Chapter 176: Chapter 176: A Living Target Shot by Firing Squad! (Thanks to Big Boss Gaga for the Silver Alliance!)
Ain indeed was confident, but his confidence was not without reason.
As the foremost warship, his vessel was reinforced with armor.
He utilized technology purchased from the store and had fully mastered it, adapting what was originally personal war armor into large-scale production and applying it directly to the warship!
Even a full-force attack from him, a Transcendent at the Extraordinary Second Stage, could at most leave some marks!
Ain stared intently at the pitch-black universe ahead, eager to see his opponent make a move.
At that moment, a bright light flashed through the darkness of space.
“It’s here!”
At that instant, Ain even shouted out loud, relishing the emotion of the moment!
But in that instant, the entire warship shook violently, the jarring alarm sounded, the unbalanced air pressure surged outward, propelling the warship to completely lose balance and flip wildly!
Being in the captain’s room and seated in the captain’s chair, Ain was lucky to escape disaster, but his few adjutants were not so fortunate; they were flung out and slammed violently against the walls, leaving large pools of blood.
“What happened?”
When Ain finally managed to stabilize himself, he looked in horror at the projected image in front of him—a large melted hole had appeared in the trusted outer shell armor!
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Air pressure rushed out wildly, accompanied by heaps of debris and the corpses of the Desert Tower People!
“No! How could it not block it?” Ain shouted loudly, his expression one of extreme terror, but he had not yet despaired, instead quickly ordering, “Quick! Drop the partition! Start the engines!”
It was just one strike, and although it had breached the outer armor, it did not destroy the entire warship; he had already fulfilled his mission and could still evacuate.
However, Ain was clearly wrong.
It was not Shen Hao who had taken action.
It was the Energy Main Cannon on the Level 22 white warship!
At this time, the commanders on the warships of Human Civilization were equally astonished.
“It didn’t penetrate?”
“At this distance, it’s already within the maximum range of the main cannon’s power!”
“An over 10 level spaceship, and it could withstand it?”
“That might be a reinforced armor type of spaceship, it indeed looks somewhat different from other ships.”
“No matter, if one shot doesn’t work, fire two!”
“…”
The enemy had already entered their maximum firepower range. For Human Civilization, that attack was just a tentative one, meant to test the effects.
Although it seemed a bit less effective than anticipated, it still didn’t matter.
Their attack range was clearly further—and effective!
Realizing this, it was just a matter of firing again.
“Open fire comprehensively!” Shen Hao issued this simple command.
The white light flashed again in the universe, this time not just a single beam, nor targeted at only one spaceship.
This time, Ain had no chance of luck left, being instantaneously disintegrated!
The thirty Level 22 white warships each had only one Energy Main Cannon, each shot requiring nearly thirty seconds to recharge. Within civilizations of Level 22, these warships were merely cannon fodder, much like the “Douding Tanks” that first appeared in the World Wars of humanity!
Yet even so, the technological advantage was still immense!
At this distance, even compared to the “Big Mouth” placed by the Desert Tower Civilization, it was still very far, yet enough for Human Civilization’s fleet to open fire crazily. The beams shattered the calm of the universe, taking merely four to five seconds to hit at light speed, with nothing to obstruct them, the slow-moving warships had no possibility of evasion!
They were like people brandishing cold weapons yet being lined up and shot by hot weapons; they could neither resist nor escape!
Even the specially crafted strongest shell could not withstand the horrific energy that instantly melted big holes!
Some warships even experienced catastrophic explosions, turning directly into fireworks in the cosmos!
In the command channel of the Desert Tower People, commanders who had just been mocking earlier were now utterly terrified.
“It’s energy weapons!”
“How could the power be so great!”
“These aren’t ordinary energy weapons!”
“What level are their ships exactly!”
“Retreat! Retreat!”
“…”
These Desert Tower People had previously mocked Human Civilization for not understanding star wars, but they had forgotten that their so-called experience was also only useful under specific technologies.
In the face of absolute technological suppression, experience and understanding were utterly meaningless!
It was even a kind of blindness, a misguidance!
Sitting in the rear Command spaceship, the Commander no longer exhibited his initial calm.
This individual, named Yohan, appeared extremely delicate yet tall. His body’s mechanical structure was simple, towering a head above the others, and seemed to emanate a certain suppression. Simply sitting there on ordinary days could instill awe in most of the Desert Tower People.
But at this moment, every emotional Desert Tower Person could feel an indescribable anger and fear in his heart.
