Chapter 573: Chapter 374: Total Annihtion_1
Whoosh!
Harrison rk incredibly started to change direction in zigzag patterns during his pseudo-curvature motion at one-third the speed of light!
It shouldn’t have been possible, in theory.
The pressure from such drastic changes in direction would instantly crush him, but the overloaded pseudo-curvature spaceyer protected him.
The essence of pseudo-curvature motion is movement in space while the person remains still.
Thepressed spaceyer andposite force field membrane structure on the surface of the body work together to iste the internal space from the external one.
In high-speed maneuvers and changes of direction, what’s under pressure isn’t the armor structure and operator within the internal space, but theposite membrane structure covering the exterior.
This may seem simr to a person sitting in a car while it changes direction, but it’s actually quite different.
If a car hits a tree stump and the person isn’t wearing a seatbelt, they would still fly out of the vehicle.
That’s because the person and the exterior space of the car are not essentially separated; countless connections still exist between them, as well as gravity.<div>
The human body still has inertia.
The core of pseudo-curvature motion is to use the membrane structure topletely iste the internal and external spaces, forming a new subspace.
If this technology is developed to the extreme, the word “pseudo” in “pseudo-curvature motion” should be removed, and the term should be renamed “curvature motion.”
During curvature motion, the connection between subspace and external space ispletely severed, and they be independent from each other.
No matter how drastic the change in direction, the matter inside the internal space won’t be affected by inertia at all.
Even if the speed drops from the speed of light to an absolute standstill instantaneously, both the armor structure and human body inside the internal space would still remain static, feeling nothing.
Naturally, the current study of the Grand Unified Force by humans hasn’t yet reached its peak, so the unified force field isn’t perfect and can’t create apleteposite membrane structure, or a true curvature bubble. Subtle connections between the internal and external spaces still exist.
As the level of technology continues to improve, the connections between the internal and external spaces are severed more and more thoroughly, and the engine’s performance grows stronger, but humans are still far from perfect.
Furthermore, individual weapons are different from battleships. Closebat must be considered, and the shape of the membrane structure often changes. A standard curvature bubble cannot be produced, so Newton’s firstw doesn’tpletely lose its effectiveness.
During the maneuvers and changes in direction, both the main body of the battle armor and the operator will experience some inertia.
Now that other soldiers cannot perform the same “zigzag” maneuver as Harrison rk, it doesn’t mean their physical endurance is much weaker than his.
After everyone’s awakening level exceeds 35%, Harrison rk’s advantage in physical strength has be minute.
Others can’t do it because, when they make sudden changes in direction during high-speed pseudo-curvature motion, the fluctuations in G-force are too intense, and the equipment isn’t stable enough. A small mistake can easily trigger a chain reaction, leading to loss of control and ultimately ttening the user before they even get to change direction.
Harrison rk’s control skills are high, his pseudo-curvature engine is more powerful, and the protection of the membrane structure is better. He can urately grasp the limits of his own performance and that of his equipment, so he can dance on the edge of the de.
His “zigzag” maneuver isn’t a true zigzag but a curve. It just appears like a broken line from far away because he suppresses the radius of the curvature, making it extremely short.
In short, he stays right on the critical point of his own endurance, controlling the eleration within his tolerable range, and thereby achieving miraculous control.
In the blink of an eye, Harrison rk rapidly decelerated and appeared at a certain point in the void.
His deceleration could be observed, indicating that his endurance was still far less than that of the de Mantis.
But that didn’t matter. As soon as he started his maneuver, the auxiliary brain formed by a part of Starry Sky’sputing power had already nned his route for him and sent him to the predicted point on time.<div>
Right in front of him, another de Mantis appeared.
The prediction was spot on!
The back of the de Mantis reflected the brilliant light of distant explosions.
Harrison rk’s battle armor roared into action,unching fifty rounds of physical toxin projectiles.<div>
The de Mantis suddenly turned around.
It dodged Harrison rk’s fifty consecutive shots by moving horizontally in the air.
But then, another energy beam with a diameter of only 3.3 meters hit the de Mantis right in the chest, piercing through it!
Explosion!
Death!
Only eleven de Mantises remained!
Harrison rk looked in the distance.
Indeed, this was the support firepower he had called for earlier. He hadn’t expected to see such a perfectly condensed shot.
In front of the Starry Sky Giant Cannon array over there, a giant lens-shaped structure with a diameter of over ten kilometers floated.
Martha Owen’s voice came through Harrison rk’smunicator, “How’s my new focusing lens?”
“Impressive.”
“It’s for killing these goddamn bugs.”
Harrison rk gave her a thumbs-up from afar, “Great job. But you shouldn’t swear.”<div>
“Pfft!”
“Keep it up.”
Harrison rk managed to behead two de Mantises without resorting to desperate tactics. Instead, he genuinely forced them into a trap and then brutally killed them.
He predicted the de Mantises’ leap positions twice in a row withplete uracy, not with blind luck but because he had a solid grasp of the situation!
With that, the morale of the human soldiers soared.
