Chapter 104: Enter the Warship
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Ye Chong ca out of the gaming booth, and found that Brent was the only other person left in the hall. Brent was staring fixedly at the holographic screen, not even noticing when Ye Chong ca to his side.
The holographic screen showed the image of a white starship ahead of them. The white starship looked like two pure white crescents crossing each other, elegant and exquisite. Ye Chong knew almost nothing about starships, but felt that the design looked familiar, as though he had seen it before, but could not recall when.
It was like a massive, elegant beast, approaching their starship with apparent ease.
Everyone held their breaths, staring unblinkingly at the holographic screen.
Suddenly, sothing changed with the white starship on the holographic screen. Dozens of armour plates slid open, revealing nurous dark cavities. Just when everyone was confused, long cylinders extended from those cavities, a threatening sight!
"Laser cannons? A warship?" Brent, who always looked calm, now had a twisted expression! "How is this possible? A warship? Haven’t the Five Galaxies forbidden their manufacturing? How can anyone still make warships?" Brent was getting repetitive.
On the other hand, Ye Chong was watching Brent in confusion, thinking, "Are they really that scary?"
Captain Hatik’s commands reverberated throughout the entire starship. His voice was hoarse and low, unlike when he was with Ye Chong and Brent earlier. "Attention to all crew mbers! Attention to all crew mbers! All hands on deck! All hands on deck! Combatants, prepare for battle! Combatants, prepare for battle!"
The entire bridge was swarming with activity. While the threat before them was unprecedented, they were all experienced crew mbers and did not panic, but did their duties in an orderly manner.
"Captain, the enemy’s deployed interference asures. Our signals are severely disrupted, we can’t request for assistance from nearby planets!" The officer in charge of communications reported.
Captain Hatik wore a heavy expression. He was troubled by the report, but commanded in his deep voice, "Keep at it, don’t stop trying!"
"Yes sir!"
"Quick! Co with !" Brent ran ahead without explaining further!
Ye Chong responded quickly as he was told, and trailed behind Brent.
The two went straight to the room where Fred was. The man was staring at the white warship on his holographic screen, muttering to himself, "Ah, the world’s heading towards chaos again!"
Brent noticed Shang, standing by the side, and saw the ch’s missing arm. He frowned and asked, "Do you have a functioning ch?"
Ye Chong thought it over. Harmony of the Winter Aria was heavily damaged, and probably could do nothing in a battle. That left him with the F-58, but the F-58 was only a training ch, unfit for combat. Ye Chong shook his head reluctantly, "No!"
Brent grabbed hold of his Uncle Fred, who was still in a daze. "Uncle, do we still have any functioning chs?"
Fred seed to recover himself then. "Oh, we do, we do!" He went to a corner and groped about for a mont, and *Swish*, a door opened where the wall once was. After a round of identity authentication, the three entered the secret room.
Ye Chong was surprised, learning that the secret room had evaded even Mu’s scans. It was truly incredible!
The secret room was not large, storing about 8 chs in it, all unknown to Ye Chong. Their colours intertwined, and the twinkling tallic lustre made the room like a tiny, srising world of tallic chs.
Fred pointed towards the chs and said, "These are all my proud creations, pick one!" He knew that in their desperate situation, if he was captured, these chs would no longer be his. It would be better to use the chs to bolster firepower, and increase his chances of survival.
Ye Chong may have seen his fair share of chs, but these were all uniquely designed and confusing to him. For the mont, he was at a loss as to pick which one!
Brent noticed Ye Chong’s quandary and asked, "What’s your preferred type of ch? Close or long range?"
Ye Chong replied without hesitation, "Close range!"
Brent looked to Uncle Fred, who continued quickly, "This is the only close range ch!" He pointed towards a black, nacing ch. "Its design is inspired by an ancient totem from a remote tribal village! Its original form is one of the Gods of the tribe …"
The ch was undoubtedly the most attractive of all the other chs. While it was not the most exquisite, its height was nearly twice that of any common ch, towering over the others. The design was also odd - 2 faces and 4 hands, where each hand held a weapon or a shield; one face was smiling pleasantly, another was staring furiously, full of intimidation! The joints, such as the elbows and knees, were wrapped with old-style armour plates, covered with barbs.
"A God? This is no God, this is a murder weapon in the mortal world!" This was Ye Chong’s first impression of it, but that was also how he ca to like the ch.
Ye Chong did not waste ti listening to Fred’s long winded explanation. He asked, "Where’s the dinsion keystone?"
Fred hit his own head and exclaid, "Oh, how could I have forgotten about that, let find it!" He began rummaging about the room. Brent could only look on helplessly, unsure if he should laugh or cry out loud.
