The Empire's fleet began to change its formation at an unprecedented speed. The defense troops that were originally stationed at the border of the Kingdom of Freedom facing the Great Nebula didn't even have the time to clean up the space cannons that they had set up there. They activated the hyperspace jump and darted to the rear. Their speed was as though they were rushing to reincarnate. I anxiously contacted General Zeon who was in charge of this defense line. When the communication device was connected, the handsome middle-aged man immediately came into view.
I didn't know if I should complain about this major general. Although he was a qualified soldier, and this old man had some commendable qualities when it came to combat, I really didn't know if it was his fault that he became a lonely star that day. Due to the death of all his colleagues in this defense line, Major General Zeon had been promoted again. He was now the supreme commander of the Free Kingdom's eastern defense line. I had once asked Fina for this guy's resume out of curiosity. Every time he was promoted, it meant that his predecessor was done for. Although this was a common situation in the military, it was scary enough that all the generals who took Zeon as their successor were either dead or crippled. This old handsome man's military career was filled with rows and rows of bloody footprints …
Of course, I couldn't blame him. Quoting Liliana's comment, it was all fate!
After the communication was connected, General Zeon bowed to me. He quickly accepted the fact that the "senior advisor of the Union Army" he had met a few days ago had become the Emperor of the Empire. From this aspect, his military instincts of only obeying orders and not asking about anything unrelated to the mission were on full display.
"General Zeon, cut the crap. I will immediately send you a star map. Is there any movement of the Resistance Army in the red area on the map?"
I interrupted Zeon's etiquette and sent him the pre-attack area calculated by the mainframe of the spaceship. The old handsome man looked down and immediately replied, "Only one patrol unit is about to enter that area. That area is close to the Shepherdians' defense line. The Resistance Army has almost never taken action in that area."
"Now I will give you ten minutes to get that patrol unit to come back immediately! Then run as far as they can! Not only this area, but the area within 50 million kilometers of it is also a radiation zone. Remember, you only have ten minutes. Move immediately! "
"How … Yes! I guarantee that I will complete the mission! "
"Very good. We are preparing a super weapon, but when we launched it, we realized that it was much more powerful than we expected. Do you understand now?"
The moment I took the initiative to explain, Zeon's expression changed. He hurriedly went to get that patrol unit to come back. Who would dare to go against something that the Imperial Army called a super weapon?
"Phew …" I heaved a long sigh of relief and turned my attention to the holographic projection under the bridge. Now that the battleship had turned off its real-time view of the outside world, the endless sea of blue flames would cause one to feel depressed if one looked at it for too long. What was displayed on the holographic projection was a panoramic view of the entire Psionic Death Star. It was a gigantic blue fireball, dazzling, dazzling, and incomparably beautiful. Its burning surface was now rippling rhythmically, and all the ripples were gathered on the side of the death star that was facing the large nebula. That was the result of the control core that had come back online. After the death star had fallen into the timeline that existed six seconds ago, the core engineers had restored all the functions of the control core during that period of time. However, they were unable to vent the excessive energy that the death star had accumulated. Now, due to the overheating of its components, the death star was on the verge of overloading. It would require a large-scale vent before it could cool down. Shallow Shallow had done her best to distort the time so that the explosion would begin ten minutes later, so that the allied fleets within the range of the energy vent would have time to retreat.
I didn't know when Shallow Shallow had arrived at the bridge. She immediately jumped to my side and looked curiously at the dazzling blue fireball on the holographic projection. Jingle also came out and pointed at the holographic projection with her lollipop stick and shouted, "Wah! Jingle can feel that this thing has great power! "
"Attention, the death star has overloaded to the critical point. The best way to release energy has been selected. The third set of weapon systems will be forcefully activated in ten seconds. All fleets within the release zone, please evacuate. Countdown before the system activates. Ten … Nine … Eight … Four … Three … Two … One, begin release."
The mainframe of the spaceship was temporarily connected to the control core of the Psionic Death Star. The moment the soft electronic voice fell, the Death Star Fortress exploded.
Using the word "exploded" didn't seem appropriate. This gigantic fireball didn't explode. In my eyes, it only suddenly trembled, and then the countless flames on its surface all pointed in the direction of the nebula as if they were being blown by a hurricane. If I really had to describe it, it would be like the death star, which had originally looked like a fluffy ball of fur, suddenly grew countless sharp spikes, and all of them pointed in the same direction — the head of a level 12 typhoon. If you could imagine this scene, you would understand what was going on.
Except for the bald one.
There wasn't a torrent of blue flames like I had imagined, nor was there an unprecedentedly large beam of psionic energy that could blind a dog's eyes. The death star merely trembled violently, and then grew spikes all over its body. This made me slightly disappointed, but the next second, my disappointment turned into astonishment.
Below the main holographic projection screen, there were a dozen flat surveillance images, showing a series of celestial bodies that the death star might have affected during this process. The first surveillance image showed an asteroid belt, which was the celestial body that was closest to the death star. Now, there was nothing there.
The entire asteroid belt had evaporated in a millisecond.
