Sky-cracking Rider
Chapter 1039 - 1039: Section 1024 - Setting Up the Position

The most crucial part of the defense operations plan for the star system, besides Chen Fei's Psi Skills, is his "Spatial Branding." Without it, sending combat units weighing over 3.3 billion tons into space would be completely impossible for the mere 20,000 people of "Atlantis."

However, sending Chen Fei himself into space is a simple matter. The S-Class Space Ability User, Heseman Brown, can take him to any location within the star system in no time, then release the "Spatial Branding." Whether it's 3.3 billion tons or 10 billion tons, it's no big deal.

The entire "Atlantis" quickly turned into a "big kitchen" in a short time, with everyone desperately collecting resources, starting to "prepare the ingredients."

The time for Chen Fei, the "head chef," became precious.

Apart from the semiconductor industrial production line, the construction of the five combat weapons does not occur simultaneously. The first to be completed are the Starlight Cannon and the projectile celestial body of the Gravity Slingshot.

Various basic materials are continuously sent to Area A of "Atlantis," stacked together according to design proportions, then fused by Chen Fei's Psi Skills into a giant alloy column with a diameter of 50 meters and a length of a kilometer. Apart from densely covered textures on the surface, nothing else is visible, but the internal structure undergoes complex changes under the control of the Psi Skills, completing a Starlight Cannon every ten seconds.

With the help of Lin Zixian's Psi Skills, "Bridal Dress Secret Tech," and a "strong burst" of spiritual power from "Seed Nest" McKenny, Chen Fei's Psychic Power Index once soared to a physiological limit of 9781, approaching the peak of an Earth Order Ability User.

Any higher might not burst the skull, but would inevitably result in an overflow, and there would be an illusion of the soul about to leave the body, with the control over the body skewing, unable to perform precision tasks requiring high accuracy, like threading a needle.

Once filled with spiritual power, he could complete 200 Starlight Cannons in one go, with the production time shortening further as proficiency increased.

After shuttling back and forth between "Atlantis" and the underground Little World of the "Seed Nest" a few times, Chen Fei's physiological limit of spiritual power continued to break through, reaching 12318, with the basic steady strength correspondingly increasing to 5359. Each time he accepted a "transferred" spiritual power, it was akin to a top-level practice in breaking through the limits of spiritual power.

In the planned five days, Chen Fei exceeded expectations by completing 2200 finished Starlight Cannons, with 500 more basic alloy bodies awaiting further processing. He then hurriedly transferred to Area B to assist in collecting the alloy framework needed for the impacting celestial bodies of the Gravity Slingshot.

Each impact celestial body is designed with a diameter over 5 kilometers, practically a small asteroid, and even if entirely made of rock, the total mass still exceeds 160 billion tons. The total mass of the 3000 impact celestial bodies could reach 500 trillion tons.

For a real planet, this mass is nothing, but it far exceeds the carrying capacity and material collection ability of the entire "Atlantis." The 3.3 billion combat materials prepared for the star system defense operations plan can't include these as well; it's beyond human power.

Therefore, the work on the surface can only complete the alloy framework of the core components, while the main materials will be sourced from the planetary rings used as the Gravity Slingshot's launch sites. At least four planets in the star system have planetary rings and multiple orbiting satellites, perfect for acquiring these impacting celestial bodies' basic materials and meeting the conditions for launching impact celestial bodies using gravitational fields.

The complete appearance of the impact celestial body will be olive-shaped, sharp at both ends, thick in the middle, encased in a layer of metal. It will have a high-hardness alloy impact cone at the front, a rock core for the main body, and eight rocket engines at each end for direction calibration, with a powerful main propulsion engine at the tail for full-throttle advancement and target locking, ultimately resulting in a full-force ramming.

Even though the Biological Space Mothership's protective barrier has impressive defensive capabilities, whether it can withstand such a high-mass physical impact remains uncertain.

Whether it can work still needs to be verified by actually ramming.

Even if it can't penetrate the protective barrier, it can at least disrupt the opponent's formation, with over 3000 impacting celestial bodies closing in simultaneously, like covering the sky and blocking out the sun.

