Capítulo 589: Chapter 347: Gravity Illusion The Maoshi Star Civilization’s Second Fleet hastily returned to defense, heading to the number 24 stronghold of the Star Domain Defense Line. By the time they arrived, the defense measures at the stronghold had already been dismantled by the Blue Star Civilization, but their fleet did not proceed further. It seemed they were waiting for the arrival of the Second Fleet. “Attack!” The Second Fleet dared not be negligent and immediately attacked this fleet. However, when they opened fire, they discovered that what was left here were just some unmanned warships and gravity illusion makers. “Have we been tricked again?” The captains were so furious their teeth itched. Qing Gu took a deep breath and said, “It can be predicted that they will repeatedly use such methods to harass us. Next time, send a team first to assist in defense. Once it’s confirmed to be the enemy’s main force, then the main fleet should rush over.” Just as she finished speaking, an alarm came from the intelligence system. “Warning, at the Star Domain Defense Line, the number 47 stronghold has discovered an enemy fleet, suspected main fleet, Gold Battle Star detected, Gold Battle Star has appeared, requesting support!” “Should we send a small fleet?” The subordinates hesitated; if this fleet was real, the Gold Battle Star could push across their defense line without hindrance! Without the main fleet and planet disintegrator, they couldn’t stop the Blue Star Civilization’s attack. “Once stronghold 47 is breached, the enemy can swiftly strike to our core circle,” a subordinate reminded. Qing Gu gritted her teeth and said, “Send the First Fleet to intercept!” She dared not gamble because the enemy could feign attacks a hundred times, and if she lost the bet even once, the Maoshi Star Civilization would suffer a massive blow. The First Fleet hurried to the 47th stronghold, and when they arrived, the Blue Star Civilization also dismantled the stronghold there. The Gold Battle Star, along with the main fleet, had even seized a Star System and was breaking toward the Maoshi Star Civilization core circle. “Attack using gravity weapons first!” This time, the Maoshi Star Civilization captains learned and attacked the Gold Battle Star first, using the feedback to determine if it was real. The gravity weapons passed through the warp bubbles, but were interfered with by strong gravity fields before reaching the Gold Battle Star, shattering the warp bubbles and causing the weapons to self-destruct instantly. “This Gold Battle Star should be real!” They roughly concluded. “Use the Planet Disintegrator!” The Planet Disintegrator, which they transported using a Level 9 Warp Speed Battleship, was deployed. The Planet Disintegrator flew beside the Gold Battle Star and began its operation. The gravitational waves rapidly disintegrated the Gold Battle Star, yet they realized too late that they had struck empty once again! This Gold Battle Star was more realistic; it wasn’t a gravity illusion but a real planet equipped with a warp engine, yet it wasn’t a War Star! The Blue Star Civilization used a barren planet disguised as a War Star, coupled with the Gravity Illusion Maker’s effect, deceiving them once more! The previous gravity illusion was a mere phantom, while this time, it was equivalent to a puppet doll. The Blue Star Civilization had anticipated their vigilance, and their deception tactics had upgraded! “Damn it!” Qing Gu finally experienced Zi Gu’s frustration when fighting the Blue Star Civilization; it’s utterly indefensible! The Blue Star Civilization gave them no time to ponder, react, and upgrade scouting methods. The warning sounded once again. “Warning, at the Star Domain Defense Line, numbers 2, 7, 11, 14, 22, 26… and 89 strongholds simultaneously detected enemy fleets requesting support!” This warning notification left Qing Gu stunned, with over thirty strongholds under attack! Furthermore, each report suspected them to be the enemy’s main fleet. Just the strongholds that discovered “Gold Battle Stars” exceeded twenty! The Blue Star Civilization definitely didn’t have twenty Battle Stars, otherwise, they would have unified the M45 Star Cluster long ago. But who knows which one is real? Their main fleet simply couldn’t cover so many strongholds. Qing Gu suddenly realized, as the war had just begun, she was already entirely passive, completely led by the enemy. Forget attacking, they couldn’t even manage defense. “Which one is real?” Qing Gu asked her subordinates, and the think tank’s space military experts stammered, unable to come up with a rationale. Someone suggested, “Guessing is futile. How about we ignore them altogether and directly attack the Blue Star Civilization territory, forcing their main fleet to retreat for