A thousand Wind Master carrying enormous energy spheres quickly reached a new designated location, where they exploded, which would be most advantageous for Luo Zhigao to escape the vortex in the direction set by Hu Yu.
The strings rang out once more, and a thousand energy spheres exploded simultaneously. The immense energy caused a spatial distortion that directly crushed a nearby planet that had fallen into the vortex. The spatial distortion continued to expand, defying the direction of spatial rotation, and a slightly flattened spatial passage stretched into the distance, quickly reaching Luo Zhigao's location.
Luo Zhigao's fleet was fully prepared. With the energy just transferred from the 9,000 Wind Master, the fleet was now well-equipped. The spatial channel reached the warships' positions, and the warships finally began to move in reverse. This was the first time in decades that they had moved in reverse, and the warships began to slowly move towards the edge of the spatial vortex.
This spatial vortex is two light-years in diameter. Luo Zhigao's fleet is about 0.3 light-years from the edge. The warships begin to accelerate: 0.1 times, 0.2 times, 0.3 times, continuing to increase engine power. Luo Zhigao commands: 0.33 times, 0.36 times, 0.4 times. The engines have reached their limit. Although it is now possible to move backward, the space is still rotating, only at a slower speed. The engine pressure has decreased, like a small boat going upstream. Only when the current slows down can the boat slowly move upstream.
As Luo Zhigao set sail, the fourth batch of 35 million Wind Master joined the battle. Like the previous Wind Master, this batch of Wind Master immediately unleashed a barrage of energy bombs. This time, the density and number of energy bombs were far greater than those launched by the previous 5 million Wind Master. PENG~PENG~PENG~, the Xuan Star Civilization's warships had no time to dodge and were hit squarely by the energy bombs. The continuous explosions and flashes doubled the number of points of light in the starry sky. The Xuan Star Civilization lost another 3 million warships. If the Xuan Star Civilization's warships had maintained the same density as before, the number would likely have more than doubled.
"Damn it, what are the intelligence agencies doing? Why are there new human warships? Where are our reconnaissance satellites? How come they didn't detect them?"
"Commander, you were the one who said that this Star System-Level Civilization was nothing to fear and that we didn't need to waste satellites, so we didn't deploy our satellites," the adjutant said in a low voice.
"Notify the higher-ups to send a reinforcement fleet!"
"Commander, please don't! Sending reinforcements from a Star System-Level Civilization would affect your position."
"This Human Civilization has definitely surpassed the Star System-Level Civilization."
"Commander, not necessarily. Look at them, they've never used any space attack methods. How can they be considered Small Star Sector Civilization?"
"That seems true. I almost became a laughingstock among my arch-enemies. Let's see if they're Star System-Level Civilization or Small Star Sector Civilization."
The Xuan Star Civilization has roughly the same number of warships in all three locations, around 16 to 17 million. This part has already lost 1 million warships in the first wave of attacks, and now it has lost another 3 million, which is a heavy loss for them. However, despite the fact that the number of Wind Master has surpassed this fleet, coupled with the powerful energy spheres, the Xuan Star Civilization still maintains a firm upper hand in the confrontation.
The two fleets are now extremely dispersed. No matter how fast the energy spheres are, the Xuan Star Civilization still has time to react. In particular, their laser cannons that cross space with zero time difference are giving the Wind Master a headache. They can't hit them, and they can't escape. For the time being, they can only rely on their sheer numbers to buy time.
In 45 days, the 5 million Wind Master in the other two locations had all been wiped out. The three fleets of the Xuan Star Civilization concentrated together to completely annihilate the Wind Master in the third location. At this time, only 32 million Wind Master remained, while the Xuan Star Civilization still had about 41 million warships.
"Commander, what do you think? This Human Civilization is definitely not Small Star Sector Civilization. Their strange bombs were just something they developed by luck. In just over 40 days, we've already wiped out a third of their fleet. They're utterly vulnerable."
"Okay, keep it up. You did a great job this time. I'll recommend you for commendation when we get back."
"Thank you, Commander," the adjutant said happily.
Hu Yu ordered the Wind Master to retreat slightly while fighting, and expanded the combat range again. Now, the distance between any two Wind Master is more than one billion kilometers, which is seven or eight times the distance from the Earth to the Sun.
"What to do, what to do? In less than two months, the Wind Master have suffered such heavy losses. The original plan was to last for two years, but now it may be difficult to last even one year." Hu Yu thought anxiously.
The Wind Master have already expanded their range to the maximum. If they expand further, the Xuan Star Civilization's fleet may very well abandon the pursuit and directly block Luo Zhigao's exit.
