Trading Cosmic Battleship From The Start-Chapter 94 - 87: The Energy Level of Interstellar War_2

And some people were drawn to the content of Shen Shi’s words.

"So, Mr. Shen, we need to discover the enemy’s reconnaissance fleet first, and then eliminate them before they transmit any information back, or even before they spot anything?" Villard spoke again, staring intently at the iron ball.

Yes, the others started to understand as well.

This first interstellar conflict, indeed, reconnaissance is the most crucial part!

Everything hinges on these detectors!

If the enemy’s reconnaissance units have already arrived, discovered them building the Planet Fortress, and even started transmitting information back, while they remain completely unaware...

Then the probability of losing this war would greatly increase, possibly even leading to the utter extinction of their civilization in one night, just like the Worren Civilization!

Realizing this.

Everyone couldn’t help but feel tense as they looked at this "iron ball."

They wanted to know if this detector could truly shoulder such a heavy responsibility.

"The advantage of this detector is its speed and scope; it can disregard certain interstellar distances and cover an exceedingly broad range. As long as the enemy doesn’t have specialized defense measures, it’s very difficult to hide. But its drawback is equally apparent: probability. It only has a certain chance of detecting the enemy. Therefore, the best solution is to increase the numbers."

Shen Shi gazed at the black sphere with some admiration.

When he first received this thing, he hadn’t understood how Primordial Energy was used for detection.

Later, he realized just how extensive the application of Primordial Energy actually was.

As long as the enemy doesn’t specifically shield against Primordial Energy, there’s a certain probability they’ll be discovered the instant they enter detection range. In Shen Shi’s understanding, this method is almost akin to terms like "intuition," "premonition," or "telepathy," yet it undeniably exists and works.

Furthermore, the closer the distance, the clearer the detection and the higher the probability; the farther, the more obscure, and the lesser the likelihood.

Of course, he couldn’t explain the principle behind it at this moment.

He could only directly interpret the effects.

"You should all understand the basics of probability calculation. In this situation, even if there are countless detectors, the probability won’t reach one hundred percent. There’s always a possibility that none of the detectors discover the enemy. Therefore, after acquiring 256 of these detector models, the design of the Planet Fortress also includes an entire set of other types of detectors. But even so—" Shen Shi extended his hand and pointed at the sphere in front of him, "the enemy’s reconnaissance units will immediately transmit information back the moment they find it, and then they will spare no expense to destroy these detectors!"

Yes, detectors are indeed this important in interstellar war.

Because the cosmos is unimaginably vast.

So vast that communication of intel becomes extremely cumbersome.

And these Primordial Energy detectors, which can disregard certain distances and immediately find the enemy’s location, even hidden devices, provide a critical advantage!

Everyone present wasn’t foolish; they quickly grasped the meaning behind Shen Shi’s words.

"Therefore, we must protect these detectors!" Tao De looked at Shen Shi. "The sir must have a plan."

"Certainly." Shen Shi didn’t deny it. "The entire construction of the Planet Fortress actually revolves around these detectors as important nodes. Because they can only perform optimally when far from life, they can only be placed in space. But each detector must be equipped with a Space Base outfitted with Shield nodes, since within the planetary shield, the protection strength of the nodes is the highest."

As he spoke, one after another Space Base started appearing around the miniature Blue Star in front of them.

But everyone was stunned.

They originally understood this type of Space Base as a place similar to a military base, equipped with crucial instruments and weapons.

But these "bases" before their eyes......

Instead, they’re each a silver-white arc on the surface, looking like a segment of a sphere was cut off, divided into 256 pieces, evenly dispersed across the entire surface of Blue Star, seeming to have a glow flowing between them forming a defensive field enveloping the entire Blue Star.

Wait——

Everyone suddenly realized, this was a scaled-down Blue Star!

So, the area of these "arc shell" pieces...

"Every Space Base’s outer layer defense is a high-resistance device." Shen Shi lightly tapped, causing one arc to separate from the micro Blue Star, growing larger as it came before everyone.

Though still a reduced model compared to its original size, it already allowed everyone to vaguely see a layer of what seemed like flowing metal liquid on the arc’s outer surface.

Some recalled seeing Shen Shi’s spaceship before, realizing something.

"It seems that you’ve already guessed." Shen Shi naturally noticed what everyone was thinking and nodded slightly. "That’s right, it’s often used to make the hull of spaceships. My spaceship uses this material too, only more advanced. It has a strong conversion ability against various forms of energy impact. Even if a tungsten rod is accelerated to sub-light speed for a direct hit, it can absorb all the kinetic energy, remaining unharmed."

This example was vivid enough that some couldn’t help but gape; if not in space, they’d probably gasp.

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To understand, the formula for kinetic energy is (1/2)mv², which means speed directly squares the kinetic energy!

The square of the speed of light...

This astronomical figure, piercing through the entire Blue Star would be as easy as piercing through foam!

And this tiny bit of liquid metal resists such impact? Completely unharmed?

Facing everyone’s astonishment, Shen Shi’s tone remained calm: "If not to this extent, there’d be no point in interstellar war defense or interstellar travel. Most space vessels can easily accelerate substances far denser than tungsten rods to sub-light speed. During sub-light speed travel, they easily collide with various materials. In essence, interstellar technology’s energy conversion scale has reached this level, making it just another match between spear and shield."

Gulp.

Some couldn’t help but swallow hard.

The logic is sound, but it’s hard to accept in a short time.

It’s like how the number "billion" was unfamiliar to most people in the ancients.

As if it symbolizes unimaginable, limitless numbers.

Yet it’s commonplace in modern times.

Some initially had confidence in humanity’s most powerful weapon—nuclear arms—but now realize such thoughts are naïve. On Blue Star, nuclear energy, which can devastate, seems insignificant against the energy scale in interstellar war!

It’s likely, even if using all nuclear weapons to bombard this silver-white "Space Base shell," it wouldn’t cause any shake!

This tier of war...

The entire Blue Star is extremely fragile!

"This is just the outer defense of the Space Base; additionally, there’s the Shield Generator." Shen Shi flipped over the silver-white arc-shaped Space Base, causing everyone to open their eyes slightly.

Because they saw, on the side of the Space Base facing Blue Star, apart from a central sphere resembling a building emitting Shield Force Fields, there were also various densely packed structures!

This isn’t just a Space Base!

It’s practically a Space City!

Two hundred and fifty-six Space Bases, are two hundred and fifty-six massive Space Cities?

"These Space Bases will be the safest places within the whole Planet Fortress, so many critically important manufacturing plants, civilization hubs, scientific bases, will be situated here." Shen Shi said calmly, "Of course, if defeated, nowhere will be safe."