Chapter 776: Chapter 430, No Hope Left, Await Death_2 Chapter 776: Chapter 430, No Hope Left, Await Death_2 However, just when the human soldiers and Sect of Mechanics members on Upper Plateau Star were resolutely enduring Titus’s fierce attacks, gritting their teeth and hoping for victory, the turning point of the war occurred at an unforeseen moment.
An alarm came from the Dragonhawk of the Yunluo Fleet: they had spotted a colossal entity that had arrived at the Upper Plateau Star system, and by the time it was discovered, it was already not far from the planet’s orbit.
This was truly a shock.
The star watchers had completely failed to notice it!
Such a huge thing should have been detected when it passed through the Star Realm Tunnel, not to mention it should have shone like a star in the eyes of the star watchers once inside the void of the star system!
How could it appear so unexpectedly?
And what was even more frightening was the message that followed from the Dragonhawk: they called the unknown Green Skin construct ‘Battle Moon’.
This was an ancient term, once mentioned in the annals of the empire.
At the moment, within the whole empire, the Green Skin Orcs were a detestable threat, dubbed ‘cosmic cancer.’ A minor presence would cause endless suffering to a planet; a major one, like the Iron Tooth Ork Empire, posed an existential threat to an entire star domain; and the largest, the Blood Axe Clan in the empire’s southeastern borders, a vexation spanning over three hundred years that spanned three or four star domains, turned the entire Cosmos Domain into a war zone, staunchly enduring warfare with them.
But, none of these compared to the true ‘Beastly Green Tide’ that occurred six thousand years ago.
Six Ork Kings, against their nature, united and rallied almost all the orcs across the Cosmos Domain, launching a vast waaagh.
They even reached Holy Terra, posing an enormous crisis that could have obliterated the Human Empire.
The eventual outcome saw each of the six Ork Kings eliminated one by one, and humanity once again survived an extinction crisis.
The historical records of the Human Empire also left a prominent note on this event.
In those records, they mentioned the ultimate weapon of the Beastman Empire: the Battle Moon.
Named ‘moon,’ one could see its immensity, it was truly like a small planet.
It was the orcs’ ‘homeland,’ containing an efficient orc ecosystem capable of endlessly producing new Green Skin younglings;
It was an orc armory where every technological product and war tool that Green Skins could produce were manufactured;
It was the core of the orc fleet, capable of housing an entire Green-Skinned Space Fleet, while its industrial facilities could even construct new fleets;
It was an invincible space war machine; its merciless firepower could destroy an entire human fleet in a short time.
On the defensive side, even several Skyburn Torpedoes or planet-shattering weapons like Extinction Orders couldn’t destroy it when detonated on its surface.
Its super-strong structural integrity and special built-in defense mechanisms rendered it impervious to extinction-level weapons.
Furthermore, the Battle Moon could tear apart planets to absorb useful materials, then utilize its internal industrial facilities to produce new weapons, fleets, and repair itself.
Theoretically, if its defense limits were not overwhelmed, it could wage unlimited war.
A dozen Battle Moons were the most potent and despair-inducing weapons of the orcs during the ‘Beastly Green Tide’ that nearly destroyed the Human Empire.
One can imagine the level of despair on the human side when the Dragonhawk reported that a Battle Moon had appeared in the Upper Plateau Star system.
What else was there to do?
It’s hopeless, might as well wait for death.
But soon, after the initial shock, people started to have doubts:
Historical records stated that the Green Tide that swept through the entire empire involved only about a dozen Battle Moons; currently, the largest orc empire in the universe, the Blood Axe Clan, possesses just one Battle Moon that the Human Empire can’t contend with, no matter how many battle groups, Imperial Navy, and Star Realm Army units amass there.
They could only barely maintain a stalemate.
In the ‘lesser’ Dragonhawk Star Domain, the Iron-Tooth Clan, which hasn’t unified the star domain and just a year ago only had a few star sectors, how could they manage to produce something like a Battle Moon?
Did the Dragonhawk get it wrong?
The captain of the Dragonhawk, also the commander of the detachment fleet, had his doubts about what he was seeing.
He could understand why it hadn’t been detected earlier.
Amongst the Green Skins were so-called ‘Spiritual Energy youngsters,’ with orc leaders known as Shamans, Prophets.
They possessed many wondrous abilities, and perhaps it was their special skills or orc technology that cloaked their presence from the star watchers’ observations.
But he was skeptical of the thing itself.
In fact, looking at it calmly, while it resembled the Battle Moons of legend, it was much smaller.
Although still many times larger than an average warship, there was a noticeable difference compared to the true ‘moon-like’ size mentioned in the legends.
Could it be a fake mock-up?
He was curious to test its mettle, but he was also hesitant, afraid that his fleet would be utterly destroyed in the attempt.
Caught between hesitation and indecision, he could only continue to relay warnings, then watched powerlessly as this ‘Battle Moon’ approached the orbit of Upper Plateau Star.
The Green Skin Fleet, following this newly arrived behemoth, began to once again launch a fierce challenge against the human Orbital Defense system.