Rebirth of the Super Battleship-Chapter 700: Black Lightning

After Space Bridge Number One was fully opened and successfully connected the three-dimensional main universe with the Guardian Civilization’s small universe, the Micron Civilization’s corpse also set out under the control of the Specter companion. 𝒇𝒓𝙚𝒆𝔀𝓮𝓫𝒏𝓸𝙫𝓮𝓵.𝓬𝙤𝙢

The Space Bridge was actually not very long, only several million kilometers in length. With the passage unimpeded, the Micron Civilization’s corpse spent less than one second to reach the exit on the small universe’s end, mingled with roughly more than seventy million of Xiao Yu’s ships, and began advancing in an orderly manner into the Guardian Civilization’s small universe. The fewer than thirty million ships remaining guarded various positions along Space Bridge Number One, ready at any time to prevent a Guardian Civilization raid that would sever the Space Bridge.

Xiao Yu believed there was a sixty percent chance the Guardians had laid some kind of superweapon in their small universe, waiting for him, and that this superweapon would trigger once the number of his ships entering their small universe was sufficiently large. Moreover, given the technological prowess of the Guardian Civilization, if such a superweapon truly existed, it would surely inflict extremely grievous losses on him. Yet Xiao Yu still maneuvered his fleets into the Guardian Civilization’s small universe without any hesitation, because he did not care.

No matter how powerful the superweapon, at most it would destroy seventy million of his ships. For Xiao Yu now, seventy million ships was not much. Furthermore, this superweapon was highly likely to be single use, much like the Sphere of Death in Xiao Yu’s hands. If this superweapon existed, then he would inevitably have to step on this trap to neutralize its effect. In other words, these ships were a price he would inevitably pay. Since that was the case, there was no need to hesitate. As for the Micron Civilization’s corpse, Xiao Yu was even less concerned.

With this in mind, Xiao Yu’s fleets invaded the Guardian Civilization’s small universe on a massive scale. In just one second, about ten million ships crossed the Space Gate and entered the Guardian Civilization’s small universe.

What unfolded before Xiao Yu was a marvelous scene. The Guardian Civilization’s small universe was large, at least about five times bigger than Xiao Yu’s small universe, and it had many stars. Amid the starry sky, with just one glance Xiao Yu confirmed that at least five hundred of those stars were truly present.

Around those five hundred stars there were at least more than five thousand planets, as well as innumerable mechanical structures. There were numerous space bases or habitation bases. Countless flying instruments shuttled back and forth among these places, presenting a bustling scene.

This was the lair of the foremost Technological Civilization in the Milky Way, the Guardian Civilization.

Xiao Yu took only one look before withdrawing his attention, because the Guardians’ fierce attack had already begun. Before Space Bridge Number One opened into the Guardian Civilization’s small universe, they had already determined the location Space Bridge Number One would reach and had prepositioned a large number of warships there. From the moment Xiao Yu’s first ship appeared, a ferocious assault was launched.

The tens of thousands of ships in the vanguard were smashed almost at first contact by the Guardian Civilization. But more ships were behind them. In one second, the number became ten million. A full ten million ships appeared here. These ten million ships barely withstood the Guardians’ attack and began arranging matters such as defense and counterattack to create convenience for the ships that would arrive afterward.

At the first instant of entering the Guardian’s small universe, Xiao Yu sensed something amiss. The Guardian Civilization’s small universe seemed to have been modified with some kind of space technology. Here, the Guardian ships’ offensive power and maneuverability were both slightly higher than when in the main universe, while Xiao Yu’s ships were slightly lower.

“This must be another kind of new space technology.” Xiao Yu thought to himself. “But it does not matter. A disparity of this degree still cannot erase my numerical advantage.”

Space in a small universe was not as stable as in the main universe, so spatial weapons were more powerful inside a small universe. Ahead, at least fifty million Guardian ships had gathered here. The ferocious attack of those fifty million ships caused tremendous damage to Xiao Yu. The first ten million ships that entered were reduced to six million after a few seconds. Fortunately, Xiao Yu’s reinforcements arrived quickly enough to prevent these ships from being completely wiped out.

But this also had a certain impact on Xiao Yu. The main consequence was that his fleets were tightly bottled up here. Fifty million Guardian ships formed a solid defensive line that could not be broken through no matter what. Xiao Yu’s combat radius was compressed to the extreme and combat efficiency plunged, while the Guardian Civilization could attack Xiao Yu from all directions at will.