Ye Chong did not mind them. He climbed onto the ch with bare hands like a mutant monkey, and slipped into the pilot’s cabin. He put on the battle helt and began to configure the initial settings.
Brent waited anxiously as Ye Chong did the initial configurations.
Suddenly, a dull thump was heard, and the entire starship shook slightly! Brent’s expression twisted! The enemy had fired their cannons! Fred paled as well, but he maintained his calm composure and recovered from the shock, continuing his search for the ch’s dinsion keystone.
Ye Chong was fully focused, undistracted by anything around him!
Captain Hatik’s hoarse voice was trembling faintly as he announced, "Fleet One combatants, attack!"
Brent could not wait for Ye Chong any further. He quickly switched on the secret room’s holographic screen, and Fred, who had just found the keystone, was also diverted to the holographic display.
About a hundred chs flew towards the white warship, a black swarm, like hornets leaving their nest. The ch pilots personally chosen by Captain Hatik’s were all experienced combatants. Their formation and defense was solid.
The enemy seed to realize the swarm, and directed so of the cannons towards it.
Ye Chong was finished with the initial configurations. He slipped out of the ch and asked Fred, "Have you found the keystone?"
Fred shifted his attention from the holographic screen to him, and handed over the dinsion keystone to Ye Chong. "Here, this is it. Don’t forget, the ch’s na is Yu Di, which is also the na of the God! It’s yours now, take care of it!" Fred spoke like a father placing his son in another’s care, and he looked a little saddened.
"Yes!" Ye Chong nodded resolutely, and took Yu Di’s dinsion keystone from Fred.
"Are there backup energy cells?" Ye Chong asked.
"Oh, there!" Fred pointed towards a corner, thinking nothing of it. Ye Chong swiftly made for the energy cells and moved them into Yu Di. Energy cells were the driving force of all chs, it would do no harm to have a few as backup!
Ye Chong moved the energy cells until he deed them enough, and withdrew Yu Di into its alternate dinsion.
The starship was occasionally shaking , Sabre’s massive hull unable to evade any of the enemy’s cannon attacks. Fortunately, its armor was as thick as the ship was massive, and its armor would not falter in the short term. However, if the situation continued, destruction was only a matter of ti.
The warship’s cannon attacks were not effective against the quick movents of the chs, much like shooting mosquitoes with cannon balls. The warship’s weapons were designed to increase their firepower and maximize damage on starships, but this required so compromise on the weapons’ flexibility and accuracy, making them less effective against chs.
However, the heavy round of cannonfire earlier still resulted in the loss of quite a few chs. The chs that were hit ended tragically. Most of them were vapourized instantly, and even those that were only slightly grazed exploded almost instantly. The pilots in the chs stood no chance of surviving the attacks.
Brent’s face was white as paper, witnessing a spectacle as cruel as it was for the very first ti. Ye Chong, however, kept his cool deanor, his expression unchanged, for the sight was not as impressive to him!
The enemy seed to realize then that cannon fire was ineffective against the chs!
The best weapon against chs would be chs! This was a widely circulated saying amongst ch pilots.
About thirty to forty white chs flew out from the enemy’s warship. Seeing the obvious advantage in numbers on his own side, Brent could not help but exhale in relief!
However, when Ye Chong could see the chs more clearly, his calm composure was disrupted, and Ye Chong’s expression twisted!
The MPA!
These white chs were all the sa model as the one that Johansson attacked that day. While he did not know its na, Ye Chong was certain that he did not rember it wrong! During his ti on Blue Ocean, he was attacked a few tis by the white ch for no apparent reason.
It was no wonder that Ye Chong felt that the white warship looked familiar. The ship’s design was very similar to the strange looking gun that the white chs held in their hands!
These people will not stand a chance! While the enemy was severely outnumbered, Ye Chong knew from the white ch’s strength that their smaller squad had terrifying potential!
Ye Chong spoke without explaining his thought, "Co, let’s back them up!"
Brent paused. "Do they still need backing up? We’re twice in numbers!"
Ye Chong ignored him, and ntally reached for Shang, "We’re backing them up!"
"I agree with your decision!" From his light tone, Ye Chong knew imdiately that it was Mu!
Ye Chong was overjoyed. "Mu, it’s you! I was expecting Shang!"
Mu explained calmly, "The threat level is too high. For safety reasons, Shang had asked for !"
"Hmm, it’s good to have you!" Ye Chong felt himself feeling calr, and imdiately rushed for the flight runways.
That was how Fred and Brent witnessed the extraordinary mont where the one-ard ch, inert since a few days ago, moved and trailed behind Ye Chong, following him closely.
Fred, who had been studying the ch for the past few days, could only look on in astonishnt!
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