Rebirth of the Super Battleship-Chapter 93: The Specter Race’s Attack!

The explosion of the Gravitational Bomb and the arrival of the Specter Race occurred almost simultaneously. However, the Specter Race didn’t pause or hesitate. They simply bypassed Xiao Yu’s fleet as though it didn’t exist, heading straight toward the Luka fleet behind him.

It was as if Xiao Yu’s fleet held no interest for the Specter Race.

Using the Specter Detector, Xiao Yu saw the Specter Race enter the Luka fleet within fractions of a second after leaving his own fleet.

What he witnessed next left him awestruck. The closest Luka Town-Class ship to the Specter Race suddenly flared brightly. Its dim green Energy Shield transformed into a pure white glow, then rapidly dimmed until it vanished entirely. In the same instant, the ship ceased all activity, silently floating in the void as though it had lost all functionality.

Xiao Yu stared at the scene, dazed, forming a grim hypothesis in his mind: “Perhaps all the Luka crew aboard that Town-Class ship are dead…”

Moments later, a broadcast from the Luka fleet commander reached Xiao Yu:

“What the hell is going on?! All ships, form up and increase shield power to maximum! Maximum! Damn mechanical civilization, what are you doing? Attack! Attack now!”

Shaken by the bizarre sight, Xiao Yu trembled slightly as he sent back a message:

“Dying at the hands of the Specter Race suits you all just fine! Why should I care?”

“Don’t forget, the Specter Race is the mortal enemy of all Sentient Civilizations. After killing me, they’ll come for you next!” the Luka fleet commander shouted angrily.

Xiao Yu didn’t doubt the truth of this claim. But the Specter Race he was currently facing seemed to have some unique connection to the Solar System. For now, they showed no aggression toward Xiao Yu, so he had no intention of provoking them. As for the Luka commander’s words, Xiao Yu pretended not to hear them.

“I’m a Mechanical Civilization! The Specter Race won’t target me! Luka Civilization, with your Level 4 weapons of mass destruction, I wish you luck. Handle the Specter Race yourselves!” Xiao Yu transmitted this message, then ordered his remaining operational ships to pull back about 20,000 kilometers from the battlefield to observe from a distance.

Xiao Yu had no intention of fleeing. He knew his speed couldn’t outmatch the Specter Race’s light-speed travel. Since escape was futile, he decided to stay and observe what these Specters—likely deeply connected to him—intended to do.

Having heard about the Specter Race for thousands of years, this was the first time Xiao Yu witnessed their combat methods. The Specter Race was invisible in the visible light spectrum, detectable only via the Specter Detector or Geiger counters. Xiao Yu watched as the Specter Race approached the Luka fleet, abruptly splitting into thousands of individual entities that pounced on different ships.

The Luka fleet, totaling 60,000 ships, was fully shielded. Their shields emitted a striking pattern of green and black, making them stand out vividly in the void.

What Xiao Yu witnessed next was extraordinary.

The 60,000 Luka ships, resembling floating lightbulbs in space, merged into a sea of light stretching for tens of thousands of kilometers. However, this sea of light began dimming from one direction at a visibly rapid pace, as though an unseen hand of darkness was covering them with a giant curtain.

Xiao Yu detected an intense gravitational wave. Despite being tens of thousands of kilometers away from the detonation point, his fleet was pulled forward slightly.

“They’re detonating gravitational bombs within their fleet,” Xiao Yu realized.

Gravitational bombs, upon explosion, generated gravitational accelerations near the speed of light within a radius of hundreds of kilometers. Xiao Yu had previously calculated that a single gravitational bomb’s power was equivalent to a celestial body with the mass of a moon compressed to the size of a ping-pong ball—a scenario producing devastating tidal forces.

Detonating a gravitational bomb within their fleet signified that the Luka fleet had descended into utter chaos. With a destruction radius of several hundred kilometers, each gravitational bomb could destroy around 200 Luka ships.

Yet, even the detonation of the gravitational bomb failed to halt the Specter Race’s relentless assault. Xiao Yu observed that the rate at which the Luka shields dimmed remained unchanged.

In just ten minutes, over 10,000 Luka ships had lost their Energy Shields. These ships now floated lifelessly in space, utterly immobilized. Judging by the Specter Race’s usual behavior, the Luka crews aboard these ships were almost certainly dead.

