Chapter 464 Super-Guided Lightning Sword
Woo!
Over a certain area in the Pacific Ocean, a low roaring sound of a starry sky thruster group resounded, causing the air on the sea surface to tremble. The eight main engine nozzles on the belly and tail of the Sky Infinity power ship surged with indigo ion streams. The energy trail in the subsonic cruise state evaporated into a kilometer-long atomized corridor in the rainstorm, as if a god used a light blade to split the sea curtain.
"Viola, lower your altitude."
On the main bridge, all members were extremely alert. Although it was daytime, after entering the hurricane belt, heavy rain had begun to fall from the sky, blocking the sunlight. Detecting low storm clouds overhead, Lin Xian had to ask Viola to lower the flight altitude again and again to avoid being targeted by monsters that might appear in the clouds.
The Sky Infinity flew low over the sea, roaring loudly. The hull rolled up a vacuum shock wave ring, and the high-pressure airflow pressed the sea water downward to form a depression with a diameter of 100 meters. The wave wall rolled outward and exploded in a razor shape.
A main weapon compartment has been added to the front of the current Sky Dome lead ship. At the same time, Lin Xian has added three layers of bow defense for flight collisions. In addition to the hull made of super carbonyne alloy, there are also electrostatic force field generators for resisting energy weapons and fine particle flows, high-energy plasma pulse arrays for active defense, and explosion-proof high-temperature composite armor for head-on collisions and explosion restarts.
With this section, the Sky Train was upgraded from the original "space orbital transport ship" to a "distant star colonization" weapon with an autonomous defense system.
At this time, Ning Jing, Shu Qin, Xiao Qing and others were responsible for reconnaissance and firing on the arsenal ship. The triple orbital star turret and plasma plasma cannon were ready to respond to the enemy at any time. Chen Sixuan, Lu Chang, Luo Yang and others were responsible for the information system, Shasha acted as the helmsman, and others were on standby on the bridge and functional hull. Only Sun Yuzhen, Mo Xiaotian, Ding Junyi, Xiao Yuan and a few others did not need to participate in the battle and handled logistics in the living compartment.
Brother Huo stood alone in front of the porthole at the front of the main bridge, his eyes gleaming like sparks, his mouth raised in a proud arc, and he laughed loudly at the rolling rain and the huge waves outside the porthole:
"Woohoo, hahahaha! This is our battlefield! Sky Infinity, tear through this chaotic rain curtain, trample through the raging waves, my giant steel body towers between heaven and earth! A mere hurricane and rainstorm is but a dust puff on my face - look! The thrill of slicing through the waves makes the sea gods tremble and the cloud demons retreat! This is the heroic destiny worthy of a true man! World, bear witness! This journey to break through everything is the first step in my conquest of the universe! Come, no matter how fierce the storm, my woven flames will cleanse the world, hahaha!"
Bang!
However, before he could express his heroic spirit, a plasma cannon on the weapon ship in front suddenly fired. The flashing plasma streaked towards the sky above and exploded into a cloud. Under the azure flash, a strange black shadow burst out from the dark cloud. The clouds and mist parted, and a monster similar to a winged demon was seen rolling in the air and falling into the waves in the distance.
"Captain Lin, the radar has detected a low-altitude life form. I've activated the ship's weapons to automatically search for and counterattack!"
Ning Jing's voice was heard in the main bridge communication band.
"Okay, you're welcome!"
Lin Xian's face was gloomy as he looked at Brother Huo. "Brother Huo, Monica, Shiori, you guys go to the sky bridge. Abai, Kiki, Ryunosuke, you guys go to the lower level and scout and respond to threats from the air and sea respectively. We're flying so fast and so low, the coverage and response of our defensive weapons may not be able to keep up."
"Okay." Monica immediately stood up from her chair and walked directly out of the bridge. Shizhi followed behind her. Brother Huo, who was entrusted with an important task at this time, immediately became serious and was eager to follow.
"KIKI." Lin Xian called KIKI: "You and Ryunosuke, in addition to protecting Abai, you must also be careful not to let anything hit you directly."
"I understand~" KIKI snapped her fingers and waved her hand, and her electric knife ball aircraft followed. Ryunosuke nodded expressionlessly at Lin Xian and then immediately hurried over.
Starship flying and train raiding are two completely different things. Trains have tracks, but now there is a vast ocean and a bottomless abyss below them. The creatures that may appear are all huge and strange. Moreover, under such high-speed maneuvers, it is very dangerous if they are hit. It is even possible that the cabin will disintegrate in the air. This is why air units are more dangerous.
"Lin Xian!"
Chen Sixuan, acting as the temporary technical officer, turned around from her chair, her face solemn, "The super-large tropical storm area is less than 100 nautical miles away from us!"
"What bad luck! The sky was clear just now." Qian Dele complained.
