Although it is the first layer of barrier, it is the most important part of the entire protection system.
In the interstellar age, armor is no longer as effective as it is on Earth. Without the protection of shields, radiators and engine nozzles will be exposed to the outside world, a fatal flaw.
Fortunately, the engines of the new Mars are protected by separate one-way shields with independent energy supplies. Even if the main shield is offline, they can still protect these vulnerable points to a certain extent.
However, this time the problem did not lie with these flaws.
The New Mars is an abandoned fortress planetary ship. Its armor layer has not been completely repaired.
Especially in the area where the destructive rays were emitted, only simple emergency repairs were carried out.
The mirror reflection caused the entire fortress to be dented, and a large part of the ray emission port was blown down.
To this day, these collapsed areas have not been effectively dealt with. The mechanical wind bee swarms simply clear the collapsed building materials aside and never take care of them again.
After breaking through the planetary shield and the one-way shield temporarily erected above the launch port, the crystal storm filed in from these collapsed areas and headed towards the interior of the entire fortress.
They cut through the tattered walls with scorching lasers.
Because the explosion damaged the energy pipelines in the area, the charged armor could not completely block the attacks of these lasers.
The crystals began to erode the core of the spacecraft, breaking through layer after layer of armor.
Finally, after breaking through 2/3 of the earth's crust, the crystals stopped.
The upper 2/3 of the crust absorbed the power of the destructive rays reflected back, so the last 30% of the armor remained intact.
Energy from the spacecraft's reactor poured into the interior of the charged armor, and a blue light flashed across the wall.
With the energy supply, the strength of the charged armor will be greatly improved, and it can last for a considerable period of time even when facing the attack of the crystal storm group.
At the same time, countless mechanical swarms emerged from all directions.
Because they had no combat capability, they were all moved from surface storage to underground before the planetary shield collapsed.
But at this time, these bee colonies must begin to defend the land that sustains them.
They swarmed forward against the blue arcs of lasers and sky-cloud lightning, swallowing up the outer crystals like a rushing flood.
Since the mechanical swarms cannot harm the hard crystals, they choose to sacrifice themselves and connect with each other to form a thick and strong shell that tightly wraps the crystals inside.
In this way, when the crystal fights back, some of the damage from the laser and electric arc will be transmitted to the crystal through the individuals that make up the shell.
Each attack from the crystals would pierce the shell, but a new swarm would immediately fill its gap. The two forces collided deep underground, creating a strange equilibrium due to the sheer disparity in power.
But the number of bee colonies is ultimately limited.
Under the dual pressure of quantity and quality, the crystal storm began to gain the upper hand. Some of the unbound crystals began to arrange themselves into groups of seven, forming a certain formation. The six crystals at the back formed a circle, and a crystal led the way at the front of the circle.
The six crystals behind then directed their lasers at the one at the front of the queue. Within this crystal, the six beams converged into a single beam, finally landing on the charged armor.
This time the power is much greater than before.
However, with its current strength, it is still unable to break through the defense of the charged armor. But as more and more crystals break free from the constraints of the mechanical wind group and join the camp, the power of the laser becomes stronger and stronger.
At the point where the high-energy laser was baking, wisps of green smoke rose from the smooth surface of the charged armor. The material that made up the armor itself was being vaporized by the high temperature into fine smoke particles that were released into the air.
There was a crisp sound, like the sound of glass breaking.
The leading crystal finally couldn't withstand the pressure and shattered. It scatters to the ground with a crash, and signs of melting can be seen on the fractures.
But new crystals were immediately replenished.
So in this constant cycle of death and rebirth, the energy armor was being consumed rapidly.
Finally, 16 of the 146 crystal arrays penetrated the final 30% of the armor. They cut 16 holes in the mantle, each about 10 meters in diameter, large enough for a frigate-sized crystal to enter.
Inside this armor is the heart of the entire spacecraft.
Zero-point energy reactor.
The outer layer of the reactor is a huge pressure vessel with many control links inserted into it, which are connected to the surrounding supercomputers.
In addition to regulating the status of the entire reactor, these computers also control the conversion of energy and direct its flow to the required components.
Therefore, it was designed to be extremely sophisticated and complex, with multiple sets of redundant backups. Even if Bai Yi was not there, these supercomputers alone could still run this complex control system flawlessly.
Now, the crystal storms that invaded the interior of the spacecraft were separated from this system by a wall. Blocking the two was a blast-proof dome more than 5 meters thick.
In addition to the charged armor on the main part of the explosion-proof armor, the other two sides also have a zero-element coating. Therefore, although the thickness is much thinner than the crust armor, it can still last for some time.
The invaders are still working tirelessly to burn the blast dome, determined to destroy the last layer of barrier.
The New Mars has now completely lost its threat to them. The hedgehog-like flames have been cut off at some point, and all usable weapons on the surface have been destroyed.
Except for some areas such as the engines that are protected by independent shield equipment, the entire ground is now under the control of the crystal storm.
The firepower from the escort fleet could never reach the surface of New Mars; it would be intercepted by the wall-like crystals far out in space.
It was in this situation that the crystals slowed down their pace of invading the fortress spacecraft.
Just as the Galactic Alliance was studying their existence, Crystal Storm was also studying the Galactic Alliance's technology.
They carefully dismantled the explosion-proof dome, trying to preserve as many core components as possible during the breakthrough.
But what they didn't know was that the fortress's mainframe had already provided the escort fleet with its own calculated battle assessment long before the invasion took place.
The escort fleet respected her choice.
In order to maximize the damage to enemy units, she will transform into a firefly in the universe.
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