In fact, aside from the crew aboard the Yu Tu, the millions of soldiers from both armies present knew exactly what had happened.
They had seen it with their own eyes: the surging, roiling positron beam triggered a violent energy impact, leaving the Yu Tu as fragile as a blade of grass in a gale. It was shoved off its original course.
It was true that against a fortress-class main cannon, the defenses of a mere battlecruiser were incredibly fragile. The beam grazed its magnetic shields, shattering them on the spot. The positrons made the battleship's outer armor disintegrate, which then erupted in a series of explosions.
And yet, the lucky battlecruiser had survived.
The magnetic shield wrapped around the hull had lasted barely a second or two, but before it burst, its reaction to neutralize and deflect the positron beam had already taken place.
Many sharp-eyed observers clearly saw the bright positron beam curve ever so slightly. It veered from its original trajectory, then shot straight toward the Imperial warship closest to the Yu Tu.
Who could that unlucky ship be, if not the Natural Crest?
At that very moment, the imposing giant was still charging its two mighty "Nature's Roar" cannons.
As a result, its shields weren't fully raised, and its engines were only running hard enough to keep the battleship hovering. In those circumstances, even the finest crew couldn't overcome the objective constraints and manage to block the shot or dodge it.
And when the fortress cannon's fire was deflected by the Yu Tu, the Natural Crest was only a little over a thousand kilometers away. By the standards of space, that was practically point-blank. Even with its engines running at full power and every crew member on high alert, there was no way it could react