newbobooks Chapter 112: Destruction and Annihilation (2)
Chapter 112: Destruction and Annihilation (2)
"Reporting to the commander, the enemy has just sealed off 100 light-years of curvature space and occupied 600 stars. They intend to wage a war of attrition against us."
"A war of attrition? Haven't we already seized two thousand stars? Lieutenant, pass on my order to send warships to seize those four hundred more stars."
"Yes, sir! Wait, why aren't you using the Giant Star Barrier System to attack them?"
"Commander, the enemy has blocked warp space. Our stellar strikes are almost useless; they can evade them."
"Studa, is there any way to quickly eliminate them?"
"Commander, our current disadvantage is mainly that we cannot attack them through warp drive. Even at the speed of light, it would take our warships decades to reach their base. However, we have also sealed off warp drive, so if they travel at the speed of light, it will take them even longer to get here. Our primary task now is to research the Earth Empire's technology of faster-than-light travel using the sun. But I must remind you, since the enemy can travel faster than the sun, we must guard against a surprise attack after they have traveled faster than the light."
"I've already made arrangements for this. The enemy only has two million warships, while we have twenty million. Studa, you need to develop faster-than-light technology as soon as possible, don't let me down."
"Yes, Commander."
One hundred large-scale sniper ship fleets, controlled by super artificial intelligence, began to clearly define their roles. Above one hundred planets, numerous intelligent modules landed on the planetary surfaces, rapidly assembling various types of equipment and facilities. In the air, many intelligent modules also autonomously assembled into shipyards, and various intelligent robots were fully utilized. Numerous teleportation portals were deployed near the stars to facilitate the rapid extraction of energy and the transport of supplies. One hundred planets began a frenzied production of large sniper ships.
While frantically building large sniper ships, sixty fleets formed a stellar-class "Halo Garden" and began faster-than-light travel, directly plundering planets in space. By the time the Virgo fleet realized what was happening, it was too late. The only sixteen Earth-like planets in the "Light Speed Barrier" were seized by the sniper ship fleets, and large sniper ships were also built on these sixteen planets.
One million Virgo warships entered the warp-sealed space of the Sniper Star Fleet, forced to travel at near-light speed. Sixty fleets of the "Halo Garden" fleet, traveling at faster-than-light speed, began firing long-range intelligent energy beams from beyond the Virgo fleet's weapon range. Although the Virgo fleet's energy shields could withstand more than ten intelligent energy beams, the continuous faster-than-light attacks from the Sniper Star Fleet destroyed the Virgo warships one by one. Because these Virgo warships had entered the warp-sealed space so deeply, even near-light-speed travel could not rescue them; they were destroyed one by one by the Sniper Star Fleet's faster-than-light fire. All one million Virgo warships were destroyed in less than a week. This battle led to the Virgo fleet's subsequent reluctance to enter the warp-sealed space of the Sniper Star Fleet.
Seemingly in an effort to end the battle as quickly as possible, the super-AI-controlled sniper fleet ceased production of sniper ships and lifted the warp space blockade after 116 planets had built another sniper fleet a month later.
One hundred and one sniper fleets, all assembled into a star-class "Halo Garden," carried all planetary curvatures and flew towards the base where the main force of the Virgo fleet was located.
The Virgo Fleet also lifted its warp-space blockade, and all ten million warships engaged the enemy, with warships from other locations rushing to its aid. The Virgo Fleet's massive star barrier system was activated, firing over two hundred stars at the sniper fleet. However, these stellar attacks traveled at near-light speed and posed no threat to the sniper fleet. Instead, the snipers used this opportunity to destroy the stars launched by the Virgo Fleet one by one. The Virgo Fleet was forced to discontinue its massive star barrier system.
To make matters worse for the Virgo Fleet, the 101 sniper fleets began to use warp drive and the faster-than-light travel capabilities of the star-class "Halo Garden" to destroy the stars in the "light speed barrier" one by one after evading the pursuit of the Virgo Fleet's large number of warships!
Wherever the Star Sniper ships went, stars either turned into black holes, neutron stars, or white dwarfs. This raid destroyed another million Virgo warships.
Eighteen million warships began to move away from the star and attempted to intercept the Star Sniper Fleet. However, the Star Sniper Fleet was much faster than the Virgo warships and could evade the black hole's swallowing. Therefore, wherever the Star Sniper Fleet went, a large number of stars were destroyed.
“Studa, think of something quickly. In ten days, all the stars except the one they are piloting will be destroyed by them! Black holes and neutron stars are everywhere now. The fleet's warp drive is almost impossible, and it may be torn apart and swallowed by black holes. We must get out of here.”
The commander roared like a trapped beast. He didn't want to be trapped and swallowed by the black hole. He was really unwilling to accept this. The vast interstellar space was the place where he could show his skills.
To the Virgo Fleet's further despair, they discovered fifty more fleets piloting the sun had appeared out of nowhere in this space. These fifty fleets released a large number of warships of various types and models, clearly belonging to different civilizations. The fifty fleets began projecting massive amounts of rotating neutron stars. The powerful gravity of these neutron stars directly tore apart many Virgo warships. Then, the sniper ships, aided by the rotating neutron stars, launched a new wave of long-range attacks. The millions of Virgo fleet ships traveling near the speed of light to meet the attack became sitting ducks, destroyed one by one by the long-range gamma-ray bursts. The addition of these numerous neutron stars resulted in significant losses for the Virgo fleet.
The Virgo Fleet now has only ten million ships left.
