Chapter 18: First Preliminary Match (Part 8)
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The Lambda cannon's charging speed was beyond anyone's imagination. Even though Mingyu had personally added a mental channel to the muzzle and knew that Mu Boxing could further shorten the firing time, he had never imagined that the charging speed could be so fast.
At the moment the muzzle roared, the extremely short charging time caused Mingyu to be distracted for a moment during the extremely tense battle.
I haven't asked Mu Boxing about his mental strength level yet. Mingyu wondered, how high? A? Definitely more than that. At least S? Maybe 2S?
Only then can the muzzle charging time be so incredibly short, and only then can an ordinary Lambda cannon burst out with such brilliant light.
Like a lit star.
The originally dark golden threads of spiritual energy converged into a stream, emitting a dazzling pure golden light. They mixed with the energy flow and gushed out, making a deafening sound in the silence.
Like an eruption of golden fire.
Like a fiercely burning, exploding sun.
Mingyu's spiritual tentacles unexpectedly touched the golden color and quickly melted away. However, Mingyu surprisingly did not feel any pain.
His originally transparent and colorless mental thread flashed a bright yet cold blue in the instant before melting.
Mingyu didn't notice.
He felt like he was melting.
The tentacles of his spiritual power melted away, but he felt no pain, only warmth. It was a warmth that spread from the depths of his heart, and it actually made him want to release more spiritual power to merge into it.
This is not normal.
Mingyu's reason told him so.
The melting of the mental thread should bring severe pain, just like what Mu Baixing experienced when he just blocked the opponent's hidden cannon.
He didn't know why he had such a strange feeling at the moment, but he didn't have the mind to pay attention to it.
The dazzling gold captured all his attention.
"The Ranger was hit-!!!!!!!!!"
"The Ranger was actually hit——————!!!!" The rabbit anchor shouted in disbelief. Because he was too out of control, he actually fell directly from the red building block host platform stacked on the ground.
The big, furry white rabbit missed a step and fell to the ground with a plop. He uttered a cry of pain and immediately climbed up from the ground, ears erect, and hopped back up to the podium to get a closer look at the data screen above.
"The Ranger's damage has reached 30%—" Rabbit rubbed his nose while dutifully broadcasting the report, "Oh my God—Mulan chose to avoid—the Ranger turned—"
"Neither Vincent nor Yang Haoyuan reacted sufficiently to the attack! The Rangers were probably afraid the other side would fire another shot, causing them even more damage! So they chose to evade! They were stunned by the 'Colorful Splendor'!"
"Oh my god! Oh my god! That's the team that made it to the finals last time! Of course! I'm not saying that Vincent and Yang Haoyuan aren't sharp enough... I'm saying... no matter who it is! Whoever it is... except for those experienced legendary navigators... Of course, they're not allowed to participate. I mean, in this interstellar navigation competition, there shouldn't be anyone who can be quick enough to predict and react to this shot immediately, right????"
"Oh! The colorful ones have also changed direction! They didn't bother with the Ranger. Obviously, they didn't want to fight him to the death. Smart choice. The Ranger must have some tricks up his sleeve that we don't know about."
"It seems the two teams have reached a tacit understanding! Colorful went to resource station number three in the center of the northern half, while Ranger chose station number thirteen in the southern half."
"—What other eye-catching opcodes will they produce? Oh, no, both sides began harvesting resource blocks at maximum speed. After a brief exchange of fire, the universe returned to peace. Let's turn our attention back to the central area of the map..."
Rabbit cut the commentary screen away from the Colorful Team.
In the cab, Mu Baixing supported his elbow on the armrest of the seat, his fingers trembling, as he turned the regulating valve installed by Mingyu on the side of his helmet.
Cold sweat slid down his jawline and dripped onto his combat uniform.
Mingyu turned to look at him worriedly, and in the quiet cab, he was the first to ask, "Are you okay?"
Mu Boxing's suppressed, yet still noticeable, rapid breathing echoed across the communication channel. He turned the regulating valve to its maximum. The golden mental power lines in the starship cabin dimmed, and the manual operation screen popped up. Mu Boxing took off his pilot's helmet and tossed it aside, then manually controlled the starship's movement.
His face looked a little bad, but he operated smoothly. Following the instructions of the Five-Colored Haired Brothers, he avoided the destructive cosmic energy flow, collected all the resources from Resource Station No. 3, and then turned to Resource Station No. 11.
"Not bad." After a while, Mu Baixing controlled his breathing and finally answered Mingyu, "There is a regulating valve."
The colorful-haired people, who had been on edge the whole time, breathed a sigh of relief and gave Mingyu a thumbs-up: "The regulating valve has done a great job."
Mingyu also breathed a sigh of relief. After experiencing the mental overload himself, he understood the horror of this matter even more.
"Of course." He leaned back in his seat, watching the observation screen and said, "Brother Mu's design draft without the regulating valve is an anti-human design."
Mu Boxing: "Without the regulating valve, I will not let the starship crash."
Mingyu: “…”
Mingyu said speechlessly, "Brother Mu, stop pretending..."
"But if not, I wouldn't dare fire that shot." Mu Baixing finished the second half of the sentence calmly.
"It's not an effective deterrent. The subsequent fight will be more prolonged, and the outcome is unknown." He turned to look at Mingyu, "Thank you."
Mingyu: “…”
This person speaks in a way that first criticizes and then praises.
"You're welcome. It's my duty." He then smiled at Mu Baixing, his expression obedient and a little cunning, and teased, "When it comes to starship design, you still have to find a professional. You can't do it yourself."
Mu Baixing: “…Yeah.”
Red Hair immediately seconded the idea: "Boss! Then let's listen to the experts! Install the regulating valve on our starship as well?"
Mingyu: “…”
Mingyu looked at the red-haired man in disbelief.
He was just about to ask why your starship was not equipped with this safety, but then he realized that the starship was probably modified by Mu Baixing according to his own modified circuit.
Mingyu: "...Hurry up and pretend." He said weakly, "Please pretend after this game is over."
Mu Baixing: "Okay?"
Such changes usually require purchasing blueprints from the starship designer.
"Of course." Mingyu felt that his lack of security was inhumane. However, since they were all teammates, it was okay.
He didn't want to receive a notification from the competition system that his teammates had been automatically cancelled due to a space navigation accident and were unable to log in.
As they spoke, they were still sailing.
The starship's speed remained at its upper limit. A large amount of energy was consumed, and the compartments containing the reserve energy were used to fill the collected resource blocks. Mu Boxing's calculations were accurate, and the starship was always on the edge of its load limit.
Few starships chose to harvest energy within the Z1 star field, and the field was vast. They hadn't encountered another team in the past half day. They had been sailing on the northern side of the Z1 star field to avoid the Ranger teams exploring the southern half.
"As expected, the two teams didn't fight again." The Rabbit anchor switched the screen several times, and when he switched back to the Z1 area, he found that the two teams still didn't fight again, and he couldn't help feeling disappointed.
"Of course, both of these starships are very fast. If they can both return to the central area on time, they will not be eliminated with the amount of resources they currently have."
"Oh! The Rangers have already started their return journey. They've already plundered the resource stations in the southern half of the region and decided to return to the central region to compete for the final resource cake released to the competition. The Colorful still has three resource stations to confiscate. I think they may be spending... the last moments of this competition in the Z1 star region!"
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