Rebirth of the Super Battleship-Chapter 490: One Chance

From the earlier war between this Predator Civilization and the Purple Civilization, Xiao Yu had already roughly inferred the technological strength of this Predator Civilization. Xiao Yu’s conclusion was that, on average, the Predator Civilization’s ships were slightly stronger than those of the Molian Civilization. In field battles without relying on a star system as a supply base, ships of the Molian Civilization in equal numbers would not be a match for this Predator Civilization.

Of course, this was a purely strength-based comparison, without adding factors such as strategy or luck.

But Xiao Yu’s current strength was far greater than back then. This could be seen from speed alone. From a former maximum of fifteen times light speed to a current maximum of thirty-five times light speed, it had increased by more than double. Cruising speed is the indicator that best reflects a civilization’s technological strength. With such an increase in speed, other related technologies, such as energy technology, propulsion technology, engines, weapon systems, and defense systems, would all see equivalent improvements.

Therefore, for this war, Xiao Yu had complete confidence, which was why he could rest assured in letting the biological army train without worrying about suffering excessive damage.

“This Predator Civilization is not worthy of me deploying the Asia. They have only one Continent-Class ship. That Continent-Class ship can be left to The Europe to deal with.” Xiao Yu thought, piloting the Asia quickly toward the Purple Civilization’s homeworld, arriving here before the Predator Civilization’s ships. The rest of the ships surged forward and, in an extremely short time, destroyed those vessels that were attempting to attack the Purple Civilization’s homeworld to delay Xiao Yu’s advance.

Faced with a colossus like the Asia, the Purple Civilization fell silent. The Asia’s vastness and power had already exceeded their imagination. You had to know that their largest ships were only small Nation-Class ships, and they had only three. Even added together, those three ships could not match the Asia’s enormity.

The situation had developed too fast and shifted too quickly, so quickly that they had no time to think. But one thing was very clear to them. If the Asia chose to attack them, they would have no ability to resist. So the Purple Civilization wisely chose not to attack, even though they still could not temporarily determine whether the Asia was friend or foe.

Pinning a civilization’s fate on a force one knows nothing about is very unwise. But the Purple Civilization had no choice.

“You… you are the Divine Ark Civilization? Are you a Level 5 Civilization?”

Xiao Yu received this message from the Purple Civilization. The message was filled with caution and vigilance.

Xiao Yu replied, “Yes. We are a wandering civilization, but we are not a Predator Civilization. We believe that only through exchange can a civilization itself gain progress, so we have chosen this way of survival. During our long space voyage, we discovered your civilization and wished to have an exchange with you. Unfortunately, we arrived a bit late. Only after your first clash with the Predator Civilization did our main force arrive, which caused you to suffer certain losses. For this, I am very sorry.”

“N-no… no problem. I am the leader of the Purple Civilization. For an existence like you, who is benevolent and willing to extend a helping hand to weaker civilizations, we feel deep respect. May I ask whether your army is confident of winning this war?” The leader of the Purple Civilization asked cautiously.

Due to limitations at the technological level, a Level 4 Civilization is unlikely to understand the methods of war of a Level 5 Civilization. To this question, Xiao Yu gave a very patient answer. “Do not worry. This Level 5 Civilization is not our match. Our army will annihilate them completely. Look, the secondary flagship within our fleet, The Europe, has already engaged the Predator Civilization’s highest flagship.”

Xiao Yu kindly answered the Purple Civilization leader’s question, and at the same time transmitted, in the form of a signal, the current situation between The Europe and the Predator Civilization’s flagship to the Purple Civilization’s ships.

“This colossal ship is only a secondary flagship within our Divine Ark Civilization. It is not the most powerful. In fact, dealing with this Predator Civilization does not require me to go all out. Look, The Europe has already caught up to that Predator flagship.”

“Hurry, convene all war experts and scientific experts at once to analyze and study this battle scene. Footage of a conflict between Level 5 Civilizations is extremely valuable data for us.” the leader of the Purple Civilization quickly ordered.

