Chapter 269: Carrying a Long Spear, Returning with the
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In this seventh timeline, Harrison Clark finally succeeded in causing qualitative change through quantitative changes, obtaining the perfect combination of timing, location, and people.
Fate was so kind to him, granting him the assistance of Star. If he could not accomplish something now, Harrison Clark felt that he would be failing himself and everyone else.
In the last few seconds of his life, his thinking entered a state of extreme activity, the keen intuition that had appeared when he was being chased by a Particle-interference Bomb was back, and even stronger than before!
Whenever the equipped detector provided feedback, locating the Particle-interference Bomb in front of him, he could almost perfectly synchronize and respond.
Even when he got closer and encountered more bomb clusters, he was still able to lead the 2.4 million people behind him through the gaps.
One step closer.
Even closer now.
This time, the invaders’ means of blocking the way was not in front.
About 8,500 kilometers behind Harrison Clark and his people, a dark abyss suddenly appeared, whistling and spreading rapidly, sweeping toward their backs at an extremely fast speed.
This was the spatial collapse attack that had inflicted heavy damage on the human fleet earlier.
Just now, Harrison Clark and the others were far away, only able to discern its power through their eyes and instruments but not how powerful it truly was.
Now that they have personally experienced it, Harrison Clark understood how terrifying this thing was.
It seemed that even the invaders were afraid of its power, only daring to detonate it at a distance of 10,000 kilometers from the Spherical Battleship, fearing that they would be affected as well.
The enormous spatial shock and gravitational field mixed with y particle flow from behind them spread rapidly.
Everyone’s auxiliary brain sounded alarms.
A tiny black dot first appeared on the tactical helmet’s star map projection, which then continued to expand into a huge black energy ball.
All of this took a long time to describe, but the entire process took place within 0.03 seconds.
The blast coverage and scattering speed of this Black Hole Bomb was equal to the speed of light, and once affected, it was almost impossible to dodge.
The maneuver just now led by Nora Camp, guiding the massive fleet to avoid the black hole bomb, demonstrated the difficulty of the task.
But Harrison Clark and the others were only slightly nervous.
Others didn’t even care.
The reason was simple: Star had left behind far too much and had been extremely generous.
She had given Harrison Clark another advantage.
Actually, Nora Camp had used this advantage before.
When no information was available, Nora Camp had not been strong enough to predict the future with intuition alone.
She had received Star’s help before Harrison Clark and had utilized that information to the fullest.
Of course, Star only helped Nora Camp to locate the movement of the Black Hole Bomb according to the consequences and didn’t have time or necessity to explain the principle to her.
Harrison Clark knew the principle, which was also in the stack of papers he had just been given.
Her cramming-style teaching in the last lesson had contained many treasures.
In the papers, she accurately analyzed the essence of the Black Hole Bomb.
The character phenomena of the invaders’ Black Hole Bomb explosions during its course inspired her ideas and allowed her to see things that she was not supposed to see in the Solar System.
Dark Energy.
In the speculations of twenty-first-century scientists, there were two types of Black holes.
Dark Energy Black Hole and Physical Black Hole.
Dark Energy Black Holes are composed of a massive, high-velocity rotating dark energy, with little mass but capable of swallowing objects by generating a tremendous negative pressure during near-light-speed rotation, thus forming a Black hole.
Dark Energy Black Holes form the foundation of large galaxies. For example, at the center of the Milky Way Galaxy, there might be a massive Dark Energy Black Hole.
Tying the Virgo Cluster and our Local Supercluster together could also be an incredibly massive Dark Energy Black Hole.
The Physical Black Hole, on the other hand, is formed by the collapse of one or more massive celestial objects, possessing extremely high mass and a very small volume.
Previously, Star’s research had focused on Physical Black Holes. She knew about the existence of Dark Energy Black Holes, but she was unable to capture and analyze their characteristics, and thus she couldn’t start her research.
Upon encountering the invaders’ Black Hole Bomb, she changed her approach, utilizing the vast information just collected as well as her analysis of the Dragonfly Fighter’s stealth technology in the Dark Energy domain. She completed a series of theoretical advancements.
In the paper, she clearly stated that the enemy ship’s Black Hole Bomb was a Dark Energy Black Hole. It seemingly had a mysterious deployment method, but it was not like the Particle-interference Bomb’s remote deployment. Instead, it quietly launched a peculiar, almost massless dark energy mass from within the Spherical Battleship, without causing any gravitational wave changes, and upon reaching the designated position, it would explode.
During their flight, Dark Energy Black Hole Bombs did not experience the photoelectric effect, and since they had almost no mass, they could hardly be captured by gravitational wave field equipment. Their stealth capability was even stronger than that of the Dragonfly Fighters.
Fortunately, humans could always find solutions with their wisdom.
Under targeted exploration, humans could analyze the subtle changes in the fog shield on the surface of the Spherical Battleship to capture information.
When something flew out of it, the surface layer of the fog shield would present the silken fog lines.
The direction of the silken fog lines represented the initial direction of the Dark Energy Black Hole Bomb’s flight.
This little clue became a significant breakthrough.
