Planet S36 is the outermost planet belonging to the Federation and an important military base for the Federation to defend against the Zerg. The person in charge of garrisoning here is Federation Admiral Sheng Tianxing.
Non-military personnel are not allowed to enter the military base, but when Sheng Heng was young, he would come here to stay for a period of time every year. In the words of his father, every boy in the Sheng family is a soldier of the Federation since birth.
However, Sheng Heng has not been to this place, a place he had often visited since childhood, for many years. Ever since his hand was accidentally injured and the doctor diagnosed that it was irreparable and he could no longer become a mecha warrior, Sheng Heng has never been here again.
Returning to this place again after more than ten years, Sheng Heng hardly felt a trace of strangeness. This planet, this base, and this starry sky were the places of his childhood dreams.
"Second Young Master." A young man in military uniform appeared behind Sheng Heng.
"Brother Zi'an." Sheng Heng called out with a smile.
The man's name was Qiu Zian, a college classmate of Sheng Heng's eldest brother Sheng Zhuo, and now he is also the deputy commander of the First Legion where his eldest brother is.
"The captain is on his way back. He sent a message for us to pick him up. Do you want to join him?" Qiu Zian asked.
"Brother is back? Go and pick him up. Is he in danger?" Sheng Heng took a step forward nervously.
"Don't be nervous, it's okay." Qiu Zian comforted him, "This time we went to the outer domain to wipe out the Zerg, the process was relatively smooth, but the number of Zerg exceeded expectations, resulting in insufficient energy supply, so we were asked to take over."
Planet S36 is the front line against the Zerg. Small groups of reconnaissance Zerg may be encountered at any time on the outskirts of the base. These small groups of Zerg are not a big deal if encountered on a normal day, but if the mecha runs out of energy, it will be dangerous.
It was because of this that Sheng Zhuo sent a message in advance to ask Qiu Zian to go over and take care of the situation in case of any accidents.
Sheng Heng relaxed when he heard that his elder brother was fine: "Can I go with you guys on the mission?"
"Of course you can." Qiu Zian said with a smile, "I heard from your brother that you are now a level 6 mecha warrior. The men of the Sheng family are born to be warriors of the Federation. Now that you can drive a mecha again, don't you want to be a soldier?"
"Of course I do." Sheng Heng said immediately.
"Then why are you wasting time talking?" Qiu Zian said.
Sheng Heng nodded heavily, followed Qiu Zian out of the base, then drove the mecha into the sky and flew into space.
Because it was just a mission, Qiu Zian didn't bring many people with him, including Sheng Heng, there were only five people in total. Among these five people, except for Qiu Zian who was driving a level 7 mecha, the rest were all level 6 mechas. But all the way to fly, Black Soul followed closely behind Qiu Zian's mecha.
"I heard from your brother that although your Black Soul is a level six mecha, it only has the performance of a level five mecha after being modified. How come it can fly so fast?" Qiu Zian asked curiously on the way.
"There are two systems inside Dark Soul, one is the original system and the other is the mimicry system. I am using the original system now." Sheng Heng explained.
"I see." Qiu Zian nodded. Before he could say something else, a notification tone requesting communication suddenly sounded in the cockpit.
Qiu Zian glanced at the source of the signal and answered it with a smile: "Captain."
A young man in military uniform who looked 50% like Sheng Heng appeared on the screen. This man was Sheng Zhuo. "How long will it take you to get here?"
"Twenty minutes." Qiu Zian replied.
Sheng Zhuo frowned and was about to speak when the screen shook. It seemed as if the place where Sheng Zhuo was was hit by something, and the vibration signal became unstable.
Seeing this, Qiu Zian's smile faded: "Captain, have you been attacked?"
"We encountered a small group of Zerg scouts, among them were three level eight Zergs." Sheng Zhuo said calmly without a trace of panic on his face.
"Do you still have energy?" Qiu Zian asked nervously. Wasn't the reason he came out to provide support this time because Sheng Zhuo and the others were running out of energy?
"The mecha's energy source is exhausted, but the battleship still has some energy left."
"How long can it last?"
"In fifteen minutes, I will try my best to get to your side and meet you halfway." After saying that, Sheng Zhuo hung up the phone.
Fifteen minutes? That means there are still five minutes to spare. Three level eight Zergs, let alone five minutes, can tear the battleship apart in one minute if they find the opportunity.
Qiu Zian opened the team's internal communication and said quickly: "The captain is under attack by Zerg in front. I will go to support him first. You guys hurry over according to the coordinates."
"yes!"
Qiu Zian was driving a level seven mecha, which had an already faster flying speed than the others. Once it accelerated, it immediately stood out and flew towards the depths of the starry sky.
Almost at the same time when Qiu Zian's mecha flew out, the mecha that had been following him also suddenly accelerated and rushed out. The mecha turned into a stream of light, speeding through space, and unexpectedly fell far behind Qiu Zian's mecha.
Qiu Zian detected that there was a mecha following behind him. He took a look and found that it was Black Soul. He was immediately surprised: "Sheng Heng, how did you catch up with me?"
"I'll help." Sheng Heng said.
