The alarm of the hyperspace strike and the report of the discovery of the shadow space control core came almost at the same time. Just as I had guessed, the detection technology in the hands of the Vengeance Army and their defense of their headquarters were very strong. The moment the control core was scanned, the other party also confirmed the location of the intruders.
"Warning, a hyperspace strike in transit has been detected. There is a high energy reaction at the edge of the fleet … The crust of the battleship of Dusk III has cracked. We are suffering from an airdrop gravitational shock!"
The moment the alarm of the airdrop gravitational shock sounded, the Empire fleet facing the attack had suffered serious damage. A group of Proteus aircraft carriers wandering in the orbit of the battleship of Dusk III seemed to be hit by a sudden gust of wind. A violent formation occurred in the sky above the North Pole. The three aircraft carriers collided with each other and turned into a pile of twisted metal debris. The ejected escape capsules rushed at an abnormal speed toward the hard artificial crust of the battleship below. All this happened in a flash of ten seconds.
It was the first time I had seen such an attack. I didn't see any energy beams, nor did I see any high-yield warheads. Our spaceship had been sent flying for no apparent reason. According to the warship's alarm, it was obviously some kind of gravitational effect weapon. However, it was the first time I had seen such a mysterious attack.
All the battleships immediately activated the gravitational isolation barrier, separating themselves from the gravitational system of the universe to prevent a larger gravitational attack from the enemy. A terrible crack nearly a thousand kilometers long and up to a hundred kilometers wide was torn open near the north pole of Dusk III. The surging psionic energy burst out of the crack like magma, forming a spectacular chain of explosions above the north pole of the starship. The damage management system reacted very quickly. It immediately cut off the energy supply to the damaged parts of the starship and began to urgently repair the armor there. The escape capsules that were almost thrown to the surface by the gravitational turbulence survived after the starship activated the gravitational isolation barrier, but a small part of them still collided with each other and turned into bright fireworks in the sky.
After this strange gravitational attack, the enemy's conventional artillery finally fell on the fleet. Due to the existence of the hyperspace strike technology, these artillery fire spewed out from the spatial cracks distributed in all directions of the celestial system fleet, instantly blocking all the blind spots of the entire fleet.
The psionic death star began to accelerate. The spatial chaos caused by the quasi-coordinate engine pulling the unprecedentedly large stellar fortress left black cracks like a spider's web on the surface of the death star. It was not that the death star was damaged, but that the spatial coordinates were constantly being changed in a small area. The space itself was superimposed many times, and finally, it formed a low-speed space. Light could not escape from there, forming a visual obstruction. These wide low-speed belts were like countless black ribbons that were blocking the progress of the psionic death star, entangling the huge body of the star. It looked strange and terrifying.
Our escort team quickly locked onto the spatial coordinates of the attack. Surprisingly, the attack came from every corner of the shadow universe. The enemy had no intention of gathering their spaceships here at all. Instead, they directly launched their attack from a distance of tens of billions of light years.
The hyperspace strike technology made such an attack possible, but there was no doubt that if the enemy did not gather their troops and only relied on the hyperspace strike, their attack power would be greatly reduced. The size of the celestial system fleet was obvious. Without enough interception firepower, it was impossible to stop such a behemoth. Why would the enemy hold back?
Sandora was as confused as I was, but she did not hesitate. No matter what the Army of Vengeance was planning, the Imperial Army had already advanced to this step. There was no reason to retreat.
"All hyperspace firepower, go all out!"
At Sandora's command, the escort team consisting of thousands of Eternal-class motherships, hundreds of thousands of main spaceships of various types, and countless small and medium-sized auxiliary spaceships immediately began their counterattack. This was a very strange counterattack scene. All the enemies were outside the normal shooting range. They could only use hyperspace strikes to intercept us, and we could only use the same method to counterattack. The Army of Vengeance's cannons were released from the spatial rifts close to our army. Then, we opened the same rifts ourselves and threw missiles, light beams, suicide bombers, and bricks into them. The sky above every planetary battleship was filled with cannons and psionic light beams crisscrossed. But as long as we were a little further away, outside the celestial system fleet, the space was quiet. Apart from the lively explosions, it was so quiet that it could be filmed in a Hong Kong drama that was over 40 …
"I don't know what's wrong with them." Sandora frowned in confusion. "Their spaceships all over the shadow space still have no inclination to gather at the control core. They are launching attacks from so far away, wasting almost 40% of the power of their weapons. They are basically letting us into their base camp."
