Rebirth of the Super Battleship

Chapter 797: Reinforcements

At this moment, the Neutron War Star had become Xiao Yu’s experimental specimen. Xiao Yu had already achieved the conversion between space and matter inside the laboratory, but had been unable to apply it in the form of a weapon. So he built an enormous laboratory and directly included the Neutron War Star within the laboratory environment.

Inside the laboratory, the Neutron War Star was still floating quietly, making no movement at all. It was not that it did not want to move, but that at this moment it had no way to move. It could only remain here quietly, enduring the baptism of various high energy rays and extreme high temperatures.

Xiao Yu was using all kinds of methods to destroy this Neutron War Star. Under certain specific conditions, space can be converted into energy. Spatial Bombs, Spatial Starbursts, and space energy engines were all built on this principle. Then, under another set of conditions, matter or energy can naturally be converted into space.

If it was impossible to convert the Neutron War Star into energy, then converting it into space would likewise achieve the goal of destroying it.

Within the space laboratory, the Neutron War Star had now begun to rotate slowly, but its rotation was not self driven. It had started under Xiao Yu’s control. There was a great difference between the two.

All kinds of unknown high energy rays carrying extremely high energy were shining upon the Neutron War Star. As it rotated, they irradiated every part of its body. It was like a roast duck inside an oven, being grilled by the flames.

The Neutron War Star had a diameter of roughly twenty kilometers. After it completed one rotation, a point on its equator would travel a distance equal to its circumference, about sixty three kilometers. Since this was conventional motion, it was naturally subject to the speed of light. Circular motion was no exception.

The rotation of the Neutron War Star was being slowly accelerated. Outside the space laboratory, more than one hundred fifty planetary-class warships, three Star-Class warships, and several thousand Continent-Class warships had gathered together. Each, using different energy transmission devices, was feeding its own energy into the space laboratory. The Neutron War Star’s rotational speed was being increased, eventually reaching a speed of nearly eight thousand revolutions per second. At this speed, the velocity of a point on the Neutron War Star’s equator had already reached over two hundred forty thousand kilometers per second.

This already fell within the range of relativistic speed. If it were accelerated by several tens of thousands more kilometers per second, then due to the immense centrifugal force, the Neutron War Star would collapse and disintegrate. But reaching this point was already Xiao Yu’s limit. He could not make it spin any faster, could not push its speed any higher. Clearly, this speed was still not high enough and did not meet Xiao Yu’s requirements. However, he had other ways to compensate.

Under the combined effect of various high energy rays and extreme conditions, a peculiar change began to appear along the Neutron War Star’s equator. In such an extreme environment, a large number of photons were being produced, yet the propagation of light was being sharply bent. This bending was not caused by the gravity of the neutron star, but by the expansion of space.Why was space expanding? Because new space was being generated. Obviously, under these extreme conditions, the Neutron War Star was rapidly losing mass. Its mass was being converted into space.

The attacks from the Sweepers Civilization’s conventional fleet had become even more ferocious. But this did not matter. They had no way to break through Xiao Yu’s defenses. In Xiao Yu’s eyes, this was nothing more than a pointless sacrifice.

“You see, the destruction of the Neutron War Star is already a foregone conclusion, and the extinction of the Sweepers Civilization is only a matter of time. After I eliminate the Sweepers Civilization, I will leave the Milky Way Galaxy. Aya, I hope you will come with me. You are my only kin. Taking care of you is my responsibility. But I respect your choice. If you are determined to remain in the galaxy, I will make proper arrangements for you.” Xiao Yu spoke slowly, his back to the immense war tableau in the sky.

Zhang Shengya buried her head between her knees, as if crying silently. After a long while, she raised her head and looked at Xiao Yu through misty tears, her voice trembling as she softly asked, “Are you sure you will not stay and keep me company? Are you sure you have to go?”

Xiao Yu lowered his head somewhat gloomily, not looking into Zhang Shengya’s eyes. “I am sorry. I am sure.”

“All right, all right, go then. You can go. I want to stay in the galaxy. I only hope that you will remember I am still here in the Milky Way Galaxy waiting for you.” Zhang Shengya stood up and embraced Xiao Yu. Xiao Yu also stretched out his arms and held her in his arms.

Out in the universe, the space laboratory still hung quietly in the void, motionless from the outside. Yet within it, some extremely intense reactions were taking place. The Neutron War Star was spinning at high speed without pause, and as it rotated, ring after ring of surplus space was flung away. It was like an umbrella spinning, flinging off droplets of water that were those patches of space.

