On the other side of the moon, the Rainbow Bridge floating in space was slowly rotating. The huge metal components flowed with a silver luster under the reflection of cosmic light. Magic energy starships were entering the Rainbow Bridge one after another, waiting for the authority to activate the passageway.
Dawn's passageway authority had already been submitted to the Rainbow Bridge Space Station a week ago and successfully obtained the location of the shortcut. Under the pilot's control, the starship steadily slid into the designated passageway, waiting for the Rainbow Bridge to open the curved space at the designated coordinates.
In the cockpit of the starship, Allen sat on the bridge. From the captain's position, he could see the operating platform below.
"Whenever I see the Rainbow Bridge, I feel that it's incomparably spectacular." The newly joined mercenary, Belmond, looked out of the starship's projection window and used an external camera to project the scene outside the starship in real time onto the armor inside the ship, allowing the people inside the ship to see the scene outside.
Roy, who was sitting beside him, was sleeping with his eyes closed. Not far away, Broy, who had an interstellar obstacle, nervously grabbed the handrails on both sides. In front of him, Vera drew the scene in the cockpit with black and white strokes on clean drawing paper. Strangely enough, Vera was painting with her eyes closed throughout the entire process, as if she was looking at the entire space with another dimension of vision.
Everyone was doing their own thing. With the passage of time, the Rainbow Bridge space station gave instructions, and the warped space officially opened!
As a result, the Dawn and the surrounding space gradually distorted, stretched, and finally disappeared into normal space.
"We will leave the warped space in ten minutes." The pilot reported to Allen.
Allen nodded. He sat in the captain's seat and took out a pocket watch from his coat pocket. The pocket watch was given to him by Horn. It had been some years, but Horn had wiped it until it was snow-white. Open the pocket watch, there is a photo inside. The photo was yellowed, and the person inside was Lanny as a child. Allen looked at the photo silently. This pocket watch, this photo was incomparably precious to Horn. However, he gave it to Allen, and the meaning behind it was self-evident.
"Mother" Allen whispered, "Please look at me in heaven. I won't let you down!"
Vera, who was drawing, suddenly stopped. She used too much force and broke the tip of the charcoal pen. The girl suddenly opened her eyes, and there was only gray in her eye sockets. Her gaze seemed to pass through time and space, landing on a specific point. Then her dark pupils slid down from her eye sockets, and Vera said anxiously, "Attack!"
Although her voice was soft, Allen heard it clearly. He put away his pocket watch and asked, "What did you say?"
"Attack! We'll be attacked as soon as we leave the warped space!"
Everyone in the cockpit was stunned, and Adele said flatly, "That's impossible. The colonial planet assigned by the Federation is located in the Rudson Domain, a public domain opened by us and Adahua Planet." We don't have any enemies here, so if there's an attack … "
"I believe what I see." Vera's clear voice said, "Up until now, what I've seen has not been the slightest deviation."
"Five minutes left," the pilot reported.
Everyone looked at Allen, and Allen's eyes lit up. He had already made a decision, "Enter combat mode, turn on the weapon platform and defense system!"
Since he, the captain, had given the order, the others naturally wouldn't object.
"Activate the shield!"
"High-energy light cannons on standby!"
"Quantum Lightning Cannon Battery, ammunition loaded!"
"Shock Missile/Bomb, ready to fire!"
After a series of operations, the Dawn Vessel was ready for battle. A layer of blue shield enveloped the entire ship and then disappeared. As for all the weapon platforms on the ship, they were ready to fire at any time.
The pilot continued to count down, "One minute to the exit …"
"Fifty seconds."
"Thirty seconds."
"Ten seconds …"
"Five seconds …"
“3！”
“2！”
“1！”
"Escape!"
The exterior window in front of him suddenly lit up, and then the light dimmed. In front of the starship was a starry universe. In the distance, a nebula with blue and purple halos intertwined with each other stretched across the indigo outer space. From time to time, one or two meteors would streak past, leaving clear trajectories in space with their flame tails.
"Look, there's no attack." Adele shook her head and said, "You're too sensitive …"
At the end of his sentence, the ship's hull suddenly shook, and the pilot shouted, "Our tail is under attack. The enemy is behind us!"
"How could this be?" Adele's expression flashed with bewilderment.
On the outer screen, a small window opened. It was the projection window of the starship's stern. It wasn't hard to see that behind the Dawn, a group of small airships were flying over in formation. The main cannons of the ships fired repeatedly, and the high-energy beams of light hit the Dawn's shield, causing balls of flames to explode. These airships didn't have any symbols, and it was impossible to tell which faction they belonged to.
However, to be able to accurately grasp the coordinates of the Dawn's entry into normal space, it was obvious that they were here for Allen's hunting squad.