"I don't think so at all."
Just as I finished speaking, the bridge shook violently. It was that strange gravitational strike again. It had given up on attacking the planetary battleships that were not affected by gravity and had turned to attack the escort team.
The Empire General itself also carried a gravitational isolation device, but its power was obviously not as good as the planetary battleships. When the enemy's attack arrived, a dozen abnormal gravitational points suddenly appeared in the formation of the Empire Fleet. The gravitational waves released from these points actually caused the body of the Empire General to tilt violently. I steadied myself as I observed the scene outside. Dozens of small frigates were captured by the gravitational points and disintegrated into bright fireworks. The other large motherships barely managed to stabilize themselves, but the hyperspace strike was interrupted.
"Look, I don't think the enemy's intercepting firepower is any gentler!" I gripped the armrest of the chair tightly as I looked down at the busy command hall. "Sandora, what is this thing? What kind of battleship specializes in using gravitational weapons? "
"I'm afraid it's not a conventional battleship." Sandora's expression turned gloomy. Even the flagship was not immune to the enemy's attack. The situation did not look good, and what was worse was that we could not find the enemy who was using the gravitational attack at all. It was not using hyperspace strike, and the two consecutive attacks were untraceable. It was as if the space around us had naturally changed.
At that moment, Sives, who was busy tracking the source of the gravitational attack, suddenly reported loudly, "Your Majesty! Abnormal information has been detected in the formation of the celestial system fleet … The basic laws of space where the fleet is located are being modified! "
"The laws are being modified?" Sandora immediately stood up. "What's going on?"
"The situation is unclear, but the laws of universal gravitation within the celestial system fleet have been messed up. The mass and gravity of all the battleships are changing … A single battleship's mass has just surpassed the sun! It has destroyed its own fleet! "
Tarver's report gave me a huge shock. This situation couldn't even be described as strange. This wasn't an ordinary gravitational strike at all. The enemy hadn't just dropped a point of mass onto us. Instead, they'd even twisted the laws of gravity within the celestial system. This was a Law type weapon!
Tawil's report was just the beginning. Soon, the subordinate fleets sent more damage reports related to 'gravity out of control'. A batch of Civilization Community battleships had crashed into a mass wall while intercepting the enemy's hyperspace warhead. There had been nothing in front of them, but a gravitational zone that was only a few microns thick and no more than a kilometer wide and tall, but with a mass greater than thousands of white dwarfs suddenly appeared. Dozens of battleships were flung against the wall like soft dough, and were bizarrely flattened into flat metal pancakes in space. The frigates that had left the mothership to intercept the hyperspace firepower basically met a similar fate. The vast space was instantly filled with trembling gravitational faults, and even the armor of the Empire's battleships could not withstand such a blow. Their hulls could be within a dozen gravitational faults with a difference of tens of millions of times, and the supposedly indestructible interstellar alloy was washed over by such faults thousands of times, instantly reaching the breaking point …
The Psionic Shield's defense against this kind of attack was very weak because it did not have the ability to isolate gravity!
"Shrink the formation. Small battleships move close to the mothership. All large spaceships, turn the gravitational isolation system to the maximum," Sandora ordered decisively, and then turned to the command hall. "Tawil, give me a map of the gravitational distribution in the fleet."
The star map on the officer's platform flashed, and was quickly filled with colorful patches.
