บท 188: Chapter 188: The Suffocating Shadow
Lulian truly boarded the biological warship.
Despite many officers trying to stop him, Lulian felt he had to do this.
In countless cycles of reincarnation, he had faced the threat of death numerous times, and while some threats could be averted by his individual abilities, what he faced was a battle.
What is a battle?
In Lulian's eyes, a battle is a cluster where the power of the individual becomes insignificant. Each cluster has countless individuals, and even if you rival the gods, you will perish if hit by a single shot.
This is by no means a joke or an exaggeration.
The battles between the Silk Civilization and the Federation were too intense. The energy contained in even the smallest beam was enough to destroy a continent on a planet.
How much energy does a so-called nuclear bomb have?
418 trillion joules?
4184 trillion joules?
It's pathetically small.
The energy contained in each energy beam on this battlefield is equivalent to the explosion of 10 billion suns. Although it hasn't reached the point of annihilating a planet with a single shot, a dwarf planet has no resistance against such an energy beam.
What individual could withstand such terrifying energy?
But Lulian still went forward.
Because he understood a principle: going now might mean death, but not going now would definitely lead to death.
In the face of a certain event, many lives in the world often choose to ignore it and wait for the future to deal with it. But what is the result of this?
These matters will become a mess in the end.
It's like doing your summer homework. Many students will pile it up until the last few days to complete it, and the result may be that it's not done, and they'll just hand in a blank paper.
There are countless similar situations in life, and it's the same when you reach a higher position.
Lulian had seen too many reincarnators die because of this. He was able to live through more than 20,000 cycles of reincarnation because of his principle: "Things must be done as early as possible."
Moreover, this matter not only concerns himself but also the entire Civilization Federation. Perhaps it's not as bad as it seems, but it will definitely affect the entire battlefield.
He's not some kind of savior who wants to save everything.
But he knows, he understands that the reincarnation space doesn't appear out of thin air. It's not the product of other advanced civilizations; it must be the product of the Federation. Whether it's the former or the latter, if the Federation is destroyed, the reincarnation space will also lose its meaning to exist.
He will die.
Even if he escapes this war, he will only live a little longer.
As a life of the Civilization Federation, he has been bound to the Federation since birth. No matter what he does or what form he takes, people will point at him and say, "Hey, that's a Federation life!"
This is an identity he can never erase.
Even if he transforms himself into an external civilization life, his every move still carries a strong Federation aura.
He won't deny this.
Because this is what makes him who he is, and it's the same from any dimension, even across time and space.
Standing in the warship without any hesitation, he said, "Activate the warship."
All the biological warships of the Tianlian Fleet were deployed in this war, chasing after the Silk Civilization.
"According to our thinking, the Silk Civilization may avoid fighting us this time. Their warships are faster than ours, but we can also use AAA cannons to continuously harass them."
"This time, we must fight. There's no reason not to."
"I know some soldiers may be dissatisfied with my previous decision, thinking that I'm sending you to your deaths."
"But today, I want to tell you, for the Federation, anyone can die, including myself."
All the soldiers who heard these words understood.
Lulian was serious.
It took the warship 18 days to reach the position of the Silk Civilization fleet. They were operating on the outer layer of the stellar wind, and their recent attacks mainly involved pushing asteroids to collide with the interior of the star to consume the Federation's energy.
Almost the moment they arrived, they were attacked by the Silk Civilization fleet.
But these attacks were not intense.
"Get closer!"
Lulian gave the order; he wanted to get close enough to the Silk Civilization fleet.
At this moment, the biological warship also started to fight back, and it was only when Lulian stood inside the biological warship that he realized its frailty.
If this biological warship were placed in a 2-level or 2.1-level civilization, it would be acceptable. But the Federation has already reached 2.3-level, and these biological warships could only be used as cannon fodder.
"The technology is not advanced enough."
