strictlysupreme Chapter 262 Shifting the Blame East
Chapter 262 Shifting the Blame East
"Warning! A highly sophisticated, systematic attack has been detected converging!"
"Target locked on our fleet!"
"Evasion...evasion failed! Attack range covers the entire field! Unavoidable!"
"The shield's energy field has become unstable! Conventional defenses are ineffective!"
Inside the bridge of the Pangu, the red alarm lights illuminated everyone's faces, making them appear blood-red.
The system AI's emotionless, relentless pronouncements of death created an extremely oppressive atmosphere in the command center.
Everyone was so terrified by the beast's terrifying power that their hands and feet went cold.
Before that abyss-like maw, their proud steel warships were as fragile as paper.
"It's over..."
As everyone stared at the gathering darkness on the screen, a darkness capable of swallowing everything, they murmured in despair.
However, amidst this despairing silence, Su Chen's voice rang out clearly and calmly.
"All warships, listen to my command!"
His voice wasn't loud, but it was like a stabilizing force, instantly piercing through everyone's fear.
"Abandon evasion! Immediately execute the 'Sky Mirror' operation plan!"
"All 'Kuafu'-class corvettes, immediately break away from your original formation and form a concave formation centered on the flagship 'Pangu'!"
"Maximize the output power of your gravitational deflection field!"
"quick!"
Tianjing Contingency Plan?
What is that?
Most of the crew members, including Chen Zhou, were stunned.
In their memory, this contingency plan was not even mentioned in the Earth Fleet's combat manual!
This is more like a... crazy plan that was just come up on the spot!
Using a gravitational field to create a mirror?
To deflect the monster's attack?
What a joke! That's a rule-based attack! It's a breath attack that can directly annihilate a soul! How could it possibly be reflected?
"Execute the command!"
Su Chen's voice suddenly rose, carrying an undeniable authority.
At this critical juncture of life and death, the long-established absolute authority came into play.
"yes!"
Despite being filled with doubt and fear, all the captains instinctively carried out the orders.
Dozens of "Kuafu"-class corvettes, like the most obedient soldiers, instantly broke free from the chaotic formation.
They arranged themselves around the central "Pangu" with incredible precision.
The bow of each warship was illuminated by a blinding blue light.
Countless powerful gravitational deflection fields, under the precise calculations and guidance of the "Prophet," connect and merge with each other.
Ultimately, a colossal, invisible, perfectly curved concave mirror was formed directly in front of the Earth fleet!
In the very last second before this "mirror" was formed!
The Star-Shattered Giant Devourer's attack has arrived!
"Buzz—"
A massive, unimaginably thick black beam of light, composed of pure darkness and the rules of destruction, spewed from the giant beast's mouth!
Wherever it passed, space groaned and shattered; the floating planetary debris could not even last a moment.
They are silently decomposed and annihilated, turning into the most basic particles.
The beam of light struck the concave mirror formed by the gravitational field with pinpoint accuracy!
There were no earth-shattering explosions.
The destructive black beam of light seemed to sink into a quagmire the moment it came into contact with the gravitational field.
Its front end began to twist and deform, deflecting along the perfect arc of that "mirror"!
The principle of concave mirrors was revealed at this moment in an unimaginable way!
That soul breath, powerful enough to annihilate an entire fleet, was focused and reflected by the gravitational field.
It shot fiercely in another direction at an incredibly tricky angle!
That direction led to the Shadow's flagship, the still-burning wreckage filled with resentment and shadow energy that remained after its self-destruction!
The fading consciousness of the shadowy figure was still gloating over the doom of the Earth fleet.
When he saw the beam of destructive light reflecting off him, disbelief filled his ethereal "face".
No... how could this be...?
This is impossible—!!!
"boom!"
The beam of destruction struck the wreckage of the "Shadow Claw" with pinpoint accuracy.
The already dilapidated mass of metal and energy, along with the last fragments of the shadow's consciousness, were instantly vaporized by this attack!
He couldn't even let out a scream.
A seemingly inescapable trap, capable of wiping out the entire Earth fleet, was thus miraculously resolved by Su Chen.
To shift blame and misfortune elsewhere!
Not only did they avert the crisis, but they also delivered the final blow to the Shadow!
Inside the bridge of the Pangu, there was a deathly silence.
Everyone stared in disbelief at what was happening on the screen, their minds completely blank.
They... survived?
They actually reflected the monster's attack back at us?!
Chen Zhou's gaze towards Su Chen was no longer one of shock, but rather one of awe.
This kind of operation requires more than just technology and computing power.
It requires an extraordinary understanding of the laws of gravity, space, and energy.
Even more so, it requires a godlike reaction speed to make the most accurate judgment within a fraction of a second!
He began to suspect that Su Chen might possess more than just that mysterious "prophet" AI.
He himself may possess some kind of... precognitive ability!
"Cough cough..."
Su Chen coughed lightly twice, breaking the silence on the bridge.
His face was also somewhat pale; the actions he had just performed had also greatly depleted his mental energy.
"Don't just stand there."
He spoke slowly, "The real show is just beginning."
As he spoke, he turned on the public channel's wide area broadcast.
He spoke his voice toward the giant beast, which was briefly confused by its missed attack.
And... the "audience" who may be hiding in the shadows passed on to the past.
"Great Star-Shattering Giant Devourer, you have been deceived!"
Su Chen's voice, through a special mental resonance frequency, resounded directly in the behemoth's chaotic mind.
"It wasn't us who woke you up! It was those rats hiding in the gutter, those scum of the 'Star-Eating Cult'!"
"They woke you from your slumber using the shadow energy you hate most, just to make you their cannon fodder to attack their enemies!"
"Look! That energy cluster you just destroyed with your own hands is their mark! They used you, and now they want to abandon you!"
Su Chen's move was extremely insidious.
He knew that chaotic and evil creatures like the Star Destroyer Beast had no reason whatsoever.
But he also knew that this creature had an aversion to certain types of energy ingrained in its genes.
For example... the malevolent energy of the Star Eater Cult, which is full of aggression and pollution.
He equated the Shadow energy of the Shadow with the Cult of the Star Eaters.
He wanted to plant a seed in the monster's mind.
A seed that will transfer all hatred onto the "Star Eater Cult"!
This is not only to mislead the behemoth, but also to...
Tell that to the real Star Eater Cult members who might be watching from the sidelines!