novelsite Chapter 1461 Endless
Chapter 1461 Endless
Chapter 1461 Endless
The three small ships responsible for the response had not been attacking for long before the ammunition they carried ran out.
The first batch of three attack ships mainly carried out various exploratory attacks, so they lasted longer.
The main task of this batch is to cause as much casualties as possible, so the ammunition will naturally be consumed quickly.
But at this point, they had already planned to withdraw from the battle because... this forest was too huge.
Qu Jianlei and his men had enough ammunition and even more energy blocks. If they put all their efforts into it, it would not be a problem to destroy this sea of trees.
But it is hard to say whether all the locusts can be completely wiped out.
The key is that if there is only one regimental-level ship launching continuous attacks, the fire control system and even the power system may not be able to hold up.
And if we waste all the ammunition here, should we continue exploring?
So when faced with this large group of aliens, everyone actually wanted to leave.
This feeling was really terrible. The fourth boss even said, "Should we contact the military and inform them of the situation here?"
Even if they have to leave, the military will always be able to come and annihilate this group of aliens, right?
Moreover, Xiaohu threw out some repeaters while on the journey, so it was easy to contact the military in just a day's journey.
However, after receiving the call, the military confirmed the distance and answered helplessly.
"Sorry, if you can't solve it, we can't help you. I suggest you take a detour..."
Similar alien populations are not uncommon in the surrounding areas, and the military is simply unable to wipe them out.
The size of the garrison and fleet of the bridgehead are limited.
As a frontline position, although they have sufficient ammunition, once part of the fleet leaves, their defense will become stretched.
Prior to this, the military had also swept through the surrounding ethnic groups, which gave them enough space to establish a bridgehead.
But the problem was that there were too many alien races, and they were fearless and ruthless, consuming a large amount of the military's ammunition.
The military casualties were not heavy, but the equipment was badly worn out, simply because there were too many ammunition piled up.
At present, the biggest task of the garrison is to guard the entrance to the passage and ensure that aliens cannot enter the empire through the passage.
The military once discussed this issue: Is it appropriate to go out and wipe out alien races?
The final result of the discussion was that it was extremely uneconomical, as it would likely waste too much ammunition and cause too much loss.
Although the empire is powerful and wealthy enough, everyone has to consider living within their means.
Of course, guarding the entrance to the channel is the bottom line. If we retreat to the other end of the channel, it would be too passive.
Space is full of mysteries and changes, and existing technology cannot fully predict all changes.
If these alien races cause any accidents in the passage, the empire will really cry to death.
Therefore, the only task of the bridgehead is to guard the gate firmly.
It is enough to ensure that no aliens appear within a limited distance.
After hanging up the call, the fourth boss was a little depressed, "Alas, this tactic... is destroying our own prestige."
Claire agreed, "It would be good to just send out a fleet and randomly wipe out some enemies. Otherwise, it would be too passive."
“Oh,” Qu Jianlei laughed dryly, “As long as we can guard the entrance to the passage, the alien races will not be able to attack the empire, so they will naturally attack the alliance.”
Everyone was silent. After a while, Flower Scorpion spoke up, "There's nothing wrong with this!"
"The Alliance was able to lead the aliens to the entrance of the passage, and the Empire was just following suit."
Qu Jianlei shook his head helplessly. This was Chiguo's way of taking advantage of his neighbor.
From the perspective of national interests, many behaviors have nothing to do with morality, and there is no question of who is dirtier than who.
He sighed, "Forget it, let's get out of the fight and walk around in a circle."
Because of the speed advantage, it is easy for regimental-level ships to escape from battle.
However, even though the distance was millions of kilometers, the vast sea of trees still pursued it relentlessly. It was truly extremely fierce.
It was not until the distance was two million kilometers that Qu Jianlei and others had the mood to check the damage of the small ship.
A large hole was cut into a small ship, but no abnormal energy remained.
After the inspection, everyone was speechless. Finally, Tianyin asked doubtfully, "Is it the power of space?"
"Not entirely," Yi He said straightforwardly, "The pure power of space cannot be hidden from me."
No matter what his previous attainments in space fluctuations were, the more than a thousand years in the Girl's Star Domain were enough for him to grow into an expert.
Qu Jianlei nodded, "We can only observe some energy fluctuations, maybe it's dark matter or something..."
"Anyway, the cutting power is amazing, but the range and endurance are a little lacking."
This is good news, but looking at the small ship attacked by the locusts, it is a bit shocking.
The small ship was covered in pits and dents, which were obviously not just the result of an attack. There were also obvious signs of corrosion on the edges.
In addition, there are some warnings of excessive radiation.
Obviously, the energy contained in the locust's magical attack has a strange corrosive property.
