Fierce and Unyielding, Locked in a Bitter Fight!

"By the same logic.

The armor modules of a Star Destroyer also gain a certain proportion of extra 'toughness' from the shield modules, based on the shield's maximum Shield Durability!

Until that toughness is completely depleted,

even if they are hit by attacks that exceed their Defense Strength,

the Star Destroyer's armor can still remain intact!

In other words, it can maintain its maximum Defense Strength throughout!

In this state, armor modules shed their old labels as 'fragile' and 'disposable' equipment.

They become a second layer of sturdy defense for a Kindling Warship!"

Wang Guannan let out a soft gasp.

She understood now.

No wonder Wang Dong had said earlier that the battle was still far from over.

Once the armor modules gained extra "toughness,"

the Star Destroyer effectively gained a second layer of "armor shielding."

It became even tougher!

And this was far more than simply one plus one equaling two!

If they could use this second layer of "armor shielding" to buy enough time,

the Star Destroyer could hold out until its Buffer Time passed.

Then it could restart its energy shield module!

That made "one plus one equal three"!

But even that wasn't the end of it.

Beyond that,

once the energy shield was back online,

the armor modules could recover their damaged "toughness" under its protection,

with impunity!

As long as the intensity and pace of the battle stayed below a certain threshold,

they could even keep stacking defenses indefinitely!

Was that terrifying?

It was!

Although "toughness" recovered far more slowly than energy shields regained their durability,

with the help of various Shipborne Modules and damage-control crews,

that recovery rate could still be improved!

A Star Destroyer was far more fearsome than anyone could easily imagine!

At that moment, everyone understood

why Wang Dong had always