Mecha Battle: Why Do You Use Body to Destroy Stars?

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“…Interstellar civilization?”

“That’s a bit of a leap.”

Jiang Chen’s gaze swept across.

He stood atop a reddish-brown hill, below which lay a boundless expanse of crimson land.

There were canyons and craters, but no human structures or any signs of life.

He activated his perception abilities and scanned the entire planet.

Not a single trace of life could be found.

Clearly, it was the most common type of lifeless planet found in space.

Considering the possibility of abundant internal mineral resources, should the local civilization develop, it could transform this place into a mining field for the planet in the future.

This time, the point of arrival wasn’t within a civilization, but on a wild, dead star.

Adding to that was the background description provided by the Abyss Rune.

It was clear that this was the front line where interstellar civilization clashed with the necro calamity.

“Interstellar fleets, spatial leaps…”

“Had I not gained some civilizational heritage in the Purgatory level, the technological standard here would already be far beyond Planet Blue Star’s.”

Jiang Chen marveled inwardly.

Even without mecha pilots, merely with this level of technology, the local civilization could have eliminated many disasters.

And for this very reason,

when the local “Star Alliance” civilization faced an existential threat, the corresponding disaster level was directly raised to an interstellar scale.

“Now, it’s a rank-ascending trial; the disaster’s strength won’t exceed mine by much, nor will it be much weaker.”

“I currently possess 9th Rank attributes, so the true strength of the necro calamity should be above 10th Rank, starting at the nebula level.”

“It’s just unknown, which level of Legendary Overlord this Soul Expulsion Tyrant represents…”

Jiang Chen estimated the enemy’s strength, his gaze drifting beyond the stars.

Although he was standing on a planet, he could clearly sense all the situations within this expanse of starry space.

Including the number of humans in the Star Alliance Fleet, the number of necros in the enemy fleet, the comparison of life force intensity, comparison of weapon strength…

Even from a great distance, he could analyze nearly everything about the functions of the fleets at a glance.

The reasons for the battle and the situation of the conflict were distinctly clear to him—

Both fleets harbored powerful long-range energy weapons containing the power to destroy planets.

If unleashed recklessly, they could easily traverse vast distances to directly eradicate the opposing fleet.

Therefore, maintaining energy shields was essential to avoid such long-range attacks.

The problem was…

These energy shields were not perfect.

They couldn’t differentiate between the sources of energy and would block both the friendly and enemy long-range energy weapons.

It seemed they had no way to resolve this issue.

Based on this situation, a new tactical system had to be established:

Flagships would stop at ultra-long distances, nestled behind energy shields while charging energy, aiming at the enemy and ready to fire at any moment.

Then, arrange smaller ships to leave the range of the energy shields and carry out close-range strikes.

If one side temporarily turned off the energy shields to attack the smaller ships, they would be instantly wiped out by large-scale destructive weapons.

If one ignored them, the small ships could fly over and breach the energy shields, providing the main fleet with an opportunity to fire.

So, it was necessary to arrange small fleets to respond as well.

Thus, this peculiar combat situation arose—

Interstellar fleets quietly lined up at a distance under the protection of energy shields.

Both sides dispatched necro mechas and small attack ships for close-range combat.

The victor would gain control over the entire battlefield!

“Frontline duels in the interstellar era, is it?”

Jiang Chen found it somewhat difficult to shell.

Of course, it was different from the generals’ duels of ancient battles.

The small combat ships sent by both sides were just relatively smaller in size and more agile in action.

The level of energy they contained was not considered low.

With the exaggerated power of technological weapons, each small battle ship possessed the ability to destroy a ground civilization!

This was a true interstellar war!

It was just a pity…

The human fleet was doomed to fail.

[Code name: Dead Spirits Structure]

[Strength: 500 million, equipped with high-energy melee weapons, capable of self-destructing and damaging all targets in the range if necessary.]

[Speed: 500 million, capable of short-range folding leap, more flexible with the overall structure.]

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[Defense: 1 billion, can activate energy shield, significantly reducing the power of ranged weapons.]

[Evaluation: An excellent self-destruct type mecha.]

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[Code: Miniature Folding Mecha.]