"Counterattack!" Allen ordered.
The high-energy light cannon array on the Dawn was the first to attack. Streaks of azure lightning streaked through the starry curtain and launched a fierce counterattack against the enemy aircraft. The enemy airships made nimble dodging movements, but a few of them were still blown up by the light cannons, turning into huge balls of fire that lit up the nearby space.
"Be careful, there's an unknown flying ship in front of us."
There was a small planet in front of the Dawn, and behind the planet, flying ships swept over. There were dozens of these combat units, and they dispersed, making it impossible for the Dawn to concentrate its firepower and annihilate them. After the flying ship, a silver starship that was much larger than the Dawn appeared from behind the planet. It continued to rise, slowly but incomparably imposing as it pressed down on Allen and the others.
This was a battleship!
Battleships were the backbone of an airship fleet. They were mobile fortresses that could provide sufficient firepower to suppress the fleet. When needed, they could also serve as temporary repair factories, allowing damaged combat units to quickly recover their combat capabilities.
It could be said that a fleet with a battleship would increase its combat strength by several times.
"He really put in a lot of effort!" Allen gritted his teeth and said.
The Dawn was only a means of transportation for the Hunting Group to and from the stars. Although it possessed a certain amount of firepower, it could not compare to a battleship no matter what. Seeing this battleship, everyone took a deep breath.
At this moment, the starship received a connection request from the ground communication center. Every starship that set off had a communication terminal that matched it. The communication terminal would usually be installed in the family's ground communication center to ensure the communication between the family and the starship. After the Dawn received the connection request, Allen grabbed the communicator and said, "This is the Dawn. We are under unknown attack."
"I repeat, we are under attack!"
"Captain!" The pilot suddenly shouted. He pointed at the screen outside.
Allen raised his head. In the window, the other party's battleship rose from the front of the hull and spat out a cannon barrel that was full of circuits. That was the starship's quantum cannon. The shield of the Dawn could not withstand an attack of this level. Allen snorted and hurriedly said to the communicator, "The other party used the quantum cannon. We have to avoid it. Grandpa … I will try my best to keep my promise. "
Putting down the communicator, Allen stood up and shouted, "Prepare the warp voyage!"
The pilot's expression changed and he said, "Captain, without the specific coordinates, we don't know what's on the other side of the exit. We'll get lost! "
"If we get lost, we still have a chance to find our way home. But if we don't leave now, we'll become cannon fodder! "
The battleship's muzzle had already lit up, and the spreading light was like a small sun. Allen said decisively, "Do as I say!"
"Yes sir!"
"Turn on the warp engine and enter the countdown."
"3, 2 …"
“1！”
At the same time that Dawn entered the warp space, the battleship's quantum cannon also opened fire. A bright quantum beam of light surged through space like a torrent, barely brushing against the afterimage of the Dawn as it escaped into space. The torrent continued to move away until it disappeared on the other side of the star screen, but there was no trace of the Dawn in space.
At the same time, in Babylon's Castle Ugarte, the ground communication center was constantly calling the Dawn.
Horn, who had heard that the Dawn had been attacked, strode in with his butler, Helsing. Horn said in a low voice, "What's going on? Why was the Dawn attacked?"
The supervisor of the center wiped his sweat and said, "Master, the current situation is unknown. We only received a brief message from Young Master Allen, and then we lost contact with the Dawn."
"Play the message." Helsing said on Horn's behalf.
A moment later, Allen's voice sounded in the communication center, "… We're under attack! The other party used the quantum cannon, and we have to dodge. Grandpa … I will do my best to keep my promise. "
After repeating this a few times, Horn's expression turned solemn. He clenched his fists and said, "Quantum cannon! That means that the other party has at least used a battleship. It's really a big deal to use a battleship just to deal with a junior like me, Bescot. "
"Master, could the coordinates have been tampered with?" Helsing said.
Horn shook his head. "Alstair got the coordinates. There's no reason for anyone to tamper with them. It can only be said that someone has obtained Allen's coordinates and set up an ambush there in advance. Mr. Helsing, inform Alstair of this. "
"Anna!" Horn shouted.
A slender figure turned in from outside the door. It was Blood Scorpion Anna.
Horn said with a gloomy expression, "Go inform the Dark Owls and have them find out the mastermind behind this."
"What is the level of operation?"
"S!" Horn's eyes lit up. "This is war, no matter who it is. Since he wants war, how can Bescot be afraid of it? Find him and destroy him! "
Anna nodded solemnly. She knew what Horn's words meant. At the same time, she hadn't seen Horn so angry in a long time.
You've already exceeded your reading limit for today. If you want to read more, please log in.
Login
Select text and click 'Report' to let us know about any bad translation.
