271: decapitation operation

To hit the Japan spaceship, many things needed to be analyzed, including the ship's flight trajectory, obstacles along the way, the rotation speed of the Blue Star, and so on.

Since it was the first time the Giant Cannon was used in actual combat, the Dragon Country couldn't be certain of a hit. Thus, they spent the past half-day conducting various analyses to increase the hit rate as much as possible.

Within the fortress, Xiao Xing's eyes lit up when he saw the Giant Cannon charging.

He knew the Dragon Country wouldn't act blindly out of desperation; they must be able to attack from such a great distance.

With the capabilities of the intelligent life Xiao Qing, stronger weapons could be created, provided there was enough energy.

Since Ceres had Immortal Crystals, they could just go and mine a large amount later; with her abilities, mining wouldn't be difficult.

He didn't need to manufacture powerful weapons, but he could use Immortal Crystals as fuel for the spaceship.

Only then would it be possible to conduct ultra-long-distance voyages to the world outside... Meanwhile, on the Sun Country's interstellar spaceship.

Kamikura Kenwa sat powerlessly on a white chair, staring blankly at the moon not far away, his expression completely dazed.

Beside him, Ueda and the others gritted their teeth, their expressions filled with extreme rage.

The video sent by the hidden satellite had arrived; they were utterly shocked when they saw someone flying while carrying a water sphere.

But immediately following that, the actions of those Sea Beasts made them completely furious.

A thousand years of plotting, an extinction plan, the life's blood of over a dozen generations—all dismantled in an instant. It was completely unimaginable.

After all their calculations, they hadn't accounted for the Yao Beasts using it as food. After all, thinking with Blue Star logic, this was impossible; who could have imagined that Sea Beasts would handle nuclear wastewater with the logic of the Cultivation World?

"Lord Kenwa, please calm your anger. Things have come to this; we should pull ourselves together instead..." "My Lord, we still have a chance to make a comeback. When that time comes, we will surely make everyone go extinct."

..."Correct, the glory of the Great Sun Empire cannot be destroyed in our generation. We must pull ourselves together."

Seeing that the Prime Minister had completely fallen into despair, Ueda and the others tried to dissuade him one after another.

For the glory of their Great Sun Empire, they could not give up no matter how great the setback.

"Your Excellency Ueda, I've made you all worry. I won't fall so easily. When we make our comeback, it will be...!!"

..."Lord Kenwa, this is bad!"

Kamikura Kenwa had just regained his spirits, but before he could finish speaking, a subordinate shouted out.

The spiritual declaration of the Great Sun Empire was interrupted. Everyone glared toward the source of the sound, but before they could roar, their eyes nearly popped out of their heads.

They saw a scene that would cause the Great Sun Empire to set completely.

The virtual screen showed an image of the Blue Star. In the video, a thousand-meter-long Giant Cannon muzzle was aimed at them, power continuously condensing within it.

They couldn't believe it was real—that the Dragon Country actually possessed such a hidden Giant Cannon of destruction.

"What should we do? We're finished."

A moment later, Kamikura Kenwa slumped back into his chair, the spirit he had just gathered vanishing completely.

Based on his knowledge of the Dragon Country, they wouldn't do something useless; the Giant Cannon could 100% attack this location.

No matter how advanced their spaceship was, it couldn't possibly withstand the Giant Cannon's attack. The Great Sun Empire was truly going to set.

The rest of the people also fell into despair. They knew the Dragon Country too well; since the Giant Cannon was aimed at the ship, the chances of survival were extremely slim.

"Lord Kenwa, we still have a chance to escape."

Just as everyone was in total despair, Ueda Masamura's excited voice rang out.

"What chance?"

Kamikura Kenwa didn't care about anything else; he instantly grabbed Ueda by the collar and shouted urgently.

He was completely desperate. Any talk of imperial glory was nonsense now; as long as he could stay alive, it was enough. He was extremely desperate.

"Lord Kenwa, even if that Giant Cannon can attack from so far away, it will take some time for the energy to reach here...!"

..."Continue."

Seeing Ueda stop mid-sentence, Kamikura Kenwa waited expressionlessly for the rest.

Even someone with low intelligence like him knew this was a problem; it wasn't what he wanted to hear.

"Lord Kenwa, as long as our ship can enter the far side of the moon before the attack arrives, we can dodge it."

Ueda pointed at the moon not far away, his expression filled with excitement.

This had occurred to him while he was looking at the moon by chance. No matter how strong the Dragon Country's Giant Cannon was, it couldn't possibly pierce through the moon from such a distance.

Therefore, dodging the Giant Cannon's attack wasn't difficult, provided they could navigate to the back of the moon before the attack arrived.

"Let's do it. Accelerate the ship to full speed; we must dodge the Giant Cannon's attack."

With a glimmer of hope for survival, Kamikura Kenwa also regained his spirits and began to make arrangements... Time passed by unnoticed.

On the Blue Star, people all over the world held their breath.

When the time reached the third quarter of the hour of Wu, the Giant Cannon's adjustments were finished, its energy fully charged, and the radiating aurora instantly compressed and retracted.

A terrifying pillar of energy light shot into the sky. All of Magic City trembled as a massive hole was punched through the atmosphere.

In an instant, the light pillar burst through the atmosphere and shot toward the starry sky. In less than ten breaths, the distance it had traveled already exceeded that of the Sun Country's spaceship.

On the Sun Country's spaceship, Kamikura Kenwa and the others turned pale as ghosts after detecting the terrifying pillar of energy light through various technical means.

The range of the energy light pillar was roughly parallel to the moon, but even though they had been traveling at full speed until now, they were still in lunar orbit and needed more time to reach the far side.

"I don't care anymore, overload the acceleration!"

Kamikura Kenwa directly ordered.

Overloading the ship's acceleration caused immense damage; it wouldn't be done unless absolutely necessary.

But he didn't care about any of that; he had to find a way to survive first and worry about everything else later.

On the Blue Star, the Giant Cannon was also making continuous subtle adjustments, as it had to take out the Japan spaceship in one hit; otherwise, there wouldn't be enough energy for a second shot.

Due to the continuous rotation of the Blue Star, the attack from the Giant Cannon wasn't aimed directly at the ship, but rather above it.

As the Blue Star rotated, the energy light pillar acted like a sword descending from the heavens, slashing toward the Sun Country's spaceship.

"Just a little bit more."

On the Sun Country's spaceship, Kamikura Kenwa and the others watched the sword about to strike down, their expressions grave to the extreme.

The light pillar was falling extremely fast, leaving them with very little time to pray.

Whoosh!

Just a moment before the light pillar sliced down, the spaceship finally rushed into the far side of the moon, blocked from view by the moon.

Sizzle!

In the next moment, the light pillar slashed down as the Blue Star rotated.

The speed of the light pillar's tail was tens of thousands of times faster than the rotation of the Blue Star. Carrying the momentum of thunder, it instantly slashed into the lunar surface.

One-tenth of the moon was directly sliced open.

While the light pillar swept past the tail of the spaceship and didn't hit it directly, wherever the light pillar passed, massive amounts of rock continuously exploded and went flying.

In an instant, a rain of meteors like a hail of bullets riddled the entire spaceship with holes.

Explosions continuously occurred throughout the ship, and the rear engines were almost entirely destroyed.

The numerous personnel inside the ship suffered heavy casualties; only Ueda and the others in the forward control room remained barely intact.

But it didn't end there. After losing power, the spaceship could only orbit the moon continuously, unable to escape its gravity.