The Seventh Base

Chapter 888: Chapter 178: Chiyou Activation

Lucas Star, everyone was focused on the battle on the screen.

At this moment, the Byron Star Alliance Fleet had already retreated to Byron Star, while the Lucas Star and Mandala Star Alliance Fleets remained overhead, exchanging fire across space, with explosions sounding continuously as warships were destroyed one after another.

Judging from the battlefield situation, although many planets had joined the Byron Star Alliance, narrowing the power gap between the two sides, the Mandala Star still held the advantage thanks to its powerful warships, although the advantage wasn’t that obvious.

The Mandala Star Fleet had learned from past lessons and kept as much distance from the surface as possible to avoid concentrated ground-based attacks.

Suddenly, they saw a blue energy ball descend onto the surface of Byron Star. The ball exploded, and a terrifying shock wave swept out, leveling the area around it.

This scene made the inhabitants of Lucas Star show expressions of anger, as this attack was not aimed at the Byron Star Alliance Fleet or the ground military base but at the civilian area.

This was a massacre.

If it were only the Mandala Star Fleet, they wouldn’t have said anything, as the Mandala Star Fleet was seen as invaders and initiators of war. However, the participation of Lucas Star and major Star System Alliance permanent members in this war, conducting indiscriminate killings, was not only a violation of the Star System Alliance treaty but also inhumane.

In this war, King Richard had already begun resorting to every means possible, sparing nothing.

Outside the wedding hall, many people were present, including King Richard and Hades, as well as officials from Lucas Star. They had not anticipated the war would escalate to this extent. If this continued, even if Lucas Star emerged victorious, it would not be honorable, and the order of the Star System Alliance would collapse entirely, civilization would be destroyed, and an endless cycle of wars would ensue.

No one tried to persuade him; they all knew that King Richard had already fallen into an obsessive state and wouldn’t listen to anyone anymore. He was betting everything on this war.

King Richard’s eyes were extremely cold; he had been forced step by step to this point. If not for Byron Star’s tenacious resistance, it would’ve never come to this, but now he had no retreat and could only win this war at all costs. If Byron Star does not fall, then destroy Byron.

Let them all die.

“Is this the result you want?” A cold voice came, and King Richard frowned, turning to look at the approaching Elizabeth. His cold gaze swept to the back, wondering what the guards were doing.

But he only saw Ize, and a cold glint flashed in his eyes. In his mind, Ize’s future prospects had already ended.

“Lucas Star, as the leader of the Star System Alliance, maintained the peace of the alliance. You have destroyed it with your own hands, and not only that, you have become a butcher. History will remember you, marking you as the sinner of Lucas Star,” Elizabeth’s voice was indifferent. Now, with no fear in her heart, she feared nothing anymore.

“Shut up,” King Richard snapped coldly. “Since you’re here, watch together.”

After speaking, he ignored Elizabeth. He had also given up on Elizabeth in his heart, with the last bit of affection exhausted. Now, he looked at Elizabeth with eyes filled with disgust.

To betray her own father for a man, how could he have borne such a disgraceful child?

Byron Star, on the battlefield.

Two warships were engaging in indiscriminate bombardment. They wanted to continue the attack, but the next moment, they saw dozens of laser beams coming at them, not just concentrated attacks from the warships but also ground-based superpower reactor weapons, sealing off all areas around the two warships.

The commanders inside were terrified. The next moment, laser beams fell, and the two warships exploded instantly, turning to dust.

At Byron Star Command Center, everyone was staring at the battlefield situation, eyes cold.

“Should we take the initiative to attack?” Qiu Yuan asked beside him. They hadn’t expected the other side to engage in indiscriminate attacks. Wasting firepower on ordinary people was meaningless for determining the outcome of the war.

“Hold on a bit longer,” Xu Mo said. The time was almost up, and after getting the results from that side, they would know how to handle the war.

“Block the opponent’s offensive with full force,” Qiu Yuan ordered the fleet. Xu Mo seemed to be waiting for something, but he didn’t know exactly what.

Time passed slowly, every moment feeling extremely long, with warships getting damaged or even destroyed at every moment.

The brutal intensity of this war far exceeded expectations, with heavy losses on both sides.

Deep Sea.

With everyone’s joint efforts, the Chiyou Battleship was repaired half an hour ahead of the expected four hours.

At this moment, in the control room of the Chiyou Battleship, the crew, Lucas, and several researchers were present, all extremely tense. With the warship repaired, it was now a question of whether they could restart the Chiyou Battleship.

