Chapter 131 Battle (IV)
"Retreat?" Musa looked at the unusual movement of the black tide in front of him, his expression tense.
What's the point of retreating?!
They stood here to block the attack of the black tide. If they retreated... the laser cannon's range was insufficient, and they would be unable to hit the black tide creatures in front of them.
If they retreat, do they have to let others stop them?
Who? The starship on the other side of the star line...?
Musa remained silent.
The starship fired a devastating shot that no ordinary person could replicate.
The light that devoured the artillery fire and resonated with mental power, which was increased to a terrifying level of mental power, and the flying light birds were also showing their identities to them without any hesitation.
Of course, Musa was paying attention to the Star Navigation Competition, so when the other party fired that shot, he had already recognized their identities.
The second game of the Star Domain Tournament had just concluded, and everyone who watched the game was deeply impressed by the spiritual resonance between the observers and pilots of the Colorful Team.
Musa himself had signed several special orders, hoping that the Legion Talent Department would actively contact Wucai Bianlan and ask if he was interested in joining the Second Legion.
Musa didn't know why the multicolored creatures appeared in the Black Tide. But he remembered that during the Ming family banquet incident, a witness had seen a blue-gold spiritual force when the suspicious aircraft carrying the Black Tide creatures exploded.
The other party was also a participant in the Star Navigation Competition. He believed that the two spiritual powers came from the colorful ones.
The guard team extracted mental power ripples from the aftermath of the explosion and is applying to the Star Navigation Competition and the mental power appraisal agency in accordance with Article 818 of the Special Events Treaty. Because it involves a major security incident, they require a comparison with the mental power ripples of the confidential contestants.
But the familiarity that the shot just now brought to him was definitely not just because he had seen the colorful game videos.
The flickering light illuminated the logo on the side of the starship.
Musa observed it carefully and realized that it must have been modified because of limited materials and time, so in order to increase firepower output, it had to be filled with gun barrels all over its body.
Musa also saw the icon of the fifth star in the North Star Region printed on its side. Recalling the destruction of the North Star Region, he quickly considered the possibility that there were survivors on the fifth star who had not evacuated.
His gaze finally fell on the glow of the starship's gunfire.
"Retreat." The alien ship continued to flash its light cannon, repeating, "Retreat."
Musa suddenly realized that the familiar feeling in his heart came from the spiritual power ripples that could not be seen on the holographic live broadcast screen of the Star Navigation Competition.
It’s just... there seem to be different energy ripples mixed together in the light cannon.
It was like drinking a mixed fruit juice made with a rare fruit. He had tasted it a few times before, so he felt that it had some familiar flavor mixed in, but he couldn't put his finger on it...
Tried it a few times occasionally.
Musa's expression changed instantly.
He felt that the energy waves were mixed because the other party's pilot and observer's mental power resonated, and the ripples merged into one.
I have occasionally seen spiritual power with an energy value of up to 3S.
A beautiful dark golden spiritual power...
It was just like the dark gold color revealed by the thin star lines before my eyes.
It also emits similar mental power ripples.
Musa: “……!”
Musa's breathing became uncontrollably disordered for a moment.
...Why did he realize it only now!
Musa's expression was stiff.
There were so many emotions mixed together that he couldn't show any one expression.
"Retreat." After a while, Musa spoke, his voice so dry that he didn't even realize it.
If...it's that person.
The Second Legion Commander's sanity almost stopped, and his mind was filled with one thought.
If it's that person.
Then he would never be parasitized by the black tide energy.
And I will definitely obey his instructions.
But Musa didn't know what the other party wanted to do.
If it was His Majesty, why did he never contact them even though he was clearly alive? Why did he participate in the Star Navigation Competition but keep his identity secret? Why... did he ask them to retreat?
Musa's body was straight and stiff. After a while, he gave another order: "Charge the laser cannon. Be ready to accelerate at any time."
That way if things don't go right... he'll be ready to remedy the situation.
Musa's two orders were somewhat contradictory, leaving the people of the Second Legion a little confused.
But no one questioned it, and all the starships retreated.
They were still separated from the black tide ahead and the strangely shaped starship that had cleared the black tide by the golden star line.
Separated by a dark golden barrier that became extremely clear after the black tide receded.
At the other end of the star line, in the cockpit, Mu Boxing held the starship control handle with one hand, while the other hand quickly reached for the medicine box on the front of his combat uniform.
The spiritual realm was filled with chaotic sounds and buzzing sounds. The pain that spread from his mind to his whole body made Mu Boxing's fingers tremble violently.
He tried his best to steady his movements, opened the lid of the box, raised his head and poured all the pills into his mouth.
Those colorful pills had different functions: some were to suppress the black tide's energy radiation, some were to suppress mental overload, and some were simply painkillers. Mu Baixing swallowed them all without even looking at them.
"Buzz—"
The gathering and retreating black tide suddenly rushed forward, and the humming of energy was like the beating of a war drum.
Mingyu's fingers were on the laser cannon firing button, breathing heavily.
Waves of pain came from his spiritual realm, as if it was being drained dry, which was a sign of spiritual realm overload.
His mental power threads were tightly directed towards the surging black tide, each strand was tightly stretched, not daring to relax even a little.
