"Academician, you don't need to put in a good word for me. We're used to being reprimanded. If the general doesn't scold us for a day, we can't sleep. After being reprimanded today, we'll sleep especially soundly tonight," Li Zhixiong said with a grin.
"Alright, alright, get out of here. Clean up the battlefield and get the fleet back in formation. We're ready to set off." Hu Yu said with a sullen laugh.
"Yes, General." After saying that, Li Zhixiong turned off the holographic image.
The Deep Blue Fleet and the main force of the Stealth Killer are already 40 light-years away. All the warships left here can travel at 500 times the speed of light and will catch up with the Deep Blue in less than a month.
The fleet had just assembled and was ready to depart when 5,000 massive warships arrived near the insect planet. The two sides were only one light-hour apart and immediately detected each other's presence.
It's them!!!
"It's a human!!!"
" Li Zhixiong, I'm giving you 50,000 Stealth Killer to escort the bio-ship away. Leave this to me."
"General, please come with the biological ship. You can't stay here. Leave this to me."
All the Stealth Killer here are unmanned warships, remotely controlled holographically. Apart from the researchers on the bio-ship, the only real human being left is Hu Yu.
"No, I'll stay and deal with them. Don't worry, we're Star System-Level Civilization now. Although they're a little more advanced than us, it's impossible for them to take us down with just 5,000 warships."
"General."
"No need to say more, I've already made up my mind."
Hu Yu finished speaking and ended the call.
" Academician Zeng." Hu Yu then connected with Academician Zeng. Everything here needed to be synchronized to the science ship, where scientists would make various scientific and reasonable assessments of the unfamiliar civilization.
"General, you're still the same. Back then, you single-handedly led me through the Solar System and resolved my inner conflicts. Now you're fighting alone again."
"Academicians, this time is different. This time I have you all as my strong support."
"Okay, we'll be happy to support you anytime."
Thank you, Academician.
Of the 2 million Stealth Killer, 50,000 were lost in the battle against the Zerg swarm, leaving 50,000 to escort the bio-ships. The Shadow Assassins still had 1.9 million warships. This force could easily handle 5,000 warships from Star System-Level Civilization.
"What civilization are you from, and why have you come here?" After establishing communication, Hu Yu immediately formed a preconceived notion.
"Humans, we've been searching everywhere for you, but you've delivered yourself right to our doorstep."
"Hmph, you dare to boast with just 5,000 warships? Aren't you afraid of biting off more than you can chew?"
As expected, the other side realized the difference in combat strength and remained silent for a while.
"Humans, our current combat strength is indeed no match for yours, but you can't stop us from leaving if we want to. We are already Advanced Star System-Level Civilization, while you are only at the intermediate level."
"I admit that. It seems there's no need for a fight. In that case, why don't we chat for a bit? What civilization are you?" Knowing your enemy is half the battle. Spending a little more time to gather information about the other side is definitely wiser than attacking immediately. The other side clearly knows something about humanity, while humanity doesn't even know the name of this civilization.
"You're quite rational. We are the Wind Star Civilization, and of course we won't let you know where we come from. However, I do know that you are Human Civilization from the Orion's Third Spiral Arm Solar System, only about 3,000 light-years from here. You've progressed very quickly. A hundred years ago, my people sent word that you were only Stellar-Level Civilization, but now you're already in the Mid Star System-Level- level. It took us over ten thousand years to go from Star-Level to Star System Level, and another fifty thousand years to reach Star System Level. However, we are confident that we can break through to Small Star Sector Civilization within fifty thousand years."
"Thank you for the compliment. You know a lot. I'd like to know why you hunted us down back then?"
"I can tell you that, but we really don't know the specific reasons; we were just following orders."
"Alright, so what's your purpose in coming here? It's obvious you're not here to hunt us down; you couldn't possibly know our location."
"We don't need to tell you why we're here. Did you kill these bugs?"
"That's right, we just finished killing them."
"Humans, we had already given up on hunting you down, after all, you are only a Stellar-Level Civilization. But you are developing too fast, and it won't be long before you surpass us. We can allow such a potential enemy to continue to exist. But now, I believe the leader will definitely restart the plan to exterminate humanity."
"Since that's the case, then don't blame me for striking first."
1.9 million Stealth Killer quickly deployed into battle formation and encircled the Wind Star Civilization's fleet. A distance of one light-hour was just a moment's time for a high-speed warship; the Stealth Killer could arrive in just a few seconds. In that time, the Wind Star Civilization's warships might not even be able to activate their warp drives.
As expected, the Wind Star Civilization warships did not activate their warp engines in time. Within seconds, the Stealth Killer surrounded all the Wind Star Civilization Wind Star Civilization warships, circling them in warp flight to prevent their escape. The Stealth Killer had already distorted space, and if the Wind Star Civilization warships wanted to escape, they had to use their conventional engines to fly out of the encirclement. Otherwise, the extremely chaotic space would severely interfere with the warp engines, resulting in anything from engine failure to shipwreck and loss of life.
"Humans, don't provoke us."
"Still being stubborn even when death is imminent."
"Humans, if you kill us, our advanced civilization will surely find you."
"Whether I kill you or not, your main civilization will come after us. So, it's more worthwhile to kill you."
"Humans..."
Hu Yu ignored them. The Stealth Killer expanded their encirclement, and some of Stealth Killer entered the encirclement, using conventional engines to maneuver and prepare to attack.
Antimatter and gravity bombs were released, but strangely, the Wind Star Civilization's warships moved as slowly as ants, with accelerations of less than 100 Gs, not even a fraction of the Stealth Killer'. Their attacks were also terrible; after a few haphazard attacks, they stopped and made no further moves, allowing the Stealth Killer to drop wave after wave of gravity bombs on the surface of the 3,000-meter-long warships.
Hu Yu didn't use antimatter bombs, and he was even reluctant to use high-powered gravity bombs. These warships were precious treasures; damaging them would be more painful for Hu Yu than for the Wind Star Civilization itself. A few minutes later, the Wind Star Civilization's warships ceased their attack. Hu Yu ordered the Stealth Killer to stop their assault and wait silently in the air, somewhat incredulous that these warships had been defeated so easily. Although he had 1.9 million Stealth Killer, the attack he had just launched was less than 50,000, and even that was the most conservative attack. Hu Yu estimated it would take at least several days to take down these warships.
Half an hour later, the Wind Star Civilization's warships remained motionless in the air, showing no signs of movement. Hu Yu summoned nearby reconnaissance satellites to conduct close-range reconnaissance. These reconnaissance satellites were released during each battle, giving the warships the advantage of having multiple pairs of eyes.
The satellite passed by without noticing anything unusual. Through the porthole of the Wind Star Civilization warship, the satellite discovered that all the creatures inside had been reduced to rotten flesh—the effect of the gravity bomb attack.
Five thousand advanced-stage warships of Star System-Level Civilization were destroyed in minutes by fifty thousand mid-stage warships. This is almost impossible, especially considering that the human Stealth Killer warships are relatively small. Even among civilizations of the same level, it would take several to a dozen Stealth Killer to destroy a single large warship, and dozens or even hundreds of Stealth Killer to fight against a single advanced-stage warship. Has this civilization never seen a gravity bomb before?
That's impossible. Which Advanced Star System-Level Civilization hasn't mastered the unified model of the four fundamental forces? Once they master the unified model, gravity bombs, anti-gravity protection, and strong mutual armor are all natural outcomes. Hu Yu only realized these things after seeing the interior of the Wind Star Civilization's warship.