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The atmosphere in the planetary fortress instantly became tense.
"what do you mean……"
Another subordinate's voice sounded: "This time, is it the four-dimensional creature [Shi]?"
Sweeper 9527 fell silent, his tentacles unconsciously dragging the light curtain in front of him.
a long time.
"Probably."
He looked very serious, and said in a solemn tone: "Continue to increase energy reserves, this may be a tough battle."
Chapter 534 Scheme
Gliese 555 exoplanet.
【warn……】
The spherical probe is still relentlessly sending warning messages to the Milky Way's central black hole region.
When the waiting time reached the preset standard, the type I artificial intelligence built into the detector finally stopped its somewhat "stylized" behavior.
[Error: No response. 】
[Alternative plan is starting...]
[Continue to implement the two-dimensional debris recovery plan. 】
……
In the end, after a few minutes of deliberation, Lu Yongchang chose to wait patiently.
Of course, during the waiting period, human beings have not been idle.
On the one hand, the Academy of Sciences began to discuss solutions to this crisis.
On the other hand, asteroid-grade [Glutton] material storage ships and [Homeland Ships] equipped with antimatter engines and star gold-carbyne composite armor scattered around the Gliese 555 star system.
Similar to the [Dandelion] project, these starships will head to the star system that has been selected at the moment when the Sweeper civilization shows its maliciousness.
The rest of the [Golden Crow] battleship, [Dimension Strike Ship], and [Battering Ram] and other armed fleets all withdrew to the Dawn Star, relying on the Dawn Star and the [Guangwei Planet Fortress] to launch a defensive formation.
As for Lu Yongchang and a group of scientific researchers, when the Sweeper civilization probe "stagnated", they had already boarded the human flagship [Earth] in the synchronous orbit of Dawn Star.
Unlike the migration in the Proxima Centauri era, there are no traces of humans on the current Dawn Star except for some plants and animals that cannot be taken away.
……
Lu Yongchang sat on the seat he had not seen for a long time, stretched out his hand to brush the armrest of the command chair, and sighed slightly.
"professor."
Beside him, Zhao Zijie's voice came, "All combat units have been deployed."
"right now we……"
With that said, Zhao Zijie turned his head and glanced at the stationary detector in the holographic projection, and said hesitantly, "Do you need to retreat?"
"Before it moves, we can preserve most of the vitality of human beings."
Lu Yongchang knew what Zhao Zijie meant.
It is nothing more than sacrificing part of the [Golden Crow] battleship to buy enough time for the [Earth] and the rest of the starships to retreat.
He shook his head firmly and refused, "It's not necessary."
"In the face of civilizations that have mastered curvature navigation technology, our escape speed is too slow."
"If we stay, we can add a little chance of success to the [Dandelion] project."
"Even if there is only a 0.01% possibility, it is good."
"Human civilization..." After speaking, Lu Yongchang closed his eyes, leaned back on the chair, and sighed, "It must not perish by my hands."
"no way……"
he muttered to himself.
"Professor, the detector is moving!" Tao Yuda's exclamation sounded in the command center of [Earth].
Lu Yongchang opened his eyes suddenly, straightened up and looked at the huge holographic projection directly in front of him.
In the holographic projection, the spherical detector that had been stagnant in place suddenly moved.
There is a saying that is good.
Quiet like a virgin, moving like a rabbit.
This is the best interpretation of this spherical detector.
There is no reaction time whatsoever.
The anti-matter collection device and the human detector in front of the spherical detector directly collided with it!
Bang!Bang!Bang!
Accompanied by a burst of explosion sparks and countless fragments of tattered parts, the dark gray spherical detector rushed straight towards the Gliese 555 star system!
"How much speed?!"
Seeing this scene, Lu Yongchang didn't have time to think, his face flushed slightly, and he shouted loudly.
A scientific researcher quickly flicked the holographic projection in front of him. The moment he saw the data, his face suddenly turned pale.
"professor……"
"50%, 50% of the speed of light."
The researcher's lips trembled slightly, and he reported a number with difficulty.
