Rebirth of the Super Battleship-Chapter 731: Trap
Previously, Yang Jianqi had already directed other ships to transfer sufficient energy into this Planet-Class ship. Even before that spherical ship rammed into the Planet-Class ship’s interior, the Planet-Class ship had been prepared to self-destruct. That is right, Yang Jianqi’s tactic was simple, to use self-destruction and the instant release of energy to destroy the spherical ship.
“Haha, I succeeded.” Yang Jianqi shouted excitedly after seeing the effect, which drew considerable displeasure from Rose. “The enemy’s spherical ships number around twenty thousand. Do we Divine Ark Civilization have twenty thousand Planet-Class ships? Watch me. Let me try whether a Continent-Class ship can destroy a spherical ship.”
Xiao Yu took note of this tactic but did not delve deeply into this method. Large ships were always the core combat strength. When precise control and coordination could achieve the goal, Xiao Yu was unwilling to use such an approach.
The warships piloted by the intelligent beings fully joined the encirclement of the Sweepers Civilization fleet. Among the roughly ten million intelligent beings, the fewest ships controlled by one person was just over ten, and the most was Yang Jianqi, with several million. Everyone exerted their full ability to attack the Sweepers Civilization. Ships of the Divine Ark Civilization were destroyed, and warships of the Sweepers Civilization were destroyed as well. As for the star system’s defense systems that Xiao Yu had arranged in advance, they did not play much of a role, because the Sweepers Civilization’s warships did not spread out at all. They remained clustered in one place.
For a time, the war became stalemated. The Micron corpse still pursued the Neutron War Star relentlessly. Relying on its superior maneuverability, the Neutron War Star continued the work of destroying stars. Yet at this time, the Neutron War Star’s objective seemed to change. Xiao Yu saw the Neutron War Star abandon its attack on the stars and instead charge into Xiao Yu’s ship clusters.
“Planning to go after my warships.” Perceiving this, Xiao Yu immediately issued an order. “All relevant combat personnel, pay attention. Watch the Neutron War Star’s movements. Do not clash head-on. Evade.”
Although the warning was issued in advance, its effect was limited. The Neutron War Star’s combat power was simply too overwhelming, so overwhelming that conventional warships were like paper in front of it. The Neutron War Star was like a tiger leaping into a flock of sheep, launching a ferocious slaughter. Although the Micron corpse kept close pursuit behind it, because this was friendly fleet assembly space and it had to avoid friendly ships, it was constrained. The distance between it and the Neutron War Star instead widened.
A Planet-Class battleship exploded and disintegrated in an instant under the Neutron War Star’s strike. A Continent-Class ship was also pierced by the Neutron War Star. When the Neutron War Star entered the Continent-Class ship’s interior, it also canceled its gravitational screening. In that instant, the Continent-Class ship was compressed by gravity into a solid iron sphere. It was destroyed without even the qualification to explode.
Another Planet-Class battleship was destroyed. Two, three.
This simply was not combat on the same tier.
With a rough tally, Xiao Yu reached a conclusion. In just ten minutes after the Neutron War Star joined the slaughter of ordinary warships, more than ten million ships had been destroyed by it. Because Xiao Yu’s fleet was truly too dense, this density brought a huge bonus to firepower against ordinary fleets, but when facing the Neutron War Star, it provided convenience for the Neutron War Star’s massacre. Due to the Neutron War Star’s entry, Xiao Yu’s fleet was thrown into instant chaos.
On the public communication channel, Xiao Yu heard countless curses. They came from those whose ships had been destroyed by the Neutron War Star.
“So this is the Neutron War Star. I had no time to operate at all before my warships were completely destroyed, more than three hundred ships, not a single one left to me.”
“You are still better off. I had over nine hundred ships destroyed by the Neutron War Star, and even my flagship, the Papaya Province-Class ship, was taken out.”
“Whew, luckily I dodged in time, otherwise my fleet would have been taken out by the Neutron War Star too. The Neutron War Star is so formidable. Do we really have a way to defeat it.”
“Of course. Do not forget that our Divine Ark Civilization also has the Micron corpse, and the Neutron War Star has been chased by the Micron corpse the whole time. Final victory will definitely be ours.”
As the leader of the entire Divine Ark Civilization, Xiao Yu’s mindset was not so relaxed. Xiao Yu knew that in a short time he had no way to destroy the Neutron War Star, nor to stop it from slaughtering among his ship clusters. If it were left unchecked, even one hundred billion warships would not be enough to satisfy the Neutron War Star’s destruction.
