From cannon fodder to sweeping across thousands of stars.

Chapter 750: Net Stasis Field and Cannon Execution
"The Dawn's net stasis field is ready and can be activated at any time."

Salih's cold and steady voice echoed in the core command rooms of the Crown Fortress and the Gospel Fortress through encrypted communications.

After Amber attacked again, she came online as the "temporary combat commander" and began to lead the hunting operation against the star dragon by only making her voice without showing up.

All the people on the Empire side, including the Duke of Hastings and Princess Agnes, did not know the true identity of the owner of the voice. They only knew that she seemed to have an extraordinary understanding of the Star Dragon, and had a high status within the Atlas Group and had the absolute trust of Amber.

"This, Your Excellency"

The Duke of Hastings' voice sounded a little tired after commanding the battle for a long time.

He looked at the projection of the command room of the Crown Fortress through the holographic communication, and swept his eyes over Agnes standing there, and finally turned to the communication signal representing Saleh, "Excuse me, what is the chance of success of this battle plan?"

"As long as the 'Focusing Iris' of the two artificial celestial fortresses can hit the target, the success rate is 100%."

Salih answered without any hesitation, "The Star Dragons are indeed very tenacious, and the Star Dragon in front of us is also somewhat special, but even so it cannot survive the continuous irradiation of the two fortress main guns."

"So, we have to use the Focusing Iris, right?"

"Yes."

The Duke of Hastings was silent for a moment, took a deep breath, and a complex emotion flashed in his turbid eyes.

He couldn't help but sigh in a low voice: "I never thought that there would be a day when the 'Focusing Rainbow' would be used over Saint-Saunière."

In the previous fierce orbital battle, both he and the Dukes of Soren and Duke of Duke on the opposite side had actually maintained a tacit understanding - not to use this ultimate weapon that could change the situation of the battle in an instant, but could also cause catastrophic collateral damage.

This is both a kind of respect for the imperial capital and a strategy to keep the intensity of the war within a controllable range.

But now, facing this giant star dragon that has completely lost control and whose destructive power is beyond everyone's imagination, this tacit understanding obviously has to be broken.

In the core command room of the Crown Fortress, Agnes listened to the communication quietly, but her eyes involuntarily turned to the void, as if she wanted to penetrate the cold metal wall and see the 'Salih' on the 'Dawn' who was only heard but not seen.

She was shocked by the extent of knowledge about the Star Dragon by this mysterious commander who was directly appointed by Amber when she attacked. The sense of familiarity seemed to come not from studying ancient documents but from her personal experience.

The Star Dragon Empire's royal family has been passed down for hundreds of years, and the research on the star dragon, which is the symbol of the empire and the 'ancestor' of the imperial family, has never stopped. However, it seems that no one can be compared with this 'Salih'.

After a moment, Agnes looked again at the android commander who called himself LLS943823 standing in front of the holographic projection platform, and her evaluation of Amber rose to a higher level.

This man is like a bottomless mystery. He always pulls out unexpected cards at critical moments. He has gathered so many hidden and capable talents under his command, and is far ahead of the empire in all technical aspects.

The mere fact that the Crown Fortress was completely and silently taken control was enough to make Agnes feel a chill down her spine.

She didn't know how Amber did it, but she knew that since the other party could easily control the top-secret fortress, it would be easy for her to take her life in theory.

But Amber did not do so. Instead, she chose to cooperate with herself and tried to push herself to the throne.
"What exactly do you want, Mr. Amber?" Agnes couldn't help but feel a little confused at this moment.

But she also clearly realized one thing - that is, after today, no matter what the outcome, the pattern of the human world will undergo earth-shaking changes.

If Amber and the Atlas Group can really destroy the Star Dragon here and quell the chaos in the imperial capital, then their influence will be unmatched.

As a princess of the empire who is nominally about to inherit the throne, the best option for her is probably to try every possible means to tie herself firmly to Amber's high-speed chariot.

