Chapter Seventy-Five: Confrontation

On August 27, the second year of the ephemeris, a huge saucer-shaped battleship of more than 500 kilometers stood alone in the silent star system. It's hard to imagine www.biquge.info countless warships shuttling here just a few days ago, and the entire star system and even the entire star field are full of busy industrial bases, in which countless industrial robots are busy carrying out various production work.

The fleet had already completed preparations for evacuation two days earlier, and all the warships outside had been recovered into the supermothership, with only a few scout ships following the Soul Eaters from afar, monitoring the Soul Eaters' movements at all times. I don't know how these Soul Eaters are connected, the Pioneer Group has just eliminated the Soul Eaters trapped on the special life planet for less than a day, and a large number of Soul Eaters have already appeared in the sight of the reconnaissance fleet, and they are advancing so quickly. The distance of the fleet from the reconnaissance fleet was seventeen jumps, that is, eighty-five light years, and the Soul Eater Clan rushed over in less than half a month. They don't know space jumping technology, and they don't know how they achieved faster-than-light speed. The reconnaissance fleet also did not figure it out. In order to ensure the safety of the crew, the reconnaissance ship always keeps a safe distance from the Soul Eater, often predicting the direction of the Soul Eater in advance, and then waiting for the arrival of the Soul Eater after a jump, often finding the shadow of the Soul Eater in less than a day. The detectors left behind by the scout ship did not detect the movement of the Soul Eaters.

The fleet could actually have left the system two days before it could have avoided contact with the Soul Eaters. However, Chen Peilin and most of the people in the military council thought that the fleet could make a brief contact with the Soul Eaters and test their strength. The Soul Eater found on the Tree Man Planet before was only three or two kittens, and they didn't know how long they had been locked up, and their combat ability was about to be exhausted. This will cause the fleet to misunderstand the combat ability of the Soul Eater, which is very detrimental to the fleet's future actions, and only by knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent can one not be defeated. On the premise of ensuring the safety of the fleet, conduct a short confrontation with the Soul Eater army to explore the reality of the Soul Eater, and also find out the shortcomings of the fleet's combat capabilities.

Purple Spirit Trees are distributed throughout the edge of the mothership, and they will form the last line of defense for the battleship, preventing any fish from slipping through the net into the battleship. In the major spaceports of the mothership, more Purple Spirit Trees are transplanted here, this will be their hunting ground, and the fleet will periodically introduce some Soul Eaters into the spaceport to provide prey for the Purple Spirit Tree, Chen Peilin and they hope that more Purple Spirit Trees can transform and mature before leaving.

"Toot! Honk! Honk! ......" rapid war alarm sounded throughout the fleet, and everyone invariably watched the scene outside the mothership through holographic projections. In the deep space, more than a dozen small reconnaissance ships with a size of five kilometers quickly flew towards the mothership, slowed down sharply when they were still more than 1,000 kilometers close to the fleet, and then quickly entered the spaceport under the guidance of the navigation system and docked at the berth of the reconnaissance ship. After the reconnaissance ship entered the spaceport, the energy shield of the mothership immediately unfolded, and in an instant, the energy shield fluctuated violently, and the color gradually began to fade from purple. The shipboard AI immediately increased the energy input, and the shield gradually stabilized, but it was still constantly changing, and something was impacting the energy shield! - The Soul Eater has arrived!

As soon as the reconnaissance ship stopped, the purple spirit tree placed in the spaceport released a lilac light, and a piercing scream came, and a group of vague figures loomed in the air, struggling violently, and then exploded like fireworks, and disappeared. This is the first time that humans have seen the appearance of the Soul Eater, and it turns out that the Soul Eater can also make a sound, which is very unexpected by everyone in the fleet, after all, they have never heard of the Soul Eater making a sound before, and most civilizations can't even see the shadow of the Soul Eater. If it weren't for the existence of a large number of Purple Spirit Trees, the fleet would definitely not face the Soul Eater Clan so peacefully, and would have fled with a package a long time ago. This is also how most civilizations respond when they encounter the Eaters of Souls.

"How's the mothership doing?" Chen Peilin looked at the empty space around the battleship and asked in a deep voice. Fighting against an invisible enemy is definitely a very frustrating thing.

"The consumption rate of the energy shield gradually increases, and in a maximum of thirty hours, the energy shield of the battleship will be destroyed. Energy consumption increases exponentially while the Energy Shield is active, and is still growing rapidly. Elaine reported.

"It's no wonder that so many civilizations, even high-level civilizations, have fallen in the sand in front of the Soul Eaters, and they have died of hatred. At this energy consumption rate, no amount of energy crystals is enough. It's a miracle that those civilizations were able to hold out for that long! The energy crystals stored in the fleet are enough to last for a hundred years, but I didn't expect that under the consumption of the Soul Eater, it wouldn't last even two days! Do they eat energy? Where does all this vanished energy go? Zhuge Wushuang asked in horror.

"Elaine, execute the first battle plan!" Chen Peilin did not answer Zhuge Wushuang's question, but ordered directly to Elaine.

"The first phase of the battle plan begins to be executed, countdown 15, 14, 13,......, 3, 2, 1, start!" Elaine's voice rang out across the bridge.

As soon as the words fell, countless platforms rose from inside the mothership's armor, and various attacks were launched towards the Soul Eaters besieging the battleship. These attacks vary widely, some are high-energy rays, some are lasers, some are electromagnetic waves of various wavelengths, some are radiation of various radioactive elements, and some are high-energy rays like γ rays. In one of these directions, there are even special energy beams such as electron, proton, and neutron beams that shoot towards the Soul Eater.

