Rebirth of the Super Battleship-Chapter 653: Spoils of War

The Crocodilian Alien Beast, once one of the top existences in the Milky Way and one of the three Level 6 Alien Beasts, stronger even than the Arboreal Race Alien Beast and the white dwarf Alien Beast, was utterly dead in this battle, dead beyond any doubt. Up to the very last moment of its death, it did not understand why it would die, and especially why it would die at the hands of the ally to whom it had contributed the most and whom it trusted the most. Xiao Yu naturally knew why it died, but he had no interest in telling it.

The Crocodilian Alien Beast’s body had already shrunk by more than a full one third from its peak, most colossal state, but its remaining body was still extremely massive. Now its massive body had been completely scattered into more than twenty separate chunks of flesh, blasting outward into the cosmic void. Blasting out together with some of its flesh were some remnants from the self-destruction of that semi-finished Star-Class warship.

The self-destruction of that semi-finished Star-Class warship seemed to have been specially controlled in some way, so its self-destruction did not blow itself entirely into fragments, but still left some wreckage. Indeed, these remnants even retained a certain degree of structural integrity, and certain mechanical structures could still be seen upon these fragments.

There were very many of these fragments, roughly over one million pieces. These fragments, together with the chunks of the Crocodilian Alien Beast’s flesh, blasted toward the cosmic void.

Seeing this scene, Xiao Yu knew that the Guardian Civilization had once again escaped by the skin of its teeth and gained a chance to live. It had once again escaped with its life under the hand of the Sweepers Civilization’s Neutron War Star.

Because this was obvious. The Guardian Civilization’s conventional technology was extremely advanced. Xiao Yu had once estimated that the Guardian Civilization’s technological progress might even surpass that of the Sweepers Civilization. Although the Sweepers Civilization already possessed the Neutron War Star, conventional technological development is, after all, the foundation of a technological civilization. Would the Sweepers Civilization be interested in the Guardian Civilization’s technology?

It could be certain that the Sweepers Civilization would definitely be interested in these technologies, and extremely so. Not only the Sweepers Civilization; Xiao Yu and Technology Taihao were also interested in these technologies. Then would the Sweepers, Technology Taihao, and Xiao Yu be interested in the fragments after this semi-finished Star-Class warship’s self-destruction? The answer was likewise yes.

Because these fragments still preserved a certain degree of structural integrity, as long as these fragments were obtained, it might ultimately be possible to parse the Guardian Civilization’s technology. They might even obtain four-dimensional jump technology, or the instant slicing of the small universe plus space shattering technology, and even the technology of hiding oneself within space folds.

Indeed, to ensure the attraction was sufficiently enormous, the Guardian Civilization did not hesitate to sacrifice the Crocodilian Alien Beast, that loyal comrade of its own. It used the flesh and blood of a peak Level 6 Alien Beast to enhance the attraction.

Exactly so, the Guardian Civilization intended to create chaos by blasting a great quantity of precious things into space, such as warship fragments containing certain technologies, and such as the flesh and blood of a peak Level 6 Alien Beast, in order to lure Xiao Yu’s side, the Taihao Alliance, and the Sweepers Civilization to come vie for them. And as long as these existences all fell into contention over these baits, the Guardian Civilization could slip out of the encirclement and then escape once again using four-dimensional jump technology.

Xiao Yu knew that the Guardian Civilization’s stratagem had succeeded. Because of mutual distrust, after these precious things blasted into space, no one would pay attention to whether the Guardian Civilization escaped, Xiao Yu included.

Because if Xiao Yu’s side and the Taihao Alliance continued to attack the Radiance, then what if the Sweepers Civilization collected all these precious Level 6 Alien Beast flesh and warship fragments containing the Guardian Civilization’s technology?

If the Sweepers Civilization persisted in wanting to annihilate the Radiance and continued attacking, then what if all these things were collected by the Taihao Alliance and Xiao Yu, and then they quickly fled?

Should the two sides continue to join forces to attack the Radiance, and only after annihilating the Radiance turn back to collect these precious things? This situation was absolutely impossible to realize, although doing so would bring the greatest benefit to Xiao Yu’s side, the Taihao Alliance, and the Sweepers Civilization.

The reason was still mutual distrust. The Sweepers Civilization did not trust the Taihao Alliance and Xiao Yu, and the Taihao Alliance and Xiao Yu did not trust the Sweepers Civilization. Under such mutual suspicion, the overall rate of return could not possibly reach the maximum. Both sides could only see the immediate interest, because immediate interest was the most tangible.

