Aeson and Xiaobai paid no attention to the little squabble between the captain and the chief gunner. They focused intently on the four antimatter bombs as they left the magazine. Launched by the gravitational slingshot, they quickly streaked across the sky toward the undulating orange-red "ocean," whose waves seemed to roll like countless towering mountains.
At that moment, the "ocean" had spread beyond the farthest distance the crew could see with the naked eye, like a vast curtain blotting out the universe.
Everyone knew, however, that this was the Star Planter's body.
Beyond those organs that resembled jellyfish tentacles, this was its main body.
It was said that beneath this orange-red "ocean" lay enough energy to make countless stars. When the Star Planter released that energy, it either absorbed a star or gave birth to one.
This was a force of nature beyond anything they could imagine. It was hard to believe that the enormous mass blotting out the universe and stars was a living creature. If New Shenzhou 2 carried anyone other than resolute soldiers and young scientists, an ordinary person approaching this close would have been scared out of their wits by the sheer terror of its size.
Could the weapons of mere mortals really inflict any meaningful damage on that thing?
After all, just ten minutes earlier, the Xiahong had done the same thing. But the antimatter bombs had merely bounced off the barrier on the giant beast's surface before seeming to fall into a black hole, instantly crushed and broken down into particles that even the most advanced instruments couldn't distinguish.
Now, Aeson and Xiaobai held their breath, hoping that the same thing wouldn't happen again.
...No, those antimatter bombs had at least lowered the energy barrier to below sixty percent. That proved their approach wasn't