beginning of his plan. Every step after that was a part of his scheme. As for the current situation, it was a dead end.
The chaotic laws created by Revelation and the Black Sun's attributes made it impossible for us to escape from this place. (The Shiring Apostles' natural talents allowed them to be immune to damage when the laws were chaotic, but that didn't mean that we could completely ignore the trouble it caused.) When the Gospel was operating at full power, the defensive power created would be impossible to penetrate even if the Empire's fleet were to launch a salvo. At the very least, we wouldn't be able to penetrate this thing within the three-hour time limit. We wouldn't be able to retreat, and we wouldn't be able to stop the enemy's attack. Every path of escape was blocked.
If the center of the sun really reappeared in the energy storm caused by the self-destruction of the Gods, how many of the Empire's fleet would survive?
There was no doubt about it. Even an entire Protoss army had been annihilated in that explosion. It was impossible for the Schilling army to escape unscathed. Perhaps a few of the Apostles among us would have been able to resist that explosion, but our entire army would have been annihilated. Not to mention, Ockham was still hiding in the dark. He definitely wouldn't mind coming over to reap the spoils of war when we were at our most fatigued.
There were so many traps, and all of them relied on ingenious settings and external forces. It was truly not an easy task to become enemies with such a dangerous fellow.
The Gospel … The Gospel …
Since it was able to resist any attack below the level of Law, did it really not have any weaknesses?
There was no such thing as an unbreakable shield in the world. Even a Holy Knight's eggshell could be penetrated by a priest … Damn it, this was happening … But I did have an idea.
"Sandora, if we use pure Void energy to attack, will the Gospel be able to resist it?"
Sandora paused for a moment at my sudden question, and then revealed a thoughtful expression. "In theory, Void energy should be unstoppable by anything. As the original source, it's even purer than the power of Law, but …"
However, Void energy couldn't be used directly. Its ability to assimilate and devour all things was incredibly powerful. Even with the Xiling Empire's technology, it could only be used after it had decayed. The decaying module in the Psionic Well required a series of folded spaces to isolate Void energy from the outside world. Only when the Void energy didn't come into contact with the Void energy at all could the energy be decayed. Otherwise, even the Psionic Reactor would be corroded after coming into contact with the Void energy for a long period of time. Apart from that, only mothership-level battleships were equipped with basic Void energy installations. That was because it was impossible to control the Void energy that was released, so these installations had limited uses. As for attacking …
That was completely impossible.
But maybe I could …
The moment I mentioned Void Power, my elder sister could faintly guess what I was planning. She had watched me grow up, so she knew my thoughts like the back of her hand. Whenever I took the initiative to mention something that didn't seem to be related to me, it usually meant that I already had some thoughts about it.
"Ah Jun, are you planning to … destroy that thing alone!?"
Looking at Big Sister's expression of disbelief, I laughed. "Big Sister, aren't you overestimating me?"
"Then when you mentioned Void energy … You seem to be the only one here who can directly use Void energy, right?"
I giggled. "Ockham isn't the only one who can think of such a despicable move!"
"Sandora, using an external acceleration field, how fast can we accelerate a heavy assault ship?"
Sandora blinked, still confused about my plan. "We're not using the ship's own engine? If we only use an external accelerator, then we can only reach seventy-seven times the speed of sound. That's the normal speed of a normal mothership. We didn't bring a special acceleration field. "
"Okay, what if a huge pure Void energy cannonball hits the King's Landing level core at seventy-seven times the speed of sound?"
"Oh, then we can go home to eat."
Sandora nodded and then squinted her eyes. "Ah Jun, did you get a new function?"
I smiled and took out a metal rod that I had long forgotten what it was used for. I tossed it up and down and then held it in my hand.
Under the ruthless gaze of a bunch of Empire leaders, this ordinary-looking metal rod was gradually covered in a layer of strange black patterns from the point where my hand touched it.
A few seconds later, the originally silver-white metal turned pure black. Visually, it seemed to have turned into a two-dimensional plane. That was a visual error caused by the purest darkness. This kind of darkness was different from normal colors. It gave off a feeling of emptiness. It wasn't that it couldn't reflect light, but that 'light' disappeared the moment it came into contact with it.
