Translator: ryuxenji Editor: H2dH2mr The commander understood what the adjutant meant and immediately retorted, "No, this is too dangerous." Even though the adjutant's strength was infinitely close to imperial level, he was still not imperial level after all. Just relying on the defensive shield of an ace mecha alone against the base's ultimate weapon, it would only be able to help the starship hold out for another 10 to 20 seconds at most...
"We can't just sit around and wait for death. If we can buy some time, we need to do our best," retorted the adjutant with an agitated expression.
"But, if anything happens to you, you can only stay at the Swift Dragon base." The commander told the adjutant the possible outcome.
"It's better than everyone staying here. If anything happens to me, as long as you all make it back alive, you can report back in time. Sending people over to rescue me will also be much faster... I believe I can still hold out for a short three to four days, "said the adjutant resolutely. It was undeniable that he carried the confidence and pride of an ace mecha operator deep down in his bones.
The commander glanced silently at the adjutant and then nodded solemnly. "Alright, you go and make the preparations. I will let the members of Team C act as your personal JMC to direct your operations." At this point, the commander paused for a moment before saying, "Take care!"
The adjutant saluted respectfully. "Yes! Sir! " That said, he turned resolutely to leave the starship's main control room. As he turned, all the members in the main control room, including the commander, saluted him silently. This was respect for a comrade, and also a blessing for a comrade.
Meanwhile, on Ling Lan's side, the Swift Dragon base had activated their ultimate weapon. Ling Lan received this news at the first instance, and this made her heart sink. The ultimate weapon of every base was terrifyingly powerful. It was the final trump card to protect the base, a sure-kill weapon against starships and powerful mecha. No matter how strong a starship's energy shield was, it could only withstand one attack at most. This was because after one attack, the starship's stored energy would be completely depleted. It was easy to imagine that a starship without an energy shield would become a clear target for attack. Any slightly more powerful weapon would be able to punch a starship full of holes.
With this, Ling Lan's team was plunged into a desperate situation. Once they died, the mission would fail. More importantly, they still could not leave the Swift Dragon base and return to the real world. As expected, an SSS-level mission was extremely perverted. Even the base's ultimate weapon had been activated.
When Ling Lan saw the adjutant volunteer himself, her heart skipped a beat. She opened her mouth and said to Zilong, "Zilong, from now on, no matter what happens, you have to bring the team back to the central area alive and complete our mission."
Zilong didn't know how to react, but he knew that he would do his best to carry out Boss's orders, so he solemnly expressed that he understood.
Li Lanfeng stared blankly for a moment, then suddenly understood. His expression changed as he said, "Rabbit, you want to go out?" Recalling how Ling Lan had piloted her imperial mecha to intercept the magnetic tsunami, her half-dead state instantly appeared before Li Lanfeng's eyes. Li Lanfeng's heart shuddered violently.
Li Lanfeng's words made the team members instantly understand what Ling Lan was planning to do. They all began to voice their objections, not wanting to lose contact with their boss again.
Seeing this, Ling Lan only cast a cold glance at everyone and then said calmly, "Obey my orders!"
Even though Ling Lan's tone was extremely calm, the team members still felt a chill run down their spines. Their initially agitated emotions calmed down in an instant, and their courage seemed to have been frozen — they no longer dared to voice any objections.
Only Li Lanfeng, perhaps due to his strong spiritual power, was not intimidated by Ling Lan's threat, or perhaps due to his concern for her, spoke up once more, "Rabbit, if you want to go, I'll go with you." He absolutely could not leave the rabbit behind and escape on his own.
Ling Lan only operated her mecha. She reached out her right hand and gently tapped the head of Li Lanfeng's mecha, saying, "Leopard, you're still too weak. If you want to help me, you'll have to increase your strength first. Otherwise, if you go with me, you'll just be dragging me down. Also, don't betray my trust in you. "
That said, Ling Lan walked out of her mecha's cradle and had Little Four send out orders to have her mecha moved to the ejection port by the starship's transport system.
Ling Lan's words made Li Lanfeng feel dejected. So, in the rabbit's heart, his strength was actually so weak, dragging him down? These words were really rather hurtful... he sat in his cockpit, clenching his fists tightly, hating his own battered body for the first time.
No, he could not be so dejected. Next time, he would definitely let the rabbit understand that he, Li Lanfeng, was capable enough to fight alongside him. Li Lanfeng touched the information in his bag. Since he could not help the rabbit with his current strength, then he could not let down the rabbit's trust. He had to hand this information over to the city lord of Grandsweep City alive and complete the rabbit's mission of establishing a battle clan.
When she found out that her adjutant had already been ejected, Ling Lan asked Little Four to arrange for the starship's ejection system to eject her out. Of course, because of Little Four, Ling Lan's mecha did not appear on the large screen in the starship's main control room. This was also why Ling Lan had boldly ejected herself into outer space — her movements would not be discovered by these Federation soldiers.
