Volume 16 Tower of Babel Chapter 1011: Star Destroyer Cannon, Fire!!
"Yes, although the security system of the Twin Moons Fortress has been locked, there are still quite a number of Alphas left inside. These people are all survivors of the time-space paradox, and almost all of them are members of the Night's Watch. As long as you can find them, they will definitely provide you with help." The intelligence dealer said confidently.
"But is that enough time? According to your ultimatum, in eight hours at most, the roots of the Tree of Annihilation will penetrate the Ark and burrow into the ground of Alpha. By then, the Tree of Annihilation will have merged with Alpha... I can't just blow up the entire Alpha, right? Such a big commotion might attract His attention."
Alpha Planet and human civilization are insignificant to Him, but that doesn’t mean He can’t notice anything—
This is like an anthill several meters high. Humans living nearby may not notice the changes in the number and type of ants in the anthill, but if the anthill collapses, it will inevitably attract human attention.
"Eight hours is more than enough," said the intelligence dealer.
"Are you kidding? Even if I take off from the surface of Alpha Star on the Yaguna Tor, eight hours is far from enough to reach the Twin Moons, right?" Ke Lan said, "Unless you can find a space channel that goes directly to the Twin Moons for me."
"To be honest, there really is a space channel... and it's right here." The information dealer said, "In addition to the Yinglong Egg, the fifth floor of the underground ice storage also hides a space beacon leading to the 'New Moon'. As long as Ze Luo injects enough energy into the space beacon, a space channel leading directly to the 'New Moon' can be opened. However, this space channel only lasts for a short time, and only you can pass through it."
"..." Ke Lan was stunned, "This... is also the arrangement of the Fool?"
"yes."
"Why can he calculate so accurately?" Ke Lan asked puzzledly, "Could it be that he is a person who traveled from another parallel time and space and has already seen what will happen in the future? No... No, even if he can predict the future, if he interferes with the future, even the smallest change will trigger a series of butterfly effects... At the beginning, history may deviate from the original trajectory, but as these subtle changes continue to accumulate, quantitative changes will eventually lead to qualitative changes..."
"When the Fool was making the plan, he drained the computing power of the 17 living supercomputers left by the Alpha civilization. Then, he sealed a quarter of his personality into the core brain and used it to continuously perform calculations while fine-tuning the details of the plan... Almost all possible situations were taken into account, unless that being directly interfered with the plan... Of course, if that being really interfered, then it would be completely unimportant whether the plan was planned or not."
"I think I understand... But the problem is, the underground ice storage has been completely occupied by the roots of the World-Destroying Tree. What should I do now..."
Ke Lan stopped talking halfway. He originally wanted to ask how he could get into the fifth floor of the underground ice storage to activate the space beacon, but now he had a new trump card, the Twin Moons Fortress. There was no need to hide his original ultimate annihilation bomb and Yagunakotor's star destroyer cannon anymore... The only problem that needed to be solved now was how to get in touch with the people who stayed behind in Yagunakotor.
"The Institute's Communications Technology Research Branch is two kilometers away from you. Although the building has collapsed, the communications equipment excavated from the ruins of the Alpha civilization is packed in a safe made of Nino alloy and is intact." The information dealer said, "As for how to use it, well, you should know it now."
As soon as he finished speaking, Ke Lan's memory directly gained some information about how to use these communication devices... To be precise, it was unlocked from the sealed memories.
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Twenty-five minutes later, Yaguna Kotor.
"Old dog! We received an encrypted message from the Ark! It uses the ciphertext of our hunting group!" Layton, who was guarding the control console, suddenly shouted, "It was sent by Ke Lan!"
"Finally, there's news about that kid?!" Hound, who was slumped on the sofa in a daze, suddenly jumped up and rushed to the control console in two steps. "What's the content?"
"Immediately launch the Star Destroyer Cannon on the Yaguna Kator, strike coordinates N59F16, E06C75."
"Where are these coordinates? Mark them on the map for me!" said the hound.
