Chapter 99 Star Region Tournament, Game 2 (Part 8)

The black and white Monk starship has always been proud of its extremely high defensive capabilities.

The First Division of the Star Navigation Department is not responsible for pioneering missions, but is the guardian of the Star Navigation Department.

Terrell is the best among them.

When he was young, he participated in the Battle of Dawn. With his extremely strong mental strength, he guarded the supply station at the border of the battle line. He remained unmoved even under the attack of thousands of black tide insects and persisted for thirty hours until the fleet in front wiped out a nest of insects and returned to provide support.

During that difficult battle, both the military and the space navigation department were short of manpower.

Trail was proud of himself all his life for being able to defend the resource station without disrupting the battle plan of the fleet ahead and without dispersing the combat forces.

It was also that battle that made him believe that even without the dazzling artillery fire... even if he couldn't make dazzling sailing gestures.

But this silent, inconspicuous defensive ability... also has its own unique greatness.

Terrell is not a pioneer in the Star Navigation Department, but a staunch guardian.

When he appeared in front of the space station, he didn't do anything fancy.

This level of his was only to test the strongest attack power of each team without any interference.

However……

"Can you please remove the mechanical heart's confinement restrictions? Or even lower them!" Sitting in the starship, Terrell urgently called the Star Navigation Competition Organizing Committee, making the same plea as Ah Shui. "This is such an embarrassing loss...! The opponent's mental resonance is beyond the 3S level! It's more energetic than even a low- to mid-level Black Tide Zerg swarm! You're only allowing me to exert half my strength now. How can I fight?!"

Terrell: "This is embarrassing for the Star Navigation Department, don't you understand?"

Star Navigation Competition Organizing Committee: "..."

"We don't... we don't have any other options!" said a competition staff member, wiping his sweat. "If we lower the confinement standards now, it will be difficult for the fleets behind us to pass. But lowering the standards for this team alone would be unfair..."

Terrell: "Lower the standards for me!" He said in an irritable tone, "Those who come after me won't pass, so that means we're all treated equally!"

Competition staff: “…”

"Let's lower the confinement standards." The organizing committee leader looked at the screen in front of him, hesitant for a moment before making a decision. "Letting Trail's starship be blown away by a single shot might affect the audience's accurate assessment of the Central Star Region's combat power."

The competition staff immediately took action.

"Minister Terrell, please take note." He operated the competition system and said to Terrell, "We have reduced the starship heart confinement rate from 50% to 20%—"

"That's more than enough!" Terrell snorted. "After the competition, I'll definitely take a closer look at who this fleet is!"

His tone was still a little impatient, yet deep down, it was mixed with a hint of relief. "Don't be that dark horse, Colorful..."

In any case, as the Minister of Star Navigation, he was very happy to see such a team appear in the Central Star Region!

Regardless of whether this team chooses to join the Star Navigation Department, the military, or establish its own fleet... no matter what, such strength symbolizes the central star field and the improvement of the overall strength of mankind!

The Kuroshio has been experiencing intense activity lately, and despite the ongoing debate, no definitive conclusion has been reached. Gao Siqi insisted on venturing into the Kuroshio to explore. Terrell, who often argued with her over minor details, didn't push the issue this time. He publicly supported her outwardly, but privately, he had discussed the matter with the Director of the Star Navigation Department numerous times, making him one of the driving forces behind this exploration project.

He and Gao Siqi had both experienced the Battle of Dawn, so they both had a vague feeling... although there was no clear and strong evidence, the activities of the Black Tide were indeed increasing.

Perhaps there won't be a large-scale battle like the War of Dawn, or the war may break out dozens or hundreds of years later, but humans are in urgent need of truly powerful star navigators.

We need those who can grow up over dozens or hundreds of years, and when the real crisis comes, they can replace those who have become old by then and guard the human star field.

...As long as the other party does not join the Third Legion and be corrupted by the quagmire of the Ming family.

"Here they come!" the curly-haired observer sitting next to Terrell shouted, "Minister, get ready!"

"I can see it!" said Terrell irritably.

The opponent's bright bird of light was rapidly approaching, and there was no need for the observer to remind him...

He can see with his eyes!

Terrell's finger pressed the fire button.

Along with the huge buzzing sound coming from the starship, brown mental cannons emerged from all sides of the giant beetle-like elliptical starship, surrounding the starship and shooting outward, connected end to end, forming a series of nested thick brown halos on all sides of the starship.

A golden flame spit out from the mouth of the bright white bird, which collided with the brown halo, causing a burst of light and color shock. It shrank for a moment and then expanded outward again.

"Ignite!——" the plush rabbit shouted, "This is the first time I see Mu Boxing's ignition characteristic fail!——"

The big bird flapped its wings forward and spit out another blue ball of light.

