Cataclysmic Era: I can unlock the tech tree

Enrogete Alliance border.

Kissling stared silently at the somewhat eerie tachyon radar images on the screen.

He, from the Enroget civilization, had received information from the command center—human civilization's warships possessed more advanced warp drive technology.

Although it doesn't know how this was done, it can still draw a simple conclusion by observing the complex data from the tachyon radar.

The enemy fleet was sailing towards it in a neat, long line.

In the image, the fine, faint wave crests have almost overlapped with the border defense line—the distance between the two sides is 0.1 light-years.

Here they come!

"Damn... that's fast, the defenses haven't even fully contracted yet..."

To date, the defense line, which spans ten light-years, has only shrunk by 30%.

Simply put, a large number of warships are still on their way.

This is clearly not the time to confront human civilization head-on!

That is why the Enrogett Alliance did not launch the first attack.

It took a deep breath, suppressed the complex emotions in its heart, and gave the order: "Send a warning message to the target fleet."

[WARNING! This is the border of the Enrogett Alliance! Please cease your intrusion immediately!]

[Unknown fleet, please state your purpose immediately!]

【…】

At this point, the Enrogett Alliance could only hope that human civilization would halt its progress and sit down for negotiations.

If the other side manages to reason things out, and the two civilizations wrangle amongst themselves, the alliance's defenses can be successfully contracted.

But things did not develop as it had anticipated.

The moment the message was sent, a piercing alarm sounded.

The once calm tachyon radar suddenly revealed countless extremely high intensity wave peaks!

Kissling's breath hitched.

The next moment, it let out a terrified scream: "Warp missile!"

"Enemy attack!!"

"Defense! Defend immediately!!!"

……

This attack came from 0.1 light-years away.

The missiles equipped with warp drives demonstrated a completely different level of power on the interstellar battlefield compared to the training range!

A truly long-range strike!

Its effective strike range even reaches 10 light-years!

However, considering that the other side also possesses spacetime fluctuation detection technology, launching an attack too early would only alert them.

Therefore, the human fleet chose to fire at close range, at a distance of 0.1 light-years.

Do you even understand the value of face-to-face output?

Limited by warp drive technology, the speed of warp missiles is the same as that of starships, only 100c.

A distance of 0.1 light-years would take about eight hours to reach.

In the context of interstellar warfare, this timeframe is short, but it still gives the enemy time to implement interception.

As a Level 5 civilization that has absorbed more than 300 subordinate civilizations and established a territory spanning 100 light-years, it possesses a decent level of warfare skills.

Almost at the same time the alarm sounded, the warships on the defensive line had already entered a state of war.

They all turned their guns around and, guided by tachyon radar, aimed at the warp missile from a distance.

Subsequently, a large number of inexpensive electromagnetic railgun projectiles spewed out from the muzzle and rushed toward the target.

Moreover, accompanied by a subtle spatial fluctuation coming from the side, the warships located on the Alliance's defensive line also launched their own warp missiles.

……

At this moment, 0.1 light-years away, lies the Titan Mothership.

"Commander Bai..."

A crew member turned to Bai Yixuan, who was sitting in the command position, with a strange expression: "There's something you might need to pay attention to..."

"Um?"

Bai Yixuan raised an eyebrow slightly and turned his questioning gaze to the crew member who had spoken.

The crew remained silent for a while, their expressions growing increasingly strange.

"...We detected tachyon communication from the other party."

"What's the content? Has the translation program loaded?" Bai Yixuan asked subconsciously.

The crew nodded and projected the tachyon information directly onto the giant holographic projection in the command center.

【warn! 】

【…】

The warning message above didn't have much meaning; it was clearly a template-based script.

Bai Yixuan quickly glanced at it and then turned his gaze to the very bottom of the information.

There was a lot of information, but the general idea was that they wanted to sit down and negotiate, that the previous attack on the probe was a mistake, and that the Enrogett Alliance could even offer human civilization some compensation.

Bai Yixuan's eye twitched slightly as he looked at this information.

When was this message received?

The crew member scratched his head somewhat awkwardly: "Ahem... it was probably around the time you gave the attack order and the missile was successfully launched."

Bai Yixuan: "..."

Facing the stares of the crew, Bai Yixuan calmly waved his hand: "Just pretend you didn't receive this message."

"That's a probe that human civilization spent countless hours creating!"

"What's the use of such a small amount of compensation?!"

"What's more... if we win this war, the entire Enrogett Alliance will be ours!"

All crew members: ...

……

time flies.

In the area between the human expeditionary fleet and the border of Enroget, two incredibly strong spatial fluctuations suddenly emanated.

The warp missiles launched by the Enrogant Alliance successfully encountered warp missiles from human civilization.

The entire Enrogett Alliance is watching this star system.

Whether the interception will be successful is on the minds of countless people—not including human civilization.

The reason...

Through tachyon communication devices installed on the warp missiles, Zero, far away in the Kepler 452 star system, has unknowingly taken over control of these warp missiles.

The next moment, under the watchful eyes of all the Enrogett Alliance members, the direction of the wave crest in the tachyon radar suddenly deflected by ninety degrees!

This scene not only shocked the battlefield commanders within the Alliance's defenses, but also terrified the Alliance scientists in the command center.

"**!"

"***!!"

For a moment, a "pleasant" chorus of curses rang out within the Enrogett Alliance.

Of course, cursing won't change the outcome.

These commanders and scientists could only watch helplessly as the warp drive missiles from the human fleet flew through a straight line and bypassed their interceptor missiles.

This is not the point.

Guided by the program, the interceptor missiles began to change course and attempt to pursue the warp drive missiles.

But then a problem arose...

Interceptor missiles with a speed of only 50c are no match for warp missiles with a speed of 100c!

The first interception attempt failed.

This weighty news weighed heavily on the hearts of all those involved in the war.

As for the second wave of interception...

It's not hard to imagine.

Electromagnetic projectiles that can only fly in a straight line are a joke in the face of such flexible warp drive missiles.