Chapter 95 Star Region Tournament Game 2 (Part 4)
“…”
A wordless silence spread throughout the live broadcast room, the lounges of the participating teams from other star regions, and the crowds of people watching the game... and even within the cockpit of Dark Night Rose.
The starship's damaged alarm wailed sharply. The dark gray starship's right rear wing had completely lost connection with the main body of the starship and plummeted into space. The starship's stabilizer was damaged, and the function of the right engine also declined.
If this were a real battle, they would be in a tough spot right now.
However, as the colorful starships entered the space station, the gatekeepers' starship data disappeared from the star map, and their starships automatically entered the maintenance starport to complete the repairs.
After a long silence, the observer in the co-pilot seat opened the restraint and patted Anser on the shoulder.
"It's okay, Sister An." The observer exhaled and soothed, "It's just that. To narrow the gap between us and the Star Navigation Competition competitors, they added an energy suppressor to the starship's mechanical heart, reducing the energy amplification by half! Otherwise, your attacks wouldn't be so easily dissipated by the enemy's energy waves!"
Anser came back to his senses, smiled and shook his head.
"You don't have to lie to comfort me, do you?" She stood up and stretched. "The magnitude of their mental resonance... that last shot, if used for an energy intensity assessment, would have shattered even the highest-energy evaluation device! These two people's mental power levels are already high, and when they resonate, their firepower is even stronger than 3S's mental cannon! Even the mechanical heart without a suppressor can't stop them."
"Besides, that's a spiritual resonance!" Her eyes sparkled, and she couldn't help but say, "There hasn't been a record of spiritual resonance in two or three hundred years, right?! - I didn't lose at all -"
"A spectacle rarely seen in centuries!" Inside the livestream, the plush rabbit practically screamed, "Psychic resonance! It's Psychic resonance!!—"
"You know, to achieve psychic resonance, the psychic power matching between two people must be at least 90 percent," said Rabbit, a commentator with extensive knowledge of the subject, speaking eloquently during the Lens Case. "And according to the literature, the probability of psychic resonance between humans... is so small it's measured in tens to the power of ten! So far, there have only been three recorded instances of psychic resonance since humanity entered the interstellar age."
"For two people who can resonate with each other's spirits to meet in such a vast sea of people...it's simply a miracle for humanity!"
"If I'm not mistaken! LUCE joined the colorful team through the Star Navigation Tournament's random matching system! I don't know what to say... It seems I also need the Star Navigation Tournament's main computer to help me draw a suitable life partner!"
The rabbit commentator rubbed his eyes, wiping away the tears that had flowed from his excitement, and continued, "Because records are scarce, human research on mental resonance is limited. Based on fewer than three past cases, we know that mental resonance can significantly increase the level of combined mental power between both parties..."
"But maintaining this state of mental resonance will greatly drain both parties' physical strength and place a heavy strain on their mental domains." His tone was tinged with worry. "Furthermore, once the mental domain resonance is lifted, it cannot be reopened in a short period of time."
"Let's see how long Luce and Mu Boxing's spiritual resonance can last! The high-frequency energy waves they generate through spiritual resonance... are currently traveling through the cosmic storm energy field!"
"I have to say, crossing this cosmic storm might have been the Colorful's original plan!" The rabbit commentator wiggled his ears, holding an electronic pen, and spoke quickly. "Look everyone, if we connect the space stations like this, Colorful's movements become much clearer. After they quickly cross this cosmic storm, they will soon reach Space Station Two."
"Because this cosmic storm is too intense, most teams choose to avoid it. Therefore, there's a high probability that Wucailan won't encounter a useless war of attrition..."
"I just don't know if their original plan was to utilize mental resonance, or simply rely on the existing mental protection layer, such as the protection method Mu Boxing used in the black tide energy field in the second qualifying match..."
The original plan was obviously the latter.
Mingyu looked at the timer with beads of sweat on his forehead.
So far, through repeated training and testing, the spiritual resonance between him and Mu Boxing often only lasts for more than three hours at most, and the rest time between two resonances requires at least one day.
Under pressure from the gatekeepers, they used their trump card... their trump card too early.
Mental resonance places a considerable burden on the spiritual realm, which is both an advantage and a disadvantage.
Although they had successfully completed the transfer to the previous space station, his plan was completely disrupted. The early exposure of their trump cards and the intense consumption at the beginning of the game put them in a passive situation.
According to Mingyu's estimate, even without considering the time spent fighting the gatekeepers, it would take about ten hours to complete the information transmission at the fastest speed according to the original route. Obviously, they could not finish the game before the spiritual resonance ended.
