Rebirth of the Super Battleship-Chapter 637: Cracked Open
During the attack on that rectangular cuboid at the center of the battlefield, the attack methods of Technology Taihao and the Guardian Civilization had a certain similarity, and were even very similar to Xiao Yu’s methods. These three civilizations were all Technological Civilizations after all. Although there were some differences in attack intensity, specific details, and weaponry, overall they were roughly the same.
The attack patterns of the three Alien Beasts, including the python Alien Beast, the crocodilian Alien Beast, and Alien Beast Taihao, as well as Specter Taihao, were somewhat different. Xiao Yu saw that after Technology Taihao issued the command to start the offensive, Alien Beast Taihao took the lead and rushed to this rectangular cuboid. In the void, relying on no external force, its body suddenly spun, and something thick, like a tail yet also like a tentacle, lashed fiercely onto the cuboid. The attack methods of the python Alien Beast and the crocodilian Alien Beast were not much different from this. The strange one was Specter Taihao. For some unknown reason, its body was shrinking to an extreme, shrinking until it became invisible to the naked eyes of ordinary intelligent beings, then quietly adhered to the surface of the cuboid, doing something unknown.
The three Alien Beasts, the three Technological Civilizations, plus Specter Taihao made a total of seven formidable existences that launched attacks on this cuboid. Amidst the sky-filling cannon fire, crisscrossing black fine lines, black curtains, space shattering, space collapse, and other attacks, that eerie cuboid still floated there in silence.
The black fine lines were without a doubt the most conventional spatial weapons. The space shattering weapon was the one Xiao Yu used. As many as thirty Continent-Class warships rushed to the surroundings of this cuboid, enveloping the cuboid together with the surrounding space, then the weapons fired, and this region of space immediately began to turn chaotic. The space collapse weapon was used by the Guardian Civilization. The activation principle and destructive principle of this weapon bore some similarity to Xiao Yu’s space shattering weapon, but there were also many differences between the two. In Xiao Yu’s estimation, this space collapse weapon seemed somewhat similar to the effect a black hole has on space.
These seven formidable existences were all top-tier presences in the Milky Way. If these seven formed an alliance, Xiao Yu estimated that even the Sweepers Civilization would have to avoid them temporarily. Eliminating the conventional forces of the Sweepers Civilization would likely be a very simple matter. Only when facing the Neutron War Star would it still be hard to say whether victory could be achieved.
For a time, this region truly became a land of certain death, a perilous zone no less dangerous than the boundary of the event horizon of the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way. Xiao Yu believed that even a white dwarf placed here would be smashed to pieces by the crisscrossing spatial weapons and various light-beam weapons, negative matter weapons, physical weapons, the special attacks of Specter Taihao, and the fierce physical blows of Alien Beast Taihao that carried spatial attack effects.
A Level 6 Alien Beast was already a defiance-of-heaven existence strong enough to survive on the surface of a white dwarf. That white dwarf Alien Beast Xiao Yu had once encountered had lived who knew how many years on that white dwarf with an extremely weakened body. The strength of that white dwarf Alien Beast at its peak might not necessarily be comparable to that of the two Alien Beasts present.
If a Level 6 Alien Beast used all its strength, relying on its own formidable power to alter the orbit of a white dwarf was not impossible. By comparison, Technological Civilizations were somewhat inferior in this respect. The instruments manufactured by Technological Civilizations using materials surpassing hydrogen-atomic polymer material could exist on the surface of a white dwarf, but could not push a white dwarf to move, let alone remodel a white dwarf and transform it into a White Dwarf War Star.
The reason was very simple. Large-scale instruments and small-scale instruments experience different gravitational intensities. Small instruments could rely on structural advantages to withstand the terrifying gravity of a white dwarf and exist on its surface, but to push a white dwarf forward, one must manufacture ultra-large propulsion engines. It could be confirmed that such engines could not be constructed on the surface of a white dwarf.
But regardless, the combined attack of Technological Civilizations, Alien Beast Civilizations, and the one Specter Taihao was definitely an unimaginably fierce intensity of assault. In a place like this, even ten stars would be instantly destroyed.
Yet something very strange happened. Xiao Yu saw that under such a fierce offensive, that absolute rectangular cuboid still maintained its trajectory, slowly orbiting the Central Black Hole. It did not shift in the slightest, and under the intense attack, it did not undergo any change. It was still the structure of an absolute cuboid, and its surface was still absolutely smooth.
