Rebirth of the Super Battleship

Chapter 470: Blood Blade

Xiao Yu could simultaneously control tens of millions of robots, possessed such a vast construction corps and innumerable kinds of machinery, and had resources supplied in ample, unlimited quantities. Even so, building the Asia still took him more than thirty years, which shows just how enormous the workload was.

But that was only the Asia. The Europe and the America to follow would not be so troublesome. In Xiao Yu’s plan, the construction of the Europe and the America would take about forty years. After those forty years, the two supermassive docks would both be put to work building Continent-Class Home ships.

During this period, technology steadily advanced. With inspiration from the Guardian Civilization’s ships and the help of the complete technology tree obtained from the Molian Civilization, innovations at the technical level emerged one after another. It was certain that by the time Xiao Yu left this star system, at least one hundred thousand new technologies would have appeared. Yet because the Asia had already been built and was not easy to modify, these new technologies could not be applied to it.

By that logic, it might seem that the ships built later would have higher technological content and thus stronger combat power, so that the Europe and the America should surpass the Asia. But that was not the case. There was also the issue of the technological update cycle.

Foundational technology determines most of a warship’s combat power, while applied technology only causes slight fluctuations up or down on the basis set by foundational technology. These at least one hundred thousand new technological inventions undoubtedly fell within the category of applied technology. Even if all of them were used, the Asia’s overall combat power would not change much. Spending decades to refit the Asia for such a small improvement in combat power was unquestionably not worth it.

One could say that as long as there was no breakthrough in foundational technology, no matter how many new technologies appeared, the ships Xiao Yu built would at most be in the same tier as the Asia. The Asia was at the pinnacle under the current foundational technological theoretical system.

“A total of more than eleven million warships, and a population of over one hundred billion intelligent beings. This is my Divine Ark Civilization.” Xiao Yu thought with deep emotion. “This strength will allow me to suppress all civilizations below Level 6.”

“And these ships from Level 6 Civilizations… though few in number, they are without question the most elite force in my fleet.”

Although the lack of technological accumulation prevented Xiao Yu from analyzing these ships obtained from the Guardian Civilization, that did not mean he could not use them. In fact, during the process of attempting comprehensive analysis, he very carefully preserved these ships intact and made slight modifications only in areas he could master. Among these modifications, the most important was the alteration of the ships’ main control computers.

All of these ships used photon computer technology, and photon computers were a technology Xiao Yu had not yet engaged with. Until his computer theory reached that level, he could not use those computers. Thus, he removed all the photon computers from these ships, stored them away for future research, and installed main control modules he could operate.In other words, these nearly five hundred ships of the Guardian Civilization had now all come under Xiao Yu’s control. He could freely control them, freely use their shields, their terrifying maneuverability, and the space weapons they were equipped with.

Although replacing the computers caused a certain drop in these ships’ combat power, they still completely surpassed the ships Xiao Yu had built himself. Xiao Yu already had a plan in mind. He would organize these five hundred ships into the most elite starship squad.

“We will call you the Blood Blade Squad.” Xiao Yu thought to himself. “A special-operations unit like this will undoubtedly play many roles in future wars.”

Such ships were simply perfect for carrying out special missions. For example, so long as it was a Level 5 Civilization, before mastering the relevant space technology, it was impossible to perform curvature flight within a star system, but these ships could. When Level 5 Civilization ships entered curvature flight, they required a slow acceleration process that, depending on the level of technology, ranged from several days to half an hour. These ships did not. They could enter curvature flight in an instant and exit curvature flight in the next instant. The space weapons they carried had unit lethality far exceeding even the space weapons equipped on the Asia. Their maximum speed could reach one hundred times the speed of light, whereas for a Level 5 Civilization that had not mastered space technology, the upper limit of travel speed was forty times the speed of light.

Such a fleet, though only five hundred strong, in war simulations could not be destroyed with the Asia alone if neither side fled.