Void, a void with mass and volume. I didn't know how to define such a thing. It was still a matter, but it had most of the properties of the void. But to say that it was void … Obviously, it didn't fit the definition.
"Void Transformation, is actually to continuously inject Void energy into a normal matter. Through orderly control, the matter will be completely assimilated by the Void energy. This is a method of energy utilization that I suddenly thought of. This skill can only be used when it comes into contact, and it looks very unstable. It won't take long before it decays into scattered psionic energy. However, before that happens, it should be enough for this thing to hit the King's Landing core." I carefully held the 'Void Matter' in my hand. Even though I knew that this thing would cause zero damage to me, the strange feeling it gave off made me feel as dangerous as holding my sister's curse crystal. "I can at most make something as big as a heavy-assault spaceship into void. If I were to use that as a cannonball …"
"Ah Jun, you are a genius!"
Sandora exclaimed from the bottom of her heart.
The relevant preparations were completed very quickly. The 'Admiral of the Empire's' ejection tunnel would have several heavy-assault spaceships on standby at any time. The only thing that needed to be done was to void it. This process required extreme caution. Due to the devouring nature of the Void energy, I had to do my best to temporarily restrain the energy. This was equivalent to using my mental power to form a layer of protection around the void heavy-assault spaceship. Otherwise, half of the 'Admiral of the Empire's' arm might be devoured by the Void energy.
The entire process took almost an hour. I didn't expect that the increase in the quality of the void target would cause the consumption of my mental power to increase exponentially. However, looking at the assault spaceship that had been transformed into the world's most dangerous bomb, I felt an overwhelming sense of accomplishment!
"It really looks like a stick to light a fire."
Liliana crossed her arms in front of her chest and commented like an expert.
I almost wanted to launch this lass out together with the assault spaceship!
"Ejection tunnel number 26 is about to open. This is an unconventional ejection. All personnel, please evacuate from the tunnel within thirty seconds. Countdown commencing now …"
The voice of the battleship's mainframe echoed in the ejection tunnel on one side of the flagship's arm. After the countdown ended, a blinding blue light suddenly exploded from there. It wasn't the light of the Void assault spaceship itself, but the light from the activation of the gravitational traction system.
Without any acceleration at all, the Void assault spaceship that was acting as a cannonball reached seventy-seven times the speed of sound as it hurtled towards the distant King's Landing -class Dominator that was only the size of a grain of rice.
Due to the fact that the void energy had been released the moment we launched the assault ship, we were no longer able to observe the assault ship in any way. We could only stare in the distance with expectant eyes — Circle Circle, Circle Circle, if you want to cooperate, then you should just die!
Previously, due to the half-blind state of the scanning system, the imperial fleet and the Monarch Descenders were relatively close to each other. With the astonishing speed of seventy-seven times the speed of sound, it would only take them a short while to cross this distance. Bubble activated all of the scanning systems, and the gigantic ring-shaped object with a radius of two thousand kilometers appeared before us.
"Why isn't there any movement?" Just as Shallow Shallow's nervous voice trailed off, the image on the holographic projection suddenly trembled.
One of the three huge rings that revolved around the same axis trembled imperceptibly, and the projection system immediately zoomed in on a certain corner. There was a tiny hole there, and compared to the entire machine, it was as inconspicuous as a pinhole.
But it was this pinhole that in the next few seconds, expanded at an insane rate!
The Void energy was exploding!
Just as I expected, the astonishing Psionic energy that permeated King's Landing became the best nourishment for the Void energy to devour. The tiny, dust-like energy dot instantly expanded by hundreds of thousands of times as it was replenished by the boundless energy! And in a matter of seconds, one of the huge metal rings was directly severed!
