Chapter 725: Chapter 352: A Beautiful and Cruel World
The second phase involves constructing external modules to orbit Inscapsa, serving roles of escort, defense, attack, and support engineering. The so-called Decomposition Ship Cannon was initially conceived as a beam drill for blasting and mining other island masses.
"Is this the ’Fallen Island Battleship’?"
"Yes, the grand blueprint requires the long-term planning of an entire people, so even with mastery of the Legendary Law, it has only reached the second phase in the last millennium. The naming of this ship was only decided upon when noticing the intentions of the Deus People and attempting to transform it into a weapon," Faser said.
"You haven’t mentioned why it can only fly here in the City of the Ship’s Rudder," Li Ang continued to ask.
"Because whether it’s Inscapsa or the Fallen Island Battleship, they rely entirely on the energy supply from the Mechanical Creation Furnace to levitate like other Sky Islands in Nebis.
"Other Sky Islands rely on the repulsion generated by their internal minerals and the Bloody Red Land to hover, with the Mechanical Creation Furnace replicating this energy. The Fallen Island Battleship is so heavy that normal ship propulsion couldn’t allow it to fly; only relying on this principle can it achieve levitation."
"So, this ancient ship is more accurately described as an ancient small artificial island in terms of principle," Li Ang said.
"That’s one way to understand it."
"Why design something like this?" Xiaomo couldn’t help but ask.
"The third phase of the blueprint relies on the combat and engineering functions of external flying modules, making the metal island Inscapsa seem as though it has grown limbs to self-manage through various crises in the sky. Thus, enabling the entire tribe to use this Sky Island as a base point, heading towards the far reaches of the sky to rebuild this world."
"Rebuild the world?"
Everyone present looked at one another, this sounded like something only a Divine Spirit would qualify to do.
Li Ang noticed Akuya, who had been standing at the back, move to the forefront at this moment.
"Yes, the blueprint’s creator realized that after Nebis had suffered calamities, the world was no longer stable. He hoped that his tribe could contribute with their own strength to the world’s continuation. Inscapsa and the Fallen Island Battleship are just the first step; he hopes that such Sky Islands could cover every part of Nebis, using them as bases to start repairing the world at its fragmented edges."
"For mortals, this is difficult," Akuya said.
"Yes, but the Island Founders have been working towards this goal for thousands of years, until the Deus People took notice of them."
"Who exactly are these people?!" Zoe asked with furrowed brows, somewhat angrily.
Faser was about to say something when the entire hologram shuddered briefly, only managing to emit static noises, seemingly experiencing strong interference.
Li Ang glanced at the Water Dragon incarnation to the side, a pink-haired young girl with an expressionless face, remaining silent.
"Nebis has both such respectable tribes and groups like the Empire, obsessed with conquest and destruction, making it both dazzling and scarred—truly a beautiful yet cruel world," Li Ang couldn’t help but sigh.
After speaking, he felt his four girls either holding his hand or his arm, connecting with him in different ways.
"Enough about the Deus People; let’s consider how to resist the Empire," Li Ang said to Faser, "so the Fallen Island Battleship can only fly very close to the City of the Ship’s Rudder and can’t engage in combat against the Destruction Battleship far from the islands in the air?"
"Yes."
"This makes it even harder to protect the populace," Melegon said.
The previous plan was to save people before repelling the Empire, but no one anticipated the Destruction Battleship’s existence, nor that it would launch earlier due to some scoundrel’s actions, so there was no time to devise a combat plan for facing it if encountered.
"According to the battle process of each top-tier Sky Cavalry and Transcendent Demon Beast, it usually involves limiting their destructive range and movement ability, then finding a way to dismantle their Law Protection, and launching a fierce attack."
Li Ang said, "Although we’re currently lacking in combat power, that thing hasn’t shown itself to be much more formidable than a Transcendent Demon Beast, so we might consider using the same methods."
"How to restrain it?" someone asked.
"What’s that thing’s power source?" Loken asked.
The high-tier energy "Creation Equation" of the Deus People, all Star Souls rely on it to construct a self-circulation, and the one at Jenoside’s seems to operate in reverse. How to explain this? Is this even truly a form of energy? Li Ang thought so because the Demon-Born Flower grew the Branch of Prosperity just from absorbing a small vertex of it.
Li Ang organized his thoughts, saying in his mind: "A certain ancient civilization’s high-tier magic power, stronger than Ether."
"Can it be exhausted?" Loken asked again.
The Creation Equation ensures the Star Souls’ energy cycle, and filling their activity is the Light of the Star Soul, although it can be depleted, the Star Soul Greenhouse Ivynis, which could replenish it, is still captive under the Eye of God.
"Yes, but it can be replenished immediately."
Exhausting the opponent is also impractical, Loken frowned slightly: "Can it be determined how much output power it has?"
Li Ang and other high-tier Sky Knights exchanged glances, seeing that their opinions were unanimous.
This question was answered by Melegon: "Based on previous Transcendent Demon Beasts, they each displayed different forms of strength, not all excelled in magical power output. But this Destruction Battleship being capable of such caliber cannon fire, honestly, should be one of the highest tiers."