Even if it means some degree of compromise.
Just as Agnes was thinking about how to improve her relationship with Amber and deepen the cooperation between the Atlas Group and the Empire in order to consolidate her throne, the situation on the battlefield was also changing rapidly.
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"Master, the target is about to enter the designated area." Lilith's voice sounded in Amber's cockpit, and a marked spherical space appeared on the full-circle screen, representing the control range of the Dawn's net stagnation field.

"I see. It seems that this giant star dragon has decided to defeat me. It has not given up even after such a long time."

Amber drove the scarlet 'Woodworth', shuttling like a ghost amidst the artillery fire and the pursuit of the dragon. Every maneuver accurately left a gap, allowing the attack of the unmanned fleet to interrupt Sartharion's short-distance space jump.

As he led Sartariou step by step towards the trap area planned by Salih, the rage of this star dragon was completely ignited by this human who had been playing tricks on it for a long time. It chased after him with its huge body and seemed to no longer care about the attacks of other fleets around it.

"It's now!"

When the Star Dragon entered the control range of the net stagnation force field, Saleh's voice suddenly rose: "Activate the net stagnation force field!"

The moment the order was given, the disc-shaped devices on the side of the Dawn, which had been silently maneuvering and adjusting its position, suddenly burst out with invisible energy fluctuations.

A vast spherical space was instantly frozen, like amber, locking Amber and the star dragon Sartharion, who were charging at high speed, firmly in place!
"Roar--!!!"

Sartharion let out a soul-shaking mental roar, and his huge body began to struggle violently, but he remained motionless under the influence of the net stagnation field.

And for the first time, a look of fear and disbelief appeared in its vertical pupils that were burning with anger.

Because this feeling is so familiar to it, it is the mark of fear from deep in its memory.

The moment he was imprisoned, Sartario recognized that this was the net stasis field used by the Forerunner civilization in the laboratory to imprison it and its fellow tribesmen. Countless of his fellow tribesmen were killed and dissected by the Forerunner civilization while being imprisoned by the net stasis field.

"Why?! Why do these tiny, fragile humans like ants have access to the technology of the forerunners?!"

Endless anger and panic instantly overwhelmed Sartario's sanity. The giant star dragon burst out with all its strength, trying to tear apart the invisible cage. The scales on the dragon's body emitted a dazzling light due to energy overload, and the surrounding stagnant space began to show slight distortions.

At this moment, Saleh was operating nervously in front of the control console on the "Dawn", releasing the directional restraint on the Amber body, and the latter immediately flew towards the outer edge of the net stagnation field after gaining freedom.

Seeing that the Star Dragon was about to break free from his "hand-made net stagnation field", Saleh no longer hesitated and immediately shouted in the communication channel: "The key target has been imprisoned! Attention, two fortresses, the "Focusing Iris" is ready to launch!"

"Send an ultimatum to Duke Soren and Duke Duke!"

Upon hearing this, the Duke of Hastings gave an order in a deep voice. This was also the decision he made after discussing it with Amber and Agnes.

"Tell them that we are about to use 'Focusing Rainbow' to attack the Star Dragon. Tell them to avoid the attack area immediately, otherwise they will bear the consequences!"

Soon the communication between the two warring parties was connected for the first time, and the gloomy face of Duke Soran appeared on the screen.

"Hastings! Do you think I will believe your lies?!" he roared, "You want to use the Star Dragon as a cover to attack my fleet? Killing two birds with one stone, what a good plan!"

"Are you getting old and confused? If I was going to attack your fleet, why would I inform you and even mark the ray axes of the two fortresses?"

The Duke of Hastings fought back, not to be outdone. If he wasn't worried about the situation becoming more chaotic, the old duke would have wanted to bomb the two "traitors" at once.
"Duke Soran! Calm down."

At the critical moment, the holographic image of Duke interrupted. His face was equally ugly, but there was a hint of calmness in his eyes.

He glared at Duke Hastings fiercely, and then continued to say to Duke Soran: "Now is not the time to act on impulse. You have also seen the threat of the Star Dragon. Although Hastings is a traitor, there is really no reason for him to lie at this time."