The control room’s instrument panel lights lit up, loading data.

The crew waited quietly, standing like statues, but in reality, they were all very tense. Whether the Chiyou Battleship could be restarted would determine the life and death of this war. If they failed, the war would become even more brutal.

Conversely, if the Chiyou Battleship could be restarted, it would become the ultimate weapon.

The main ship Mandala on the battlefield could already cause massive destruction, let alone the Chiyou Battleship from a high-level civilization.

As the data checks on the instrument panel were completed, the system prompt sounded: “Data check complete, preliminary restart conditions met, success rate sixty percent, initiate?”

“Initiate,” the crew responded.

Accompanied by the carrier’s voice, the long-sunken Chiyou Battleship lit up with bright Energy Light, which flowed around the warship and grew increasingly luminous.

This Sea Domain suddenly became turbulent, with many Monsters roaring and heading toward this direction.

“Activating engine systems,” the system prompt sounded, displaying a dial on the console, showing progress.

One percent, two percent… fifty percent.

The light on the warship grew ever brighter, and the Chiyou Battleship shook in the Deep Sea. When the data reached eighty percent, the tremors intensified, but the increase in values slowed progressively.

“This is the critical moment,” Lucas whispered, as success depended on overcoming the last obstacle.

The Sea Domain rolled violently, forming a terrifying energy vortex storm in the Deep Sea. Distant giant beasts roared uncontrollably, and when the data reached ninety percent, Xu Mo felt the warship was already moving.

A clattering noise sounded, as a steel giant beast, resembling a fortress, rose from the soil, continuing upward bit by bit.

The data on the dial was blinding; the carrier stared fixedly at it. Ninety-one, ninety-two, ninety-five… When it reached ninety-eight, everyone held their breath, and the dial seemed to stall, with tremors becoming increasingly violent.

Ninety-nine.

Everyone’s gaze was fixed ahead, just one last step to go.

“Boom!”

Amid violent shaking, the Chiyou Battleship shot straight upward with terrifying force, bursting out from the Deep Sea in an instant, hovering over the sea surface, with sea water pouring down from the warship like a downpour over the water.

On the sea surface, distant Monsters roared endlessly, while inside the Chiyou Battleship, cheers erupted.

Success.

“Honored Captain, congratulations on restarting the Chiyou Battleship,” the intelligent system voiced.

The carrier also revealed a smile, success.

“Detected strong Energy Wave, proceed to launch?” Zhi Zi seemingly understood Xu Mo’s thoughts before he spoke, offering a reminder.

“Launch,” the carrier nodded, “Scan all weapons systems and transmit data to me.”

“Yes, honored Captain,” Zhi Zi’s voice fell, then swept through space at a terrifying speed, heading toward the battlefield, stirring a stormy sea surface.

Byron Star, at the moment the Chiyou Battleship restarted, Xu Mo requested to connect with the Mandala Battleship.

“This is Byron Star Command Center, Xu Mo speaking. Mr. Aragon, I’m requesting peace negotiations,” Xu Mo began.

“Byron Star Warship, cease fire and land, shut down all ground weapons,” Aragon replied, stating the conditions for negotiation.

“Mr. Aragon, I demand the Mandala Star Fleet immediately cease fire, surrender, and hand the fleet to Byron Star,” Xu Mo continued.

“???” In the Mandala Battleship command room, Aragon showed a puzzled expression, saying, “Xu Mo, are you kidding?”

“Ten,” Xu Mo’s voice came, showing a hint of shrewdness.

“Nine.”

“Eight.”

“Focus fire attack,” Aragon coldly ordered.

“Three.”

“Two.”

“One.”

As the word fell, an ear-piercing alarm sounded in the Mandala Battleship, shocking the command room’s crew.

“Alert, weapon lock detected, energy strength level exceeds shield strength,” the grating voice fell, and the next moment, a strong beam of light was fired, Aragon’s expression changed, but there was no reaction time. A beam struck the Mandala Battleship directly.

“Boom…” A sharp, ear-piercing sound spread, alarms resounded in the Mandala Battleship, engulfed in intense light, shield strength plummeting to zero, and the interior instruments failed, pushing the warship to the brink of collapse.

“Mr. Aragon, would you like to surrender?” A voice came amid the damaged warship, though the signal wasn’t cut.

Aragon’s face turned pale; he had no understanding of what occurred. His silence prompted two beams to fall from afar, swiftly piercing the two Escort Ships beside the Mandala Battleship, exploding in mid-air instantly.

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