"The result? Are there any special findings? Thirty minutes after the various attacks were carried out, Chen Peilin asked as he looked at the energy shield that was still fading and rapidly recharging.

"There was no reaction, it didn't work at all." Elaine replied.

"I knew this would happen for a long time, but now that the results are out, I still don't feel frustrated." Zhuge Wushuang sighed.

"Expected. For countless years, there are countless civilizations that have been exterminated by the Soul Eater, and there are all kinds of weapons, if it is really effective, the Soul Eater will not be so terrifying. Chen Peilin said.

Since they don't know where the Soul Eaters' weaknesses are, any attack could be fatal. The fleet can't simulate it, and it can't catch the Soul Eaters as a research sample, so they can only use the stupidest methods to use all the weapons that may be possible, or even impossible, and maybe luck has really allowed humanity to find a way to destroy the Soul Eaters. But Lady Luck doesn't seem to be very interested in Chen Peilin, how many weapon platforms does the huge mothership with a diameter of 500 kilometers have? There are a huge number of attack methods tested at every moment, and even then there is no effective one.

"Don't waste any more time, let's execute the second phase of the battle plan. It consumes a huge amount of energy all the time! Chen Peilin twitched his mouth and said painfully.

"The second phase of the battle plan begins to be executed, countdown 15, 14, 13,......, 4, 3, 2, 1, start!" Elaine's sweet voice rang out again.

At the same time, countless weapon platforms descended below deck, while more weapons of various kinds stretched out. Among these weapons are metal jet weapons, kinetic weapons such as electromagnetic weapons, conventional weapons such as atomic bombs, **, neutron bombs, and electromagnetic pulse bombs, as well as energy cannons of different energy levels. In an instant, all kinds of weapons flew everywhere, and the entire battleship was completely submerged in the sky full of fireworks and beams, if it weren't for the energy shield, just these weapons were enough for the battleship to drink a pot.

Twenty minutes after "calculating the combat results," Chen Peilin ordered again.

"The combat efficiency of kinetic weapons is zero, the combat efficiency of thermal weapons is zero, and the combat efficiency of energy beam weapons varies according to different energy levels. Among them, the combat efficiency of SSS+ energy weapons is 1 in 10 billion probability of injuring the Soul Eater, and the probability of destruction is zero. Elaine still reported mildly.

Chen Peilin's face gradually deteriorated, and his eyebrows were twisted.

"So, conventional weapons don't work at all?" Chen Peilin asked with a dark face.

"Yes"

"Carry out the third phase of the battle plan," Chen Peilin ordered.

As Elaine's countdown to battle ended, countless weapon platforms rose from under the armor again, and beams of light that were imperceptible to the naked eye shot towards the Soul Eaters outside. Everything in the beam's path, including space, turned into powder, and the whole space became mottled. This is the killer weapon of the warship -- the attack launched by the space cannon.

"The result?" Chen Peilin asked expectantly.

"The combat efficiency is 1 in 10,000, and the lethal efficiency is 1 in a million," Elaine faithfully reported.

"It's very low, conventional means don't work at all," Chen Peilin said in frustration.

"What about antimatter weapons?" Zhuge Wushuang asked.

"I've tried, there were antimatter rays in that wave just now, and it was also useless," Chen Peilin sighed.

"It's really a little strong who can't be beaten, it's really hard enough" Zhuge Wushuang pouted.

"Let's carry out the battle plan of the fourth stage," Chen Peilin said hatefully.

The beam of the space cannon in the sky stopped, and the surrounding space was still fragmented and agitated. Some of the asteroid bodies that were originally around the battleship are no longer visible. A distant terrestrial planet also became fragmented, turning into piles of rubble. The dark red magma is still radiating heat outward, as if it were declaring itself a complete planet not long ago. But as time passed, the magma gradually cooled and turned into cold rubble.

There was a sudden silence around the battlefield, at least on the human side. The Soul Eaters are still tirelessly pounding the ship's energy shield. The purple-red energy shield shimmered like a lake that had been hit vertically by a boulder, and layers of ripples spread out from the center to all sides. The color also gradually darkens from the center to the periphery. The middle is pink, the outer circle is pale red, then crimson, green, blue, dark purple, beautiful like a seven-colored flower blooming.

Gradually, the giant mothership moved, and huge metal columns rose from under the armor plates. It then spreads out in all directions with the metal pillar as the center, forming a huge circular antenna-like device, which is as comical as the many huge silver pot lids embedded in the outside of the battleship. Then, a hazy lilac light emanated from these "pot lids", passed through the energy shield, and directly shone on the soul eaters who attacked the battleship, but all the soul eaters who were affected by the beam immediately dissipated, and the purple light gradually diverged outward, until it stopped for thousands of kilometers. There was no soul eater within a thousand miles of the battleship. All of the Soul Eaters patrolled the periphery of the beam. Occasionally, one or two Soul Eaters rushed towards the purple light, and as soon as they came into contact with the purple light, their bodies continued to dissolve, and in the blink of an eye, the clouds dissipated.

This is the fleet's killer weapon against the Soul Eater, refracting and amplifying the light released by the Purple Spirit Clan inside the battleship to destroy the enemy. Since the fleet is not yet able to add energy to these special rays, it can only be easily refracted out, and cannot shoot beams outward like energy cannons. Therefore, the range is limited, and it can only reach a range of thousands of kilometers around the battleship. Moreover, it is impossible for the Purple Spirit Tree to emit such a beam of light all the time, these are intermittent, and emitting a beam of light is also a burden for the Purple Spirit Tree.

"It's all done, there's no point in staying, get out of this place!" Chen Peilin looked at the void outside the battleship and said to Elaine.

"Fleet Jump One-Minute Countdown Begins: 60, 59, 58, 57......"