Qingyang's expression darkened.
Star Affiliated High School organized groups of science students every year to visit the ecological scenery of Star Lake in the outer regions.
He had not expected this year's visit to come at such an unfortunate time.
Although the sightseeing ship was only in the outer region and had several conventional warships escorting it,
against the pervasive biological warships of the swarm, the sightseeing ship's safety might as well not exist.
Without any surprise, those escort warships had already become space junk.
"This is a real headache." A T6 Commander ordered the Star Destroyers to cease fire.
The remaining warships and combat units continued suppressing the swarm.
"The swarm is using tactics. Looks like there's a Mind Worm inside that mothership."
On the local Star Network channel, the commanders were all at a loss.
It had been a long time since the Star Sea Human Alliance had seen an incident where the swarm killed civilians. If something happened this time, it would definitely make Alliance headlines.
After all, casualties caused by wars between nations and slaughter caused by alien races were completely different in nature.
Moreover, the Alliance explicitly prohibited nations of Ordinary Nation rank and above from waging war within human territory.
They either had to fight outside or participate in war competitions. When attacking other civilizations, whoever captured the most territory would be declared the winner by the Alliance.
Even powerful nations did not dare violate Alliance laws, much less Elite Nations and Ordinary Nations.
Armies could fight all they wanted, but who would dare drag civilians into it?
Of course, if civilians voluntarily entered the battlefield or stood in front of enemy forces, that counted as joining the war.
Qingyang had always found this incredible. Even an Ordinary Nation had tens or even hundreds of billions of humans.
Yet the Alliance rarely even saw casualties numbering several hundred civilians at once.
Therefore, in the current situation, it was not only the commanders who did not dare attack recklessly.
The person in charge of the distant defense fortress had also fallen into anxiety.
"What are we supposed to do?"
Letting the swarm go was impossible. This was inside human territory.
There were also many human Habitable Planets nearby, and letting them escape would create an even greater hidden danger.
But if they abandoned these tens of thousands of civilians, everyone at the defense fortress would be punished!
Although Qingyang's expression was ugly, he did not act rashly.
Not to mention whether a mere T8 Battleship could approach the inner battlefield, that mothership alone could forcibly tear apart a T8 Radiant Moon Ship.
He commanded his warship to hunt the Corrupted on the outskirts while considering a solution.
Wait, didn't he have a cheat?
Qingyang immediately asked inwardly, "Star of Truth, optimal plan."
[The Radiant Moon Battleship is closest to the sightseeing ship and has high speed. With a short-range Instant Jump, it can enter within ten thousand kilometers of the sightseeing ship three seconds before the swarm mothership strikes it.]
A flash of inspiration struck Qingyang, and he understood what the Star of Truth meant.
A Commander could use their bound Starcraft as the center to transmit data within a limited range!
Ten thousand kilometers was exactly the maximum transmission distance for a T8 Commander's Datafication!
And the maximum range of his Commander's Shield was more than enough to 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 use Datafication to jump inside it.
Then, he could replace the original Shield Generator and raise a stronger shield.
It was indeed feasible.
However, he needed to confirm whether it was safe. Qingyang did not want to throw his life away.
"Roughly what level is that mothership's attack energy?"
[Use detection function?]
"Yes."
[Target mothership main cannon (one): 135,000 (star-destroying)] [Secondary cannons (six): 80,000] [Other attacks: 5,000–10,000]
Qingyang decisively shook his head. "Forget it. It'd be fine if the main and secondary cannons were destroyed."
Although there might be people he knew aboard that sightseeing ship, and rescuing it would surely earn him plenty of battle merits,
that did not mean Qingyang would risk death to save them.
[Attention, local commanders. This is the T6 Fleet, Fire Demon Fleet.] [Our fleet's Special Warship will temporarily reduce the enemy shield's strength by 95% for 3 seconds.] [All commanders with Penetration Type main cannons, please calibrate your attacks on the enemy mothership's cannons.]
This was the solution the commanders had discussed: spend a large number of Star Points to activate the Special Warship's special effect.