“Then I can only use this method. You destroy my conventional warships, I will destroy your conventional warships. Let us see whether you cannot endure first or I cannot endure first.” In this moment, Xiao Yu made a decision instantly. The Micron corpse immediately abandoned its pursuit of the Neutron War Star and instead turned and charged into the Sweepers Civilization’s conventional warship clusters.
Coming head-on was a spherical ship just over three kilometers in diameter. Such a spherical ship could easily destroy a Planet-Class battleship. But before the Micron corpse, it lost all its power. It still adopted a direct ramming approach and crashed hard into the Micron corpse, but it left no trace upon the Micron corpse.
The Micron corpse then rushed to a large Sweepers ship and pierced it through, and after it exploded violently, it sped toward the next ship.
“Let me see whether you cannot endure first or I cannot endure first.” Xiao Yu thought fiercely and again issued an order to the Specter companion. “Kill for me. Kill as many as you can. We must force the Neutron War Star to return and defend. If we can force it to face you directly, so much the better. Specter Taihao, you go as well and do your utmost to delay the Neutron War Star’s movement speed.”
Such was the peculiar situation now. The two compact stellar bodies were separately carrying out great slaughter within the enemy’s ranks, while the conventional fleets of both sides fought to the death. For a time, the battlefield was in utter disorder.
Within Xiao Yu’s ranks, the Neutron War Star was an invincible existence. Within the Sweepers Civilization’s ranks, the Micron corpse was likewise invincible. Whether spherical ships or ordinary warships, whether Star-Class ships or others, none were a match for the Micron corpse, and none dared to approach its edge.
The Micron corpse charged straight toward the core of the Sweepers Civilization’s warship cluster. Xiao Yu could sense that something of great importance to the Sweepers Civilization was stored there. Xiao Yu did not know what it was, but he knew that the Neutron War Star would not allow him to destroy it. If he showed intent to attack that location, the Neutron War Star would definitely return.
Xiao Yu’s sense was not illusory but the conclusion of careful analysis. Xiao Yu had constantly observed that the Sweepers Civilization’s warship cluster maintained a relatively tight posture, firmly guarding its core area. Other than something extremely precious being there, Xiao Yu could think of no other possibility.
Regarding the Micron corpse, Xiao Yu had absolute confidence. Therefore he directed the Specter companion to pilot the Micron corpse to begin assaulting that place.
“No matter what you have there, destroy it first.” This was Xiao Yu’s thought.
What followed did not stray from Xiao Yu’s expectations. Xiao Yu saw the Neutron War Star, which had been slaughtering wildly within his own ranks, suddenly stop and rapidly return to defend. Because the Micron corpse had advanced by conventional flight, ramming all the way, while the Neutron War Star returned rapidly by curvature flight, moments later the Neutron War Star actually rushed ahead of the Micron corpse and blocked the path of its advance.
Invisible in the visible-light band, the Neutron War Star hovered there quietly, motionless.
“What does it want to do.” At this moment, Xiao Yu felt a trace of doubt. “What does the Sweepers Civilization want to do. The Neutron War Star is no less important to them than the Radiance is to the Guardians, perhaps even more so. The Sweepers Civilization cannot possibly allow the Neutron War Star to be destroyed by the Micron corpse. Then what exactly do they intend.”
Xiao Yu always believed one principle. Only that which you have won for yourself is yours. What others give you is not yours and is very likely a trap. In the present case, if Xiao Yu had, through his own arrangements and great effort, obtained the opportunity to ram the Neutron War Star, he would use that chance without hesitation. But now, with the Neutron War Star simply hovering there and seemingly no longer fleeing, Xiao Yu hesitated.
“This is wrong, very wrong. The Sweepers Civilization must have a plot, must have a plot.” Xiao Yu pondered countermeasures silently. In his heart, he grew doubtful about immediately having the Micron corpse ram forward.
Xiao Yu was certain that if the Micron corpse really struck the Neutron War Star, the two would both be destroyed one hundred percent, with no reason for either side to survive. But the Neutron War Star’s behavior was too strange. Xiao Yu did not know what plans the Sweepers Civilization had in mind.
Just then, aboard the Tianyuan, the material composition of the spherical ship captured by Xiao Yu was parsed. The result of the analysis made Xiao Yu instantly turn pale with fright. He immediately felt an immense sense of crisis, as if a sharp sword were pressed against his heart, ready to take his life at any moment.
“Specter, come back quickly. It is a trap, a trap.”
