Rebirth of the Super Battleship

Chapter 809: Thunderous Methods

“Oh? Have these fellows gone mad?” Xiao Yu thought in disbelief. “At a time like this, when I have magnanimously spared you, you actually dare to make demands of me and even want me to hand over three Star-Class warships as war reparations?”

Xiao Yu felt both amused and exasperated. But thinking it over carefully, this civilization’s demand was actually quite logical.

For a Sweepers Civilization to show mercy was indeed an incredible thing. To deduce from that that the Sweepers Civilization was a hollow facade, barely holding on, was also a fairly reasonable conclusion.

Even if the Sweepers Civilization was not bluffing, the fact that they did not attack the Guardian Alliance at this moment, but instead let a subordinate civilization issue an announcement telling the others to leave, could only mean the Sweepers Civilization had some concern that made it unwilling to strike.

Since they had concerns, that meant there was leverage. With leverage, negotiations could be attempted to win benefits for themselves. Even if negotiations failed, they could at least probe what exactly the Sweeper was worried about.

To make them believe that Xiao Yu had spared them purely out of compassion would be harder than making them believe stars were cubes.

Xiao Yu could sense that this civilization was not as irrational as it appeared on the surface. There were many hidden meanings behind its words. In the end, anyone qualified to speak on such a stage was at least the leader of a Level 6 Civilization, and how many fools could there be among leaders of Level 6 Civilizations?

“But you have truly misjudged me. Sparing you is not because I am weak on the inside or because I am afraid of something. It really is only because I do not wish to waste time…” Xiao Yu sighed inwardly. “Since you insist on courting death, do not blame me.”

“Great Sweepers Civilization, we beg you to quell your anger for the moment. They only did something so foolish because they do not understand your true strength. Please give us a little more time, a little more time!”

After that Level 6 Civilization had sent its message, the Flame Civilization seemed to realize that things were going badly, and immediately began pleading with Xiao Yu again. At the same time, the Level 6 Civilization in question continued to send message after message.“The damage your Sweepers Civilization has caused our alliance is immense. Three Star-Class warships are already the minimum acceptable compensation. This is your last chance to negotiate. We hope you will cherish it.”

“Civilization Number Four! Stop being so obstinate. The great Sweepers Civilization is willing to spare you and let you leave, and you are still babbling on here. If you anger the Sweepers Civilization, the consequences are not something you can bear. Leave quickly, hurry and go. Civilizations of the alliance, are you still attached to this space steeped in sin? Leave quickly. If you delay, it will be too late!”

The Flame Civilization’s broadcast was full of urgency. But Xiao Yu’s continued silence seemed only to confirm their fears. Up to this moment, not a single civilization had moved.

“Flame Civilization! You traitors to the alliance, be silent! Sweeper, our conditions have now changed. If you want to negotiate with us, then after handing over three Star-Class warships as compensation, you must also surrender the Flame Civilization to us for punishment. Otherwise, you will face the fury of our alliance of thousands of civilizations!”

The Level 6 Civilization’s message was filled with rage.

Xiao Yu sighed inwardly and shook his head.

“I am truly curious as to where you get such self-confidence. Civilization Number Four, is it? The Guardian Civilization has not even shown itself yet, and you are already yapping here.”

“I see. It must be the Guardians secretly instructing you to do this, right? It seems your relationship with the Guardian Civilization is quite good. In that case, you stay as well. Do not think about leaving.”

Xiao Yu spoke mildly. The Flame Civilization seemed to realize that nothing more could be done, yet still refused to give up hope. They continued to send spatial broadcasts, even adding a pleading tone.

“Leave now, hurry, do not stay here, go quickly…”

“It is too late. It is all too late.” Xiao Yu said calmly. “You go to the rear. Do not let the flames of war reach you.”

“At a time like this you are still pretending to be strong. I will see how long your Sweepers Civilization can keep this up!”

Civilization Number Four was still shouting, apparently full of confidence. But in the next instant, its broadcast suddenly ceased.

Xiao Yu’s vast fleet was already moving. Before they even reached their destination, he had launched his attack.

Countless spatial rifts laced with Level 7 Civilization technology sprang into being in an instant, then flew forward at extreme speed.

