Chapter 872: Breaking Through the Defensive Line! |
Another doubt had always been circling in Xiao Yu’s mind. After suddenly discovering that the virtual life civilization actually possessed such terrifying computational power, this doubt began to appear in Xiao Yu’s head. Xiao Yu had been thinking the whole time, since the virtual life civilization possessed such formidable computational power, why had it not brought it out earlier? Why wait until the situation had developed to this point before using it? Could it be merely to shock Xiao Yu?
Xiao Yu did not believe that in this universe there existed such a thing as pretending to be weak in order to strike later. Perhaps that sort of thing really did exist, but it would only be used when necessary and when one had absolute confidence. Judging from the current exchanges, the virtual life civilization did not understand Xiao Yu’s form of existence very well, and that thing that seemed to be called ‘escaping the cage’ also held great appeal for it. Under such circumstances, it could not possibly have absolute confidence in taking him down, so the possibility of pretending to be weak could be ruled out.
Since it was not pretending to be weak, then why had it only revealed this ability now? During his earlier observations, Xiao Yu had already been thinking intensely about this question. Countless possibilities had appeared in Xiao Yu’s mind. After ruling them out layer by layer, Xiao Yu finally arrived at the two conjectures with the greatest probability.
First, the virtual life civilization had been preparing all along, and only now had it gained the ability of infinite computational power.
Second, the virtual life civilization had some kind of scruple about using the ability of infinite computational power, so unless absolutely necessary, it would not use this ability, lest it bring trouble upon itself. Now, his act of carrying out galactic disassembly and reassembly and launching a large-scale offensive had undoubtedly forced it into a desperate situation. So, at such a time, using this infinite computational power without caring about the consequences seemed understandable.
Among all the conjectures, these two had the greatest probability. Of them, the second possibility was slightly greater. Xiao Yu believed there was at least a sixty percent chance that it was the case.
After making these conjectures, Xiao Yu recalled those words the virtual life civilization had told him when they first came into contact, those questions it had asked him, ‘What is the frequency at which you clear out replicates?’ ‘What is the probability of a king being born among your replicates?’
These two questions were quite strange. Back then, it was precisely through these two questions that the virtual life civilization had tested Xiao Yu and discovered that Xiao Yu was not the same kind of existence as itself. Among these two questions, Xiao Yu believed it was the second one that had ruined things for him, meaning that this so-called ‘king born among the replicates’ simply did not exist at all. It had used that thing to bluff Xiao Yu, and back then Xiao Yu had exposed himself precisely because of that.
The second question was false, but there was a very great possibility that the first question was true. Now Xiao Yu once again began thinking about the meaning within this sentence, that is, the question, “What is the frequency at which you clear out replicates?”
“I need more intelligence. I need more intelligence!” Xiao Yu muttered to himself. “Without more intelligence, I simply cannot analyze its weakness! If I have to leave just like this, I absolutely will not accept it! Then doing this seems to be my only option…”
Xiao Yu decided to take a risk. If he lost this gamble, Xiao Yu would very likely suffer total defeat, and even the Architectural Civilization might be buried here. It was not impossible that the scene of only a small spaceship escaping, as had happened under the Sweepers Civilization, would repeat itself once again. But for Xiao Yu, this was the only opportunity, the opportunity he had fought for only by destroying an entire galaxy.
At this moment, the virtual life civilization was at its weakest, and only at this time could he get so close to its logistics construction base. In ordinary times, Xiao Yu simply would not have had such a chance.
Xiao Yu decided to send out highly concealed robots and, taking advantage of the chaos of the battlefield, secretly infiltrate its logistics base. In this way, he would obtain the intelligence he wanted and see what kind of secrets were hidden behind the virtual life civilization!
Even though the virtual life civilization’s construction speed at this moment could indeed be described as terrifying, it still needed a bit of time to manufacture enough warships. So within that small window of time, Xiao Yu still held the advantage. Though that advantage was not enough for Xiao Yu to achieve final victory, there was a great hope that he could send out elite forces and break into the virtual life civilization’s logistics construction base!
