Chapter 100 Star Region Tournament, Game 2 (Part 9)
"It's a light bird." Observer An Qiang looked at the artillery fire in front of him in a daze. He couldn't help but whisper, "Do you remember the Star Navigation Competition in the Northern Star Region?"
"His Majesty made his first public appearance at the Northern Star Region League. The 3S-level mental artillery transformed into a blanket of light birds..."
"That's a large falcon!" Hao Ru was speechless at her friend's inability to identify animals. "Don't make wild assumptions about anything you see! This one... I can't tell what species it is. It looks more like a firebird, or some fantasy creature."
It was even more gorgeous and magnificent than the pure golden artillery fire she had seen at that time.
As the light bird approached, the highest alarm sounded in her mind.
This shot is too threatening!
Hao Ru and An Qiang glanced at each other quickly, quickly regaining their composure and not daring to show any disrespect to the challenger in front of them.
"We have to show them how powerful you are," An Qiang shouted. "Xiao Ru! Just use your maximum power to output!"
"no problem!"
The main gun muzzle lit up, and the energy of the spiritual fire overflowed outward, faintly forming the shape of a white tiger stepping through the void and looking down on the countless stars in the universe.
"We must fight quickly and decisively! Brother Mu!" Ming Yu shouted from the silver starship, "The spiritual resonance is about to end..."
The young man's fingertips began to tremble. He pressed his fingers against the light screen and stared at the King of Beasts in front of him. "The opponent's attack power is very high. We only have one chance!"
"Wow...!" Inside the livestream, the commentator's hair stood on end again as he repeatedly exclaimed, "Look, look at what all this is...!"
The white tiger roars and the birds sing loudly.
Energy creatures that seemed to have walked out of a mythological book confronted each other in the void.
Hao Ru frowned, and under her control, the white tiger rushed forward with a fierce momentum to tear apart everything that stood in its way.
The flying bird, also burning white, swooped down and came straight towards it without any dodging.
The tiger leaped up in anger. It seemed less agile in the air than the bird, and it struck first, but its claws missed. Just as it was about to be blinded by the dodging, spun-around bird, it suddenly transformed into a long white snake in mid-air, wrapped itself around the light bird's neck, and tightened its grip.
The bird was trapped, its flames surging, threatening to consume the snake. The serpent, engulfed in flames, suddenly exploded outward, transforming into hundreds of tiny swifts that swiftly flew outward. As they turned back, they shifted formation, gathering into a flock of small birds like cannonballs, seemingly poised to scatter the colorful fire.
The bird of light, burning brightly white, showed no fear and also changed direction, charging towards its opponent.
Their speeds grew faster and faster as they collided, until their shapes became difficult to discern, transforming into two dazzling balls of light.
"Mingyu." Mu Baixing's tone was calm, but his breathing between sentences became very obvious. He raised his voice and said, "Strike with all your strength!"
The light shines brighter.
Plush rabbit: "..."
Even through the light screen, he couldn't stand the stimulation of the light inside. He couldn't help but cover his eyes with his claws, barely looking at the light screen through his fingers, and shouted, "This is an all-out attack! - Wucaihualan doesn't want to leave any strength behind! They want to fight the warships of the Second Legion in this one shot and decide the outcome!!! -"
"Xiao Ru! Fire another shot!" An Qiang shouted loudly in the Second Legion's cockpit, "Their energy threshold is increasing! We can't withstand the power of one shot! Open fire without holding back! If we can't withstand this shot, our starship may be finished -"
"Bang!"
The barrel, which had just finished cooling, fired a second blast of mental force. The highly concentrated white fire was like a peregrine falcon, and then rushed into the ball of light in front.
"My eyes are going blind!"
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Even more people didn't have time to concentrate on typing, so they just sat in front of the screen, imitating the rabbit's explanation, covering their eyes with their hands, and barely looking at the screen through their fingers.
The light screen was already filled with large areas of light, and at the moment the light balls collided, no one could even realize that the collision of artillery fire had occurred.
Until the light finally dimmed and slowly dissipated in the universe.
The plush rabbit slowly removed its paw and blinked.
"Uh..." The plush rabbit blinked again and almost began to doubt his eyesight.
In the star map, the original one pure white and one silver-white starship are no longer there.
The two starships floating in the universe were now completely dark.
The plush rabbit rubbed his eyes again and said hesitantly, "Uh, maybe both starships were hit by each other's artillery fire..."
