บท 50: Chapter 50: The First Legion's Total Annihilation
The particle stream from the black hole explosion engulfed the entire fleet.
Kage felt the violent shaking beneath his feet and pushed off the ground to regain his composure.
The ship's screens were blurry, and he couldn't access any information through his neural network.
The enemy's terror exceeded his imagination.
He was still in shock.
It was a black hole!
The enemy had created a black hole, albeit small and unstable, but a black hole was still a black hole, the most terrifying celestial body in the universe.
Did they really stand a chance against such an opponent?
At this point, doubts began to creep into his mind.
Did the Civilized Federation truly exist?
Could the Kate Civilization survive?
Countless thoughts flooded his mind.
Just as these thoughts arose, he pushed them deep down.
Even if they didn't stand a chance, what could they do?
What if they could uncover even a small part of the enemy's secrets, rather than letting the entire Kate Civilization be destroyed without knowing the true threat?
After about half an hour, he received the first piece of information, which further shook his resolve.
The Third and Tenth Fleets had lost contact, and the other fleets had suffered more than one-third casualties. The fleet had lost 391 ships, nearly half of its total, due to the last 3% of matter released by the black hole weapon.
Before the entire legion could recover, another disaster struck.
At some point, the enemy had released Ghost Life to invade the ships, intending to wipe out the legion and leave the ships intact.
However, this gave Kage some relief.
"Engage weak force fields on all ships!"
Ella's research on Ghost Life in the past years had not been in vain. At least, it was clear that Ghost Life caused diseases by affecting the movement of fundamental particles through weak forces.
The best way to counter Ghost Life was to use weak forces.
The weak force fields were specifically designed for this purpose, storing information about the fundamental particles of life and repelling abnormal particles.
Soon after Kage's order, all ships except for four that had their weak force field equipment destroyed in the previous impact engaged their weak force fields.
Within five minutes, all symptoms were alleviated.
"All recovered ships, send fighter jets to the Wall! We must figure out its structure!"
The enemy wouldn't give them much time, so they had to act quickly.
What was this Wall?
During the black hole explosion, the Wall was closer to the explosion point, yet it showed no signs of damage.
Over 7,000 fighter jets took off, all relatively intact, while the others had sustained some damage from the previous explosion.
The jets were faster than the ships, reaching speeds of 12,197 km/s. They were designed for maximum efficiency, with engines that could accelerate and decelerate once, relying on luck for their return.
The jets approached the Wall like a swarm of bees.
They flew close to the Wall, and countless rounds of ammunition were fired, but instead of hitting the Wall, they seemed to merge into it.
"It's different!"
Kage's deputy suddenly exclaimed.
Startled, Kage asked, "What's different?"
The deputy thought for a moment, then spoke with more confidence.
"Previously, when energy impacted the Wall, it was rigid, but now, when ordinary bullets hit it, it's flexible."
"I have two guesses. One is that energy cannot enter the Wall, only matter can. The other is that high-energy weapons cannot enter, only low-energy weapons can."
"We need to test this. Let's send fighter jets or even ships to collide with the Wall!"
He was excited, as if his guess was correct, they might be able to enter the Wall.
Kage asked the operator to retrieve the previous observation data.
"Use the main computer to analyze the possibilities quickly!"
The computer processed the data and provided an answer.
[Conclusion 1 has a 32.28% probability, Conclusion 2 has a 26.92% probability, and the remaining conclusions have a 40.8% probability.]
That was high!
Kage studied the data carefully.
"Perhaps both are true."
"This black hole weapon was clearly designed to counter the impact of a dwarf planet."
"The enemy civilization's strongest black hole weapon was used against the dwarf planet impact, proving that they also fear such an impact."
"We don't need to crash ships or jets into the Wall; we just need a small stone!"
Kage ordered a jet to push a small asteroid, with a diameter of just over 2 meters, towards the Wall.
Its speed was not very fast, only 19 km/s.
Before the asteroid could impact the Wall, the Wall's surface began to change.
Bubbles appeared on the surface, transparent but distorting light, making them visible.
The bubbles instantly enveloped the jets flying near the Wall.
"We've lost contact, Legion Commander!"
But Kage stared intently at one spot.
The asteroid.
As soon as the bubbles appeared, the asteroid was sucked into one of them.
This was different from the jets being swallowed by the bubbles.
The deputy's guess was correct!
"All ships, engage!"
"To the Wall!"
Kage made a swift decision as soon as the asteroid was completely swallowed by the Wall.
Decisiveness!
Kage didn't know that he had been chosen as the legion commander by Yan Xia precisely because of this decisiveness.
In war, any hesitation could lead to missed opportunities and ultimately affect the outcome of the battle.
Decisiveness is an excellent quality.
The Spirit Legion trusted their legion commander unconditionally, and upon receiving the order, the captains immediately pushed the engine control levers to the bottom, fully opening the valves. The fleet headed straight for the Wall.
However, they were still at a distance from the Wall.
After the Spirit Legion revealed its intentions, the Wall emitted an anomalous signal.
The entire Wall began to vibrate, and a U-shaped battleship emerged from within.
Its appearance was similar to the engineer ship from the movie "Prometheus," but in the center of the U-shape was a rotating geometric structure that constantly changed and flashed with a dark green light.
This battleship accelerated to 32.5% of the speed of light as soon as it left the Wall, quickly closing the distance with the Spirit Legion's ships.
At the same time, the geometric structure on the enemy battleship lit up, and a tremor shook Kage's ship.
"Legion Commander, we've detected gravitational waves!"
"The enemy is probably using gravitons to generate gravitational waves for an attack..."
Before the report could be completed, Kage saw on the screen that hundreds of gravitational waves were converging at a single point, releasing an incredibly powerful energy.
Ships near the convergence point were instantly annihilated, with half of their hulls disappearing.
Even the flagship's magnetic shield, which had been deployed, was powerless against gravity, one of the four fundamental forces. It was as if the gravitational waves had found a loophole, passing right through the shield.
"Fire!"
Kage shouted.
All ships began charging their weapons.
This was due to material limitations; their high-energy weapons required a charging phase.
Fortunately, the vastness of space provided ample time for charging.
Once charged, hundreds of dark matter energy beams were fired at the enemy ship.
However, the enemy ship had a shield similar to the Wall, blocking their attacks.
"Long-range combat is ineffective."
"We need to get closer."
"Launch fighter jets! Launch fighter jets!"
Kage shouted, and as he did, several more ships were destroyed.
Each ship carried tens of thousands of soldiers.
They had already lost millions of soldiers.
This was the cruelty of space warfare.
As for why they didn't use automated control for the ships, it was precisely for situations like this.
The fighter jets launched now carried soldiers, preparing for a boarding battle.
These jets, which had not been fully repaired after the previous impact, flew towards the enemy ship.
Before they could reach the halfway point, tens of thousands of laser beams shot out from the enemy ship, dense and terrifying, quickly depleting the jets' electromagnetic shield energy and destroying several jets.
The starry sky was silent, but the soldiers and officers of the Spirit Legion felt suffocated. It was as if countless explosions were going off around them, bringing destruction, oppression, wailing, and despair.
The enemy had deployed only one ship, and they were already struggling.
Was the gap between them truly this vast?
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