"Yes... District 1 West of the Ark, the old site of the research institute!" Layton tapped on the holographic keyboard. A red dot near the center of the Ark's floor plan was marked out, flashing on and off.
"Research Institute?" The hound was stunned. "But, doesn't this giant tree grow from the core area of the Ark? What's the point of bombarding the location of the research institute? Could it be that its roots have grown crooked and grown under the research institute?" The hound asked doubtfully.
"That old dog...should we still fire?"
"Fire! Why not?" The Hound made a prompt decision, "Start charging the Star Destroyer Cannon immediately, and open fire after charging is complete. The target is the old site of the research institute!"
Hound paused for a moment, as if remembering something, and then issued a second order: "Let the Skadi and all its subordinate combat units move closer to us and cover the charging of the Star Destroyer Cannon!"
"Got it." Leighton nodded vigorously, his hands typing quickly on the keyboard. Valentina and Chi Hanfeng looked at each other, and they both ran towards the hangar tacitly. As for Asano Akira, he pulled out the sword in his arms half an inch and gently stroked the smooth blade with the tip of his index finger.
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The Skadi, which was originally hovering above the Ark, began to retreat slowly. The fighter jets cruising around the battleship also returned to the hangar. Several turrets on the deck turned at the same time and fired a series of smoke bombs in the direction of the Ark and the giant tree. The smoke bombs exploded in mid-air, forming a huge high-temperature smoke belt mixed with metal debris inside. Under the cover of the smoke belt, the Skadi gradually approached Yagunakotor.
As for the ground forces that had been sitting idle, they began to mobilize. Hundreds of vehicles sped across the wilderness. One anti-aircraft artillery position after another was set up under Yagunakotor. Anti-aircraft gun barrels of different calibers were erected one after another, and the black muzzles were pointed directly at the crowns of the giant trees directly above.
"Old Dog, all combat units have entered their designated positions. The aviation brigade has completed supplies, and the armored forces have also assembled on the deck. All possible preparations have been made." Layton turned around and said to the Hound in a deep voice.
"Start charging!"
Following the hound's command, a crack hundreds of meters wide appeared on Yagunakotor's teardrop-shaped head, and a rod-like object with a sharp tip, a diameter of about fifteen meters, and an unknown material protruded from the crack and pointed directly at the Ark twenty kilometers away.
Valentina had already sat in the cockpit of the Blasphemer mecha . She clearly felt that the Yaguna Tor was shaking a little. Then, a ball of light that was too big to be seen by the naked eye began to condense at the front of the rod-shaped object...
Just as the hound had expected, when Yagunakotor's star destroyer began to charge, those insect-like monsters once again flew out from the crown of the giant tree, but this time their number was obviously much larger... Not only that, many insect-shaped monsters exploded not far from the crown of the tree, and their bodies turned into scattered powder. These powders seemed to be attracted by something in mid-air, and condensed together again during the falling process, forming monsters of various shapes one after another.
The officers and soldiers of the survivor alliance noticed that most of these monsters were native creatures already on Alpha Star. However, compared to those native creatures, these monsters formed by the condensation of white powder were more aggressive in appearance. For example, the largest monster simulated the appearance of a thunder beast, but the surface of its scythe had many sharp saw teeth, and the originally blunt toenails of the thunder beast had become sharp claws, and the bone spurs on its back had more than doubled in length...
The most terrible thing is that this thunder beast actually grew two pairs of huge wings - although the lift provided by these two pairs of wings is not enough for the thunder beast to float in the air, it gives it the ability to adjust its direction ... If it were to fall onto the Ark like this, the shock wave it would cause would be enough to knock down a large number of people.
"Meet the enemy! Meet the enemy with all your strength!"
The first to open fire were the mecha troops gathered on the deck of the Yaguna Tor. Led by Valentina, a dense fire network covered the swooping monsters. Next came the Skadi's plasma main gun. Three balls of bright plasma passed directly above the Yaguna Tor, and all the monsters that came into contact with them were turned to ashes in the blink of an eye.
