Rebirth of the Super Battleship-Chapter 549: Entrusted by Another
Before the battle began, no one had anticipated such a result. The Arboreal Race Alien Beast fled, its injuries unknown but likely not light. The Pegasus Civilization’s capital planet was destroyed, and all intelligent beings who stayed behind died. The Specter companion, having burned its life force, also suffered great damage.
At this moment, all that remained in this star system was a field of ruins. The planet had completely disintegrated. Of the rocks and various substances that composed it, a considerable portion, stimulated by an immense amount of energy and having obtained sufficient initial velocity, had already escaped in all directions. Within this star system, the remaining material would form an asteroid belt. Having lost too much mass, it could no longer recombine into a complete planet.
The once-flourishing Pegasus Civilization thus vanished into smoke. Only in the occasional metallic artifacts among those asteroids, and in certain objects clearly technological in nature, could one catch a faint glimpse of that civilization’s former splendor.
Xiao Yu, hundreds of light years away, naturally would not know any of this. From this moment, it would take roughly seven hundred years before the light bearing news of these changes reached the star system Xiao Yu had designated as the target for recuperation, and only then would Xiao Yu perceive it.
The boundless universe would bury every story, whether magnificent or tragic, like boundless wind and sand burying any glory in darkness.
Xiao Yu’s fleet was still in curvature flight. During this period, the work of assimilating the Purple Civilization had already begun. Xiao Yu planned that, by the time this period of recuperation and recovery was complete, the Purple Civilization would be cultivated to the level of Level 5 intelligent beings, so that they could contribute to Xiao Yu’s technological progress.
Xiao Yu’s steps had never ceased.
At last, twenty years passed. Xiao Yu successfully reached the target star system. Just as previously observed by Xiao Yu, this star system contained abundant matter, with as many as six planets. Xiao Yu’s vast fleet settled here. A massive construction program began once more. Numerous research sites were built. Over a million researchers officially began analyzing the technologies obtained from the Pegasus Civilization and the Predator Civilization, cross-referencing them with existing technologies. Xiao Yu’s technological level was rising at a slow but steady pace.
A large number of detailed technologies were parsed out, and after integration with existing technologies, the long-stagnant foundational sciences finally showed signs of loosening. Xiao Yu knew that if the fundamental sciences experienced another major development, it would enter the realm of space technology. This meant taking one step closer to becoming a Level 6 Civilization.
“Although space technology has not yet made progress, after obtaining the Pegasus Civilization’s data in light science, development of a new type of computer should now be placed on the agenda. Although this new computer is still far from a light-based computer, compared to the computers I currently use it will already be much more advanced. This round of computer upgrades will at least bring me a hundredfold increase in computing power, allowing the number of spaceships I can control to at least double.”
Xiao Yu rejoiced in the progress of his technology. After receiving the relevant technologies of the Pegasus Civilization, hundreds or even thousands of research results emerged almost every day. Xiao Yu had even begun drafting blueprints for a new generation of warships. However, this new generation of warships was still Continent-Class spaceships. Xiao Yu knew that even if he fully parsed the Pegasus Civilization’s technologies, he still had no ability to manufacture Planet-Class warships.
“The apex of a Level 5 Civilization should be the Continent-Class warship. Planet-Class warships are too enormous, and the manufacturing technologies required are too exacting and complex. Unless space technology is mastered, they are unlikely to be made. However, perhaps I can take a step back and create a planetary war star similar to that of the Pegasus Civilization. As long as I can enhance the performance of the planetary shield to solve the planetary war star’s defense problem, and develop a more advanced super negative matter cannon, or directly use space weapons to solve the planetary war star’s offensive problem, then develop a technology that allows a planet to engage in curvature flight to solve the planetary war star’s mobility problem, the planetary war star would have great prospects.”
A planetary war star could serve as an upgraded version of a Continent-Class warship. Based on existing technology and theoretical systems, Xiao Yu believed that a planetary war star was not very cost-effective among Level 6 Civilizations, because a planetary war star had a rigid shortcoming, namely that the celestial body’s structure was too fragile and it was too difficult to fully protect an entire planet. Such things as planetary war stars, for a Level 6 Civilization, at most might be used when transforming their inhabited planets within their own star system, and were unlikely to participate in actual combat.
