Those who face the wall, but are in the Nascent Soul stage.

Chapter 418 "Boys and Girls Charge Forward"

After 0.6 time particles. (Three years later)
Unsurprisingly, this remnant of the silicon-based fleet carried out its first round of stellar leaps along the edge of the starless isolation zone.

The ultimate jump distance of stellar frog leap is about two hundred light-years. The principle is to use the energy of the star to exponentially increase the "spatial mass" of the warship itself at the moment of stellar frog leap, and use a principle similar to four-dimensional debris breaking through the three-dimensional universe to carry out a directional jump within a range of two hundred light-years.

Yes, stellar frog jumping doesn't require jumping onto another star; a star is simply a spring.

The starless isolation zone is 500 light-years wide, which means that even if a warship jumps into the isolation zone, it will still be 300 light-years away from the other side.

Therefore, in order to cross the starless isolation zone as soon as possible, it is necessary to cross the "bridge" heavily guarded by the carbon-based federation.

However, as the spatial curvature of the space where the trajectory fleet was located was adjusted to 1.2 by the mirror, the silicon-based empire's stellar leap, which should have spanned 200 light-years, unexpectedly appeared 240 light-years away... The extra forty light-years caused them to jump headfirst into a starless isolation zone!
The nearest star is a full forty light-years away!
The silicon-based fleet was in a state of confusion, and the leading silicon-based commander was repeatedly calculating why the error had occurred.

Blue still retains its human body, standing in the center of the flagship's bridge, gazing through the porthole at the universe that has been artificially emptied.

There was no starlight, no planetary trails, only the red exhaust plumes of distant silicon-based warship engines, like schools of panicked fish.

"Jump into the isolation zone and see how you manage to get out," Lan Weiwei said with a smile.

"Commander, the silicon-based fleet has entered the light-speed travel phase. It seems they've realized they've jumped to the wrong position and are indeed heading towards the Alpha Blank Zone," the communications officer reported.

Blue nodded, and it then established real-time communication with the mirror. Suddenly, the starry sky above the porthole was covered by an inverted Milky Way, and the mirror's "voice" appeared directly in the consciousness of all the carbon-based fleet members.

Like the low strings of a cello being gently plucked.

Are you ready, carbon-based friends?

The sound of the mirror carried a strange rhythm.

[I have adjusted the 'pitch' of this space. Your warships can move freely in the warp field at twice the speed of three-dimensional light, while those silicon-based metal boxes will struggle like insects in a quagmire, as if they were stuck at half the speed of light.]

With a slight movement of the mirror, the Alpha Blank Zone, spanning a hundred light-years in diameter, was distorted into a unique spatial curvature ocean. Only suitable ships could navigate these spatial waves with greater efficiency.

“Thank you, Mirror.” Blue’s voice was firm. “Let’s begin.”

The inverted Milky Way disappeared from the porthole, replaced by a faint glow. When the curvature of space reaches two standard gravitational units, a phenomenon known as "quantum glow" occurs in a vacuum.

Now, influenced by the mirror, quantum glow has appeared. The glow is like a thin layer of fog, enveloping the Alpha blank area. Within this fog, the silicon-based fleet is struggling to travel at the speed of light.

The remaining main force of this silicon-based empire consists of 400,000 warships. The silicon-based warships maintain a high degree of uniformity in shape, resembling a cluster of multifaceted crystals, drawing trails in the darkness as if copied and pasted.

"All fleets, maintain defensive formation and do not fire first." Blue's order was transmitted to every Federation warship via an encrypted channel. "Wait for Mirror's signal."

Within the Alpha Blank Zone, the carbon-based Federation fleet travels at four times the speed of light compared to the silicon-based Empire fleet. This is a decisive strategic advantage that is almost impossible to resist on the interstellar battlefield.

The silicon-based fleet clearly hadn't anticipated that the carbon-based federation could travel at four times the speed of light. Their vanguard paused briefly at the edge of the Alpha Blank Zone, seemingly to assess their surroundings.

But soon, orders came from the commander of the silicon-based empire fleet, instructing the vanguard fleet to launch a probing attack on the carbon-based federation fleet.

The silicon-based empire has taken the initiative to start the rhythm of this war.

The mirror's performance began.

Every Federation warship trembled as the prelude to "Silver Melody" began, four short but powerful notes, like hammers striking an anvil, each vibration causing a dramatic distortion of the curvature of space.

