Age of Cataclysm: I can light up the technology tree

Inside the [Golden Crow] battleship, red lights full of warnings flashed everywhere.

[Warning, you have been locked by the enemy ship! ]

[Warning, electromagnetic cannon strikes detected on the way! ]

[…]

Bai Yixuan looked at the dense warning messages on the holographic projection in front of him and bit his back teeth hard.

TMD, something big has happened!

Look at the message sent by the headquarters, is that what people say? !

Free attack? Free defense is more like it!

Facing the upcoming attack, he quickly suppressed the desire to complain in his heart.

‘Defense! ’

‘Prepare to intercept the enemy attack! ’

Bai Yixuan looked at the electromagnetic cannon projectiles getting closer and closer to him and quickly issued an order.

In any case, let’s survive the first round of attacks first!

[Target locked! ]

A few milliseconds later, a prompt appeared in front of Bai Yixuan.

In the holographic projection, dense and tiny red dots appeared instantly.

That was the electromagnetic cannon projectile from the Proxima fleet!

[Weapon system charging...]

A slight hum came from the deck under his feet, and entered Bai Yixuan's ears through the deep-sea chamber and the deep-sea fluid.

At the same time, a faint red light appeared at the muzzle of the high-energy laser cannon outside the [Golden Crow] battleship!

A second later, another prompt popped up in front of Bai Yixuan.

[Weapon system charging completed!]

[Automatic interception function, activated!]

When the last prompt faded out of sight, countless red rays shot forward from the [Golden Crow] battleship where he was!

Under Zero's control, the high-energy laser beam seemed to have eyes, accurately bombarding every electromagnetic cannon projectile that attacked [Golden Crow]!

The whole process sounds long, but it actually took less than three seconds!

Almost at the moment when Proxima b launched the electromagnetic cannon attack, the 120 [Golden Crow] battleship fleets all activated the automatic interception function!

Billions of high-energy laser beams instantly formed an impenetrable defense network in front of the fleet!

[Interception successful! ]

A prompt popped up in the holographic projection.

Before Bai Yixuan could breathe a sigh of relief, the alarm sounded again!

[Electromagnetic cannon strike detected on the way! ]

[Warning! You have been hit by a laser weapon, please take evasive action immediately! ]

In the holographic projection, several flashing red dots suddenly appeared on the 3D model of the [Golden Crow] battleship!

[Degree of armor damage in the hit area: 10.7%]

[Update, degree of armor damage in the hit area: 21.6%]

…

The camera cuts to the outside world.

Perhaps it was because it was aware that the electromagnetic cannon offensive had little effect on the enemy ship, the Proxima fleet quietly changed its attack mode.

Electromagnetic cannon and laser weapons work together!

In the gaps between the electromagnetic cannon projectiles, countless lasers were emitted from the Proxima civilization's spacecraft and shot directly at the [Golden Crow] fleet.

Without any reaction time, the high-energy laser beam shone directly on the surface of the [Golden Crow] starship.

Swish!

Although the laser beam only lasted for a few milliseconds, the high temperature it brought still burned a small pit in the outer armor of [Golden Crow].

In the pit, the molten armor gradually solidified.

Since then, an ugly scar has appeared on the surface of the starship, which was originally extremely smooth.

But is this the end?

Of course not!

The first laser disappeared, and the second laser followed closely, irradiating the same position!

One, two, three...

A beam of lasers accurately bombarded the same position of the [Golden Crow] starship.

The originally shallow "scar" sank at a speed visible to the naked eye!

...

Looking at the rising degree of damage to the armor, Bai Yixuan's eyes showed a bit of panic.

But then, he remembered the means to deal with laser weapons.

The damage caused by high-energy laser beams mainly comes from the instantaneous ultra-high temperature.

Therefore, there is a tricky countermeasure.

For these "low-power" laser beams that cannot penetrate the spacecraft's protective layer in an instant, they can be easily dealt with as long as their attack areas are dispersed as much as possible.

And the method of dispersing the attack area is also very simple.

The starship maintains high-speed irregular movement, and those laser beams naturally cannot continue to accurately bombard the same area.

Thinking of this, Bai Yixuan quickly issued his own order.

[Jinwu A21, forward four! ]

The originally dim Hall thruster instantly released an extremely strong light!

Under the huge thrust, the 1,500-meter-long [Jinwu] battleship began to move faster and faster!

Like Bai Yixuan's decision, the remaining 119 [Jinwu] battleships also entered the forward four state.

The laser beams continued to shine on the surface of the [Jinwu] battleship.

As the [Jinwu]'s movement speed increased, the destructive effect caused by the high-energy laser beams became weaker and weaker.

At best, it could only leave a series of thin "scars" on its surface.

While avoiding laser beams and electromagnetic cannons, each [Golden Crow] also occasionally fired a burst of electromagnetic cannons at the Proxima fleet on the opposite side.

But obviously, such a scattered attack is like tickling the Proxima fleet with its back against the planetary defense network, and it can't cause any damage at all!

…

In the deep space 0.95AU away from Proxima b, 381 starships are rushing towards their destination with all their strength.

Inside the human flagship [Earth].

‘Laser weapons? ! ’

The moment the front-line fleet was hit by the laser beam, Lv Yongchang exclaimed in his heart: ‘Zero, what is the distance between the two sides? ! ’

Zero quickly gave the answer on the holographic projection.

80,000 kilometers.

Lv Yongchang's face instantly sank.

Something happened.

Proxima's weapon technology is much more advanced than theirs.

The laser weapons and ion beam weapons of the human fleet have an effective range of only 50,000 kilometers!

There is at least a 60% gap between the two!

‘No, we can't fight like this! ’ Lv Yongchang looked at the [Golden Crow] fleet that could only be forced to defend in the holographic projection, and bit his back teeth hard.

Not being able to match the opponent's range is a taboo in interstellar wars!

Although at present, the opponent's offensive has been easily resolved by the [Golden Crow] fleet, and the situation looks very good.

But as long as the war lasts a little longer, these 120 [Golden Crow] battleships will be annihilated!

Let’s not talk about the ammunition reserve on the [Golden Crow] battleship.

The continuous laser weapons alone are enough to slowly wear away the [Golden Crow]’s armor!

Lv Yongchang looked at the holographic projection in front of him anxiously.

Escape?

You’re kidding, I can’t even outrun the opponent!

Fight?

What to fight with?

The range of laser weapons and ion beam weapons is far from enough!

Are they relying on those electromagnetic cannons that are fired at any time?

When the range and speed are not as good as the opponent, blind pursuit will only result in being killed by the "kite".

‘Zero, how long will it take us to reach the battlefield? ’

Lv Yongchang took a deep breath of deep-sea liquid with a very high oxygen content and suppressed his anxiety.

[Expected to arrive at the destination in 4 hours]