Even for a Level 5 Civilization, a planetary war star was somewhat impractical. But Xiao Yu possessed a Four-Dimensional shield and space weapons, which made it another matter. Xiao Yu believed that if he truly built a planetary war star, then he could sweep aside any existence below a Level 6 Civilization. Indeed, if Xiao Yu possessed an ideal planetary war star, then when attacking the Pegasus Civilization’s star system, things would not have been so troublesome. He could have simply driven the planetary war star straight in, and no one could have stopped him.
What most attracted Xiao Yu to a planetary war star was its virtually unlimited material reserves. With a planetary war star as a rear base, the combat strength of the entire fleet would be improved. Xiao Yu would basically solve the problem of inadequate supply. However, there was a very difficult aspect in developing a planetary war star.
It must be known that prior to mastering space technology, massive celestial bodies are the mortal enemies of curvature flight. To avoid gravitational influence, all fleets at or below Level 5 must exit curvature flight at distances of tens of billions of kilometers from a star. Although a planet is much smaller than a star, at sufficiently close distances a planet’s gravity is also quite considerable.
This immediately raises an obvious question. A planet itself possesses considerable gravity, and gravity is the mortal enemy of curvature flight. Therefore, how can one bring a planet into curvature flight?
It must be known that without curvature flight, a planetary war star would be meaningless to Xiao Yu. Xiao Yu’s wandering nature determined that he could not constantly carry around a slow-moving planetary war star as such a burden. Although in star system defensive battles a planetary war star could display astonishing combat power, Xiao Yu was not a conventional technological civilization that relied on a star system to develop. Xiao Yu had no star system that needed defending.
How to bring a planet into curvature flight was the greatest problem for Xiao Yu. As long as this problem was solved, the planetary war star could be built smoothly.
“In terms of defense, I have a Four-Dimensional shield. I can simply have the Four-Dimensional shield replace the planetary shield. The abundant material supply on a planet will allow me to run the Four-Dimensional shield at extremely high power, giving a planet protective capacity not inferior to a Continent-Class spaceship. Offense can be solved with space weapons. I can build a large number of high-power space weapons on the planet’s surface. After all, the planet has virtually unlimited material, and I do not need to worry about consumption. The only thing left is mobility…”
The bright prospects of a planetary war star attracted Xiao Yu. Xiao Yu decided to conduct research in this area.
Xiao Yu issued related research topics and allocated a considerable proportion of computing power. After assembling the relevant scientists, he began this line of research.
Xiao Yu selected one of the planets in this star system as a test body. However, this planet was too close to the star, which was not conducive to Xiao Yu’s research. Therefore, Xiao Yu built some planetary engines and pushed this planet to a place nearly eighty billion kilometers from the primary star, where he constructed a stable orbit and began research there.
In addition to the matters of the planetary war star, research related to the new computer was also underway. Fields such as an even more powerful super negative matter cannon, curvature engines that could provide faster speeds, more advanced material science, and more advanced life sciences were all being studied in parallel.
Time passed bit by bit, and in the blink of an eye several decades had gone by. Xiao Yu remained hidden in this star system, doing his work, paying hardly any attention to affairs outside his window.
In fact, Xiao Yu had no channels to obtain information from the outside world. During this period, Xiao Yu knew nothing about what changes in the situation had occurred in the Milky Way.
But there was, in the end, one matter that broke Xiao Yu’s calm.
The interstellar detectors Xiao Yu had placed outside the star system reported a message. At the star system’s edge, a detector had discovered a space fluctuation of unknown origin. This fluctuation was similar to the fluctuation caused by curvature flight in certain respects, yet there were also some obvious differences between the two.
Based on those differences, Xiao Yu made a judgment that it absolutely was not curvature flight.
A phenomenon capable of causing a space fluctuation yet not being curvature flight quickly drew Xiao Yu’s attention. Xiao Yu responded swiftly. Large numbers of warships began to assemble. The star system’s defense system was activated. Relevant military experts and scientists were urgently gathered, prepared to respond to any unexpected incident that might occur.
At that moment, a message entered Xiao Yu’s receiving equipment.
“No need to be so tense. I have come here only because I was entrusted by another to deliver something to you.”
