Monata

Lu Bai looked at the white-robed Mona people had suddenly turned pale, and asked with a knowing smile, "Why did you stop talking?"

The problem with the technology sector is that they pursue collective prosperity but lack the sense of security inherent in the extraordinary side of possessing great power.

Fortunately, the white-robed Mona people was not present in his true form; otherwise, he would never have been able to calm down so quickly.

After a moment of silence, the white-robed Mona people tentatively asked, "How did you escape?"

Judging from his expression, he didn't expect Lu Bai to give him an answer.

That is indeed the case.

Lu Bai completely ignored the white-robed Mona people's question and asked to himself, "Was what I said just now correct?"

Theoretically speaking, a new generation of weapons will not automatically grow out of the ground simply because technology has reached a certain level.

Unlike normal scientific research, violent groups or armies have a strong inertia. Once they are used to a certain type of warfare, they find it difficult to step out of their comfort zone and prefer to build upon what they have already built.

Aside from some unexpected achievements, weapons development often begins with deciding on a research direction, and then efforts are made based on that direction.

This leads to a gradual convergence in the equipment styles of an army.

After suffering several attacks from the Mona people, Lu Bai had more or less come to understand the situation.

It seems that the Mona people's space warfare concept focuses on long-range infiltration and internal sabotage.

This is the direction of development.

Lu Bai suddenly realized that if human technology hadn't been disrupted, this might have been a direction that humanity could very well choose.

After all, the development of human spaceflight has also faced this problem, namely the lack of energy for spacecraft.

The amount of fuel needed to propel such a massive object to cosmic velocity or even higher is staggering.

However, you can't just add fuel blindly, because fuel itself has weight, and moving a larger weight will consume more fuel.

While it's not quite a case of "the more fuel you use, the less fuel you need," the marginal benefit is enough to make people abandon the high-powered brick-flying method.

A little research reveals that as human space technology has matured, the amount of fuel carried by spacecraft each time has been meticulously calculated to be just enough to achieve the objective, with any extra redundancy being negligible.

Under these circumstances, if we were to consider equipping spacecraft with weapons, it would be a complete madness to even think about developing a high-energy-consuming weapon like a planet-destroying cannon.

Therefore, the means to ignore armor and destroy a specific area becomes the optimal solution in such a situation.

Although the Mona people's current technological level is clearly capable of interstellar colonization, the imprint left by their early development is not so easily erased.

You're saying this path is wrong, mainly because of overwhelming technological superiority?

So what? As long as we win.

For military strategists, what's needed isn't being right, but winning.

Thinking of this, Lu Bai rubbed his temples and looked up without waiting for Mona people's reply.

This development trend seems to imply that the interstellar warship in near-Earth orbit won't have very thick armor; it might only be able to defend against conventional attacks at most?

He asked casually, "What's the name of this interstellar warship?"

The white-robed Mona people was waiting for his own starship to launch another attack on Lu Bai, and originally did not intend to answer.

However, when it came to his own starship, he proudly stated, "This is the magnificent Monata, our Mona people's first starship equipped with a warp drive."

Listening to the white-robed Mona people's words, Lu Bai silently searched through his "discard pile" and finally gave up on [Five Immortals Sealing].

The effectiveness of the [Five Immortals Sealing] depends primarily on the imagination of the anchor point.

Even if he modifies his anchor point thinking beforehand, he still won't be able to imagine it.

It's like being portrayed as invincible; what happens when an enemy comes from the sky?

Because imagination is ultimately unrealistic; to bring it to reality, concrete figures are needed.

No matter how many billions or trillions of power they possess, no matter how exaggerated the claims are, their performance is still not as awe-inspiring as a newly transformed Super Saiyan.

Especially when facing a race like the Mona people, who have already gained some control over the laws of nature, if luck is against you, it might be better to just hang up a [Steel Body] like you are now.

At least the raw numerical values will not be affected by any unexpected events.

Lu Bai looked around the "discard pile" and nodded. "If I destroy this thing, wouldn't that have a bad impact on you guys?"

"Heh, overestimating yourself. I don't know how you managed to escape the gravity weapon's attack zone... Are you serious?"

The white-robed Mona people wanted to say a few more sarcastic remarks, but as he spoke, he became inexplicably uneasy.

In my memory, a starship of this size shouldn't be something that humans could destroy. But the problem is, given Lu Bai's behavior lately, it's hard to say whether he's even human anymore.

Just to be on the safe side, he still sent a message to remind his fellow people on the Monata to be careful.

Unfortunately, this reminder won't be of much use.

To ensure his subsequent attacks would hit, Lu Bai also used [Flash Time].

Half a second isn't long, but it undoubtedly secured the initiative.

The pitch-black darkness of [Ink Dye] spread wildly, and was used by Lu Bai as a battlefield cover.

He immediately crouched down, grabbed the white-robed Mona people's calf, and, amidst the man 'Mona people startled cry of surprise, swung him around like a soft sword.

After a brief adjustment, he finally unleashed a massive indigo sword beam towards the Monata in the sky, wielding the white-robed Mona people. Unfortunately, the endless darkness obscured the attack, and no one could see it for the time being.

[Great Swordsman's Flying Slash): A powerful ranged attack technique. It unleashes a powerful wave of sword energy, easily cleaving an island in two. Note that the stronger the slash, the greater the energy consumption.]

Lu Bai went all out this time, and after the attack, he was completely exhausted and couldn't even move a finger.

Fortunately, in the instant he collapsed helplessly to his back, he remembered to switch the [Restore] ability to [Steel Body].

Even an ability like [Ink Dye], whose consumption is almost negligible, could no longer be sustained.

But that's enough.

The sword beam, which was over ten meters in diameter, had now become so distant that it was just a green line.

This is due to the speed of light; in fact, at this moment, the Flying Slash has already struck the Monata.

And then, divide it in two.