Chapter 830 239: Initial Contact, I Am a Natural Disaster
Platform B: 78.72% of the area destroyed, main functions paralyzed, repair costs estimated to exceed the construction of a new platform.
Platform C: 58.28% of the area damaged, key equipment destroyed, unable to restore combat capability in the short term.
Combat units have suffered losses.
The number of lost combat robots reached 112, most of which completely dissolved after contact with corrosive slime. The remaining ones decisively chose to crash into the floating giant beast, self-destructing to maximize their remaining value before dissolving entirely.
In the aerial support units, 37 drones were destroyed by energy beams released by the floating giant beast.
In the naval fleet, 3 main warships were damaged, with 1 returning safely, while 2 were forced to retreat from the battlefield due to corrosive slime. They sank before reaching the port due to rapid corrosion.
In terms of energy consumption, the battle used up nearly a week's worth of electricity of Eclipse City.
More importantly, this initial engagement caused considerable ecological damage to Earth.
The corrosive slime severely disrupted the ecosystem in the surrounding sea, causing massive marine life die-offs. It is expected to take a year to clean up and restore balance.
The energy released by the floating giant beast also caused local climate anomalies, leading to continuous rainstorms and lightning in the surrounding areas.
These data all indicate that the group behind the space rift possesses formidable strength.
However, it is difficult to determine the combat level of the floating giant beast in the invading force.
The only relief is that the probing attack was not from the Combat Insect Clan.
Not because of material evidence for this conclusion.
But because of their behavior.
If it were the Combat Insect Clan, a probing attack would be a joke, and they would directly start a full-scale invasion of Earth.
After reviewing the data, Governor No. 1 issued a directive.
Earth's cities are required to remain in a state of war, ready to initiate a full-scale war at any time, with all weapon systems entering combat readiness mode.
This battle may perhaps be the toughest challenge since the formation of the Earth Alliance.
The intensity might not be weaker than during the mechanical war period, perhaps even more intense.
The best-case scenario is that the group behind the space rift, after discovering the destruction of the floating giant beast, chooses to abandon the invasion.
But future hopes cannot be pinned on illusory expectations; the Earth Alliance must be prepared for war.
That day, an Earth Alliance meeting was urgently convened at the central council hall of Eclipse City.
Governors of all races attended in bodily projection form, their holographic images appearing one after another in the silver-white circular hall, vividly lifelike as if solid.
In the center of the council hall floated a giant holographic display platform, showing combat data of the floating giant beast, loss statistics, and the impact range of the sea pollution, surrounded by circular seating.
Seeing the data content, the attending governors from all races had expressions that became extremely grave.
They had experienced invasion wars in their lifetimes.
In fact, invasion wars occurred roughly every ten years.
Most were alien powers that failed to maintain space channels and directly descended.
This type of power typically lacks space technology, unable to conduct a detailed investigation of the world at the other end before descending. Upon arrival, they generally use the world's spiritual energy content as a reference index for civilization strength.
This method is actually quite practical.
Without a high spiritual energy environment, it's indeed difficult to nurture strong civilization powers.
Civilization can be compared to a tree, with spiritual energy as the nourishing soil and water.
Without fertile soil and adequate water, a tree struggles to thrive, appearing small and fragile even if it manages to survive.
Similarly, lacking a high spiritual energy environment, a civilization struggles to nurture strong warriors or advanced technology, with overall strength limited by the environment.
In contrast, a spiritual energy-rich environment is like fertile ground, providing abundant nutrients for the growth of civilization.
In such environments, individuals easily break through limits, and civilizations quickly develop powerful technology and culture, ultimately growing into towering trees.
For example, compare Monster World and Earth.
Send two groups of people with identical physical fitness, intelligence, and other traits to Earth and Monster World, and let them grow in two completely different environments.
Not even a generation needs to pass; significant differences will be evident in just ten years.
The group sent to Monster World, returning to Earth, would be akin to superhumans, able to overpower the other group in physical fitness and other aspects.
And this is only the difference in individual growth.
There is an insurmountable gap in weapon materials.
Weapons made from spiritual material can slice through those made from Earth metal like cutting tofu.
Therefore, using a world's spiritual energy content to assess the strength of native powers is a fairly reliable method for alien races.
Finding Earth's spiritual energy content thin, the invading force would initiate an invasive war sweeping the world from the point of descent.
No opportunities for negotiation would be granted.
When the invading force realizes something is amiss, war and hatred factors will have made it impossible to cease.
However, there are forces that will first contact nearby Earth groups early after descending, considering whether to invade or cooperate after clarifying the situation.
Many member races of the Earth Alliance initially arrived with invasion intentions.
But after understanding the Moon Eclipse Clan, they gave up thoughts of war, promptly joining the Earth Alliance organization.
This history is mostly altered; very few of the new generations born on Earth know the mentality of the ancestors upon their arrival.
Most believe their ancestors came with a cooperative and mutually beneficial stance.