It was as if a knight was charging alone into the enemy's army. It even looked solemn and stirring.
"Battleship has reached seventh speed. Distance of contact: 197 seconds!"
"Good. Order all mechas to prepare to attack the Zerg. When the time comes, they'll serve as close-range support for the battleship. However, they're not allowed to leave the range of the Phase Shield!"
"Yes, Captain!"
At this moment, the entire battleship had accelerated to a speed of 90,000 kilometers per second.
Of course, this was not to say that the Dreadnaught-class battleship could only accelerate to this extent. In fact, the Federation's battleship speed standards were divided into twelve levels.
The Dreadnaught-class battleship's maximum speed could reach ninth level, which was 0.99 times the speed of light. As for the tenth to twelfth level, it was only a definition. The Federation did not have such technology.
However, speed beyond seventh level was not something that could be casually used. One had to consider the problem of time dilation.
According to current research, the seventh level of speed, which was 90,000 kilometers per second, was almost negligible due to time dilation. However, if the speed was increased, the situation would be different.
For example, if the battleship used ninth level of speed, which was 0.99 times the speed of light, the time dilation would reach seven times the speed of light!
In other words, when the battleship traveled at 0.99 times the speed of light for a day, seven days would have passed in the outside world.
As for why the assault battleship was not affected, it was because it had a special technology — time bubble!
When the assault battleship charged at ninth level of speed, the time bubble would activate and envelop the entire battleship to resist time dilation. However, this technology had a fatal flaw …
No living creature could survive within the time bubble!
This was also why the assault battleship had to be designed to be unmanned and remotely controlled.
At the same time, it was also because of the time bubble that the assault battleship's afterimage appeared when it moved forward.
"Distance of 10 million kilometers … The Zerg swarm is starting to fire a concentrated beam attack at us!"
"Ignore them. Continue forward. When we're close to five million kilometers, slow down to third level of speed. The assault battleship will switch to short-range attack mode!"
"Yes, Captain!"
In the void, countless dark red beams were shot out from the massive Zerg swarm. These were the attacks of the Battleship Zerg. At this distance, they were already within their shooting range.
This kind of concentrated attack was the most effective way for the Zerg to deal with the space shield of a level-6 civilization.
Of course, the premise was that the Federation's battleship was also using a space shield.
But obviously, that was not the case!
The energy beams fired by hundreds of thousands of Warship Beetles streaked towards the warships ahead, the attacks so concentrated that the beams were almost fused together.
From a visual point of view, it was as if they had merged into a huge beam of light. Let alone hitting one warship, even if there were a few more, with the range covered by this beam of light, it would be able to completely devour them. It was extremely terrifying!
The distance between the two sides was now less than 10 million kilometers, and the attack arrived in the blink of an eye. In just half a minute, it had arrived in front of the Dreadnaught-class Battleship, and the next moment, it was completely devoured!
Inside the battleship's bridge, through the porthole, the starry sky could no longer be seen. There was only a sea of dark red that was constantly being washed away. However, in the entire bridge, no one showed a look of fear. Instead, they were all watching this scene with interest.
A few seconds later, countless beams passed through the warship, but the Dreadnaught-class Battleship remained there without any signs of damage.
"Phase Shield!!"
Through the Zerg's spiritual network, Alba was shocked to see this scene.
It was no stranger to the Phase Shield. In the past, the Saint Wei Empire used this technology, and in the early stages of the war, the Zergs were unable to fight back. It was not until Aliya cultivated a type of Zerg that specialized in restraining the Phase Shield that the situation was reversed.
However, now, it had no idea how this special Zerg was cultivated, let alone possess it!
"Do I really have to give up on these Royal Zerg Guards that have been cultivated for more than half?"
The appearance of the Phase Shield instantly made Alba lose all its temper.
Of course, it was not to say that the Zergs, except for the special Zerg Guards created by Aliya, had no way to destroy a warship with a Phase Shield.
In fact, there was a way, but the price was too high. It was so high that even if Alba exhausted all the Zergs in the entire Gar galaxy, it might not be able to destroy many warships with Phase Shields.
After all, it did not have any Royal Zerg Guards in its hands now, only ordinary Zerg Guards and Zerg Guards of Class 1 to Class 3.
"Should I retreat first?"
"Wait for Aliya to come first?"
Suddenly, such thoughts filled Alba's mind. Although it was somewhat unwilling, its rationality kept telling it that this was the most suitable strategy.
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At the same time, Emil also recognized the Phase Shield like Alba.
As a Class 1 Zerg Emperor during the first Holy War, he had a deeper understanding of the Phase Shield.
"I didn't expect this. Previously, I thought that this human civilization was only a level-6 civilization. At most, they were only one step away from becoming a level-7 civilization. But now, it seems that they are a level-7 civilization just like the Sacred Wei Empire!"
The reason why Emil had such an understanding was mainly because of the battle in the S7216 area led by Li Cangqiong.
If the human fleet had a Phase Shield, there would be no need for them to retreat at all. They could just take it head-on.
It was precisely because of this that Emil had always thought that although the humans had the Null Particle Armament, they had not mastered the Phase Shield, which was the signature technology of a Level 7 civilization, and could not be considered a true Level 7 civilization.
But now, it seemed that he had thought too much. This was definitely a Level 7 civilization, okay?
The height of their civilization should be even higher than the Saint Wei Empire of the past.
If that was the case, he could try to use that thing to contact the humans.
The thing that he had obtained from the Saint Wei Empire!
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In the hyperspace, the United and the huge fleet led by it were still moving forward.
"Commander, the Zergs seem to have discovered the weakness of the assault ships. Now, the small teams of the advance team have no choice but to move forward and use the assault ships at close range to avoid the weakness."
"At the same time, because most of the small teams have entered the range of the Zergs, the Phase Shield's defensive ability against the Zergs' attacks has also been verified."
Vieruodis looked at the various reports in the terminal and summarized them to Lin Tian.
Lin Tian nodded slightly. This was already within his expectations, and there was nothing unexpected about it.
"Commander, we received a message sent using the Void Communication technology, but the source of the message is unknown!"
The report from the communications officer immediately shocked Lin Tian and Vieruodis.
The Void Communication technology was completely the technology of a Level 7 civilization. If it was not their own people …
It meant that the other party was …