Chapter 194 Heavy Losses
Who fired this shot?
Captain Gris' eyes were filled with the bright and hot beam of light.
He was puzzled and slightly bewildered.
The White Ghost's dedicated battleship, the beautifully designed, high-tech Gull-type battleship that was said to be able to fly at super high speeds, was easily destroyed by a single shot. The White Ghost and the Valkyrie were both destroyed...
This was neither in the interests of the empire nor in the generals' style.
But this is within the territory of the Empire. There cannot be battleships from other forces. This shot must have been fired by the Empire.
High-energy ion beams are the most commonly used high-lethality weapons and equipment in galactic civilization. The ion cannon of a dreadnought can directly detonate the core of a planet. The ion cannons of ordinary warships have different lethality depending on the caliber, energy type and density.
An ion beam like the one before us that lasted for seven seconds was probably a kilometer-class battleship releasing all its stored energy.
The Gull-type battleship, which did not open its protective shield, was almost instantly wrapped and penetrated by the ion beam. Heavy fusion reactions occurred in many parts of the hull, as if several small stars were lit up within a diameter of more than 100 meters.
The powerful Valkyrie only existed for less than a second under the bombardment of the ion cannon.
She tried to break free from the Fennan, but was directly ablated by the ion beam.
Gris watched all this through the projection function of his individual helmet, and most of the team members behind him breathed a sigh of relief.
Fortunately, they were not close to the battlefield before, and the multiple space suits and combat uniforms on their bodies had the function of isolating radiation. Otherwise, most of these people would probably have been killed or injured in this explosion alone.
Grace had more doubts.
When did the higher-ups become so decisive?
Whenever they encounter such a situation, don't they always wait for several waves of members of their special forces to die before they are willing to use naval guns to destroy those high-threat targets?
The Valkyrie is such a good specimen, and it is also related to [eternal life], a topic that the officials cannot refuse. How could they easily issue an order to destroy it...
If his superiors had been so decisive in the last battle in the asteroid belt, wouldn't most of his men have been killed or injured?
The battle in the asteroid belt ended with the gunboat bombarding the Valkyrie. At that time, no real main battleship was used to bombard the Valkyrie from a distance. They were also thinking of collecting the fragments of the Valkyrie for research.
Grace swore a few words in the team voice chat, and the tension in his heart finally relaxed.
But the next moment, Grace's eyebrows raised slightly.
He heard the angry shouts of several old generals:
"Who fired the cannon?"
"Who blew up such a precious sample?"
"Asshole! This is the only sample! Believe it or not, I will kill you for disobeying military orders!"
The corner of Gris' mouth twitched slightly, and he led his team members back home.
As for who fired the cannon that smashed the White Ghost and the Valkyrie, that was not a question for Gris to worry about.
After all, he was just an infantryman.
In deep space, several thick ion beams shot towards the coordinates of the point where the bombardment had just occurred.
A ship shaped like a puffer fish appeared, and a thick protective energy shield appeared around it. These ion beams only stimulated layers of ripples on the energy shield.
The next moment, the ship crashed into the space ripples in front and completed a rapid jump.
The warship formation near the Sherman Empire had received orders to begin searching and encircling the ship's jump point, but they were still a few steps slow. The pufferfish-shaped spaceship had already completed its continuous jumps and disappeared into the desolate star field within the empire.
…
Grass is a kind of plant.
Yang Ming crawled out from under the Dongfeng's particle transmitter, stood up shakily, and sat down again, gasping for breath.
He wasn't hurt, just a little weak in the legs.
026 ran over with a medicine box in his arms, and deftly turned on the laser wall breaker, made a hole on the back of Yang Ming's hand, quickly inserted the needle, and injected the gene stabilizing solution.
But Yang Ming had no time to take care of these.
The familiar starry sky appeared again, and the curled-up girl Posa was floating in front. Strands of star sand merged into two rivers, 70% flowing towards Posa and 30% flowing towards Yang Ming.
'Where are you?'
Yang Ming asked as if he was talking in a dream.
The girl, with her hands on her knees, opened her lifeless eyes, just stared at Yang Ming, then retracted her gaze without giving Yang Ming any response.
She was hit hard again.
But as Yang Ming and Lu speculated, she still retained the seeds.
Yang Ming felt his body getting slightly hot, as if every cell in his body was cheering and leaping for joy, and he was undergoing some kind of transformation.
The strange energy he looted this time was obviously much higher than last time.
What is the principle behind this?
Was it a reward for his victory over the Valkyrie?