And if we have to wait until the next mental resonance can be activated... it will be too long.
This is a race against time.
Mingyu pulled the star map in front of him.
His brain was working rapidly, and after a moment, he erased the route originally drawn on the star map and drew a new one.
"Let's go this way, Brother Mu!" the designer said, raising his voice. "We'll pass through this more intense cosmic storm energy cluster! Our mental powers are now in a resonant state, and we'll most likely be able to use a high-energy shield to ensure the safety of the starship... Let's take a shortcut from here and head to Space Station No. 5 first! This will reduce the overall communication transmission incidents by more than half!"
Behind Mingyu, Hongmao looked at the bright lightning and thunder outside the porthole and kept his mouth tightly closed to prevent himself from screaming accidentally.
That's the center of the cosmic storm!!
Even when they were sailing out of the outer harbor, even when Mu Bohang was at his craziest, their starship had never sailed in this kind of weather!
Some people may look so obedient in normal times, but they become so cruel when they are pushed into a corner!
At the same time, many people in the teams watching the game were calculating the sailing time required for the colorful ship according to the prompts on the live broadcast screen.
"If you want to maximize the time of mental resonance, you have to go to the center of the cosmic storm." Shihuideng, holding an electronic pen, from the Qiehua team, had reached the same conclusion as Mingyu. "However, even with the mental energy intensity during resonance... it may not be..."
Mingyu tilted his head and turned to Mu Baixing.
Nothing is impossible. Mingyu thought, even if they need to take some risks and overcome some difficulties in order to reverse the passive situation...
But when he and Mu Boxing are together, they can do anything!
This kind of self-confidence that comes from intuition has been deeply rooted in Mingyu's heart at some point.
Mu Baixing then curled his lips, pulled the joystick, and turned in the violent energy flow.
Lime Lamp opened his eyes slightly and murmured, "Are you really going in?"
"Is it true? Are they really not turning again?!" the rabbit commentator howled loudly, "In order not to waste time for spiritual resonance, the colorful one rushed into the strongest cosmic storm!!——"
"That's the eye of a cosmic storm! An ordinary starship would be pierced and shattered in a matter of minutes if it entered the eye of a cosmic storm!"
The hull of the silver starship also made a teeth-grinding creaking sound under the impact of energy.
A large number of storm particles struck the bright film outside the starship, like raindrops falling on a lake during a rainstorm, splashing a large number of scattered energy particles. The friction of the energy particles ignited a variety of fires, and like the energy lightning in the cosmic storm, the depths of the fantastic colors changed with the strength of the energy.
The flames and light films drew large spots of light outside the silver starship, making it look like a strange traveler traveling between other worlds.
The friction and consumption of mental power against the energy flow should have been excruciatingly painful for Mingyu's extremely sharp mental power. However, when his mental power entangled and even merged with Mu Boxing's... the heat of that close bond suppressed the pain as well.
Rabbit explained: "Hold on - hold on - the colorful energy shield is intact!"
As time went on, the light film outside the silver starship became brighter even in the midst of the storm.
With each spiritual resonance, Mingyu and Mu Baixing grew closer to each other, becoming more familiar with each other's energy fluctuations. Under intense pressure, they grew even faster.
"Five minutes—fifteen minutes—twenty-five minutes! The Silver Starship has been sailing in the storm for twenty-five minutes. They are passing through the eye of the storm!—"
Like the eye of a storm on the ground, the violent energy flow now calmed down.
After passing through the eye of the storm, they would face Space Station No. 2. In Mingyu's mental vision, he suddenly saw a flash of yellow ahead.
Mingyu: “?”
Rabbit explained: “???”
"What's that?!" The rabbit commentator rubbed his eyes and said sleepwalkingly, "Why is there a starship here? This yellow duck-shaped starship is... duck... duck duck rush?!!"
"What the hell is this place!!" The boy in school uniform yelled from inside the cockpit of the YaYa ChongChong starship, operating the ship. "We finally made it through that damn wormhole! What's that shiny thing up ahead?!"
While battling a star beast, they were accidentally caught in a stream of energy and thrown into a wormhole in the star map. The boy in the school uniform managed to pass through the wormhole unscathed thanks to a combination of luck and exceptional piloting skills. In the blink of an eye, before he even realized where he was, he saw a starship, covered in a bright film, speeding ahead...
"Open fire?!" the duck designer shouted from his seat, "Is this another unknown star beast?"
"I don't think so!" the observer said nervously, "It looks like some participating team's aircraft carrier! Get out of the way! Quick..."
A black and yellow tentacle suddenly appeared from behind them.