"One of the starships is slowly sailing towards the space station! Uh... I think it should be colorful? Their bridge should be broken, and the muzzle is damaged. I think their starship seems to be about to fall apart... Oh, the bright light film outside the starship is gone! The mental resonance between Lucé and Mu Boxing has obviously been lifted..."
"But they're still sailing forward! Will the Second Legion's starships stop them? But their gun barrels have clearly melted, revealing even the skeletons of the starships... I imagine Hao Ru and An Qiang are at the end of their rope..."
“But they didn’t move out of the way!”
Mingyu: “…”
Mingyu was nearly exhausted. He hung on the fixed seat, coughing repeatedly and urging, "Mu... Mu brother!"
Mu Baixing's breathing was uneven and his hands were shaking. He closed the regulating valve in the driving helmet, pulled down the manual operation panel, and pressed the standby button.
Then the steel plates at the bottom of the starship, which were originally closed, burned black, and almost penetrated, opened to both sides, revealing the spare energy gun muzzles.
"It should still be usable." Ming Yu panted. "I specially reinforced the protective deck here and hid this energy cannon under the cockpit, in the most protected area of the starship, just in case..."
Due to limited space, this gun barrel has not undergone much modification and is just a very ordinary standard gun barrel.
The charging time is three seconds, and the strength is above medium, but it seems to be enough to deal with the Second Legion starship that seems unable to move now!
Hao Ru and An Qiang: "..."
Rabbit explained: "..."
“This is really…” The rabbit commentator was speechless for a long time. As he finished speaking, the cannon in the spare barrel was fired.
The ordinary white light cannon penetrated the engine and energy room under the Second Legion starship, destroying the charred white starship.
The colorful starship swayed and staggered like a drunk as it staggered into the space station, lighting up the lighthouse as everyone held their breath.
"We need to go through maintenance." Ming Yu said weakly, "We need to go through maintenance..."
The starship was almost unable to operate, and he was so tired that he could hardly stand up.
The starship entered the maintenance port, and Mu Baixing pulled out the fasteners and stood up by holding the back of the chair.
Mingyu pulled his arm, made him bend down, and reached out to wipe the blood from his lips.
"Still... trying to be brave!" Mingyu complained, "You're like this..."
Mu Baixing: “…”
"How good are you?" The man wiped Mingyu's lips and let the designer see the red on his hand.
Mingyu: “…”
Mu Baixing coughed and pulled the designer up with force.
"Take your medicine and rest." He took Mingyu to sit on the bench outside the maintenance room and reminded him, "This time, you and I are in cahoots. You can't blame me for overusing your mental energy."
Rabbit explains: "Colorful chose to enter maintenance!"
"For others, maintenance time is every second. But for Wucaibanlan, this time is plenty!"
"Within the first three hours of the competition, Wucaibanlan had already completed the information transmission between six space stations with overwhelming force! Both Luce and Mu Boxing's mental energy had clearly been exhausted, and they were taking advantage of the maintenance time to recover and rest."
"The second-ranked Ranger team has just completed information transmission between two space stations. Their colorful competition results put them far ahead... Oh! The Rangers are approaching Space Station No. 3! The Gatekeeper of Space Station No. 3, Albin of the Third Legion, has appeared on the star map. Open fire!"
"Unexpectedly, Albin's Space Ripper didn't seem to cause much trouble to the Ranger! However, the Ranger's Stealth Cannon also made it difficult for Albin to determine the direction of the attack—"
"The Ranger's two observers, Vincent and Yang Haoyuan, possess the 'Twin' trait. Their extremely sensitive mental powers seem to be able to sense the location where Albin's space is torn in advance...!"
"Left front." In the cockpit, Vincent frowned and said, "The opponent's mental power is really uncomfortable..."
"The spiritual energy wavelengths are incompatible." Yang Haoyuan sighed, "The Third Legion has become less and less good these days. It's a pain to meet them!"
Mulian said nothing, and her mental power gathered in the hidden cannon.
The gray starship's gun barrel was calm and it turned to the left in the most ordinary flying posture to avoid Albin's artillery attack.
The energy flames ejected from the starship's tail engine swept across the right side of the Albin starship. In this seemingly ordinary scene, the hidden cannon that had fully charged had already been fired.
"Hit the target!"
