Cataclysmic Era: I can unlock the tech tree

Kepler 452c.

The gray, iron-rich planet silently orbits in its own path.

The stellar winds from the primary star quietly swept across its atmosphereless surface, stirring up tiny debris.

Gravity pulls it along, causing it to move in the same motion day after day—a motion that has been maintained for billions of years.

Around it, hundreds of massive starships formed a standard hollow sphere structure.

The antimatter engines at their tails emitted a faint glow, propelling them to maintain their position.

Illuminated by the light of the host star, the surfaces of these starships gleamed with an incredibly shiny metallic sheen.

Clearly, they are all "freshly baked" newcomers.

Suddenly, the antimatter engines at the sterns of these hundreds of starships began to glow brightly.

From the surface of Kepler 452c, it appeared as if hundreds of incredibly bright suns had suddenly appeared in the silent night sky!

The gravitational field generator has started operating.

With precise calculations, a joint gravity shield constructed from hundreds of Golden Crow battleships is slowly taking shape.

Unlike the gravity shields surrounding the starship, this gravity shield is oriented in the opposite direction—it is designed to defend against "attacks" from within.

As the gravity shield's strength gradually increased, a massive red and black starship slowly sailed in from afar and filled the last vacant spot on the gravity shield.

……

"here we go!"

Wang Man glanced at the data on the holographic projection beside him, his expression immediately becoming excited: "The gravity shield is complete, now it's time to launch the planet-destroying cannon!"

The moment the words fell, the muzzles of the Suzaku Star Destroyer began to glow faintly purple.

As energy gradually accumulated, the purple light emanating from the muzzle of the planet-destroying cannon intensified.

Gradually, the purple light overshadowed the light emitted by the antimatter engine at the tail of the starship, and also the light emitted by the distant star.

Purple became the only visible color on the surface of Kepler 452c.

boom!

At the moment when the purple light reached its peak, a thick laser beam emerged from the cannon muzzle and shot straight toward the gray planet ahead.

Ten seconds later, the high-energy laser beam traversed a vast distance and struck the surface of the gray planet.

The high temperature instantly melted its ground.

Blowing a planet apart is not something that can be done simply by setting up some explosives.

Even a super-powerful nuclear bomb, or an antimatter bomb, can only create a small crater on the surface of a massive planet.

Even the strongest fortress has internal flaws.

Therefore, the first thing the planet-destroying cannon needs to do is to create a passage to the planet's core!

High-energy laser weapons are definitely the best choice.

Neither iron-rich nor rocky planets can withstand the ridiculously high temperatures of high-energy laser beams.

Under the influence of the laser beam, the metal that makes up Kepler 452c has already melted into molten iron.

They flowed freely across the surface of the gray planet, then slowly solidified into gray scars, like the planet shedding its last tears.

The purple high-energy laser beam continued to drill deeper into the earth's core.

The high temperature activated the core of Kepler 452c, which had been solidified for countless billions of years.

A violent earthquake struck from underground, and deep, bottomless ravines began to appear on the surface of the earth, which had become somewhat smooth from the stellar winds!

"drop!"

A crisp notification sound rang in my ears.

The logo on the holographic projection made Wang Man and Tang Hairong instinctively hold their breath.

It's connected!

The high-energy laser beam successfully penetrated the ground of Kepler-452c!

Thus, the Star Destroyer Cannon enters its second form.

The power of the purple laser beam began to decrease—from now on, it only needed to maintain the existence of this channel.

An antimatter bomb, wrapped in layers of material, was fired from the cannon muzzle and, following the laser beam, fell straight into the depths of Kepler 452c!

During its descent, the heat-resistant armor surrounding the antimatter bomb continuously melted under the influence of the laser beam.

Ultimately, the moment the antimatter bomb reached the Earth's core, the outer heat-resistant armor completely collapsed.

Bang!

The bomb has been detonated!

The antimatter contained within immediately came into contact with the incredibly dense planetary core material on the outer periphery.

An annihilation reaction then occurs!

The immense energy generated by the annihilation of matter and antimatter turned this newly activated Earth's core into a powerful bomb!

As the purple laser beam slowly died down, the flash of light from the explosion streaked across the depths of the Earth's core!

In an instant, countless bottomless fissures appeared on the surface of Kepler 452c!

In the next instant, the spherical planet shattered into pieces, turning into countless fragments along with the molten iron.

Under the impact of the antimatter bomb, these fragments of all sizes quickly overcame their own gravity and shot off in all directions!

The effects of the gravity shield began to appear.

It's more accurate to call it a gravity cage than a gravity shield.

Under the influence of the gravitational cage, the speed of these scattered planetary fragments gradually decreased, and they all came to a standstill in the cold and desolate space.

In just a few tens of minutes, a complete planet was transformed into a dense cluster of asteroids.

The molten iron, glowing red-hot, bridged the asteroids, creating a magnificent spectacle.

"What the hell……"

"Damn... this thing is really awesome!"

Wang Man and Tang Hairong spoke at the same time.

Watching the asteroid cluster gradually stabilize under the influence of the gravitational field, Tang Hairong glanced at Wang Man beside him and said, "Hey Lao Wang, what are you standing there for?"

"It's your turn to do your work!"

"Oh right, right, right!" Wang Man suddenly came to his senses and raised his hand to gently pat his head.

"Attention all units, immediately begin the smelting and cutting process!"

Without the slightest hesitation, he immediately issued the order!

As soon as the words were spoken, the combined gravitational field generated by the [Golden Crow] battleship began to split, with each gravitational field pulling together clumps of planetary fragments, which then scattered in all directions.

This is the process of segmentation.

As for smelting... that's even simpler.

The gravity cage is narrowed down and used as a smelting furnace, where it is directly heated by beams of high-energy lasers.

The heat transfer effect in space is extremely poor, and there are no extra impurities, making it a perfect place for ore smelting!

Suddenly, in the once empty and desolate space, clusters of molten iron glowing red appeared!

After smelting was completed, the [Taotie] supply ship that had been waiting nearby quickly followed up, taking the molten iron into its "belly" and starting the cooling and shaping process in a high-purity vacuum environment.

Looking at the ever-increasing data on the holographic projection, Tang Hairong glanced at Wang Man again.

"Hey Lao Wang, you're not going to stop me from using basic metal resources now, are you?"

"I won't stop you anymore!" Wang's face was beaming with smiles. "Use it! Use it all!"