Chapter 553: Earth Cannon, Fire!
Both sides have their main guns ready, and each is in the process of charging or reloading, depending on who completes the firing procedure first.
In the end, the Death Star's super laser cannon was the first to fire, just like the side that drew the gun first in a western cowboy duel, bound to seize the initiative in this Star Wars.
Eight green laser beams converged into a single point on the depression on the surface of the Dead Star, forming a beam of energy comparable to that of a small star, and shot straight at the Wandering Earth with an irresistible force.
Before this, there were already two planets that had fallen victim to this energy beam, and the moment the super laser cannon was successfully launched, the Imperial side, from the Emperor Palpatine to the staff who operated the launch, all thought that they had won the battle.
Even if it is a planetary shield force field, it is impossible to withstand such a powerful energy beam, and the planet that is hit will only end up completely destroyed, and everyone is convinced of this.
Emperor Palpatine sat on his throne and watched triumphantly as the beams of energy fired from the Super Laser Cannon pierced the pitch-black space and headed straight for the Wandering Earth.
"This is what will happen if you dare to challenge the authority of the Empire, and be destroyed by the ultimate power of the galaxy!"
On the Death Star's super laser cannon, a huge amount of energy erupted from it, and even the plasma light jet ejected by the planetary engine was dwarfed.
This energy is about to arrive on the Wandering Earth, and at this moment, the news is received from the Earth's cab that the strong force material has passed through the Earth Tunnel and is about to resist the South Pole, which is the launch port.
Luo Feng gave the final order: "Earth Cannon, fire!" ”
Above the Antarctic Courtyard Project, a fiery red light flickered in the Earth Tunnel, gradually becoming brighter and brighter, and finally ushered in the arrival of high-force material shells from the North Pole across 12,756 kilometers.
At the moment when the Earth Cannon was launched, the sonic boom produced by the strong force material passing through the atmosphere was like the shock wave of a nuclear explosion, which swept across the entire Antarctic continent in an instant, setting off an avalanche-like wave, like a meteorite falling on the sea.
The thick layer of ice rumbled and shattered, and the ice field seemed to become as soft as satin, rippling in waves.
Fortunately, this is the permafrost of Antarctica, and the plates are strong enough to withstand this massive impact, and there are no other creatures around except humans who have taken refuge in underground shelters, otherwise it will be a catastrophe.
However, it is only the recoil of the earth cannon that causes all this, if the recoil alone can produce such a nuclear explosion-like impact, what kind of power should the cannonball itself have?
The space monitoring system on the Death Star has also discovered anomalies on the wandering Earth, but the Imperial side only thinks that this is the dying throes of a planetary civilization.
Because they found out that the Wandering Earth had spent so much effort, and what was launched was a piece of metal with a diameter of no more than one meter, which was just a joke, and it really amused everyone.
In the world of Star Wars, kinetic energy weapons are a symbol of barbaric backwardness, and the galaxy generally uses blast weapons that emit condensed light-based energy pulses, who would use kinetic weapons?
There is no matter in the universe that can withstand the attack of the super laser cannon, and such a small piece of metal fragment may have been evaporated by the high temperature before it touched the energy beam itself.
This kind of thing is almost as wishful thinking as trying to shoot the sun down with a bow and arrow, and the Death Star doesn't care about such an insignificant piece of metal, even if it is allowed to hit the Death Star, there will be no problem, let alone the energy beam that this metal fragment will crash into the super laser cannon like a moth to a fire.
However, weakness and ignorance are not obstacles to survival, arrogance is. When the Empire was so arrogant that the Wandering Earth was hitting a stone with an egg, they were doomed to swallow the bitter fruit of defeat.
To everyone's surprise, the high-force material cannonball hit the Death Star's super laser cannon energy beam, and instead of being instantly evaporated as the Imperial personnel expected, it emitted an incomparably dazzling light, eclipsing everything around it.
The high-force material has a fully reflective surface and a perfect scattering shape, and when it is hit by a super laser cannon, the luminous brightness of the light even dulls the energy beam itself.
Because of this, everyone on the Death Star can realize that instead of being returned by the super laser cannon, this metal fragment is aggressively rushing towards the energy beam with an all-engulfing light!
"What's going on!?"
Palpatine didn't expect this to happen at all, the Death Star was supposed to be the most powerful superweapon in the galaxy at the moment, how could it not even be able to destroy a single piece of metal.
The first thing that came to his mind was that the Super Laser Cannon had fired incorrectly, resulting in the failure to fully release the energy of the Supermatter Reactor.
But what happened next was a slap in the face, and after failing to destroy the high-force material cannonballs, the Death Star's super laser cannon energy beam split into four or five beams under the complete specular reflection of the high-force material, and shot at the other planets in the galaxy.
These scattered energy beams still carried a devastating force, instantly lifting the entire planet's strata, revealing the blazing magma below, almost destroying the entire planet's surface.
Because of the target shift caused by the bifurcation of the energy beam, the Death Star's super laser cannon can no longer reach the Wandering Earth itself, and this planet-level main artillery bombardment has begun to fall one-sided!
Qiao Lu witnessed this scene on the Death Star, and the launch of the Earth Cannon successfully neutralized the Super Laser Cannon of the Death Star, at least now everyone on the wandering Earth is safe.
In contrast, on the Death Star, seeing the light emitted by the cannonballs of strong materials getting brighter and brighter, as if looking directly at a star that is constantly flying, who would have thought that this is a piece of metal less than a meter in diameter?
When the super light comes, it is no different from darkness, and the naked eye can undoubtedly cause long-term blindness.
All surveillance systems on the Death Star dim the image to avoid damage to the optics by bright light, but the rate of brightness reduction can never keep up with the speed at which the high-force material is approaching.
It sprinted straight into the command room above the Death Star's Super Laser Cannon launchport, piercing through the Death Star with its all-engulfing light.
Palpatine watched from his throne as an intense light arrived, and all the starlight around him was overwhelmed by this bright light, as if the entire universe had melted.
His Force was meaningless in the face of such a powerful force, and in an instant, along with the entire command room of the Death Star, disappeared under the bombardment of the Earth's cannons.