Rebirth of the Super Battleship-Chapter 736: The Only Chance

“All grudges between me and your Taihao Alliance end today. Whether you live or die has nothing to do with me.”

Xiao Yu was already controlling his fleet, having escaped into the small universe. Through the observation instruments, he watched indifferently as the Alien Beast Taihao was besieged by the Sweepers Civilization, without the slightest fluctuation in his heart.

The Alien Beast Taihao had been caught in the crossfire between the Neutron War Star and the Micron corpse, sustaining severe injuries. At this moment, it no longer had the ability to escape the attack range of the Sweepers Civilization. Even if the Neutron War Star had not joined the battle, just those dozens of spherical warships would have been enough to completely bring it down. But the Sweepers Civilization seemed to lack that patience.

Xiao Yu saw the Neutron War Star move out again. It did not employ any weapons such as soul attacks, high-dimensional attacks, or Spatial Starburst. Instead, it simply rammed straight into the Alien Beast Taihao.

“No!”

From the depths of space came a message from the Alien Beast Taihao, filled with terror. In the next moment, the Neutron War Star plunged into the body of the Alien Beast Taihao. The Alien Beast Taihao struggled desperately to flee, but it was as if a heavy weight of lead had been tied to it; its movements were extremely slow.

Its body kept shrinking, smaller and smaller, until it finally vanished without a trace.

The Neutron War Star that had been hidden within its body emerged once more, radiating powerful gravity and radiation. It was invisible in the visible light spectrum, yet it simply floated there in silence, like an inviolable emperor.

The Alien Beast Taihao had completely disappeared from the universe.

Originally, its resistance to the gravity of a neutron star would not have been so weak; even if it descended onto the surface of a neutron star, it would not have been harmed. But this was no ordinary neutron star. The structure of its body had already been completely destroyed, and it could no longer withstand such overwhelming gravity.

Thus, it was ultimately compressed by the gravity of the neutron star, finally merging into the surface of the Neutron War Star, becoming one with it, never again to be separated.

After absorbing the entire Alien Beast Taihao, the Neutron War Star did not undergo any obvious change. The total mass of the Alien Beast Taihao was only equivalent to that of a planet. The mass of a planet truly counted for very little to a neutron star.

At this point, of all the powerful existences in the Milky Way Galaxy, only Xiao Yu and the Sweepers remained. The final decisive battle would be waged between these two.

“To think I spent such tremendous effort and made so many arrangements, even joining forces with the Taihao Alliance to obtain the Micron corpse and set up the star system’s defense system. I never thought that by the time the war reached this stage, it would still all come down to me alone.”

Xiao Yu felt a faint bitterness in his heart.

The series of displays from the Neutron War Star had placed enormous psychological pressure on him. At this moment, Xiao Yu once again truly felt the might of the Neutron War Star, and he once again understood the helplessness of the half Four-Dimensional Taihao back then.

Xiao Yu even suspected that, during that battle between the half Four-Dimensional Taihao and the Neutron War Star, the Neutron War Star had simply held back in order to lure out the Guardian Civilization, deliberately dragging things out. Otherwise, with the power of the half Four-Dimensional Taihao, it would have been impossible for it to hold out for so long under the Neutron War Star.

“So it turns out the Guardian Civilization, the Taihao Alliance, and the others all misjudged the combat power of the Neutron War Star. The Sweepers Civilization never fought with full strength before. It was simply toying with you, like playing with monkeys…” Xiao Yu sighed softly.

“I wonder, Taihao, do you regret it now? Back then the two-dimensional lifeform already had a considerable chance of defeating the Neutron War Star, yet they were ambushed by you and failed at the final step. What was the point? Not only did you die yourselves, but now you have dragged me into this desperate situation as well…”

Xiao Yu pondered silently.

“I wonder how Chen Mo is now, whether she can still send a powerful existence like the two-dimensional lifeforms to help me.”

Although relying on someone else’s help was something that made Xiao Yu very unhappy, he still could not help but harbor a faint hope in his heart.

The Sweepers Civilization had temporarily stopped outside the small universe, making no moves. Its vast fleet simply lay there quietly, blocking the exit of Xiao Yu’s small universe.

After annihilating the Alien Beast Taihao, the Neutron War Star had gone elsewhere. Xiao Yu saw that, while moving at high speed, the Neutron War Star was systematically destroying the star system’s defense system he had painstakingly arranged.

All the space gun turrets, fortresses, black lightning initiation devices constructed around stars, interstellar bomb clusters, and so on were being destroyed one by one under the attacks of the Neutron War Star.

Xiao Yu was thinking intensely, searching for a countermeasure.

But no matter how he thought, apart from taking advantage of the special environment created when the Neutron War Star built the Space Bridge to attack the small universe, separating it from the main universe and then relying on the entropy increase and heat death of the small universe to kill it, he could not think of any other method.

