Light Speed ​​War

Chapter 51: Folded Space

Iron Curtain stared at the screen; the enemy fleet numbered over two hundred million, yet none of them made a move. Were the enemy fleet still waiting—waiting for reinforcements?

"Dean Zhou, what do you think they are still waiting for?" The Iron Curtain Holographic Connection connected with Zhou Yuan.

"I think it's reinforcements, or some kind of powerful weapon?"

"Very likely. I have already ordered the 7th, 76th and 78th fleets to infiltrate and secretly deploy a large number of miniature unmanned intelligent gravity detectors in the space surrounding the confrontation between the two armies. Once a large number of fleets enter this space, they will be detected."

"Commander, this might be effective against ordinary fleets, but it probably won't do much against civilizations that can use dark matter and dark energy."

"Better than nothing."

"Too."

"Imperial Fleet Headquarters has approved the fusion of the nearly two million fallen soldiers into life on the new Earth. The newly replenished warships and the moon will be transported here in three hours."

"So, three hours later, we'll use the moon for our first wave of attacks?"

"Yes! Preparations for teleporting to the star system have also begun. Several super-large teleportation portals have also been secretly set up in this star system."

"Alright. This time, it looks like we're in for a bloody battle."

Three hours later, some warships and lunar stealth units were teleported to the vicinity of the Earth Empire's main fleet, and the moon was placed in its original location on Tab.

Filch and his team naturally received a report that surprised them: deep space dark scene detection showed that a large area of ​​dark energy fluctuations had occurred, and Thor had sent a behemoth warship?

Just as they were speculating, eight super-large intelligent energy module bases on the lunar fortress were activated.

In an instant, the moon shed its cloaking and revealed its true form, immediately unleashing eight high-intensity, ultra-long-range intelligent energy beams. Gamma rays ripped across the sky, reaching the allied fleet within a minute and instantly destroying ten million allied warships! After vaporizing the first and second rows of warships, these eight beams immediately changed course, rapidly optimizing their targeting to find warships arranged in a straight line or near a straight line. They then struck and destroyed these lined warships from a distance, quickly eliminating the second row. Then, they changed course again, striking the third row of warships arranged in a near-straight line, and so on. These eight beams seemed to have eyes, rapidly searching for multiple prey and then instantly tearing them apart!

The four-nation coalition fleet thought that with a distance of 20 billion kilometers, even the terrifying beam of the enemy's giant warship would not be able to reach such a long range. Little did they know that the enemy would bring out a super fortress the size of a satellite to carry out long-range beam strikes.

Seeing their own warships disappear one by one in an instant, the four-nation allied fleet had no choice but to set sail at lightning speed and retreat. During the retreat, many warships inevitably ended up in near-straight lines, and the eight beams took the opportunity to destroy a large number of them.

This attack and destruction took very little time. From the moment the four-nation coalition was hit by the first wave of attacks from the super fortress to the successful withdrawal of the entire four-nation coalition fleet, it only took a little over ten minutes. In those short ten minutes, the four-nation coalition fleet lost forty million warships!

The four-nation coalition fleet fled far away, retreating nearly 100 billion kilometers.

The commanders of the four-nation coalition exchanged bewildered glances, astonished by the incredible power of the beam, which could curve. Even the gamma-ray bursts of the "Light-Descending Civilization" seemed to only be able to travel in a straight line, unable to curve.

The commanders who were sent as reinforcements initially thought the Alliance headquarters was making a mountain out of a molehill, escalating the war and dispatching a large fleet. They felt that the Alliance headquarters didn't need to go to such lengths except for the "Civilization of Descending Light." Now they finally witnessed the enemy's prowess.

While the commanders of the four-nation allied fleets were at a loss, they finally received the arrival of the eight-nation allied forces dispatched by the Alliance Headquarters. The commanders lined up to welcome the commanders of the eight-nation allied forces, especially the fleet commanders of the three elder empires: Divine Martial, Holy Domain, and Netherworld.

The commanders of the twelve allied nations exchanged a few polite words, after which Felch reported on the battle situation, displaying holographic videos and footage of all reconnaissance and combat operations against the enemy fleet. Watching their own warships being wiped out en masse by an invisible "demon hand," everyone was secretly astonished. This situation was similar to a gamma-ray burst attack tactic used by the "Light-Descent Civilization," but their strength was likely inferior to that of the "Light-Descent Civilization," which directly destroyed stars to generate gamma-ray bursts.

"Outrageous! Thor, you traitor! Filch, what have you done? You've completely disgraced the Alliance!" Commander Shenwu was furious and embarrassed.

The other fleet commanders remained silent, trembling with fear, while Filch shuddered.

"Second Brother, please calm down. We can't blame them. Who knew that Thor would betray the alliance and join the 'Light-Descent Civilization'?" The Holy Domain and the Netherworld tried to persuade Shenwu.

