Some Rejoiced, Some Worried

"It's alright. At least we've confirmed that the Kun-Tai Civilization's central fleet doesn't have Positron Cannon. If they're holding back, then the one that hasn't fired is their flagship in the central fleet. In that case, the harassment and delaying tactics of the Mount Wudang-Class Warship and Mount Emei-Class Warship will be much easier to execute." Yue Yuan waved his hand, his confidence greatly boosted upon hearing this news.

The same was true for everyone aboard the Lyra.

Human warships have multi-layered armor, making them extremely powerful. Unless directly hit by Positron Cannon, they can withstand dozens of shots without sinking, unless every shot hits the same spot as the last one.

"Commander Yue, the Mount Wudang-Class Warship and Mount Emei-Class Warship formations have retreated into the Asteroid Belt, and the four formations of the Kun-Tai Civilization show no signs of slowing down. Our first wave of self-destructing Space Carrier and Self-Detonating Shuttle has passed the enemy's left and right formations and is heading towards the enemy's Residential Spaceship cluster. It is expected to arrive in twenty hours." The announcer broadcast the situation update again on the bridge.

"Order the second wave of self-destructive attacks to proceed as scheduled!" Yue Yuan pondered for a moment before giving the order.

"Yes!"

Now that the Mount Wudang-Class Warship and Mount Emei-Class Warship formations have withdrawn, if the second wave of self-destructive attacks departs as scheduled, and if the Kun-Tai Civilization fleet continues to accelerate towards the Asteroid Belt, that will be just before they enter the Asteroid Belt.

Although the target of a human's self-destructive attack is not the enemy's warship fleet, it can still psychologically intimidate them.

After giving the order, Yue Yuan checked the time and realized it was lunchtime, so he told some people to go eat first and then come back.

He then returned to his seat and continued to study the comparison of various parameters between the two civilizations.

People need food to survive; you'll get hungry if you skip a meal.

The Lyra has not yet truly entered service. Although the work schedules of the staff in the bridge and other positions have entered a wartime state, they have not yet reached the level of the Mount Wudang-Class Warship and Mount Emei-Class Warship.

So you should still eat as usual, and come back to take your turn for duty after you finish eating.

If we actually enter the battlefield, things will be different. In order to ensure that the warship's power is fully utilized, then, like the Mount Wudang-Class Warship and Mount Emei-Class Warship, all crew members must enter the Acceleration Buffer Fluid.

Since a war is not something that can be fought in a few minutes or hours, wars in space can sometimes take several hours just to move from one point to another. Therefore, in order to prevent the crew from going hungry, the Acceleration Buffer Fluid also contains nutrients.

But nutrients alone are not enough, because humans have three urgent needs that are beyond human control. That's why humans designed the spherical space for filling the Acceleration Buffer Fluid to be unidirectional, because each Acceleration Buffer Fluid filling chamber is equipped with various 'ergonomic' tubes.

These pipes are connected to automated equipment, mainly to prevent crew members from defecating into their own Acceleration Buffer Fluid and then entering their mouths when they need to use the Acceleration Buffer Fluid during combat.

Scientists spent countless hours designing this recycling system. While there is experience from the space age, times have changed, and the requirements are now much higher.

Just like how the pipes are connected to the lower body, what materials are used, what shape are they, and what the designed pressure is during excretion. All these things.

These are things that are not shown in TV dramas, but as living, breathing human beings, we have to consider these issues.

Therefore, designing a warship cannot be limited to considering the size of the guns, the power of the engine, and the strength of the armor; it must also take into account many human-centered design considerations. Unless one day humanity itself can evolve to a higher biological level again, these issues will inevitably continue to plague humankind.

Of course, this applies not only to humans, but also to any other alien that needs to eat, drink, and excrete.

Right now.

Kun-Tai Civilization.

The flagship of the central army.

An Ultrasound transmitted through its internal channel. "Lord Pierce, we have detected the appearance of the second wave of small ships from Human Civilization, along with a mothership carrying suicide drones. They are launching a surprise attack on my residential cluster formation. Some of their warships have entered the range of the Directed Energy Weapon on my left and right flanks. Should we launch an attack to intercept them?"

Immersed in the Acceleration Buffer Fluid, his body connected to various tubes, Pierce said with a stern gaze, "Ignore them. Human Civilization's move is merely to force us to return to our rear to support them, which further demonstrates that they don't have a numerical advantage in warships. Besides, these small ship types are no match for our Quake-Class Warship. Order the ten Quake-Class Warship remaining in the rear to intercept them. Giant Gas Planet are our primary combat targets."

As planned, and with Human Civilization in the same way, it proves we made the right bet. They have Residential Spaceship, and they're hidden behind those three planets.

"But, Lord Pierce..."

"No buts!"

Pierce abruptly cut off the long string of words that followed the "but," but at that moment another voice reached her ears.

"Lord Pierce, the analysis results are in. The main guns of those two human warships are firing positron beams! Only positron beams have such power."

Pierce recognized the Ultrasound voice; it belonged to the most famous physicist of the Kun-Tai Civilization, or at least the present-day Kun-Tai Civilization. Her words were certainly not wrong.

"A positron beam?" Pierce paused for a moment. As the leader of a civilization, she certainly knew what a positron was, but she hadn't expected that positrons could be integrated into such a massive positron beam for launch.

So she asked, "Human Civilization is also Tier 1 Civilization, and positrons are the Antimatter of electrons. How could Human Civilization possess such a weapon? How do they control those positron beams?"

"No, Your Lord Pierce, they do indeed have the potential to possess such a weapon," the Chief Scientist of the Kun-Tai Civilization explained with a hint of bitterness in his voice. "Perhaps you are unaware, but our home planet had already proposed the possibility of Positron Cannon before the decisive battle with the Quell Civilization. Moreover, we New Kuntai People have been researching this area for some time, but so far we haven't achieved much."

"What's going on? Why haven't you mentioned this before?" Pierce said, somewhat dissatisfied.

"That's how it is." The Chief Scientist of the Kun-Tai Civilization sighed inwardly before explaining to Pierce, "You should know that our Kun-Tai Civilization mastered Controlled Nuclear Fusion as early as five thousand years ago and set foot in the stars."

"Of course I know," Pierce said earnestly.

"But you may not know the way our Kun-Tai Civilization achieves Controlled Nuclear Fusion."

"How to achieve Controlled Nuclear Fusion?" Pierce immediately pressed.