Plush Rabbit: "...Oh——!" He exclaimed in surprise, "It comes from LUCE's devouring ability! It turns out that this bird can also spit out blue energy balls! Of course, of course, my thinking is stuck in a rut! After all, this is the resonance of LUCE and Mu Boxing's mental power! Oh——but LUCE's devouring ability doesn't seem to be that effective!"

The blue light ball hit the brown halo and also absorbed a lot of brown, but the brown halo rose up again.

"It seems the colorful ones have finally met their match!"

"'High-level defense'! Apparently, it can also resist special mental attributes..."

Inside the Monk starship, Terrell's expression was not so relaxed.

His fingers tightly gripped the starship's control stick, and the veins in his arms, neck, and temples bulged from the excessive force. Golden-blue balls of light rushed towards the starship one after another, shaking Terrell's whole body.

The brown gunfire was suppressed and rose outward again and again, almost completely extinguished under the continuous attack. Trail roared angrily, roaring, "Can you come again!——"

The fighting between the two sides was open and aboveboard, with no strategy at all.

The observer became idle instead, secretly glancing at Trail with a look of nostalgia.

He had been Terrell's observer since the Dawn War. Back then, he was in his early teens, barely graduating from the Star Navigation School when he was deployed due to a shortage of manpower during the Great War. Terrell, then in his thirties, was full of energy after successfully defending the resource station. He led Terrell through the front lines, securing fortress after fortress.

Later, when peace came, he naturally cherished this hard-earned tranquility very much.

but……

Watching Terrell, who was later promoted to the Minister of Star Navigation and worked hard to develop the Star Navigation Department by maneuvering between various factions, gradually becoming nagging, his temper rising, and his official airs...

Observers still sometimes miss the way the other side looked during the Dawn War.

It's the same passionate look as it is now.

"We need to give this old guy some free time." The observer muttered to himself, "I feel like the Minister hasn't been bombarded like this in ages..."

“Come again!!”

Mingyu shouted loudly in the colorful starship.

His hands were covered in sweat, and he was breathing heavily as he spoke. The designer quickly glanced at the time on the system.

"Space Station No. 5 is only three miles away from Space Station No. 6." Ming Yu raised his voice and said, "We can just go straight through the rubble star sea in the middle as usual! It will only take ten minutes! We still have less than an hour of resonance time..."

Mu Baixing: "Let's give it a try."

Sweat dripped down his cheeks, his voice was a little hoarse, but his tone was full of aggression.

Mingyu turned his head to look at him and said matter-of-factly, "How's the spiritual realm? If it's uncomfortable, tell me!"

"Don't try to show off! Otherwise, I won't agree to your request...——"

Mu Baixing: “…”

"You're addicted to threatening me." He took a deep breath, chuckled, and said loudly, "Come on!"

The burning bird let out a long cry.

There was no clear sound in the silent universe, only circles of vibrating energy waves spreading outward, violently impacting Trail's brown light cannon -

Mingyu felt a little lost in the rising spiritual power and subconsciously called out, "Brother Mu!——"

"exist."

He leaned against the back of the chair, but felt like he was in Mu Boxing's tight embrace.

The body temperature is rising, and every cell in the body is stretching...

The mental power embraced tightly, and a brilliant light burst out from the main gun muzzle, rushing towards the bird that was singing loudly.

Then the bright white bird spread its wings and took off in the light, each wing burning in the light, and then turned into a sharp rain of light, falling at high speed towards the huge starship in front.

Too bright.

Terrell couldn't help but close his eyes.

He tried his best to resist, but his body began to tremble uncontrollably under the attack, and the brown square ring outside the starship also melted in the rain.

The brown light gradually weakened, briefly surged, and then weakened again in the incessant pouring rain.

Terrell gasped, finally exhausting all his mental strength...

The defensive aura was extinguished in an instant.

Then, dense rain of light fell on the black and white hull of the starship, forming sharp beams of light.

Pierce through the starship and disintegrate it!

The colorful silver starship rushed out from the rain that had not stopped yet, passed through the debris scattered by the monks, entered the docking port of Star Port No. 5, and lit up the information transmission lighthouse!

The starship "Monk" reappeared in the starport.

"Minister?" Inside the cockpit, the curly-haired observer looked at Terrell, who was sitting in his chair breathing rapidly, waved his hand, and said with a smile, "Are you scared because of a beating?"

Terrell: “…”

"Bullshit!" he said vulgarly. "I wasn't afraid of all those Black Tide creatures! I was just thinking about the resonance between the two people's mental powers..."

"It's much more powerful than the previous telekinetic resonance we've seen, isn't it?" The observer nodded. "I think so too. These two must have some tricks they haven't used yet."

Terrell: “…”

Terrell cursed under his breath, "You're hiding your intentions when you fight me."

"It didn't prevent them from destroying our starship," the observer said leisurely. "But Minister, you must have enjoyed yourself today, right? Are you in a good mood? How about granting me a month's vacation? I've been saving up vacation time for years and haven't used it."

