Galaxy Domination Guide

"Comrades of the Universe Army, I am Bai Zhongqi, acting captain of the Sacred Falcon. Today, I stand with you in the same capacity, in front of our homeland, Earth, to wage a desperate battle to protect our families, friends, nations, and planet from the ferocious enemy. Since the day the Star Alliance was born, we have fulfilled dreams that our forebears never achieved; we united people of different skins, cultures, and languages from all over the world to create a better world and brought forth a new civilization—the Earth civilization."

This was Bai Zhongqi's final mobilization speech before the battle. Not only the soldiers aboard the 149 warships in orbit could hear him, but also those seeking shelter on Earth at that time.

His tone was calm, even dull, without much passion, let alone being sensational. He had not prepared any manuscript beforehand; he was simply expressing himself in a very straightforward manner.@@novelbin@@

"The road to the growth and maturation of a civilization is never smooth. Our Earth civilization faced an extremely thorny enemy at inception—the Teizene civilization. They covet our safe and vibrant homeland, they plot to enslave us and feast on our flesh, they are arrogant and even awe-inspiring."

The soldiers standing in the battleship cabins had stopped what they were doing and were looking up at the speaker, listening intently to this man's words, which were not startling yet somehow stirring."

In the crowded and somewhat stifling shelters, people sat huddled on the ground, their faces etched with fear and worry. When Bai Zhongqi's voice sounded, they couldn't help but feel curious and excited. Parents held their children tight in their arms, lovers clenched each other's hands, the youth were righteously indignant, and the elders frowned deeply.

"But no matter how powerful the enemy is, it will not shake our resolve to defend our civilization at this moment. No matter the hardships we face, it will not change the fact that we are stronger and braver fighters than the Teizenes. For over a year, many admirable people have tirelessly absorbed all knowledge, learnt combat skills, just for this battle today. So please, my comrades, lend me your strength and let the more than seven billion compatriots behind us believe, after today's battle, Earth shall prevail!"

"Earth shall prevail!"

The first to echo the cry was Captain Wang Duidui of the Jilin, but he quickly felt embarrassed when he realized that no one else on his ship joined in the cheer. Everyone acted as if they hadn't seen him and continued with their duties.

Wang Duidui let his hand drop in utter embarrassment and scratched the back of his head, "Isn't this how it's always portrayed in the movies? The leader delivers a deeply moving pre-battle speech, and then the troops start hooting."

"All those are clichés," Jilin grumbled.

Aboard the Sacred Falcon, Zero reported to Bai Zhongqi, "The enemy fleet has passed through the Sirius Galaxy; the target is the Solar System. The anti-warp interference device had no effect, and General Sang Jishi's First Strategic Fleet has initiated warp speed. We expect them to arrive in the Solar System almost concurrently with the enemy."

She looked at Bai Zhongqi, continuing, "At least in terms of numbers, we should be somewhat larger than the Teizene Fleet."

Bai Zhongqi led the Fourth Strategic Fleet, comprising 149 warships. Originally, Sang Jishi's First Strategic Fleet was the largest, with over 300 warships, but after Xu Lanzhou's surprise attack, half of the force was drawn from his command. Now Sang Jishi had 178 warships in hand, meaning Bai Zhongqi had a total of 327 warships at his disposal.

In comparison, Xu Lanzhou's Teizene Fleet had fewer ships—Bai Zhongqi wasn't sure how many exactly, but the number definitely wouldn't exceed two hundred and fifty. However, there might be close to a hundred main battle ships among them. In Bai Zhongqi's two strategic fleet groups, there were only one Sacred Falcon, plus three Bojiang Class Battleships, one Aquarius Aircraft Carrier, and two Yufu Class Battlecruisers—a total of seven main battle ships.

Bai Zhongqi said nothing, his expression still monotonous.

Linyin was somewhat unaccustomed to the Chancellor's demeanor over these past few days and added, "Moreover, we still have Earth's entire planetary defense system. Such firepower should be enough to inflict damage equivalent to that of a dozen or twenty main battle ships on the enemy."

Seeing that Bai Zhongqi still had no interest in speaking, Linyin grew somewhat frantic and tentatively asked, "Your Excellency, it seems you still have a trump card—is it the secret that Linyin is researching, the key to cracking the shield sharing?"

Bai Zhongqi shook his head: "I don't even know if Linyin's technology will pan out."

Linyin wanted to ask if Bai Zhongqi had any other cards up his sleeve, but she felt that even if she did, he wouldn't tell her. The Chancellor had always been enigmatic, baffling to everyone.

Bai Zhongqi cracked his knuckles, the sound echoing sharply; his face slightly bowed, he said, "Let's just have a straightforward battle."

Meanwhile, in a secret research facility located underground in Country C, Linyin, with evident dark circles under her eyes, was completely surrounded by holographic screens that popped up everywhere, with algorithms displayed all over them. Experience more on My Virtual Library Empire

"No, that's not right. The approach should be correct. Even if the escort ship's shields are supported from elsewhere, the capacity must be finite. Hence, it couldn't accommodate the shield output of a main battle ship level. It could only mean that in the instant the escort ship is attacked, the shield array can rapidly replenish the shield value lost in a very short duration. If we use an extremely large amount of energy to overload the entire system, then we should be able to exceed the shield capacity of the individual warship and blow up its shields in the end. But why can't I burn it out no matter how much energy I load? It only strengthens the shield, but it doesn't overload."

Linyin felt she was going insane; she had never been this overwhelmed, not even during her school days. Constantly monitoring the situation, she knew that in a few hours, Teizene's warships would engage in a decisive battle near Earth with the fleet led by the Chancellor. If she couldn't solve this problem, Star Alliance's chances of victory would be drastically reduced.

"Why, why is this happening?" Linyin was nearly pulling her hair out in frustration.

But no matter how she tried, she couldn't induce overload in the shield array. The Teizene people's shield sharing technology was like an insurmountable mountain that would leave those who attempted to climb it shattered to pieces.

Linyin couldn't accept defeat. On her path of scientific research, she had only ever had mountains beneath her feet, never one that had her underfoot.