The Empire Rises: Starting with the Fourth Calamity
Chapter 2903

The Tide of Battle Turns

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The Tide of Battle Turns

Before countless Imperial Navy personnel, that Kultorask-class dictator was visibly restoring itself to its original state!

The petal-like structures that had been blasted away were reassembling and unfurling at a visible rate, while the gaps torn open by enemy fire were rapidly closing!

And this restoration was nothing like the repairs they understood. No matter what kind of repair it was, even repairs by Nanobots, the repaired sections would definitely differ from the original parts!

But this Titan warship was completely different. Its restored portions were utterly identical to the originals! It was as though the warship were a living organism with structural memory; that seemingly nonmetallic material could actually "grow back" as if healing!

Thus, even after the Kultorask-class dictator Titan endured another concentrated salvo from the Imperial fleet, it remained completely unscathed!

Across the battlefield, the Nanobots, numbering in the trillions, remained active. They were almost continuously stripping matter from every Imperial warship and even every space installation within range.

And as time passed, this seemingly insignificant stripping had begun to inflict tangible damage!

The outer hulls of space stations were quietly thinning, while fine spiderweb-like cracks appeared across warship armor plating.

Over the comms, several frigate captains cried out, "[Report! This ship's armor is being corroded by enemy Nanobots! The armor belt has been breached!]"

"[No! Explosive decompression in the compartments!!]"

Aboard Niel Declan's flagship, the Iron Fist Super Star Destroyer, technicians were also shouting, "Lord Marshal! This ship's main armor belt has already lost 3,000 tons of material!"

Niel Declan's already dark expression turned livid. He slammed his fist against the console and glared furiously at the Titan warship in the hologram, which looked like a gigantic chrysanthemum. Gritting his teeth, he said, "Keep firing! Keep firing! I refuse to believe

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