Age of Cataclysm: I can light up the technology tree

The fleet drifted again in endless darkness for a week.

The Proxima Centauri civilization spent another week of fear.

2146.6.21

"Zero, help me connect all starships."

Lu Yongchang, who was sitting in the command center, took a deep breath and turned on the long-distance communication equipment in front of him.

After confirming that the communication equipment was working properly, he coughed slightly and then spoke.

"Hello fellow citizens."

"I am the commander-in-chief of the fleet, Lu Yongchang."

…

In the first fleet, a [Golden Crow] battleship.

Bai Yixuan sat in the captain's seat with a solemn expression, silently feeling the heavy atmosphere in the cab.

"White Team, the war is about to begin, are you afraid?"

Hong Fan's faint voice came from the side.

Bai Yixuan turned to look at his teammates sitting in the vice-captain's seat. Like Hong Fan, Xia Wanyi's eyes were also full of uneasiness.

He was silent for a moment and nodded slightly.

"Afraid, of course."

Hong Fan opened his mouth and was about to say something, but was interrupted by Bai Yixuan's next words.

"I'm afraid that I will die on the battlefield, and I'm afraid that you will die in front of me because of an accident..."

"But more than these, I am more afraid of the demise of human civilization!"

Hong Fan did not speak, but quietly listened to his captain's words.

Bai Yixuan's voice continued: "Therefore, I will not avoid this war."

"Even if I only have the last few days of my life, I hope that the glory of mankind will last forever."

There was a bit of excitement in Hong Fan's eyes, he stretched out his hand and clenched his fist, and repeated in a low voice: "Humanity, glory will last forever!"

On the side, a slightly helpless smile appeared on Xia Wanyi's face.

"Wanyi, what about you?" Hong Fan turned to look at his teammates and asked softly.

"Me?" Xia Wanyi laughed dumbly, "Why do you think I am sitting on this [Golden Crow] battleship?"

"Captain, long-distance communication from [Earth]." A report interrupted the conversation between the three.

"Connected." Bai Yixuan said in a deep voice.

"……cough!"

There was a cough.

A trace of surprise flashed in Bai Yixuan's eyes.

He recognized it. It was Professor Lu's voice.

"We are about to head to the battlefield. This is the first interstellar war of human civilization and the most important war."

"If we win, human civilization can continue to survive in the universe."

"If you lose, there's no need for me to tell you the result."

"Here, I declare war on Proxima Centauri civilization!"

"Everyone, the time has come to make great achievements and honor our ancestors!"

"Fleet, set sail!"

"May the glory of mankind last forever!"

Over-distance communication is automatically cut off.

In the cab, the heavy atmosphere was swept away.

"What the professor said is really good." Xia Wanyi's sigh came from the side.

Bai Yixuan turned his head and cast a doubtful look at her.

Xia Wanyi didn't speak, she just pursed her lips to the side.

Bai Yixuan looked in the direction she pointed out.

The driver, who originally looked gloomy, now had a red face!

He could even hear their whispered discussions.

Nothing more than a few big characters.

Honor your ancestors and make great achievements.

Feeling the completely different atmosphere from the beginning, Bai Yixuan chuckled and turned to look at the holographic projection in front of him.

…

The tails of 501 starships lit up dimly at the same time.

After five years, the Hall thruster is activated again!

In order to prevent the Proxima Centauri civilization from discovering its traces, the power of the Hall thruster was reduced to the minimum.

The expedition fleet consisting of 250 [Taotie], 250 [Golden Crow] and one [Earth] left the original orbit with the help of weak thrust and silently sailed in another direction.

The remaining [Taotie] ship and [Homeland] ship were left behind.

0.01 light years is considered a very safe distance for a first-level civilization.

The expedition fleet's goal is an area 1 astronomical unit (AU) away from Proxima Centauri.

Even though it is only 1 astronomical unit (AU), this is still an extremely far distance for Proxima Centauri b.

Proxima Centauri b is 7 million kilometers away from Proxima Centauri. When converted, it is only 0.047 astronomical units (AU).

Therefore, in a certain sense, approaching Proxima Centauri means approaching Proxima Centauri b.

