Cataclysmic Era: I can unlock the tech tree

The order has been issued.

The 50 Golden Crow battleships no longer conceal themselves.

They immediately entered the "Advance 4" state and launched a sprint towards Proxima Centauri b!

At the same time, the ion cannons, having completed their energy storage, unleashed their first salvo!

With almost no delay, a huge burst of fire appeared in the very center of the Proxima Centauri fleet!

As the secondary flagship of the Proxima Centauri civilization, the two starships, each over 800 meters in diameter, received special attention.

A full 30 ion cannon shots were fired at them!

And so, the two secondary flagships followed in the footsteps of the Proxima Centauri flagship in the very first moment—turning into a brilliant burst of flames.

The remaining twenty explosions occurred on the smaller starships.

Although they are smaller than the secondary flagships, it is clear that they are also part of the main force of the Proxima Centauri fleet.

With just one salvo of ion cannons, the combat power of the Proxima Centauri fleet dropped by a level!

These fifty Golden Crow battleships thus revealed their location!

Just a few seconds later, hundreds of small starships broke away from their original formation and flew straight toward the Golden Crow battleships that were launching a sneak attack without any martial spirit!

……

Earth

Seeing the changes in the battlefield situation shown in the holographic projection, Zhao Zijie's expression darkened slightly.

He hadn't expected that Proxima Centauri would deploy over five hundred small starships just to deal with those 50 Golden Crow battleships!

Are they crazy?!

The battlefield situation was constantly changing. After a moment's thought, he issued his orders!

There's definitely no time to escape.

The enemy starships are too maneuverable; if they try to escape, they'll just become sitting ducks!

"Everyone, attack freely!"

Prepare for close combat!

"charge!"

The moment the words fell, a rapid bugle call rang in everyone's ears!

The bugle call, etched into everyone's bones, stirred up everyone's emotions in an instant!

Charge! Charge! Charge!

……

Proxima Centauri b.

Levi stared furiously out the porthole at the flames of the crashed secondary flagship.

The destruction of its cutting-edge combat capabilities means that Proxima Centauri has entered a major disadvantage in this battle!

Gazing at the colossal flagship in the solar system fleet, which was 3000 meters long, Levi felt his hands and feet turn ice cold!

Finished!

The Proxima Centauri civilization is finished!

In his despair, an endless rage rose in his three pairs of eyes!

"To hell with the invaders!!" he roared, using his thick forelimbs to pull the control stick in front of him, steer his starship toward the culprit not far away!

At the same time, he turned on the communication device next to him!

Fellow countrymen!

"For the sake of the Proxima Centauri civilization!"

"charge!"

……

The narrow road meets the brave to win!

The moment the bugle sounded the charge, there was no turning back!

Fifty Golden Crow battleships also charged towards the small fleet from Proxima Centauri.

The Third and Fourth Fleets, positioned at the rear to provide fire support, have also entered [Advance 4] status!

As they unleashed an endless barrage of electromagnetic cannon fire at the enemy, they advanced the human fleet's lines of defense!

Amidst the barrage of artillery fire, bursts of fire erupted within the Proxima Centauri fleet.

Of the original 500 starships, over a hundred were lost before they even got close to the Golden Crow fleet!

But such staggering casualties did not dampen the Proxima Centauri's will to charge!

If a hundred ships crash, then send another hundred!

Small starships broke away from their original formation and quickly caught up with the charging force, rushing towards the 50 Golden Crow battleships at the forefront of the battlefield!

The distance between them is rapidly decreasing!

The melee has begun!

Unlike melee combat on the ground, interstellar melee combat is far more brutal and dangerous!

The enemy is not confined to a single plane.

Above, below, below side, above side—danger comes from every unexpected direction!

The instant the melee began, the CPU utilization rate in the quantum supercomputing center inside the Earth instantly soared to 99.9%!

However, even a zero defense cannot achieve 100% protection in such a chaotic battle situation!

A Golden Crow battleship blasted a disc-shaped starship with a diameter of over 50 meters to pieces with a series of electromagnetic cannon shots. At the same time, the starship's belly was hit by countless electromagnetic cannon shots and high-energy laser beams from the enemy!

Unable to dodge or defend in time, the Golden Crow battleship had no choice but to take the full force of the damage!

A huge gap appeared at the bottom of the starship.

[WARNING! Reactor damaged!]

[Warning! Insufficient power!]

【warn……】

A series of bright red warnings appeared before the captain of the [Golden Crow] battleship!

"Damn it, I'll give it my all!"

At the captain's command, the Hall thrusters of the [Golden Crow] battleship, billowing thick smoke, emitted their final light.

It charged straight into the area where enemy ships were concentrated!

It exploded with a bang!

The explosions illuminated every starship in the melee!

But nobody cared.

He wasn't the first [Golden Crow] battleship to choose self-destruction, nor was he the first Proxima Centauri starship to do so!

Ants can kill an elephant.

Under the relentless charge of the Proxima Centauri fleet, the number of [Golden Crow] fleets at the forefront of the battlefield continued to decrease!

The battlefield meat grinder has been fully activated!

According to Zero's statistics, the sacrifice of these 30 Golden Crow battleships saved the lives of at least 500 starships of the Proxima Centauri civilization!

……

Inside the Earth.

As the death toll continued to rise, Zhao Zijie's face twitched uncontrollably.

Those are all the elite of humanity!

They were all his subordinates!

"Professor, I request entry to the flagship!"

Zhao Zijie's eyes were bloodshot as he sent a request to Lü Yongchang via brainwaves.

He believed that with the flagship's unparalleled firepower, they would be able to reduce the losses significantly!

【turn down】

Two faint Chinese characters appeared before him.

Why?!

Zhao Zijie raised his own questions.

Lu Yongchang took a deep breath of the deep-sea liquid, suppressing the pain in his heart, and responded with a slightly indifferent attitude.

"We don't know if the Proxima Centauri civilization has other methods, let's wait and see!"

……

Although the flagship Earth did not enter the scene, the fire support from the Third and Fourth Fleets did arrive.

The steel torrent directly tore apart the enemy ships' support routes!

A single salvo destroyed no fewer than a hundred small starships!

As the distance closed, the elusive ion cannons began to take effect.

Each time the energy is fully charged, it means the crash of an enemy ship!

The fire support from the Third and Fourth Fleets relieved the pressure on the 20 Golden Crows at the forefront.

With increasingly urgent bugle calls, they tore through the enemy's defenses and charged straight toward Proxima Centauri B!