Atrocious Crimes
"General! The Particle Beam Lances are fully charged!" the adjutant reported to Lieutenant General He Ru on the bridge of the Eternity.
"Don't fire! Save them for that battlecruiser over there." He Ru waved his hand. "Advance! Force our way right up to them!"
He could see it clearly. The battle had reached its decisive stage—the Xilu people's fleet was no longer capable of resisting.
No matter how formidable or eerie the Xilu people's drones and communications systems were, they could not directly determine the course of the battle.
After the other warships and fighter formations of the Exploration Fleet realized the threat posed by the enemy drone swarm, they all drew closer to the Eternity and formed a defensive formation. Following Lieutenant General He Ru's commands, they each took responsibility for a different direction. These warships would serve as the Eternity's outer Air Defense Circle, leaving the enemy drones with nowhere to strike.
Besides, to put it bluntly, even if those 2,400-plus drones kept attacking the Eternity nonstop, they probably would not inflict much damage on it even by next year.
After all, they were merely two-meter-long miniature drones. Their firepower was limited, and they simply could not damage a capital ship.
But the Endless-class Super Carrier posed a very real threat to the Xilu people's warships! The three Particle Beam Lances at the Eternity's bow remained charged without firing. This was a message to the Xilu people: we can wipe you out again at any time.
Even without the Particle Beam Lances, the Eternity's overwhelming firepower was beyond anything the Xylosian fleet could match. Combined with the fire support of the Steadfast-class Cruisers and Dagger-class light cruisers, the Xilu people's warships were destroyed one after another, utterly unable to fight back.
Their final struggle was to