Resurrection Empire

Chapter 1433: Chapter 539: Stepping Stone (2)

There’s only this single sprout of a Red Blade Fleet.

If there were more, why not bring them out?

Not asking for much, even if the Red Blade Fleet were to bring out just ten more of these Fold Jump Battleships, Fudin would turn around and flee without hesitation, admitting the complete failure of this ambush operation.

Previously, the talents Earl Red Blade showcased in other areas were too dazzling, causing observers to subconsciously overlook this crucial point.

In small-scale battles, personal combat power is indeed important.

But it might have been a limitation of thought that led Fudin and others to believe that in large-scale battles, personal combat power also has its limits and is not worth considering, so ultimately Ren Zhong taught them a harsh lesson.

Now, the two sides are engaged in a life-and-death battle, and this unprecedented Fold Jump Battleship has already inflicted significant damage on the Pirate Alliance through countless means. If this point hasn’t been realized, it’s truly unjustifiable.

Fudin Pacquiao read the report and gritted his teeth, internally blaming the military command system provided by Nanxiang Marquis for being overly focused on technology while neglecting human factors.

"Earl Red Blade himself must be in the Fold Jump Battleship, you must take him down for me! At all costs! As long as this battleship is destroyed, we’ve won!"

Upon deducing the true identity behind the Fold Jump Battleship, Fudin Pacquiao immediately adjusted his strategy, even abandoning engaging the two wing fleets of the Red Blade Expeditionary Army about to reach his warship front line, ordering the Central Army detachments to turn around on the spot. He also passed this command to other Five Elder Clan fleets, urging them to bring out their ace fleets to transfer and reinforce the Pacquiao Pirate Group’s main fleet, aiming to encircle the Fold Jump Battleship.

At the same time, Fudin dispatched his last ace fleet, originally a reserve, and sent out ten medium-sized quick research ships carrying many of Pacquiao Pirate Group’s top technology personnel to further analyze the Fold Jump Battleship’s performance and quickly develop a strategy for its decisive destruction.

Another twenty minutes passed, and Fudin’s hunting plan once again ended in failure. This time it wasn’t even the reinforcements that Ren Zhong pierced through, but Ren Zhong, before the opponent formed a new encirclement, voluntarily left, piloting the Five-pointed Star Battleship swiftly without hesitation.

"What a pity!" Fudin’s chief of staff lamented, "This Earl Red Blade is just too cunning."

Fudin was calm, "No rush, his energy consumption must be fast; he’s gone back to replenish his energy. He will definitely return, and that’s our chance. How is the scientists’ report analysis going?"

"Almost ready."

Moments later, Fudin received a concise scientific analysis report.

It wasn’t good news, still a disaster.

Pirate scientists pointed out that the energy consumption of this Five-pointed Star Battleship during high-speed rotation is extremely astonishing. Although the Five-pointed Star Battleship doesn’t fire any weapons, the rotation speed of the five ramming horns is extremely fast. The Five-pointed Star Battleship not only needs to output enough kinetic energy to maintain this high-speed rotation but also uses small gravity fields internally to draw the ramming horns and prevent them from disassembling due to vast centrifugal forces.

Estimates suggest that the energy consumed by this Five-pointed Star Battleship in just twenty minutes is roughly equivalent to one ten-thousandth of a standard-sized planet or one-thousandth of a sublimator’s fourth Mother Empress.

The scientist said, "Although humans can rely on mechanical structures to continuously amplify the total power control, judging from the maneuverability and agility demonstrated by this Fold Jump Battleship, the operator inside is clearly controlling it in traditional mecha combat ways, otherwise, its response wouldn’t be this rapid. Yet the most bewildering part is that, even with amplifier effects, human biological electric carrying power shouldn’t suffice to sustain this battleship."

"If the sole operator inside is Earl Red Blade, then this Earl far exceeds the human limits of the Empire, similar to a top warrior sublimator who can pilot armor. This is unreasonable, but it’s already a fact. Anyway, if the conjecture is correct, he fully possesses the ability to leave the battlefield alone. At any moment, he can escape if he wants. The chances of this ambush achieving its ultimate goal are less than one in ten, the odds are bleak."

"It is suggested that the Marshal actively consider negotiation affairs and reassess the risk of confronting Earl Red Blade."

The first half of the scientific report accurately analyzed Earl Red Blade’s terrifying aspect, but the final sentence angered Fudin.

He furiously threw the sheet to the ground, yelling, "Nonsense! These white worms stuck in the lab know nothing of Nanxiang Marquis’s fear! Risks and opportunities coexist, this is our last opportunity given by Nanxiang Marquis. Letting Earl Red Blade go today means we’ve chosen to be enemies with Nanxiang Marquis! He has the protection of an Imperial Earl identity, we have nothing. In the past, Nanxiang Marquis could tolerate our straying outside the rules he established, only because we voluntarily conceded, abandoning the Shattered Star Ring. Now he’s about to be promoted to Marquis, it’s already our last chance. If we don’t seize this opportunity now, when the ship sinks, who can escape? Continue maintaining..."

Only Fudin himself knows his trembling exterior.

Actually, deep down, an unsettling thought has already surfaced.

He pondered, am I going to become the unluckiest one in Empire history to witness firsthand the birth of a planetary-level strong being of primitive human lineage?

"Am I truly destined to be just a steppingstone for the new Chosen One?"