Translator: ryuxenji Editor: H2dH2mr When the Caesar ace operator once again regained consciousness and opened his eyes, he had already arrived at the resurrection point of the Swift Dragon base.
The resurrection point of the Swift Dragon base was actually a large room. Normally, the door to the room would be tightly shut. NPC soldiers would enter this place on their own accord because the mainframe had set the resurrection point as a safe location. As long as the people resurrected here did not leave the room, they would not be discovered by the NPC soldiers.
The Caesar ace operator stood up regretfully, only to find that there was a person poking his head out from the door... black hair, yellow skin... this was definitely that Huaxian who had perished together with him. He decisively drew out the dagger stuck in his calf and pounced over.
That person heard the sound of the wind splitting the air and did a donkey roll to dodge the attack. He turned back to look and his gaze instantly narrowed. "Caesar." He was the adjutant who had died under the magnetic energy beam cannon. He had just come out of the resurrection point, but because there were base warriors patrolling outside the door, he had no choice but to stay here. Of course, he did not know what had happened outside.
"This time, you will still die by my hands!" The Caesar ace operator pounced over smugly.
The adjutant was taken aback by these words, and then he instantly thought of something. His gaze narrowed and he once again dodged the other's attack. He asked hatefully, "The magnetic energy beam cannon... was it you all who arranged for it to be activated?"
The Caesar ace operator laughed coldly, saber in hand, "Looks like you're not stupid after all. Indeed, if we hadn't changed the settings, how could the highest commanding officer here have activated the base's ultimate weapon for a small military vessel?"
It turned out that the last message D1 had sent out was mainly for the highest commanding officer of the base. That was to kill all intruders at all costs. Of course, once the ultimate weapon had been activated, the last remaining members of Caesar hidden within the Caesar ship would have been able to discover in time that something had happened to them.
If Little Four had been more careful at that time, he would have discovered it in time. With Little Four's ability, he could have changed this order and even found the hidden Caesar spaceship and the Caesars hiding in the spaceship. He could have wiped them out silently and made sure that nothing would go wrong.
Then, Ling Lan and the others, including the Federation soldiers, would not have fallen into their current predicament. They would not have had to face danger again and again, and would definitely have been able to leave the Swift Dragon base easily... it could only be said that Little Four, who had learned human emotions, had also picked up some of the shortcomings of humans at the same time. For example, carelessness, or the tendency to hide some small secrets that he himself did not think were very important and would not affect the overall situation...
The Caesar ace operator's words made the adjutant's face show an expression of understanding. He had actually been unable to understand this all this time. Ultimate weapons were usually not activated unless it concerned the survival of the base. Only then would they be activated. They had only taken the warship and escaped from the base. They could not destroy the base at all. This ultimate weapon should not have been activated in the first place.
After the other's explanation, all of this made sense now. The adjutant stared darkly at the Caesar before him and replied viciously, "I will not die by your hands a second time." The magnetic energy beam cannon was too powerful. He could not withstand it, so he would have no complaints even if he died. However, he would definitely not die at the hands of an enemy who was also a human.
The two of them faced off for several seconds and then suddenly lunged at the other at the same time. The adjutant instantly pulled out a short dagger from behind his waist and stabbed it viciously at his opponent.
"Clang clang clang …" The cold weapons clashed fiercely. The two of them were both ace operators, and their physical skills were not weak either. They were actually evenly matched, unable to decide who had the upper hand.
The Caesar ace operator's eyes shone with excitement. As expected, this person who dared to die together with him was an extremely powerful opponent. Due to Ling Lan's ingenious arrangements, the Caesar ace operator had not expected that he had actually mistaken his opponent for someone else.
As for the adjutant, because he had been cooped up in his room after reviving, he was unaware of the situation. He hated the fact that the other had activated the ultimate weapon, causing him to remain at the Swift Dragon base. Additionally, when he found out that all of this had been part of Caesar's scheme, he immediately treated the other as his enemy and wanted nothing more than to kill the other.
Just like that, due to various reasons and Ling Lan's ingenious arrangements, her handiwork was completely covered up. Until the end, neither the Huaxia Federation nor the Caesar Empire had discovered that there was a hidden third party between them.
Having dealt with the Caesar ace operator, Ling Lan finally heaved a sigh of relief. In truth, the last scene had all been a disguise by Little Four. The so-called engine explosion and loss of control of the mecha had all been fake. She had also purposely discarded the beam saber to confuse the opponent. Meanwhile, when the Caesar ace operator had seen Ling Lan's cockpit being stabbed, it had of course also been a visual illusion. An ace mecha's beam saber had no way of piercing through the cockpit of an imperial mecha. The beam saber had only brushed past the waist of Ling Lan's mecha, not injuring Ling Lan's mecha at all.