This was the Guardian Civilization’s entire line of action. It must be said that the Guardian Civilization had come to understand, to a terrifying degree, the mindsets and styles of action of the powerful existences in the current Milky Way, which was why it could, in such a short time, devise such an effective stratagem to preserve the most important possession of its civilization, the Radiance warship.

Everything unfolded just as the Guardian Civilization had anticipated. After the Crocodilian Alien Beast’s flesh and the warship fragments blasted outward into space, the scene became even more chaotic. All present fell into contention over these precious things, and the Guardian Civilization took the opportunity, together with the Python Alien Beast, to pilot the Radiance and tens of millions of other conventional warships and quickly escape by curvature flight, stepping into the boundless depths of the universe, destination unknown.

The Guardian Civilization and the Python Alien Beast had already successfully escaped, and the Crocodilian Alien Beast had died. At this moment in the Galactic Center region, only the most formidable Neutron War Star, the Taihao Alliance, and Xiao Yu with his own Specter companion remained, these three parties.

At this moment, these three parties had already fallen into a fierce scramble over the legacy the Guardian Civilization had left behind. Xiao Yu saw that the Neutron War Star had canceled its gravitational shielding. A massive quantity of Alien Beast flesh and warship fragments, as well as some of Xiao Yu’s warships with relatively poor maneuverability, or star fragments and the like, began to fall toward the Neutron War Star like rain. Specter Taihao, Alien Beast Taihao, and Technology Taihao rapidly shuttled through the battlefield. By comparison, Xiao Yu was not to be outdone. Indeed, because Xiao Yu had a massive number of warships scattered throughout this region of space, and because of the existence of the Specter companion, Xiao Yu’s collection efficiency was higher than that of either of the other two sides.

Xiao Yu saw the Specter companion’s body suddenly unfold completely, covering an area with a radius of tens of thousands of kilometers, and then its body, like a curtain, wrapped up all the matter existing within this region. In the next instant, these things completely disappeared, not knowing where the Specter companion had stored them. When the Specter companion’s body unfolded again, there was no matter left in this region of space, not even interstellar dust. The Specter companion’s body was like a high-efficiency vacuum cleaner, sweeping clean everything in this starfield.

Before the Specter companion cleared this area, there had existed in this area at least over five hundred million tons of Crocodilian Alien Beast flesh, as well as tens of thousands of fragments originating from that semi-finished Star-Class warship.

Specter Taihao also adopted the same collection method as the Specter companion. On Alien Beast Taihao’s body, many tentacles suddenly appeared; these tentacles wantonly grabbed any fragments it saw. Technology Taihao’s efficiency was somewhat lower. It had neither the powerful gravity of the Neutron War Star nor Xiao Yu’s vast number of conventional warships. It could only collect materials by that backward method of first approaching and then collecting.

Among all the existences collecting precious materials, the most eye-catching performance belonged to Xiao Yu’s massive warship group. When the Guardian Civilization had just begun piloting the semi-finished Star-Class warship to charge at the Crocodilian Alien Beast, Xiao Yu had figured out what the Guardian Civilization intended to do. From that moment, Xiao Yu began piloting his massive warship group to move closer. By the time the Crocodilian Alien Beast died and the semi-finished Star-Class warship exploded, Xiao Yu’s massive warship group had already arrived here.

As many as several tens of millions of warships! Each warship could serve as an individual collector of materials, which was equivalent to having fifty million Xiao Yu’s simultaneously scrambling for these materials here. Xiao Yu’s speed was without question the fastest; Xiao Yu’s efficiency was without question the highest.

At this time, no one could spare the effort to fight each other, because fighting each other would waste too much time. Some of Xiao Yu’s warships that were too close to Alien Beast Taihao were even destroyed in one blow by the irritable Alien Beast Taihao, and Xiao Yu did not care. Merely tens of thousands of conventional warships. If they were destroyed, then they were destroyed. In this region and at this moment, which fragment was not more valuable than tens of thousands of warships?

Under such circumstances, in less than half an hour, this region of space with a diameter of several billion kilometers had already become squeaky clean, without even star fragments remaining. In such an urgent situation, who would still care to distinguish between valuable and valueless things? Regardless of value, collect everything first and sort it out later.

And in this action of scrambling for spoils, Xiao Yu was without a doubt the biggest winner. Because Xiao Yu had too many warships. Xiao Yu made a rough estimate and reached a conclusion, of all the Alien Beast flesh and warship fragments, at least thirty percent of the Alien Beast flesh had been harvested by himself, and fully fifty percent of the warship fragments had been obtained by himself.

After the spoils were allocated, a brief silence fell over this region. In the end, the Neutron War Star said not a word, turned, and entered curvature flight, destination unknown.