"Third brother, fourth brother, that's not what I meant. I'm just heartbroken by the heavy losses suffered by the Alliance army." Shenwu then raised his voice, "Everyone, as you know, because the war against the 'Light-Descent Civilization' is not going well, many planets are considering leaving the Galactic Alliance, saying that our Alliance cannot provide them with adequate protection. Now, with the emergence of the traitor Thor, our Alliance is on the verge of collapse. Therefore, in this operation, we must completely annihilate them!"

"Yes!" Everyone responded in unison.

The Twelve Nations Alliance Fleet immediately organized a large-scale secret deployment, preparing to launch a surprise attack on the Earth Empire's fleet.

The Nether Fleet launched "Spatial Wrinkle Enhancement Waves," bending the spatial membrane layer by layer, forming folds. All Alliance warships submerged into these folded spaces, which resembled undulating underground tunnels. The Nether Fleet continuously fired enhancement waves, constantly "drilling holes," extending the spatial folds further.

The Alliance fleet moved rapidly through the folded space, gradually approaching the Earth fleet. When the two fleets were more than a billion kilometers apart, the Alliance fleet stopped in the folded space and began deploying a series of weapons.

Near the sun on the planet Tab, the adjutant hurriedly reported to the deputy commander-in-chief, Iron Curtain, "Commander, the enemy fleet has suddenly disappeared!"

"What?" Iron Curtain exclaimed in surprise.

"Dean Zhou, what's going on? How did the enemy suddenly disappear?" The commanders of the Iron Curtain fleet and others were like ants on a hot plate, pacing anxiously. How could they fight if they couldn't see the enemy?

"Don't panic, everyone. I'm wondering about this too, and I'm trying to figure out a solution." Zhou Yuan tried to calm everyone down.

“If the other side uses shielding, stealth, or anti-gravity techniques, we should be able to detect it. In normal space, light or gravitational waves travel in straight lines. However, in an anomalous space, the situation is very complex, and light or gravitational waves do not travel in straight lines.” Zhou Yuan explained while thinking.

“As everyone knows, this outer space is curved and not flat. The enemy must have tampered with this space, perhaps with some kind of space folding or faulting technology, blocking our line of sight. It's like a piece of paper with an ant on it and food in front of it. The ant wants to move the food, but suddenly the paper is folded into a jagged shape in front of the ant, and the ant can no longer see the food.” Zhou Yuan paused.

"Logically speaking, the ant could simply crawl along the folded paper, which is indeed feasible. However, flat paper is only two-dimensional, and it is finite and bounded, while space is three-dimensional, an infinite three-dimensional space with bounds. If the other party is hiding in this folded space, with our current technology, we simply cannot detect them. According to the fleet scientists and myself, this folded space is mainly the result of gravitational oscillations caused by dark matter, just like shaking a flat piece of paper."

"Dark matter again?" Everyone couldn't help but sigh. Ever since they fought against the opponent, they seemed to have suffered losses every time due to dark matter and dark energy.

"Then what do we do?" the commander of the 7th Fleet asked.

"Let me think about it." Zhou Yuan lowered his head and pondered for a while.

"Commander, given the extremely powerful energy impact of the enemy's last dark matter annihilation explosion, I suggest that all the soldiers in the small and medium-sized warships here be transferred to the large and giant warships, where their super artificial intelligence will be used for piloting and combat."

"If that's the case, the speed and effectiveness of the operation may not be ideal."

"For this type of warfare that utilizes dark matter and dark energy, only large, giant, and super-powerful intelligent energy shields can withstand it. The intelligent energy shields of small and medium-sized warships are simply not enough. Combat speed and effectiveness will be sacrificed."

"The issues of combat speed and effectiveness should be somewhat mitigated. Don't forget, our Sniper Starship is capable of simultaneously launching more than a dozen intelligent energy beams, and these beams can also curve. We must make good use of these capabilities."

"Yes." Everyone agreed.

"Immediately teleport all personnel on small and medium-sized warships to the Hercules, Pioneer, Sun, and Aster. Reconnaissance of the enemy continues."

"As ordered."

Earth's human warships, using the most advanced detection methods, could not spot the enemy fleet; the human fleet seemed to be "blind."

Humanity on Earth was astonished by the sudden disappearance of the Alliance fleet and had been constantly monitoring the space for any unusual changes. Certainly, humanity had no idea why the Alliance warships had vanished, nor did they know that the twelve-nation coalition had quietly infiltrated their territory.

Within the folded space, the Holy Domain Fleet, centered on the Earth's human warship base, deployed a large number of "Spelllight Shards" in a fan shape along its forward line. The Divine Martial Fleet, on the other hand, deployed a large number of Divine Martial Cannons within the folded space, forming a massive array of suspended turrets. Felch and his team prepared dark matter and dark energy weapons.

All activities of the Alliance fleet are carried out covertly within the folded space.

The Earth's human fleet has not yet realized the deadly danger approaching; they are still trying to find out where the enemy fleet is hiding.

The attack from the fleets of the twelve Galactic Federation nations came suddenly.