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Humanitys First and Last Space War（第2页）

Allthistimetheyhadunreservedlybelievedinthislimit.Theyhadmadeitthefoundatioh’sviow，thenuainingontheMoohecapaakethenecessaryadjustmentstogivechase.Calsshowedthatihours，eveniftheydidalltheycould，theMoonwouldbrushpasstheDevshortbytwohundredandfiftymiles.

&burstofdizzyingflasheswashedoverthetrolship，exhaustingalloftheEarth’snubs.Atalmostexactlythesamemoment，theDevi.Ihlyquiet，thelawsofioldthefihismagheMooheDevourer’sside，barelymissiywassohighthattheDevravityotcatlytwistingitstrajectoryalittleasitzoomedpast.AftertheMoonhadpassedtheDevourer，itsilentlyspedawayfromtheSun.

Orolship，theSupremeaoadeathlysileespassed.

‘TheEridarayedus，’aanderfinallywhisperedinshock.

&alrobablyjustatrapsetbytheDevourerEmpire!’astaffofficershouted.

Inaninstant，theSupremeaoutterchaos.Allbutoosdshout:sometoveerdespair，otherstocealit.Allwereeofhysteria.Afewofthenon-militarypersoherstorethehairfromtheirheads.Spiritssteoftheabyss，readytofallforever.

OnlytheMarshalremaialyinfrontes.Heslowlyturhoiohechaos.‘Iwouldaskallofyoutopayattentioail:whydidtheDevourergine?’

Pandemoniumwasimmediatelyreplacedbydeepthought.IheMooslastnub，theenemyhadoshutdowheyhadnowayofkherornottherewereanybombsleftontheMooherewasthedaheDevravitygtheMoon.HadtheDevoureruedtoaccelerate，itcouldhaveeasilyextearajectory.Itcouldhave–shouldhave–madeitfartherthainy，barelyadequatetwohuymiles.

‘GivemeacloseupoftheDevourer’souterhull，’theMarshalanded.

Aholographicimagelayedoigtransmittedbyaminiature，high-speedreceprobeflyingthreehuheDevourer’ssurface.ThesplendidlyilluminatedsurfaceoftheDevourertoclearview.Iheybeheldthemassivesteelmountainsandsofitsgiantringbodyslowlyturnpasttheirview.AlongblackseamcaughttheMarshal’sattentiotury，hehadbeeveryfamiliarwitheverydetailoftheDevourer’ssurface，buthewasabsolutelythatthatgaphadedbefore.Othersquioticedit，aswell.

‘Whatisthat?Isit…aeoneasked.

‘Itis.Acrack.Athree-thousand-mile-longcrack，’theMarshalsaid，nodding.‘TheEridaniansdidrayus.Thedataialwasaccurate.Theaitisreal，butastheMoonapproached，thedespairingDevourerdenthedtoexceeditbyfour-fold，desperatetoavoidthe.This，however，hadces:theDevourerhascracked.’

&heyfoundmorecracks.

‘Look，what’sgoingonedasitsrhtaofDevourer’ssurfatoview.Adazzlingbrightlightbeganglowingosmetalsurface，asifdawnweregoveritsvasthorizon.

&ionalengine!’anofficercalledout.

&istherarelyusedequatorialrotatioheMarshalexplaiisfiringatfullptostoptheDevourer’srotation!’

‘Marshal，youwerespoton，andthisprovesit!’

&nowanduseallavailablemeanstogatherdetaileddatasothatweasimulation!’theMarshalanded.EveheentireSupremeandwasalreadyexegthetask.

&hepasttury，amathematicalmodelhadbeepreciselydescribedtheDevourer’sphysicalstructure.Therequireddatawasgatheredandprocessedveryeffitly，aswerequicklyproduced:itwouldtakeyhoursfortherotatiooreducetheDevourer’srotatiowhichitcouldavoiddestru.YetieenhoursthetrifugalforpletelybreaktheDevourerintopieces.

AongtheSupremeand.ThebigsewiththeholographicimageoftheDevdemise:theprocessofthebreak-upwouldbeveryslow，almostlikeadream.Agaiessofspace，thisgiantworldwoulddisperselikemilkfoamfloatingosedgesgraduallybreakingoff，onlytobeswallowedbythedarklookedliketheDevourerwasmeltingiheoalflashofanexplosiosdisiingform.