This situation lasted for more than ten minutes.
Posa opened her eyes again and looked at Yang Ming. There was a hint of confusion in her lifeless eyes. Yang Ming seemed to hear her murmurs.
'Why?'
"Wouldn't it be nice to return to me?"
'You are the product of my genes.'
Yang Ming: I’d like to thank you on behalf of Hanton’s parents!
The strange starry sky disappeared.
Yang Ming came back to his senses and felt as if he had endless energy. The world in his eyes became clearer and he could even see the fine lines on the ceiling of the Dongfeng's bridge.
Become stronger again.
But it doesn't matter.
Yang Ming didn't make any unnecessary movements. He stood up straight, and the crimson light in his eyes flashed and disappeared, startling everyone who was standing or sitting around him.
Outside the porthole is a strange starry sky.
"Have we escaped?" Yang Ming asked anxiously.
"Escaped," Mimily whispered, "For now."
"The Sherman Empire sent a task force to track us," Lu's projection appeared on the side, "but we have temporarily shaken them off. I didn't expect that the Empire still has some military technology hidden. The task force is very capable in tracking jump signals."
Yang Ming breathed a sigh of relief, took two steps forward, and his body inexplicably floated up.
Kolev, who was about to speak, was stunned again when he saw this.
"Oh! Yang Ming! You can fly? Is the simulated gravity turned off? Oh, it's still on!"
Yang Ming sighed softly, pondered it carefully for a while, calmed his mind, and slowly slid down.
"Killing your superior life form will make you stronger, which is no big deal," Yang Ming said nonsense, and then focused on reading the simple information sorted out by Lu.
He was not in a hurry to check how much his strength had improved, but just repeatedly confirmed the news that the Valkyrie had been defeated.
“Boss,” 026 shouted with red eyes, “The Feinan is gone, and the Chigui is gone too…”
"Mechas can be rebuilt," Yang Ming whispered, "This Dongfeng is the advanced spacecraft of the Feinan. You can also call this place the Feinan in the future. Don't be too sad."
026 nodded slightly.
She had lived on the Feinan for so long, so naturally she had some feelings for it.
Although her living cabin was not large, the single bed was also very tight.
Lu asked: "Boss, is the Valkyrie still alive?"
"Well," Yang Ming said, "the only good news is that I plundered about one-third of her energy this time. Every time I face her, I instinctively feel a little afraid. This is the problem I need to overcome next. This fear comes from the genetic disadvantage."
Lu nodded thoughtfully.
Mimili crossed her arms and asked, "Can a Valkyrie survive this level of bombardment?"
"She has reserved some cell tissues that can develop into a new body again," Yang Ming said, "One of the characteristics of the ancient god."
"Well, this sounds a little magical," Mimi asked in a low voice, "Uncle, can you do it too?"
"I haven't tried it, and I don't intend to try it."
Yang Ming shrugged and waved at his captain's chair, which immediately slid over.
"Law, tell Mollymis Mining Group to stop all abnormal activities and focus on finding and mining."
"Boss, aren't you going to continue searching for the Valkyrie? She's entered a weak period again."
"She controlled the ghost ship before and gained the ability to jump. She can place the reserved cells in any corner."
Yang Ming explained: "The previous search method is no longer meaningful. We must analyze the current situation now."
Kolev smiled and said, "You have already won, even though you lost the Feinan."
"This is just a temporary victory, and things are getting a little tricky now."
Several tracked robots drove over, took off their heads and stuffed them into their belly compartments, using their weighing plates as temporary seats.
Yang Ming, Kolev, Mimili, Lu, and 026 sat around the projection sand table.
The previous battle process was reproduced in the sand table, with Yang Ming providing additional narration.
When facing the Valkyrie, the Ghost Mech was restricted everywhere.
This mecha is designed to kill insects, and its individual combat capability is very outstanding, but the Valkyrie's spiritual power can directly drag the Ghost.
If it had not been for the urgent installation of a 'light shield' that was still in the experimental development stage, using a high-density energy shield to directly resist the Valkyrie's attack, this mecha would probably have been dismantled by the Valkyrie's bare hands within a few rounds.
The light blade has no direct killing effect on the Valkyrie.
The Feinan's secondary guns and close-in defense gun systems could only slightly frustrate the Valkyrie.
As long as the Valkyrie survives, she will be able to recover her strength, become even stronger, and make a comeback one day.
"This is not a solution," Kolev said, "We must find the Valkyrie's reserve cells and eradicate her completely."
Mimi Li said: "The question is where to find it."