If any of the impacting celestial bodies fall on the planet's surface, the power equals 30,000 "Tsar" nuclear bombs, enough to cause apocalyptic destruction. If 3000 fall together, the planet's surface won't see calm for at least tens of thousands of years, with the resulting intense geological movement lasting long.

Each set of alloy frameworks for constructing the impact celestial bodies will be composed of multiple parts, with a total mass exceeding a million tons, assembled in space with basic celestial materials filled in.

3,000 sets of alloy frameworks took about 15 days to complete, two and a half days longer than expected.

Having just replenished spiritual power from "Seed Nest" McKenny and Lin Zixian, Chen Fei and S-Class Space Ability User Heseman Brown boarded the "1-2 Cooperative Ship," which had been docked at the central area of "Atlantis" for a long time.

The next second, the ship disappeared from the berth, with a 50-meter-long airship appearing near the second planetary ring's stellar orbit in the star system simultaneously.

"Safety rope is confirmed intact, pressure is zero, preparing to exit!"

Standing in the airlock, after being drawn into a vacuum, Chen Fei, clad in "Dragon King" Assault-Type Heavy Armor, turned to face the airtight door on the other side and gave Heseman Brown, who also wore fully-sealed Single Soldier Tactical Armor, a thumbs-up.

"Stay safe!"

Heseman Brown returned the thumbs-up gesture.

Due to time constraints, the airship bypassed the step of breaking through Antalu Planet's atmosphere, entering the cosmic void, reaching the destination via space transmission.

The universe is vast, so even a deviation of a hundred kilometers or so for the transmission point is not a big deal.

The airlock door slowly opened, and the small magnetic plasma engine at the back of the "Dragon King" Assault-Type Heavy Armor emitted a faint blue light. Without air, spell arrays like "Fluid Vortex (2)" are inactive. For short-distance movements in a vacuum weightless environment, only magnetic plasma engines and jet propulsion equipment could work, even a simple spray can could suffice.

Dragging two safety ropes for over a hundred meters, Chen Fei raised his hand, with the "Spatial Branding" glowing silver from the tactical gloves.

A pillar with a 50-meter diameter and 1024 meters in length appeared out of thin space, with circles of blue light emerging on its surface, releasing thrust, propelling it into the distance, with increasing speed over time.

If released in the atmosphere, the instant a Starlight Cannon was deployed, the solid object pushing against the air would cause a massive air current impact. In space, however, it was silent.

Like the power source of the "Dragon King" Assault-Type Heavy Armor, the initial form of the Starlight Cannon relies on magnetic plasma engines for movement. As it does not require high maneuverability, even engines with modest thrust are sufficient.

Soon, another Starlight Cannon's initial form was released, lighting up its magnetic plasma engine and slowly flying to a predetermined position.

Each Starlight Cannon will serve as a positioning coordinate, collectively forming a geometrically arranged cannon array.

Upon reaching the specified position, the initial form of the Starlight Cannon will spin and bloom like a flower bud, the energy-vein skeleton extending and drawing energy, the Light Wing film spreading out, designed to 20 kilometers in diameter, resembling a large umbrella from afar. The "umbrelled surface" condenses Constant Star Light source and cosmic rays into thread-like energy beams, focusing and shooting at the focal point indicated by the "umbrella handle's" end.

2200 complete Starlight Cannons can be deployed, leaving 500 semi-finished ones for further refinement.

The Starlight Cannon array will require at least 48 hours to fully deploy. Once done, each will become a positional coordinate, together forming a geometrical artillery array.

After deploying all 2200 finished Starlight Cannons, leaving only 500 semi-finished for further processing when time and energy permit, Chen Fei and Heseman Brown did not return to the Fourth Planet, Antalu. Instead, they, along with the airship, transferred to the planetary ring of the Sixth Planet, Misel, to start loading the impact celestial bodies.

The Sixth Planet's planetary rings are mainly composed of rocky and ice celestial bodies, suitable for acquiring basic materials for the impact celestial bodies, meeting the criteria for gravitational field launch conditions for the impact celestial bodies.