It should be known that most of these ships were only small Town-Class and Village-Class ships, with the largest model being County-Class ships, and there were only two of those. With so few and such small ships, they could still destroy the Continent-Class ship that Xiao Yu had poured so much effort into building. Even if they could not destroy it, they could completely pin down the Asia. The formidable strength of a Level 6 Civilization is evident.

This comparison gave rise to a sense of loss in Xiao Yu’s heart, but in an instant that sense of loss was replaced by a powerful spirit of enterprise.

“Tens of millions of years ago, before the Sweeper Civilization possessed the Neutron War Star, its war with the Guardian Civilization was already employing massive fleets numbering in the hundreds of millions. These five hundred ships, to them, do not even count as a single hair, yet they can suppress my strongest war fortress. But it does not matter. This strength differential is the same for me as it is for other Level 5 Civilizations. As long as I acquire enough unique technologies, I also have hope of reaching the height of a Level 6 Civilization. I very much look forward to seeing what terrifying combat power these ships, the Blood Blade Squad, will display in wars against other Level 5 Civilizations.”

In this star system, the Divine Ark Civilization was flourishing.

Not only were Xiao Yu’s construction tasks advancing, but the society of intelligent beings also presented a picture of great development. Xiao Yu deliberately reduced the proportion of intelligent being workers within the construction force, selected a group of citizens suited to be soldiers, and added them to the biological army.

Large-scale conscription also began within society. The warships Xiao Yu had set aside for the biological army numbered about one million five hundred thousand. This meant that nearly one billion soldiers would be needed to fully control these ships and form an integrated corps including planetary landing forces, boarding forces, special operations troops, and a ship combat system.

Luka Two continued to serve on the Military Committee. After the war with the Molian Civilization, the members of the Military Committee at last began to mature. Incidents of armchair strategizing and empty theorizing were greatly reduced. In fact, under Luka Two’s leadership, a large number of unit cadres were selected from veterans who had experienced the Molian war and were added to the mid and lower ranks of the army. Xiao Yu believed that an army hardened by real combat and tempered by iron and blood would erupt with even more terrifying combat power.

Scientific development also proceeded quite smoothly. The number of scientists within the Divine Ark Civilization had begun to show signs of explosive growth. During this period, at least two hundred thousand more scientists appeared and were added to the Central Research Academy of Science. Although these scientists were still quite immature now, in their work they would gradually come into contact with the most advanced scientific knowledge and steadily raise their level.

Scientific education thrived. Within the Divine Ark Civilization, all kinds of scientific expedition teams, interest groups, and internship groups were active everywhere. In Docks One and Two, an average of more than thirty million visitors were received every day. Most of these visitors were students. Under the guidance of teachers, they observed on-site how a spaceship was built and what technologies were applied during construction.

The same situation was occurring around that gas giant, on its moons, on this rocky planet, and even near the star, or in places such as the Oort Cloud at the edge of the star system and the heliopause. There was even one of the most daring interest groups made up of students who piloted a specially made spaceship and penetrated five thousand kilometers below the gas giant’s atmosphere to observe firsthand how the interior of the gas giant operated.

For such actions, Xiao Yu had always adopted a highly encouraging attitude, providing meticulous support to these interest groups. If they applied for funding, he gave funding. If they applied for a spaceship, he gave a spaceship. Whatever they needed, he provided. That special spaceship capable of diving five thousand kilometers beneath the gas giant’s atmosphere was manufactured by Xiao Yu after receiving the application, at the cost of a certain amount of computing power. In the manufacturing process, he even added a bit of Alien Beast flesh, which was precious to him.

At this moment, on one of the gas giant’s moons, an interest group was engaged in activities. Wearing specially made life-support equipment, they were conducting excavation work on the moon’s surface, searching for something.

“Hm? What is this?” A strange object caught a student’s interest. It stopped what it was doing and began to examine it carefully.

The object was a black stone.