"The law of gravity has been messed up. Now, as long as the battleships in the fleet leave the gravitational isolation system, their mass will constantly oscillate in milliseconds." Sandora looked at the holographic projection that was instantly rendered like her high-energy cuisine (no mistake). The latter now looked like a television screen full of snowflakes, and the patches representing different gravitational acceleration were blinding to the point of blinding a dog's eyes. "At the same time, all the basic laws related to mass are messed up. Once the small battleships leave the protection, they will instantly disintegrate or be smashed into pieces."
"Your motherships and planetary battleships all have that something isolation system, right? Although it's very shaky." Icetis seemed to be not used to standing on the shaky bridge, so she had to spread her huge black wings to help her balance. As a result, Liliana, who was closest to her, was slapped away on the spot. "Although the cannons of the small spaceships can't be fired, it doesn't seem to affect the main cannon's combat."
"But without the frigates, it's difficult for us to intercept the enemy's hyperspace strike. Conventional anti-gravity devices can't deal with this kind of attack that's close to the laws of nature. They're using this attack to cripple our frigates." Sandora slammed her seat hard, her tone resentful. The holographic projection was filled with the flames of the explosion. High-energy beams and warp missiles kept blooming on the energy shields of the Empire battleships, and the light blue shields kept rippling like water due to the impact. The shields of the planetary battleships were as thick as the atmosphere, and it looked like they could still hold on for a long time. However, the motherships with slightly weaker defenses were starting to suffer damage. Not only did they have to support their own psionic shields, but they also had to be responsible for the counterattack when the frigates couldn't fight. They also had to use several times the output to build a gravitational isolation field to protect the entire fleet. Under such circumstances, the energy consumption of the motherships was huge, and the recharging speed of the shields was also greatly affected. When the enemy's hyperspace strike gradually gave up on attacking the thick-skinned planetary battleships and concentrated on wiping out the motherships, the latter seemed to be in a difficult position.
Suddenly, a dazzling flash appeared below the external scene. After tracking the scene, I realized that it was the enemy's main galactic cannons that had converged into a line and launched a powerful attack on the planetary battleship Teldrassil. This attack even penetrated the starship's shield and left a wide scar on the silver-gray crust of Teldrassil.
Under normal circumstances, its shield shouldn't be afraid of such a level of bombardment.
"Your Majesty! The laws of thermodynamics around us are in chaos, and the burden on the psionic shields is increasing! " His urgent report explained why the starship's shields had suddenly weakened. Sandora immediately ordered a change in the starship's engine output mode, using computational power to correct the energy consumption caused by the chaos in thermodynamics. However, it was clearly a stop-gap measure.
"There's more than one Law-like weapon, and the correction of the laws of gravity and thermodynamics … Could it be the Warsong?"
Sandora's brow furrowed tightly, her voice very gloomy.
"Warsong?" Shallow Shallow asked curiously.
Sandora looked at the giant holographic projection, her gaze seemingly piercing through the flames of war to a certain corner of the universe. "It's a planetary battleship, a true planetary battleship from the Old Empire era. It's a flagship that I ordered to be built to celebrate a great victory. It's equipped with seven Law-like weapons and damage definition systems, and I named it because of its power. The Avengers never used it, and I thought it was destroyed by the rebels when the Old Empire collapsed …"
As Sandora's voice trailed off, the officers' platform fell silent.
Shallow Shallow's non-linear thinking could sometimes focus on crucial points that normal people would not think of. "If it's a Law-like weapon … Aren't the Empire units immune to all sorts of Law Chaos?"
"That's right. The Schilling units themselves are immune to Law Chaos." Sandora shook her head. "But Law Chaos would cause many catastrophic phenomena, and the Schilling units' Law resistance isn't a hundred percent against such phenomena. Moreover, Law-like weapons are different from naturally occurring Law Chaos. They are offensive, just like flames, but one is natural flames, while the other is a stellar furnace. There's no comparison."
Icetis said, "There's no use talking about that. Where is that planetary battleship? Getting rid of it first is the right thing to do. You wouldn't be reluctant, would you?"