Then, there was the second surveillance image. There was a ball of hot gas that had yet to form a star. This gigantic celestial body persisted for about a second before finally disappearing, leaving only a light blue cloud on the screen.
Then, there was the third, the fourth … The celestial bodies on the surveillance images either disappeared in an instant, or evaporated rapidly, or were blown into a gaseous state by the invisible shockwave. This invisible tsunami of death only stopped when it reached the theoretical limit of the shockwave. In just a few short minutes, the wind of destruction had blown away an entire five light years of space. Within this unimaginable range, there was nothing left that was in a physical state.
"What … What is that thing?" I exclaimed in shock. "How many times faster than the speed of light is it?!"
Five light years! If the bunch of numbers in front of me didn't go crazy at the same time, this wind of destruction had blown away a distance of five light years! When I first received the map of the shockwave range, I didn't take a good look at the units on it. Only now did I realize that it was in units of light years?
As the designer of the Psionic Death Star, Tawil's projection appeared in front of me and explained to me, "It's an unstable state between Void energy and Psionic energy. Because it's not something that belongs to the world, its propagation speed has reached an unbounded speed. However, in order to prevent this weapon from instantly piercing through the entire universe when it's activated, or even coming back from the other side of the universe to kill itself, we have artificially limited its range and speed. At the same time, we have also increased its attack power. The effective range of this pseudo-void attack is five light years. At its maximum output, it can sweep away all celestial bodies within its range. Even the Empire's battleships would rarely be able to withstand a single attack from it. The only flaw is that this attack can't be released through a hyperspace device, because in a different space state, it will immediately return to Void energy and dissipate. That's why this super weapon, which has a direct range of five light years, has the shortest range among high-level weapons and above — even satellite cannons can achieve a cross-dimensional attack, but this weapon can't."
"You want to tell me that this thing that can sweep away all celestial bodies within five light years is actually a melee weapon, right?"
I looked at Tawil with a broken expression, but the latter nodded at me seriously. "Of course, Your Majesty. You've underestimated the term 'ultimate weapon'. Since the Psionic Death Star project has invested so much manpower and resources, and even used the forbidden technology obtained from the Crimson Moon cube, then it has to live up to its title of 'ultimate weapon.' As a weapon that can destroy normal celestial bodies within a limited range, 'Breath of Chen Jun' should only be an insult to the size of the Death Star fortress …"
"Wait, wait, wait —" I hurriedly interrupted Tawil. "What did you just say this thing was called?"
"'Breath of Chen Jun.' As the first Death Star fortress of the Empire Revival Era, the Psionic Death Star is honored to have a weapon system named after you. Ah, including its defense system …"
"Change it! Whose idea was this!! "
"Ah Jun, I was the one who thought of it …" Shallow Shallow immediately shook my arm pitifully. "And Chen Jun's Gaze, Chen Jun's Roar, Chen Jun's Thunderous Strike, Chen Jun's Spiked Shell …"
I instantly prostrated myself on the ground and burst into tears. "Brat, I knew it would be you … Don't you think this is really embarrassing?"
"It's not embarrassing!" Shallow Shallow replied confidently. "This was originally Ah Jun's item, so I had to write my name on it!"
Let me tell you, if this name were to spread out today, I wouldn't be able to face anyone tomorrow!
Fortunately, under my insistence, Chen Jun's Thunderous Strike and Chen Jun's Total Annihilation were all nullified. The third weapon of the Psionic Death Star was named "Emperor's Breath." Although it was still full of regret, this was the biggest concession that Shallow Shallow, who wanted her boyfriend to show his face, could make. During this process, Jingle kept rolling on my shoulder, almost going crazy with laughter.
Even this simple-minded Goddess was so angry at those names. Think about it, would I dare to let them spread out?
"Alright, alright, I'm feeling a little better now." Getting Shallow Shallow to give up on her unrealistic thoughts was something that required a lot of energy, stamina, and moral integrity. I panted heavily for half a day before I finally managed to calm myself down. Then, I looked at Tawil, who had a slightly proud expression on his face. "I should have thought of this earlier. Ultimate Weapon. The purpose of creating such a thing is to use absolute power to wipe out all conventional forces. It's like the difference between a nuclear bomb and a foot soldier. I understand now. But what about this thing's specific functions, control, damage, and endurance? I need to know in detail about this thing's specific functions. We're building this thing for the final battle against the rebel army, so I don't want it to drop the ball at such a crucial moment."