TheMarshaldidnotjoiheywatchedthissoul-soothingdisplayofdestru.Hestoodapartfromthegroup，foanothers，carefullytherealDevourer.Hisfacebetrayedriumph.Ascalmreturhebridge，theai.Ohertheyjoithes，wheretheydiscoveredthatthebluelightattheDevourer’safthadreappeared.

TheDevourerhadrestarteditsengine.

&hecriticalstatetheringstructurewasalreadyin，thisseemedlikeahomablemistake.Aion，nomatterhowminute，couldcauseacatastrophicbreak-up.ButitwastheDevourer’strajectorythattrulybaffledtheowaseversitssteps，returniionithadheldbeforeitsevasivemawascarefullyre-establishingitssynousorbitandrealigningitsaxisofrotatioh’s.

‘What?DoesitstillwaheEarth?’anofficerexclaimed，bothshodfused.

Hisquestionprovokedafewscatteredlaughs.Alllaughter，however，sooastheothersbecameawareofthelookontheMarshal’sface.Hewasnatthes.Hiseyeswereclosed.HisfacewasblankanddrainedofallthepasthuheoffidpersonnelwhohadmadefendingofftheDevourerapillaroftheirsoulhadbeeveryfamiliarwiththeMarshal’sce.Theyhadneverseehis.AcalmfellatheredSupremeaurothesally，theyuhegravityofthesituation.

TheDevourerstillhada>

TheDevhttowardtheEarthhadbegun.IthadalreadymatchedtheEarthinbothorbitalspeedandrotation，asitapproachedtheplahPole.

Ifittooktoolong，theDevourer’salforcesart;ifitwenttoofast，thepowerofitspropulsionwouldripittopieces.TheDevourer’ssurvivalwashangingonathihadtoholdtoaperfetimingandspeed.

&heEarth’sSouthPoleedbytheDeviantring，theSupremeandcouldseetheshapeofthefrozegerapidly.Antarcticawasshrinkierinahpan.Theworld’spulledtowardtheSouthPolebytheimmeyoftheDevourer，ah’swhitetipwasbeingswallowedbytheirbillo

AsthishappeheDevourer，too，wasg.tlessnewcratocoveritsbody，andallofthemweregrowinglongerahefirstfenolongerblackseams，butgapingchasmsglowingwithlight.TheycouldeasilyhavebeeheportalstoHell，thousandsofmilesih.

Iofallthisdestru，afewfirahering’smassivebody.Then，moreahesefilamentsemerged，flowioftheDevourer’sbody.Italmostlookedlikethehugeshiphadsproutedasparseheadofwhitehair.Infact，theyweretheerailsofshipsbeihegreatring.TheDevtheirdoomedworld.

HalfoftheEarthhadalreadybeeheDevourerwhenthingstookaturheEarth’sgravitywasagalmostliketheinvisiblespokesofaicwheel，beariegratingDevourer.Nonewcracksearingonitssurfadthealreadyopenripshadceasedgrowing.Fortyhourslater，theEarthletelyeheDevourer.Theeffectofthepla’sgravitywasstrohispoint，andthetheDevourer’ssurfacewerebeginningtootherfivehourslater，theyhadpletelyclosed.

Irolship，allthessoftheSupremeandhadgonebladeveswerenowdark.ThesourinatiohlypaleraysoftheSuhroughtheportholes.Iogeificialgravity，themid-seoftheshipwasstillsl.Asitdid，theSunroseaholetoporthole.Lightandshadowwandered，asifitwerereplayinghumanity’sfonedaysandnights.

‘Thankyouforaturyofdutifulservice，’theMarshalsaid.‘Thankyouall.’HesalutedtheSupremeahegazeoftheoffidpersonnel，hecalmlyfoldeduphisuniform.Theothersfollowedhisexample.

Humanityhadbeehedefehhaddotetheirdutiesand，assoldiers，theyhaddloriously.Inspirit，theyallacceptedtheiruhsces.Theywereeoenjoythismoment.