Sky-cracking Rider
Chapter 866 - 866: Section 860 - Unable to Execute

The strategic goal of the Z plan isn't to go down together, but to temporarily abandon the Emerald Star.

The emphasis is on the word "temporary," as the aggressive Blue Star civilization would rather give up their immediate interests to completely destroy the entire ecological environment of the Emerald Star.

The alien race "Sagali" has not only thoroughly developed the Emerald Star, but also comprehensively. Otherwise, there wouldn't be more than a hundred million "Seed Nests" everywhere. Both the land and waters are fully utilized.

Therefore, the simple and brutal destruction of the natural ecological environment is beneficial in striking a blow to the war efforts of the other side, which are based on biological technology.

Besides the world-destroying power of the Tsar Plus, the Blue Star civilization also prepared a large batch of specially bred mutant hatchlings.

The Global United Defense Committee, representing the will of all sovereignties of the Blue Star, spares no effort to combat illegal research and breeding of mutants, yet their own research on mutants has never ceased.

If these mutants are allowed to continue mutating (beneficial evolution) without gene collapse leading to self-destruction, it's possible that in millions of years, they might evolve into a biological technology civilization similar to "Sagali."

After all, even counting both branches, Homo Sapiens and Neanderthals, the Blue Star human civilization has only existed for merely several million years.

In Africa, the Blue Star Global United Defense Committee found that mutant and parasitic species' biological weapons were fighting each other for survival space. This natural opposition, or incompatibility, has become very valuable for research in the current situation.

Among the various types of mutants, there are hive types capable of reproducing offspring in large numbers, and there are even social structures and evolutionary divisions of labor. If their reproduction can be controlled and the types can be more diversified, wouldn't they be live Seed Nests?

The origin of the parasitic species "Sagali" is probably similar to the mutants, finding a stable evolutionary route after various genetic mutations.

The biological space mothership in the high orbit of the Emerald Star transformed the energy from the constant star into a beam of light, fiercely striking the ground.

Adam: Large energy protective barrier activated!

Adam: Light System Magic Shield constructed!

Adam: Large Light Mirror Spell constructed!

Adam: Fire System Magic Shield constructed!

Adam: Wind Magic Shield constructed!

Adam: Water System Magic Shield constructed!

...

A series of subtitles popped up before Chen Fei's eyes, and then the view of the "Wormhole Cloud" of the Emerald Star was engulfed by a dazzling pure white light, and everything disappeared from sight.

The attack initiated by the biological space mothership was nothing like the methods displayed by the parasitic species before, and more like directional energy attacks used by human civilization's war machines.

"I can't see anything!"

Miyoshi Xuesen widened his eyes but didn't look away from the images captured and broadcast back by the optical lenses.

The screen didn't go black or turn into noisy static, indicating that the advance base of the Emerald Star was still there.

Under various protective barriers, the large transport airship didn't stop entering.

A minute passed, and the light beam didn't cease, nor did the energy dissipate. Some were countered, some refracted, but it spread in all directions, causing devastating disasters.

Outside the protective barrier, it had already turned into a sea of fire. The ground, the fern forests, the overgrown fungi, all turned to ashes, the softened soil turned into glass temporarily, and the organic material burned completely, leaving the inorganic residue melted into magma.

Inside the protective barrier that covered a five-kilometer radius, the temperature soared dramatically, reaching over 50 degrees Celsius.

A considerable number of Tsar Plus had already been transported into place but didn't have the chance to be launched.

The temperature outside the protective barrier was sufficient to melt nuclear weapons in an instant.

Ordinary high temperatures wouldn't trigger nuclear weapons, at most melting them into a chaotic radioactive alloy, even lowering the critical mass, making it impossible to explode unless the temperature reaches millions of degrees Celsius like inside a star, causing atomic chain reactions, fission or fusion. But such temperatures are meaningless because the power itself would be equivalent to nuclear weapons.

A blue-white beam shot out from within the protective barrier, piercing through multiple magic shields, and traveled up along the beam penetrating the atmosphere.

Judging by the visible energy wavelengths (colors), it appeared to be a high-energy particle beam known for its penetration.

The footage captured by satellites in synchronous orbit made everyone gasp.

Around the biological space mothership, numbered 0001 and named by Chen Fei, there seemed to be an invisible protective screen. The instant the particle beam arrived, it turned into hundreds of bending scattering rays, bypassing the mothership and shooting into the depths of space.

The particle beam not only failed to penetrate the target but also dispersed.

What kind of force field could cause a high-energy particle beam to scatter like that?

Satellites in synchronous orbit equipped with certain attack modules still primarily focused on detection and communication.

