Rebirth of the Super Battleship-Chapter 630: Level 4 Specter and Arrival
Unknowingly, one thousand years had already passed since Xiao Yu set out on the journey to the Galactic Center. In these one thousand years, changes had occurred within the Divine Ark Civilization that could almost be called earth-shaking.
The most important change was that the total number of warships Xiao Yu possessed had reached one hundred sixty million. This number had already completely surpassed the number of warships a preliminary or intermediate Level 6 Civilization could possess. Moreover, this number was still continuing to rise. Among these one hundred sixty million spaceships, roughly thirty million were new-type spaceships manufactured entirely from the flesh of Arboreal Race Alien Beasts. These new-type spaceships would become the most central and most elite force within Xiao Yu’s vast fleet.
It was estimated that upon arrival at the Galactic Center, Xiao Yu’s warship reserves would reach three hundred million, the number of new-type warships would reach fifty million, and the number of Planet-Class warships would reach one hundred. This combat power, although still not equal to several of the high-end powers within the Milky Way Galaxy, such as the Guardians and the Sweepers, was already sufficient to make them take him seriously.
The construction tasks for planetary transformation, various energy bases, and stellar energy collection devices had all been completed. One thousand planets, according to Xiao Yu’s plan, had been transformed either into residential planets, or into tourism planets, or into industrial planets. Those previously constructed residential Continent-Class spaceships were still in service. Xiao Yu had even newly constructed two Planet-Class habitation ships, which could be considered a thorough solution to the problem of having nowhere to live caused by the continuous increase in the number of intelligent beings.
The intelligent beings could freely choose to live on planets or on spaceships. Xiao Yu provided them with a complete internal transportation system within the small universe. Transferring between two different planets or spaceships was not troublesome at all. At the same time, Xiao Yu estimated, judging by the current growth rate of intelligent beings, that for at least five thousand years he would not need to carry out such construction again.
The completion of various large-scale construction tasks allowed Xiao Yu to reclaim a massive amount of computation unit capacity and devote more energy to warship manufacturing and technological research and development. In this situation, a perfected, combat-usable two-dimensional weapon was finally developed. For this, Xiao Yu specially halted his forward march and selected a star system as the proving ground for his new weapon.
A Continent-Class spaceship equipped with a two-dimensional weapon, under Xiao Yu’s control, approached a rocky planet roughly the size of Mars and then released a sealed fragment of two-dimensional space infused with energy. Under the watch of Xiao Yu and a group of scientists, the planet, assaulted by the two-dimensional space and beginning to fall continuously from a three-dimensional state to two-dimensional state, it erupted with unimaginable, colossal energy, an energy even comparable to the outbursts of certain stars. At that moment, the light emitted by this rocky planet had already completely surpassed the brightness of the star it orbited.
After the energy finished erupting, Xiao Yu saw a two-dimensional planet. From a three-dimensional viewpoint, Xiao Yu simultaneously saw all the internal and external structures of this planet and also perceived that this patch of two-dimensional space, under the erosion of the three-dimensional main universe, was steadily shrinking.
“Perhaps in the future the colossal energy released by space falling to a lower dimension will also become an energy acquisition method that surpasses elemental decay and matter-antimatter annihilation. But judging by the technological level of a Level 6 Civilization, I see no possibility of mastering this energy source. Perhaps when I reach the level of a Level 7 Civilization, I will be able to master this energy.” Xiao Yu thought silently. “Or perhaps it is precisely because of having this kind of energy source that a Level 7 Civilization can be free from the constraints of galaxies and travel freely back and forth among different galaxies.”
Through several different weapon tests, after grasping all the characteristics of the two-dimensional weapon and carrying out a series of improvements, Xiao Yu once again began retrofitting the already constructed spaceships. This task was much simpler and did not consume much of Xiao Yu’s computation capacity. By contrast, the research and development of the two-dimensional shield occupied much of Xiao Yu’s computation capacity.
However, at this moment, whether two-dimensional weapons or the two-dimensional shield, or the Loya Round Cup and space technology, none of these was as important as one matter. Because the one-thousand-year term had arrived, and if nothing unexpected happened, Xiao Yu’s Specter companion was about to awaken and become a Level 4 Specter.
A Level 4 Specter possessed incomparable, immense value. Even setting aside value, purely on the level of feeling, Xiao Yu felt sincere joy that this loyal kin who had shared hardships with him could achieve what he had today.
Everything proceeded just as Xiao Yu had planned. At a precise moment, from a certain corner of the small universe, Xiao Yu perceived a fluctuation. What was different was that this fluctuation was much smaller than the fluctuation before the Specter companion fell asleep. If Xiao Yu had not, during this period of time, achieved great technological progress, he truly would not have been able to detect it.