[Strength: 100 million, poor energy reserves, insufficient energy intensity, and lacks the means to break energy shields.]

[Speed: 100 million, although it has short-distance fold jump capability, it is limited in number due to energy issues. Its agility is poor when engaged at close range.]

[Defense: 200 million, the energy shield is a compromised version to facilitate output, offering limited defense.]

[Evaluation: Cannon fodder.]

When Jiang Chen looked over, the two sides had already made contact and the battle had begun.

He could easily identify the specific data of both sides through the battle situation.

Through the data, it was clear to see that the human camp’s fighters bore a great resemblance to the Dead Spirits Structures, yet their capabilities were far inferior.

Not just by a small margin.

This led to a completely one-sided situation in the starry sky.

A volley of energy weapons from the miniature folding mecha shot over, hitting the Dead Spirits Structure’s energy shield, causing almost no damage.

The Dead Spirits Structure directly performed a short-distance fold jump, appeared behind the folding mecha, and swung its ghostly green energy light saber.

With just a slight pause, it cut through the folding mecha’s compromised shield and sliced the body in half!

After only a brief engagement, countless explosions of light flared up.

Dead Spirits Structures, brandishing energy sabers, burst from the debris and continued to pounce on the next enemy.

The scene froze there—

Jiang Chen looked to the sky, his thought speed raised to the utmost limit, making it appear as if time was nearly at a standstill to him.

He could slowly observe the battlefield and think about his next move.

“Rear fleet and front-line battlefield…”

“Let’s hit the front-line battlefield first. Without clearing these Dead Spirits Structures, they are capable of annihilating the entire folding mecha swarm… Although this is the main fleet of the Star Alliance civilization and is somewhat weak, we can’t just let it go.”

“As for the Dead Spirits’ rear fleet, since it’s holding up an energy shield and not moving, it indicates that the Star Alliance fleet’s weapons can still pose a threat to them.”

“No need to worry for the time being.”

Jiang Chen made a judgment, his mind made a move.

“Yun.”

[At your command!]

Alongside the mental command, countless gears and metal plates materialized from flesh and blood.

In an instant, a large, golden red steam mecha stood atop the hill—

The interstellar battlefield was vast, and the number of Dead Spirits Structures was extremely large; to clear them all, the best choice would definitely be a space series mecha.

However, Vitaz did not like fighting, so it was replaced by Yun.

As for the Time Mecha, how it moves through space…

Jiang Chen’s mastery of the [Soul of Machinery] trait grew ever more proficient; since he could use time abilities to accelerate the mecha, he naturally could also use spatial abilities to transfer the mecha.

No sooner had the steam mecha disappeared on the spot, the next instant, it had already appeared outside the planet.

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“High-energy reaction detected on Planet T-73!”

Inside the Star Alliance Fleet, the human commander sat in his chair, his head connected with various fine wires and tubes, and his skin was also etched with numerous patterns.

This was a special device to strengthen the brain and spiritual energy, thereby increasing the speed of thought.

Interstellar warfare was so fast-paced and wide-ranging.

As a fleet commander, having the necessary thought speed and responsiveness was essential to truly control the overall situation.

At this moment, with the supply from many spiritual energy users, the commander’s thought speed had exceeded that of a computer.

While he was observing the battlefield, he caught a trace of a high-energy reaction coming from the direction of the planet.

“What’s that?”

He used the fleet’s equipment to cast his “gaze” over.

But he saw an ancient, fantastical steam mecha, reminiscent of something from an old play, floating in space.

This mecha, which looked like an antiquated work of art, was extremely swift.

It left a lingering image in his consciousness and then activated the fold jump, disappearing from its original location.

The next moment.

The situation of the space battlefield dramatically changed.

The golden red steam mecha almost simultaneously appeared behind countless Dead Spirits Structures—

Their sturdy energy shields, like paper, broke upon contact, cut apart by a hundred-meter-long ship-slicing greatsword, along with their cores.

The ghostly green glow that had pervaded the entire starry space dimmed as if someone had turned off the lights.

Starting from the edges, it quickly faded away, spreading throughout the entire battlefield!

Human commander: “What on earth is that?”

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