章 218: Chapter 218: The Enemy Breaks Out Towards Us
The size of this encirclement is precisely 5.4771 light-years, with an error margin of 5 astronomical units.
Facing such a massive fleet of starships, the Silk Civilization's fleet on the outskirts of the star system suddenly became chaotic.
They did not all enter the interior of the star system, only allowing a small number of their battleships to enter in search of energy replenishment, as they were unsure if the Federation had left anything in the star system.
Upon discovering the Federation's starships, they immediately began to verify if these were illusions, but to their surprise, they found no signs of deception.
Are these starships real?
When did the enemy acquire so many battleships?
If the Federation had possessed this many battleships from the start, why weren't they deployed on the battlefield?
The number of starships far exceeded their expectations. If they had known from the beginning that the Federation had so many starships, even if these ships weren't large or powerful, they would have had to reconsider whether to venture deep into the Federation's territory.
They were unaware that these starships were part of the Federation's infrastructure.
Most of the starships belonged to explorers and Federation companies, while the rest were owned by individual Federation citizens. Due to Ella's emphasis on infrastructure, the prices within the Federation were actually very affordable, leading to many explorers and companies being able to purchase a large number of starships.
After these starships are scrapped, they can be recycled for profit. After all, many metals in the Federation have very long half-lives, and with the support of nanotechnology or even quark-level technology, it's almost impossible for an object to age without millions of years.
Over tens of thousands of years, the Federation's starships have been increasing in number, and many of them are models from tens of thousands of years ago. However, their propulsion systems, motion devices, and energy devices have been replaced.
The Silk Civilization probably couldn't imagine such a level of infrastructure.
Based on observations, the number of interstellar starships within the Orion Nebula might not even surpass the number of battleships in the Silk Civilization.
The Silk Civilization is likely a militarized civilization, with everything serving military purposes.
The Olive Branch Civilization is somewhat similar, as it is also a militarized civilization. There is no entertainment within the civilization, and there is no concept of entertainment among individuals.
On the other hand, the Federation is an overly-entertained civilization.
If the happiness index of citizens could be materialized, the happiness index of the Silk Civilization and the Olive Branch Civilization's citizens might be in the tens, while the Federation's citizens' happiness index would likely be in the thousands, a difference of at least a hundredfold.
Ella has wasted far too many resources in this regard.
Of course, this was not a decision made solely by Ella; Yan Xia's influence also played a role.
When developing the star system of Mu Cang Wu, Ella even gave one of the planets to Yan Xia to live on alone. It's evident how much human civilization has influenced the current Federation, and nihilism is too prevalent.
However, it seems that it is thanks to this nihilism that the spiritual needs of many lives within the Civilization Federation have been satisfied.
With spiritual needs fulfilled, conflicts in reality are weakened.
This is one of the reasons why the Federation has been able to maintain long-term stability and cultural integration.
Every aspect of the current Federation is connected to the decisions made by Ella and Yan Xia. These decisions have resulted in the Federation's current weak military strength and the abundance of starships as part of its infrastructure.
It can be said that there are both advantages and disadvantages.
After the encirclement reached its critical point, tens of trillions of starships launched an attack. Individually, their attacks were insignificant, but when combined, the total energy released each second was equivalent to the total energy released by a star over decades.
Such terrifying energy, such all-encompassing energy, the Silk Civilization found that even if they opened their defenses, they could only withstand the energy at a 1:100 ratio, and their defenses would still be mercilessly torn apart.
They began to evade.
Using the star's own defenses to resist the attack on one side, they then rushed towards the other side, only blocking the attacks that reached them, reducing their losses as much as possible.
They were not flustered.
They knew the Federation's energy storage limit, and small units like starships would not have much energy reserves. Therefore, they only needed to dodge a few times.
However, what they could think of, Yan Xia had already anticipated.
So, the starships only launched a collective attack in the first round, and then began precise strikes.
It was like switching from sweeping fire to pinpoint fire.
The Silk Civilization started to counterattack, but they found that the Federation's starships were not too concentrated. Even with large-scale weapons, they couldn't inflict significant damage.
How large is a large-scale weapon?
1000 astronomical units?
Even so, it's still only sixty light-years, and to cover a square light-year of the sky, you would need 3600 large-scale weapons, which is basically impossible.
Even if the Silk Civilization had 1.5 million battleships, a large-scale weapon would consume at least one-hundredth of the entire fleet's energy reserves. In the best-case scenario, they could only release 100 large-scale weapons.
For the Federation's starships that cover the entire sky, it's like a drop in the bucket.
The area covered by the entire sky is nearly 95 square light-years, which means you would need 342,000 large-scale attacks to cover it completely. It's questionable whether the entire energy reserves of the Silk Civilization, or even the Olive Branch Civilization, could cover it.
Upon realizing this, the Silk Civilization quickly made a decision.
Break out!
In fact, breaking out is the only option they have.
After all, the gap between the two civilizations is not that significant. If a 2.5-level civilization were besieged, even if the Federation had ten times as many starships, it wouldn't help.
But the Silk Civilization and the Federation are both 2.3-level civilizations.
It's like the war between the US and Japan; when surrounded, the only option is to break out.
But which direction should they break out towards?
The Silk Civilization's choice was not the weaker side of the encirclement but the stronger side.
Because by breaking out in this direction, they could focus most of their attention on the front, reducing the attention on the other sides, making it easier for them to break out.
After all, in reality, space warfare is still not like ground warfare among low-level civilizations. The Silk Civilization could withstand the Federation's attacks.
However, this direction...
On the Kunlun.
Yan Xia received a message.
"Commander, the enemy is breaking out towards us!"
Yan Xia was startled by this news, not because he hadn't considered this possibility, but because he felt the Silk Civilization was being a bit too bold.
The direction he was in was not only the thickest part of the encirclement but also the direction leading deeper into the Federation.
Less than 20 light-years behind him was Mu Cang Wu.
It was clear what the Silk Civilization was trying to do.
Perhaps the Silk Civilization's initial plan was to capture Mu Cang Wu, the central star system of the star domain, and disrupt the entire star domain's situation by destroying the Federation's central hub.
"However, they seem to have underestimated us!"
Yan Xia narrowed his eyes.
This seemed to be the first time he had truly clashed with the Silk Civilization head-on.
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