“If conventional means cannot break through, then use the Micron corpse as the spearhead.” Xiao Yu decided and issued a new order, “Specter, sortie at once and break the Guardians’ line.”

“Understood. Rest assured.” The Specter companion responded and immediately shot out from the Space Bridge. Just as the Micron Civilization’s corpse left the Space Bridge and appeared within the Guardian Civilization’s small universe, an unforeseen change occurred.

At that moment, a a dangerous aura of impending destruction spread through the void. The atmosphere involuntarily grew heavy, like the feeling humans on Earth had when seeing the sky filled with dark clouds and a torrential downpour about to break. Xiao Yu’s heart stirred slightly. “The superweapon is about to fire. So the trigger is not the number of my ships, but the appearance of the Micron corpse. Very well, bring it on. I want to see what can harm the Micron corpse.”

It could be affirmed that the Guardian Civilization did not possess the power to counter the Neutron War Star. Thus Xiao Yu was confident the Guardians likewise lacked the power to destroy the Micron corpse. The reason was simple. If they had that ability, they would have gone all out long ago and destroyed the Sweepers Civilization. Why would they still be forced to undertake intergalactic voyages in humiliation?

Therefore Xiao Yu faced it calmly, without fear. He intentionally triggered this superweapon in advance to eliminate the threat. The Micron Civilization’s corpse did not retreat. Instead, the ordinary ships, to avoid suffering calamity by association, began withdrawing into the Space Gate.

But Xiao Yu was still a little slow. The superweapon came with astonishing speed, beyond Xiao Yu’s expectations. In fact, when only fewer than five million of the roughly fifty million warships he had sent into the Guardian’s small universe had withdrawn, the superweapon was triggered.

Through the observation equipment aboard his ships, Xiao Yu seemed to see countless bolts of black lightning surging toward him. These black bolts were without doubt spatial rifts, yet they were clearly not ordinary spatial rifts. They seemed to be a certain kind of spatial rift modified in such a way that it could only be unleashed by relying on the special environment of the small universe. These spatial rifts even gave Xiao Yu the same irresistible feeling that ordinary people had when seeing lightning.

Countless thick black bolts of lightning converged into a great net and, at faster than light speed, arrived before Xiao Yu’s fleets in almost an instant. At that moment Xiao Yu knew his fleets could not be saved.

The forty five million ships that had not had time to withdraw into the Space Gate would all be destroyed by this dense web of spatial rifts. Not a single one would remain. This was the conclusion Xiao Yu reached after evaluating the weapon’s power and his side’s defensive strength.

The facts unfolded exactly as Xiao Yu predicted. He saw a Planet-Class ship barely withstand the slicing of one thick spatial rift, only to be instantly cut in two by a second spatial rift. A Nation-Class ship had no power to resist even a relatively thinner spatial rift and was destroyed on the spot.

Countless spatial rifts wove into a great net that annihilated all tangible and intangible matter before it, slicing everything into pieces. Ten seconds later, all forty five million of Xiao Yu’s warships were gone. Whether Continent-Class or Planet-Class, not a single ship survived, to say nothing of the smaller ships.

The Guardian Civilization’s formidable technological strength was laid bare at this moment.

Yet the Micron Civilization’s corpse still stood in space like a heavenly pillar that would never collapse. The dense spatial rifts swept back and forth, slaying gods and Buddhas alike in their path, arrogant and unstoppable. But when tried to slice the Micron Civilization’s corpse, they vanished at once without a trace.

“So this is the superweapon you prepared for me…” Xiao Yu murmured to himself. “Its power is indeed formidable. But how many times can you fire such an attack? And once my fleets break your defensive line and mix in among your ships, can this attack still be launched?”

At the instant this attack was unleashed, Xiao Yu noticed that all more than five hundred stars within the Guardian’s small universe dimmed, and three of them even seemed to explode with a bang, apparently unable to withstand such violent energy extraction.

The ferocious spatial slicing continued, and the Micron Civilization’s corpse remained in place. It was quietly waiting for the assault to pass, because under an attack this intense, even it could not move.

Amid the cutting of thousands or tens of thousands of spatial rifts, all of a sudden, a large swath of material on the Micron Civilization’s corpse was sliced off and separated from its parent body.