“So much for our agreement to fight the Specter Race together. You betrayed me halfway through, and now you deserve every bit of this mess,” Xiao Yu remarked coldly, watching the chaos unfold with a sense of schadenfreude.

Luka Two contacted Xiao Yu, its voice trembling slightly. “Master, why… why are you unaffected by the Specter Race’s attacks?”

Xiao Yu scoffed and replied, “I’m a Mechanical Civilization. Naturally, the Specter Race isn’t interested in me.”

“But… how can you be a Mechanical Civilization? Mechanical Civilizations don’t have emotions like you do. They’re just cold, unfeeling programs…” Luka Two murmured.

Xiao Yu ignored Luka Two’s question and said, “Look, the Specter Race is slaughtering your kind.”

“I see that,” Luka Two said despondently. “But, Master, there’s something you must consider. Even if the Specter Race spares you, news of them annihilating a Level 3 fleet here won’t stay hidden. That means higher-level civilizations will likely send fleets to investigate. With your speed, you won’t get far.”

Xiao Yu’s heart tightened momentarily but then relaxed. “I’ll leave it to fate. Surviving the Specter Race is already a stroke of incredible luck. What happens afterward… we’ll deal with it as it comes.”

Ahead, the Luka fleet was descending into total chaos. Monitoring their radio communications, Xiao Yu heard the Luka fleet commander’s desperate, frenzied orders.

“Hold formation! Hold formation! Do not fire gravitational bombs! County-Class and higher ships with the strongest shields, move to the front! All other ships attack! Attack with everything you have!”

But it seemed no one was heeding the commander’s orders. Xiao Yu saw countless Luka ships flying chaotically, shooting their Laser Cannons wildly. Energy projectiles detonated everywhere, and every now and then, a gravitational bomb was launched. Each gravitational bomb obliterated everything within several hundred kilometers, whether it was an intact warship or scattered debris.

The Luka fleet had fallen into complete disarray.

Among the chaos, Xiao Yu noticed a Luka City-Class ship behaving like a rampaging beast. It careened through space, ramming smaller ships that couldn’t evade in time, destroying them outright. The ship’s hundreds of energy cannons were firing continuously, seemingly without any specific target, as though discharging its terror into the void.

Even Xiao Yu’s fleet wasn’t spared. Several stray energy projectiles struck his ships, destroying over a dozen Village-Class ships in a series of explosions. Xiao Yu cursed under his breath and maneuvered his fleet 30,000 kilometers further back.

The Luka fleet’s destruction was inevitable. Xiao Yu marveled at the overwhelming power of the Specter Race.

The Specter Race’s combat style was brutally efficient. They would dart toward a ship’s Energy Shield, breach it within seconds, and invade the ship’s interior. Within moments, they would extinguish all life onboard before leaving to attack their next target.

Ships whose shields were breached were abandoned like discarded apple cores, left to drift silently in the void.

An hour passed. Xiao Yu observed that the number of Luka ships without shields had risen to over 40,000. At this rate, the entire Luka fleet would be annihilated in another 20 minutes.

Facing this unstoppable force, Xiao Yu and the tens of thousands of Luka captives aboard his fleet remained silent, silently contemplating their own uncertain futures.

“Ha ha ha ha! I’ve already sent these coordinates to the Guardian Alliance! In two months, they’ll send a fleet to investigate. Damn Specter Race, damn Mechanical Civilization, you won’t escape!”

Through the radio frequencies, Xiao Yu heard the Luka fleet commander’s maniacal laughter. Moments later, he witnessed something shocking.

The largest ship in the Luka fleet, their Province-Class flagship, suddenly turned bright red, resembling a boiling lobster. Seconds later, the entire ship disintegrated in a massive explosion. A devastating energy shockwave rippled outward, destroying hundreds of nearby ships. Even Xiao Yu wasn’t spared—dozens of his Town-Class and Village-Class ships were caught in the blast.

The self-destruction of the Luka fleet’s flagship symbolized the fleet’s downfall.

What remained were fewer than a thousand Luka ships. The largest among them, a City-Class ship, was severely damaged. Its Energy Shield, battered by the flagship’s explosion, was operating at less than 30% of its peak strength.

The Specter Race swarmed toward this City-Class ship with incredible speed. Within half a minute, its shield flickered and went dark.