233: Chapter 233 Technological Overwhelming! Bloodbath in Deep Space, the Last Suicide Squad!

Luan Niao Mothership, bridge.

The command of Su Che spread throughout the entire fleet via the Quantum Communication network.

"Mingdi Interceptor formation, execute."

Inside the hangar in the belly of the luan bird, six independent ejection channels opened simultaneously.

Six matte-finished Mingdi Interceptors were accelerated to their limits by electromagnetic rails and silently shot into deep space.

Their target was a firing position 4.5 million kilometers away.

At a top speed of 720 kilometers per second, it would take a full eleven and a half minutes to fly there.

These eleven and a half minutes were a time of death where they could only passively take hits.

Three seconds after the Mingdi Interceptors left the ship, the enemy sentry ship fired first.

There was no earth-shattering roar of gunfire, only a beam of energy brighter than a star that instantly crossed the five-million-kilometer void.

A fighter on the outermost perimeter of the Xuan Nü swarm did not even manage to send out an evasion signal before it was silently vaporized in that beam, leaving no trace behind.

On the main bridge screen, a green dot representing a Xuan Nü fighter winked out.

"Xuan Nü-011, signal lost, confirmed destroyed."

The cold prompt of the Deep Space Main God AI sounded on the bridge.

Immediately after, a second, then a third.

That irregular dark silver ore, like an enraged hive, began to pour death indiscriminately from the dozens of gun ports extending from its surface.

Energy beams struck with precision; every flash meant the disappearance of a Xuan Nü fighter.

The Luan Niao Mothership, relying on its ultimate evolved full-spectrum metamaterial stealth, temporarily avoided direct targeting by the enemy ship, lurking in the darkness like a silent giant beast.

But the swarm it released became the most conspicuous living targets.

Lieutenant General Peng Zhenbang stood behind Su Che, his military uniform crisp, his hands clasped behind his back until his knuckles turned white.

The battle damage statistics on the left side of the main screen kept jumping, each jump taking away a living life and an expensive war machine.

12... 27... 43...

"Chief Engineer Su, the Xuan Nü formation is contracting according to the preset formation, attempting to use crossfire for cover, but the effect is minimal!"

Qin Lan's voice trembled visibly as she said this.

Su Che stared at the screen without speaking.

His fingers tapped rhythmically on the armrest of the command chair, as if he were calculating something.

"Mingdi Interceptor formation fire control calibration complete, target allocation complete."

"Optimal strike points marked: enemy ship's aft No. 3 power compartment, port side main weapon array interface, mid-hull energy conduction node."

"Fire window confirmation request sent."

The main god ai's prompt sounded again.

On the screen, the countdown for the Mingdi Interceptor formation to reach the predetermined position had thirty seconds left.

In these thirty seconds, another eighteen Xuan Nü fighters were precisely destroyed.

The countdown hit zero.

The eleven and a half minutes of torment ended.

Six Mingdi Interceptors hovered simultaneously at the predetermined coordinates 4.5 million kilometers away, the barrels beneath their noses lighting up silently.

"Fire."

Su Che's voice remained steady.

Six beams of particle energy, compressed to the limit, were fired at 99% of the speed of light.

But they still needed fifteen seconds to travel.

Another fifteen seconds of deathly staring.

During these fifteen seconds, the loss count of Xuan Nü fighters jumped from 94 to 103.

Finally, three blinding flashes erupted silently on the surface of the sentry ship's hull.

The other three particle beams grazed the hull and disappeared into deep space.

Three hits out of six shots.

The sentry ship's ugly hull shuddered violently, and a huge gap exploded in a power compartment at the rear, with escaping energy streams looking like blue blood.

A main weapon array on the port side went silent, and the ship's speed plummeted from 800 kilometers per second to 400 kilometers per second.

However, before anyone on the bridge could breathe a sigh of relief, the sentry ship's counterattack followed immediately.

Three energy beams, thicker than before, precisely locked onto the Mingdi Interceptors that had just fired.

