"Enemy attack! Ground-based air defense array!" Lin Mo's roar and fighting instinct instantly overwhelmed all the shock and confusion! His hands turned into afterimages, and he slammed the joystick to one side, pressing it all the way to the bottom. At the same time, his other hand quickly slammed the button to activate the energy shield at full power!

The Night Owl assault craft let out a painful metallic roar, its massive body forcing a near-vertical, physics-defying extreme rollover maneuver at high speed! A dark blue energy shield instantly lit up on the surface of the craft!

Almost at the same moment!

Tsk! Tsk! Tsk! Tsk!

Several piercing, destructive high-energy particle beams, like the Grim Reaper's scythe, ripped through the air and shot out from the artillery emplacement below! They narrowly missed the assault boat's recently flipped rear armor! The scorching, high-temperature particle stream even caused violent ripples on the surface of the energy shield!

"Lock on the target! Counterattack!" Lin Mo's eyes flashed coldly, and his fingers quickly swished across the weapon control panel! Under the belly of the assault boat, two heavy pulse machine guns instantly popped out, the muzzles rotated, and sprayed out a blazing energy barrage, like two roaring fire dragons, fiercely sweeping towards the artillery position below!

Boom! Boom! Boom!

A fierce explosion erupted in flames across the charred earth! Two artillery batteries were instantly shattered! However, the other batteries were clearly equipped with more advanced shields, and the energy barrage only caused violent ripples when it struck them!

"Be careful! Right side! A group of mechanical beasts!" Lin Mo caught a glimpse of dense red dots rapidly approaching the edge of the radar!

On the right, in the shadows of a half-collapsed, abandoned high-rise complex, dozens of crimson points of light lit up like will-o'-the-wisp fire! Accompanied by the teeth-grinding sound of metal grinding and furious roars, dozens of mechanical beasts, each of varying forms and each incredibly ferocious, surged out like a tide! Some ran on all fours, their claws tearing the ground apart; others hovered low, emitting a faint blue flame; and several, massive in size, resembled moving steel fortresses, their thick armor covered in weapon ports that gleamed red!

Their target was clear - the "Night Owl" assault boats that had been forced to lower their altitude and speed due to anti-aircraft fire!

"Hold on!" Lin Mo roared, slamming the engine's thrust to its limit! Like a frightened beast, the assault boat erupted with a thicker, dark blue flame, forcing itself upward! Simultaneously, the micro-missile nests on either side of the boat opened, and several short-range combat missiles, trailing white smoke, whizzed out, swooping down like venomous snakes at the leading hovering mechanical beasts!

Boom! Boom!

A violent explosion erupted in the air! Two suspended mechanical beasts were blown apart mid-air, and burning fragments rained down like a rain of fire! But more mechanical beasts, fearlessly charging forward! Energy bombs, corrosive acid, and even high-speed rotating alloy flywheels, like a dense web of death, enveloped the assault boat!

"Energy shield load is 72%! And still rising!" The onboard AI issued a cold warning!

Lin Mo's forehead was covered in sweat. His hands moved as fast as a phantom on the control panel, manipulating the bulky assault boat to perform thrilling evasive maneuvers amidst the dense firepower net! Every time it dodged a dangerous dodge, the boat trembled violently, emitting a groan of unbearable pressure!

A mechanical beast as fast as a steel cheetah suddenly jumped high from the shadow of a ruined building. Its alloy claws flashed with cold light and grabbed the fragile engine nozzle of the assault boat with a scream that tore through the air!

"Damn it!" Lin Mo's pupils shrank suddenly! The joystick had been pulled to the limit, it was too late!

At this critical moment!

Shen Qingli, who had been closing her eyes as if dozing, suddenly opened her eyes!

In those silver-grey pupils, an icy blue light suddenly erupted like a supernova! Cold! Pure! With an inhuman, absolute control!

She didn't look at the charging mechanical beasts, nor at Lin Mo. Her gaze, as if piercing space, instantly locked onto a hidden node deep in the earth below, emitting faint energy fluctuations. It was the command unit hidden underground that controlled the group of mechanical beasts!

His metal-gloved right hand shot up like lightning! Without aiming, he simply pointed out the charred earth outside the porthole, spread his five fingers, and clenched them fiercely!

Buzz——!!!

A highly concentrated pulse of information flow, invisible and intangible, yet carrying a terrifying mental pressure, like an invisible hammer, instantly crossed the distance of space! With incredible precision and fierceness, it slammed into the command unit hidden underground!

There was no explosion, no flames.

On the ground below, the crimson electronic eyes of the steel cheetah, already leaping into the air, its claws mere meters from the engine nozzle, suddenly went out! All the mechanical beasts charging at the assault boat froze in an instant! It was as if the power had been unplugged simultaneously! The red light in their eyes went out, their charging posture frozen in mid-air, and then, like dumplings being dropped into the air, they slammed into the scorched earth below with a crackling sound! All power was lost!

As for the artillery batteries on the ground that were still resisting, the light of their shields dimmed and went out in an instant, and the charged muzzles drooped down powerlessly!

The entire battlefield fell into a deathly silence as Shen Qingli raised her hand and clenched it! Only the roar of the assault boat's engine and the dull crash of the mechanical beast's wreckage falling to the ground below could be heard.

Lin Mo's heart was beating wildly in his chest, almost bursting out! He looked at the battlefield outside the porthole in disbelief, which had suddenly stopped, and then turned his head to look at Shen Qingli in the co-pilot seat.

Shen Qingli slowly lowered her right hand, her metal-gloved fingers flexing slightly. The icy blue light that had burst from her silver-gray eyes quickly faded, returning to a deep, icy coldness. Her face seemed a shade paler than before, but her expression remained calm, as if the earth-shattering blow had merely brushed off a tiny speck of dust.

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