Rebirth of the Super Battleship-Chapter 696: Sweeping Aside All Resistance
The Radiance truly lived up to being the flagship of the foremost Technological Civilization in the Milky Way. This kind of holographic defense technology was something Xiao Yu had never even heard of before.
Generally speaking, in interstellar warfare a spaceship’s defensive power mainly relied on its external shields. When Xiao Yu enhanced a ship’s defensive performance, he also focused primarily on this aspect. Under normal circumstances, nothing could break into the interior of a spaceship, and even if something did enter, it would only be boarding units. Relying on the ship’s internal robots or military systems would be more than enough to handle that.
At this moment, Xiao Yu formed a hypothesis in his heart, “Could this be a trap deliberately set by the Guardian Civilization to deal with the Micron Civilization’s corpse? Hmm…I am overthinking it. That is impossible. First, it does not have the ability to intercept the Micron corpse. It only has the ability to prevent the Micron Civilization’s corpse from wreaking havoc inside it. Second, the construction times of the two are not compatible. In that case, this holographic defense technology should have been developed by the Guardian Civilization specifically to counter the Neutron War Star, to raise their chances of survival under a Neutron War Star. I bet the Guardian Civilization never expected that the first to fully experience the power of this holographic defense technology would not be the Neutron War Star, but me.”
Holographic defense technology could minimize its own damage while inflicting the greatest possible trouble on an intruder. Faced with this situation, Xiao Yu did not dare to court risk. Piercing the Radiance from one end to end was already a sufficient result. There was no need to gamble on unrealistic gains.
Thus, under Xiao Yu’s order, the Micron Civilization’s corpse, controlled by the Specter companion, accelerated again and, after spending dozens of seconds traversing a distance of three thousand kilometers, bored out from the Radiance’s other side.
There was no doubt that the Radiance had adopted a modular shield system, so a breach in one region’s shields would not affect shields elsewhere. At this moment, aside from the two shield breaches punched through by the Micron Civilization’s corpse, all other areas still maintained normal operation.
After being run clean through by the Micron Civilization’s corpse, the Radiance’s forward speed once again slowed. Although the adoption of holographic defense technology prevented the Micron Civilization’s corpse from running wild inside the Radiance, just this one hole was enough to inflict enormous damage on the ship. Think about it. The Micron Civilization’s corpse had blasted a hole two hundred kilometers in diameter through the Radiance, and the Radiance had a diameter of three thousand kilometers. That damage amounted to a cylindrical volume of approximately ninety five million cubic kilometers. Within such a vast volume, how many instruments had been present before the damage, and how many personnel?
At the very least, if the Tianyuan IV Star-Class spaceship or the Solar Star-Class spaceship were punched with such a hole, although the two ships might not be completely destroyed, they would certainly lose all maneuverability, and their defensive and offensive power would drop to a pitiful level. Yet at this moment the Radiance still retained maneuverability, and apart from the breach, the rest of its defensive systems remained intact. This left Xiao Yu shocked. 𝒻𝓇𝑒𝘦𝘸𝑒𝒷𝓃ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝒸ℴ𝘮
“The Radiance is simply too formidable, and the Guardian Civilization is simply too formidable. Could it be that during the construction of the Radiance they also adopted a modular design, so damage is confined to where it occurs and does not affect other areas?” Xiao Yu thought in disbelief. “But a spaceship is an integrated whole. For example, one region is the energy supply sector, another is the control sector. Each region has its role. Any region’s damage will affect the whole. Can spaceship construction really adopt a modular design?”
“If we could obtain the Radiance and use it to decode its technology, that would be wonderful.” Xiao Yu thought to himself, then cast this somewhat unrealistic idea out of his mind.
“Specter, keep ramming the Radiance with full force. Open another big hole in it!” At this time, Xiao Yu issued a new order to the Specter companion.
“No problem!” the Specter companion replied, and manipulated the Micron Civilization’s corpse to accelerate once more.
“I want to see to what extent your modular design can still keep the whole intact. One breach is not enough? Then make it two. If two are not enough, then three. Keep ramming until you are crippled.”
Xiao Yu made up his mind. As long as it did not linger too long inside the Radiance, the Micron Civilization’s corpse would not be in danger, and although the Radiance’s outer shield system was powerful, it could not stop the Micron corpse’s impact. Under such circumstances, the Micron Civilization’s corpse once again slammed fiercely into the Radiance’s shields.
