Chapter 497: Chapter 302: A Bombardment!
The immense ocean vortex was like an invincible hole, with liquid diamond constantly pouring into this bottomless pit.
The biological detectors could only dive a few thousand kilometers before succumbing to the immense pressure.
Just the atmospheric pressure at the sea surface was 11 million times that of Blue Star, with the pressure beneath the liquid diamond ocean reaching terrifying levels.
Even the two biological battleships, Taowu and Bi Fang, dared not dive directly under the ocean. The immense pressure would severely damage the biological battleships, and any attack would spell certain death!
Detectors were crushed one after another, fully integrating into the liquid diamond ocean. Before their destruction, they transmitted back some useful information.
“At the bottom of the huge vortex, there is an ultra-high energy reaction. On Uranus, the ability to devour so much material with such high energy can only belong to the Master of Demon Eye! It is right here!” Liu Ci confirmed, knowing that the Master of Demon Eye was situated at the very bottom of this liquid diamond ocean, absorbing Uranian materials at a depth of ten thousand kilometers!
“The fact that it can stay here means its strength surpasses all the Planet Devourers we’ve encountered!” the Commanders marveled.
On Blue Star, the Mariana Trench is only ten kilometers deep, but here, it is ten thousand kilometers! Equivalent to ten million meters deep!
Moreover, the ocean is composed not of water, but of liquid diamond!
The pressure and high temperature at the bottom are enough to liquefy even a Star Destroyer!
The Master of Demon Eye seemed to have sensed Taowu’s arrival. A brilliant light from beneath the liquid diamond ocean pierced the vortex, shooting towards Taowu!
Taowu’s plasma protection layer was worn down by half just as it was raised. This was due to the obstruction by the liquid ocean; a direct hit would have likely punctured the plasma protection layer instantaneously, evaporating Taowu’s body!
“Run!” Liu Ci shouted.
Taowu immediately accelerated, escaping into outer space beyond Uranus.
Fortunately, behind them, the Master of Demon Eye seemed uninterested in pursuit. It continued to devour materials and consolidate its crystal core.
“It’s terrifying!” Surviving the disaster, the crew’s nerves were still frayed as they quickly relayed the information to the command center.
“The position of the Master of Demon Eye has been determined, and its power is more than ten times that of a maturing Planet Devourer! The penetrating ability of this ray alone through ten million meters of diamond ocean, combined with its destructive power, proves that it now has the capability to completely destroy a planet!” Song Jinhong analyzed upon seeing the intelligence data.
“It’s devouring Uranus and growing rapidly,” Jiang Chan stated, “Every day, its power increases. If we are to confront it, we must advance our operation date.”
“It seems our battle plan needs to be more daring,” He Xingzhou contemplated.
Using the same tactics as with Neptune might not succeed and would certainly take a long time.
Thus, this time, He Xingzhou planned to gamble, assuming that the Zerg on Jupiter and Saturn would remain inactive, and directly deploy the fleet to Uranus to encircle the Master of Demon Eye!
With ample energy to unlock technology, the development speed of phase weapons was rapid for He Xingzhou.
In just two years, the Subatomic Ray Emitter and Particle Light Spear had been developed.
“Proceed with the Star Destroyer upgrades and modifications immediately,” He Xingzhou ordered. A Star Destroyer, as a highly resource-intensive strategic weapon, cannot be simply retired after a few decades, and space for upgrades and modifications was reserved during its design.
These Star Destroyers, once technology matures, can all be upgraded to entry-level Constant Star-class Sub-light-speed Battleships.
Furthermore, the newly built Neptune, with mass more than double that of Blue Star,
This means it will have more energy, power, and weaponry. The Neptune will surpass 90% light speed, becoming the first Constant Star-class Sub-light-speed Battleship of the Blue Star Civilization!
After another three years, both the modifications and upgrades of the Star Destroyer and the construction of Neptune were completed successfully.
The Blue Star Alliance Command Headquarters observed the Zerg situation on various major planets, finding that the Zerg from Jupiter and Saturn had completely disappeared, hiding within the thick atmosphere without any movements.
Meanwhile, the Master of Demon Eye continued to devour Uranus, presumed to have significantly increased its mass compared to several years prior.
“Over these years, we’ve been probing the Master of Demon Eye,” Luo An stated, “It seems uninterested in engaging us. Even when we hunt other Planet Devourers on Uranus, it remains inactive.”
“This Master of Demon Eye is very cunning, having evolved to maturity. It only needs to keep ingesting resources to increase its mass and surpass us!” Cui Weimin analyzed, “So it ignores our harassments.”
“Under the liquid diamond ocean, we can hardly fight at all.”
Back then, hunting the Nether Sea Master, Pluto was just a small-mass dwarf planet. Even if the Nether Sea Master hid beneath the Nitrogen Ice Ocean, they could find it, and even blow up Pluto for a price!
However, Uranus is completely different, with oceans a thousand kilometers deep, including its mantle, making its mass ten times that of Blue Star!
Talking about destroying here is challenging, and fighting under the liquid diamond ocean would be a very troublesome issue.
“If it doesn’t come out, we’ll force it out!” He Xingzhou said coldly, “We’ll take the fleet directly into Uranus, annihilate all other Zergs! Build military bases around it, can it still sit idly by?”
“Destroy the six Space Insect Nests on Uranus too!”
“Now mobilize the troops and prepare for the Uranus operation plan!”