“How could energy weapons possibly have such power!” Yohan stared fixatedly at several military researchers in front of him, “What exactly is going on?!”
“General, it might be Particle Weapons.” The researcher he was staring at, full of horror on his face, yet instinctively spoke quickly. “Accelerating densely packed charged particles to the speed of light requires astonishing energy and containment fields, far beyond our technological level, at least Level 21, reaching the third stage or above!”
“Level 21, Level 21?” Yohan repeated incredulously twice.
He believed the opponent could be Transcendent over Level 20, reaching the third stage, but a Store Level surpassing Level 20?
Impossible!
That required a trillion points!
Even if they easily resisted the cold wave, and the undead threat caused minimal destruction, they were still far short of the five hundred billion needed for Level 20, let alone Level 21!
How could any civilization achieve that!
The astonishing performance value of this civilization wasn’t due to high coefficients?
Even their base strength coefficient was lower than theirs?
Yohan had realized that the strength of Human Civilization was not at all as they had analyzed. They weren’t merely relying on some fortunate, powerful Talent to seize dual first rankings!
Being enemies with this civilization might be the most erroneous decision made by the Desert Tower Civilization during this Trial!
“Abandon the warships, disperse in war fighters!” Yohan ordered, enduring the fear within him—his only option now!
Yes, these warships couldn’t be retained any longer.
Under the vast technological gap, their basic warships had no resistance whatsoever.
They were all sitting ducks in a firing line!
Fifty warships, for the Desert Tower Civilization, was an unbearable loss, but now, it was no longer about losses. If they failed to stop the Human Civilization fleet outside their Mother Planet, the Desert Tower might face an extinction crisis!
Yohan could never have imagined that not long ago, they had devised the “Undead Scoring Plan,” intending to exterminate other civilizations for massive points to lay the foundation for the next Trial, yet within such a short time, they found themselves on the verge of extinction!
“Support, I need support!” Yohan immediately sent the request back to the Mother Planet.
Large warships were utterly useless now; he needed a large quantity of small fighters to stop the fleet of Human Civilization!
Just as the Desert Tower Civilization was facing this massive blow with immense heartache, quite the opposite reaction occurred in several other civilizations who cheered at the stunning “space fireworks” display!
Sky Spirit Civilization’s Amamin was even on the Human Mother Planet, celebrating with her human Magic students!
“Cheers!”
“I knew the Desert Tower Civilization was not our match!”
“The gap between civilizations in strength is just too vast!”
“Indeed, the Desert Tower Civilization could easily wipe out the Senya Civilization, but faced our fleet just as helplessly.”
“Strength is the greatest safety in the Civilization Trial; we need to become even stronger!”
“….”
Among these students were teenagers as young as seventeen or eighteen, middle-aged individuals in their forties or fifties, and even a few seniors in their seventies. They came from different regions, different countries within Human Civilization, gathered here because of their excellent Magic Talent, and now, they were united in excitement and cheer for their civilization’s victory.
Unprecedented civilizational pride filled their hearts!
Amamin watched this scene with intense longing.
Some students were right; in the Civilization Trial, nothing was more reassuring and desirable than being powerful.
It was safety, a guarantee, and glory!
At this moment, probably countless civilizations were envisioning and envying the strength of Human Civilization, just like her.
And indeed, this was the case.
Mongolian Civilization convened its highest council again, a group of powerfully influential councilmen gathered, watching the scene with shocked feelings.
Before this war began, they had been worried that the civilization on “Blue Planet” might not overcome “Star City Planet.”
But they had never anticipated that this would be an absolutely one-sided crushing! A definitive victory!
The “Star City Planet” civilization, which seemed to have a massive advantage in both numbers and size, ended up in near total collapse at their first confrontation, their immensely valuable Space Battleships turning into space debris, rendered helpless!
“No need to hesitate any longer!” The Mongolian councilmen looked at each other, “‘Blue Planet’ is our greatest hope!”
“Contact them, send an Envoy, request their assistance!”
Under this overwhelmingly shocking scenario, any hesitation would be disrespectful to this formidable power!
The Wing Sky civilization was no different!
The Sage who had safeguarded their entire civilization during the last Trial was even so excited that his tone during the broadcast seemed as if he were dancing with joy!
“Just the first battle, a righteous civilization has struck a wicked civilization hard, destroying their weapons! Disarming their claws! Crushing the evil civilization into absolute disarray…”