studiobondurri Chapter 256 Accomplish one's mission and withdraw
Chapter 256 Accomplish one's mission and withdraw
The few main cannon shells from the desperate Teizene escort ship hit the shields of the Sacred Falcon, the shields ripples became visible momentarily, but within just half a second, these ripples collapsed back.
Seeing this, the captain of the Teizene escort ship retracted his sharp white teeth within his lizard mouth, and his body, which had been trembling with excitement and fear, calmed down again.
This was common knowledge among all civilizations' universe armies that energy shields would ripple or show similar alterations when struck, and if these ripples spread and then returned, it merely indicated that the intensity of the attack was less than the regeneration rate of the warship's shield generator.
No matter how the four Teizene escort ships attacked the Sacred Falcon, they could never breach the energy shield of this main battle ship from Iridium Star. Thus, the outcome of this battle was already determined.
Bai Zhongqi slightly adjusted the orientation of the Sacred Falcon's bows to align the main cannons with the next target. In reality, he didn't need to do this; most of the cannons on the Sacred Falcon had a degree of adjustable angles, it was only the two laser cannons on the bows that could not change angle.
As the Sacred Falcon aimed its bows directly at the escort ship where Ji Meilas was located, Ji Meilas knew escape was inevitable. For the Teizene people, death was not to be feared, however, Ji Meilas felt it was essential to report what had happened here to the Teizene Empire Army.
In the last moments, Ji Meilas couldn't relay much information. In his brief message, he merely mentioned the attack he encountered and the fact that the entire supply fleet had been destroyed. Additionally, he emphasized that their attackers belonged to an unknown civilization called the Eagle Shield Civilization, which was more advanced than Teizene's.
At the same time, all video footage from the beginning to the end of the battle was transmitted, along with Ji Meilas's message, directly back to Teizene's home planet via quantum communication.
However, in the final moments of transmitting the information, the escort ship was blown up by the Sacred Falcon, and the video data was not completely sent.
The vice-chairman replied, "If not, it must be close to it. Our alert fleet has just sent back information, by the time they arrived, that warship from the Eagle Shield Civilization had already left. And from the signals captured by the alert fleet, this warship appeared to have engaged in second-stage warp speed."
He Qiu was truly astonished then; the second-stage warp speed was a core technological indicator of the transition from mid-level civilizations to high-level civilizations. Many technologies are scored in the calculation of civilization levels, adding points for possessing certain technologies. However, entry into high-level civilization requires meeting threshold criteria, where second-stage warp speed is one of them. Civilizations mastering second-stage warp speed could achieve travel thousands of times the speed of light, making the Galaxy seem not so distant under their feet. These high-level civilizations, because of their higher travel speeds, could then acquire resources and other opportunities across a much broader area.
The vice-chairman was also a bit irritated, "If the Eagle Shield Civilization truly is a high-level civilization, then they can handle Teizene as they please. Teizene counts for nothing in front of a high-level civilization. Besides second-stage warp speed, that warship of theirs managed to sink all four of Teizene's escort ships in such a short amount of time; that kind of firepower is not typical of mid-level civilization warships."
At this moment, a rather senior and high-level broker stood up, glancing contemptuously at He Qiu. He said, "Vice-chairman, Teizene's trade fleet was destroyed within our jurisdiction, and Teizene will surely cause trouble for us. This is all due to He Qiu's incompetence; we should punish him."
He Qiu, looking extremely annoyed at the man, remembered how these influential figures used to look down on him, a mere broker. Now that he had a connection with a high-level civilization, they became jealous and wanted to use the Federation to discipline him.
He Qiu also became incisive, immediately retorting, "The Teizene civilization is preparing for a massive war, and they have dispatched several fleets one after another. At this moment, they cannot afford to pull their punches and cause trouble for us. Moreover, when has Bupinga ever been afraid of a bunch of lizard people?"
The vice-chairman, slightly surprised, gave He Qiu another look and found that this broker, who had not achieved much before, was not as incompetent as he had imagined. He said, "We are well acquainted with Teizene, and they are easy to handle. In Bupinga, there are plenty of entities Teizene cannot afford to offend. Moreover, if the Eagle Shield Civilization truly is a high-level civilization, they are worth connecting with. He Qiu, did you manage to obtain their communication channel?"
He Qiu hurriedly replied, "The representative from Eagle Shield Civilization, Bai Zhongqi, left me a communication channel, but it only allows them to contact us, not the other way around."
The vice-chairman nodded, "At least it's a lead."
Seeing He Qiu suddenly being valued by the vice-chairman, several Bupinga brokers were very aggrieved, wishing they could be in his place.