"There are level eight Zergs ahead, which you can't handle." Qiu Zian regretted it now. He thought it was just a simple support mission and there was no danger, so he wanted to bring Sheng Heng, who had been away from the battlefield for a long time, here for training. However, he didn't expect three level eight Zergs to appear halfway.
Sheng Heng was only a sophomore, driving a level 6 mecha. He was no match for the level 8 Zerg. Even for experienced frontline fighters like them, if they were driving a level 6 mecha against a level 8 Zerg, they would need at least three mechas to contain it.
"I'm going to deliver the energy blocks to Big Brother." Sheng Heng said.
"Do you have an eighth-level energy block on you?" Sheng Zhuo is an eighth-level mecha warrior. If he can equip himself with energy in time, the eighth-level Zerg will not be his opponent at all.
"Yes, I am now equipped with an eighth-level energy block." Sheng Heng said.
Wow, a level 6 mecha equipped with a level 8 energy block is really luxurious. No wonder it can catch up with my speed.
"Okay, I'll go over there in a while. I'll hold back the Zerg, and you find a chance to board the battleship and deliver energy blocks to the captain." Qiu Zian arranged.
The two stopped talking and sped away at full speed.
Qiu Zian was the first to arrive at the battlefield. Although the Black Soul was equipped with high-level level eight energy blocks, a level six mecha was still a level six mecha. After a while, Qiu Zian left it behind.
When Qiu Zian arrived, one minute had passed since the fifteen minutes Sheng Zhuo mentioned. In the void, a silver-white warship was passively dodging, with a dozen huge Zergs chasing it from behind.
Among them, three Zergs were particularly huge, almost half the size of a battleship. They were waving their dark front claws and slashing at the fleeing battleships in front of them.
Qiu Zian was horrified when he saw this, and without thinking, he fired a particle cannon at it.
The level 8 Zerg felt pain and turned to look in the direction of Qiu Zian, but did not chase him immediately. Instead, it sent out a series of mental waves, ordering three level 7 Zergs to fly towards Qiu Zian's mecha.
Qiu Zian called out his melee weapon and was about to charge when Sheng Zhuo called again: "You can't break the Zerg siege by yourself. The battleship still has some energy and can fly quickly. Cover us and delay until the reinforcements come."
"Yes." Qiu Zian put away his melee weapons and at the same time turned on all the long-range weapons equipped on the mecha, and began to bombard the dozen or so Zergs from a distance, hindering their forward speed.
Qiu Zian's firepower bombardment did cause some damage to the level 7 Zerg, but the damage to the level 8 Zerg was not high. Finally, under Qiu Zian's continuous bombardment, a level 8 Zerg changed its target and rushed towards him rapidly.
"Be careful!" Sheng Zhuo warned.
Qiu Zian was on high alert and was about to distance himself when a strong mental shock wave suddenly hit him.
Qiu Zian groaned and his face turned pale.
He immediately opened the high-level sedative he carried with him and took it, but in the time it took him to drink the potion, the level 8 Zerg was already right in front of him.
With a "bang", the level 8 Zerg swept its front claws towards Qiu Zian.
Qiu Zian reacted very quickly and narrowly avoided the recoil of the particle cannon, but the outer skin of the mecha was still cut by the Zerg's front claws. The system test alarm sounded, and the mecha's forearm was seriously damaged.
Qiu Zian's face suddenly changed. If his forearm was seriously damaged, he couldn't be nervous. His mecha was a level 7 mecha. If he couldn't fight in close combat, long-range weapons couldn't break the defense of a level 8 mecha.
"Zi'an?" Sheng Zhuo's worried voice came from the communicator.
"Captain, I will cover you. You guys hurry up. Sheng Heng is right behind us. He should be here in another minute." Qiu Zian said quickly. As long as they can hold on until Sheng Heng arrives, the captain's mecha will be able to recover its combat effectiveness.
"Sheng Heng?! How did he get here?" Sheng Zhuo's face suddenly changed. How did Sheng Heng get here? The Black Soul is just a level six mecha. Wouldn't it be courting death if it encountered a level eight Zerg?
Qiu Zian was no longer able to answer and was desperately trying to stop the Zerg from approaching the warship. Sheng Zhuo no longer asked Qiu Zian about the situation and ordered the warship to move forward quickly. Only when they were safe would Qiu Zian have a chance to escape.
Sheng Heng was not far away from them. With one of them chasing forward and the other retreating, they soon saw each other's figures within their field of vision.
"Brother!" Sheng Heng subconsciously called out when he saw the warship with the Sheng family logo.
Sheng Zhuo's communication also came in at the same time. He didn't care for a long time and shouted anxiously: "Get on the battleship and give me the energy block."
At the same time, a ball of dazzling fire came from the dark soul's external vision.
"Brother Zi'an?!" Sheng Heng turned his head and saw that Qiu Zi'an's mecha had been surrounded by two level eight Zergs, one in front and one behind, with no way to retreat.
Without having time to think, Sheng Heng activated the particle cannon that Yan Hao had just installed on his shoulder, and fired two shots.
After a dazzling flash of fire, the Zerg that was about to cut into Qiu Zian's mecha was blasted back by a sudden cannon. The power was even stronger than Qiu Zian's mecha's particle cannon.
Is it the leader's star? !
Qiu Zian switched the screen and saw a completely black mecha of only level six.
Dark Soul.
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