Human Shield Generator (Part 2)

Qingyang's expression turned somewhat grim.

Every year, Star Affiliated High School organized a group of science students to visit the ecological scenery of Star Lake in the outer zone.

He hadn't expected this year's visit to be so poorly timed.

Although the sightseeing ship was only in the outer zone and would be escorted by a few conventional warships, against the pervasive swarm of biological warships, the sightseeing ship's safety factor was effectively nonexistent.

As expected, those escort warships had likely already become space debris.

"What a headache." A T6 Commander ordered the Star Destroyer to cease fire.

The remaining warships and combat units continued to suppress the swarm.

"The swarm is playing tactical games—looks like there's a Mind Worm in that mothership."

On the Star Network local channel, the various commanders found themselves at a loss.

The Star Sea Human Alliance hadn't seen an incident of the swarm killing civilians in a long time; if this went wrong, it would top the Alliance's headlines.

After all, casualties from wars between nations and killings by alien races were entirely different in nature.

Moreover, Alliance regulations clearly stipulated that major nations and above were strictly forbidden from waging war within human territory.

Either fight outside, or engage in war tournaments—whoever conquered more of another civilization would be declared the winner by the Alliance.

Even major nations dared not violate Alliance law, let alone elite nations or ordinary nations.

The military could fight all it wanted, but who would dare use civilians as leverage?

Of course, if civilians voluntarily entered a battlefield or stood before enemy forces, that counted as participation in combat.

Qingyang had always found this astonishing—any ordinary nation had hundreds of billions or even trillions of humans.

Yet the Alliance rarely saw even a few hundred civilian casualties at once.

Thus, facing this situation, not only did the commanders hesitate to attack recklessly, but the person in charge of the distant fortress on standby was also growing anxious.

"How do we handle this?"

Letting the swarm go was impossible—this was deep within human territory.

There were quite a few human-habitable planets nearby; letting them go would create even greater hidden dangers.

But abandoning these tens of thousands of civilians would result in disciplinary action for everyone in the fortress!

Though Qingyang's expression was grim, he didn't act rashly either.

Let alone whether a mere T8 Battleship could approach the inner battlefield, that mothership alone could tear apart a T8 Radiant Moon Ship with ease.

He commanded his warship to hunt down the Corruptors on the periphery while pondering a solution.

Wait—didn't he have some kind of cheat?

Qingyang asked directly in his mind: "Star of Truth, optimal plan."

[The Radiant Moon Battleship is the closest to the sightseeing ship and has high speed. Combined with a short-range Instant Jump, it can approach within ten thousand kilometers of the sightseeing ship three seconds before the swarm mothership strikes it.]

A flash of insight struck Qingyang as he understood the Star of Truth's meaning.

A Commander could perform data-limited teleportation centered on their bound Starry Sky warship!

Ten thousand kilometers was exactly the maximum range for a T8 Commander's datafication teleport!

And the maximum range of his Commander's Shield could easily envelop that sightseeing ship!

As long as he entered within ten thousand kilometers of the sightseeing ship before the swarm mothership finished charging, he could data-jump inside the ship.

Then, replacing the original Shield Generator, he could raise a stronger shield.

It was indeed feasible.

But he needed to confirm it was safe—Qingyang had no intention of dying.

"What's the attack energy level of that mothership?"

[Use scanning function?]

"Yes."

[Target mothership main cannon (one): 135,000 (Star Destroyer)]

[Secondary cannons (six): 80,000]

[Other attacks: 500~10,000]

Qingyang shook his head decisively: "Forget it, if the main and secondary cannons were destroyed, that might work."

Sure, there might be acquaintances on that sightseeing ship, and the battle merits for saving them must have been considerable—

but that didn't mean Qingyang would risk death to save them.

[Attention, local commanders. This is T6 Fleet, Fire Demon Fleet.]

[Our fleet's Special Warship will temporarily reduce the enemy's shield strength by 95% for 3 seconds.]

[All commanders equipped with Penetration-Type main cannons, please calibrate your fire on the hostile mothership's batteries.]

This was the countermeasure the commanders had settled on—spending a large number of star points to activate the special effects of their special warships.