Three assassins, into which the Dragon Kingdom had poured its top technology, did not even have a chance to dodge before they turned into three brilliant metal fireworks in space.

"Mingdi-01, 03, 04, signal lost, confirmed destroyed."

"Current battle damage: 120 Xuan Nü fighters, 3 Mingdi Interceptors."

"Our remaining forces: 180 Xuan Nü, 3 Mingdi, 12 White Emperor."

"Luan Niao Mothership shield integrity 100%."

"Distance between sides: 4.5 million kilometers."

The cold battle report instantly froze the glimmer of hope that had just risen on the bridge.

"All units, advance in sync! Main fleet, fire at will once in range!" Su Che's order was issued again.

When the distance between the two sides compressed to 4 million kilometers, the main weapon array on the massive hull of the Luan Niao Mothership finally let out its roar.

Twelve White Emperor fighters, leading the remaining 180 Xuan Nü, flanked from both sides of the Luan Niao Mothership.

For a moment, hundreds of directed energy beams formed an all-encompassing web of light, covering the injured sentry ship.

"Detected enemy ship gravity deflection shield, energy weapon hit rate below 3%."

"Analyzing shield deflection patterns, correcting firing angles in real-time..."

"Hit rate has increased to 28%."

Even so, more than 70% of the energy beams, the moment they approached the sentry ship, twisted and deflected eerily, shooting into the endless void.

Only sporadic attacks penetrated the shield, bursting into a few painless sparks on the hull.

The sentry ship's counterattack was even more violent.

An energy beam grazed the bow of the Luan Niao Mothership, and the quantum stealth shield value fluctuated for the first time, dropping from 100% to 98%.

"White Emperor formation, initiate close-in interception!"

Inside the cockpit of White Emperor-01, where Yang Yi and Zhao Yang were, the alarm sounded piercingly.

"Backseat, execute!"

Twelve White Emperors simultaneously opened their belly bomb bays, and swarms of aerospace close-in defense micro-missiles, in groups of twenty-four, rushed densely toward the enemy's fire net.

A series of silent explosions lit up in front of the fleet; the missile swarms bought precious breathing room for the fleet with their own sacrifice.

"Report! C7 zone outer armor damaged, a breach has appeared!"

"Mecha Team 3, sortie!"

On the surface of the Luan Niao Mothership, several flat armor plates suddenly slid open, and several Mecha were ejected from the ejection ports. Their Anti-gravity modules activated, and they maneuvered at high speed within 100 kilometers of the Luan Niao Mothership.

They used individual shields to intercept stray energy ripples and high-speed debris, while simultaneously using mechanical arms to perform emergency repairs on the damaged hull.

When the distance between the two sides compressed to 3 million kilometers, the worst-case scenario happened.

"Warning! Luan Niao Mothership has been locked on by the enemy ship!"

The main god ai's warning tone rose an octave.

A main-gun-level energy beam shot straight at the Luan Niao Mothership.

"Evasive maneuvers!"

The massive hull made a clumsy sideways movement with the combined effort of dozens of engines, but it was still grazed by the edge of the beam.

The shield value plummeted to 72%.

"The enemy is prioritizing attacks on our command nodes!" shouted Academician Qian Zhenhua.

On the screen, a White Emperor fighter was focused on by several beams simultaneously. The thirty-six Xuan Nü it was leading instantly lost unified coordination, their formation in chaos, like headless flies, and more than a dozen were cleared within seconds.

Immediately after, it was the second, third, and fourth White Emperor...

A Mingdi Interceptor that was attempting a detour was also hit by the sentry ship's secondary guns and turned into a cloud of debris.

"Current battle damage: cumulative 220 Xuan Nü fighters, 4 White Emperor fighters, 4 Mingdi Interceptors."

"Our remaining forces: 80 Xuan Nü, 2 Mingdi, 8 White Emperor."

"Luan Niao Mothership shield integrity 50%."