Finally, the base's ultimate weapon emerged in its entirety. The image Little Four sent over made even Ling Lan shudder with fear. Just by looking at its appearance, she could tell how powerful this ultimate weapon was. Its savage appearance and the opening of the tube, which was several dozen metres wide, meant that the energy it fired was absolutely terrifying. The magnetic storm made people pale at the mere mention of it because its energy turbulence was too widespread and long-lasting. Meanwhile, the terror of ultimate weapons lay in the fact that they concentrated their power into a single point, allowing them to easily obliterate the target they had locked onto.
"Based on the appearance of this weapon, I've found the relevant information. It's one of the Federation's ultimate weapons series: a magnetic energy beam cannon! It has powerful attack power, able to destroy the external defence systems of the target it attacks. At the same time, the terrifying magnetic energy it carries can also destroy the internal systems of the target it attacks, "Little Four immediately told Ling Lan the information on the Swift Dragon base's ultimate weapon, letting Ling Lan know what to expect.
"What a troublesome thing." Ling Lan frowned. Relying on the Pulsing King Shield of the imperial mecha, it was actually still possible to withstand such powerful energy. The troublesome part was that it also had the magnetic energy to destroy the internal systems of the mecha. This would affect the mecha's energy transmission system — without energy support, an imperial mecha was actually no different from a normal mecha.
She glanced at the x192 high-glazed nuclear power source on the imperial mecha, hoping that this fellow would be a little stronger and be able to withstand the assault of the magnetic energy beam cannon.
At this time, the starship had successfully ascended to a height of about 1500 meters, and the magnetic energy beam cannon that had successfully charged up its ultimate weapon finally showed its ferocious side. A magnetic energy beam burst out from the base, shooting fiercely at the starship that was suspended in mid-air.
"Concentrate all energy at the point of impact!" shouted the commander. At this moment, he had also lost his usual composure. If this ultimate weapon was too powerful, they might not even be able to withstand a single shot.
The magnetic energy beam slammed viciously into the protective shield of the starship. The blast lasted for 20 seconds, and in these 20 seconds, the starship was violently shaken by the powerful energy. All the people in the main control room were almost thrown to the ground. However, these soldiers were all battle-hardened warriors. They clung tightly to the control panel in front of them, which was why they were not flung out by the violent tremors.
20 seconds later, when the final beam from the barrel of the ultimate weapon, the magnetic energy beam cannon, disappeared, it was discovered that the starship was suspended high in the air in an extremely dilapidated state. The grey and dull outer shell of the starship was proof that the starship's energy had been completely depleted and it could no longer maintain its energy shield.
Seeing this, the senior officers in the base command room could not help but cheer. A smile appeared on the face of the supreme commander, and then he ordered decisively, "Have the missile armoured troops continue to attack."
Hearing this order, the missile armoured troops on the ground fired their missiles once more. However, they soon found that their attacks were futile, because an ace mecha had appeared below the starship. Before the missiles could reach the starship, they were all shot down by the other.
When the command centre received this news, everyone waited for the supreme commander's orders.
The supreme commander frowned as he looked at the ace mecha flaunting its prowess in mid-air. Then, he looked at the starship which was desperately trying to recover its energy. He ordered decisively, "Fire the second magnetic energy beam cannon!"
The people in the starship's main control room saw the base's ultimate weapon begin to flash with the light of accumulating energy once more, and their faces paled. "Sir, they're preparing to fire the second shot. Are we dead for sure?"
Seeing that the starship had only recovered 17% of its energy, everyone felt a sense of despair in their hearts. They had only managed to block the final magnetic energy beam cannon with 100% of their energy. However, despite their best efforts, the starship had still been unavoidably damaged by 13%. Fortunately, the starship's main flight system had not been destroyed — this was their good fortune.
"Accelerate energy storage. We can only store up to 50%. No matter whether we reach the necessary height or not, we still need to switch to high-speed operation." The commander gritted his teeth, preparing to take this last chance. He looked at the ace mecha outside who was bitterly guarding the starship. He placed all his hopes on the other, hoping that he would be able to help the starship gain the last bit of time to store energy.
Everyone stared nervously at the member reporting the energy storage progress. They could only hope that the ultimate weapon, the magnetic energy beam cannon, would be able to store up to 50% of its energy before it fired its second shot.
"Energy storage has reached 20%... 25%... 30%... 35%..." When the member reported 35%, the muzzle of the base's ultimate weapon finally released a blinding spark. In the eyes of everyone on the starship, these sparks were undoubtedly the flowers of death.
"No..." It was unknown who shouted this, but everyone involuntarily hugged the control panel in front of them and closed their eyes, waiting for death to descend.
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