At the same time, they would disable all offensive capabilities of that mothership in one go!

The other biological warships were already locked in a fierce struggle with the human fleet. As long as that mothership lacked Universal-Grade cannons, the sightseeing ship's shields could hold out for over ten seconds.

That would be more than enough time for a Starcraft to arrive and rescue them.

"..."

Qingyang was dumbfounded. What had he just said?

But even so, there was still no need for him to act as a humanoid shield generator, right?

That mothership only had seventy or eighty Universal-Grade cannons at most.

With several dozen powerful Starcraft ships focusing their fire, even if they couldn't sink the mothership, disabling part of its cannons wouldn't be difficult.

While he was still mulling this over, the fleets in the distance had already begun their operation.

A cone-shaped warship materialized, its dense energy circuits flashing in unison.

A beam of light struck the Bio-field Shield of the mothership head-on.

The mothership's shield was immediately enveloped in a layer of milky-white mist!

At the same time, over a hundred Penetration-Type main cannons fired in sync. Solidified energy beams tore across the starry sky, blasting straight toward the mothership.

Suddenly, a few biological warships lurking nearby activated a Void Jump.

They appeared directly in the path of several beams!

Boom!

The deafening roar echoed, but the faces of many commanders turned pale.

There were still a few biological ship cannons capable of threatening the sightseeing ship that hadn't been destroyed!

In an instant, several biological cannons rapidly gathered energy, calibrating their aim on the sightseeing ship.

Inside the ship, piercing detection alarms blared wildly. Thousands of teachers and students turned pale, their faces filled with despair.

Qingyang hesitated. "Star of Truth, how much shield value can the remaining cannons of the Swarm Mothership deplete?"

[Scan: 1w energy level × 2, the remaining three are below 4k. Estimated depletion: 1.35w shield value.]

Forget it. With the remaining firepower of the Zerg mothership, even if the Radiant Moon Battleship couldn't be saved, there would be no danger.

Let's try!

As Qingyang thought this, the Radiant Moon Ship charged toward the sightseeing ship at breakneck speed.

This sudden move stunned the surrounding commanders, who then shook their heads.

Although the warship was only a few hundred thousand kilometers from the sightseeing ship, it was too slow. If it were a T7 or T6 ship, it might have been able to arrive before the mothership opened fire.

Guxing and the others were equally puzzled but remained silent.

Just as the ship was forty to fifty thousand kilometers from the sightseeing ship, the Radiant Moon Ship suddenly entered an Instant Jump state, appearing within ten thousand kilometers of the sightseeing ship in an instant!

Instant Jump required mental energy to control, and Qingyang's face immediately turned slightly pale.

A high-quality Mental Threshold, but unfortunately, it was still too late.

The eyes of all the commanders present were fixed on the Radiant Moon Ship, their thoughts resigned.

The Zerg mothership's main cannons had already finished charging.

Suddenly, everyone's eyes widened.

Because a new signal marker had appeared in the control room area of the sightseeing ship.

Before anyone could react.

Qingyang, now in the sightseeing ship's control room, was surrounded by surging Dark Gold Particles.

Then, a layer of Dark Gold Shield, resembling a honeycomb, wrapped around the entire sightseeing ship, layer upon layer!

At the same time, the Zerg's cannon fire arrived!

As an energy storm spanning hundreds of kilometers raged, several T6 commanders turned pale.

"Damn it!"

"Arrogant! Useless pity!"

"..."

The death of several thousand civilians within Alliance Territory was indeed a major incident. But allowing a high-talent young commander to be killed by an enemy race within their own territory was an even bigger one!

Soon, however, the commanders sensed something was wrong.

The energy signal of that sightseeing ship was still there!!

How was that possible?!

As the energy storm churned, the sightseeing ship, now shrouded in a layer of Dark Gold Shield, shot out from within.

He charged swiftly toward the formation of a T7 Fleet ahead.

In the Control Room, Qingyang sighed in relief.

Then he turned around and laughed heartily at the familiar bald teacher.

"Long time no see, Teacher."

Ah, these two chapters were just to demonstrate the effects of the commander's additional functions; the main focus is still on interstellar warships exchanging fire.