Similar battles were taking place everywhere within this stretch of starry sky spanning more than ten light years. The only difference was the scale of the fighting, but the brutality was the sa everywhere. The two sides were locked in desperate combat here. In a war of this scale, any warship, even one as powerful as the Human, could only go with the current and act according to the situation.
The overall situation was still in Xiao Yu’s grasp. At least, up to this point in the war, nothing had happened that caused Xiao Yu too much surprise. The Human spaceship formation personally led by Xiao Yu successfully broke through the defensive line before it and continued charging toward the deeper core.
Xiao Yu knew that Virtual Life Number One was there. That place was the most heavily defended location in the entire virtual life civilization. At the sa ti, Xiao Yu could also be certain that the warships stationed there for defense, as well as the virtual lives inside them, were different from the virtual lives in the outer regions. They had all been subjected by Virtual Life Number One to the ‘die together’ strategy, so they would inevitably fight with their lives to protect Virtual Life Number One. This was the force least likely to be won over, and also the force with the strongest combat capability.
Xiao Yu turned his head again and looked once more at the vast boundless starry sky behind him, and at the brutal fighting taking place throughout that boundless expanse. Countless warships were weaving back and forth, countless warships were being destroyed, and countless warships were joining the battlefield. It was precisely those warships controlled by the Supercomputing Center that were tying down those enemy forces, allowing him to free up his hands and focus on the situation here.
Ahead was not any natural celestial body, but this base was larger than any planet. Its volu had already reached the level of a brown dwarf. Its silver-gray shell coldly reflected the light from warship explosions in the distance. On its surface were countless protrusions, depressions, and breaches, while unbroken stretches of instrunts were laid out across it like towering mountain ranges. Because it was simply too enormous, if you stood on it, you would not notice any curvature at all, just like standing on Earth.
So of these instrunts were thousands of kiloters tall, while others covered areas of several thousand square kiloters. At distances ranging from tens of thousands to tens of millions of kiloters from it, there were also countless space bases like satellites orbiting around and guarding it. Innurable warships were shuttling back and forth between space and the base, and between one base and another. Countless ground transportation devices were racing across the surface of this greatest base, like the endless streams of traffic on Earth, except that their speed was unknown tis faster than ordinary traffic.
Xiao Yu knew that Virtual Life Number One resided inside this imnse base. The entire vast virtual life civilization was centered on it. Seated in the middle, it directed everything so that all operations proceeded in perfect order.
At this mont, Xiao Yu was still hundreds of billions of kiloters away from this steel planet. A distance of one hundred billion kiloters was nothing for the current Xiao Yu or the virtual life civilization, yet now even advancing a single step was so difficult for Xiao Yu.
The war had already fully erupted. Endless warships were entangled together, and everything was proceeding according to Xiao Yu’s expectations. Yet sohow, before he knew it, Xiao Yu had already sunk into the mire of war. The Dream, the Nine Provinces, the Galaxy, the Azure Dragon, and other Star Cluster-Class battleships each led forces to suppress one front after another. They truly were fighting to the death, but they simply could not break open the situation. They could destroy hundreds or even thousands of ships in one strike, but after that ca ten thousand or one hundred thousand more.
Xiao Yu cast his gaze into the distance. In that dark and boundless starry sky, endless streams of warships were flowing toward this place. They were like rivers, and this place was the sea. Xiao Yu knew that although not enough ti had yet passed for the virtual life civilization to gain an overwhelming advantage over him, the construction bases spread throughout the galaxy and scattered across the stellar ruins had already ford a certain degree of manufacturing capability. At this mont, these warships were the reinforcents they were sending to the main battlefield.
No matter how fierce the charge, it would be driven back by the enemy. They fought desperately, bathed in blood, yet could never completely eliminate the enemy. But it was precisely these combat forces that were tying down most of the enemy’s strength for the Human spaceship formation, allowing the Human spaceship to charge to this place.
“Continue advancing.” Xiao Yu gave the order.
The Human spaceship formation continued pressing forward. Ahead, the endless Imperial Guard Corps that had been subjected to Virtual Life Number One’s ‘die together’ strategy charged over. Countless pillar-like Spatial Cannons streaked crisscross through the universe. Countless ships fell, and countless ships joined this battle. Amid this endless slaughter, the Human spaceship formation was forcefully blocked here.
At this mont, entangled with the Human spaceship was yet another Star Cluster-Class battleship of the virtual life civilization. It possessed almost inexhaustible power, and it also possessed combat and defensive capabilities representing the highest technological achievent of the virtual life civilization. Leading nearly ten million warships, it ford one of the most powerful battle groups in the virtual life civilization.
