Chapter 189: Desperate Laughter

(An additional chapter certified by the great "Have You Eaten Walnuts" master)

Creating a closed space where light cannot propagate or enter is not a difficult task; it only requires building a machine to capture photons, and there's no need to go through the trouble of creating a black hole to trap photons.

This was also the reason why Loulian had never imagined the Silken Civilization would use such a method to conceal their battleships.

In a battle, gravity detection is primarily used to detect the enemy's gravitational attacks, so they didn't immediately notice the anomalies of these battleships.

After all, the distance in a war is relatively far, and while gravity can extend infinitely, its curvature may be affected by the gravity of large-mass celestial bodies at a distance. In a star system, it's actually impossible to accurately measure the mass of the other party.

This was also one of the reasons why the Silken Civilization dared to do this.

Yan Xia led them into the star system battlefield, and they saw this, so they turned the tables, taking advantage of the fact that the Federation was inside the star system and couldn't detect gravity due to the influence of the star itself and the celestial bodies within the system. Thus, they concealed the other battleships.

Loulian had never imagined this battle to be a one-sided slaughter, and he believed Yan Xia didn't either.

Such a game was indeed extraordinary.

So, at this moment, Loulian was surprisingly calm.

"First, let's send the message back."

After saying this, he immediately added, "Wait!"

"The Silken Civilization's choice to counterattack at this time is not only because we have pushed them to the limit, but also because they may have already made preparations."

"The information should not be able to be sent back. Continue to detect gravity and accurately determine the number of Silken Civilization battleships around us."

Loulian made a correct judgment because soon after, he received news that the rear battleships had been destroyed.

At this moment, the silk connecting the Silken Civilization's battleships reappeared.

Loulian tried to launch some attacks, but they didn't hit the Silken Civilization's battleships. Instead, they were blocked and couldn't leave this area.

Light couldn't escape, and neither could information.

After about three days, he obtained the information he wanted.

There were 31,230 ships in total, even more than he had previously thought.

"These guys!"

If there were this many battleships in every battlefield, and if they chose to gather in a star system later, the attacks they would face would be multiplied, and they would face destruction.

Isn't this the situation Yan Xia described?

Yan Xia also made all the battleships withstand the pressure of the Silken Civilization's battleships in a star system.

Of course.

Yan Xia's decision took into account the time difference.

When the Silken Civilization's battleships arrived, the Federation had already made full preparations for the star system.

If there were so many enemy forces in the early stages, all the battleships would have arrived in the star system, and the Silken Civilization could directly concentrate their firepower to destroy the star itself, leaving the Federation unable to react.

Therefore, although this entire war seemed to be dominated by Yan Xia, in reality, it was dominated by the Silken Civilization.

"Are we going to be destroyed?"

Some of the soldiers began to panic.

Indeed, the current situation seemed like this. Facing such a massive enemy force, they had no hope of winning.

Loulian felt the same way.

At this moment, he had two thoughts. The first was to fight to escape the encirclement, and the second was to commit suicide directly. He had the number of rebirths to return to the rebirth space.

For him, the second choice was undoubtedly better.

But at this moment, he also had to consider the problem of being out of reach.

If the nature of the rebirth space was a product of the Federation, then if he committed suicide at this time, he might actually die, because the Silken Civilization had already implemented information control in the surrounding area, and none of his information could escape this starry sky.

If he chose to commit suicide and failed, he would give the soldiers in his hands a sense of despair. He was not a responsible officer.

The first choice was also extremely difficult.

The situation had already reversed, with the enemy's battleships far outnumbering and surpassing their own. How could they escape from here?

Up, down, left, right, front, and back, all six directions were filled with enemy forces. Even if all the biological battleships attacked in one direction, could they escape?

Impossible!

This was his judgment.

Because this was not an ancient battlefield. The Silken Civilization's battleships seemed scattered, but they had already connected into a whole. They used silk to spread their energy all around, so even a mosquito couldn't escape this blockade spanning hundreds of astronomical units.

What to do?

How to do it?

Loulian was looking for a way out, but he found none. This was no longer a situation where one could escape through wit and intelligence.

He thought for two days.

Suddenly, he asked himself, "Do I need a way out?"

Yes, did he need a way out?

What was his purpose in pushing the Silken Civilization to this point?

His purpose seemed to have already been achieved. At this moment, he himself, along with the soldiers on these battleships, had already fulfilled the meaning of this action. Why despair?

...

At the moment Loulian understood, his image appeared in the vision of every Federation soldier in the current fleet. He straightened up and relaxed.

"Just as you all thought, we are surrounded."

"The number of enemy battleships far exceeds ours, and I made a foolish decision to bring you here to your deaths."

As Loulian spoke, he burst out laughing.

"But I don't regret doing this."

"Why?"

"Because we are soldiers, and a soldier's duty is to protect our citizens and our homes."

"Have we accomplished this? Have we died for a worthy cause?"

All the soldiers looked at each other, unsure of what Loulian was trying to say.

However, they were infected by Loulian's laughter and relaxed for a moment, deep in thought.

As soldiers, the moment they stepped onto the battlefield, they were already dead, even if they were still alive. They had to consider themselves already deceased.

So, what should they do?

To preserve their own lives?

No!

To sacrifice their lives for something greater.

Loulian continued, "In my opinion, because we discovered the enemy's conspiracy, this conspiracy may lead to the complete collapse of the Federation's border defenses."

"Look, our enemies are now anxious. They are angry and eager to destroy us."

"Isn't this something to be happy about?"

"So, what should we do now to make these damn bastards even angrier and more anxious?"

"Sequence!"

"The development of biological battleships is the development of sequences. These biological battleships have already transformed, and the Federation has entered the era of motherships. So, what can biological battleships do besides being cannon fodder like the Zerg?"

"The one who thought of this must be a genius."

"Why can't biological battleships be motherships?"

So, the biological battleships became motherships.

Flesh and blood could be fused together. A dwarf planet-class mothership was far from reaching the level of using exotic matter, so biological battleships could become biological motherships.

But such a mothership had no combat power because it was too bloated, and this bloat made it fragile.

Currently, the Federation couldn't make the biological motherships exhibit super-strong combat power.

At this moment, the soldiers who heard Loulian's words were thinking that the ship commander had gone crazy.

If the biological battleships merged into a mothership, wouldn't it be more convenient for the enemy to destroy them?

"Think about it, break away from yourself."

"Although the biological mothership has no combat power, its essence is to serve as a deputy ship or an observation ship for the Tianlianhao mothership."

"But use your brains. The energy of the biological mothership still exists, and when this energy is combined, it becomes a super bomb. The energy produced by the explosion of this bomb is something that the Silken Civilization's battleships cannot withstand."

Silence.

All the soldiers and officers on the biological battleships fell silent.

At this moment, they understood Loulian's meaning.

Here, there was only a gl of hope for the Federation soldiers, and the information was the hope for the entire Federation. Loulian wanted them to give up themselves.

This was extremely sad for them.

In the previous moment, they were in despair, but in their hearts, they still held onto a glimmer of hope.

In the next moment, Loulian laid everything bare before them, a hopeless despair.

But...

"Hehe, haha!!"

"Hahaha!"

"Hahahahaha!"

The soldiers on the biological battleships burst into laughter. Yes, they could make the enemy even angrier. Wasn't this something to be happy about?