A Core Ship From The Start-Chapter 367 - 284 History repeats itself? _1
Chapter 367 -284 History repeats itself? _1
When Duanmu Huai returned to his flagship with a blood-stained War Hammer, the battle was already over.
The Star Alliance fleet had been completely annihilated, only five warships finally escaped the battlefield…but Duanmu Huai was not going to let them escape.
“Lock onto their locations, let’s pursue!”
Back in the Tactical Control Room, Duanmu Huai gave the order with an indifferent expression.
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The girls, however, were still immersed in the shock of the interstellar war, completely lost for words.
Ann and Greiya had seen Duanmu Huai dealing with Star Pirates before, but fighting pirates and fighting in a war between two armies were completely different concepts. Watching countless massive warships being blown up, the entire galaxy filled with the brilliant blaze of explosions, debris and bodies of Star Alliance creatures littering the depths of space, the contrast between the vast cosmos and the puny war left them speechless for a long time.
“So, is this… an interstellar war?”
After a while, Lorena quietly broke the silence; even Ann stayed silent without uttering a word. In the wars they had experienced before, an individual’s power was substantial. If Lorena and Ann were to appear on the battlefield, they would essentially be key factors in turning the tide of battle. Just by relying on their divine arts and magic, they could change the state of the battlefield.
But here, they felt a deep sense of powerlessness. They could only stand here, watching the battle unfold before them, unable to do anything about it.
“Yes, this is what an interstellar war looks like. Unless one is powerful enough to decimate an entire fleet with a wave of a hand, the power of an individual isn’t worth much. However, this doesn’t mean there’s no place for people. Although battleships and cannons dictate the melody of a cosmic war, people’s contributions are certainly not negligible.”
Duanmu Huai began speaking and patted her shoulder.
“Alright, don’t think too much about it.”
“Yes…”
“Master~~ I have located the escaped warships.”
“Excellent, let’s pursue!”
The next moment, a curtain of light flashed in front of the warship, and not long after, the dark starry sky came back into everyone’s sight. In the distance were several solitary Star Alliance warships, looking exhausted and pitiable as they fled.
However, what caught the girls’ attention was not these Star Alliance warships.
“Sir Knight, what is that thing?”
Very soon, Ann pointed to the distance before them with a curious expression. What she was referring to was not those pitiful Star Alliance warships, but a massive ring-like structure. It looked like a large iron ring, rotating slowly in space. They had been in space with Duanmu Huai for a long time, and ordinary planets had become boring. Suddenly seeing such a strange artifact, their curiosity was naturally piqued.
“Hehe….” Duanmu Huai saw the object and gave a chuckle, though he was also quite surprised inside.
What a strange coincidence.
In the game, the Forerunner Halo ring was discovered when the Star Alliance attacked the Proxima Star, the UNSC Pillar of Autumn-class Cruiser fled and stumbled across the ring while running aimlessly. Some players followed the Pillar of Autumn to the Halo ring just out of curiosity, as they felt it would be a shame not to explore such a unique place.
And then… heaven turned into hell.
Things have now turned full circle, with the Star Alliance being pursued by Duanmu Huai to the point of fleeing in panic and running into the Forerunner Halo ring…
So, what to do now?
Duanmu Huai hardly thought about the question, deciding instantly.
“All ships, activate main cannons and target the ring in front of us. Destroy it!”
“Huh? Wait, what?!”
At Duanmu Huai’s order, the girls were taken by surprise.
“Why, Sir Knight?”
“Uncle Tall, shouldn’t we go and investigate it first?”
Even Sherry chimed in; she rarely had a chance to see such extraterrestrial artifacts and was eager to go have a look.
Hehe, let’s see how enthusiastic you are when you encounter the Flood.
Duanmu Huai rolled his eyes before addressing everyone.
“What do you think this thing is used for?”
“This…”
At Duanmu Huai’s sudden question, the girls hesitated, then began to rack their brains.
“Could this be a prison?”
“I think it’s more like an artificial gathering place…”
“Could it be someone’s bracelet?”
“Who could be so big?”
“Aha? That you wouldn’t know. Considering how large the universe is, there might be giants of this size.”
Listened to the girls’ wild speculations, Duanmu Huai shrugged. Lani and Sherry were more thoughtful of their guesses, whereas Ann and Bambi had rather wild imaginations. Even Audrey thought it might be an enormous art piece created by some alien race in space — although it did indeed appear quite artistic.
“Alright, let’s reveal the answer.”
Duanmu Huai interrupted their discussion and provided the answer.
“This is a weapon.”
“…A weapon???”
Despite the surprise, Duanmu Huai’s answer was indeed beyond their expectation. No matter what, they couldn’t relate the object to being a weapon.
“Yes, do you remember on the War Planet how we destroyed the impenetrable material?”
“Um… It seems to be some kind of radiation or something?”
“Correct.”
Duanmu Huai nodded at Ann.