Even building an iron sphere like the Guardian Civilization had done would be of no use.

At this moment, Xiao Yu recalled the Trolor Civilization he had once encountered.

Now, he was undoubtedly much stronger than the Trolor Civilization had been, yet his circumstances had strangely moved along the same developmental path as theirs. The Trolor Civilization had ultimately hidden in a small universe, but they still had not escaped the attacks of the Sweepers Civilization.

They had been pursued into the small universe by the Sweepers Civilization and eventually wiped out.

So then… what about my Divine Ark Civilization?

“Based on our current analysis of the battle situation, we believe we have no chance of victory. The Neutron War Star is far too powerful. It is something completely beyond our level; we cannot oppose it. As long as the Neutron War Star exists, our advantage will be suppressed. Under these circumstances, I believe our best option is to run.”

A scientist spoke up.

Xiao Yu gave a slightly bitter smile.

“Run? I do not believe the Sweepers Civilization, having plotted for so long, would ultimately allow us to escape. Or rather… we simply do not have the ability to escape.”

“No, we do.” another scientist said.

“The Solar spaceship possesses four-dimensional jump capability. In the past, it was by relying on this technology that the Guardian Civilization managed to escape multiple attacks from the Sweepers Civilization. If the Guardian Civilization could do it, why can’t we?

“We can draft a plan, let the Solar serve as the traction spaceship for the small universe. With the help of four-dimensional jump technology, we can escape.”

“I am not optimistic about this plan.” Xiao Yu said.

“When the Guardian Civilization fought the Sweepers Civilization, the Sweepers did not yet have spherical ships, soul technology, or high-dimensional attacks. It is very clear that these were their hidden trump cards.

“Now that they know our Divine Ark Civilization has obtained the Guardian Civilization’s four-dimensional jump technology, I do not believe the Sweepers Civilization would fail to prepare a countermeasure in advance.

“And more importantly… the Solar can only serve as our traction ship once. I am almost certain that the moment the Solar appears in the main universe, it will be subjected to a fierce attack from the Neutron War Star. Once the Solar is destroyed… our Divine Ark Civilization will be finished.”

That scientist fell silent for a moment, then said, “When we have no other path, we will have to try.”

“When we truly have no other path, I will try.” Xiao Yu said.

The atmosphere in the conference room was heavy.

In the past, countless major decisions had been made in this room. Because of these decisions, the Divine Ark Civilization had leaped forward again and again, eventually reaching its current height.

Even when facing crises, whenever countermeasures were discussed here, there had always been many options for Xiao Yu to choose from.

But this time was different.

“First, make full preparations for the offensive and defensive battle in the small universe.”

After a moment of silence, Xiao Yu spoke.

“In the battle over the small universe, regular warships will play a significant role, and the role of the Neutron War Star will be greatly diminished. The Sweepers Civilization may not have the ability to break into our small universe. As for the stars stored within the small universe, if we use them sparingly, they can sustain us for tens of thousands of years. Within such a long time, it is not impossible that we will find a way to deal with the Sweepers Civilization.”

“Then we can only do that.”

The scientists left the conference room with heavy expressions.

“It will be in the defensive and offensive war over the small universe that the army of intelligent beings will truly display its strength…”

Xiao Yu sighed silently and began to consider the subsequent tactical arrangements.

This disastrous defeat had dealt a heavy blow to Xiao Yu and to the army of intelligent beings, but it had not shaken their foundation.

The notion that the Divine Ark Civilization was invincible had long been deeply ingrained in their hearts.

Almost everyone firmly believed that failure was only temporary, and that in the end, the Divine Ark Civilization would surely be the victor.

“How could our Divine Ark Civilization possibly lose? Jianqi, you are not actually becoming this pessimistic just because your flagship was destroyed, are you? That is not like you at all.”

On the eighth planet, Rose gave Yang Jianqi a heavy pat on the shoulder, speaking with full intention of comfort.

“I have to say, you really have no talent for comforting people.” Yang Jianqi said with a wry smile.

“Our Divine Ark Civilization still has plenty of warship reserves. Master has already assigned me a new Star-Class warship as my flagship.

“But I do not know why… I keep having a bad feeling.”

“Relax, relax, things are not that serious. Those three sneaky fellows from the Taihao Alliance are better off dead. Now that they are gone, we can devote ourselves wholeheartedly to dealing with the Sweepers Civilization.

“Stop overthinking. Come on, let us resume our training to strengthen combat on the Space Bridge…”

A year passed slowly under such circumstances.

When the Neutron War Star finally returned to the main force, Xiao Yu knew that the star system’s defense system he had set up had been completely destroyed.

Next would be the offensive and defensive battle over the small universe that would decide his life and death.

“This will be my only chance to eliminate the Neutron War Star…”