Chapter 149: Total Annihilation

In the southwestern region of the Betelgeuse star map, this area is located behind the constellation's face.

Even some military experts would never have imagined that this area would come under attack. Analyzing military deployments alone could easily overlook the loopholes in the information network.

It's as if in the 21st century, I had already deployed my troops around the border, leaving no stone unturned, but there was still an area I couldn't see on the satellite map.

So, if the enemy knows you can't see this area, will they choose to attack from another direction or from this unseen area?

The answer is obvious.

The TY-27 Legion has a total of 14 battleships, with only 2 of them being dreadnoughts.

Xian is on one of the dreadnoughts, which he affectionately calls the "Alice" and secretly refers to as his "wife."

His deputy is a female Leleran.

"Legion Commander, although I'm confident in your judgment, I feel you might be overestimating our combat strength."

"Based on the combat power the Silkmind battleships have already displayed, they are clearly stronger than our dreadnoughts."

Xian turned back with confidence in his voice.

"What are you talking about, Captain Xi Ya?"

"The Silkmind is also a 2.2-level Mind, and our Federation is also a 2.2-level Mind. Who's afraid of whom is still uncertain."

Xi Ya doused him with a bucket of cold water.

"Legion Commander, you might have amnesia."

"Our dreadnoughts themselves are already 2,000-year-old antiques. Recently, the Federation has been vigorously developing biological battleships, almost forgetting to update our own."

Xian shook his head.

"No, no, no. The speed of the Silkmind's battleships is 40,000 km/s, and how far are we from the Silkmind?"

"A full 1,300 light-years! It would take them at least 9,750 years to get here, plus preparation time, they've been away from their Mind for 9,800 years, maybe even 9,900 years."

"Their ships are nearly ten thousand years old."

Xi Ya felt that this Legion Commander Xian was truly unreasonable.

"Legion Commander, the Silkmind has been a 2.2-level Mind for over twenty thousand years, and their technology back then had already surpassed ours today."

She wanted to dissuade him, but Xian wasn't listening.

He turned to the other officers and said, "This is our time to shine."

"If we win this war, we will all be rewarded. I will become the main legion commander, and you will all receive exceptional military honors."

The other officers around them cheered.

Xi Ya looked around and felt that there wasn't a single sane person on this battleship; they were all complete fools.

If it were just about dealing with some small-time pirates, it would be fine, but facing a war between Minds, this approach was undoubtedly suicidal, and it was also a serious violation of military discipline.

Unfortunately, as a member of the legion, she had to stay.

Just as she was thinking about how to continue persuading them, a beam of light from deep space instantly pierced through a patrol ship beside them, destroying it, and countless soldiers escaped from within.

Fortunately, mechs were already prevalent in the army, and with their mechs, they could survive in space for several days.

"Prepare for battle, activate defense shields, and retreat the entire army."

Xi Ya quickly shouted out.

On the other side, Xian exclaimed with joy, "I knew I was right!"

"Quickly, track the enemy battleship's trajectory, charge the main cannon, and other battleships, disperse and surround the enemy. We're going to take them down."

Naturally, no one listened to Xi Ya, and they followed Xian's orders to launch the attack.

The remaining 12 battleships spread out in a fan shape, surrounding the source of the attack. According to their scans, there was nothing there, but the attack did come from that direction.

However, with the help of optical probes, they managed to detect some light distortion.

The enemy battleship was indeed like a ghost, moving at incredible speed.

By the time they discovered it, it was already within one Tianqi unit of the TY-27 Legion.

The Mind Federation's dreadnoughts, equipped with gravity constraint devices and all fitted with energy storage devices, used the gravity constraint devices to directly extract energy at a high rate and channel it into the cannon barrels, a process that took only 3 minutes.

With everything ready, Xian ordered the firing.

The main cannon of the dreadnoughts was not purely electromagnetic but was also equipped with powerful energy.

The powerful energy directly affected the atomic arrangement of the enemy battleship's hull, easily causing a fission reaction on the surface of their ship.

However, even with such a powerful attack, it still required a precise strike.

The main computer on the dreadnought calculated the trajectory of the Silkmind's battleship, and this shot perfectly hit the target.

"Haha, it's that easy."

However...

It wasn't. In the next moment, they saw the Silkmind's battleship bursting out of the explosion with even stronger light distortion.

Xi Ya connected to the main computer and had it analyze the enemy's defense methods.

The computer provided the results within 10 seconds.

"Estimated 48% probability of using gravity vacuum defense, 31% probability of using electromagnetic shield-like methods..."

