A month later, two small leviathans arrived in the vicinity of the Kawi Civilization.
Interestingly, before they could even contact the civilization's officials, the Zerg encountered a massive ship.
It reached a kilometer in length, making it even larger than the current Hive Carriers.
However...
Based on their assessment, this was merely a commercial vessel of the Kawi Civilization.
For a civilization of this level, hull size did not necessarily represent combat strength. At the very least, this ship they had suddenly stumbled upon lacked powerful weaponry.
But...
They possessed highly advanced scanning equipment.
“Unknown vessel detected.”
The captain, completely unaware that the Kawi high command had already made contact with the target civilization, suddenly saw the Zerg fleet appearing nearby with such bravado and immediately straightened his posture.
The images were quickly sharpened.
“Oh god, what on earth is that thing?”
The captain cried out in shock at the appearance of the small leviathans, which looked like giant insects covered in countless tentacles.
“These aren't any ships we recognize.”
The vice-commander beside him stared at the analysis from the smart computer, completely stunned.
“A new civilization?”
The distance between them had already closed significantly.
After a moment of daze, the captain suddenly narrowed his eyes. “Only two to three hundred meters long. They don't look very strong, and there are only two of them in total.”
“Captain, what should we do?” the crew members asked impatiently.
“Deploy the main cannons and release the auxiliary ships. I don't know if they've spotted us yet, but we can't lose face in terms of momentum.”
“Understood.”
His subordinates clearly agreed with the order. They immediately opened the side hatches and released two smaller auxiliary ships.
In an instant, they surpassed the opponent in both number and volume.
Giant cannons slowly extended from the top of the hull.
Each one had an enormous caliber, clearly capable of launching powerful space missiles.
“Launch the planes as well.”
“Yes, sir.”
Space fighters took off one after another, totaling over a hundred.
This display of force was indeed intimidating.
The captain was brimming with confidence.
This wasn't just arrogance. A civilization developed to this extent had long since understood the situation in this star system.
One could say the largest power in the entire system was the Starsea Alliance. Any civilization that reached a certain level was part of the alliance and could be recognized at a glance.
Stumbling upon an unknown civilization usually meant they were a late-blooming civilization from some desolate region.
Even if they could leave their home planet, their technological level was predictable.
He estimated that even a civilian fleet could annihilate them.
But these fellows didn't realize that the civilization they had encountered this time was a bit different.
...
“Aggressive posture?”
Xia Jin watched the scene and fell into thought.
“Do they think the Zerg ships look too terrifying, like they've encountered some eldritch horror, and decided to strike first?”
Xia Jin, feeling that this was exactly their intent, didn't plan to hold back. She immediately ordered a counterattack.
“Since they haven't fired their weapons yet, let's take them out first.”
Instantly, the magic shields and force field shields were boosted to maximum power.
Then, without a word, missiles were launched immediately.
At the moment of launch, the photon main cannons at the very front of the leviathans instantly finished charging. Three seconds later, a burst of blinding light erupted.
In fact, most of the laser's light was emitted in a straight line.
The brilliance seen from the sides was merely a small portion of scattered light.
Yet even so, anyone looking at it with the naked eye from dozens of kilometers away would be instantly blinded.
The intense beam struck the target within ten thousand kilometers almost instantly.
Boom—
The flagship that was hit shook violently.
“Warning: Force field shield under high-intensity attack. Energy consumption accelerating rapidly. Entering overload state. Hull experiencing high-temperature scorching. Damage rate 1%, 2%, 3%...”
The captain was dumbfounded as he watched the two progress bars rise rapidly amidst the red warning lights.
At this rate, the force field shield's energy would be depleted in a minute at most, followed by an immediate explosion.
In reality, they couldn't even wait a minute, as the intense heat was already beginning to incinerate the hull.
The concentration of this laser had produced radiation intensity in localized areas similar to the moment of a nuclear explosion.
Xia Jin nodded with satisfaction as she saw the effect of her laser cannons.
...
“They... they actually attacked?”
The captain muttered to himself.
What was most terrifying was that the strength they displayed in an instant was far too great.
Indeed...
The Kawi Civilization did not yet possess laser technology of this intensity.
While their other weapons, like neutron cannons, were very powerful, their laser weapons were completely unable to penetrate force field shields.
Of course, laser cannons themselves weren't rare. Melting a building in an instant wasn't difficult, but for space warfare, that level of power was far from enough to justify being mounted on a ship.
After all, the consumption was too high for such low output.
“Retreat! Run!” the captain finally screamed at the top of his lungs.
The laser maintained its fire for ten seconds before stopping.
As the light faded...
The scanning devices, which were nearly at their limit, captured the distant scene.
First were over thirty missiles.
Most absurdly, those missiles were all equipped with fusion vector engines and curvature drives—standard military-grade configurations.
The warheads were all biological, terrifyingly so.
Beside the small leviathans, countless scourges and mutalisks had spread out at some unknown point, their numbers reaching the thousands.
At this moment, the captain finally realized he had kicked a steel plate.
A terrifying unknown civilization.
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