Chapter 196: The Silk Civilization's Cutting Weapon

The news of the defeat of the 120,000 battleships would soon reach the other side of the battlefield.

The soldiers of the Federation were incredibly elated.

The Silk Civilization, on the other hand, displayed anger, and their way of expressing it was through even more ferocious attacks.

Facing over 200,000 Silk Civilization battleships, the ten Federation fleets were clearly at a disadvantage.

The reason they were still gathering was that they knew there would be no reinforcements, and their own battleship's speed couldn't shake off the Silk Civilization's vessels.

"Now, it's just us. It would take hundreds of years for reinforcements to arrive, so it's impossible for them to make it in time."

"The only hope we have is the long-range weapons."

The ten fleets' commanders simultaneously created a virtual space and held a meeting within it.

"There's no other way. From the beginning, we didn't anticipate that the Silk Civilization would use this method to conceal their battleships, which has put us in a passive position."

If there were only 110,000 Silk Civilization battleships initially, they would have already achieved victory, and what they would be facing now would be the subsequent arrival of other Silk Civilization battleships.

The change in the battlefield situation put the Federation at an instant disadvantage.

"What should we do now?"

"We can't stay in the star system, and we can't get energy supply in deep space. Here, we're like turtles in a jar."

All the soldiers and officers could imagine the scene of them being toyed with and worn down afterward.

Staying here was almost no different from waiting for death.

"If the Federation could use long-range weapons to help us, we might be able to break through."

"I've already sent the coordinates back. I hope the commander can make the right decision."

The other commanders noticed that this commander mentioned the 'right decision' and not rescuing them.

The saying 'distant water can't quench present thirst' probably fit this situation.

Their engagement with the Silk Civilization would last at most ten years, not exceeding that time frame. This period was too short.

"Later, we'll rely on energy to mass-produce the Zerg."

"Although the Zerg are weak, they can still play a role. The biological battleships will wait, so they won't be consumed in the early stages."

Now is the time to accumulate strength.

The ten fleets in deep space didn't gather together but maintained a distance of about ten astronomical units from each other. This distance allowed them to support each other without being caught all at once.

The fleets began to mass-produce Zerg in deep space using the Super Star Hive. These Zerg, once produced, were released and scattered across the starry sky.

The Zerg themselves also consumed oxygen, but the Hive would create a metal oxygen block for the newly born Zerg to carry, allowing them to linger in space for extended periods.

To save time, the Super Star Hive also built Zerg launch pads inside. These launch pads could accelerate the Zerg to 10,000 km/s, so they didn't need to expend extra energy for space flight.

There was one advantage to producing the Zerg.

The Zerg had high attack and low health units, and if the Silk Civilization's battleships were negligent, they could be hit by the Zerg and lose their combat effectiveness. So, the Silk Civilization couldn't afford to ignore them.

The Zerg could consume the energy of the Silk Civilization's battleships and also cause damage to them.

...

9 years and 1 month later.

Somewhat earlier than expected, the Silk Civilization launched an attack on the Federation's battleships.

This attack also deviated from the original expectations.

In the starry sky, over 100,000 Silk Civilization battleships were connected by silk threads, and countless silk threads began to vibrate continuously. The Federation believed that this vibration was transmitting energy.

The Silk Civilization's battleships didn't have any particular features. Their exterior resembled a cow-horned bread, an oval shape with a spiral pattern on the outside.

When they flew, due to visual illusion, one would think their ships were spinning rapidly like a barber pole, but in reality, they weren't. It was just that the spiral pattern was so unique that it created this illusion.

It was only after the energy transmission began that the Federation discovered that the spiral pattern wasn't just for decoration.

The Silk Civilization seemed to be completing some kind of task.

For example, transmitting all kinds of special energy.

What was this energy?

They didn't know yet.

The Federation found that they couldn't observe this energy, just like when they had previously attacked other civilizations using more advanced forms of energy.

Now, the Federation couldn't observe the Silk Civilization's energy, proving that this was a new form of energy the Federation had never encountered before. It could be coming from those spiral patterns or the silk threads.

Although they couldn't observe the energy, the Federation did observe the result of being hit by this special weapon.

Cutting!

Countless Zerg were sliced apart first.

It was as if there were countless invisible blades in the void, and there were tens of thousands, even hundreds of thousands of them.

"There's actually such a weapon."

The Federation fleet's officers were extremely surprised, but not to the point of being shocked.

However, seven days later, they were horrified!

This cutting didn't seem to lose power when it touched objects, nor did it dissipate with distance. It traveled through thousands of astronomical units and hit a biological battleship.

That biological battleship was mercilessly sliced open.

The Federation immediately ordered the activation of the Mnium defense.

But it was useless; a biological battleship with an energy shield was still sliced apart.

"What is this?"

As a civilization more advanced than the Federation, the Silk Civilization naturally had its own foundation, and this terrifying weapon was no exception.

By observing the path of these silk threads, it was easy to deduce that they were heading towards a giant Federation ship.

That giant ship was the Sawfish, a relatively large vessel, not because of its length but because it had two more wings than other giant ships, which could hold more energy. The Sawfish had the longest endurance of all the giant ships.

After observing this, they began to accelerate.

However, the giant ship's acceleration was much slower than that of a conventional battleship. Although the acceleration could be offset using a gravity device, the giant ship was too massive, and offsetting it would consume too much energy. So, the giant ship didn't have such a device.

At this time, the acceleration was slowing down the Sawfish.

When the ship had barely moved 200,000 kilometers, the mysterious cutting line hit it. Despite having a protective shield, the ship was still sliced open.

Countless similar cutting attacks followed, and after the entire ship was penetrated, it seemed like the engine was affected and couldn't perform the propulsion acceleration.

The giant ship was dismembered in just seven short hours.

Terrifying!

Frightening!

The soldiers and officers on the battlefield weren't afraid of being crushed by absolute power. What they feared the most was not knowing how they would die.

If this invisible cutting was in a fixed position, they could guess its principle. But this cutting had no energy reaction and could cross such a long distance with such terrifying power, making it unimaginable.

"All battleships, start moving. Don't let the enemy lock onto our coordinates."

"Quickly recover the cut-up battleships. We must figure out the principle behind this."

After half a month, when the battleship fragments were recovered, the officers on the ship finally learned what they had encountered!