77: Chapter 77 Flagship Ziwei, Dijiang-class Star Patrol Battleship

The deep space walker followed the navigation signal, gliding into a green-lit docking channel like a stream flowing into the sea.

It passed through the dense network of outer defense platforms, skimmed over the huge shadows cast by the silent planet battleships, and finally sailed into a port area on the starport's main planet specifically for diplomatic and important civilian vessels.

Inside the starport's main planet, in an immensely spacious assembly hall several kilometers high, elite cadets from across the Federation arrived in succession.

The diversity of the high-tech world was fully displayed here. The delegations varied wildly in style, far exceeding conventional imagination.

One could see military academy teams that were highly unified, dressed in standard military uniforms, and disciplined as bedrock; they moved in perfect unison, exuding a pure, sci-fi rigor.

One could also see distinctive delegations like the Kunlun Academy.

Most of their members wore flowing garments that blended traditional Eastern elements with modern materials, slowly descending on 'flying sword'-style personal vehicles with streamlined surfaces and energy runes flowing over them.

With every gesture, shimmering virtual talismans would flash, or small, exquisite 'magic treasures' containing high-energy reactions would hover nearby.

Their power system appeared mystical on the surface, but its core was still cutting-edge technology—based on bio-nanorobots implanted in the body, constructing personal computing cores and energy circulation networks.

These 'magic treasures' were mostly highly integrated, multi-functional nanorobot aggregates combined with dark-plane spatial storage devices.

The essence of 'cultivation' was to cultivate and optimize the scale, structure, and cooperative efficiency of the nanorobot clusters within the body through special methods, and to enhance the bandwidth and stability of the individual's interface with dark-plane energy.

Chen Yao and Chen Jingyi showed great interest in this system, especially its underlying logic of distributed computing and material manipulation, which bore a striking resemblance to Chen Jingyi's Daoyan Military Nexus talent.

Other academies had members whose bodies were partially mechanized, gleaming with cold metallic luster, clearly following a path of deep integration between body enhancement and brain-computer interfaces.

Some were enveloped in hazy energy shields or holographic camouflage, appearing mysterious and unfathomable.

There were even a few small teams whose members emitted non-human auras or carried strange biological symbionts. These might be from allied races with deep genetic fusion with humans, or the results of academies specializing in biotechnology.

The North Star Academy team stood quietly in their designated area. They calmly observed this grand assembly, a 'microcosm of the Federation's future,' with anticipation for the journey ahead.

As the last few delegations arrived, the assembly process drew to a close. The composition of the escort fleet for this visit was also displayed simultaneously on all cadets' personal terminals via the public information channel.

Escort Task Force Composition:

Flagship:

· dijiang-class star cruising battleship "purple subtlety".

Main Escort Fleet:

· 15 xihe-class battlecruisers. These versatile ships, combining firepower, maneuverability, and protection, are the fleet's backbone for assault and mobile defense.

· Over 50,000 other cruisers, destroyers, frigates, and fast-response vessels. They will form a multi-layered escort formation, responsible for anti-infiltration, area clearance, reconnaissance and early warning, and layered interception.

Logistics and Strategic Support Fleet:

· 2 ruler-class planet battleships. These two massive mobile fortresses will not directly participate in frontline engagements, serving as the forward base, ultimate repair center, strategic material warehouse, and reserve command node for the entire delegation and escort fleet.

Their existence means this fleet possesses the formidable capital to conduct long-term, high-intensity independent operations and support deep in space, far from home territory.

...

The final command for all personnel to board was given. On the giant screen in the assembly hall's dome, the operation's codename and a concise motto appeared:

"Star Sea Mission—Display, Exchange, Sharpen the Blade."

One by one, the transport shuttles belonging to each academy began to ascend, heading towards the various ships of the escort fleet docked at different berths in the port area. The deep space walker would also carry some high-ranking officials and advance personnel, joining this torrent.

North Star Military Academy, as the Yanlong First Academy, will use the fleet flagship, the dijiang-class star cruising battleship purple subtlety, as their practice vessel during the visit.

The dijiang-class star cruising battleship is the Blazing Dragon Federation's new generation of rapid-response pivot warships designed under the new situation of human-Zerg confrontation.

It completely abandoned the old era's thinking of ultimate decisive weapons that pursued massive cannons and gigantic ships.

In the face of Zerg multi-point infiltration attacks and highly flexible main force deployments, super-gigantic ships often found themselves passively taking hits and unable to catch up.