Nora Camp’s first maneuver was an attempt, as she was not sure if the Black Hole Bombs would change directions like the Dragonfly Fighters after being deployed.
The first attempt was initially successful, proving that the enemy could not control the Black Hole Bomb to change direction at will, and the outcome went smoothly afterward.
Now, the same operation had fallen to Harrison Clark, making it even simpler.
An abnormality appeared on the surface of the enemy ship, captured by the optical detector of the Divine Eagle Armor and provided feedback. Harrison Clark, whose keen intuition was now beyond its peak, responded simultaneously and moved ahead of time.
At this point, his curvature motion of the group reached one-sixteenth the speed of light, moving diagonally for 2250 kilometers within 0.12 seconds, just narrowly avoiding the range of the spatial collapse.
After the dark collapse swept through, the distance between it and the tail of the cone array reached five kilometers at its closest, but ultimately it was just a miss.
As the dark hole continued to move forward, it approached ten kilometers from the enemy ship.Afterward, the artificially created and expanding explosion of dark energy black hole depleted its energy by releasing excessive Hawking Radiation in a short period of time, and disappeared by evaporation into nothingness.
During the unceasing broken-line advance, Harrison Clark and the others finally arrived within a thousand kilometers of the enemy ship.
The last column of battleships in front advanced to a distance of five hundred kilometers, and there were fewer than five hundred thousand combat units with maneuverability left.
Among them were a hundred thousand battleships and four hundred thousand Eagle Strike Warriors.
As the distance closed, Harrison Clark was already able to accurately see the situation of the commander’s flagship through the optical zoom function.
The flagship, equipped with the most powerful battleship engines and top-class pilots, was a bit clumsy in its movements. If it were not for the Sky Eagle Warriors blocking the front of the flagship with their bodies, it would have been taken down by the microscopic light beams long ago.
The performance of this large-scale space battleship seemed as if its automation had completely failed, and possibly only one pilot was left.
Harrison Clark knew who the pilot was.
He also knew the condition the pilot was in at this moment.
He thought he had already calmed his mind and would not be easily disturbed.
But unexpectedly, he recalled the words once spoken by his child’s mother.
“You’ve watched me die like this over and over again; you must be the one in the most pain, right?”
At the time, Harrison Clark lied and said it was fine, and he wasn’t in much pain.
The lie he told didn’t deceive Nora Camp, but it deceived himself, and now he couldn’t lie anymore.
It wasn’t until this very moment when he had to watch her wither away in front of him once more that Harrison Clark realized the truth.
True detachment couldn’t be achieved just by saying the words.
Some things will never become easy to face, no matter how many times you’ve gone through them.
Being calm doesn’t mean being indifferent, which goes against his unchanging nature.
Harrison Clark’s biggest trait lies precisely in this.
If someone else like him had experienced the same tragedy so many times, they would gradually become numb to it.
He wouldn’t.
His undying resolve applies to many things, including facing his own pain head-on.
He wouldn’t run away.
“Harrison.”
Nora Camp’s voice resounded in his mind through brainwave communication.
Now that he was exposed, he didn’t need to hide his whereabouts any longer.
Nora Camp’s tone sounded relaxed, with only a hint of bite at the end of her sentences. It was unclear whether it was from pain or the force needed to manually maneuver the battleship.
Harrison Clark, while leading the spearhead formation to advance at an even faster rate, answered in his mind, “Mhm, I’m here.”
After waiting five seconds, a response came from the other side. The tone was refreshing, and the words were clear and fast.
“Film a better movie next time.”
“Mhm.”
“Maybe that way, when I’m younger, I’ll remember our story and not have to wait for you to grow up without knowing anything. If you’re quick enough, come to my room as soon as you arrive next time, and well start early. Just beckon me with your fingers, and I’ll come.”
Harrison Clark responded again, “Mhm!”
But this time, he didn’t get an answer.
Nora Camp didn’t tell Harrison that they must win next time.
She could accept her own death, but Harrison couldn’t.
Although she fervently desired it, she wouldn’t add additional pressure on Harrison. He had already tried hard enough; there was no need for further encouragement.
Up ahead, the commander’s flagship switched to phase transition mode, accelerating at an astonishing speed, and charging forward.
At the same time, all the remaining Eagle Strike Warriors and battleships also entered the phase transition state.
All of them perished.
Only Harrison Clark and his 2,400,010 people were left.
Harrison Clark was silent for a moment, then spoke calmly, “Continue advancing.”
He could not remember how many times he had repeated this same command.
It seemed that only through this kind of verbal encouragement could he find the strength to persevere.
Even closer now.
The battleships and Eagle Strike Warriors in phase transition mode reached the vicinity of the enemy ships, a hundred kilometers away.
Harrison Clark and the others hung back eighty kilometers behind them.
In space, a distance of one hundred and eighty kilometers was just the blink of an eye.
Harrison Clark and the others began to encounter the silken light beams previously used by the intruders to intercept battleships and missiles.
Harrison Clark’s eyes narrowed, and his breathing gradually became rapid.
You bastards, I am back!
With the long spear in hand, I return riding the waves.
This time, I’ll make you all suffer!