The volume of the Neutron War Star was continuously expanding. For a neutron star, an increase in volume meant a decrease in mass, and also meant constant movement in its stratified layers. This obviously would have a certain effect on the internal structure of the Neutron War Star.

Xiao Yu was slowly stripping away the life force of the Neutron War Star. At the current rate, in three hours, at most three hours, the Neutron War Star would be destroyed.

The conventional fleet of the Sweepers Civilization had already been completely wiped out by Xiao Yu. Xiao Yu did not know where the Sweepers Civilization’s main base was hidden, but that did not matter. Destroying the Neutron War Star was the crucial task. Once the Neutron War Star was destroyed, Xiao Yu would have all the time he needed to track it down.

The Divine Ark Civilization was anxiously waiting nearby, waiting for the final result. At their current technological level, they could not yet comprehend what this big square box really was. They did not deliberately ask Xiao Yu. They understood that if it was something that could be told to them, Xiao Yu would naturally tell them.

Xiao Yu’s enormous fleet had already formed up, doing everything it could to shield the space laboratory from any external interference. The more critical the moment, the more cautious one had to be. Xiao Yu did not wish to fail at the last step.

At this point, the situation inside the space laboratory had reached its most critical phase. Based on his understanding of the Neutron War Star, Xiao Yu could calculate how much damage the instruments inside it had suffered under the flow of matter within its layers. The damage the Neutron War Star had taken so far was still insufficient and remained within the range of its self repair capability.

So Xiao Yu did not relax his vigilance. The Neutron War Star’s volume was increasing and it was still spinning at high speed. Yet, due to the conservation of angular momentum, its rotational speed had already decreased somewhat.

An hour had already passed. Xiao Yu knew that the Neutron War Star would soon enter a stage of irreversible damage.

Just then, Xiao Yu received a somewhat familiar message once more.

“Spare the Sweepers Civilization. We guarantee that once you spare them, they will flee to other galaxies and will never cross paths with you again.”

Xiao Yu’s heart trembled. The moment he received this message, a name surfaced in his mind.

The Level 7 Civilization in the microscopic direction. The very same Level 7 Civilization that had rescued the Guardian Civilization from his hands several thousand years earlier. At that time they had said they were going off on a voyage. He had not expected that, at this critical moment in his war against the Sweepers Civilization, this Level 7 Civilization would once again appear before him.

Before him was a familiar image of light. Countless tiny points of light were entwining and dancing in the void, gradually gathering into a sphere roughly the size of a basketball. At the same time, another message entered Xiao Yu’s mind. “You are already on the verge of becoming a Level 7 Civilization. Destroying the Sweepers Civilization has no practical benefit for you. If you need the Sweepers Civilization’s technological data, we, the microscopic civilization, can provide it.”

“Xiao Yu, answer us.” This basketball sized object emitting a faint glow pulsed gently as it spoke to Xiao Yu.

In that instant, Xiao Yu’s mind turned countless times. He was thinking about how to deal with this matter. After only a brief moment, he gave his reply. “Did you not set off on a long voyage? Why have you come back here at this time?”

“We come whenever we wish to come.” the microscopic civilization answered.

“Tell me what it is you are really trying to do. You rescued the Guardian Civilization from my hands before, and now you are trying to rescue the Sweepers Civilization. Why are you always opposing me?”

“No, we are not opposing you. We are merely asking you to make a small concession in a way that does not harm your interests, and we will provide further compensation. As for what exactly we want to do, that is not something you need to know.” the microscopic civilization replied.

“I need to think about it.” Xiao Yu said.

“Do not think of stalling for time. Such petty tricks are useless against us. Right now, either you release the Neutron War Star, or you bear our attack. You are, after all, not yet a Level 7 Civilization. You should know you do not have the ability to withstand our attack.”

A cold smile appeared in Xiao Yu’s heart.

“You think what you are doing is perfectly reasonable, do you not? But I do not see it that way. Sparing the Sweepers Civilization may indeed not cause me any substantial loss in terms of real benefit, yet I simply do not want the Sweepers Civilization to continue existing. Not only will I not agree, my dead comrades would not agree either. If you wish to attack me, then come. Let us be clear. In another two hours, the Neutron War Star will be completely destroyed by me. I want to see whether, within these two hours, you are capable of breaking through my defenses and rescuing the Neutron War Star.”