"Yes, Your Majesty. You don't have to worry about that at all. I've just exchanged information with the researchers on the science ship and confirmed that the psionic death star has met our expectations. It's now completely controllable, and its internal control core has been optimized as much as possible under the combined efforts of the researchers who lost themselves in the alternate timeline, reducing a large amount of redundant signals and doubling the speed at which the fortress responds to orders. Furthermore, the next step of the psionic death star's shutdown component will be embedded instead of mounted. In any situation, even in an extreme situation like the death star's collapse, the emergency shutdown will be the last system that can be controlled, so you don't have to worry about it going berserk again. As for the death star's combat strength, there's no need to doubt it either. In other words, the death star doesn't have a fixed structure, and it can change its structure and functions on command at any moment. This allows it to possess an almost indestructible weapon system. As long as the death star's main body is at least one-third complete, its weapon system will always be online. It has a variety of attack methods. The first is the Emperor's Breath that you've already seen. It's a type of void shockwave with a range of five light years. It's a weapon with extremely high attack power within that range, but it's slow to activate and takes a long time to recharge. Then, there's the regular and high-speed psionic shooting. Due to the death star's unique structure, it has the ability to shoot from infinite angles and a shooting density of almost 100% per unit area. Be it a high-speed assault airship or a heavily-armored aircraft carrier, none of them will be able to get close to this monster unscathed. It can be said to be the most powerful anti-air artillery, gravity attacks, spatial attacks, gravitational perturbations, and the deadliest infinite supernova explosion. These various offensive abilities allow the death star to instantly destroy all enemies and expand the borders of the Empire to wherever you want it to go.
The Death Star Fortress didn't have a shield when it was first designed, and it still doesn't have one even now. Its powerful interference and amorphous size make it impossible for us to design an energy shield that can function properly above it. Of course, there isn't any so-called armor either. However, these flaws are still acceptable for the fortress's unique characteristics. Its structure is the best defense, and no shield can possibly be more reliable than a sea of psionic flames that is trillions of kilometers thick. The Death Star Fortress's untouchable body is capable of blocking any conventional weapon, and its damage tolerance is astonishingly high. As long as it isn't exposed to enemy bombardment for a long period of time, the probability of the fortress being extinguished is very low.
As for the Death Star Fortress's second defense method, it wasn't in the initial design. It was only a few minutes ago, after comparing all the data, that I discovered this defensive method. It can be said that … this is a completely unexpected harvest. "
Tarver purposely paused at this point.
I had to admit that even Tawil, who usually seemed rather dull, would transform into a Level 6 salesman and speaker when it came to her research. She had successfully piqued my interest — I had never seen this bespectacled girl act like this before.
"Alright, alright. You're a genius, so don't bully my mortal level of intelligence. What's the second defense method?"
The bespectacled girl adjusted her glasses and grinned. "Time, second disparity. A grand theory from Matriarch Shallow Shallow!"
"Your Majesty, it's true that I'm still unable to convert the second disparity theory into practical technology, nor am I able to create a defensive system based on this theory. However, the Death Star Fortress accidentally entered a second disparity state due to a freak combination of factors. Nobody knows which part of the Death Star Fortress was responsible for this, but we still have a way to replicate it. Right now, as long as we adjust the Death Star Fortress's control core to a certain frequency, it will still be able to smoothly enter that timeline. Matriarch Shallow Shallow's actions when she returned to the timeline have already been accurately recorded by the Death Star Fortress's control core. Now, not only will it be able to enter the second disparity state at any time, it will even be able to return to its normal timeline. According to the calculations I just completed, the Death Star Fortress's invincible state can last for about five minutes at most. Originally, the Death Star Fortress was unable to install the necessary anti-phasing defense system for large airships due to its overly large size. Its greatest weakness was that it would be attacked by a large number of enemy airships, and if it was unable to dodge the attacks, it would be exhausted to the point of extinction. But now, the second disparity defense mode gave it a precious five minutes of invincibility. During these five minutes, the Death Star Fortress can complete an emergency recharge to restore 25% of its original structure, or escape from enemy firepower. Its survivability on the battlefield has been greatly improved, and strictly speaking, second disparity is a type of Law level defensive method. A Death Star Fortress that can use such a defensive method can only be considered a Law Equipment. This is a monumental achievement! The most memorable breakthrough of the Empire's resurgence! We've completely used our own technology to recreate a Law Armament — at least in theory. "
I knew what she was conflicted about. Although we were the ones who created the Psionic Death Star, and all of its technology came from the Empire's intellectual property, Tawil was still unable to make use of the concept of second disparity. We had created a weapon that had the power of Law Armament, but we were unable to replicate it. This made the creation of the Psionic Death Star seem even more like a coincidence. Of course, this greatly reduced Tawil's sense of accomplishment. Still, no matter what, the successful activation of the Psionic Death Star was still a good thing. Although we already had Law Armament like Avalon, half of the latter's Law Armament came from Jingle's Protoss technology, which was completely incomparable to the Death Star Fortress.
With that in mind, I patted Tawil's shoulder comfortingly — I had intended to pat his head at first, but my hand almost slipped — and encouraged her, "Don't be conflicted. Shallow Shallow is also a member of the Empire. Just temporarily treat the second disparity technology as something from the Mystics that can't be applied to science, right? I don't know much else, but I'm the best at comforting myself. "
Tawil stared blankly at my hand on her shoulder. She didn't know whether to laugh or cry at my way of comforting herself. "Erm, alright. Thank you, Your Majesty. Now, we can begin the next step — activating the World Gate of Crystal Peak. Also, I've made some discoveries regarding the ancient remains. Erm, I hope you won't be too surprised …"
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