The sphere, a kilometer in diameter, instantly surged forward at 100,000 kilometers per second. Its terrifying kinetic energy tore through the air, creating a warped vacuum corridor.
Countless atmospheric molecules struck the warship's surface, flaring with the final light of their existence. The air, churned by immense potential energy, dragged vast quantities of surface material into violent motion.
A magnitude 15 earthquake struck the corresponding region of the planet, and the Skyward Warship being tested abruptly stopped again.
It had already left Orange Star far behind and reached an orbit in outer space. It hovered silently, its exterior reflecting Orange Star and the darkness of space.
The satellites shattered along its path looked like broken crackers. In the data world, Luo Qi had never anticipated this.
Seven orbital satellites had just been destroyed, along with 5,222 Research Centers on the ground and four Backup Base Cities!
Luo Qi bluntly ordered the warships on the planet's surface to get the hell off Orange Star and conduct their tests elsewhere. The satellites in orbit turned their gaze toward the surface.
A black mountain range rose straight beyond the atmosphere, lightning flashing and thunder roaring within it as though some enormous beast lurked inside!
It was ten times taller than Earth's Himalayas! Some of Orange Star's surface sand and soil had even escaped into orbit.
Under gravity's pull, this material, its upward momentum spent, finally began tumbling down in every direction. Trillions of tons of displaced matter plunged wildly toward the surface!
The Myriad Stars System in orbit silently watched the orange-red planet as disaster unfolded. The speed reached during that single second had been a terrifying 107,990 kilometers per second!
That had sent the Tianxing Jia-Class Battleship shooting off the planet the instant it took off. The other thirty-nine Tianxing Jia-Class Battleships