…

2147.1.6

More than half a year later, the expedition fleet finally "touched" the target area.

[Earth] Command Center.

Lu Yongchang stood by the porthole, looking at Proxima Centauri, which was much brighter than before.

Next to the red dwarf star, there is a slightly dim light spot.

That was Proxima b, their target.

Proxima Centauri (left) and Proxima Centauri b (right) 1 AU away

Under the light of the main star, Proxima Centauri b exudes crystal light.

It can be clearly seen through optical telescopes that, similar to the Earth, the surface of Proxima Centauri is also extremely rich in water resources.

"Alarm! Alarm!"

The sudden siren made everyone's nerves tense!

[High intensity electromagnetic wave signal detected]

A bright red alert appeared on the giant holographic projection directly in front of the command center.

Lu Yongchang's expression darkened and he quickly returned to his seat.

He stretched out his hand and dragged the holographic projection in front of him, separating the detected active electromagnetic wave signal from various messy electromagnetic signals.

"Zero, what does this signal mean?"

Lv Yongchang asked in a deep voice.

With the Proxima dictionary, they can fully interpret the captured Proxima signal.

Soon, Zero gave his answer.

"Professor, the signal does not contain information."

"It is more like an active detection method."

"Similar to our active detection radar, but the frequency band is slightly different."

Hearing this, Lu Yongchang's face sank: "How does our radar absorbing coating work on it?"

Active detection methods have advantages and disadvantages.

The advantage is that it can detect surrounding enemy targets in real time and respond to the upcoming attack in advance.

The disadvantage is that once it is turned on, while releasing high-power electromagnetic waves, it also exposes itself to the opposite side's sight.

Therefore, the Earth Fleet has not yet turned on the active detection method in order to prevent being discovered by the Proxima civilization.

But the Proxima civilization on the mother planet is different from the Earth civilization. They are destined not to hide their existence. Therefore, they can use high-power detection equipment to search for Earth civilization all day long.

That is why once the radar-absorbing coating on the outer layer of the starship does not absorb it well...

That means that the human fleet at this time has been completely exposed to the sight of the Proxima civilization!

Everyone present naturally knows this.

Therefore, when Lv Yongchang asked this question, everyone reached out to fasten their seat belts and prepared for emergency maneuvers and responses!

"The absorption effect is good."

Zero's voice was as flat as ever: "According to estimates, we have a slightly larger asteroid in the detection equipment on the opposite side."

"It's about the same as the asteroid next to us."

Lv Yongchang subconsciously turned his head and looked out the porthole.

An asteroid with a diameter of more than 100 meters was swaying around the fleet.

"Huh..."

Zero's words made everyone feel relieved.

Lv Yongchang reached out and wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, and said softly: "Everyone, since we haven't been discovered, we should also work."

"Let's give our neighbors a little surprise!"

As soon as the voice fell, Zhao Zijie on the side had already pressed the long-distance communication button.

"First Fleet, everyone listens."

"Lock Proxima b immediately!"

Like Zhao Zijie, the commanders of the other three fleets also quickly issued combat orders.

As the order was issued, Zero quickly sent the ballistic prediction trajectory and Proxima b's running trajectory to the onboard computer of each [Golden Crow] battleship.

A few seconds later, the response came.

"First Fleet, the locking mission has been completed!"

"Second Fleet..."

Seeing that the four fleets had completed the target locking, Lv Yongchang's eyes showed a hint of cruelty, and he shouted:

"Fire!"

The moment the voice fell, countless flames spit out from the electromagnetic gun barrels of 250 [Golden Crow] battleships!

The energy generated by the fusion engine accelerated the projectile in the barrel to s in a very short time!

After the projectile was fired, it flew straight to Proxima b, which is 0.95 AU away!

These projectiles wrapped with micro-nuclear bombs will arrive above Proxima b in 6.57 hours!

"Zero, change the direction of the fleet immediately!"

After the attack was launched, Lu Yongchang immediately shouted: "Pay attention to the power of the Hall thruster!"

"Got it, professor."

Under Zero's control, the fleet began to turn slowly, like a ghost, drifting in another direction.

PS. In order to avoid plot jams, this chapter has been increased.