Cataclysmic Era: I can unlock the tech tree

The long, persistent wail of sirens echoed throughout every starship in the human fleet!

In just ten minutes, everyone had crawled into their own deep-sea cabin.

The human fleet has now truly entered a state of war!

……

Two hours later.

To Lü Yongchang's surprise.

The enemy civilization's starships did not launch an immediate attack.

Instead, they relied on their speed and numerical advantage to envelop the entire human fleet.

Lu Yongchang frowned as he looked at the star map in the holographic projection and asked, "Zijie, is it possible to break through from a single point?"

Zhao Zijie, standing to the side, shook his head slowly with a hint of worry in his eyes and responded using his brainwave reading device.

"The enemy starships are far more maneuverable than ours."

"I've already tried the method of breaking through the surface by focusing on a single point."

"They don't fight us at all; they just retreat whenever we advance."

"And so, the enemy continued to sail outside our effective firing range."

"A dispersed formation charge?" Lü Yongchang frowned. "According to active reconnaissance, the enemy doesn't have many starships left."

"No way!" Zhao Zijie rejected Lü Yongchang's suggestion outright.

"That's too dangerous!"

"We're currently surrounded by the enemy. Once our defensive formation is broken up, our situation will only worsen!"

After a moment's thought, Lü Yongchang realized that this plan carried a great risk.

He shook his head helplessly: "They've surrounded us from a great distance, I really don't know what they're after..."

Are you trying to slowly boil us like a frog in water, hoping we'll surrender?

Upon hearing Lü Yongchang's exclamation, Zhao Zijie was momentarily stunned.

His breathing quickened slightly as he reached out and magnified the holographic projection in front of him: "Zero, model the enemy starship formation!"

Zero immediately carried out Zhao Zijie's order.

Almost simultaneously, a model formed by bright white dots of light appeared before him.

A spherical object with an uneven surface that has not yet taken shape.

With just one glance, Zhao Zijie's expression changed drastically!

Laser array!

"They want to burn us alive inside their encirclement with laser arrays!!"

Lu Yongchang was slightly taken aback, but then he understood what Zhao Zijie meant.

He quickly reached out and swiped his hand through the air, and a holographic model made up of bright white dots appeared before his eyes.

Rows and columns of light points are arranged in a staggered pattern, forming an uneven, spherical shape.

"Zero, begin the simulation." Lü Yongchang's face was extremely gloomy.

As soon as the words were spoken, a blinding beam of light flashed inside the spherical object!

As the enemy starship moved, these laser beams also began to move!

Looking at the spherical net that resembled a laser meat grinder, Lü Yongchang shuddered slightly.

Attention all units!

"Prepare a giant smoke grenade immediately!"

Zhao Zijie's broadcast to the entire fleet appeared on the holographic projection ahead: "I repeat! Prepare giant smoke grenades immediately!"

"The more the better!"

"In the event of a laser weapon attack, immediately launch!"

The broadcast had barely finished when a blinding high-energy laser beam shone down on the Earth!

No, it's not just Earth!

The alarm then went off!

Without any hesitation, Zero quickly activated its emergency plan.

Under the influence of the vectoring nozzles, all the starships began to slowly "spin".

The laser beam swept across the surface of the starship's armor, leaving a long trail.

Even so, several Golden Crow battleships that were simultaneously hit by multiple laser beams exploded!

With almost no reaction time, the moment the starship began to "spin," the enemy starship also began to move in a regular pattern.

The persistent laser beam instantly transformed into a moving laser fence!

The laser fence can move up and down, left and right, or forward and backward!

The human starships inside the encirclement were like chunks of meat in a meat grinder, being swept back and forth by laser beams!

Armor damage: 15%

Bright red words jumped out in front of Lü Yongchang!

Smoke bomb!

"Launch the giant smoke grenade!"

Zhao Zijie gave the order!

The cannons on the sides of every Golden Crow battleship suddenly opened!

The cannons were not aimed at the enemy starship.

Instead, they targeted their own side!

Bang!Bang!Bang!

Under the power of the nuclear bomb, the yellowish dust instantly dispersed, drifting aimlessly in outer space!

In just over ten seconds, the human fleet disappeared into the thick dust.

The laser's power has been greatly reduced, and its lethality to starships has also decreased significantly.

Seemingly realizing that the killing effect was not significant enough, the laser beam array slowly went out after about ten seconds.

"All starships, shut down active detection equipment!"

Zhao Zijie continued issuing orders: "Keep firing the smoke grenades!"

"First, third, and fifth squads, break out towards the target location!"

As he spoke, Zhao Zijie waved his fingers in the deep-sea liquid, sending information about the breakout location to squads one, three, and five.

"Second, fourth, and sixth squads, break out in the opposite direction!"

"While we're still within the smoke grenade's range, let's hurry and break out!"

……

The Grey flagship has yet to appear.

As the encirclement gradually took shape, a cruel smile appeared on the commander's face.

"They're finished."

It said softly.

This tactic is particularly effective against fleets with limited mobility.

The reason is also very simple.

You can't escape!

I want to fight, but I won't fight you at all!

It can be said that once the encirclement is fully formed, the moment the laser fence appears will be the moment the enemy civilization perishes!

It looked at the still-unresponsive human fleet, grinned maliciously, and pressed a button next to it.

"Activate laser treatment!"

As soon as he finished speaking, hundreds of beams of light, a mixture of red, blue, and purple, appeared in the spherical space!

A few scattered flashes of light from explosions appeared on the large screen in front.

"Hmm?" The little grey commander looked puzzled. "Is this all the results you've achieved?"

It quickly took a look.

It quickly discovered the emergency response measures taken by Zero.

"Their reaction was quite quick."

"Unfortunately, it was all in vain."

"All starships, begin moving!" it issued the order again.

The laser fence was successfully formed.

The moving grids rushed towards the starships within the encirclement!

Before it could even rejoice, a cloud of yellowish smoke appeared in the center of the encirclement net!

In the next instant, as if a horn had been sounded, dense smoke "flowers" bloomed in various areas within the encircling net!

"Damn it..."

The little grey commander's face darkened.

Upon understanding the other party's civilized intentions, he couldn't help but fly into a rage!

"Interstellar travel with this kind of equipment..."

"What on earth are they thinking?!"