Chapter 225: Shocked And Pale
In the desolate interstellar space, the Peregrine Falcon Spaceship, with its streamlined ship hull painted in rust-red coating, was quietly stationary in deep space.
If there were signal detection devices nearby, one could discover that the Peregrine Falcon Spaceship was currently emitting massive signal waves outward.
Soon.
One by one, massive Punisher Spaceships appeared out of thin air around the Peregrine Falcon like magic.
In just half an hour, the originally barren outer space here was suddenly filled with densely packed Spaceships everywhere.
However, this was not the end.
After a reddish glow flashed in the surroundings, the Conqueror Spaceship, with a length reaching 70 kilometers, also appeared at the rear of the entire Fleet.
For a moment, from a distance, the interstellar space here seemed covered by a rust-red flag, with densely packed Spaceships layered tightly together, blocking everything completely.
Even after that massive Conqueror Spaceship appeared, due to its enormous ship hull mass, under the law of universal gravitation, the Spaceships around it were slowly drawn toward the rear by its gravity.
Buzz.
At that moment, visible to the naked eye, a white ‘shockwave’ suddenly emanated from the Conqueror as the center, slowly spreading rapidly in all directions.
After this white shockwave passed, the small Spaceship Fleets in front of it finally stopped their convergence.
Anti-gravity field technology.
“Attention all ship Captains, form up according to the predetermined Formation!”
A voice rang out at this moment in the communication systems inside all Spaceships.
Although Liu Shengzhan’s face was covered with the wrinkles of an elderly person, his serious and determined expression was intimidating.
As his words fell, Spaceships in interstellar space began moving apart like scattered chess pieces.
Not much time passed; just five minutes later, the chaotic Formation here was completely renewed. It was as precise as if measured with a ruler, all arranged neatly.
The Azure Phoenix Legion, after nearly 50 years of development, now commanded 2000 new-type Punisher Spaceships under its banner, as well as nearly 10,000 new-type Young Dragon Spaceships responsible only for close defense and high-speed maneuvers; all of them had been painted with the Fox Pirate Group’s rust-red coating this time.
This campaign, under the Arrangement of Fan Ren and Liu Shengzhan, was Humanity’s first true proactive attack, but it used the Fox Pirate Group’s identity.
The main reason was to consider whether monitoring satellites of other civilizations within 10 light years around had detected the war about to occur here.
1 billion kilometers away, the Hans Civilization Fleet had also activated its emergency plan due to the sudden appearance of the Fox Pirate Group Fleet ahead.
“Damn it! Immediately awaken all combat Team Members in the Hibernation Pods, right now, not a second to waste. All Fleet members immediately decelerate.
Fleet shift 10° to the upper right, speed unchanged!”
On their Flagship, the on-duty Commander was frantically shouting orders.
Facing this sudden situation, he was extremely terrified inside.
The massive Fleet that appeared before them had appeared in a way that exceeded their technological level.
This was the strategic space delivery technology possessed only by top Flagships.
Generally, when using this technology, there must be a Flagship Formation behind them ready to jump here at any time to respond to other situations.
In cosmic wars involving tens of millions of Warships, they inevitably required preparation times of several years or even decades.
At this moment, no matter how hard this Commander racked his brains, he couldn’t figure out why the Fox Pirate Group, which was on the verge of bankruptcy and disbandment, suddenly had a Super Flagship and boldly delivered over 10,000 conventional Spaceships of two types in various sizes.
Inside the Conqueror, Fox’s playful personality emerged very quickly.
Just moments ago, it had been trembling in fear from Fan Ren, but now seeing the overwhelming Fleet bearing the Fox Pirate Group emblem before its eyes, it was as if at this moment, it was the Captain of this Fleet.
Smug and complacent.
“Relative distance, 900 million kilometers, relative speed, our side zero speed, enemy Fleet 5000 kilometers per second.”
A’dai’s voice at this moment transformed into the role of battlefield data monitor, only responsible for collecting various battlefield-related data and relaying it to Liu Shengzhan.
Liu Shengzhan on the Command Ship in the middle of the Fleet nodded slightly upon hearing this.
Then he raised his voice: “All levels of Captains, listen to my command, accelerate uniformly according to the current Formation.”
As his words fell, the operators inside the Command Ship began pushing the control levers, causing the Spaceship to slowly accelerate.
In space, the massive Fleet moved in perfect unison toward the other side.
And it was precisely at this time that the Conqueror at their rear, starting from its bow, entered stealth mode.
Soon, when the entire Fleet had completely left this starry sky, the Conqueror’s entire ship hull also vanished in space, as if nothing had ever existed here.
To maintain the same relative speed with the Hans Civilization Fleet during engagement, the ‘Fox Pirate Group’ had to begin accelerating at this time, and strictly control the acceleration during this process, to achieve engagement in the shortest time while having a relative speed close to the enemy Fleet.
Space combat is different from traditional land wars.
Speed is a factor that needs careful consideration from various dimensions.
In space, with relative speed at zero and no gravity present, it can basically be regarded as both sides being relatively stationary.
In the Conqueror’s Command Room, Fan Ren and Ye Rongshan watched as the Hans Civilization clearly noticed the sudden situation here and began reacting, their hearts also hanging in suspense.
After all, the opponent was a civilization that already possessed inter-star system navigation capabilities.
From Fox’s previous introduction, it could be understood that civilizations with inter-star system navigation capabilities were generally classified as Tier 2 Civilizations.
As for Human Civilization, currently speaking, excluding the Conqueror as an external factor, it could basically be seen as at the level of initially stepping into the Tier 2 Civilization threshold.
It might even be lower, because currently in fuel utilization, Humanity still used the relatively backward energy density ‘nuclear fusion’ technology.
Yes, in the Galactic Alliance, the power supply method of nuclear fusion technology was a relatively backward energy utilization technology.
But if the Conqueror was added, it was hard to say.
Gravity technology, space technology—these in the Galactic Alliance were technological means mastered only by the Five Great Super Civilizations.
Yet Human Civilization could now use them with ease.
It had to be said, it was no wonder the Hans Civilization Fleet Commander was so shocked.
For civilizations at their stage, deploying a small Flagship was already a highly serious war.
But now, the opponent had used a Super Flagship with space delivery capabilities.
He even wondered if, after the war, salvaging and processing the wreckage of these Spaceships could cover the fuel fee for this delivery.