The black tide that was about to crash down on them seemed capable of sweeping away the entire world, but there was no fear on the young man's face.
He just tried to adjust his breathing, and then ignored the pain in his mental realm and tried for the first time to improve his mental power level like Mu Baixing.
Not everyone can make such an astonishing burst of mental power as Mu Baixing.
Mingyu's mental power wasn't very explosive, so he'd never attempted such a level increase before. However, at this moment, any increase in mental power was a plus...
Mu Baixing just said to prepare for the second shot, but Mingyu knew clearly that the next shot would be the last one.
Because the starship's gun barrel had been heated and softened, it could not withstand any further attacks.
This is also because the energy carried by this starship is insufficient, and most of it has been consumed by now, making it impossible to output such high energy again.
And the 2S energy crystal in the main gun barrel...only has one last use left.
And their mental power...the resonance time is about to end.
This is the last chance.
If successful, this Black Tide Day... this Black Tide energy attack that was so sudden that it seemed absurd, would all be over.
If you fail...
Their starships would be flooded and corroded, and the Second Legion's starships would probably be no exception. The free star regions in the rear would also be in danger, but the borders of the central star regions should be able to be defended with warning.
I just don't know if I can counterattack.
And the most simple motivation to win... comes from life and death.
Mingyu doesn't want to die here.
Albin, space cracks, until now...
He had escaped death several times in just twenty or thirty hours, so of course he didn't want to die here.
I don’t want Mu Baixing to die here either.
The young man bit the tip of his tongue to concentrate his mind and not be distracted by the pain.
The young man's spiritual energy grew slowly but steadily, burning and surging through the starship's pipelines. However, the person sitting next to him noticed this movement and reached out to touch the back of his hand.
Mu Baixing's fingers were cold and gently covered Mingyu's hand.
"Mingyu." The man's voice was brief and his tone was no different from usual. Then he asked a very ridiculous question, "Can you fly a starship?"
Mingyu: “……?”
"Forward, send a communication signal, requesting docking." Mu Baixing didn't look at him, only staring at the darkness outside the porthole. "The operation is very simple."
Mingyu: “…”
These operations are indeed simple. They are not some tough tasks like changing direction at high speed and firing at the same time. Anyone who has played a few star navigation games knows how to do it.
Among these steps, the most difficult part is just the connection.
But docking is not a completely manual operation.
Mingyu had seen during the redesign that this starship was equipped with a docking assistance system. Although it was a decades-old system, the instructions it provided were clear enough. As long as the starship traveled slowly, Mingyu was confident he could complete the task.
But for him to complete the driving, it means that Mu Boxing... is no longer able to operate the starship.
Mingyu's heart trembled. The terrifyingly cold temperature of Mu Baixing's palm seemed to have conveyed an ominous omen to him.
When he first boarded the ship, after hearing that Mu Baixingtan's divine realm would be affected by the black tide, the uneasiness that Mingyu had forcibly suppressed surfaced again.
"Someone in the cab needs to stay awake." The man turned around. His face was pale, his lips were waxy, but his expression was calm. "You need to stay awake."
Mu Baixing: "After I fall into a coma, you will be in charge of the starship."
"Mingyu, promise me that no matter what happens, you won't be mentally overloaded and lose consciousness after the next shot."
Mingyu: “…”
Mingyu opened his mouth and closed it again. He wanted to say something, but felt that it would be useless to say anything at this moment.
Mu Baixing was right. If both of them fainted, then what would happen if the starship lost control...it was unknown.
But Mu Baixing's solemn explanation was not a good sign.
Mingyu didn't want to nod, but he had to.
He nodded quickly and lightly, almost perfunctorily. The young man tightened his grip, not wanting to dwell on his pessimism, and forced his attention away from Mu Boxing's gloomy expression.
He glanced out the porthole.
Ming Yu: "The opposing fleet is retreating."
His voice was a little confused, as if he didn't understand the current development of the situation, and as if he had not yet completely escaped the ominous aura that came from Mu Baixing's few words just now.
Mu Baixing responded.
"Maintain spiritual resonance." He said, "The two of us are enough here."
Mingyu: "But energy..."
The starship was sailing forward. Ming Yu calmed himself down and when his eyes fell on the central star field fleet, they inevitably slid across the dark golden star line burning in the universe.
Mingyu: ...
This was the first time he had seen the star line with his naked eyes at such a close distance without being blocked by the black tide energy.
Then, the bright blue mental threads that were originally concentrating on the movement of the black tide all changed direction in unison as Mingyu's focus shifted, looking back at the star line, drawing U-shaped arcs.
Mingyu didn't want to be distracted during the battle.
But at this moment, he really couldn't help but think about it.
Because he was as familiar with Mu Boxing's mental power waves as he was with his own mental power waves.
If his entire attention had not been focused on the black tide creature that had transformed into Ming Zhuofeng's appearance.
If it weren't for Mu Boxing's mental fluctuations right beside him, and their battle was too intense, causing the energy waves of the distant star line to be mixed up with the energy remnants emitted by Mu Boxing's mental cannon beside him...
He should have discovered it earlier.
Although the energy fluctuations coming from the star line seem a bit dim and outdated...
But the mental power ripples were indeed exactly the same as Mu Baixing's.
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