The black starship of the Thirteenth Legion suddenly shook, the side protective plate cracked, and it tilted to one side under the heavy impact, leaving a passage leading to the space station behind it.
"I have to say, Mulan's hidden cannon is becoming increasingly difficult to detect!" Rabbit commented with emotion. "I remember that during the last Star Navigation Competition, we were able to roughly estimate the timing of their firing based on the flight patterns of the Ranger starships. But now, it's difficult to detect even a trace..."
"These outstanding young navigators are undoubtedly growing rapidly."
"Whether it's the Colorful, Ranger, Duck Duck Rush, or any of the others...even those teams that were eliminated in previous competitions," the plush rabbit couldn't help but say sentimentally, "they are constantly growing and improving, and they are the hope for the future of our Central Star Region!"
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Inside the aircraft, Ming Yan shone the healing beam while angrily turning off the live broadcast of the Star Navigation Competition.
If Feren hadn't gone crazy, his name would have to be included in this so-called "hope for the future"!
He took a deep breath, and after his anger, he felt a little lost.
...How did it become like this?
Mingyan couldn't understand it. It seemed that since the start of this Star Navigation Competition, especially after the second qualifying round, everything began to turn upside down.
The same thought also occurred to Ming Zhilang and Zhao Ying.
Ming Zhilang's personal reputation declined, the Third Legion failed to find the Firebird Crystal Core, and Lieyang directly withdrew from the Star Navigation Competition. The Third Legion did not get the resource star it was supposed to obtain, and Ming Zhilang's advantage in the election for the executive officer of the capital star gradually shrank.
In front of them, the light screen of the Star Navigation Competition was also lit.
Although the colorful game is under maintenance, the topic of the spiritual resonance between Mu Boxing and LUCE continues in the comments.
The messages on the screen were scrolling very quickly, and many people stared at the black screen, wondering how this team would get through the next level after the mental resonance ended.
Amid the anticipation of countless people, the colorful screen flashed gently, turning from black to a colorful picture.
This means the colorful starship has left the maintenance port.
"The colorful ones have finished their repairs!" the plush rabbit shouted. "Their starship has been restored to its original state! I just wonder how Luce and Mu Boxing's mental strength has recovered. Can they handle the upcoming battle with the gatekeepers?"
"But at least, after the energy resonance state was lifted, the colorful navigation method became much more conservative, no longer rushing recklessly into the cosmic storm."
They no longer need to rush into cosmic storms.
Of the seven space stations, only the last two, No. 1 and No. 4, had not completed information transmission.
Although in the first half of the voyage, in order to make the most efficient use of the time of mental resonance, their voyage did not follow Mingyu's originally planned route, the order in which they arrived at the space stations did not change.
As they frantically raced through the cosmic storm, they had already avoided the spiral energy field and the black hole. At this moment, the silver starship was sailing into the calmest area of the entire star map.
"Five more stars ahead, we'll reach Space Station 4," Red Hair dutifully reported. "Boss, Brother LU, how are you feeling?"
Mingyu hasn't put on the observer helmet yet.
The navigation environment here was calm, so he could rest for a while, and only let the colorful-haired man and a few others rely on detectors to pay attention to the surrounding cosmic environment.
Mu Baixing also temporarily disconnected his mental connection with the starship and only operated the starship manually.
"Not bad." Mingyu calculated the time. "By the time we reach Space Station 4, my mental strength should have been mostly restored."
He turned his head to look at Mu Baixing, thought for a moment and said, "Your boss should be about the same."
"That's good." Red Hair looked at the detector and said with some worry, "But without the big bird that you and the boss brought out, I guess it won't be so easy to fight next time. I think those gatekeepers are all pretty powerful."
"They are probably navigators selected from the Central Star Region Legion and the Star Navigation Department."
The best of the younger generation of the legion, such as Anser, Elbin, and Hao Ru, rarely appear in public. Star Navigation Department directors such as A Shui, Terrell, and Gao Siqi rarely drive their own starships anymore. Therefore, Ming Yu does not know the specific identity of the gatekeepers.
He wasn't too worried, and was even a little excited.
Fighting with pilots and observers with different characteristics filled Mingyu with a sense of novelty, and also made his control over his mental power more and more exquisite.
Red Hair: "There's still one more star."
In the dark universe, a white double-layer gear-shaped space station has appeared in front.
Mingyu put on the observer's helmet, looked serious, and whispered, "Come on!"