With each tremor, the carbon-based Federation fleet enters a state of two hundred times the speed of light, gliding at a speed close to twice the speed of five-dimensional light!

At the same time, the silicon-based empire fleet was also slowed down by two hundred times, and even those light-speed projectile weapons were slowed down by two hundred times.

In extreme cases, the speed difference of nearly 40,000 times led the carbon-based federal fleet to begin this massacre.

It's important to understand that the droplet never established a speed advantage of 40,000 times over the newly launched solar system fleet.

As the vibrations cease and the notes pause, the speed difference between the two will decrease from 40,000 times to 4 times. "Do, Re, Do, Fa."

The brief speed advantage of 40,000 times, even though it only lasted for four rounds in the prelude, was enough to deal a significant blow to the silicon-based fleet.

On the left flank of the silicon-based fleet, numerous crystalline warships were destroyed by light-speed guided weapons that oscillated between two hundred times and two times the speed of light. Meanwhile, the silicon-based empire's counterattacks were easily evaded by the carbon-based fleet due to intermittent delays of 0.5 times or 0.005 times the speed of light.

The silicon-based warships on the left flank were breached one after another. In this cold, material universe, offense outweighs defense, which is the norm in the dark forest warfare of the universe, and even a civilization of the level of the carbon-based federation is no exception.

Unless two civilizations are technologically very similar, the Dark Forest War is always one-sided.

Faced with those quark bombs that successfully hit their targets, expanding from three dimensions to eight dimensions, the high-dimensional ship was rendered defenseless and blasted through from the outside, losing power and floating in space, turning into twisted metal braids.

"Their left-wing districts one, two, and four are gone, I guarantee it," the adjutant said.

"It's just the beginning," Lan said.

To the rhythm of "Silver Melody," the remnant fleet of the silicon-based empire is like an unlucky mess running through a treadmill that is constantly being accelerated, decelerated, or even reversed, while the carbon-based fleet is like cavalry that has adapted to the rhythm of "Pitch" and is accelerating forward.

A one-sided massacre.

"I was reminded of 'Boys and Girls Go Forward'," Xiaoqing said, watching this scene.

"What is that?" Lan asked, puzzled.

"My true form... Oh right, Luo Qing isn't my true form. Over two hundred years ago, in 2012, the evil Luo Qing was one of the TV programs I loved watching in the Wallfacer's compound. The first challenge was a track, and many challengers fell down on it. Every time someone fell into the water, it would laugh out loud. I should have known from that time that Luo Qing was the evil Luo Qing."

Lan couldn't imagine the scene, but still coaxed, "Great, that's a fitting metaphor."

"The main silicon-based fleet has begun to disperse and break out!" came the adjutant's message. "They want to slip through the gaps in the defensive perimeter and escape the music's coverage."

"it's out of the question."

Lan sneered. In the musical curvature field adjusted by the mirror, trying to break through by dispersing was nothing short of a pipe dream.

Especially when the carbon-based fleet has an absolute advantage in quantity, quality, and speed.

"First Fleet, encircle from the left flank; Second Fleet, outflank from the right flank; Third Fleet, apply pressure from the front."

Without realizing it, Lan used the inefficient language of humans, her voice elegant: "Push them back."

Faced with the massive advance of the carbon-based federal fleet, the silicon-based fleet, like an out-of-control school of fish, was driven back into the Alpha Blank Zone.

Blue even thoughtfully used only traditional weapons that wouldn't harm the space itself.

Singularity bombs launched by force field tentacles, tens of thousands of antimatter clouds covering the area, degenerate quark beams resembling dazzling Zepelion rays, and a rain of light particles with a firepower density exceeding that of human close-in weapon systems...

Countless projectiles traced bright trajectories in the darkness, their speed varying between two hundred times and twice the speed of light, constantly shifting with the rhythm of the music. Meanwhile, the silicon-based fleet's counterattack and interception became slow and chaotic due to the unpredictable musical rhythm.

Soon, the silicon-based fleet's camp was engulfed in a sea of ​​colorful flames.

The mirror's "performance" reached its climax.

The melody of "Silver Melody" became more stirring, the changes in spatial curvature became more dramatic, and the quantum glow in the alpha blank area changed from a faint white to a dazzling gold.

Lan could almost feel the space itself breathing in rhythm with the music, almost through her body.

"Is this the most renowned musician in the universe...?" Upon seeing this, Lan's intelligent field gradually became incredibly profound.

(End of this chapter)