Duke of Hastings: "You are the traitor! And you have the nerve to turn the tables on me."

At the same time, Duke Duke quietly sent a text message to Duke Soren through the encrypted channel: "The battle is not over yet, and preserving strength is the top priority at this moment." The Duke, who had tried to preserve his strength from the beginning, became the first person to calm down at this moment.

Duke Soran's chest rose and fell violently. Finally, he looked at the giant star dragon on the tactical star map that was trapped by a strange force field but was still struggling frantically. He gritted his teeth and sighed: "Attention all units! Immediately withdraw from the planned attack area of ​​Gospel Fortress and Crown Fortress!"

After the order was given, some of the ships that were still hesitating whether to take the opportunity to attack the princess's side quickly adjusted their course and left the possible coverage range of the two fortresses' main guns.

"Gospel Fortress (Crown Fortress), 'Focusing Rainbow', begin shining!"

With the orders issued almost simultaneously by the Duke of Hastings and LLS943823, the core energy reactions of the two huge artificial celestial fortresses instantly reached their peak.

The next moment, two unimaginably thick beams of light, as if made of pure energy, burst out from the fortress's main gun ports!

The beam of light spanned the dark universe, like two blazing white galaxies hanging from the sky, instantly illuminating the entire Saint-Saunière orbital space.

Its light was so bright that it even penetrated the atmosphere, allowing soldiers and civilians on the ground to see the two miraculous light bands in the sky.

The violent jet of heavy metal particles hit Sartari, who was imprisoned by the net stasis field, with unstoppable force and precision!

Amber pushed the engine power of the Woodwater to its limit, and almost at the moment the beam of light appeared, she narrowly brushed the edge of the destructive beam.

Even so, the dissipated energy and high-speed particle flow still hit the surface of the aircraft like a rainstorm, forcing the deflection field to be passively activated, and shrill alarms continued to sound in the cockpit.

The exposure lasted for a full ten seconds, but it seemed as long as a century.

As the two "rivers in the sky" slowly dissipated, the full-circle screen in front of Amber finally recovered from the state of automatic black screen due to excessive brightness.

He immediately looked towards the core area of ​​the attack—there was only a charred, dilapidated mass of debris floating in space like a rag doll. Or, there was actually debris left?!

Most of the body of this giant star dragon, including the pair of huge wings that covered the sky, was completely destroyed in the previous attack.

However, it is not dead yet.

At the last moment before the attack, Sartharion seemed to cover his body with 'Dragon Might', which was the way the giant star dragon used psychic energy, to form an extremely thick psychic shield, and crossed his remaining wings to protect his core.

Relying on the Star Dragon's terrifying defensive power and the blessing of 'Eternal Cells', it actually managed to withstand this devastating blow that was enough to destroy an entire fleet!
What was even more horrifying was that the tattered core of flesh and blood was now wriggling and expanding at a speed visible to the naked eye, with countless scarlet granulations growing wildly in an attempt to rebuild its body!
"No, my buddy is still alive after withstanding two fortress cannons?!" Amber's pupils shrank suddenly, "LLS943823! The second round of attack on the Crown Fortress, hurry! Don't let it have a chance to revive!"

However, 'Good fortune never comes alone, and misfortune never comes singly', LLS943823's somewhat anxious answer made Amber feel as if she was falling into an icy cave at that moment.

"Master! There's something wrong with the fortress's cooling unit. The acceleration track of the Focusing Iris cannot be cooled quickly enough. If we force it to irradiate again, it may affect the fortress itself."

"Fuck, why is it at this time? Is the Empire's manufacturing technology so unreliable?"

Seeing that the monstrous body was about to take shape again, Amber didn't even have time to think about it. One thought instantly occupied his mind - he must not let it recover!

The scarlet Woodworth engine once again burst out with all its power, like a burning meteor, rushing towards the wreckage of the giant star dragon that was regenerating madly!

"Master!"

"Amber!"

"Mr. Amber!"

