Chapter 401: Chapter 400: Well Said
In this area, the balance of gravity was completely broken.
All matter inside the area, rocks, vegetation, air... nothing could escape its influence. From the outside, it was impossible to see Lv Bai, who was standing within it.
After all, according to general relativity, gravity is essentially a curvature of space-time. Even though light has no mass, it would still be bent by such terrifying gravitational catastrophes.
It was impossible to see with the naked eye what was happening inside this region of gravitational disaster.
The power that should have belonged to nature instead filled this artificially controlled scene with a kind of nakedly shocking spectacle.
Objectively speaking, if not considering the long-range effects and cumulative impact on the celestial scale, gravity is almost at the bottom of the four fundamental forces.
But using such force to target a carbon-based organism less than two meters tall could indeed be described as using a cannon to shoot a mosquito.
The chaotic gravity tore every substance in this area apart at the molecular level.
It was far more terrifying than the destruction Lv Bai could cause with [Iron Fist Breaks Wind] and [Needle Woman’s Spirit].
Moreover, it should be noted that the massive energy released from the collapse of matter was still intensifying the destructive effects within this area. Matter annihilation was occurring in every corner of this region.
Not to mention broken stones and gravel, even oxygen molecules and carbon elements in the air disappeared completely, turning this area into a true vacuum.
Despite the robustness of [Steel Body], Lv Bai could clearly sense the tooth-grinding signs of tearing occurring throughout his body.
Notably, subtle beams of light at the edge of the region emitted a scarcely detectable heat, insignificant but capable of confining the gravitational disaster within a certain range.
This was astonishing; releasing energy and being able to constrain it afterward are two entirely different concepts, the latter meaning that this was not yet the Monan people’s most advanced technological method.
It’s like dropping a nuclear bomb to destroy a city and dropping one to only kill people while preserving the buildings.
The gap in technological content between these two operations is like a chasm.
This is not just a generational gap, and it’s no wonder that at the time, human high-level officials had no intention of resisting, opting to surrender immediately.
Of course, Lv Bai wasn’t really in the mood to think too much about this issue right now. What he needed to do was first find a way to escape from this terrifying area.
Under the circumstances where [Steel Body] couldn’t be temporarily switched off, the only ability he had that could break through the situation was [Flash Time].
As [Flash Time] activated, everything around him came to a standstill.
He took a deep breath, enduring what seemed like an endless torrent of energy, struggling to push his way out.
As a product of space-time curvature, gravity made the energy propagation speed within this area almost equivalent to the speed of light, making it almost impossible to cleverly evade.
Under such difficult circumstances, Lv Bai hadn’t even taken a few steps before the half-second was quickly up.
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"What a magnificent scene this is."
The white-robed Monan person gazed at the region of the gravitational disaster, feeling a sense of wonder.
He naturally didn’t expect Lv Bai to come out alive.
After all, in his understanding, facing such an attack, it wasn’t just carbon-based organisms, but even silicon-based lifeforms couldn’t leave any remnants behind.
The Speakers from various settlements stood beside the white-robed Monan person, terrified, their postures subconsciously stooping a bit lower.
Feeling that the situation was completely under control, the white-robed Monan person regained his previous inscrutable demeanor: "Rest assured, as long as you submit obediently, we couldn’t be bothered to make a fuss."
Upon hearing this, Biao immediately pledged his loyalty: "Of course, of course, you are the great lord whom we revere; I wouldn’t dare harbor any ulterior motives."
"No wonder it’s the race that could nurture the lord, such profound means, only the lord is qualified to master."
"Thank the lord for your mercy in allowing us lowly beings to follow you."
The other Speakers in the settlements weren’t fools; they wouldn’t let Biao hog all the glory, and opened their mouths, throwing out all sorts of praise as if it cost nothing.
Biao was still racking his brain, thinking of a way to better curry favor.
After all, Lv Bai had come with him, and more than one person had witnessed the matter.
Perhaps the white-robed Monan person hadn’t thought about it yet, but when they truly began to question the matter, he certainly wouldn’t get away unscathed.
Judging by the methods these Monan people had shown so far, his initial plan of running away if exposed seemed too naive now.
Under substantive threats, he could only find a hidden way out.
Biao suddenly feigned curiosity and asked, "Great lord, please forgive your ignorant servant, but why does your Starship carry such wondrous weapons, rather than the Star Destroyer Cannons we lowly servants fantasize about in our works?"
"Typical low-level civilization thinking."
The white-robed Monan person didn’t hide his mockery, but it wasn’t directed specifically at Biao.
To be precise, he was dismissive of those unable to truly appreciate the merits of their Monan kind, and Biao, showing awareness, handed him the conversation at the right moment, which actually pleased him: "The essence of the development of war weapons is nothing more than the alternating evolution of spear and shield.
Take your clumsy development process of land wars as an example, from cold weapons to flintlock guns, then to fully automatic machine guns that completely eliminated the human wave tactic. To counter such advanced ’spear,’ a completely new ’shield,’ namely tanks, naturally emerged.
If a ’shield’ cannot be penetrated, it forces the ’spear’ to continue evolving toward stronger attack power and longer attack distances. Yet, the ’shield’ couldn’t keep up with that strength, and continued mindless armor stacking yielded too low a return. But ’shields’ can’t be absent, so you had to move toward developing air defenses."
At this point, the white-robed Monan person paused and then continued in a rather proud tone: "However, the development of ’spear’ and ’shield’ in space warfare follows an entirely different new logic."
"Technological development progresses step by step, and even for your Monan kind, there’s no exception. So, when starting development beyond outer space, energy would naturally become a necessary consideration if you wanted to arm spacecraft with weapons."
A slightly hurried breath sounded from behind the white-robed Monan person.
He was about to offer praise but was suddenly startled.
No, how come that voice?
He somewhat stiffly turned toward the direction from which the voice came.
To his shock, he found Lv Bai, who had changed into new clothes, standing not far behind him with a smile. Apart from looking a bit embarrassed, Lv Bai was entirely unscathed.
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