"Distance between sides: 2 million kilometers."

The battle situation could no longer be described as tragic.

"Launch orbital torpedoes!"

Su Che's voice was hoarse, his eyes bloodshot.

When the distance compressed to 1 million kilometers, the final trump card was played.

The heavy weapon bay in the belly of the Luan Niao Mothership opened, and twenty-four orbital torpedoes carrying fusion warheads were launched in succession.

In the distance, the two remaining Mingdi Interceptors also simultaneously launched the one torpedo each carried in their belly mounts.

A total of twenty-six, representing the highest explosive yield weapons currently available to humanity, were now twenty-six suicide soldiers, charging forward toward the enemy ship.

The sentry ship's close-in defense system instantly fired at full capacity, forming an impenetrable storm of metal.

Twenty-three torpedoes were blown up in mid-air as they approached, turning into harmless fireballs.

But three, under the extreme control of the main god ai, broke through the blockade.

Three silent suns exploded violently on the hull of the sentry ship.

That tough gravity deflection shield completely collapsed under the impact of the fusion energy.

The huge hull was blasted with three terrifying gaps, and the internal structure was clearly visible.

The sentry ship, having lost its shield, fell into a final madness.

It abandoned all defense and poured all its energy into the weapon systems, launching a suicidal counterattack.

"Cover the mothership!"

The remaining eight White Emperor fighters rushed to the front of the Luan Niao Mothership without hesitation, using their own bodies to attract the sentry ship's fire.

One White Emperor after another was focused and destroyed, blooming into final fireworks in space.

The last two Mingdi Interceptors attempted to attack the exposed power compartment of the sentry ship but were torn to pieces by the dense close-in defensive fire.

Everything happened in the blink of an eye.

Just when everyone thought they could catch their breath, a long-accumulated dark red main gun beam tore through the Luan Niao Mothership's remaining shield and precisely pierced the bridge.

Boom!!!

Violent tremors and decompression alarms sounded simultaneously.

Su Che was thrown by a massive force and slammed into the command seat behind him. He struggled to climb up and wiped the blood from his face; it was warm and sticky.

The scene before him was like hell.

Lieutenant General Peng Zhenbang lay in a pool of blood, his chest pierced by a deformed metal plate, already unconscious.

Dean Liu Huaqiang... half of his body was gone.

"Old Liu!" Academician Zhang Weide let out a heartbreaking roar and lunged over.

Other scientists and commanders also fell, either dead or injured.

Su Che's mind went blank for a moment.

He had severely underestimated the enemy; he thought he could win by relying on a numerical advantage, but he did not expect... the technological gap could not be bridged by numbers alone.

This hastily assembled fleet was ridiculously naive in front of a true interstellar war veteran.

"Report to the Commander-in-Chief, success rate for all conventional combat plans is below 0.1%."

The main god ai's voice remained cold, without a trace of emotion.

"Deducing optimal solution: remaining 60 Xuan Nü fighters, disengage reactor safety locks, impact the damaged power compartment of the enemy ship with 120% overload power."

"Estimated to cause over 70% structural damage, with a 38% probability of detonating its main energy core."

"Execute?"

Su Che looked at the remaining sixty green dots on the main screen and the constantly rising casualty figures.

He was silent for a second.

Then, he spat out two words, enunciating each one clearly.

"Exe... cute."

The order was given.

On the main screen, the last sixty Xuan Nü fighters suddenly turned collectively, breaking away from the chaotic battlefield.

All Xuan Nü fighters shut down their weapon systems and injected all energy into their engines.

Their fuselages began to emit blinding, ominous red light; that was the signal that their micro-nuclear fusion reactors were about to overload.

Sixty blood-red exhaust trails cut through the dark space, rushing at full speed toward the alien sentry ship, which was already scarred but still firing crazily.

Inside the bridge, there was dead silence.

Su Che watched those sixty resolute lights, and his bloodshot eyes reflected the hellish firelight.

He slowly clenched his fists.