Humanity is missing, luckily I have billions of clones-Chapter 256: Extremely Small

Tom felt a hint of madness in his heart as he gazed at the distant battlefield, which sparkled like a sea of stars.

"The universe is vast, with billions of civilizations. I can proudly say, I am the only one who can unleash such an attack at the Strong Nuclear stage.

Havilah Civilization, is it? You are very honored to be the first civilization in this universe to suffer such an attack. Now, enjoy it!"

A few dozen seconds flew by. Finally, the X and Y bosons responsible for creating the Unified Force Field arrived at the battlefield at speeds extremely close to that of light.

Before this, all of Tom’s creations equipped with energy shields, whether manned or unmanned spacecraft, interstellar turrets, or laser emitters, had their energy shields flicker almost imperceptibly, with a slight change in frequency.

In Tom’s research, there were only three ways to resist the effects of the Unified Force Field.

First, set one’s energy shield to a specific special frequency, which would block the Unified Force Field’s influence, preventing it from affecting one’s own structure.

This was the least costly, most convenient method, with virtually no consequences.

Tom used this method.

However, to use this method, one must know all the parameters of the Unified Force Field in advance. Thus, it was clear that only the creator of the Unified Force Field, Tom himself, could use this method.

The second method was to rely on the strength of the energy shield to resist head-on.

Because energy shields are essentially particles in a strong nuclear excited state, they also have a resistive effect against this field, though with lower efficiency.

The third method was... luck.

Leaving it to fate, perhaps a certain geometric point in space happened to be a place where the Unified Force Field’s coverage was weaker?

There were only these three methods, and no others.

Thus, with all of Tom’s facilities equipped with energy shields remaining almost unaffected, a strange phenomenon occurred.

The sensors equipped on numerous manned and unmanned spacecraft instantly detected changes in their own devices, which were then instantly transmitted to the control base in the rear via super-distance communication relays.

In an instant, countless alarm devices in the control base blared, their piercing sirens echoing through the sky.

The next moment, in the vast deep space, within a radius of approximately 4 million kilometers with the Second Planet as the center—this was the approximate range of the entire battlefield—countless dazzling flashes of fire erupted simultaneously, as if millions of suns had appeared at once on the battlefield.

The energy source of the strong nuclear excited state is mass conversion. Its mass-energy conversion efficiency is low, far inferior to hydrogen bombs and atomic bombs, with a maximum of only about 0.00005%.

At this moment, with large-scale Unified Force Field coverage, the mass-energy conversion efficiency was even lower, only about 0.000001%.

However, even with just this one-hundred-millionth, a warship with a mass of 1,000 tons would still have approximately 10 grams of matter converted into energy.

Just 10 grams of matter might not seem like much, but when converted to hydrogen bomb equivalent, it amounts to a staggering 210,000 tons of TNT.

That is, the effect at this moment was equivalent to a 1,000-ton medium-sized warship having a 210,000-ton TNT equivalent hydrogen bomb detonated at close range within its energy shield.

What would be the consequences of this?

Very simple.

Under this unparalleled high temperature, in an instant, just an instant, not even 0.01 seconds, this warship would instantly be blasted into a fireball.

What would remain after the fireball dissipated?

Nothing.

Not even a trace of residue would be left. Because all the matter composing this spacecraft, at this moment, had been completely vaporized by the high temperature, utterly turning into interstellar dust.

It vanished into thin air.

And at this moment, under the large-scale Unified Force Field coverage, this was not the only warship that vanished into thin air.

Tom saw that, in that instant, there were millions of fireballs, like hydrogen bomb explosions, appearing across the vast battlefield.

These were the larger, easily distinguishable ones. The remaining smaller, weaker explosions, such as those of a satellite or a small unmanned spacecraft, were completely indistinguishable under the intense glare of the larger spacecraft explosions.

Tom saw that even the Havilah Civilization’s warships temporarily docked in the interstellar mothership’s port, not yet engaged in battle, were not spared.

Not all of those concentrated warships needed to be affected and explode. Only one medium-sized spacecraft needed to be affected.

Because it was a close-range explosion, a hydrogen bomb with a 200,000-ton TNT equivalent was already enough to completely obliterate the entire massive mothership, as well as the hundreds or thousands of warships docked on it!

In an instant, whether warships or satellites, turrets or mines, under this large-scale Unified Force Field coverage, they were almost completely swept away, like autumn leaves by the wind.

At this moment, what Tom thought of was not to seize the opportunity to expand the victory, but to increase his defensive capabilities with all his might, and to put his own spacecraft’s internal equipment into safe mode as quickly as possible.

Only by doing so could he preserve himself against the endless, violent explosions like hydrogen bombs. Otherwise, in such a chaotic electromagnetic environment and under the impact of radiation and heat, even if he was not affected by the Unified Force Field, he would be destroyed by the explosions of the enemy warships.

The Second Planet itself was not directly affected.

Because the Unified Force Field is more sensitive to metal and relatively smaller targets.

A planet is neither metal nor too large, and it can effectively block X and Y bosons, so it would not be affected by the Unified Force Field.

But it was also indirectly affected.

As if large-yield hydrogen bombs were continuously exploding nearby, the endless heat and radiation surged forth, and in an instant, the planet’s atmosphere began to churn violently, and winds unlike any since the planet’s birth swept across the entire planet.

After only a few seconds, the Unified Force Field dissipated. The explosion flashes from countless manned and unmanned facilities also finally disappeared.

The battlefield instantly quieted down, a profound stillness.

In the rear, in the battlefield control base, piercing alarm sounds echoed through the sky. The Havilah warriors, who had been fighting intensely just a moment ago, took off their helmets and looked at each other in bewilderment.

They had been maintaining a good connection with their warships, fighting fiercely, but then... the warships suddenly lost contact?

Was there a malfunction? It didn’t seem so, after all, their comrades had also lost connection; it was unlikely that all of them would malfunction, right?

And they had never heard of any method that could interfere with super-distance communication?

Then...

Where is my warship?

Where is my huge warship that was perfectly fine just now?

At this moment, even the few remaining Havilah warships on the battlefield—those that were lucky enough not to be destroyed, or that were large enough and had strong enough energy shields to survive—showed some signs of daze.

But Tom had no hesitation at this moment.

Perfect, strike while the iron is hot!