Gravity vacuum defense involves using gravity to create a vacuum in the surrounding area. This vacuum is an absolute vacuum, meaning no matter exists within it.

Photons can penetrate an absolute vacuum, but in this case, the vacuum is created by gravity, which also affects photons, preventing them from entering the region. They are not reflected or absorbed but are distorted by gravity, making it impossible to hit the battleship directly.

The Mind Federation also has this technology, but it is mostly used on main ships. It's not that dreadnoughts are not worthy of such technology, but rather that gravity vacuum devices consume a lot of energy, which dreadnoughts cannot afford.

Xi Ya's first thought was that they couldn't win.

However, Xian became even more excited.

"This defense method consumes a lot of energy. As long as we keep attacking, they won't last long."

Xi Ya really wanted to kick Xian. This wasn't a game; the enemy would fight back.

Sure enough, the Silkmind's battleship launched a counterattack.

An invisible beam of light once again destroyed a battleship. The frequency of this light was very high, almost reaching the level of gamma rays.

"Attack! Fire the main cannon again."

"Other battleships, charge up and release the joint 'Wall' to block the enemy's attack."

Xian was confident that they could take down the enemy; the opponent wasn't that strong.

The main cannon was charged again, and the enemy's trajectory was captured once more. The close distance further increased the accuracy of the laser weapons.

The Silkmind's battleship deployed its defenses again and then moved even closer.

"Perfect timing!"

"Fire the antimatter cannon and release the gravity field interference."

At such a close distance, the gravity field interference would be effective, rendering the enemy's defenses useless.

As the enemy drew closer, within 10 million kilometers, the dreadnoughts released the gravity field interference. For the first time, the Silkmind's battleship was revealed to the Mind Federation.

It didn't look like a single battleship but rather a combination of six ships. Its front appeared hexagonal, connected in the middle by several silk-like objects.

The antimatter cannon was ready and fired.

The enemy's defenses were disrupted, and gravity could no longer be maintained. Antimatter quickly struck the surface of the enemy's battleship, covering it with terrifying energy.

"They won't be able to escape this time."

Xi Ya had already seen the remains of the Silkmind's ship and breathed a sigh of relief. The Legion Commander could be reliable at times.

However, in the next moment, several beams of light shot from deep space towards them, each one incredibly precise. The electromagnetic shields were forcibly torn apart by the energy, and the sensors detected 67 Silkmind battleships approaching.

At that moment, the faces of all the officers and soldiers on the battleship changed.

But it was too late. The enemy's attack was too fierce, and the light beams pierced through all the battleships of the TY-27 Legion, including the dreadnought under Xi Ya and Xian's feet.

Without even pausing for a second, the enemy ships flew towards the interior of Betelgeuse.

However, after flying for just 10 Tianqi units, the surroundings suddenly went dark, blocking all light, including cosmic microwave radiation. Only gravity could be clearly detected.

"The TY-27 Legion did have some achievements, at least in serving as a decoy and luring the Silkmind's forces into letting down their guard."

"Release the resonance weapon."

From the top view, the starry sky was enveloped by a giant spherical shape.

Inside the sphere, gas gradually accumulated, filling the entire sphere.

This gas began to vibrate at the same frequency, causing the Silkmind's battleships to resonate. The Silkmind's ships tried to activate their defenses but found all their equipment malfunctioning. In this space, energy seemed to be isolated.

No, it wasn't isolated.

There was just too much energy.

Imagine a device that only needs 1 ampere of current to start, but now it's placed in a sea of lightning, with the load fully stretched.

This analogy isn't entirely accurate, as the Silkmind's equipment can definitely withstand more than 1 ampere, and this sphere probably can't generate such a large energy body. But a slight influence is all that's needed.

The equipment of a high-tech Mind is also high-precision, and such an environment can cause some sensitive equipment to fail immediately, with just a 1-minute delay being sufficient.

The resonance had begun and gradually intensified.

The entire space was humming with a "buzzing" sound.

Amidst these sounds, the Silkmind's battleships crumbled, their surfaces covered in countless cracks, like the shattered glass of a steel-reinforced window.

No battleship or life could survive such intense and sustained resonance.

This resonance lasted for 58 hours before it ended.

When the sphere dissipated, only a pile of battleship debris remained.

Total annihilation.

This was a carefully planned trap, and the number of Silkmind's battleships wasn't in the thousands, so they couldn't pose a significant threat to the Mind Federation.

Everyone's strength was relatively equal, with a maximum difference of tenfold. Who was afraid of whom?

However, this was just one of many battlefields. Other star systems also faced similar attacks.

The number of battleships the Silkmind sent this time was slightly more than what Ella had calculated.