At this moment, in the void, Battlefield One already had as many as five million ships, led by the America, attacking the Predator Civilization vessels that had scattered and fled. This battle was completely unequal. Xiao Yu truly achieved what could be called a crushing advance. The Predator Civilization’s two million ships could not even manage to flee before being overtaken and destroyed by Xiao Yu’s fleet.

Of course, only those ships that stubbornly resisted and refused to surrender were destroyed. For those that wisely chose to surrender, Xiao Yu dispatched robot boarding parties. Only after completely taking control of key sections such as their energy systems, weapon systems, defense systems, central control systems, and life-support systems did he pilot their ships back. After all, Xiao Yu needed ship samples to analyze and decode this Predator Civilization’s technological system, so these vessels were fortunate enough to be preserved.

“Predators are predators. There is no cohesion among their members. They can still display their strength when the wind is at their backs, but at the first setback they fall apart like loose sand. If you had not scattered and fled, but instead formed up and met me in a frontal battle, it would have taken me some effort to bring you down. But scattering and fleeing, trying to match me in maneuverability and single-ship combat capability, is simply courting death.” Xiao Yu thought with utter disdain.

Xiao Yu had confirmed his suspicion. The Predator Civilization was not an integrated civilization. There were likely many different species of intelligent beings within it, beings who may have been expelled from their mother civilizations or could not get by within them, and by chance joined the Predator Civilization. At least, based on currently known information, Xiao Yu knew this Predator Civilization had been formed on the basis of a rebel force that had been defeated by a regular military and then defected.

Without a unified culture and without the sense of identification found within a single civilization, the only factor holding different species together was interest. Yet interest is precisely the most unstable factor. They were like pirates or bandits from Earth’s era, each fleeing for themselves when disaster struck, with no organizational strength.

Such a rabble was effortless for Xiao Yu to subdue.

The war on Battlefield One lasted less than five hours before ending under Xiao Yu’s near-crushing might. Xiao Yu destroyed a total of 1,350,000 Predator Civilization ships and captured more than 650,000. After achieving such a massive result, Xiao Yu’s side lost fewer than 50,000 ships.

At this time, on Battlefield Two, the fighting was still in a stalemate. The Europe, with roughly one hundred thousand escort ships, had just broken through layers of obstruction and closed in on the Predator Civilization’s Continent-Class flagship.

A duel of top-end forces between two Level 5 Civilizations was about to begin.

The situation on Battlefield Two developing to this point was entirely within Xiao Yu’s expectations. The biological army’s ship-handling and coordination were, after all, inferior to his own, and the forces they could control were not as numerous as those on Battlefield One. In fact, to have driven the situation to this stage within a few hours already exceeded Xiao Yu’s expectations.

Xiao Yu’s vast fleet had completely encircled a region of space roughly 1.5 billion kilometers across. Within this space lay the battlefield between the biological army and the Predator Civilization. Any Predator ships attempting to escape would be herded back by Xiao Yu like prey, forced into a fight to the death with the biological army. Destroy the biological army’s ships and you might live a little longer; fail, and there was only death.

Xiao Yu realized he had miscalculated one thing. When evaluating the Predator Civilization’s combat strength, he considered only technological capability and did not take into account factors such as morale, organizational cohesion, and strategy and tactics. So now he found that these two million ships were simply unable to achieve his goal of training the biological army.

“The combat strength of this Predator Civilization is just too miserable. At this rate, it will not achieve the purpose of training.” Xiao Yu thought to himself. “Let me boost your morale a little.”

“Predators, I can give you a chance to live. You face only 1,500,000 Divine Ark Civilization ships, while you have a full 2,000,000. Your flagship is larger than our flagship.”

“Now, destroy these 1,500,000 ships. As long as you can wipe out these 1,500,000, none of my other ships will take action. I will let you leave safely. If you cannot, then unfortunately, you will die under the attack of these ships.”

“I have given you a chance. Whether you can seize it is up to you.” Xiao Yu said.

Watching the Predator Civilization’s ships grow frenzied again, and even begin to show a degree of organization under immense pressure, Xiao Yu sighed. “Now the game is a bit more fun.”