"No," Yang Ming frowned, "The real problem is no longer how strong the Valkyrie is... Lu, play the scene of the Valkyrie evolving in battle."
"Okay boss."
The projection sand table began to change the picture again.
Yang Ming circled the colorful crown.
"Do you think this thing was made by the Valkyrie herself?"
Lu and 026 shook their heads honestly, while Kolev remained silent.
Mimili said, "This seems to be some kind of amplification device."
"Yes," Yang Ming was a little excited. "I felt it most clearly when I faced her head-on. Her condition at that time didn't seem like she was evolving, but rather like she was strengthened! What suddenly became stronger was her spiritual power!"
Lu asked softly, "Boss, you mean someone is helping the Valkyrie?"
"It doesn't have to be a human," Yang Ming said. "I'm now thinking about how the ancient god genes and human genes merged, and why the life form produced after the fusion retains the appearance of humans and possesses the power of the ancient god life form."
He rubbed the tip of his nose and continued to analyze:
“I have always suspected that Posha is not a product of Kigrov, or in other words, it is not a transformation that Kigrov completed independently.
"It is possible that Kigrov did not realize this, and regarded the genetic stability of the modified body as a coincidence, and the birth of the Valkyrie as his most perfect masterpiece.
"It is very likely that a great hand created the Valkyrie through Kigrof."
Lu murmured, "High-dimensional civilization?"
"But," 026 wondered, "what's the point of a high-dimensional civilization creating a Valkyrie?"
Mimili: "Anti-insect weapons?"
Yang Ming smiled and said, "High-level Zerg are also enemies of high-dimensional human civilization. This guess is also likely to be true, but it is just a guess after all."
"So what are you going to do now?"
Kolev groaned for a few seconds:
"I just reviewed the information I have and found that your situation is very dangerous, Yang Ming.
“The Valkyrie is not entirely an ancient god, or rather, she is actually quite lucid and has a human side.
"Humans are smart and cunning, and they know how to adapt. She has already tried to contact the Empire this time, and after she is resurrected again with the help of her reserved cells, she will most likely go directly to negotiate with the Empire.
"She has joined forces with the Empire. You will have nowhere to stay. The best outcome for you is to end up in a nutrient tank with your own excrement."
Yang Ming glared at Kolev, but the old man just gave him a bitter smile.
"I'm not kidding," Kolev muttered, "You have to strike first. Although I don't know how to strike first, you have to consider how to take advantage of the Valkyrie's weakness."
Yang Ming yawned.
Before thinking about these brain-twisting questions, he would like to reward himself with a half-day holiday so that he can relax and rest for a while.
Farewell, Feinan.
He suffered a heavy loss this time.
…
at the same time.
Inside the dedicated warship of Gris's team.
"White Ghost is not dead?"
Gris looked at the photos in front of him. They were the scenes when the white ghost rushed out of the Feinan and was abducted by a beam of strong light.
"Particle transport?"
"Yes, according to the judgment of several physicists, that beam of light is a sign of particle transmission," a female commander sighed, "The White Phantom used his battleship to set a trap for the Valkyrie, and then took the Valkyrie away at the cost of destroying the battleship."
Grace put his feet on the table and leaned back comfortably in his chair: "So, the lower life form defeated the higher life form?"
"The generals are furious. This has alarmed the highest levels of the military."
Gris's immediate superior frowned and said:
“You are the only team member who has had contact with the Valkyrie. You will definitely face multiple inquiries in the future. I hope you are prepared.
“In addition, the origin of the White Ghost seems to be from the Keygrove test ship. The remaining team has now suffered a crisis of confidence and is about to be subject to the most stringent scrutiny and questioning.
"They may ask you about this, and you should answer according to what you know. Everything should be based on pragmatism."
"Don't worry, I know my limits," Gris shrugged. "This has nothing to do with me. The White Ghost has too many secrets. Since he defeated the Valkyrie, his value is naturally higher than the Valkyrie."
"The generals don't think so," said the female commander. "They are more concerned about the battleship that can quickly jump and transmit particles. We have been surpassed by the enemy in military technology. This is the most terrifying thing."
Grace said: "Not only that, our communication channel has also been invaded by the White Ghost."
"If he is just a lower-level life form of the Valkyrie, where did he get these technologies that we don't have?"
"Who knows? Maybe it's a special department of the Empire that we haven't come into contact with? Our current technology is somewhat backward compared to the Empire a thousand years ago."
"Okay, don't discuss this topic, it's taboo."
"We are really rich and taboo," Gris muttered.
