On the surface, you seem to be reporting the good news to me and taking credit on behalf of the Red Blade Science Academy, but in actuality, you are flattering me, catching me off guard.
Before formulating this expedition plan, Ren Zhong had already set his sights on this miniature black hole, ordering the First Expeditionary Army to dispatch a research vessel for close observation, thoroughly analyzing its parameters, and then transferring them to the Source Star Science Academy.
He then had the experts and scholars from Source Star collaborate on precise calculations.
Later, he personally took those calculations from the Source Star scientists and pretended to use the Red Blade Science Academy to turn them from theory into reality, creating an uncrewed superheavy war fortress and accurately deploying it on the surface of the miniature black hole.
Following this series of complex preparations, the result manifested in such a simple yet deadly strike.
With Fudin’s death and the total collapse of the Pakuiao Pirate Group, the Pirate Alliance lost its backbone, and the course of this space war irreversibly leaned toward the Red Blade Expeditionary Army.
The other four families of the Five Elder Clan, upon realizing the demise of Fudin’s flagship, were the first to respond, quickly changing course and preparing to flee.
It did not take much effort, and those warships surprisingly managed to escape.
It was not due to any sudden improvement in their strength, but rather because the Second Red Blade Expeditionary Army stopped the pursuit and even began to contract their formation.
As if, after crushing the Pakuiao Pirate Group and securing victory, the Red Blade Expeditionary Army suddenly lost its fighting spirit. Rather than pursuing relentlessly, the Red Blade Clan’s forces were more inclined to preserve their strength.
The fleeing pirate commanders were not puzzled by this.
This made sense.
Although the Red Blade Army achieved a great victory, they still sustained some losses.
No matter how strong the Red Blade Clan’s forces were, they could not escape their population disadvantage, so it was only natural to manage the casualty rate. This aligned with Earl Red Blade’s long-standing persona of keeping a low profile and quietly accumulating strength.
Nearly two hours passed, and the remaining Pirate Alliance fleet, with over 70% of its members surviving, had dispersed far in all directions.
Just as the Pirate Alliance commanders felt a sense of post-crisis relief, an unforeseen change occurred.
Suddenly, a terrifying number of large missiles encircled from above and below the combat zone, closing in from all directions.
The number of missiles was overwhelming, covering an extensive area, completely enveloping the dispersed pirate formations within their strike range.
Moreover, these missiles, after prolonged acceleration, had managed to reach 0.2 times the speed of light by relying on low-power space dust-adhering engines, making them extremely difficult to evade.
By the time the remnants of the pirate forces realized, it was too late.
The missile array, arriving almost simultaneously, exploded with a roar on the outskirts of the Five Elder Clan fleet’s formation as well as other Pirate Alliance fleet formations, creating vast zones of high-energy and high-temperature nuclear fusion radiation.
The cascade of nuclear fusion explosions linked up, seemingly conjuring an extraordinarily massive star out of nothing in space.
Contrasted with the chain fusion explosions used by the Red Blade Clan during the geomorphological transformation on South Nine C Star, the style was similar, but the scale was magnified countless times.
If a civilization several billion light-years away were to "see" this scene through a radio telescope billions of years later, its scientists might form an unsolvable cosmic mystery.
In a particular region, where once there was nothing, suddenly appeared an immensely massive star, only to explode through a smaller-scale supernova mechanism.
Is this a natural phenomenon of the universe or the mighty power of civilization?
If it is a natural phenomenon, what cosmic spectacle could teleport a star so instantaneously?
If it is the grand force of civilization, then which civilization relocated this massive star here?
What was the intention of this civilization and through what means was this achieved?
Such mysteries would likely permeate the entire history of the observing civilization, from its rise to decline.
But that’s a matter for the future. At present, the explosion shockwave dealt fatal blows to the Five Elder Clan fleet attempting to escape and the other Pirate Alliance fleet that remained oblivious to the events.
Only a handful of lucky ones barely managed to survive by being in the relative void areas formed by the overlapping nuclear fusion explosions.
A very few fortunate individuals not only survived but also recovered fragments of some missile components.
Within the populous Pirate Alliance, there were inevitably some intelligent and resilient individuals.
Those who found the fragments by great chance immediately conducted a radioactive half-life analysis and were alarmed to discover that these missiles had been manufactured at least fifty years ago and had been in space for over forty years.