Inside the Earth.

Lu Yongchang watched this scene with a somewhat gloomy expression.

'Zero, perform spectral analysis on the white smoke!'

Soon, the analysis results were presented to Lü Yongchang.

'Nitrogen gas, and some fine dust…'

Lu Yongchang looked thoughtfully at the analysis report projected on the holographic screen.

It is similar in function to a giant smoke bomb used by humans.

However, this technology of the opposing fleet is a passive skill.

It will only be triggered when the surface armor is damaged by an attack.

As for its working principle, it is easy to deduce.

It simply involves using liquid nitrogen to rapidly cool the attacked area and simultaneously using "smog" to weaken the power of the laser weapon.

Lü Yongchang silently recorded this matter in his memo.

This method can be used as a reference for upgrading the fleet in the future.

At least for now, this "passive skill" seems to take effect faster and is relatively more flexible than the interstellar smoke bomb!

...

While the human fleet launched its attack, the enemy was not idle either.

They launched another high-energy laser beam attack on the human fleet.

In an instant, the vast interstellar battlefield was filled with dangerous high-energy lasers!

Unlike the enemy's starship.

In addition to maintaining the starships' spin state, human fleets also resist these lasers through a starship adaptive repair technology that relies on a large number of nanobots.

To put it simply...

The enemy resists laser attacks mainly by stacking armor and using shields.

Human starships primarily resist by maneuvering and using breathing techniques to regenerate health.

...

Time passed second by second.

The Type II electromagnetic cannons and plasma projectiles launched by the human fleet successfully crossed the long distance and arrived at the Grey fleet.

An unexpected scene unfolded.

Neither electromagnetic cannon projectiles nor the eerie blue plasma projectiles with their surfaces flashing with golden electric light successfully hit the enemy's medium to large starships!

They exploded with a deafening roar just before hitting the enemy ship!

The generated high-temperature plasma even traced a beautiful arc as it "slid" toward the side of the enemy ship!

Numerous jets of plasma emanated from these medium to large enemy ships, outlining the shape of an ellipsoid!

As for the small, disorganized enemy ships, they were completely reduced to dust under the bombardment of electromagnetic and plasma cannons!

Inside the Earth.

Upon seeing this, Lü Yongchang's eyes widened in surprise.

Shield technology!

Four words flashed through his mind in an instant!

Damn it!

The other side is indeed a civilization of level three or higher!

"Professor!" Faced with this "bizarre" scene, Zhao Zijie decisively chose to ask Lü Yongchang for help.

Of course, this is also the duty that Lü Yongchang, as the science and technology commander, should fulfill.

"It should be shield technology!" A hint of anxiety flashed across Lü Yongchang's face as he quickly relayed the message to Zhao Zijie, "Have the fleet attack with laser weapons first; don't waste ammunition blindly!"

He then quickly issued the order to Zero.

'Zero, show me the scene of the enemy starship being attacked in slow motion.'

The reason for doing this is quite simple.

He didn't believe that this so-called shield could block these attacks containing a large amount of energy indefinitely!

The holographic image unfolds and magnifies again.

A medium-sized starship was "luckily" selected as a sample and presented to Lü Yongchang.

A holographic video, slowed down hundreds of times, begins to play.

In slow motion, the electric sparks dancing on the plasma projectiles appear exceptionally clear!

At a distance of less than a kilometer from the enemy ship, the plasma projectile seemed to have hit something, and its speed decreased instantly!

This instantaneous change in speed directly detonated the already unstable plasma projectile!

'stop!'

Lu Yongchang's eyes lit up, and he issued a command through the brainwave reading device: "Rewind a little more, bring the video back to the moment the plasma projectile just made contact with the enemy's shield."

The hologram changes rapidly.

"Yes!" Lu Yongchang looked at the scene before him, a glint of light flashing in his eyes. "This is it!"

In the scene, besides the distorted plasma shells, there are also enemy ships with flashing lights on their hulls!

'Zero, search the entire video and mark all locations on the enemy ship's surface that emit a dim light!'

For zero, this workload is not large.

As soon as he finished speaking, a model of an enemy ship covered in white specks appeared before Lü Yongchang's eyes.

Lu Yongchang looked thoughtfully at the enemy ship model in front of him, then issued the order again: 'Integrate all the attack footage.'

'Let's see if these flashes of light are related to the power of the impact.'

The holographic image changed again.

A chart slowly appeared.

A hint of surprise flashed in Lü Yongchang's eyes.

really!

As the attack power increased, the flashing light on the enemy ship's surface also gradually intensified!

This simple image implies that even a shield has a limit to its strength!

If subjected to an overly dense and powerful attack, these shield-generating devices will inevitably malfunction or experience unexpected problems!

Lü Yongchang quickly compiled this data and sent it to Zhao Zijie.

After reviewing all the data, Zhao Zijie, who was in charge of strategic command, slowly closed his eyes.

He took a deep breath of the pale yellow deep-sea liquid.

My thoughts gradually became clearer.

He suddenly opened his eyes and used his authority to launch a fleet-wide broadcast!

Attention all units!

'The enemy's medium to large starships possess shield technology!'

'Electromagnetic railguns and plasma weapons should prioritize targeting small starships!'

'Laser weapons to contain medium to large starships!'

...

This order was a fatal blow to the smaller fleets within the Grey Fleet!

With just one salvo, most of these small starships, which had no shields for protection, disappeared!

It sounds like a resounding success.

But the truth is that most of these vanished small starships were products of a Type I civilization.

Even so, the originally incredibly dense encirclement network has developed a "weakness"—the demise of a large number of small starships has made the encirclement network on this side appear particularly weak!

Seeing that the attack was effective, the morale of the vanguard troops responsible for breaking through the encirclement soared!

The battle to break through the encirclement entered a fierce stage at this moment!

These Golden Crow battleships, each one seemingly fearless, relied on their starship adaptive repair system and skillful maneuvering to charge forward despite the dense laser beams.

With zero precision control, beams of laser light accurately struck the shield generators of the medium and large starships!

In an instant, the flames and debris from the starship explosion filled this small star field!

Among them were the wreckage of the Golden Crow battleship and fragments of small enemy starships.

As for the enemy's medium and large starships...

No ship has crashed so far.