Not only did they fail to find a single warship, but the surrounding space defense equipment was also moving inwards into their territory. The Falling Star Civilization immediately realized that something was wrong and prepared to change direction and rush out of the passage.
But it was too late. Four complete formations, totaling 40 billion warships, had already circled the defensive perimeter and blocked the passageway. All the warships simultaneously launched space attacks, and the surrounding space defense equipment also began to activate, turning the entire space into a boiling pot of water. It was virtually impossible to perform warp drive here.
While the coordinated spatial attack couldn't harm the distant Falling Star Alliance Fleet, the enemy's spatial attack also reached this location. Both sides' spatial attacks would collide midway, and neither could gain the upper hand unless one side had an absolute advantage, which was clearly not the case here.
The only difference is that humanity has hundreds of billions of Small Star Sector Junior Civilization fleets traveling between the Reaper and star bases, ensuring that the Reaper fleets are always fully powered, while the Falling Star Civilization fleets receive no replenishment here.
Energy consumption related to space is a fatal flaw for almost all Small Star Sector Civilization. If things continue this way, the Falling Star Civilization fleet will be defeated due to energy depletion within a few years. As time goes on, more and more space defense equipment will be deployed into the open spaces within the defense perimeter to assist the Alliance fleet in eliminating the Falling Star Civilization's combined fleet.
The arrogant Falling Star Civilization did not seek help from the Flying Bear Civilization. Instead, they and the fleets of two other Small Star Sector Intermediate Civilization contracted their formation and continuously disturbed space to counter the space attacks of the Alliance fleet. They did not expect that the human fleet would not engage in normal combat with them at all. If it were a normal battle, even if these 100 billion warships could not destroy the human Alliance fleet, they could still inflict huge losses on it.
The battlefield presented a strange situation, as if two lions were roaring, but neither would charge forward to fight with their sharp teeth and claws.
At this point, physical weapons are completely useless; they would be destroyed by the boiling space before reaching the enemy fleet, rendering them ineffective.
" Jianchuan, send four squadrons of Stinger up there. We're currently in a stalemate with the Falling Star Civilization, and Stinger are perfect for this situation."
"However, the space attacks of the Falling Star Civilization are not weak, Stinger could very well be destroyed in large numbers by them."
"Haven't you noticed? Most of the space attacks right now are being launched by the other two Small Star Sector Intermediate Civilization. The Falling Star Civilization's fleet is hiding in the middle of their fleet, conserving energy. The attacks from the Small Star Sector Intermediate Civilization can't damage Stinger yet, which is perfect for catching them off guard."
"Understood, I'll arrange for Stinger to enter the game immediately."
Four hundred billion Stinger quickly emerged from all directions of the defensive perimeter. As soon as they entered the open area inside the perimeter, they accelerated and charged directly toward the Falling Star Alliance Fleet.
While warp drive was still possible in the outer space, the closer they got to the Falling Star, the more chaotic the space became for the combined fleet. Stinger had to switch to conventional power engines for acceleration. With the powerful power supply, Stinger quickly accelerated to 0.3 times the speed of light. The kinetic energy generated by this speed, combined with Stinger's mass, was terrifying.
Especially since this kinetic energy is concentrated in one point, without strong space defense measures, even a Great Star Region Civilization would find it difficult to defend against it with just material defense. The structure of any material has a limit to its strength, including Reversed State Armor.
Flying through the chaotic space, the Stinger could no longer control its direction. However, the Falling Star Alliance Fleet was a large target, and there were enough Stinger. The first wave of attacks sent at least 3 billion Stinger crashing into the Alliance Fleet at high speed through layers of spatial fluctuations. For a moment, the towering flames turned the dark sky into daylight.
The warship debris and wreckage, carrying the Stinger, flew far away. Without kinetic energy, the Stinger was nothing more than a hard fragment in the face of the explosive shockwave, and it was impossible for it to maintain its position.
Seconds later, Stinger, whose first wave of attacks had failed, had reached the side of the Combined Fleet. The Combined Fleet had not yet had time to stabilize its warships and restart its space attack after the explosion, and Stinger had arrived.
Without the interference of space attacks, this wave of Stinger had an unexpected effect; almost every Stinger hit its target, and more than 30 billion Small Star Sector Intermediate Civilization were reduced to fragments in the flames.
The remaining warships dared not maintain their dense formation any longer and scattered in all directions, launching a fierce attack on Stinger. However, Stinger's Second Reversed State could completely ignore the attack methods of Small Star Sector Intermediate Civilization. Without formation, these fleets were almost unable to avoid the agile Stinger.
In less than 5 hours, Stinger destroyed the Small Star Sector Intermediate Civilization, except for the Falling Star Civilization fleet. This was the first time Stinger played a significant role, thanks to favorable timing and location. If it weren't for this small airspace, it's hard to say whether Stinger could have caught up with these Small Star Sector Civilization warships.
With two allies destroyed, the Falling Star Fleet maintained perfect formation, and neither weapon attacks nor Stinger could get close to their warships.
"Those turtles in their shells, I need to find a way to pry them open!" Wen Zhonghua said fiercely.
"Chief of the General Staff, we really don't have any good options right now. Even Stinger can't get close to them, let alone other attack methods. We'll only have a chance to attack if they abandon their formation," Yang Fan replied.
" Laozi refuse to believe this nonsense. Sigh, the academicians aren't here. Where's Qin Yin? Academician Qin Yin over."
" Zhonghua, don't be too hasty. There's no use in being hasty. Let's think about it carefully."
A dozen minutes later.
"General, Chief of the General Staff, you wanted to see me?"
" Qin Yin, we need technological support. Right now, the Falling Star Civilization fleet has shrunk into a tight group, like a hedgehog. We don't know where to start. Is there any way to break through?" Hu Yu said.
"Hmm, let me think about it."
"Don't rush, think about it slowly."
"How could I not be anxious? I'm frantic! Qin Yin, now that Academician Zeng and the others aren't here, we're counting on you."
"Yes, Chief of the General Staff."
Academician Qin Yin carefully studied the real-time spatial data and fell into deep thought.
"There's a way we can try, General."
"Wow, she really is a woman who doesn't yield to men! Qin Yin, tell us quickly!" Wen Zhonghua said happily.
"This may require us to consume a large number of energy orbs."
"That's no problem. Our energy conversion rate is almost in line with our consumption. Aside from being used for the Reversed State, we haven't been storing energy spheres on a large scale. When needed, we can convert them temporarily. We still have thousands of stars, enough to handle the demands of this war."
"General, Chief of the General Staff, we can utilize Academician Zeng's Space Density Theory."
" Space Density Theory? But the spatial density here is normal."
"The spatial density here is normal, but we can create an abnormal spatial density in a short time. We will launch a large number of energy balls at the Falling Star Civilization fleet. These energy balls do not need to have an offensive effect; we only need to accumulate energy in the space where the Falling Star Civilization fleet is located."