"In this kind of place, it's not just the weather that's a problem. We also have to be careful of the dark and strange entities." Chen Sixuan recalled the storm they had experienced on the Parma snowfield before and expressed her concerns.
"I know."
Lin Xian looked at Viola: "How long do we expect to arrive in Hawaii?"
"At the current speed, it's estimated to take 7 hours. Considering positioning errors and the impact of darkness on the visual interface, there may be an error of about an hour. We recommend being prepared for this," Viola said calmly. "Normally, encountering a storm zone is governed by the starship flight manual, and supersonic travel is possible. However, considering the threat of the strange entities in the storm zone, I can only recommend reducing the cruising speed to avoid collision accidents."
"Slow down..." Lin Xian frowned. "At this speed, we can't guarantee we'll arrive before dark. If we slow down, it will be completely impossible."
"Besides, what's the situation on that island over there? Whether it's safe or not is another matter. If it's like Haiyan Island, where hundreds of demons roam at night, we won't be able to land." Qian Dele asked Luo Yang, "Hey, can we avoid this storm area?"
Luo Yang immediately shook his head, took off his headphones, and said, "Impossible. Strictly speaking, we're already within the storm zone. If we want to bypass it and arrive before dark, we'd have to accelerate to at least Mach 4. At that speed, evasive maneuvers and fire defense wouldn't be possible, and it would probably be even more dangerous."
Lin Xian shook his head: "I'm afraid supersonic flight won't kill me fast enough. There's no other way but to risk flying through the tropical storm!"
After saying that, he immediately said into the communicator: "No matter what happens, the first priority is to protect the Sky Infinity and escape. Don't worry about anything else. Once you're marked and on the island, we'll figure out a solution!"
"OK."
"clear!"
"Ning Jing, Shu Qin, prepare the decoy bombs. We'll drop them remotely in batches in the storm zone to prevent any further damage!"
Boom boom boom!
Under the black sky, the Sky Infinity, spewing blue tail flames, broke through the rain curtain with a bang. The missile silos of the arsenal ship opened in rows at this time, and 8 small missiles flew out at the same time, flying towards the front left and right at high speed with a wingspan, and then exploded in the clouds dozens of miles away.
Rumble!
Thunder rolled wildly, the sea tide surged, and at this moment, a strange roar seemed to be heard between the sky and the earth. It was obvious that the monsters hiding in the sea and the clouds were attracted by the decoy bombs.
The sky bridge on top of the No. 3 ship is an open area for star observation, which is enclosed by a huge transparent fairing. At this time, Huo Ge, Monica, Shizhi and the other three came here in power armor. The fairing slowly opened, and in an instant, high-speed airflow and heavy rain poured down on them. Huo Ge gathered fire with one hand, and spun infinitely in a circle. He flew up, maintaining the relative speed with the Sky Dome, looking at the sky and the sea, with a face full of joy.
Monica glanced at him and couldn't help but say, "They say you have claustrophobia, and now it seems to be true. Don't let your guard down, there's more than just thunder in the sky."
Lu Xingchen looked at the sky with a fierce look in his eyes and said in a stern voice:
"Don't worry, I'm here and I won't let any monsters or demons get close to me!"
Monica looked at Shiori beside her and said, "I may not be able to hear accurately in this environment. I have to rely on you. As long as they are approaching us, you just need to give us a direction."
Shiori nodded: "Okay."
On the other side, there was no place to stay on the bottom floor of the ship. After coming out of the hatch, KIKI and Ryunosuke directly used their special abilities to fly with them. Thousands of VK electric knives were manipulated by KIKI to fly close to the waves, like a sword-wielding girl from another world. Only Abai's power armor was equipped with an alloy mechanical arm, which facilitated him to search for targets and launch laser beams.
"There are strange creatures in the sea, but... we are moving very fast, and they won't be able to catch up even if we alarm them." Abai's eyes kept scanning the turbulent sea.
"I'm afraid of the kind that suddenly emerges from the sea."
KIKI was flying upside down with his arms folded across his chest, flying below the starship. He said calmly, "After entering the storm zone, I will keep releasing my telekinetic shield. Tokyo Monk, I will relay it. Otherwise, the area is too large and we won't be able to hold on for long."
Because Ryunosuke seldom speaks, KIKI gave him the nickname Tokyo Monk. When he heard KIKI's words, Ryunosuke flew directly to the bottom of the weapon compartment in front. The two kept a distance and were ready to cast a telekinesis shield at any time.
Lin Xian was sitting in the captain's seat of the Sky Train, feeling a little nervous. This was his first time driving a starship, and he had no experience at all.
If Viola was not there, the dozen or so people on Infinity would not be able to run the overall system at all. Even so, many positions are still vacant. There is no one in the weapon system, information system, and even the engine room and power compartment. If any maintenance problems arise, Viola will have to bring the maintenance robots to perform basic maintenance, and even Lin Xian himself can't handle it.
