Destiny Mission of game ‘Star Ring'

Chapter 1816 - 1447: Display 2

At this moment, over a hundred million Spirit Touchers swarmed in, flocking around each Dandelion Fortress like leaves. The neural circuits all over their bodies lit up, and they frantically poured power into the Dandelion Fortresses.In an instant, the Coral Fortress, the Dandelion Fortresses, and the massed Spirit Touchers formed a gigantic tree that burst into dazzling blue light. Thunder Light then flickered across it, and the whole thing turned into a colossal Lightning Tree!

When the radiance reached its peak, a sky-filling web of lightning swept horizontally toward the Star Ring City forces.

Crash~

One Mecha after another was brushed by it; the pilots inside saw only a sheet of blue light, and before they could react, they were reduced to ash in an instant.

Countless Mecha in the starry sky exploded on the spot.

One Starship after another was struck and instantly crippled, its entire armor charred black.

At the same time, weapon platforms shaped like beehives started to move out.

In the blink of an eye, they fired off special metal devices like sharp arrows.

Those arrow-like devices erupted with extreme speed as they were launched, streaking toward the Star Ring City Starships.

Ka!

The arrowheads easily pierced through the Energy Barrier, then punched straight through the Starship armor and embedded themselves inside the hull.

Immediately afterward, swarms of Spirit Touchers crawled out from within.

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For a time, the vanguard forces suffered disastrous losses.

But this didn’t dampen the morale of the various attacking formations.

In the command room of the Mechanical Empire vanguard main-force enhanced Star Destroyer · Thunder Eagle.

Vice Admiral Grellos stared intently at the battle.

The subordinate at his side reported respectfully, "General, our assault forces have taken heavy damage. The majority of our attacks are being blocked by the Shield formed by those Dandelion Fortresses. It’s very difficult to carry out long-range strikes on the firepoints behind them."

"Hmph, petty tricks, and they dare flaunt them before us? Pass down my order: load our Mechanical Empire’s special imitation Weapon · Titan’s Spear!"

"Yes, sir!"

The subordinates present all straightened up, answering at once.

Just as Grellos finished issuing his order, a formation of Level-5 Battleships surged forward into their designated positions.

At the same time, the Battleships and the Star Destroyer · Thunder Eagle all opened up special launch ports.

Long spears over three hundred meters in length, forged entirely from dark metal, with spiral spearheads etched all over with strange pictographic patterns, and their whole length crackling with black Thunder Light, roared out.

These Titan’s Spears streaked forward like streams of light, lancing straight at the Dandelion Fortresses that formed snowflake-shaped shields.

Spirit Touchers along their path tried to intercept them, but they were pierced as if made of paper, unable to slow them in the slightest.

In an instant, the Titan’s Spears slammed precisely into the snowflake Shields!

Boom~

The Titan’s Spears punched straight through the Energy Shield and drove into the central Dandelion Fortress.

The entire Dandelion Fortress detonated on the spot.

The solid shield wall that the Eternal Sleep Clan had erected was shattered one segment after another.

Not far away, when the Laurel Kingdom fleets saw the Mechanical Empire finally go all out, they stopped holding back as well. Launch ports opened across the line, and a torrent of missiles flooded out.

Mixed in among the barrage were numerous unremarkable gray missiles.

Once those gray missiles fell into the Eternal Sleep Clan formations, they exploded at once.

They spawned powerful gravity vortices.

Large numbers of Dandelion Fortresses were violently dragged off course and smashed into one another.

As for the Spirit Touchers caught in the effect zone, they were directly yanked into the immense gravity wells; those that couldn’t withstand it simply burst apart.

Likewise, the various nations of the First Birthplace all unleashed their trump-card Weapons · Burning Bombs, suicide-type CISD-01 mechanical flies, and more, hurling everything onto the battlefield.

They pushed the battle to a new climax.

By this time, Star Ring City’s Sixth Legion, Seventh Legion, Eighth Legion, and Ninth Legion—the four standardized Legions—were advancing in an orderly thrust.

Missiles poured out in wave after wave, as if they cost nothing.