In fact, it's normal. Whether it's the Silk Civilization or the Olive Branch Civilization, their existence is far more ancient than the Civilization Federation.
The Civilization Federation is more like a nouveau riche, lacking depth.
To use a gaming analogy, your level is the same as others, but your equipment is far inferior.
But is the gap really that big? Not entirely.
In fact, from the beginning, the Tianlian Fleet had never truly launched an attack. The giant ships are not just large transport ships; they are truly combat-capable.
The reason they didn't use the giant ships is that they are fighting a battle of offense and defense, and the Tianlian Fleet is better inside the star system, where it can play a greater role.
If they leave the star system, they will easily become a target for the enemy.
As Lulian had predicted, the Silk Civilization's warships were retreating, wearing down the Federation's patience. If Lulian himself hadn't noticed this, he might have directly retreated and left.
But now that he has noticed, seeing this situation leads to another speculation.
Perhaps the Silk Civilization is waiting for them to leave.
"Since they're retreating, we'll pursue them. We won't follow their rhythm, and we can force them back here." Lulian pointed to a location on the star map.
This location is close to the Federation, and there's an invisible line there.
This line can be considered a place that is absolutely off-limits. Crossing this line means the Silk Civilization's fleet may be attacked from the other side.
Lulian was well aware that there would be no attacks.
But if you put yourself in the enemy's perspective, they might think there's an attack there, not just speculate that there might be an attack there.
The line that Lulian pointed to was not close. This back and forth lasted for a full 4 days.
It's time to attack!
Lulian thought to himself.
He could clearly see from the data that the Silk Civilization's warships were changing direction, slowing down, and the distance between the two sides was getting closer.
But Lulian had already laid out the battle line, forming a giant fan-shaped formation to force them.
Seven days later, as expected, the Silk Civilization suddenly turned from retreat to offense, unleashing an unimaginable force to attack the Federation.
This offensive was too fierce.
Soon, their losses exceeded 100 warships, and the Silk Civilization's warships began to scatter and gradually formed a counter-encirclement, trapping the Federation's warships.
But what's the use of this?
The number of Federation warships far exceeded that of the Silk Civilization, and this counter-encirclement was laughable.
However, this made Lulian feel an ominous premonition.
Each Silk Civilization warship flew towards several times its number of Federation warships. When the distance approached 20 astronomical units, the power of the Silk Civilization warships suddenly increased several times.
Here they come!
Lulian ordered one of the warships to change its sequence and become an observer, monitoring one of the Silk Civilization's warships.
Soon, he discovered something astonishing.
The extra power did not come from the Silk Civilization's warships themselves but from the void behind them.
It was as if something existed there, invisible, yet capable of launching attacks.
"Wait, change the observation method."
Lulian asked to adjust the observation method to energy observation, which can detect tiny radiation outside the visible light frequency band.
In the observation, the Silk Civilization's warships were very bright, covering a large area of space around them.
"This is it!"
Lulian's calm heart almost jumped out of his chest, and he exclaimed.
"This is not because the energy of the Silk Civilization's warships is very strong and the radiation is intense, but because they are deliberately hiding other warships behind their own!"
"Adjust it a bit."
Lulian wanted to observe something else, not light, but gravity. The weight of the warships was enough to produce noticeable gravity. These spaceships, when moving, would cause space to warp, creating a funnel-like effect. The Silk Civilization could not yet change the way matter warps space.
By calculating the curvature of space, Lulian was surprised to find that the weight of the Silk Civilization's warships was 20 times higher than expected.
In other words, the 1400 Silk Civilization warships they were facing were actually 28,000.
Lulian felt suffocated.
He had found it...
This was the conspiracy of the Silk Civilization.
In every battlefield, the number of Silk Civilization's warships was about three times the expected number. Combined across all battlefields, the number of Silk Civilization's warships should exceed 350,000.
They used one warship to hide the existence of the others.
Those warships were like shadows.
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