CHAPTER 390: CHAPTER 389: MAIN FORCES CLASH

At this moment.

In the cold emptiness of space, the Dense Star System and the Wandering Star System were standing off against each other from afar.

On one side were the thirty-six Battle Stars of the Dense Civilization, including thirty-three Dense Battle Stars, as well as Black Hole Black Star, Neutron Star Gao Mi, and White Dwarf Star Bai Chen, while on the other side, the Wandering Alliance had over a hundred Battle Stars. Both sides differed greatly in terms of variety and number.

The reason for the small number of the Dense Civilization was that the Dense People, due to their high density, had very weak reproductive capabilities. Even after developing for such a long time, they had only accumulated the combat power of sixty Dense Battle Stars. Moreover, the Dense Civilization followed a policy of elite soldiers based on their circumstances.

However, looking at the bigger picture, this numerical disparity wasn’t very prominent.

Both sides now formed giant star systems, with massive heliospheres rotating around them. At first glance, one would see entire vast star systems spinning at high speed. If there was a noticeable difference, it would be that the Wandering Star System’s diameter was twice that of the Dense Star System’s. Yet, the Dense Star System’s mass was about ten times greater than that of the Wandering Star System. Therefore, even though the Wandering Alliance won the first engagement, they had not truly won the war. And when it came to mass, the Dense Civilization still held the upper hand.

"The Wandering Alliance, no matter what your reasons for approaching, you will pay the price for coming close. You will all become reserves for our Dense Civilization! If anyone does not wish to die, you can surrender now and serve the Dense Civilization wholeheartedly. We can spare you; otherwise, your death is certain!" said the Black Hole Black Star, speaking in a very strong and domineering tone.

As the leader, the Black Hole Black Star could not stand seeing his realm being humiliated by others; more importantly, this would impact his side’s momentum. So he had to reverse the morale before the exchange of fire.

Constant Star Lu Chen scoffed, "That line should be ours to say, but you’ve snatched it from us. Too bad you don’t have the matching victory to back it up."

"The ultimate victory is the best qualification and the strongest confidence. You will become yet another Alien Civilization conquered in the history of the Dense Civilization!" Black Hole Black Star was very confident and then asked, "However, we seem to be unaware of your purpose for this journey?"

This is how the Universe operates: Black Hole Black Star asking for a motive now, after seeing the strength of the Wandering Alliance. If the Wandering Alliance lacked strength, they would have long become resources for the Dense Civilization. Thus, even peaceful negotiations are based on certain foundations, as the truly weak have no leverage.

Constant Star Lu Chen could not be bothered to answer Black Hole Black Star’s question and directly said, "No matter what our purpose is, it will not alter the course ahead. The war between us cannot be quenched, so our purpose has become irrelevant. Winning this war is what’s most important."

"Suddenly, I find that I admire you a bit; you’ve said some things that I find agreeable. However, this won’t change your destined demise; you will die a more miserable death because I never hold back against a real opponent!" Black Hole Black Star said with some excitement.

"So why all this idle chatter? Die!" shouted Constant Star Lu Chen, seizing the opportunity to launch the first attack with the Crown Hole Beam.

With a "boom," a terrifyingly large galactic torrent, one million kilometers thick, burst forth, three hundred million kilometers thicker than the previous seven hundred million kilometers - roughly one thousand times the diameter of Earth. It appeared like an extraordinarily vast and lengthy cosmic column of light. When it swept through the pitch-black cosmos, its massive energy and mass twisted space, and accompanied by the speed of light, the immense impact force vibrated through the sparse cosmic particles, creating a shocking and terrifying sound. Finally, with sustained thrust, the Crown Hole Beam shot out a whopping fifteen light-years in one breath, targeting the Black Hole Black Star at the center of the Dense Star System.

Since the energy level of the Crown Hole Beam increased with the mass of Constant Star Lu Chen, its range naturally expanded once more.

Faced with a million-kilometer-thick Crown Hole Beam, the entire Dense Civilization was shocked; they clearly did not anticipate that Constant Star Lu Chen could launch the Crown Hole Radiation to such a distant range!

To counter such a massive Crown Hole Beam, Black Hole Black Star immediately ordered the Battle Stars around him to back away to avoid collateral damage. Then, by leveraging his incredibly powerful gravitational pull, he drew the Crown Hole Beam towards the event horizon of his Black Hole. He well understood that such an energy beam could not withstand the gravity of a black hole, so it posed essentially no threat to him. The opponent’s use of mass for this relatively ineffective attack only served to increase the mass of his black hole. Naturally, given the Crown Hole Beam’s diameter of ten million kilometers, the Black Hole Black Star also used gravity to compress the diameter of the beam. As the lengthy Crown Hole Beam approached the black hole, it was as if it entered a narrow tube, forcibly reduced in size by a significant margin before finally being fully swallowed by the event horizon of the black hole.

Under these circumstances, Constant Star Lu Chen had no intention of stopping the attack.

He continued using the Crown Hole Beam even though it consumed the mass of an entire star every hour.

This was because Constant Star Lu Chen clearly understood: if the leaders of both sides did not engage in battle, then it was certain that the Battle Stars of the Wandering Alliance would have a greater advantage. After all, the colossal changes a black hole could trigger were hard to imagine, so from the very beginning, Constant Star Lu Chen deployed the Crown Hole Beam with clear intent: to hold Black Hole Black Star in a one-on-one stalemate, giving the Wandering Alliance’s entire Battle Stars the chance and time to annihilate the opponent’s thirty-five Battle Stars as quickly as possible.

This was the main reason Constant Star Lu Chen was willing to deplete so much of his own Constant Star Mass.

Following Constant Star Lu Chen’s sudden attack, the Battle Stars of the Wandering Alliance, according to the pre-planned tactics, swarmed out again, launching waves of Flow Base Disassembly and Quark Decoherence towards the Dense Civilization’s Battle Stars.

"Setting aside whether or not you can truly hold me off, do you think you can win just by having more numbers?" suddenly, Black Hole Black Star sent out a message of consciousness. He clearly saw through Constant Star Lu Chen’s strategy, but he was not worried.

This was because the Wandering Alliance did not know that the first twenty Dense Battle Stars were old models, and the latter thirty were new models equipped with the most advanced weaponry of the Dense Civilization. The combat power of the two generations of Battle Stars was not on the same level at all; it was not so easy for the Wandering Alliance to replicate their earlier success!