At the same time, they would disable all of that mothership's offensive methods in one stroke!
The other biological warships were already tightly entangled by the human fleet. As long as that mothership did not possess Universal Grade cannons, the sightseeing ship's shield could completely hold for more than ten seconds.
That was more than enough time to wait for Starcraft rescue.
"..."
Qingyang was dumbfounded. What had he just said?
But with this, there was still no need for him to act as a humanoid Shield Generator, right?
The biological mothership only had seventy or eighty Universal Grade cannons.
With dozens of powerful Starcraft focusing fire, they might not be able to sink the mothership, but disabling some of its cannons would not be difficult.
While he was still thinking, the fleets in the distance had already begun moving.
A warship shaped like a cone appeared, its dense energy circuits flashing fiercely.
A beam struck the mothership's Bio-field Shield head-on.
The mothership's shield was immediately enveloped by a layer of milky white mist!
At the same time, more than a hundred Penetration Type main cannons fired in unison. Solid beams of energy tore through space and blasted straight toward the mothership.
Suddenly, several biological warships wandering nearby activated Void Jump.
They blocked the paths of several beams head-on!
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Overclocked sonic waves echoed out, but the commanders' expressions changed.
Several biological cannons capable of threatening the sightseeing ship had not been destroyed!
In an instant, several biological cannons rapidly charged and locked onto the sightseeing ship.
Inside the ship, piercing detection alarms blared wildly. Thousands of teachers and students turned pale, their faces full of despair.
Qingyang hesitated. "Star of Truth, how much shield value can the swarm mothership's remaining cannons deplete?"
[Detection: 10,000 energy level ×2. The remaining three cannons are below 4,000. Estimated shield depletion: 13,500.]
Fine. With the swarm mothership's remaining cannon power, even if he failed to save the Radiant Moon Battleship, he would not be in danger.
He would give it a try!
As Qingyang thought, the Radiant Moon Ship charged toward the sightseeing ship at extreme speed.
The sudden action startled the surrounding commanders, but they soon shook their heads.
Although that warship was only a little over a hundred thousand kilometers from the sightseeing ship, it was unfortunately too slow. If it had been a T7 or T6 ship, it might have arrived before the mothership fired.
Guxing and the others were equally confused, but they did not speak.
When it was still forty to fifty thousand kilometers from the sightseeing ship, the Radiant Moon Ship suddenly entered Instant Jump mode and appeared within ten thousand kilometers of the sightseeing ship in an instant!
Instant Jump required mental control, and Qingyang's face immediately paled slightly.
His Mental Threshold was of very high quality, but unfortunately, he was still too late.
The commanders present all focused their gazes on the Radiant Moon Ship, thinking helplessly.
The swarm mothership's main cannon had already finished charging.
Suddenly, everyone's eyes widened.
Because a new signal marker had appeared in the sightseeing ship's control room.
Before anyone could react,
countless Dark Gold Particles surged around Qingyang's body in the sightseeing ship's control room.
Then, a honeycomb-like Dark Gold Shield enveloped the entire sightseeing ship, layer upon layer!
At the same time, the swarm bombardment arrived!
As an Energy Storm spanning hundreds of kilometers raged, several T6 Commanders turned pale.
"Damn it!"
"Arrogance! Pointless mercy!"
"..."
The death of several thousand civilians within Alliance Territory was indeed a major matter, but having an enemy race kill a highly talented young Commander within the territory was an even greater matter!
However, the commanders soon realized something was wrong.
That sightseeing ship's energy signal was still there!!
How was that possible?!
As the Energy Storm surged, the sightseeing ship, encased in a layer of Dark Gold Shield, suddenly shot out.
It swiftly charged toward a T7 Fleet formation ahead.
In the control room, Qingyang let out a breath of relief.
Then he turned to the familiar bald teacher and laughed heartily.
"Long time no see, Teacher."
Ah, these two chapters were only meant to demonstrate the effect of a Commander's additional functions. The main focus was still interstellar warship bombardments.
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