The earlier situation reappeared. The difference was that this time the Micron Civilization’s corpse took a little less time to break through the Radiance’s defenses. It was obvious that the previously inflicted great hole had already had some impact on the Radiance’s overall comprehensive capabilities.
Five minutes later, a second breach appeared. Up to now, two massive holes had opened on the Radiance, and who knew how many instruments and how many members of the crew had originally occupied the positions now emptied by those breaches.
The Radiance still maintained overall stability. It was slowly increasing its speed, fleeing toward a certain direction. Several million ships of the Guardian Civilization had arrived around the Radiance to escort it. Among these ships were small craft as well as large Continent-Class and Planet-Class vessels.
All of these ships attacked the Micron Civilization’s corpse with reckless disregard for their lives, but unfortunately, thanks to the special nature of an ultra-dense stellar body, these attacks had no effect at all. Seeing this, these ships simply placed their own hulls directly in the path of the Micron corpse’s advance.
These ships’ performance was far inferior to that of the Radiance, but they were, after all, ships of the Guardian Civilization, and they likewise possessed powerful shield systems. This situation was like placing many layers of thin wooden boards in front of a fired bullet. A single layer of thin board could inflict only a small effect on the bullet, perhaps even none at all. But what about ten layers? One hundred layers?
The Micron corpse now found itself in precisely this situation. When the symbol of civilization, the Radiance, suffered heavy damage, the small ships sacrificed their own lives to preserve the civilization’s flagship. The Radiance continued to move forward slowly, while the Micron Civilization’s corpse was engulfed in a heavy encirclement of ships. Even the Python Alien Beast broke through the encirclement of Xiao Yu’s Tianyuan IV fleet and came alongside the Micron corpse to intercept it.
“After all, destroying the Radiance is not something that can be accomplished in a short time. The damage dealt to it now is already enormous. The war will be long, and I can finish it off in subsequent battles. For now, it will be good to focus on dealing with these annoying reptiles.”
Thus, under Xiao Yu’s command, the ships that had originally been assigned to besiege the Python Alien Beast all pulled back, and began to use conventional tactics to besiege the Radiance, the other ships of the Guardian Civilization, and the Python Alien Beast. This place instantly became a chaotic hell, and in the midst of this hell, the Micron Civilization’s corpse began to display its might.
The Micron Civilization first targeted a Planet-Class ship of the Guardian Civilization. In just one second, the Micron corpse appeared in front of this Planet-Class ship and rammed into it savagely. A Planet-Class ship was far inferior to the Radiance. It had adopted a modular approach only in its shield system, while the ship as a whole was not built modularly. Therefore, after the Micron corpse easily punched a large hole through it, this Planet-Class warship immediately lost all capability. Almost in an instant, it was annihilated amid the subsequent overwhelming spatial attacks.
The Micron corpse’s second target was a Nation-Class ship. A Nation-Class ship was even less able to withstand this. One must know, a Nation-Class ship was about the same size as the Micron corpse, and even if larger, it was only marginally so. After being struck by the Micron corpse, this Nation-Class ship was instantly reduced to nothing, leaving not a trace behind.
The third target was another Planet-Class ship, which was likewise destroyed by the Micron corpse. The fourth target switched to a Continent-Class ship…
The role the Micron corpse was now playing was similar to the role the Python Alien Beast had previously played within Xiao Yu’s fleet, it specifically picked large ships, and almost every strike was a kill. The difference was that the Micron corpse was even more ferocious than the Python Alien Beast and destroyed ships with even greater efficiency. In the chaotic battlefield, the Micron corpse charged and crashed about, sweeping aside all resistance.
The Micron corpse was the overlord of the entire battlefield. Even the Radiance was no match for it. It was the undisputed king of this war zone.
After ramming and destroying yet another Planet-Class ship, the Micron corpse’s next target locked onto the Python Alien Beast.
“Did it feel good to destroy my ships? Try the power of the Micron Civilization’s corpse. The Radiance and Alien Beast Taihao were no match for the Micron corpse. I wonder if you can give me a little surprise. If I do not smash a few big holes in your body, you will think I am afraid of you.”
Xiao Yu thought to himself and issued a new order to the Specter companion. The Micron Civilization’s corpse then hurtled toward the Python Alien Beast at extreme speed.