Therefore, in the new generation of tactical concepts, the Dijiang-class is positioned as a "rapid response and battlefield pivot."

It can quickly reach any sudden combat starfield, rapidly deploy systematic offensive and defensive forces, swiftly counterattack to curb or even defeat invading enemies, and quickly stabilize the situation, becoming a "battlefield pivot" that can support the arrival and deployment of subsequent troops.

Supporting its rapid arrival capability is a powerful, almost violent "heart"—the Annihilation Engine.

The fusion engines or black hole engines of conventional warships are like candlelight compared to a furnace in front of it.

It can stably perform annihilation reactions using neutron star matter as conventional fuel, releasing an almost infinite supply of pure energy. Each cubic centimeter contains hundreds of millions of tons of conventional matter's annihilation energy, providing the Dijiang-class with almost unlimited endurance.

Even more astonishing is its robust design. In extremely urgent situations where logistics are cut off, the engine system can operate in a degraded mode, compatible with "any matter or energy."

Whether it's captured interstellar dust, enemy ship wreckage, or even directly drawing energy from stellar radiation or spatial turbulence, its terrifying conversion system can process it to maintain the warship's most basic maneuverability and core system operations.

If the Absolute Annihilation Engine grants it unparalleled energy supply, then its onboard "Micro-Wormhole Generation and Stabilization System" grants it strategic freedom.

Traditional fleet long-distance maneuvers heavily rely on wormhole hubs. The Dijiang-class, however, is equipped with the latest generation of Micro-Wormhole Engines.

It can tear open miniature wormholes at predetermined coordinates without relying on any external hubs, achieving fleet over-the-horizon tactical jumps.

This allows fleets with a Dijiang-class as flagship to appear and disappear like ghosts, directly reaching critical points on the battlefield, or quickly disengaging from unfavorable situations.

This means that a Dijiang-class arriving first is equivalent to opening a high-speed gate to the war zone for the entire legion, perfectly embodying the concept of a "battlefield pivot."

In terms of main weapon selection, the Dijiang-class did not blindly pursue the ultimate in single-shot power but underwent revolutionary optimization based on its "rapid response" positioning.

It retained the battle-tested Mega Particle Cannon of the xihe-class, which offers both excellent power and reliability, as its main ship cannon.

A new supercapacitor array and energy flow control system compressed the charging and firing cycle of this main ship cannon to an astonishing degree, almost three times faster than the original xihe-class main cannon.

As for quantity, the Dijiang-class distributively deployed a total of ten of these enhanced Mega Particle main cannons! They are strategically distributed across the front, broadsides, and upper part of the hull, forming a hemispherical main firepower coverage with no blind spots.

Imagine ten main cannons, each capable of triggering a supernova's premature explosion, flashing and sweeping the battlefield at an extremely high frequency—that's a major clean-up for the Zerg Tide.

In terms of auxiliary systems and defense, it also carries:

· Point-Defense and Interception System: The hull surface is densely covered with hundreds of millions of small energy turrets and vertical missile launch units. They are coordinated by a highly intelligent fire control system, forming an almost seamless interception net.

· Adaptive Armor: The main armor of the hull is not static metal plates, but a dynamic matrix composed of countless hexagonal intelligent modules. These modules embed energy deflection force field generators, self-repairing nanorobots, and sensors.

· Omnidirectional Situational Awareness and Information Warfare Array: The massive sensor array can not only scan physical targets but also capture spatial fluctuations, energy overflows, and even faint biological signals.

Its integrated information warfare system is redesigned using Void Engine principles, allowing for conceptual redefinition of the real world with minimal impact on the dimensional membrane.

· Modular Hangar and Delivery System: The ship's belly has a huge internal space that can quickly switch between different types of air wings as needed, truly achieving "multi-role ship" and rapidly deploying multi-dimensional combat power.

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The dijiang-class star cruising battleship in the distance continuously approached. Its hull displayed a streamlined design full of speed, its overall silhouette resembling a drawn sword.

The bow was sharp and smooth, with lines extending backward, reaching their widest point in the mid-hull, then tapering with an elegant curve towards the stern, finally terminating in multiple radially arranged main thruster arrays.

Li Yuan followed the team, stepping onto the boarding ramp leading to the purple subtlety. Through the fully transparent force field walls on both sides, he could admire the giant ship without obstruction.

He and his companions were excited!