Chapter 138
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Chapter 138: Battle Losses Ratio
In the Milky Way Galaxy,
within the human federation,
as the Angelic Beings, Three-Eyed Tribe, and Frost Tribe formed an alliance, the federation’s Military took the lead in attacking the Angelic Beings, bringing the flames of war to the Angelic Galaxy.
For the first time in recent years, the main focus of all humanity wasn’t on Yi Chen, the exile on the exile planet, but on the Elite Fleet led by the Seven-Star General, Mo Qiankun.
The Elite Fleet, to be more precise, should be called the Elite Fleet Corps.
It consists of dozens, even hundreds of the top military fleets of humanity.
Mo Qiankun’s Elite Fleet is formed by one hundred and twenty large fleets.
These one hundred and twenty large fleets almost drew more than half of the elite forces from the Third Military District and the Twelfth Military District.
On the fifth day after declaring war, the vanguard of the Elite Fleet, consisting of three large fleets, set sail from the Milky Way Galaxy.
By the fifteenth day, they steadily advanced to the Angelic Galaxy, located one million five hundred thousand light-years away, thanks to the Space Jump System.
Compared to other races, humanity’s greatest advantage lies in its ability to mobilize forces over long distances on a large scale.
Months prior, the Angelic Beings had already begun to mobilize troops, ready to invade the Milky Way Galaxy after finalizing their alliance.
However, once humanity declared war and officially deployed troops, the Angelic Beings could only send small-scale forces to use space tearing methods for ambush and blockade in the unclaimed territory between the two major star systems.
They could not quickly deploy large numbers of troops to strengthen the Defense Line.
There simply wasn’t enough time.
The vanguard of the Elite Fleet, even when facing ambushes and blockades, advanced cautiously and could cross the one million five hundred thousand light-year unclaimed territory in just ten days.
The entire Angelic Galaxy spans a maximum diameter of thirty thousand light-years, meaning that even if they mobilized troops from the farthest region to the opposite side, the distance would only be thirty thousand light-years.
Moreover, various life planets and uninhabited planets along the borders of the Angelic Galaxy have created permanent spatial rifts of varying sizes.
An Angelic Being using the quickest path can traverse through these permanent spatial rifts in just half a day, traveling from one end of the Angelic Galaxy to life planets on the other end.
However, the capabilities of individuals and armies are entirely different concepts.
Even the largest of the permanent spatial rifts on the life planets of the Angelic Beings can only accommodate a few hundred Angelic Beings at a time.
Smaller rifts can only allow a few individuals to pass through simultaneously.
Maximizing the utility of these permanent spatial rifts, a maximum of only one billion Angelic Beings can reach the Defense Line each day.
Furthermore, the Defense Line is not linear; it is a planar area.
The entire Defense Line of the Angelic Galaxy facing the Milky Way Galaxy covers an area of nearly two hundred million square light-years.
Not to mention not knowing where the human vanguard is specifically attacking, even if they did, a mere daily reinforcement of over one billion troops would be insignificant.
Starting from the fifteenth day after humanity declared war, the vanguard of the Elite Fleet began to breach the Defense Line at the border of the Angelic Beings.
They continuously destroyed permanent spatial rifts on various planets and occupied life planets.
Like a hot knife through butter,
it wasn’t until the Angelic Beings sent powerful Golden-Winged Angels and numerous Eight-Winged and Ten-Winged Silver Angels to the battlefield that the situation began to stabilize.
With the vanguard continuously splitting into smaller units, both sides began to see their victories and losses.
However, humanity’s army still held the upper hand.
Every day, exciting reports emerged about how many life planets of the Angelic Beings the vanguard had captured.
Of course, what truly thrilled all of humanity wasn’t just the number of life planets captured,
but the accompanying details about how many Eight-Winged Silver Angels, Ten-Winged Silver Angels, and even Two-Winged Golden Angels had been slain.
According to past reports from battles against the Angelic Beings, the loss ratio between large battleships and Eight-Winged Silver Angels reached about fifteen to one.
This means that on a large battlefield, every time one Eight-Winged Silver Angel was killed, humanity needed to sacrifice fifteen large battleships.
Each large battleship not only carried the most advanced technology of humanity but also housed thirty to forty thousand elite talents.
The loss ratio for killing a Ten-Winged Silver Angel was a terrifying five hundred to one.
As for the Two-Winged Golden Angels, they were only ever defeated during the alliance of eight races’ attack on the Milky Way Galaxy.
In that battle, humanity paid the heavy price of three Elite Fleets and four Space Fortresses.
This major offensive, however, saw the loss ratio for killing Eight-Winged Silver Angels drop to three to one, just one-fifth of what it had been before.
The loss ratio for killing Ten-Winged Silver Angels also decreased to two hundred to one, only two-fifths of the previous calculation.
Moreover, the vanguard set a trap, gathering an entire medium-sized fleet.
Without the involvement of any Space Fortresses, they successfully took down a Two-Winged Golden Angel ranked as a frontline deputy commander.
Although the war had just begun and the sample size was still small, such a clear disparity in the loss ratios of high-level combat power undoubtedly proved that humanity’s high-end combat strength had greatly improved.
Estimating and inferring are one thing; proving it on the battlefield is quite another.
While closely monitoring the situation, countless citizens called on the parliament to learn from the Military and propose policies to show goodwill toward Yi Chen.
There is no doubt that humanity’s rise in strength is entirely thanks to Yi Chen’s four teachings of skills.
……
In the Flame Mountain Tribe,
with just over ten thousand people, it is a number that can be almost overlooked on any life planet.
In the larger star system, it is like a speck of dust.
However, the attention it receives in the entire star system far exceeds that of any other force, even surpassing several dominant races that are not very prominent.
In the weapon refining workshop,
Yi Chen, having reached the limits of his understanding of fire laws, began to study and test the energy circulation pathways for the weapon refining technique.
This energy circulation pathway only needs to be improved upon based on the Method of All Laws.
The reason it will still take Yi Chen a month is that the weapon refining technique has higher requirements for flames.
It must meet four major conditions: ultra-high temperature, strong stability, local temperature control, and the characteristics of burning or extracting from spirit mines.
A thread of spirit power continuously tests and combines within the acupoints.
Different comprehensions, varying orders, differing quantities, and even the pathways taken by spirit power through the meridians produce different changes and characteristics, leading to an endless array of magical combinations.
The energy circulation pathway constructed from dozens of meridians and nearly twenty acupoints would take Yi Chen thousands, if not tens of thousands of years, to test every possible outcome at the speed he operates.
The entire process of testing and research relies more on his strong talent and intuition, continuously predicting and adjusting the best combinations based on real-time situations.
Day after day…
Testing energy circulation pathways is far more tedious and requires complete concentration compared to comprehending the laws of heaven and earth.
A moment’s carelessness could lead to spirit power entering the wrong acupoints, resulting in severe consequences.
If he cannot withdraw the spirit energy instantly, it could cause significant negative impacts on his body and meridians.
This prolonged testing is not something an average person could endure.
It also provides exceptional training for his willpower and concentration.
Of course, Yi Chen also experiences moments of irritation.
But he has a special way to relieve his stress.
Whenever he feels frustrated, he opens the Strongest Talent System to see how much his influence has expanded and how many extra talents he has gained.
Instantly, he feels invigorated and full of energy.