Xiao Yu’s offensive became fierce once again. At this moment, Xiao Yu no longer had any thought of preserving his strength. If this plan failed, no matter how many warships he had, could he still have more than the virtual life civilization? If this plan succeeded, then the thing he relied on for final victory would not be these warships anyway, so why still be reluctant to use them now?
Fight! Fight madly! Release all combat power in this final moment!
Five billion spaceships unleashed their greatest combat power at the same instant! At this moment, in the virtual life civilization’s logistics base, the newly constructed and replenishing warships had already begun to flow in continuously, but under Xiao Yu’s insanely fierce offensive, the speed at which they arrived as reinforcements still could not compare to the speed at which Xiao Yu destroyed their warships!
At this most critical moment, Xiao Yu also brought out all of his potential!
Stellar destruction, Space Collapse, thick beams of white or purple light sweeping back and forth across the battlefield, frenzied clusters of Spatial Bombs, and warships with the Spatial Vortex activated all rampaged across the battlefield like mad creatures. The battle had already reached its fiercest point!
Both sides were seizing time to fight for the final sliver of opportunity! If the virtual life civilization endured through this last moment and reached the balance point between warship destruction and replenishment, Xiao Yu would lose all hope of survival. For the virtual life civilization, if Xiao Yu managed at this moment to charge into the logistics construction base and destroy its construction, then it too would fall into irreversible ruin!
Amid this fierce collision, countless spaceships were being destroyed, and countless spaceships were being replenished. Xiao Yu’s logistics construction base had also been pushed to maximum frequency. Xiao Yu had even allowed his computational power usage rate to surge to the extreme height of ninety-seven percent. Under such a high load, even the central computer where Xiao Yu resided inside the Human Star Cluster-Class battleship had begun to struggle under the burden.
Xiao Yu even had the impulse to personally pilot the Human battleship into the battlefield! Although he ultimately suppressed this impulse, aside from the Human battleship, all nine of the other Star Cluster-Class battleships, Honor, Galaxy, Dream, Azure Dragon, Nine Provinces, and the others, were all thrown by Xiao Yu into the battlefield!
At this moment, these nine Star Cluster-Class battleships had already gathered together, condensing into the sharpest spearhead as they charged forward! The Honor Star Cluster-Class battleship led the way. At the core of the battlefield, it was like a crazed ferocious beast!
More than three hundred thousand main-cannon-level Spatial Cannons were firing violently, and the Spatial Vortex was also being activated at full strength. Within the twisted space, it truly became an existence that could sweep everything aside, utterly unstoppable!
Another stellar stronghold had been broken through by Xiao Yu! When the enemy fleet there began to collapse, the Honor spaceship even crazily slammed straight into the star ahead. Its hull, nearly one hundred kilometers in size, completely plunged into that star, then burst out from the other side. The star exploded with a thunderous roar, yet the Honor battleship was completely unharmed!
The technology of a Level 7 Civilization was exactly this formidable! Even flagship-level spaceships would not suffer any damage even if they were inside the core of a star! They did not even need to rely on tricks. By brute force alone, they could destroy a star!
Several billion spaceships charged forward like a pack of bloodthirsty wolves. Ahead of them, the enemy fleet, which had always maintained tight coordination, finally showed signs of disturbance at this moment.
Before this, even when there were signs of fleeing or panic, they had only appeared on a small scale. But this time, they appeared on a large scale! It seemed that Xiao Yu’s madness, his final effort, his final desperate struggle, had made even these cold, lifeless spaceships feel fear.
This disturbance lasted only for an instant. Yet in that instant, Xiao Yu seized the opportunity. Tens of millions of spaceships broke through their defensive line and truly entered the virtual life civilization’s logistics construction base. These tens of millions of spaceships alone still did not possess the ability to completely destroy the entire logistics construction base, but Xiao Yu’s plan had never been that.
Countless tiny spy devices had already been rapidly distributed by Xiao Yu throughout these bases, and at just this moment, the virtual life civilization’s enormous fleet had already arrived…