Spatial rift attacks, like negative matter attacks, advanced at speeds on the order of ten thousand times the speed of light. Only a few minutes after Xiao Yu gave the order, these attacks had already arrived at the defensive perimeter of that Level 6 Civilization’s homeworld.

This Level 6 Civilization was located within the high-level civilization cluster of the small universe. The entire cluster was covered by a powerful multi-layer shield system.

Back in the Divine Ark Civilization era, Xiao Yu would have needed to spend a great deal of time to break such a system.

But now, before him, it was as fragile as an eggshell.

A hundred million ships opened fire at once. Hundreds of billions of spatial rift attacks smashed into the shield system. In only thirty seconds, the multi-layer shield, which covered a region several light years across, shattered.

Once the multi-layer shield collapsed, the spatial rifts continued on, reaching the Level 6 Civilization’s residential planets and habitat ships.

The planets had planetary shield systems, and the habitat ships also had complete defensive systems. But none of these could withstand attacks infused with Level 7 Civilization technology. Xiao Yu had not even used his full strength. His attack was merely a casual strike. Even so, it was more than enough.

After one minute, fifteen large habitat ships had their shields pierced and exploded one after another.

After ten minutes, the planetary shields of ten residential planets were broken, and the powerful spatial rifts struck directly at the planetary crusts.

After fifteen minutes, those ten residential planets completely disintegrated, breaking apart into rubble.

To annihilate a powerful Level 6 Civilization, Xiao Yu had spent less than twenty minutes.

Many surviving ‘fish’ were still fleeing in all directions through space, mostly small ships such as commercial vessels, private craft, and tourist ships. Xiao Yu had no intention of letting them escape. Under his control, a fleet of one hundred thousand ships had already set out.

In about ten days, they would arrive at their targets and hunt down every last surviving ship.

A powerful Level 6 Civilization had thus been wiped out. To Xiao Yu, it was nothing more than a trivial matter.

“Fools. This is the price of offending me.” Xiao Yu said lightly.

After Xiao Yu used thunderous methods to annihilate Civilization Number Four, the entire small universe seemed to go mad in an instant.

Countless ships began to move at once, surging frantically toward the exit that connected the small universe to the outside. There were even multiple space traffic accidents because there were simply too many ships. Boundless panic spread throughout the small universe.

Xiao Yu paid no attention to the civilizations that scattered like frightened beasts. He instead focused on the very core of the high-level civilization cluster.

That was the stronghold of the Guardian Civilization and the true core of the small universe.

“It is true that compared to the Sweepers Civilization, our civilization is much weaker. We are no match for the spatial lifeform. When facing it, we could only flee. But, new Sweeper, do you know why your predecessor never managed to destroy our alliance?”

After Civilization Number Four was destroyed, the Guardian Civilization finally revealed itself.

An emotionless message entered Xiao Yu’s mind.

“We must admit that your strength is indeed great. But you are still a bit short of being able to destroy us.”

“Did you not notice? All these panicked civilizations that are trying to escape are low-level civilizations below Level 6. The reason Level 6 Civilizations are not fleeing is that they have confidence in us, the Guardian Civilization.”

“And did you really think our Guardian Alliance truly had only that small number of warships?”

“Have you not considered that, relative to our level of development, the volume of our small universe is a bit too large?”

“And did you really think we would be stupid enough to provoke you at a time like that?”

“Civilization Number Four was destroyed only because you attacked when we were unprepared. Now they have completed their task of buying us time.”

“New Sweeper, you are still a little green. Let me give you some advice. When you have the strength to annihilate a civilization, you must never delay. You should strike immediately. But from our estimation, you probably will not get the chance to use this advice.”

“Oh? So you do have a trump card after all? Excellent. Let me see what kind of trump card you have prepared for me that gives you such confidence…” Xiao Yu said with interest.

In space, a dangerous aura was spreading, as if some hazardous energy were quietly gathering. At the same time, the entire high-level civilization cluster vanished from Xiao Yu’s view.

Xiao Yu froze for a moment.

“So this is your trump card? Displaying a few spatial tricks before a quasi-Level 7 Civilization? Do you not find it a little ridiculous?”