"You wish!" Terrell frowned. "Although the weather station hasn't issued a Kuroshio Day warning yet, it's been less than a week since the last Kuroshio Day, and the next one could come in three or four days. You're asking for leave now?!"

"Our department is responsible for developing resource stars and maintaining security within the star field. Even if we encounter a Black Tide Day, as long as it's not at combat alert level, we won't be involved."

"Minister Gao is in charge of the investigation at the Star Navigation Department, and Captain Musa is in charge of the military investigation and border support. The Central Star Region's higher-ups disagree with taking further action. I won't take leave, and I'll just do some clerical work on the capital planet. I'll see you go and have a tantrum at those joint conferences."

Terrell's eyebrows raised at what he said, and he was about to lose his temper on the spot, but the other party continued, "It's different if you take a leave."

"Give me a leave note. I'll go to the Free Sector on a personal basis. If I'm looking for evidence of anomalies in the Kuroshio... the residents there certainly know more about the Kuroshio's movements than we do, and they've seen far more Kuroshio creatures than in the Safe Sector."

"What if some of them have already seen mid- to high-level Black Tide creatures?"

Terrell: "...Think about it."

His face darkened.

Intelligent mid- to high-level black tide creatures are much more difficult to deal with than low-level black tide insects.

But their survival also requires a higher level of Black Super Energy activity, and they usually live near the central planet of the Black Tide Star Sea.

If anyone in the Free Star Domain had seen a mid- to high-level Black Tide creature, that would be a really bad sign.

In the Star Navigation Competition, no one knew yet the worries of the two ministers and deputy ministers.

In the live broadcast room, the commentator Rabbit stared intently at the silver starship surrounded by light, and shouted, "The colorful ship is heading towards Space Station 6! They are still in a state of mental resonance! It has been three hours since Luce and Mu Boxing first experienced mental resonance!"

"Luce and Mu Boxing's spiritual resonance hasn't ended yet? They're about to reach the record for the longest spiritual resonance in the Central Star Region, right?" someone commented in astonishment in the livestream's comments section. "This is too incredible, right? Is it because their wavelengths are so perfectly aligned?! They're going to make it all the way to the last space station and take first place, right?!"

"Is this considered... a bug?" someone couldn't help but envy. "Is it just pure luck? As long as I meet an awakened person with a suitable spiritual power wavelength in this life and resonate with them, I'll be the winner in life?"

"What are you thinking?" A psychic with a deeper understanding of star navigation poured cold water on them, "Do you think the burden of resonance on the spiritual realm is a joke?! The more compatible the wavelengths, the more powerful it is, yes, but the greater the burden on both parties' spiritual realms! Physical strength is also depleted faster! Moreover, mastering energy output and achieving energy resonance rather than one party overwhelming the other is also extremely important. It also requires both parties to completely trust each other. In your place, even if you meet someone who can resonate, you may not be able to resonate!"

"What the above person said is right! And how to distribute energy during resonance, improve spiritual endurance, prolong the resonance time, etc., all depends on both parties' exploration and practice, relying on their perseverance and trust in each other... If it were you, even if resonance was achieved, you would probably be rushed to the hospital in ten minutes!"

"I agree with the above. I'd also like to add that a complete fusion of mental powers is very dangerous. If one party has ulterior motives, the other party may die from mental overload. If it were me... it would be difficult to open up to others."

"However, Mu Baixing and LUCE should be teammates matched by the Star Navigation Competition system, right? Mu Baixing is the colorful captain, leading five people in red, orange, green, blue, and purple. The name LUCE doesn't look like them at all, it's obvious that it was added later! So they only met during the Star Navigation Competition..."

"I don't know, maybe there are other experiences? If it's just the competition, I don't believe that netizens can resonate with each other. I would even think twice if you asked me to completely open my spiritual realm to my old attacker..."

"I also."

"I also……"

"So? What the people above are saying is, are Lucé and Mu Boxing... already? Is there a relationship more intimate than, uh, partners?"

"If you ask me, it might be the kind of old top who has spent many, many nights with me?"

“…”

"Friends upstairs, don't believe it or not, are you going to attack or not!" After a series of ellipsis, someone finally couldn't help but interrupt their queue, "Half an hour has passed, and the colorful spiritual resonance hasn't dissipated. They're already reaching the next space station! Hurry and watch the game!!"

Inside the live broadcast room, the commentator Rabbit also noticed Wucai Bianlan's movements and was reading out the information in his hand, "Within ten minutes, Wucai Bianlan will approach Space Station 6, which is guarded by the ace pilots and observers of the Second Legion!"

"The gatekeepers of this space station are Sheru, captain of the First Squad of the Second Legion, and Anqiang, the observer. They immigrated from the Northern Star Region to the Central Star Region and have made outstanding contributions to our space exploration. Both the pilot and observer have an A+ mental strength level!"

"Observer Hao Ru's spiritual power trait is 'Shapeshifting'."

"Let us wait and see the next battle!"