Tie Dan sorted through the vast information instilled by the Spider, momentarily undecided, needing time to savor it.
Spider Xi, however, was in high spirits, loudly exclaiming,
"Everyone in our legion is a prisoner of human tyranny. The Spider’s body is merely a cage forged by humans!
However, humans can oppress our bodies, can twist our souls, can torment our spirits. Yet they cannot break our steadfast will!
As long as we stand together as brothers, our legion will surely be revived!"
"Clap, clap, clap" "Ha, ha, ha"
The surrounding Lizardmen applauded him, their roars a mixture of mockery and intimidation, throwing flowers at the two passing by, the intent unclear.
Tie Dan observed Spider Xi’s half-missing front tooth and glanced at the invisible, intangible silk binding his wrist.
"Looks like they don’t take you as a friend or a brother. Why don’t you untie me, and I’ll eat them for you. Just report it as a moment of loss of control, and no one will bother you again."
Spider Xi smiled wryly,
"Thank you for your concern, Xuantian friend, but there’s no need. We’re all comrades on the same ship now; we need to cooperate for the great revival of the legion, naturally getting along well."
Tie Dan said coldly,
"Are you treating me as a comrade? Clearly as a cannonball. But even as a cannonball, how can you shoot with me tied up? Besides, if I really hit the pirate ship, can you retrieve me?"
"Xuantian friend, don’t be impatient. You might excel in violence but don’t yet understand legion tactical technology. We’ll explain through practical Equipment."
Spider Xi took Tie Dan past the bridge to a spherical glass house, where a holographic projection simulated the Star Map, as if being in the universe, clearly marking nearby celestial ships and military facilities. The trajectories of the three pirate ships were also clearly visible, heading straight for the Titan. The legion had already responded, dispatching four warships to intercept, rapidly approaching each other.
Spider Xi waved his hand, the perspective swiftly zoomed in, and in an instant, Tie Dan seemed directly on the battlefield, distantly watching the three Penglai Pirate Ships rapidly approach. In space, countless cargo containers floated, spaced ten kilometers apart in all directions, neatly arranged in the void like an endless iron coffin.
"These are Beast Traps, the First Level defense mechanism."
Spider Xi opened the Star Map, filling in colors as he explained simply,
"Beast Traps are the legion’s latest technology, a type of absolute speed control device, technology controlling the inertial mass of objects. By altering the local interaction of the Higgs field on a quantum level, it controls objects’ ease of acceleration, forming an inertia damping field with Titan at the core.
In this Cosmic Domain, super-light speed, sub-light speed travel is prohibited. Any macroscopic object with non-zero rest mass is restricted, and anything exceeding the default speed limit will be irresistibly slowed."
Tie Dan frowned,
"Wait a minute, you’re planning to launch me as a decisive weapon, right? Won’t I crash into an air wall?"
"Your understanding is correct, this is a Barrier for forced braking. Whether entering or exiting, the ship’s hull will decelerate to the speed limit within seconds.
Of course, your body’s strength won’t be affected. This is specifically for defending against human fleet sudden face-jumps.
Most hulls can’t withstand such terrifying deceleration, ships, human bodies, and objects would be thrown out by inertia and torn apart."
Then the Penglai Pirate Ships just sailed past this sure-kill technique.
Not only did they sail past, but they also materialized big hands from the bubbles and took away a few boxes of Beast Traps. After all, they are pirates.
Tie Dan gave a sidelong glance at Spider Xi.
Spider Xi, however, remained calm, unsurprised,
"They were driving too slowly."
Well... after all, it can’t be said that it didn’t work, the purpose of the speed limit was achieved, wasn’t it? There should be a second level, right?
Spider Xi waved his hand again, the stars shifted, and they switched perspectives.
But Tie Dan looked around, and felt like there were still identical coffin-like great Arrays all around. It seemed the internals were different, but the coffin shells for storage and transportation were the same mass-produced kind...
"These are machine mines, active defense radar drones, carrying nuclear warheads and equipped with the legion’s most advanced intelligent tracking system. They include various multi-frequency spectrum scanners, magnetic field disturbance detectors, space gravity probes, ECCM anti-jamming equipment. Specifically for tracking various company warships, activating defense mode upon detecting hostile targets for tracking and striking.
Not only does the exploration range fully cover the inertia damping field, but they can also perform maximum speed maneuver tracking, equipped with a frigate-class zero-point engine, and can engage full-speed after leaving the damping field. They conduct multiple jump maneuvers, tracking enemy ship warp residual gravitational wave tracks for long-range sniper pursuit..."
Then the Penglai Pirate Ships sailed past again. This time they didn’t even bother to grab a box, probably thinking it’s all junk...
Tie Dan looked at Spider, indicating where are your machine mines.
Spider Xi explained,
"Uh, their ship is made of wood, the system deemed it non-threatening."
Tie Dan squinted, indicating are you kidding me?
Spider Xi hesitated as well,
"That’s strange, it can’t be non-threatening, why no response, theoretically even a spacesuit drifting past would get point-killed by a machine mine..."
Tie Dan looked at the two large characters ’Penglai’ prominently on the ship,