Activating the attack system required adjusting its posture, and although the satellite uses a magnetic plasma engine with minimal consumption, its fuel is limited and difficult to replenish. Each use means less fuel left, hence the limited number of attacks.

The satellite quickly adjusted its position, successfully locking onto the target 11,000 kilometers away. A green beam shot out, with a power of only a million watts. It wasn't expecting to face such a colossal body; a million-watt laser weapon should be enough to cause fatal damage.

Within 100 meters of the biological space mothership, a light screen appeared out of nowhere, radiating a network-like pattern. The green beam that lasted only a second then disappeared, along with the light screen.

The light spot didn't succeed in appearing on the body of the biological space mothership, just like the particle beam counterattacked from the ground; it was invisibly intercepted. The short-lived network-like light screen was probably a visual effect of the laser energy being dispersed.

The particle beam and laser beam from the directed-energy weapon both declared failure, and the attack system switched again, shooting out a 30cm tungsten core at a speed of 150,000 kilometers per second.

The 11,000-kilometer distance was practically instantaneous, with a flash of sparks, followed by silence.

The synchronous orbit satellite equipped with a railgun weapon glowed with bright blue light from its magnetic plasma engine, which shot at full power for a while to counteract the railgun's recoil.

A scorching beam shot out of an olive-shaped crystal on the biological space mothership's surface. The synchronous orbit satellite that had just launched two attacks lost the signal.

The outcome wasn't hard to guess; it got vaporized in orbit, not even a speck of dust left behind.

Other satellites in near-Earth orbit captured the final images before the high-orbit satellite's disappearance.

"Sss! It looks quite similar to the Neanderthal tribe's protective barrier, the super-resilient kind."

Chen Fei gasped.

He had gasped too many times today.

The clashes between civilizations completely exceeded the imagination of ordinary people.

Yes, given Chen Xiao'er's social status, his experience wouldn't be much more than that of a regular person.

"Many technologies were lost back then and haven't been recovered even now."

Miyoshi Xuesen knew some. When the current humans of Blue Star cooperated with the combined forces of the Cangqiong Star's Slan Empire to breach the Supreme Council of the Third Era Civilization, the slaughter was excessive. Neanderthals were severely damaged, and many technical materials were destroyed in the war.

More so, the current Primordial Realm, being a resource-depleted wasteland, had long lost many unique materials, making it difficult to recreate the technology even if it was complete.

In outer space, the newly star-faring Blue Star civilization really only had three tricks: particle beams, lasers, and physical kinetic strikes. Nothing else.

Missiles? Don't joke! The Eagle Strike series from the First Sovereign isn't even as effective in space as a five-cent coin launched with a railgun.

Nuclear weapons are powerful, but in the vacuum of space, their power is halved. There's strong electromagnetic pulse, atmospheric auroras, and lots of radiation clouds, without even a mushroom cloud to see.

(Operation Starfish Prime, July 9, 1962, 1.4 megatons yield, 400 kilometers altitude, roughly the orbit of the International Space Station.)

Power assessment, useless—better off using a big chunk of a meteorite.

Whether the biological space mothership of the parasitic species would be damaged was unknown, but the Blue Star civilization's satellites would definitely be affected, if not lost.

Killing unknown enemies while losing a thousand of their own was not an option.

Only the Element Annihilation Bomb remained as the last choice.

In the "Apocalyptic Prophecy," Blue Star civilization's Element Annihilation Bombs arrived too late and couldn't exert their potential, and the entire human civilization perished.

This time, however, Blue Star civilization didn't plan to bring the Element Annihilation Bombs into space. Even if they knew it might work, it wasn't a short-term solution.

On the side of the Emerald Star, the light beam covering the "Wormhole Cloud" persisted as if vowing not to stop until all combat units, equipment, and materials sent by the Blue Star civilization were completely turned to ashes.

"We need to deploy the Element Annihilation Bomb to eliminate that monster."

Miyoshi Xuesen couldn't watch any longer.

"The Z plan of the 'Extraterrestrial Normandy' action can't be implemented smoothly; the base of the Emerald Star is facing a catastrophe."

Chen Fei shook his head and said, "We must find a way to deliver the Element Annihilation Bomb."

The Emerald Star base was tightly sealed by the light beam, and once the energy of the protective barrier ran out, the magic shields shook, and nothing would be left there—no better than being hit by the Element Annihilation Bomb.

"Don't you have an airship!"

The monk pointed out the window at a cooperative ship in the defensive formation.

"No, no, no, it can't break through."

Chen Fei shook his head again.

Such light beam attacks were almost equivalent to the Light Great Forbidden Spell induced by the Pure Light Sparrow Flock, making it difficult even for a Giant Dragon to escape, let alone an airship.