“This thing serves a similar purpose, but its scope is much larger, not limited to just one planet, but multiple galaxies.”
“So Uncle Tall, what is the target of this weapon?”
Hearing this, Sherry curiously asked. Duanmu Huai just shrugged.
“All living beings.”
“…….Huh?”
Hearing this, everyone was shocked.
“All living beings?”
“Right, once this thing is activated, it will kill all living beings within its effective range. Now you know why I want to destroy it.”
“But, but why would anyone create such a weapon?”
“Hehe……”
This time, faced with Sherry’s question, Duanmu Huai just chuckled and didn’t answer. His reasons for destroying the ring were twofold. The first reason was as Duanmu Huai had told the girls: this thing is a weapon that would destroy all life once activated, so Duanmu Huai had to dismantle it first.
The second reason was even simpler. Back then, when the Forerunners defeated the expeditionary fleet of the Human Empire and forcibly erased their history and technology, they devolved them into savages. Well, what goes around comes around. If I don’t wipe out the Forerunner civilization from this universe, am I really the Judge?! Does the Tribunal even have any dignity left?
At this moment, Mia’s voice came over again.
“The target is within firing range.”
“Fire.”
Duanmu Huai waved his hand, as if he was dealing with garbage — in fact, to him, the ring was indeed trash, it was annoying just to look at it.
What’s the value of Forerunner’s stuff left?
“——————-”
A stream of energy-filled plasma roared out of the cannon, flying straight towards the ring in front of it. A surprising scene followed — the Star Alliance battleships which were originally fleeing, instead of taking the opportunity to accelerate and distance themselves, turned around one after another, attempting to block the Tribunal fleet’s attack on the ring!
Of course, they were no match for the fleet, it was just a futile resistance. They were wiped out under the bombardment of the main gun.
However, Duanmu Huai understood the Star Alliance’s choice. For the Star Alliance, the Forerunners were their deity, and artifacts like the Ring considered as sacred by the Star Alliance. Seeing humans attacking their sacred artifacts, if the Star Alliance doesn’t react at all, their belief in the Forerunners would be fake.
Although it wasn’t real to begin with…….
The resistance of the Star Alliance battleships was useless, the main cannon destroyed them and hit the ring, and then, under the bombardment of several battleships, the ring exploded into pieces in an instant. But Duanmu Huai didn’t let these fragments go, he ordered the fleet to fire until he couldn’t even recognize these fragments.
Seeing the scene in front of them, the girls felt a bit regretful. After all, such a large artificial object was destroyed before they could even see what it looked like…….
“Alright.”
Confirming that this ring was utterly destroyed, Duanmu Huai nodded and issued an order.
“We are returning to Proxima Star.”
Meanwhile, on Proxima Star, it was also chaos.
“What exactly is happening? Is all this real?”
Looking at the images on the screen, Colonel Holland couldn’t help but ask again. Just a few hours ago, he had been immersed in the despair and loss of Proxima Star. However, to Colonel Holland’s surprise, the situation took a turn for the better in the blink of an eye. According to the report from the Nobility Team, just as they were about to activate the plan to deal with the giant carrier, a gigantic warship suddenly appeared and blasted the Star Alliance’s super carrier into bits, not only that, they even destroyed the incoming Special Justice Fleet.
If it weren’t for the wreckage of The Long Night of Solitude burning on the horizon not far away, Colonel Holland would never believe this was real, he would prefer to believe it was a hallucination.
But where did this fleet come from?
After discovering the invasion of Proxima Star by the Star Alliance, Colonel Holland immediately sent a “Winter Emergency” notice to the UNSC Headquarters, informing them that Proxima Star had been invaded by the Star Alliance. The response he received was that the nearest fleet would take at least forty-eight hours to reach Proxima Star.
By that time, it would be too late!
Could this be a secret fleet of the UNSC? But why do these warships look so strange?
Looking at the images provided by the Nobility Team, Colonel Holland frowned and turned to another man beside him.
“What do you think, Captain Keyes?”
Next to Colonel Holland was Captain Keyes of the UNSC Pillar of Autumn-class Cruiser. The cruiser was undergoing maintenance on Proxima Star. Originally, when the Star Alliance invaded, the Pillar of Autumn intended to break through, but now that the Star Alliance fleet had been destroyed, they no longer needed to be so hurriedly.
“I’m not sure, it doesn’t quite look like the style of a UNSC warship.”
Looking at the Queen Glory Class on the screen, Captain Keyes also shook his head.
“Anyway, at least they’re enemies of the Star Alliance, not sure if they’re our friends…….”
“Beep—————!!!”
Just then, the communication signal sounded.
“Reporting to Colonel Holland, that fleet… has returned!”
“………”
Hearing the report, Colonel Holland and Captain Keyes looked at each other.
“What should we do now?”
“Whether it’s a blessing or a curse, we can’t avoid it, let’s go take a look.”
Now, this was the only way.
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