There was silence in the command center, only the breathing and heartbeat of the people remained.
50% the speed of light.
This is an extremely shocking number.
You must know that only after humans have mastered the antimatter engine can they increase the fleet's maximum sailing speed to 50% of the speed of light.
And this speed is only the starting speed of the opponent's detector!
What is this called?
"My foot is in the engine, you tell me you just put it in first gear? "
……
【warn! 】
[The front belongs to the territory of human civilization, please express your intention immediately! 】
[Repeat, the front belongs to...]
In the dead space of the universe, one after another is filled with electromagnetic waves.
……
"Warning, 10 minutes countdown!"
While Zero's electronically synthesized voice sounded in the command center, a digital countdown appeared in front of everyone.
Looking at the beating blood-red numbers, Lu Yongchang only felt his heart tremble.
According to the speed of the spherical probe, it will reach the synchronous orbit of Dawn Star in 10 minutes.
And before that...
Since none of the warnings worked, there is only one option left for human civilization.
"attack!"
"Attack immediately!!"
Lu Yongchang's face turned red, and his hands trembled slightly as he gave the order to attack!
Zhao Zijie, the military commander of the fleet sitting next to him, looked serious and shouted in a deep voice.
"Attention all units!"
"Electromagnetic gun salvo!"
……
The moment the order was given.
The [Golden Crow] battleships lined up neatly one after another raised the long gun barrels erected on the side of the hull.
Under Zero's control, each barrel began to be finely adjusted.
The path of the spherical probe is a straight line, and the speed is very stable, so it is extremely easy for Zero to calculate its trajectory.
However, in order to ensure the hit rate of the electromagnetic gun projectile, Zero still delineated a larger attack range.
After completing the trajectory adjustment work of the electromagnetic gun.
A salvo!
Two salvos! !
Three salvos! ! !
In just a few seconds, more than 5000 asteroid-class [Golden Crow] battleships poured over [-] electromagnetic artillery projectiles into the target area!
These projectiles are filled with a large amount of antimatter.
At the moment of contact, this antimatter will all pour on the surface of the spherical detector.
This is also the best solution reached by the Academy of Sciences after discussion during the period when the spherical detector was stationary.
Strong interaction material, similar to neutron star matter.
Its strength is too exaggerated, which can be seen from the picture of it hitting the antimatter collection device and human detectors.
At least, the current materials of human beings, even the strongest star gold-carbyne armor, are like a fragile piece of paper in front of it, which can be easily broken.
But in any case, it still belongs to the category of matter.
As long as it is matter, it will react with antimatter.
The battle plan is then simple—let the antimatter touch its surface.
Once the annihilation reaction occurs, its incomparably hard shell will completely collapse!
Chapter 535 Artificial Detonation
The tranquility of the Gliese 555 star system was completely broken.
Hundreds of thousands of electromagnetic gun projectiles are flying towards the target area at a very high speed!
Captured by a high-precision camera, this extremely powerful metal storm crossed planets one by one, and rushed towards the "external visitor"!
【Earth】in the command center.
Lu Yongchang's attention was not on the metal storm sent by the human fleet.
He stared fixedly at the dark gray spherical detector moving at 50% the speed of light in the holographic projection.
On the side of the holographic projection is a bright red countdown.
After 5 minutes, these antimatter-laden railgun projectiles will make contact with the spherical probe!
The location of the contact happens to be the fringe region of the Gliese 555 star system!
This is also the first line of defense established by human civilization! !
At this moment, Lu Yongchang subconsciously clenched his fists, and there was only one sentence left in his mind.
Don't change course!
Don't change course! !
Due to the various limitations of the electromagnetic gun, once the spherical detector detects danger and changes the course in advance, the first line of defense for human beings is equivalent to a decoration.
For today's human civilization, this so-called "war" is a situation that is easy to attack but difficult to defend.
When the individual combat power is far inferior to that of the opponent, the human fleet can only be forced to "huddle together to keep warm".
Probes from advanced civilizations can launch attacks from various angles, but human beings can only huddle around the Dawn Star for passive defense.