Rebirth of the Super Battleship-Chapter 567: Psychological Offensive
What unfolded before Xiao Yu was a scene beyond his expectations. Xiao Yu had never imagined that the Level 5 Civilization Alliance would arrange such a deployment and use such lavish means. With the Alliance’s technological level, constructing a star system defense of this scale was almost impossible, yet once constructed, even Xiao Yu could not break it.
There were more than one hundred and thirty planets. These planets followed different orbits, revolving around the central primary star. Each planet possessed its own independent planetary shield system, its own independent energy supply, logistical support, weapons offense, and defensive fleet systems. Each planet was a powerful war fortress, and there were more than one hundred and thirty such war fortresses here.
These more than one hundred and thirty planets were only part of this stellar system’s defense. In addition to these planets, Xiao Yu discovered countless large-scale bases and large residential spaceships densely arrayed on the inner side of the star system. Among them, the largest residential spaceship was actually even larger than the Home ship Xiao Yu had built, and there were several thousand such giant residential spaceships. Besides these were densely packed warships too numerous to count, at the very least numbering in the hundreds of millions across all models, along with interstellar fortresses and interstellar gun turrets that either followed various orbits around the star or could move freely through interstellar space under their own power, and swarms of interstellar mine clusters like bloodsucking mosquitoes gathering in great groups.
All manner of planets and structures almost obscured the star’s radiance.
This was practically unassailable. Xiao Yu even suspected that if a fleet from a Level 6 civilization arrived, whether it could break this defense was still unknown.
Gazing at the magnificent vista before him, a scene seemed to rise in Xiao Yu’s mind. Countless industrial and construction ships, like scattered ants, rushed to surrounding star systems and carried out large-scale construction on planets in those neighboring systems. On those desolate, uninhabited worlds, tens of thousands of towering planetary engines rose from the ground. Then, through conventional navigation, consuming dozens or hundreds of years, or even more than a thousand years, they forcibly transported these planets here. After that, with further massive construction, hundreds of billions of workers and robots spent hundreds to thousands of years transforming these planets into their current form.
More than one hundred and thirty planets converged within a single stellar system. According to the stellar system evolution theory, this situation should be impossible. If planets are too densely packed, they will inevitably collide and merge into a new planet. If they are too sparsely distributed, then in the long evolutionary process the outer planets will escape the star’s grip. Yet now, under the control of powerful planetary engines, each of these more than one hundred and thirty planets had obtained a stable orbit. They revolved along their paths with precision, like a clock that does not err.
The Level 5 Civilization Alliance had ample preparation. Xiao Yu understood this well. After leaving the Pegasus Civilization’s capital star system, he had rested for five hundred years, and then spent much time searching for each Level 5 civilization. In total, roughly a thousand years had passed.
He had consumed a thousand years, and the Pegasus Civilization had thus prepared for a thousand years.
Twenty Level 5 civilizations, with several trillion people combined, had united and prepared for a thousand years, ultimately creating this spectacle. This was the extreme of quantity.
Though both fell within the scope of Level 5 civilizations, Xiao Yu and the Level 5 Civilization Alliance had taken two extremes. Xiao Yu embodied the extreme of technology and quality, while the Level 5 Civilization Alliance embodied the extreme of quantity. The collision between quality and quantity would, in the time to come, determine a victor.
Suppressing the agitation in his heart, Xiao Yu maneuvered the planetary war star and eighteen million warships to hold position about two hundred billion kilometers from the star. In an era when curvature flight at dozens of times the speed of light could be used at any moment, this distance was not far for either Xiao Yu or the Level 5 Civilization Alliance.
Xiao Yu could clearly see that within the Death Flower Star System, the Level 5 Civilization Alliance had initiated large-scale military movements. At least three planets had altered their orbits and were vaguely blocking Xiao Yu’s front. At least three hundred thousand large interstellar fortresses and gun turrets had converged here, and at least thirty million warships had also arrived.
“My God, this is too astonishing. What kind of price did the Level 5 Civilization Alliance pay to construct such a shocking star system defense? How much effort, resources, and manpower did they expend?”
“It is certain the Level 5 Civilization Alliance does not possess the capability to send a planet into curvature flight. So, did they transport these more than one hundred planets here by conventional navigation? This is too astonishing, too incredible.”