Because it was impossible for him to scan and control the entire Sky Train and then repair it at this time. With his current ability, it was not enough to do it.
From 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., the rainstorm became heavier and the wind and waves became stronger. During the more than three-hour flight, they had encountered dozens of attacks from strange creatures, most of which were flying monsters like winged demons hidden in the black clouds. They encountered a sky jellyfish head-on and dodged the tentacle attack of a ghost ray, but Lin Xian did not linger in the fight. He fled with all his might after dodging.
Bang bang bang!
The plasma cannon in front fired another volley. I don't know what monster was shot down from the sky. The sky was getting darker and darker. From time to time, there were fire clouds and whistling sounds exploding on the top of the train. On the sea below, telekinetic thunder exploded. The invisible air wall blocked and isolated the strange tentacles that broke through the sea water. Thousands of silver electric knives were flying.
"The level has dropped to level 3!" Chen Sixuan, the IT officer, said nervously as she looked at the information on the screen. "The wind barrier is getting stronger. We're heading into the center of the storm!"
"Cheer up, everyone."
Lin Xian checked his watch and then looked ahead. The churning sea surface was like ink, with huge waves whipped up by the strong wind. The low rolling storm clouds in the sky flashed brightly amid the roaring thunder, like a giant thunder vortex swallowing up a planet. The real-time air pressure curve displayed on the main screen of the bridge plummeted, and the value fell from 1020 hPa to the abyss at such a speed that the alarm had no time to sound. A sea surface that looked almost tilted appeared strangely in everyone's sight.
It was as if the continental shelf under the sea was sliding, or as if an ancient sea god was holding up the entire ocean with his back. Hundreds of meters of water walls rose one after another, and the sea water changed color during the rise, from dark green fading into turbid muddy yellow, and then quickly dyed the black of asphalt.
The storm seemed to be about to turn upside down on the sea. When the thunderstorm cloud wall pressed down, the light between the sky and the earth was swallowed alive!
Rumble!
The edge of the 500-meter-high cloud wall was as sharp as a knife, with a lifeless blue-gray at the top and an inky brown-red at the bottom. The moment the Sky Train crashed into the clouds, all the portholes were automatically coated with an anti-glare layer, but it still couldn't stop the purple-white lightning snake from piercing through the clouds. Three forked lightning bolts hit the electrostatic field on the main ship at the same time, and the burnt smell of the overloaded superconducting capacitor instantly filled the air.
At this moment, what is truly suffocating is the prisoner in the cloud who is briefly illuminated by the lightning!
The moment a tortoise-shell cloud was split by lightning, translucent tentacles covered with suction cups hung down from the cracks. The structure expanded and contracted within a tenth of a second, but the remaining visual persistence was enough to judge that the exposed tip alone was twice the length of the train. It was definitely a special monster. Then, a lightning column as thick as a bucket pierced through the adjacent cloud layer, and the strong light instantly reflected an even more terrifying outline - the umbrella-like structure of a giant jellyfish that covered the sky was suspended high in the sky, and the filaments floating under the umbrella were capturing a large number of ball lightning, like a deep-sea anglerfish swallowing a school of luminous fish.
Atmospheric mica, S-level!
"Brother Lin, it's the sky monster we saw in Yubei City!!!"
Lu Xingchen, braving the howling wind, looked at the huge atmospheric creature in the sky and shouted coldly.
"Don't worry, just rush over, that thing isn't fast!"
Lin Xian's heart was beating faster at this moment. He didn't care whether the huge shadow in the radar was the atmospheric mica he had encountered before or a new one. He didn't want to fight it at all. He just wanted to break out of the storm cyclone!
Buzz!!
Atmospheric mica obviously noticed the human aircraft flying at high speed in the air. Although its cloud touch was too far away, at this time the umbrella dropped a large number of huge ball lightning with a diameter of several meters or even dozens of meters, falling as densely as hail. The violent static electricity triggered a chain reaction in the air, and densely packed high-voltage arcs flashed and linked with each other. Lin Xian looked up and couldn't help but shrink his pupils. Those shining lightning balls connected with arcs fell directly like the sky. Before they touched Lin Xian, he could feel a strong ionization numbness on his skin.
If this falls, the electrostatic force field in front of the Sky Train hull will not be able to protect it at all, and Lin Xian cannot release the AT force field shield for the entire Sky Train. Those dense spherical lightnings combine into a lightning storm, and the high temperature alone is enough to burn through the surface of the hull!
"What should we do?" Chen Sixuan asked immediately after seeing this scene.
Lin Xian's pupils shrank slightly, and his mind raced.
At this moment, the voice of Ryunosuke, who usually spoke very little, suddenly came from the headphones.
"Use the Superconducting Lightning Sword!"
(End of this chapter)
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