Commander Nora Camp couldn’t help but clench her right fist and exim, “Nice!”At this moment, Kid’s Mom clenched her teeth, her cheeks puffed up, pupils dted, and her emotions somewhat uncontroble due to intense excitement.
Some people might have been puzzled by her reluctance to deploy Harrison rk’s most potent force earlier, thinking she might be showing favoritism.
Even though no one questioned her, everyone hoped that Harrison rk, the genius who refused to acknowledge himself as such, would live till the end. However, there was still a lingering regret.
Would fewer lives have been lost if he had stepped forward earlier?
Even Harrison rk might have been unsure, having been itching to take action several times.
Now she had proven with facts that it was the correct choice to let the strongest force gather information first and act after nning.
If Harrison rk had gone up from the beginning, he might have been able to kill a few de Mantises. But had he been defeated or killed on the spot by several de Mantises working together, what then?
What could they have done?<div>
Whom could they have relied on?
After devouring top-level fighters like Needham Brown and Bainesta, the remaining de Mantises would have been able to slowly consume all human military strength.
Now, the situation waspletely different with only eleven of them left, and Harrison rk’s chances were much higher.
The dawn of victory was in sight.
Nora Camp immediately made adjustments, assembling more reserve forces to reinforce the battlefield.
Wave after wave of mass-produced level three fighters roared into the meat grinder battlefield, in an attempt to share the pressure on the remaining 11 million Gene-Modified Warriors and Harrison rk.
On the other side of the battlefield, the Spherical Battleship’s performance greatly improved after using specialized energy, seemingly having an inexhaustible supply. Its hull hadpletely repaired, thicker than before.
Although the continuous destruction from the Starry Sky Giant Cannon and the Battleship Cannon’sbined fire after prism focusing could still be damaging, it couldn’t outpace the ship’s repair speed.
Dragonfly Fighters and Eight-legged Beetles continued to pour out, seemingly impossible to erase.
The Particle-interference Bomb and ck Hole Bomb could not be deployed due to the obstruction by a multitude of resources, such as the White Light Beam.
The Compound-Eyed Observer civilization, with abundant campaign experience, couldn’t be easily trapped twice.
The Spherical Battleship seemed to have spotted the Ster Giant Cannon charging in the distance. Its frantic dodging and evasive maneuver was its response strategy.
To suppress the Spherical Battleship, the casualty rate on the fleet side was even worse than before the de Mantis assault.<div>
Minutes passed, almost all Gene-Modified Warriors had fallen. Despite enormous sacrifices, the final de Mantis was ultimately obliterated.
Harrison rk remained in the void, examining the situation through battlefield projections.
Nearly twenty Nanwind Energy Armors and Northwind Emergency Repair Armors gathered around him, along with medical armors operated by top medical personnel from the Life and Medical Institutes.
These auxiliary forces were urgently helping him recuperate and receive treatment.
Another phase of the battle had been won, but Harrison rk couldn’t celebrate, as the Spherical Battleship on the other side of the battlefield had gone berserk.
Only the thirteen Compound-Eyed Observers still inside knew what they were thinking, but they must have sensed doom approaching.
Though the humans had suffered greatly, the Compound-Eyed Observers had it worse in terms of casualties. Fifty-three of them were dead, leaving only thirteen, a fatality rate of 75.47%.
Indeed, it was tragic.
They had ced their trump card, but humanity had pierced through it.
Humans had proven themselves to not be soft targets that could easily be crushed.
Nora Camp contacted Harrison rk.
“Harrison rk.”
“Here.”
“The backup fleets’ speed and firepower aren’t enough to suppress the Spherical Battleship. Once you’ve recovered, find a way to carry thest three million Particle-interference Bombs and four ck Hole Bombs over and detonate them, okay?”
Harrison rk said, “You’re themander, just give the order, and I’ll execute it. Don’t ask if it’s possible.”
“I should have waited a bit longer. In another five minutes, the Ster Giant Cannon would have been ready to fire.”
Harrison rk shook his head, “Don’t rely too much on the Ster Giant Cannon. Judging by the way this thing is frantically dodging and escaping, the Ster Giant Cannon’s barrage might only graze it.”
“Right.”
“So I need you to take a risk.”
Harrison rk gave a forced grin, “It wasn’t easy for me to defeat the hardest de Mantises; why should I fear a battleship? I’ve even been inside it before. But I’m never blindly optimistic, or I would have already dered victory…”
His words were cut off as a sudden change urred on the other side.
The Spherical Battleship suddenly elerated, charging into a reserve fleet formation and wreaking havoc before heading straight for another location.
Unbeknownst to the human forces, the Spherical Battleship had stealthily deployed a vast array of small-scale forces on this side, causing massive losses and weakening defenses.
Nora Camp hurriedly ordered more firepower for suppression and reinforcements from the other side of the battlefield.
But the Spherical Battleship shifted again, initiating an even more intense assault to break free.
Kid’s Mom no longer spoke to him, revealing the immense pressure she was under.
Harrison rk’s brows furrowed, an ominous feeling surged in his heart.
For some reason, he was very restless.
Despite annihting all the de Mantises, his uneasiness had not diminished, but grown stronger.