364: Chapter 364 Quark Fission Cannonball

These eight star war fortresses were the strongest weapons of the Jushen Company. As Jonathan Ains gave the order, rings of red light began to illuminate at the base of the fortresses, combined with those 260-kilometer-long barrels.

These fortresses were like eight scarlet giant eyes slowly opening in the darkness, coldly gazing at the spherical enemy ship.

The red light grew brighter and brighter, and the shells of these eight fortresses vibrated, as if the majestic energy inside was starting to overflow uncontrollably. Lin Fang could sense the terror of the shell inside that was being accelerated step by step.

In comparison, the electromagnetic weapons above Earth in the real World were truly embarrassing.

Externally, Lin Fang was embarrassed to even say that these belonged to his own company.

Expansion, we must expand.

In the face of such terrifying power, even the meteorite crisis 40 years later could be easily solved... right?

I will find a time to go up there early and blow it up.

Just as this thought flashed through Lin Fang's mind, the shells inside the eight fortresses had already been accelerated to the limit. Even with the antimatter engines of these billion-ton fortresses running at full power, there was a sense that they were being pushed backward by the relative force.

Boom!

The next second, eight crimson beams of light pierced through the sea of stars, tearing through the darkness simultaneously.

It was not a laser, nor a particle beam, but a physical shell accelerated to 50% of the speed of light, carrying kinetic energy sufficient to tear apart a planet's crust, shooting fiercely toward the spherical enemy ship 5.5 million kilometers away.

This type of heavy shell was developed by 100,000 researchers at the Jushen Company over 20 years. Its outer shell was a structural layer of astonishing mass, while the interior contained some quark fission filler and baryon stuffing.

Quarks are the most basic units that make up protons, neutrons, and all other microscopic particles, several levels smaller than an atomic nucleus. Ordinary Nuclear Fission and Nuclear Fusion are merely energy releases at the atomic nucleus level.

Quark fission, however, directly shatters the most basic units that make up matter, completely converting mass into energy, with power far exceeding nuclear energy by hundreds of millions of times.

Once this shell is detonated, the quark fission will drive the baryon stuffing to rotate rapidly at an ultra-limit frequency, generating energy that tears everything apart.

The Jushen Company once conducted a launch experiment; a single shell was enough to completely disintegrate a celestial body with a diameter of a thousand kilometers.

Now, there were eight!

The eight shells took only a dozen seconds to cross the 5.5 million-kilometer star field. With the assistance of artificial intelligence, they were unimpeded and did not harm their own side in the slightest.

Facing these eight terrifying shells, the spherical ship of the Philiphimus Civilization—whether out of arrogance, underestimating the enemy, or something else—actually chose to remain stationary.

When the shells were still 100,000 kilometers away from the ship, suddenly, the spherical ship showed a different reaction. Eight pale purple energy beams shot out from an inconspicuous muzzle, hitting the quark fission shells with extreme precision.

Consequently, the eight shells were detonated prematurely.

A searing white light swept out from the center of the explosion, forming a terrifying sphere of light with a diameter of over 10,000 kilometers, illuminating millions of kilometers of the starry sky.

The baryon stuffing resonated at an ultra-limit frequency within the fission torrent, tearing everything apart like a cosmic blender that had suddenly appeared. Everything in its path was instantly crushed into plasma, turning into tiny, fleeting sparks within the explosion's cloud of light.

This lifted the spirits of Lin Fang, Jonathan Ains, and countless others belonging to the Jushen Company; even if detonated prematurely, this power was already terrifying enough.

What was the situation with the enemy ship closest to the center of the explosion?

A dozen seconds later, countless people sighed in their hearts, because that spherical ship appeared again, completely intact, with streams of light flickering on its surface, looking even more beautiful.

And even more despairing.

This ship was like it was saying right now, "The strongest weapon you have developed is nothing more than fireworks in the hands of a child before me; it has dazzling light, but it cannot cause even the slightest bit of damage to me."

Lin Fang did not feel dejected when he saw this; he just smiled. This war was not over, and there were countless possibilities.

It was a very simple principle.

Since you aren't afraid, why did you detonate them prematurely?

If the quark fission shells truly posed no threat to the Philiphimus Civilization, given the aloof and dismissive attitude they had displayed, they could have remained completely motionless just as before, allowing the shells to hit their Force Field shield without needing to have even the slightest extra reaction.

When the Philiphimus Civilization used this reaction to show off its strength, it inadvertently revealed its lack of confidence.

Their Force Field shield had an upper limit and could not withstand these terrifying shells.

Without needing Lin Fang's reminder, Jonathan Ains, as the Commander, also realized this point. He immediately boosted morale and prepared for the second round of strikes; red light lit up the base of the eight star war fortresses once again.

Human fighting spirit was boiling!

The spherical ship, not knowing if it realized that its behavior at this moment was like a Joker, stopped flickering and fell silent.

It seemed to be angry.

In the images sent back by the probes, dozens of fine cracks suddenly opened on the surface of the silent spherical ship.

The next moment, more than twenty pitch-black, cone-shaped warheads shot out silently. Their target was not the Jushen Company's fleet, but the Universe in all directions.

After the shells exploded, there was no fire, but ripple after ripple undulated through the Universe.

Analysts discovered that the landing points of these shells happened to form a huge rectangular structure, enveloping millions of kilometers of the starry sky.

"Officer, it is some kind of space interference weapon. According to the fluctuation curve, space will take at least an hour to return to normal."

The analyst next to Jonathan Ains tried to remain calm as he said, "During this time, our ships cannot perform warp jumps; this is an act of courting death..."

Jonathan Ains's expression was heavy. The meaning of the enemy doing this was very clear: to trap the human fleet in this part of the starry sky!

And his side understood too little about this kind of space technology and could not break the blockade at all. Thinking about it, it made sense; since the enemy had given technology to humans, how could they not have countermeasures?

At this moment, the war fortresses had finished charging, and the second round of Quark Fission shells was ready to fire.

Jonathan Ains's gaze became sharp again. So what if they did this? He had never thought of retreating, even if everyone was lost in this starry sky.

Jonathan Ains spoke into the Commander channel, "Aventuya, your fleet is responsible for cover."

To prevent the situation of premature detonation from happening again, someone must go and interfere with the Philiphimus Civilization's ship.

In layman's terms, it was a suicide mission; even if they succeeded in hitting the ship, they would not be able to survive the explosion of the Quark Fission bomb.

"Understood, Officer,"

A slightly magnetic female voice quickly came from the channel.

Ten giant motherships, along with another full 100,000 ships, began to break away from the formation and head toward the spherical ship, their pale blue exhaust flames leaving long trails in the pitch-black Universe.

They were tiny in the Universe, yet great.

Some had tears in their eyes, and everyone saluted them.

However, just as the Quark Fission shells began their countdown to launch, a sudden change occurred.

An invisible quantum information network storm erupted from the spherical ship. All the intelligent brains in the Jushen Company's fleet were vulnerable, paralyzed instantly, and the launch countdown was abruptly interrupted.

If the human fleet lost its intelligent assistance, its combat power would be reduced by at least 70%.

"Xiao Hei!" Lin Fang roared.

As his words fell, the interrupted countdown began to restart.

"Boss, I am here."

Xiao Hei, who had been lurking in the Jushen Company's fleet, appeared. Another quantum information storm appeared in the Universe, and they were fighting each other.

This was a war without smoke.