The observer's hair stood on end as he shouted, "That star beast followed us from the wormhole!—"
"Bang!--"
A beam of golden and blue fire suddenly shot out from the light-ball-like starship in front, piercing the star beast's head with incredible accuracy.
"Sorry, my fellow Yaya brothers, you are blocking our way!" Mingyu couldn't help but shout loudly.
Following the rules of the Star Navigation Competition, the two starships did not initiate a communication link. However, Yaya Chongchong sensed something in the trajectory of the ball of light and subconsciously pulled the starship to the side.
"brush--"
The two starships passed each other. The boy in school uniform turned back to look out the window and said uncertainly, "In that ball of light... I saw the multicolored paint on the tail of the other starship..."
"Isn't that colorful?! Is that blue in the gunfire just now the spiritual power of my idol LUCE?!"
"Don't look at your idol!" the yellow duck quacked. "How do we get out of here? There's a cosmic storm outside..."
"Turn around! Turn around!" the boy in school uniform hurriedly said, "Try to go back through the wormhole—"
"Wormholes aren't stable bidirectional transmission..."
"If you enter the cosmic storm, you'll die! Let's try our luck later!"
Mingyu was completely oblivious to the chaos in YaYaChongChong's cab.
The colorful light has broken through the calm eye of the storm and re-entered the cosmic storm.
The silver starship's navigation became more and more smooth, and it transformed from an intruder to a controller.
Like harnessing terrifying thunder, they flashed with energy and light within a moment, bursting out of the storm clouds completely.
The white Space Station 2 is just ahead.
A dark green starship appeared in front of the space station at the same time as the colorful ones appeared.
"That's the starship from Ah Shui, Deputy Minister of the Second Division of the Star Navigation Department!" the Rabbit commentator exclaimed. "The gatekeepers sent by the Star Navigation Department are clearly different from those of the three major legions! They aren't sending the best of their fleets! Instead, they're being personally dispatched by the Minister and Deputy Minister!"
Dark green energy tentacles extended from dozens of gun ports opened around the starship of the same color. The energy spikes on the body were extremely sharp, like long whips, swinging towards the starship that was emitting bright light all over.
The silver-white starship's main gun muzzle flashed with light again, and the mental cannon in a resonant state emitted a terrifying beam of light far exceeding the 3S energy level, sweeping outward in the dark universe.
Rabbit explained: "It's simply a case of strength defeating skill!——"
The golden-blue mental cannon pushed dozens of green whips to both sides, and crackling flashes and layers of flames emerged at the intersection of energy.
The terrifying mental cannon remained strong even after several collisions with the long whip, sweeping straight towards the dark green starship in front.
A Shui was forced to pull up the starship and give up the docking port of the space station behind.
Ah Shui: “…”
"...What's going on?" Ah Shui, who had returned to Starport after the colorful ship successfully docked with the space station, looked confused and called the Star Navigation Competition Organizing Committee. "Is there something wrong with your data, or are the contestants just supernatural?!"
"If all the contestants were at this level, there would be no need to restrict the function of my starship's mechanical heart, right?!!! I can't even take a single shot from someone and have to dodge... You guys are making it so hard for me to take a single hit, it's truly embarrassing for the Director of the Star Navigation Department!!"
"This is an accident," said the communications officer from the organizing committee, wiping his sweat. "Please be patient. You can still save face when the next team arrives..."
Ah Shui: “…”
"Which team was that just passed by?" he asked doubtfully. "Based on mental strength, the strongest contestant among all the contestants is Lieyang from the Ming family... but it's clearly not the case! His mental strength far exceeds that of Feilun! And...wasn't that a mental resonance just now?!!"
For the fairness of the competition, the starships of all teams have the same appearance and the same spiritual power color in their eyes, but A Shui is really curious at this time.
"Sorry, we can't tell you the specific team names during the game," the communications officer said. "But you're right! It must be mental resonance! Our data here doesn't even show the opponent's mental energy level..."
The silver starship has completed the information transmission of Star Port No. 2 and turned around and set sail again.
"Let's take a shortcut!" Under the resonance of mental power, Mingyu was already sweating all over, and his breathing began to become obvious, but the electronic pen in his hand was held very steadily.
"Let's go this way...to Space Station Three!"
"It has been detected that a participating team is approaching Space Station No. 3. Gatekeepers, please prepare for battle!" Inside the starport, Albin, captain of the first squad of the Third Legion, smiled when he heard the instructions coming from the communicator.
He boarded the starship and couldn't help licking his lower lip, revealing a little black spot on the tip of his lip, like the markings on a poisonous snake.
Albin looked at the information displayed on the communication bracelet and whispered, "Another person has come to my door."
"I don't know... which team it is."
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