"All warships, listen up! Launch all bombs within five minutes, then activate your warp drives and ram them!"
" Old Hu, are you sure you're not mistaken?"
"No mistake, this is the last resort. If we continue to fight them, we'll only be devoured bit by bit, while their losses will be negligible. In the end, Minister Luo will still be unable to escape. We need to trade warships for warships to inflict the greatest damage on them."
"That's not enough. We have fewer warships, and the enemy is faster than us. We can't necessarily trade one for one."
"Whether we hit them or not doesn't matter. Our goal is to keep them occupied in this airspace. As long as we maintain high-speed maneuverability, their laser cannons won't be able to touch us. We need to intimidate them with our madness so we can buy Minister Luo enough time."
"That's all we can do. We thought that having the energy ball would give us a 50% chance of winning, but who would have thought it would turn out like this."
"A difference of just one level in civilization level translates to a world of difference in strength. If we didn't have energy ball bombs, we'd be lucky if all our warships could destroy a million of their ships."
"Fortunately, Minister Luo was fooled by us and didn't join the operation, otherwise the public would have suffered great losses."
Let's take action.
More than 100 million energy spheres, powered by the warp drive, began chasing the Xuan Star Civilization warship through space. The Wind Master, having exhausted their weapons, simultaneously activated their warp drives, pursuing the nearest Xuan Star Civilization warship.
Initially, both sides used conventional engines to slowly move and search for each other's targets. Although the energy spheres were fast, the Xuan Star Civilization reacted quickly enough to destroy them with laser cannons just before they reached the attack zone. However, now that they've switched to the Wind Master, the effect is completely different.
A warship from the Xuan Star Civilization, upon discovering the rapidly approaching Wind Master, had no time to activate its warp drive and hastily fired its laser cannon at the Wind Master. The laser cannon accurately struck the bow of the Wind Master, but the Wind Master was not fatally wounded. The attacked Wind Master continued forward, and a second later, the two warships collided violently. As the Wind Master exploded section by section, the Xuan Star Civilization warship, though not disintegrated, was deformed and broken by the enormous impact, rendering it incapable of combat.
Another Xuan Star Civilization warship, far enough away from the Wind Master, immediately activated its warp drive to attempt a breakaway. However, the immense gravitational pull generated by the warp drive, which had just begun operating, actually accelerated the Wind Master's speed. The Wind Master crashed into the stern of the Xuan Star Civilization warship with a bang, the powerful impact causing Xuan Star Civilization stern to break off at a 90-degree angle. Along with the explosion of the Wind Master, the Xuan Star Civilization warship was also detonated.
It wasn't until the Xuan Star Civilization lost over a million warships in just two minutes that they realized that humanity's unconventional tactics had once again taken them by surprise. Forced to comply, the Xuan Star Civilization fleet had no choice but to activate all its warp drives. This completely reversed the hunter-gatherer dynamic, with a slower, weaker force now chasing after faster, higher-level warships, leaving the Xuan Star Civilization commander utterly distraught.
Unfortunately, the laser cannon's cross-space attack also has a distance limit. Otherwise, it could have moved further away and turned back to attack the Wind Master. Now, if it stops to attack at this attack range, the human warships chasing at 1800 times the speed of light will take advantage of those few seconds to ram into the Xuan Star Civilization's warships. Moreover, the Wind Master, traveling in warp motion, are as slippery as eels and are not so easy to hit. Even though the Xuan Star Civilization's fleet outnumbers the Wind Master, no warship dares to stop. Whoever stops will be rammed.
"Bastard, bastard!" the commander of the Xuan Star Civilization fleet cursed fiercely.
"Commander, what should we do now? The humans are chasing us like madmen, it's so frustrating."
"Activate the Space Cage."
"Commander, the human fleet is too scattered, and the Space Cage consumes too much energy, which is not cost-effective. Once the energy is exhausted, our Ultra-Long-Range Laser Cannon will be useless."
"They've been talking to me about Ultra-Long-Range Laser Cannon, what a bunch of useless junk. Civilization has given them the best conditions and resources, and all they've come up with is this piece of junk."
"You didn't say that about the Ultra-Long-Range Laser Cannon at the beginning," the adjutant muttered under his breath.
"Damn it, activate the Space Cage immediately and destroy them one by one."
"Yes, Commander. What about the fleet in the center of the vortex? They seem to be moving out of the vortex and will be able to escape soon. Should we send a portion of the fleet to block them?"
"Ignore them, we just need to deal with this newly arrived human fleet. Besides, we're already short-handed with our Space Cage, so let's move out immediately."
"Yes, Commander."