Chapter 17: First Preliminary Match (Part 7)
The starship was traveling at high speed, and Mingyu, relying on his excellent balance, ran swiftly through the swaying corridor. The floor vibrated, and a low rumbling sound filled the cabin. He knew it was the signal from the cannons mounted on the starship firing.
"Wow! Unbelievable! The Ranger actually misjudged the situation! He barely managed to dodge the Lambda Cannon's attack at the last moment! - Of course! The colorful Lambda Cannon... the charging time is incredibly short!!!"
"A little over four seconds! Less than five seconds!! I guarantee it!! At that final moment, it must have been Vincent and Yang Haoyuan's mental power that informed them of the colorful energy wave from the cannon barrel!!! If it weren't for these two observers with S-level acuity, the Ranger would have definitely been hit—!"
"The colorful designer has done a great job!!—" the rabbit commentator said excitedly, "Let's take a look at the specific stats of this Lambda cannon! I wonder how much energy this accelerated acceleration will cost... Wait! No... No?!"
"This Lambda Cannon's peak energy hasn't decreased at all! Other parameters haven't changed much either! Oh my god! Such a significant increase in charge time without paying any 'cost'!!!"
The white plush rabbit was so startled that it was speechless for a moment.
"Let me see..." he muttered, "This designer, this starship designer... is—"
"Designer LUCE!" He enlarged Mingyu's designer name, filling the entire light screen.
"A name I've never heard of before! A divine handwriting!!"
"I believe it! No matter what this team's performance is! LUCE's personal contact number will definitely be bombarded with calls from people in the design department of various organizational departments. If he hadn't chosen to keep his personal information completely anonymous..."
When participating in the Star Navigation Competition, many people will check the box to display their identity information to relevant department personnel so that they can get in touch with them after being appreciated by them.
But Mingyu did choose full confidentiality mode.
He didn't want his parents to know that he had signed up for the Star Navigation Competition.
Mingyu still didn't know how many people would dig up his identity information. He simply ran through the narrow passage and pushed open the door of the cab.
The room was in chaos, just as he had expected.
"Beautiful!! Boss!! Brother Lu!! Beautiful!!——" Red Hair shouted. He saw Mingyu out of the corner of his eye and immediately said excitedly, "So fast!! I didn't expect the actual speed of the starship to be faster than the speed given by the model!! Brother Lu——! How did you do that, Brother Lu!——"
Purple Hair: "Wow... too fast! I'm seasick--..."
"I'll take your place." Mingyu pulled up Zimao, whose face was covered in tears. Zimao's eyes were swollen from crying, and he looked helpless and pitiful. He stood up swiftly, crying and apologizing.
"It's okay." Ming Yu fastened the buckle with a smooth movement and smiled at him. "Without you, who will do the starship maintenance..."
The situation was urgent, Mingyu subconsciously released a few strands of mental power, the tips of the colorless threads sank into the universe, Mingyu's voice paused, and his pupils suddenly shrank.
"Directly ahead!" Ming Yu connected to the communication channel and shouted anxiously, "It's probably a hidden cannon! Only half a second!"
The hidden cannon is a spiritual weapon with barely perceptible energy fluctuations, and it relies on the spiritual power with the nature of 'hidden'.
Mingyu's mental threads weren't very strong, and they couldn't reach far enough. He didn't feel the slightest energy fluctuation until it came into contact with his mental threads. The moment he opened his mouth, Mingyu thought the starship was doomed.
Because Mu Baixing had too little time to react.
He didn't know what the energy threshold of the other party's hidden cannon was, and whether it would directly destroy their starship with one shot.
But Mingyu knew that their luck was really bad... For a team equipped with a hidden cannon, the driver's mental power level would never be lower than Class A. If it was just a simple mechanical muzzle function valve, it would be impossible to control the energy fluctuations within such a small range.
The opponent's concealment attribute comes from the special effect of high-level mental power.
At this moment, Mingyu knew that no matter what action the starship took, it would be difficult to dodge in just half a second.
Mu Baixing didn't make any move either.
In the dark universe, Mingyu saw golden threads of spiritual power.
Mental power gushed out from the muzzle.
In half a second, no weapon could complete its charge. However, in addition to the No. 1 line connecting to the energy storage tank, the barrel also had a No. 2 mental power line connected to the driver's helmet.
Although the energy in Line No. 1 was still being stored, Mu Boxing's mental power threads had already surged outward through the gun barrel.
They covered the sky and earth, carrying a completely aggressive force, like a giant hand that could grab the person hidden behind the scenes in the void, tearing off the opponent's mental power disguise, and then sending out the energy wave wrapped underneath...
"This is a mantis trying to stop a chariot—" Rabbit's commentator shouted at the top of his lungs. "The Ranger's hidden cannon has an instantaneous energy threshold of at least three hundred! No one's mental strength can withstand such an energy wave! No one! No one! Unless it's one of those top-tier ships whose names are well known to you and me throughout history—! Otherwise! These mental energy threads will be overwhelmed in the blink of an eye!—"
"Bang."
The images on the light screen in front of him changed, and a silent collision occurred.
The golden thread paused for a full second.
In interstellar confrontation, one second is extremely precious.
A second later, the golden mental power was knocked out in all directions and instantly annihilated. Mingyu saw Mu Baixing's fingers clasped on the armrest, and because of the severe pain, his fingertips suddenly clenched.
But with the help of this short second, he steered the starship to complete its tricky turn, and its belly just brushed past the terrifying energy wave from the hidden cannon.
"Shell damage 80%—"
An alarm sounded immediately from within the starship.
This was an alarm that symbolized temporary safety, indicating that their outer shell was damaged, but the internal systems of the starship were not damaged.
Rabbit Commentary: "Colorful bought time...?! Under the Ranger's fire?! Unbelievable--!"
"Unbelievable." Inside the cockpit of the Ranger team's starship, the half-human, half-mechanical young man muttered in a low voice.
His face was pale, half obscured by his helmet, making it impossible to discern his expression. As the two starships crossed, he subconsciously turned his head, tracing the other ship's trajectory. A strand of his mental energy suddenly left its attachment to his own starship and reached for the other ship's tail.
As a "ship" whose mental power excelled at attack, his mental power lacked the sensitivity to sense energy fluctuations. This action was more like a subconscious observation and probing of a powerful opponent.
"Captain?" Observer Vincent was surprised by his reaction.
Mu Lian: "The other party's mental strength level is very high."
"It's instantaneous mental power." Vincent corrected, "Maybe it's because the explosive attribute of mental power is high."
The black starry sky briefly returned to calm, and Mulan remained silent.
"Should we catch up?" the Rabbit commentator asked nervously. "Honestly, Colorful's play was truly spectacular! I don't want this team to be eliminated so early. They could be a dark horse in this Star Tournament... Oh! The Ranger has caught up!"
"Yes, Mulian must have found that the other party is also a potential competitor! But at least judging from the starship level and current operations, his current strength should be inferior to the Ranger."
"Mulian will not allow the other side to grow into a formidable opponent through repeated competition! They now understand that the colorful Lambda cannon has a shorter charge time! They also know the level of the other party's pilots. So in the next firefight, the colorful ones will no longer have any means to escape..."
“Ohhhh!!…Colorful actually turned around first!!”
“It turned around!!!”
"Instead of running away, it turned around and rushed towards the Ranger!!"
“It fired first!!!!——”
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