“With so many warships and such a tight defense, if we do not use the Sphere of Death, can we truly breach this star system’s defenses? To gather the strength of twenty civilizations into one star system is truly madness.”
Upon seeing the defenses within the Death Flower Star System, members of the Military Committee and representatives of the scientists exclaimed one after another.
“Discard all previous detailed battle plans and formulate a new operational plan.” Xiao Yu said. “With these more than one hundred and thirty planets as their backing, all the defensive vulnerabilities we previously predicted for the Pegasus Civilization no longer hold. We must find new weaknesses in their defensive line. Hmm, the overall direction need not change. We will still combine a fast assault with a protracted war. Perhaps we can also add a psychological offensive.”
“I have decided to begin transporting planets from the outer star systems here right now and prepare for a protracted war. Before the planets arrive and before all basic infrastructure is completed, I will engage the Death Flower Star System’s defenders in small-scale battles to collect intelligence on the enemy, while simultaneously launching a psychological offensive to weaken their alliance as much as possible.”
“Our preliminary target will be these five star systems. We will transport nine planets from these five systems. The relevant fleets have already set out, totaling nine hundred thousand warships plus industrial and resource ships, with ninety million robots in all. The entire transport operation is expected to last five years, of which the nearest planet will arrive in three years.”
As Xiao Yu’s orders were issued one after another, a small detachment quietly separated from his vast fleet. After traveling for a certain distance, this small detachment further split into nine groups, each maintaining around one hundred thousand ships, then swiftly slipped into deep space and sped toward their targets.
Transporting planets meant Xiao Yu had already prepared for a protracted war. Moving planets was time-consuming and labor-intensive, and most importantly, it occupied too much of Xiao Yu’s computational power. Yet Xiao Yu had no other choice. In a protracted war, the consumption of his fleet would be astonishing, and in order to maintain the stability of the planetary war star, he could not mine this planet’s resources without restraint. Therefore, transporting several planets from outside for replenishment was extremely necessary.
On these planets, Xiao Yu would launch even larger-scale construction. Warships would be born here in a constant stream, continuously wearing down the strength of the Level 5 Civilization Alliance.
“All right, the overall direction is set. I require you to deliver a preliminary detailed operational plan to me within one month.” Xiao Yu instructed. The staff officers, committee members, and scientific representatives then began an intense discussion, analyzing the enemy from all aspects, including resources, combat power, defensive capability, mobility, psychology, and social structure.
Xiao Yu then broadcast a message to the Death Flower Star System.
“Level 5 civilizations, I am the representative of the Divine Ark Civilization. Now, on behalf of my civilization, and with sincerity, I seek to reach certain agreements with you.”
“Our Divine Ark Civilization bears no hostility toward you, nor have we ever contemplated annihilating you. What our Divine Ark Civilization desires is actually very simple, which is technology, a large amount of technology. But we do not intend to obtain it through robbery. In fact, our Divine Ark Civilization has always adhered to the principle of equal exchange, so we have prepared technology equivalent in value to yours and are prepared to trade.”
“We know that the Level 5 Alliance was established under the leadership of the Pegasus Civilization, and during this period the Pegasus Civilization must have slandered our Divine Ark Civilization widely, causing many misunderstandings about us. In truth, the Pegasus Civilization here is not the orthodox Pegasus Civilization. They are a group of shameful traitors. During the war between our Divine Ark Civilization and the Pegasus Civilization, they shamelessly abandoned their people and fled here. As for why our Divine Ark Civilization and the Pegasus Civilization went to war, it was because, under the leadership of this group of traitors, the Pegasus Civilization violated the agreement first and proactively attacked our fleet.”
“Our Divine Ark Civilization has already reached the true pinnacle of Level 5 civilizations. To speak frankly, our technological strength comprehensively surpasses yours. If war breaks out between us, it will only result in both sides suffering, ultimately to the benefit of those shameful traitors who defected from the Pegasus Civilization. It is precisely because those shameless traitors understand this that they used various schemes to gather you together, attempting to leverage your strength to weaken our Divine Ark Civilization and ultimately achieve their unspeakable aims.”
“Our Divine Ark Civilization has always believed that peaceful trade and peaceful development are the right path. We have no enmity with you, so we do not wish to launch an attack here. Ahem, that is what we have to say. As for what to do specifically, you may consider it for yourselves.”