“Specter. Have you become a Level 4 Specter?” Xiao Yu sent out a message full of joy.
What greeted Xiao Yu was a deep sigh. “Yes, I have already become a Level 4 Specter. The answer to that question, at this moment I finally know it. So that is how it is, so that is how it is.”
The Specter companion had once said that a certain question was troubling it. If it could understand that question, it could become a Level 4 Specter. But when Xiao Yu inquired, the Specter companion said that this question could not be expressed in language or writing.
“Now that you have become a Level 4 Specter, then what exactly is this question. Can you tell me.” Xiao Yu asked with some curiosity.
“Hmm. I have indeed organized the language to speak of this question, but I cannot tell you the answer.” the Specter companion said. “Put simply, the question is, what exactly is life. I already have the answer now, so I became a Level 4 Specter. But very regrettably, for the time being I still cannot express my answer in the form of language or writing.”
“I see.” Xiao Yu replied a bit ruefully. “Then let us speak of this matter later. Specter, what is your combat power now. In the near future our Divine Ark Civilization will encounter a major challenge. Your combat power is of critical importance.”
“My combat power…” The Specter companion pondered for a moment and answered. “My combat power now is roughly the same as the peak power of the Arboreal Race Alien Beast. That is the combat power of a full-version Level 4 Specter. As for the challenge… what challenge?”
After the Specter Race entered its thousand-year slumber, only then did Xiao Yu discover the news that in the direction of the Galactic Center there were relics of a Level 7 Civilization of the mechanical direction, and that all the great forces in the Milky Way Galaxy were already planning to lay hands on them. So the Specter companion did not know of these matters.
Xiao Yu told the Specter companion the process in detail. The Specter companion laughed. “Good, good, then let us go. With me and the Sphere of Death, and the three hundred million powerful warships equipped with two-dimensional weapons that we will have by then, even if we cannot achieve the final goal, escaping will certainly be no problem. By the way, I have long been looking forward to the day we can truly stand before the Taihao Alliance, the Sweepers, and the Guardians.”
“Very well, then let us wait for that day to arrive.” Xiao Yu likewise responded with a hearty laugh.
Since the two-dimensional weapon had already been successfully developed, the research and development of the two-dimensional shield was immediately put on the agenda. There were still one thousand years remaining until arrival, and Xiao Yu did not worry that he would be unable to research the technologies he needed during this period.
Five hundred years later, the experimental device of the two-dimensional shield was successfully developed. Xiao Yu mounted it on a spaceship model only one meter in length, then employed various offensive methods to test all the performance aspects of the two-dimensional shield, while continuously carrying out various modifications to the two-dimensional shield.
This was a key technological breakthrough. With this breakthrough as the foundation, subsequent research became much easier. Another three hundred years passed, and Xiao Yu finally obtained the full-version two-dimensional shield technology. During this period, the retrofitting work to equip the original warships with two-dimensional weapons had already been completely finished. After the two-dimensional shield technology matured, Xiao Yu immediately began a new round of spaceship retrofitting.
From this moment on, Xiao Yu’s spaceships not only possessed mature two-dimensional weapons but also possessed mature two-dimensional shield technology. At the same time, in the process of adding two-dimensional weapons and the two-dimensional shield to these spaceships, Xiao Yu also employed a large amount of information-sealing technology, doing his utmost to increase the difficulty for an enemy civilization to analyze the technology from captured ships.
Xiao Yu was certain that even if the Sweepers and the Guardian Civilization captured his spaceships, it would be impossible for them to successfully analyze the two-dimensional weapon and two-dimensional shield technology without consuming massive manpower, material, and social resources, as well as a long period of time.
The final two hundred years were the wrap-up period for Xiao Yu’s various construction tasks. During these two hundred years, Xiao Yu comprehensively completed all construction tasks. The reserve of spaceships had already reached the anticipated three hundred million. The fifty million new-type warships had also been completely constructed.
The combat power of the Divine Ark Civilization had reached its peak. Since Xiao Yu’s birth, the Divine Ark Civilization had never been as powerful as it was now.
By observing the constantly increasing stellar density in the surrounding area, the greatly rising frequency of various extreme stellar bodies, and the ever more obvious supermassive black hole ahead, Xiao Yu knew that he had already arrived within the scope of the Galactic Center.
“The relic of the Level 7 Civilization of the mechanical direction is about to open, and the grand carnival of all the formidable existences in the Milky Way Galaxy is also about to begin. Come. Our Divine Ark Civilization is already prepared.”