Lilith, Salih, Isabel. All the people who were paying attention to him, even the imperial princess Agnes, couldn't help but exclaimed after seeing this crazy scene.

Just as Woodworth rushed to the front, Sartario's body suddenly exploded after sensing the crisis, and the Eternal Cells drove several thick, deformed, bloody and irregular limbs that had been forcibly grown, and swung towards Amber like tentacles!

The unexpected final battle suddenly broke out in front of everyone's horrified gaze.

Amber's mind was highly concentrated. Through the psychic crystal frame of Woodwater, he poured his psychic energy into every corner of the body without reservation. The scarlet HCP emitted a blue psychic halo visible to the naked eye, and his movements were swift and sharp.

His pupils replaced the fire control system, constantly locking onto the target in front at a faster speed. All the weapons of the machine were deployed at this moment, with light beams of different colors, physical ammunition, and missiles. They continuously poured firepower towards the attacking body. At the same time, the concrete psychic shield continuously blocked and deflected the blows from those strange limbs.

Amber soon discovered that psychic attacks seemed to have a special restraining effect on the "Eternal Cells". Every hit would significantly slow down the regeneration speed of the Star Dragon's remains.

After confirming this, Amber controlled the machine, and while pouring out firepower, she also sent out psychic shocks like a top surgeon, accurately cutting and destroying the new tissues.

However, the Star Dragon's counterattack was equally violent and deadly. Every swing carried destructive power, and it could even release "dragon breath" that was powerful enough to melt armor through the multiple deformed and twisted dragon heads that grew out.

This also caused the alarms of the "Woodworth" to sound one after another, the strength of the deflection field gradually decreased, the external armor was constantly peeled off under the attack, and several subsystems failed one after another.

"Fuck, let's fight! The road to the future will be cut open by the sword in my hand!!!" Amber's eyes flashed with a resolute and childish light.

'Woodworth' rushed forward suddenly, using his only remaining left arm to block two flesh and blood limbs. At the same time, the entire right mechanical arm was wrapped in a thick layer of psychic energy at this moment, and finally turned into a hundreds-meter-long psychic light blade that slashed down fiercely!

bass!
The last section of the Star Dragon's body connected to the core was cut off!

But at the same time, Woodward, who had to bear unnecessary pressure, finally reached his limit.

As a series of warnings popped up that almost covered the entire screen, a teeth-grinding sound of metal breaking was heard from inside the machine. All the screens went out instantly, the energy supply of the subcritical reactor was completely cut off, and the red machine lost all power, floating in space like an iron coffin.

Before anyone could react, the cockpit of the Woodworth suddenly popped open and a figure rushed out like an arrow!

Amber's powerful physique as a sixth-level psychic allowed him to survive in a vacuum for a short period of time. He ignored the deadly environment around him, and clenched his right hand in the air. The huge amount of psychic energy gathered and condensed into a materialized psychic light blade that flashed with dazzling light!

He knew that the previous attack was not fatal, and his psychic perception also confirmed that the core of the Star Dragon was still active. He had to destroy the only remaining core of the Star Dragon's head to truly end the battle.

The tiny figure cut through the void, and Amber used herself as a weapon, accurately rushing towards the remains of the star dragon that had lost most of its regeneration ability and only had its core still weakly wriggling, aiming directly at its only remaining right eye!

puff--!
The psychic light blade penetrated unhindered, piercing through the tough eye membrane and skull until it completely crushed the brain tissue inside!

"Uhhhhhh-!!!"

A mental shock filled with endless resentment and unwillingness exploded in Amber's mind. That was Sarthario's last consciousness.

"Humans, I curse you! I curse that you will be slaughtered by the forerunners like me."

The vicious curse gradually dissipated, and the broken core of the star dragon Sartharion completely lost its vitality and turned into a pile of meaningless organic matter, floating in the cold universe.

Amber just floated in the same place, feeling the dissipating consciousness and the remaining curse, and feeling the universe around her.

This was his first time entering space in his physical body, and his only feeling was...
“It’s fucking cold.”

(End of this chapter)