Although the Xuan Star Civilization warships were not as defensively advanced as the Exterminator, whenever an attack from the Fish Horse Star Civilization approached, the Xuan Star Civilization warships would activate their spatial force fields to firmly fix space, preventing the energy of these attacks from advancing. The defensive effect was even better than that of the Fifth Reversed State.
Hu Yu's current priority is to find the location of the Fish Horse Star Civilization's base. If he can't find the Fish Horse Star Civilization's stronghold, fighting like this, even if he exhausts the Fish Horse Star Civilization's fleet, won't have much impact on the Fish Horse Star Civilization. At most, it will just waste a little of the Fish Horse Star Civilization's time.
Hu Yu asked Gao Jianchuan to analyze all the information gathered from the battlefield to see if there were any anomalies in the Fish Horse Star Civilization's fleet, such as any particular emphasis on the defense of a certain area.
Gao Jianchuan was very skilled in this area, but after careful observation and analysis, Gao Jianchuan could only shake his head, indicating that there was nothing unusual.
Hu Yu thought this was impossible. With the fleet launching a wide-ranging and indiscriminate attack, it was impossible for the Fish Horse Star Civilization's fleet not to take precautions against the possibility of their base being discovered. The only explanation was that the fleet's attacks were unlikely to reach their base. Although there were many warships and the attacks were frequent, the chances of finding a compressed base within a radius of two light-years were undoubtedly very small.
"Academicians, any progress?" Hu Yu asked, approaching several academicians who were discussing and deliberating in the command room.
"Not yet. The passage to the Fish Horse Star Civilization seems to have been sealed off. We are currently trying to find a way to reopen the passage," Academician Zeng replied.
The space-compression technology of the Fish Horse Star Civilization can shrink a vast base into a very small area. The chances of finding the base by indiscriminate bombing by warships are extremely slim. This is why the Fish Horse Star warships have not made any significant efforts to defend any particular area so far; they are certain that humans cannot find their base.
Therefore, Hu Yu initially dispatched 10 billion Reaper to the locations of the two Fish Horse Star fleets, each a thousand light-years away from the battlefield, hoping to find the entrance to the passage and directly attack the Fish Horse Star Civilization's base. Whether it's compressed space or curved space, it's unstable, just like the Tree Race back then. A small gravity bomb would be enough to force them out.
"Concentrate 10 billion Exterminator and clear out the entire region, area by area. You must find the base of the Fish Horse Star Civilization."
"General Hu Yu, let us handle this," said Bi Cha.
"Good, you're fast. The Exterminator fleet will cover your Purger fleet."
Soon, the Xuan Star Civilization had amassed 20 billion warships. As soon as these warships assembled, they began to deploy Space Barrier. Instantly, the airspace where the Xuan Star Civilization Civilization's warships were located became chaotic, with space constantly being distorted and shattered. The Xuan Star Civilization's fleet was like a group of hungry sharks thrown into a pond. Space seemed so fragile in the face of such technology. If the initial indiscriminate attack was like throwing stones at fish, now the Xuan Star Civilization's Space Barrier were like casting a net to catch fish.
The Fish Horse Star Civilization's fleet also noticed the Xuan Star Civilization civilization's fleet's large-scale space-tearing attack. They immediately mobilized their fleet to attack the Xuan Star Civilization's fleet. The Xuan Star Civilization's warships completely ignored the Fish Horse Star warships' bombardment and continued to advance rapidly through the airspace by opening up Space Barrier.
Since the Space Barrier and solidified space could not be used simultaneously, the Xuan Star Civilization fleet suddenly increased its rate of destruction. At this time, the Exterminator fleet had also arrived and directly engaged the Fish Horse Star fleet attacking the Xuan Star Civilization. This was the first close-range battle between the two fleets.
Finding an opportunity, almost all of the Fish Horse Star warships used spatial cutting. One Fish Horse Star warship circled around to the side of an Exterminator, and before the Exterminator could react, the spatial cutting struck the Exterminator's hull. In the past, this spatial attack would have directly cut the Exterminator in two.
The Exterminator withstood the attack, but a crack a hundred meters deep still appeared on the hull. This depth was already the thickness of the Exterminator's armor. If it were any deeper, it would have damaged the Exterminator's internal structure, rendering it incapable of Exterminator, and ultimately causing it to self-destruct and explode.
In just a few days, the more than 20 billion Exterminator responsible for covering the Xuan Star Civilization fleet were already badly damaged, and more than 2 billion Exterminator had been destroyed. Faced with the Exterminator' relentless four-dimensional hypersphere attacks, the Fish Horse Star Civilization fleet also suffered no advantage, with losses comparable to those of the Exterminator.
The Xuan Star Civilization's Purger fleet, utilizing Space Barrier, suddenly changed course after advancing a distance, avoiding the obstruction of the Fish Horse Star warships ahead, and headed in another direction to search for the Fish Horse Star Civilization's lair.
Before the entire fleet of the Fish Horse Star Civilization appeared ahead, the Xuan Star Civilization fleet turned again. In just a few days, the Xuan Star Civilization fleet had turned hundreds of times. Sometimes, it would advance a certain distance on the battlefield before activating the Space Barrier. The seemingly irregular turning and searching was actually a unique phenomenon. Each turn of the Xuan Star Civilization would not repeat the airspace that had already been searched or attacked by the Exterminator.
As the Xuan Star Civilization changed course again, the Fish Horse Star Civilization fleet suddenly increased the number of interceptor fleets. Hu Yu and Bi Cha's eyes lit up; this was the right direction. The Fish Horse Star Civilization's lair must be not far ahead in this direction. The Exterminator and Purger quickly began to gather in this direction.
The Fish Horse Star Civilization fleet also rushed to the front of the combined fleet's attack to intercept them. At this moment, the two sides finally broke out into the fiercest battle. Close-range group attacks were a contest of the warships' flexibility, attack power, and defense. There were no tactics left to speak of; whoever could hold out until the end would be the victor.
If the clash between Star System-Level Civilization is like throwing a large stone into a pond, then the large-scale battle between three Small Star Sector Civilization is like a raging storm in the ocean. There is no intact space in the entire airspace. In the middle of the battlefield, neither side has any means to see or detect the other's fleet. They can only fire wildly like blind men feeling an elephant.
Under such intense attacks, the casualties on both sides actually decreased to a negligible level, because the airspace between the two fleets had formed a natural barrier. The attack power of these shattered spaces was far more powerful than any attack method used by either side in the battle, and any attack that tried to break through this shattered space would be pulverized.
"General Hu Yu, the Fish Horse Star Civilization too powerful. We are now unable to advance. Should we detach some warships to attack from other directions?" Bi Cha asked anxiously.