The Kunlun was like a giant beast roaming in the depths of space.
The starlight in the universe shone on its hull, reflecting a magnificent rainbow.
This was not done intentionally, but because the surface of the Kunlun had more than ten thousand protrusions. These protrusions could scatter high-density energy beams, serving as a defense against enemy laser weapons.
Of course, this was just a theory.
If one were to truly understand it, they would find that these protrusions had a complex structure. When particles entered the protrusions, they would fall into a pocket. Each pocket, upon sensing the entry of a particle, would trigger a pull.
The pull would guide the particles into an internal spinning orbit, accelerating and spinning them like the rifling of a bullet, and then, through this pulling force, eject them through another channel.
This was not a simple matter.
Developing this technology, from theory to practice, and then to complete verification, took a total of 621 years.
And this was just a small thing.
As the level of technology improved, many problems seemed to become easier to solve, but there would be more challenges, ten or even a hundred times more difficult than before, requiring more time to resolve.
In addition to this small device, the Kunlun, as Yan Xia's flagship, also employed many other advanced technologies.
At this moment, Yan Xia was looking at a star map.
There was only the Kunlun around, not because he had forgotten to bring other battleships, but because the other battleships were currently heading in the same direction.
Since the decision to attack the enemy had been made, Yan Xia wanted to be thorough and annihilate them completely!
"After the Thread Civilization's battleships destroyed the three major galaxy systems, they would definitely not linger for a moment. Afterward, they might head toward neighboring galaxies."
"They will think that we are thinking this way!"
"But in fact, it's quite the opposite. Since we believe that the enemy is a civilization skilled in strategy, we should adopt their perspective and understand how they will maximize the gains from this attack."
Yan Xia had now learned to broaden his horizons, so he could see much more than just the federal border.
He stood alone in the conference room, his eyes scanning over and over again.
Why were these three galaxy systems called the three major galaxy systems?
This was because they were three giant stars, the center of this star field, the political center, economic center, technological center, and cultural center.
With so many centers gathered, it could be said that this was a transportation hub.
Therefore, not only could one reach the galaxy systems at the federal border, but also some galaxy systems within the federation.
So.
If it were Yan Xia himself, what would he choose to do?
Would the Thread Civilization be willing to give up these 120,000 battleships? If these 120,000 battleships were meant to be abandoned, Yan Xia was even more inclined to believe that the Thread Civilization's battleships would head into the interior of the federation. They would prioritize attacking those large-mass stars.
Therefore, Yan Xia's current arrangement was based on this.
All the battleships spread out from the periphery to cut off the Thread Civilization's retreat.
As for the interior, the weapons of the galaxy systems would launch attacks to intercept them.
Why didn't he do this before?
Because of the distance.
The three major galaxy systems were clustered together, with a distance of more than 20 light-years between them. Even at the fastest speed, it would take 200 years to reach them, and the fleet would be too scattered.
The Thread Civilization's battleships, on the other hand, were close to the first battlefield. After dealing with those three fleets, they would only need 50 years to reach their destination.
In the beginning, when Yan Xia was still unclear about the exact number of the enemy's battleships, he chose to be cautious and did not gamble with the lives of the citizens of the three major galaxy systems, assuming that the enemy had a small number of ships.
But now, the Thread Civilization's battleships could very well enter the interior of the federation, and everything would be different.
Of course.
This was just a guess.
So Yan Xia's plan was to have the other battleships go to the exterior, while he himself would directly enter the interior of the federation.
As for the problem of the Thread Civilization's battleships possibly reaching the interior and catching up with them, Yan Xia had also taken this into consideration.
...
About 140 years later.
The Kunlun arrived at the designated location.
The place was vast and empty, with no trace of any battleships.
"It seems my guess was correct."
"The Thread Civilization's battleships have already reached the interior."
"Then let's notify the other battleships to begin the plan."
From the Kunlun, chopstick-like objects flew out, each one 100 kilometers long.
These "chopsticks" dispersed again after traveling 500,000 kilometers away from the Kunlun, each one splitting into ten thinner sticks. The front ends of these sticks suddenly disintegrated after positioning.
And then... nothing happened.
Because it was already over.
Not only the Kunlun, but also the biological battleships around it had a rod-like object protruding from their front ends. These rods did not disintegrate but pointed into the void.
The fleets in other locations did the same.
Almost simultaneously, in a galaxy within the federation, a similar scene appeared, except that the objects were launched from star cities instead of battleships.
They were not targeting a specific object but an entire star field.
This was not a centralized weapon but a dispersed "meson."
It did not have any offensive capabilities, but its function was unparalleled.
These mesons flew at a speed close to the speed of light, tightly packed and scattered.
They had terrifying penetration power, but this power did not come from the mesons themselves.
Because they were not traditional mesons, they could be said to be fundamental particles created by the Civilization Federation.
They were smaller than ordinary mesons but had mass, which was why they were tightly packed.
And they were scattered because the strings inside them were not numerous.
The reason for this was that the Civilization Federation had changed the vibration mode of the strings, increasing their energy level.
At the Planck scale, the strings became a series of connected lines, each vibrating, making them look like a pearl necklace.
What would happen when these high-energy "mesons" hit their target?
The strings would shatter.
The energy produced by the shattering could be ignored at the macroscopic scale.
But at the microscopic scale, it could destroy all order.
It would destroy all information.
And it was difficult to defend against.
Once the order of the fundamental particles was disrupted, even Yan Xia could not be sure of the consequences, but he could be sure that it would not be good, and might even be severe.
Yan Xia named it the "String Information Flow Weapon," a true secret weapon, one of his trump cards.
Compared to the Thread Civilization, the Civilization Federation was still too weak in terms of combat power, so over these ten thousand years, he not only wanted to improve the number of battleships but also to innovate in terms of weapons.
Not low-end weapons, not mediocre weapons, but weapons that could play a decisive role on the battlefield.
"Let's see how it performs in its first real battle."