Countless fighter jets and flying mechas took off from the hangar and deck of the Skadi, rushed up from both sides along the edge of the monster group, and continuously cut the monster formation with onboard weapons. Although compared with the overall number of monsters, the results of these combat units were almost negligible, they still tried their best, almost risking their lives to reduce the number of monsters rushing towards Yagunakotor.
The most efficient weapon is still the main gun of the Skadi heavy cruiser. Every time it fires, it can create a large blank area among the monsters...but the biggest flaw of the triple-mounted plasma heavy cannon is that it cannot fire continuously. Before the next shot is ready, the gap created by the previous shot will be filled by the subsequent monsters in a blink of an eye.
"Layton! How long will it take?" The Hound stood next to the Blasphemer mecha, looked up at the dark group of monsters directly above, and roared into the walkie-talkie.
"Ten seconds left!"
"Why is it still so long... eh? Wait, you said ten seconds?" The Hound was stunned for a moment, a look , and he muttered quietly, "Why is it so fast this time?"
"Five seconds!" Layton's speech speed became even faster. "I don't know. Anyway, the progress bar of this thing is almost at the top... Maybe the principle of the launch mechanism is different from the electromagnetic pulse... Okay, charging is complete! Do you want to fire now?"
"Open! Open the fucking door!"
The ball of light condensed at the tip of the rod-shaped object gradually expanded to a diameter of about 100 meters. After Layton pressed the "fire button", the originally huge ball of light was like a star that suddenly collapsed from a red giant to a white dwarf. In an instant, it shrank to the size of a ping-pong ball, and the light that was so dazzling that it was impossible to look directly at it also went out, leaving only a turbid dark gray.
The next moment, the gray sphere broke away from the front end of the stick-shaped object and flew towards the Ark at a slow speed.
This slow speed is relative to those who are observing it - but no one noticed that when this gray sphere was flying slowly in the air, everything around it slowed down, the bullets shot into the air could be captured by the naked eye, and the flapping wings of the monsters rushing down became clearly visible.
"This thing... has a 'bullet time' special effect?" This thought popped up in the Hound's head, and just as he exhaled the breath that was stuck in his throat, the gray sphere that seemed to take a long time to reach the Ark disappeared from his sight.
In the distance, the Ark's energy shield flickered a few times and disappeared completely. A huge pit appeared silently on the west side of the core area.
"0.13 percent power... is it really that terrifying?" The Hound couldn't help but shudder. He couldn't imagine what effect would occur if this was a star destroyer cannon with 100 percent power hitting the Ark.
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Inside the Ark, West Area 1, the former site of the research institute.
The research institute has completely disappeared, or to be more precise, the entire West District 1 has disappeared.
Ke Lan and Ze Luo began to stack space barriers while the star destroyer was charging. Ze Luo created more than a hundred layers of space barriers in a row, wrapping the two of them in them... But when the star destroyer descended, those indestructible space barriers melted away like snow encountering the scorching sun... It was not until the last three layers of space barriers that the energy reaction of the star destroyer completely dissipated.
"Huh... I was almost wiped out... I stacked so many layers of armor, but in the end, only three layers were left. Was this also because the Fool was lucky?" Ke Lan muttered, "This is because the electromagnetic pulse bomb consumed some of its energy. If it was really launched at 0.2% of the power, I would probably be dead now, right?"
He lowered his head and looked down at the underground ice storage.
The first to fourth floors of the underground ice storage, including the roots of the giant trees entrenched in them, have completely disappeared. Even the deep well leading to the fifth floor has completely disappeared in the aftermath of the star destroyer cannon... The entire fifth floor is directly exposed to Ke Lan's field of vision - this is a nearly spherical metal polygon, immersed in a container full of liquid nitrogen, but now there is only less than one-third of this container left, and the liquid nitrogen in it has long since evaporated.