"That's already history. Of course, there's nothing to be reluctant about." Sandora shook her head. "But I'm afraid it won't be easy to find the Warsong. Its camouflage system is so powerful that it could even disguise itself as a pebble in front of you. Moreover, a real planetary battleship is equipped with extremely advanced hyperspace attack equipment. It can attack anything from any corner of the universe, and its' firepower 'can cover the entire solar system …"
"But I think it should be over there …" Big Sister suddenly looked in a certain direction thoughtfully. "It's a very strong hostility. My spiritual power reacted in that direction, but it's too far away, so the curse can't take effect."
I almost forgot: there's someone here whose power doesn't need to be actively aimed, but needs to be triggered by the enemy themselves!
"We have to get rid of that thing as soon as possible." Sandora immediately stood up. "The Warsong is best at destroying the enemy's base order to wipe out the enemy's combat power. It should still be adjusting its weapon system now, but given enough time, it will be a huge problem."
"The entire celestial system fleet is actually being toyed around by a planetary battleship." I shrugged. "Does it have any weaknesses?"
"The overall strength of the celestial system fleet is certainly stronger than the Warsong, but on a real battlefield, data is sometimes the most unreliable. As for weaknesses … the planetary battleship's defense system is a damage definition system. It can directly adjust the damage it receives to a minimum value, and this minimum value is only enough to create a ripple on its conventional shield. So, the more we use large cannons to bombard it, the more wasteful it will be. Concentrating a large number of medium and small firepower to bombard it might be a solution … "
There was another violent tremor under our feet. It should be one of the unlucky spaceships near us accidentally colliding with a mass point. The Empire Admiral shook violently, as if it had instantly passed by a hundred neutron stars. I grabbed Liliana, who was rolling past me, and said loudly, "Look, the medium and small warships can't get close to that thing!"
Another emergency report came, and it was still bad news. "Your Majesty, the concept of the surrounding space coordinates has been subverted! The output of the quasi-coordinate engine is decreasing, and the Psionic Death Star is moving forward in Void mode. If this continues, we won't be able to get close to the control core in the limited time! "
"I'll go," Big Sister and I said in unison.
"The curse doesn't directly attack, it directly changes the target, so the damage definition system is ineffective against me," Big Sister explained.
I added, "It's the same for the Void. I don't believe that its armor can withstand the Void Domain."
Sandora glanced at us. Although there was some worry in her eyes, this was indeed the best plan. If we let the Celestial System Fleet directly bombard the direction that Big Sister had pointed out with their hyperspace firepower, we might be able to take out the lone warship, but it would definitely waste a lot of time. Also, we would have to deal with more than one enemy, and the entire universe's revenge army was waiting for us to turn their cannons!
"You must be careful, I will provide you with hyperspace firepower to eliminate the enemy's escort fleet. If the attack is ineffective, immediately retreat. Don't rely too much on your individual strength, it will be useless against the entire fleet."
Pandora and Visca also stood up. Because the enemy had been using hyperspace firepower to attack us, these two little fellows couldn't find a place to use their power, and were feeling depressed. Now that they saw that there was a special operation, their eyes instantly lit up and they came over.
"Got it, got it. Bring the two of you along."
I felt uncomfortable being stared at by the two twins, one on the left and one on the right. I quickly agreed, and received two soft pounces.
"Big brother is the best!"
The big brother who led the little sisters to fight was actually the best. These two little lunatics were really hopeless.
Because we knew that the threat of a conventional main cannon to the 'Warsong' was equivalent to a single fighter jet, and in order to deal with the enemy's escort fleet, we mainly relied on the hyperspace firepower provided by Sandora, so we only brought a small number of spaceships this time. Ten Eternal-grade motherships led a limited number of escort fleets away from the Celestial System Fleet, and accelerated deep into space. The burning psionic shield and overwhelming cannons swept past the bottom of the battleship. The next moment, all that was left in front of me was the hyperspace tunnel formed by the red and blue shift.
Alright, let me see how powerful the super battleships of the old Empire were!
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