And that was just the beginning. The main force of destruction was the Void assault ship's hull and not the energy emanating from its surface. Compared to the black sphere at King's Landing's core, the mobile warship that was no more than two hundred meters in length was as insignificant as Jingle lying on Ultraman's head. But when it crashed into the black sphere, the macroscopic effect was no less than a thousand nuclear bombs exploding at the same time — no, using nuclear bombs to describe such a level of energy explosion was too mild — it was practically the flash of Genesis!
The two-thousand-kilometer metal ring instantly lost its energy support, and the out-of-control core inside produced violent gravitational ripples. Like a clump of iron wire that was being deformed by a pair of invisible hands, King's Landing deformed over a dozen times in a brief minute. In the process, the three rings that supported it gradually broke into hundreds of pieces, and all fell onto the surface of the rapidly contracting black sphere.
It melted without a sound. That was how I felt about that scene.
Even a heavy-assault cruiser that had completely turned into a void could only release a limited amount of energy after it exploded. Compared to the psionic energy that The Lord's Descendant had gathered to distort the laws of the universe, this amount of energy was not even a hundredth of what The Lord's Descendant had, but it was equivalent to a crucial catalyst for the entire chemical reaction to explode. When The Lord's Descendant's entire structure was disintegrated in the turbulent gravitational field and fell into the black sphere, the critical point was broken.
Then there was a huge explosion. Perhaps this should be the most intense internal flash since the birth of the Black Sun. I did not dare to imagine that the rice-grain-sized dot in the distance would explode with such an intense light. Even the entire Empire's fleet was reflected in the light, and it almost blinded my eyes. We even had to activate the entire fleet's anti-phasing to avoid damage to the fleet. Just the aftershock of the explosion had already reached the level of a full-fledged bombardment!
"Phew … Oh Jingle above, I almost died just now …" When the all-encompassing torrent of light finally dimmed, Liliana patted her washboard-like chest, her heart filled with lingering fear. But anyone with a discerning eye would know that this girl was just trying to cover up her gaffe. Less than half a minute ago, a certain fake loli high priestess had slipped behind me and screamed for a whole two minutes.
"Time has returned to chaos," Shallow Shallow said in relief as she sensed the scattered fragments of time around her.
"Haha! I knew Big Bro is the best! " Visca jumped in joy, and when Pandora was not paying attention, he slipped into my arms. "Big Bro, Big Bro is the best!!"
Leaving aside the people who were immersed in joy and the loli general who was ready to fight with his own sister, I noticed that when everyone had relaxed, Sandora and Big Sis still maintained their solemn expressions — they were even more solemn than when King's Landing first appeared.
"What's wrong? Big Sis, Sandora, that thing is finished. Shouldn't we celebrate? "
Sandora was still in deep thought, while Big Sis frowned and said, "Ah Jun, I feel that something is not right … Do you think that the trap set up by such a cunning and meticulous person would be so easily destroyed?"
"That … shouldn't be a problem?" My tone became uncertain. "If it wasn't for my special power, our fleet would have been finished today. From this point of view, Ockham's plan should have been thorough enough. It's normal for him to fail!"
In the end, I was starting to believe it …
However, the moment I finished speaking, an alarm rang throughout the entire fleet.
It was a kind of alarm that I had never heard before on Schilling's warship. It sounded like a series of rapid tearing sounds of metal, and it didn't have the mechanical female voice of the usual alarm. This strange alarm must have a very special meaning, because when the anxious and urgent sound rang throughout the surroundings, I noticed that Sandora's face was instantly filled with shock.
What could have caused the calm and intelligent Princess Zhange to have such an expression?!
"The Abyss … It's a large-scale Abyss Explosion!!" Sandora shouted, and then turned around abruptly, looking at the holographic projection device, which was still monitoring the location of the explosion on King's Landing. "Damn it … This is a trap!! We've been tricked again!! "
"Oh, as expected of the famous Princess Zhange, Your Majesty Sandora. Your reaction speed is amazing," Ockham's hoarse and uncharacteristic voice rang again, but this time, we couldn't see where his projection was — perhaps he wasn't even in this universe. A schemer's vigilance was always sharper than a rabbit's. "Then, I hope that you will like the little gift that I have prepared … A completely abyssal universe!!"
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