"Brother Mu! Speed up!——"
Mu Baixing turned on the regulating valve.
Unhindered, the golden mental energy, along with the bright blue, was pumped into the starship's mechanical heart. The silver starship suddenly accelerated, leaving a bright line in the pitch-black universe as it sped towards the space station ahead.
Not surprisingly, a broad crimson beam came from the void.
A huge crimson starship emerged from the universe beside the space station.
The starship had a simple, slender hull, its main gun port, which had just fired, located directly below the cockpit. Layers of red light emanated from the massive muzzle, resembling a double-petaled rose at first glance, a startling sight outlined by the jet-black outer edge.
"Wow!" the rabbit commentator exclaimed excitedly, "The gatekeeper of Space Station 4! It's Minister Gao Siqi! He's probably the most difficult gatekeeper to defeat!"
"She's piloting the renowned warship of the Central Star Region Navigation Department! The Crimson Warrior! Known for its incredibly high-density, high-intensity firepower attacks!"
"The Crimson Warrior's main gun, the Rose Cannon, is capable of hundreds of bursts! Combined with its wide muzzle and Minister Gao Siqi's high mental strength, it's truly terrifying!"
"In case some of our younger viewers don't know, I'd like to share a little more information! Minister Gao Siqi participated in the Battle of Dawn while still a teenager. As a vanguard of the Star Navigation Department, he was as powerful as the Black Tide Star Sea and a sharp sword within the department, making a huge contribution to the victory of the Battle of Dawn!"
"However, since the end of the Dawn War and the arrival of peace for humanity, Minister Gao Siqi has been transferred to the Third Department of the Interstellar Navigation Department, carrying out exploration and rescue missions outside the star field. The Crimson Warrior has become the lifeline of countless exploration teams...but it has not appeared in the public eye in such an aggressive posture for a long time!"
"But when such a Crimson Warrior appears again! His fighting style is still as fierce as before!——"
“Bang, bang, bang—”
A series of crimson artillery fire chased the silver starship, dyeing the black universe a deep red.
Large starships are not as flexible as small and medium-sized starships when dodging artillery fire, not to mention that the Crimson Warriors' attacks are fast and intensive.
"Two starships are zigzagging across the star map, closing in on each other!" The rabbit commentator stared intently at the screen. "As the distance between them shortens, the colorful star has less and less room to dodge! The crimson warriors' bursts of fire continue! I think the colorful starships are about to be hit... They'll definitely get hit in the tail this time... Oh—!"
"LUCE and Mu Boxing took action!"
The bright blue mental force threads covering the surface of the silver starship instantly converged towards the tail of the starship.
At the same time, the secondary gun muzzle above was lifted up in an instant, and golden mental power gushed out.
In the darkness of the universe, a massive golden shield suddenly rose from the tail of a colorful starship. The shield's golden and blue patterns intertwined, converging inwards, forming a bright blue pentagon in the center.
"Bang!"
The crimson light collided with the golden-blue light shield.
The collision in the universe was silent, but the energy waves that spread outward at high speed after the collision indicated the intensity of this confrontation.
The thrusters at the tail of the silver starship surged violently to resist the huge force brought by the energy collision.
"Hiss—" Ming Yu gasped in shock inside the colorful cab and couldn't help but exclaim, "What a powerful impact! The opponent's skills are really impressive!"
The energy cannon just now hit Mingyu so hard that half of his body is still numb.
The opponent's mental power level seemed to be only A-level, but the concentration of mental power was very high! He had never seen it in any of his opponents!
Forget about that! Even Feren's 2S-class Psychic Light Cannon looked like a mere child compared to this! And even the Southeast Star Region Slayers, who had sent their starship crashing with a single volley in the third qualifying match... didn't possess such high energy cohesion.
"Minister Gao's mental concentration is still so strong!" Rabbit commented with emotion. "Back then, when Gao Siqi first joined the Star Navigation Department, he was looked down upon because his mental power had no special properties. But soon after, he stood out with his extremely high mental concentration and superb mental control..."
In the star map, the red light from the muzzle of the Crimson Warrior lit up again.
The red rose is about to bloom.
In the starship cockpit, Gao Siqi held the control with one hand, with a slight smile on his lips, looking at the starship in his field of vision.
"Young couple." Gao Siqi's fingers gently stroked the joystick. In the first collision, he keenly recognized the other party's mental strength and said to himself, "Let me see how capable you are!"
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