This kind of energy can even corrode the energy of the protective shield, and it is unknown what type it is.
The good thing is that this energy is similar to the black line and dissipates relatively quickly.
However, because of this, only a small amount of remaining energy was found in the small lake.
However, when it wanted to seal this energy, it unexpectedly discovered that this thing could not be loaded with alloys or synthetic materials.
As to whether there are other suitable materials that can be loaded, we are not sure at the moment, but we do not have enough time to test.
The little remaining energy is rapidly dissipating.
Just when he was at a loss, Qu Jianlei had an idea, "How about trying with some tree fragments?"
A highly poisonous thing must have its nemesis within seven steps - this sounds a bit metaphysical, but there are many similar coincidences.
The tree fragments brought back by the small ship were not very large. One piece was the size of a car, and another was only one-third of its size.
There are many types of mechanical arms on the regimental-class ships. Xiaohu chose a high-speed drill to drill holes in the debris.
Drilling holes was not as difficult as everyone thought, but it still took some time.
There is also a robotic arm cutting the fragments, trying to make a lid.
However, it was still too slow. Half an hour later, when everything was ready, the little remaining energy disappeared.
When they heard the news from Xiaohu, everyone looked at each other in surprise.
Yi He couldn't help but say, "We should have tried to seal it with obsidian just now."
Obsidian is a material used in the world of immortal cultivation. Qu Jianlei also went to the Girl Star Domain to obtain a certain amount of reserves.
However, using obsidian to seal is not just a matter of material, it also involves the use of spiritual energy.
"It's best to use obsidian sparingly," Qu Jianlei said. "Let's try the tree fragments first."
The energy is gone now? No problem, just turn around and attack again.
The most important thing is to make the packaging box first.
The next moment, seven or eight robotic arms on the regimental-level ship started working at the same time, cutting the fragments into boxes one by one.
Five of the boxes were made as big as tires - Qu Jianlei wanted to try and see if he could fit the black wire in there as well.
An hour later, ten small boxes and five large boxes were ready, and the regimental ship turned around and flew back.
Seeing the regimental-level ship flying farther and farther away, the large forest slowed down and decided not to continue chasing.
Who would have thought that this starship would fly back again...
The sea of trees began to speed up and rushed straight towards them. This guy was really strong.
The small ship that had been cut by the black line had replenished its ammunition and energy blocks, and attacked again with the other two intact small ships.
This battle took less than twenty minutes.
The sea of trees had obviously gone a lot crazier, charging forward in a swarm, sending out numerous black lines, some of which even accidentally injured friendly forces.
It looks like there's no need to use the big box - the trees themselves can't withstand the black lines.
But that's normal, just like a starship, it can't withstand attacks from enemy ships of the same level.
The task was eased a little, but the aliens were so crazy that a small ship could not avoid them and was crippled and then exploded.
Even with Xiaohu's precise control ability, they lost a small ship, which shows how crazy the aliens are.
Of course, this was also because the small ship came too close to the other ship and wanted to take samples, which caused this result.
However, even so, one can imagine how dangerous it would be for a manned small attack ship to face such an opponent.
Twenty minutes later, the sampling was completed and the regimental ship turned around and left the battlefield again.
The forest behind him was chasing him desperately, and he did not slow down even when the distance was increased to three million kilometers.
At this time, the regiment-level ship had completed the energy sampling and packaging work.
Qu Jianlei's guess was correct. The box made of wood can indeed store energy.
"We can give half of this to the military, and study it together."
Seeing the sea of trees chasing after them, Claire couldn't help but suggest, "Why don't we fight them again?"
"Okay," Qu Jianlei nodded.
This was not because he was impatient, because he discovered that the locusts that had lost their nests could only fly at high speed for a period of time.
Locusts fly slightly faster than trees, but have less durability.
During such a long chase, the locusts had to take shelter in trees where other locusts of the same species lived.
Qu Jianlei believes that under such poor living conditions, locusts may kill each other.
Wouldn't that save everyone a lot of trouble?
So the regimental-level ships returned again and launched a new round of attacks on the sea of trees.
This attack was not carried out with a mission. The small ships were not sent out at all. It was just the regimental-level ships that carried out indiscriminate bombing from a long distance.
The attack lasted for nearly an hour, during which time small ships were sent out to collect a batch of debris and locust carcasses.
Then the regimental ship turned around and left again, and after a million kilometers, it returned with another wave of attacks.
This happened five times, and about a quarter of the ammunition carried by the regimental-level ship was used up.
The size of the sea of trees was reduced by half, and it seemed that the alien race on the opposite side had become hysterical, and the regimental-level ships really drifted away.
(End of this chapter)