In the end, just as the opponent was overjoyed and relaxed, Regretless, who had long been prepared, decisively switched to a weapon and stabbed into the other's cockpit. The unique sharpness of Regretless was once again effective. The outer shell of the ace mecha was still unable to stop the sharpness of Regretless — the weapon pierced cleanly into the cockpit, instantly killing the opponent.
However, this series of control battles and calculations had indeed exhausted Ling Lan to the extreme, and her physical strength was also nearing its limit. Ling Lan knew that she needed to return to the starship as soon as possible. Otherwise, if she continued to operate the imperial mecha, her body would not be able to hold out.
When the Huaxian soldiers in the starship's main control room saw that their adjutant had chosen to die together with the enemy, all of them closed their eyes in anguish... in order to survive and return to report the situation here to military headquarters, they had no choice but to abandon their comrades who had fought for a chance for them. This feeling was very painful for them. The only thing that comforted them was that they were currently in the virtual world. As long as there were no spectres, their comrades would only be temporarily trapped here and would not be in any life-threatening danger.
Right then, a member who had been standing guard and monitoring the progress of the energy storage suddenly shouted, "Reporting to commander, energy storage has reached 50%."
Hearing this, the commander's eyes flew open. He suppressed his worry for his adjutant, and a trace of decisiveness flashed through his eyes as he ordered, "Switch to high speed immediately!"
At this moment, the member in charge of switching speed decisively pushed the speed button to high speed.
"Orders received: Starship operation switching, low speed to high speed... Warning, actual altitude is insufficient. Gravity is too strong, may cause damage to the starship. Warning, insufficient energy, can only maintain high speed for 7 minutes. Please choose carefully, please choose carefully... "The starship's A.I. verified the actual situation and made its judgement. It immediately issued an urgent warning to remind the starship's operator that switching to high speed now was wrong and extremely unsafe.
The member in charge of switching speed heard the A.I.'s warning and instantly raised his head in panic to look at their commander. After all, he was not a professional starship operator — encountering such an unexpected situation, he was rather flustered and did not know what to do.
The commander clapped his hands viciously and said resolutely, "Switch to high speed, we're taking a gamble." If he dilly-dallied any longer, when the enemy successfully fired the third magnetic energy beam cannon, they would really be doomed. He definitely could not waste the time his adjutant had sacrificed himself for. He must bring his team members back to the central area and report the situation here to military headquarters in time. This way, they would be able to rescue his adjutant even faster...
"Switching to high speed confirmed. Countdown commencing 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. High speed switch successful. Energy consumption countdown commencing 420,419,418..." The A.I. executed the command to switch to high speed, and the moment the time was up, the initially slowly ascending starship suddenly shot upwards like an arrow, instantly shooting upwards at high speed.
Because the starship had not reached the minimum height required to switch to high speed, under the interaction of gravity and energy propulsion, part of the armour at the tail of the starship actually broke apart and was torn off, falling from an altitude of 1800 metres...
Still, the starship stubbornly rose into the air, a wisp of black smoke rising from its tail as it prepared to break through the atmosphere and enter the sea of stars!
"Commander, what do we do now?" Seeing the starship suddenly accelerate and fly into the air, the magnetic energy beam cannon that had been about to fire instantly lost its target. The officer in charge of this attack promptly reported this to the highest commander of the base.
The highest commander silently put down his aurora binoculars. The power of the magnetic energy beam cannon was indeed terrifying, but once the target had entered high altitude, especially at the extreme speed of a warship, it would be very difficult to do anything. In the end, he could only say regretfully, "Forget it. Officially seal the ultimate weapon. They're lucky this time, actually managing to escape from the Swift Dragon base."
"Yes, Commander!" The officer in charge of the magnetic energy beam cannon immediately arranged for the magnetic energy beam cannon to be sealed and sunk.
After saying this, the highest commander reluctantly picked up his aurora binoculars again to look at the warship that was about to fly out of the atmosphere. A thought came to him, and he put down his binoculars and gave an order to the officer beside him, "Orders, all commanders and personnel of the Swift Dragon fleet are to assemble and board the ship immediately. After 30 minutes, we will officially take off and pursue our hijacked warship with all our might. We must destroy it within the range of the Nebula Boundary."
"Yes, Commander!" The adjutant beside him immediately received the order and turned to issue this urgent order.
Several seconds later, an ear-piercing emergency siren rang out throughout the entire base. In all the military camps, the DMC's voice rang out, "Emergency notice, all commanders and personnel of the Swift Dragon fleet, please board your respective warships and assemble within 30 minutes. After 30 minutes, the fleet will officially take off... Emergency notice, all commanders and personnel of the Swift Dragon fleet, please board your respective warships and assemble within 30 minutes. After 30 minutes, the fleet will be at..."
The entire Swift Dragon base began to bustle with activity. All the commanders and personnel of the warships rushed towards their respective warships. 30 minutes — time was of the essence — they could not afford to waste even a moment.
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