That tail-like yet also tentacle-like thing of Alien Beast Taihao lashed fiercely at it. This tail, or tentacle, was hundreds of kilometers long and more than ten kilometers in diameter, while the cuboid was less than ten meters in length. The difference in size was truly worlds apart. Then a surprising thing happened. Alien Beast Taihao’s tail had completely covered the cuboid, but after the lash, the cuboid still stayed there quietly, as if it were not a real object, as if it were a phantom, unaffected by Alien Beast Taihao’s attack.
The attacks of the Technological Civilizations faced the same situation. Xiao Yu saw that no matter how powerful, how vast the spatial attacks were, even when the space in which the cuboid existed had been shattered to the limit and collapsed to the limit, the cuboid still floated there quietly. It seemed it could exist directly without relying on space.
But Xiao Yu knew that his side’s attacks were still having an effect. Because Xiao Yu noticed that the attacks of light-beam weapons and negative matter weapons did not continue forward after passing through the cuboid. Upon reaching the cuboid, these attacks seemed to be annihilated. And since it could annihilate these attacks, the cuboid could not do so without paying a price. This meant it would still be affected by these attacks. The ineffectiveness of spatial attacks and Alien Beast attacks seemed to be merely a false appearance it had created.
This reasoning seemed very clear to the other formidable existences as well. Because whether Alien Beast Civilizations or Technological Civilizations, none of them stopped attacking at this moment. Likewise, Xiao Yu did not stop his offensive. The fifty million warships under Xiao Yu’s command were fiercely bombarding that position.
Gradually, Xiao Yu discovered that the luster reflected by the cuboid seemed to have dimmed a bit. This dimming was almost imperceptible, but Xiao Yu had been observing it with highly precise optical instruments, so he immediately noticed it.
Joy rose in Xiao Yu’s heart.
“This object itself does not emit any light or radiation. It can only reflect light from other celestial bodies. In previous tests, its reflectivity was one hundred percent, meaning that a certain intensity of light shining on it would be reflected with the same intensity, with not the slightest loss in the reflection process. But now its brightness has decreased. This means it can no longer achieve one hundred percent reflection of light. Does this mean its surface has lost its absolutely smooth characteristic and that concave and uneven spots have appeared under our attacks? This is a good sign.”
Xiao Yu immediately observed the object, attempting to verify his speculation. But unfortunately, the observation instruments told Xiao Yu that they still could not detect uneven areas on its surface. However, the reduction in reflected light intensity was indeed real. To this, Xiao Yu could only explain that his observation instruments were insufficient and thus failed to detect it.
“My observation instruments have already discovered uneven spots on the surface of the cuboid. This means our attacks have already had a certain effect on it. It is regressing toward a level we can understand. Maintain this intensity of attack and it will soon be breached by us.” At this moment, the Guardian Civilization released a message.
“It seems the Guardian Civilization’s technology is indeed more advanced than mine. What I cannot detect, they have detected.” Xiao Yu thought to himself.
“Yes, I have discovered uneven spots as well.” Technology Taihao also replied.
After the attack continued for another ten-plus minutes, Xiao Yu’s observation instruments finally discovered it too. In Xiao Yu’s instruments, he saw that on the surface of the cuboid, there seemed to be dense small pits and small dots. It was evident that the existence of these pits and dots had led to the reduction in the intensity of reflected light.
From this sequence, one could also see the technological strength of the three Technological Civilizations present. Without doubt, the Guardian Civilization was the strongest, Technology Taihao was next, and Xiao Yu was the weakest.
Even though Xiao Yu was the weakest, he was still a Level 6 Civilization, and not an average Level 6 Civilization. He still had the qualifications to participate in this event and attract the attention of all these formidable existences.
“Very good. I see that these concave and convex conditions are intensifying. I estimate we are not too far from breaking it and exposing its internal structure.” the Guardian Civilization said.
“Yes, I have observed the same situation.” Technology Taihao replied.
At this moment, Xiao Yu’s observation instruments detected a miraculous phenomenon. Xiao Yu saw a black fine line quietly appear on the cuboid. Xiao Yu knew that this black fine line was not emitted by a spatial rift weapon, but that the structure of the cuboid had cracked.