But in the end, the Human spaceship brought it down. After destroying one Star Cluster-Class battleship earlier, this was the second Star Cluster-Class battleship felled by the Human spaceship. Not only that Star Cluster-Class battleship, but the nearly ten million other warships in its formation as well were annihilated by Xiao Yu. After obtaining such an enormous victory, the Human spaceship still did not stop, but instead continued charging toward yet another Star Cluster-Class battleship formation…
Reinforcent fleets were continuously converging here from across the galaxy. The battlefield situation was quietly changing, and the scales of victory were gradually tilting toward the enemy, while the situation on Xiao Yu’s side was becoming increasingly dire. But it was still not yet ti to finally play his hidden card. For now, battle was still required. Continue fighting.
“The distance between the Human spaceship formation and this steel planet is still not close enough. The pressure I have put on it is still not great enough. It still has not transferred enough fleets here to support this place… I still cannot reveal my hidden card.” Xiao Yu thought silently.
The virus Xiao Yu had created could not spread within the Imperial Guard Corps, and because of the ‘die together’ strategy, the Imperial Guard Corps could not possibly be won over by Xiao Yu. So at this mont Xiao Yu had to inflict as many losses as possible on the Imperial Guard Corps, to make Virtual Life Number One feel as much pressure as possible. Once it felt pressure, it would naturally transfer outer-region warships to co protect itself, and among those outer-region warships it transferred over, there would definitely be many replicates already won over by him.
That was Xiao Yu’s plan. Only when there were enough outer-region warships and few enough Imperial Guard Corps warships would it be ti to reveal the final hidden card…
A portion of the reinforcent fleets rushing here had already begun, under the orders of Virtual Life Number One, to gather around the steel planet. They too were fighting Xiao Yu’s fleet to the death, but Xiao Yu knew that among them there were definitely many replicates, many warships, all waiting for his signal…
“This is the last Star Cluster-Class battleship of the Imperial Guard Corps. As long as it is destroyed, the strength of the Imperial Guard Corps will have been reduced to an acceptable level.” Xiao Yu pondered silently. “But the Human battleship…”
Up to this mont, the Human spaceship had already destroyed four enemy Star Cluster-Class battleships in succession. This achievent alone was enough to make Xiao Yu proud. After all, although the virtual life civilization’s technology was weaker than Xiao Yu’s, the gap was not so vast as to be worlds apart. Besides, here the overall situation favored the virtual life civilization.
But it was still not enough. Still not enough. The Human spaceship still needed to cast down the enemy before it once more before it could finally complete its glorious campaign and truly beco the strongest warship in Xiao Yu’s fleet.
The Human spaceship had already suffered considerable damage, and its combat strength had also declined greatly, but no one would pay attention to that. Failing to accomplish the mission ant failing to accomplish the mission. There were not so many excuses. Xiao Yu had already committed all of his power. Xiao Yu could not afford a failure this devastating.
Carrying a tragic montum of absolute resolve, the Human battleship charged savagely into the depths of the battlefield. Ahead, the final Star Cluster-Class battleship of the Imperial Guard Corps was there.
This was a head-on war. What both sides were competing with was the power, offensive capability, defensive capability, coordination ability, and control of the battlefield of their warships. At a mont like this, any sches were completely useless. This was a war of strength.
The curved space inside the Human spaceship had already begun to show signs of instability. Under such circumstances, space itself was slowly rippling like water. The attacks directed at the Human spaceship on the battlefield were simply too violent. Even a white dwarf in the Human spaceship’s position would probably have been blasted into nothingness in an instant, yet the Human spaceship continued to endure. Not only was it enduring, it was also launching fierce attacks on its enemy.
The beams fired by hundreds of thousands, even millions, of Spatial Cannons. The Spatial Vortex was savagely cutting through space. Countless warships, led by the Human spaceship, charged forward wave after wave.
The explosion of this ship ant that the Human spaceship had finally completed its task. Altogether, this was the fifth Star Cluster-Class battleship destroyed beneath the Human battleship. The terrifying strength of the Human battleship was fully displayed in its very first participation in battle.
At this point, all five Star Cluster-Class battleships of the Imperial Guard Corps had been destroyed by the Human spaceship alone.
And before the Human spaceship had finally achieved this result, Virtual Life Number One had already made its arrangents. Under its deploynt, more warships were moving inward from the outer regions to guard the center. Xiao Yu would face even more enemies, yet Xiao Yu felt himself relax.
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