defense!” Qing Gu pondered for a moment and said, “Let the Third Fleet continue attacking, while the Second Fleet and First Fleet divide forces for defense, quickly regroup once the enemy’s real main force is detected!” “We have the advantage of mobility, even if a few strongholds and Star Systems were captured, we could quickly snatch them back, keeping the core circle of the Maoshi Star Civilization safe.” What Qing Gu didn’t expect was that none of these more than thirty main fleets were real! Originally, He Xingzhou’s plan was to have the Gold Battle Star, with the border defense fleet, conquer a few Star Systems, but with the appearance of the Planet Disintegrator, having no countermeasures, he simply let the Gold Battle Star and border defense fleet continue their defense mission. In the gravity illusions, mixed with a large number of unmanned fleets, they could also disrupt enemy strongholds and defenses. The border defense fleet returned to the vicinity of the Sand People Civilization to defend against the Third Fleet’s attack once more. “The simplest way to defend against the Planet Disintegrator is to destroy it directly. But our reconnaissance machines have found that it didn’t arrive via warp speed, and our defense system can’t defend it immediately,” Xie Wu reported to He Xingzhou regarding some investigative results on the Planet Disintegrator. He Xingzhou asserted, “From a distance of 0.5 light-years, it practically arrives instantly!” “Since we can’t detect it, there’s only one possibility! The Planet Disintegrator approaches the target through hyperspace jumps, which is why we can’t cope!” Hyperspace jump technology is something that civilizations above level 3.5 can master. Its navigation method is different from warp speed travel. With warp speed travel, ordinary detectors can’t see it because it creates a warp bubble that distorts space and moves so fast that light and information can’t be transmitted to the observer in time. On the other hand, hyperspace jumps leave this spatial dimension and briefly go to other dimensions, achieving an effect similar to instant movement through high-dimensional traversal. Similar to a subspace communication device that utilizes information transmitted across subspace, crossing countless light-years, hyperspace jump takes material entities through higher dimensions. Since it doesn’t operate in three-dimensional space, regular detectors can’t find its location or lock onto and destroy it. “If it involves hyperspace jumps, this is beyond our scope!” Xie Wu said helplessly, “Currently, we have no understanding of hyperspace jump technology.” “We also don’t have weapons to strike into hyperspace to destroy the Planet Disintegrator.” He Xingzhou pondered for a moment and said, “You’re right. We currently don’t know how to destroy a Planet Disintegrator capable of hyperspace jumps — but we can interfere with it!” “Interfere with hyperspace jumps?” Xie Wu wondered. “Yes!” He Xingzhou said, “Although our weapons can’t lock onto a target or reach other dimensions, gravitational waves can transcend dimensions!” “The influence of strong gravity affects not only the three-dimensional world but also impacts lower and higher dimensional worlds.” “Since the Planet Disintegrator is also a gravitational wave weapon, while we aren’t proficient with gravitational wave weapons, we should be able to create some disruptive gravitational waves.” “By releasing a large number of gravitational wave disruptors around the War Star, the hyperspace jump of the Planet Disintegrator will certainly be affected.” “Just as gravity weapons can interfere with warp speed travel, if it exits the hyperspace jump state early, we’ll have an opportunity to destroy it before it can act!” “It’s worth a try.” Xie Wu said, “Just in time to use this feint opportunity to test the gravitational wave disruptors!” At this moment, the anxious one was the Maoshi Star Civilization, as they were also pondering how to break through the gravity illusions. Without breaking through the gravity illusions first, they would remain passive. As for the Third Fleet’s attack, He Xingzhou wasn’t worried at all. If they think they can penetrate the Blue Star Civilization without sending over the First and Second Fleets, then the Maoshi Star Civilization commander has underestimated them! After so many years of interstellar construction, various space facilities within the Blue Star Civilization’s domain were all in place. The Space Fortresses and Space Outposts alone they constructed are enough to withstand the attack of a Star Domain Level main fleet. While both sides engaged in mutual attack and defense, the Blue Star Civilization’s three main fleets within the Zerg occupied area were already approaching the borderline of the Maoshi Star Union.