"Everyone, let's fight to the death! Slaughter them all!"
"Yes, Deputy Commander-in-Chief."
The AI-controlled Starslayer fleet was taken over by Earth humans, who, along with forty-three alliance members, began a frenzied massacre.
Stars were rapidly destroyed, neutron warplanes were continuously launched, and beams of super-range intelligent energy were emitted in all directions. The Virgo fleet began to flee across a range of thousands of light-years. Forty-three alliance member warships, escorted by Earth's human warships, relentlessly pursued these Virgo warships. With their speed and numerical superiority, the Virgo fleet was on the defensive and was on the verge of annihilation.
In less than four days, apart from the star piloted by the Earth's human fleet, all 2,900 stars in this space were destroyed by Earth's human star-sniping ships.
This space is a slaughterhouse.
What drove the Virgo fleet to utter despair was that the speed of light in this space had become 10,000 kilometers per second, making the speed difference between the two sides even more pronounced.
The Earth Empire fleet and its allied fleets accelerated their destruction of the Virgo fleet. The Virgo fleet's warships went almost insane, recklessly firing gamma rays into the air regardless of whether their own ships' gamma rays were within range. These gamma rays, of course, had no effect on the Imperial fleet, which easily dodged them, further accelerating the attack from the long-range intelligent energy beams. The Virgo warships were destroyed in the darkness, flashes of light appearing in space like large bursts of sparks. The Virgo fleet could no longer maintain its formation, and the individual ships began to scatter and flee.
The Earth Empire fleet and the alliance member fleets began a coordinated annihilation campaign. Under the combined assault of numerous alliance warships and the overwhelming firepower of the Empire's warships, the Virgo warships were routed and destroyed. A month later, the last Virgo warship in this space was destroyed.
The alliance members' warships were initially loaded into the large warship, more than 140 star-class "halo gardens," and traveled at faster-than-light speeds. Then, they increased their power to break through the "light speed barrier," after which the super energy exchanger stopped operating and was recovered.
This is the basic situation of the battle in the Chamber Five Star System.
The battle in the Chamber Seven system does not seem to be over yet. More than 140 stellar-class "Halo Gardens" have begun hyperspace travel and arrived near the "Light Speed Barrier" of the Chamber Seven system. Relying on the faster-than-light capabilities of the stellar-class "Halo Gardens", they directly entered the "Light Speed Barrier".
The battle in the Chamber 7 system changed immediately after the addition of the fifty Earth-based human fleets, the star-class "Halo Gardens." Similar to the battle in the Chamber 5 system, the Virgo fleet's warships were largely destroyed under the attack of the neutron star.
With the addition of over 140 star-class "Halo Gardens" from the Chamber 5 system, the battle at the "Light Speed Barrier" in the Chamber 7 system became even more intense and fierce, with the number of neutron war stars increasing significantly, and all alliance member warships joining the fight.
The Virgo Fleet put up a stubborn resistance, with a large number of warships clustering together in the air to form large spherical monsters that flew at near-light speed, quickly dodging the Imperial Fleet's attacks and occasionally retaliating in all directions. Many Alliance member warships were destroyed by gamma rays.
Imperial Fleet Vice Commander George ordered all Alliance member warships to withdraw from the battlefield. Forty-three stellar-class "Halo Gardens" transported the Alliance member warships outside the "Light Speed Barrier," and then they entered the "Light Speed Barrier" to continue fighting.
Without the constraints and limitations imposed by the alliance member warships, the Earth Empire fleet was able to attack more effectively. Neutron war stars, neutron star marbles, and long-range intelligent energy beams began to launch a fierce attack on the Virgo fleet.
Under the powerful faster-than-light intelligent energy beams of more than 290 Imperial fleets, the number of Virgo Fleet warships was drastically reduced.
The plot is similar to the battle of the "Light Speed Barrier" in the Chamber Five system. Twenty days later, all the warships of the Virgo fleet in the "Light Speed Barrier" of the Chamber Seven system were completely destroyed.
In this battle between the Virgo V and Virgo VII star systems, the Earth Empire, utilizing its faster-than-light travel capabilities within the "Light Speed Barrier" and the advantage of its neutron star, destroyed all 60 million warships of the Virgo fleet.
In this battle, the Earth Empire lost thirty-one fleets, and the Alliance members lost a total of four million warships.
Two hundred and ninety star-level "Halo Gardens" broke through the "light speed barrier" of the Chamber Seven star system, retrieved the super energy exchanger, and carried the alliance members' warships and planets.
Just as the 290 Earth Empire fleets of "Halo Garden" were preparing to embark on a hyperspace voyage back to the three major star systems, they received emergency calls from the 7th and 11th fleets almost simultaneously.
"Urgent! Urgent! All Earth Empire fleets, please return to base immediately! We have detected a strong hyperspace oscillation across a large area of the Virgo Cluster!"
"what happened?"
"Deputy Commander-in-Chief, the scale of this hyperspace oscillation is extremely large. According to supercomputer simulations, it covers almost the entire range of one hundred galaxies. Based on the analysis of the hyperspace oscillation drag effect, the direction of the oscillation source seems to be from the direction of the Hydra-Centaur."
"Heavens, that's the location of the 'Great Gravitational Source.' Immediately notify the Earth Empire and have it prepare to escape by sailing far away from the three major star systems and across the galaxy. If possible, have them observe the situation here. I order all fleets to immediately and rapidly return to the Milky Way."
"As ordered!"
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