On the command platform of the VI-star special Nest Fortress · Hakens, the V-type Heroic Level Spirit Toucher · Terren saw how unfavorable the situation had become. He raised his head and let out a strange roar; the neural circuits over his body lit up, and the entire Nest Fortress was linked and activated.

In an instant, Terren drove the neural network, severing the pain perception of countless Spirit Touchers and, at the same time, awakening their feral rage.

All across the battlefield, the internal neural lines of innumerable Spirit Touchers began to glow red. Their auras turned violently savage, biological activity spiking madly.

One after another they let out piercing shrieks and charged forward like lunatics.

At that moment, the Eternal Sleep Clan forces erupted with terrifying combat strength.

The conflict along the whole defensive front escalated sharply as both sides launched frenzied attacks.

Meanwhile, the Radiant City, the Kedora Planet Fortress, and the Dust Fortress were all frantically charging their main cannons and every secondary gun, like giants cracking their knuckles, ready to jump into the fight at any moment.

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On the Resource Star.

Su Mo and Qian Chengxue stood on the surface, looking out at the Immortal Blade undergoing repairs.

Qian Chengxue spoke to Su Mo.

"The repair progress isn’t very promising."

"Yeah, of course not. We’re short on professional hands. And we lack a huge amount of materials. All we can do is use spare parts to patch what we can for now."

Su Mo said to Qian Chengxue, headache written all over his face.

"Then what do we do?"

"Actually, we don’t have to rush the repair progress that much. Even though the Starship is in a damaged State, it can still fight. The real killer is that we’re out of ammo. That’s what’s giving me a headache—where to resupply."

"There aren’t many places we can resupply at right now, are there?"

Qian Chengxue asked worriedly.

"There are plenty of supply points, but very few that can handle a Starship as massive as the Immortal Blade. Only a handful. One is the Radiant City, another is the Kedora Planet Fortress, then there’s the Revalclus Base and Star Ring City. But given how things are, the Radiant City and the Kedora Planet Fortress are both on the main front. With communications in a closed loop, who knows where they’ve fought their way to. And if we go looking to resupply with them, there’s a high chance we’ll get conscripted on the spot. As for the Revalclus Star Base, the official stockpiles there are probably almost gone, and the supplies held by the various nations inside aren’t necessarily going to be given to us. Finally, if we choose Star Ring City, that’s basically the same as completely pulling out of this war."

By the time he said this, Su Mo was feeling rather unwilling as well.

"Lord Su Mo, your analysis is very accurate, but you need to make a decision quickly. We’ve just about finished resting here; staying any longer is pointless and only adds unnecessary risk."

At this moment Tilo walked over and spoke to Su Mo with cool-headed logic.

Hearing this only made Su Mo’s headache worse, but something suddenly occurred to him and he quickly asked,

"Tilo, do you have any good suggestions?"

"I recommend we head first to the rear outskirts of the Gray Mirror Star Sea · the Athens gathering and rest point. It’s the largest public rest hub set up by Star Ring City’s forces in the rear area, specifically to take in units that have been badly mauled and pulled back. We might be able to find a way to resupply the Starship there."

Tilo could tell at a glance that Su Mo didn’t want to withdraw from the battlefield, but also didn’t want to be forcibly drafted again, so she offered this suggestion.

After listening to Tilo, Su Mo pondered seriously for a moment and felt it was feasible. He didn’t hesitate any further and issued his order.

"All right, then let’s move out."

"Okay!"

Tilo answered without another word.

Not long after, the Legendary Level Star Destroyer · Immortal Blade lifted off from the Resource Star and sped toward the Athens rest point.

Inside the Legendary Level Star Destroyer · Immortal Blade, Su Mo and Qian Chengxue stood on the observation deck, staring at the distant starry sky.

Everywhere they looked were the remains of fallen Weapons, and their hearts were full of mixed feelings.

Right then, the electronic bracelet in Su Mo’s hand kept popping up notifications.

Su Mo couldn’t help but look down at it.

"Notification: Debris of Dandelion Fortress, ID ZL923222111, ownership belongs to Colonel Luo Qi."

"Notification: Debris of Wind Shuttle-class Starship, ID ZL923222112, ownership belongs to Lieutenant Dewelik."

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Qian Chengxue also noticed Su Mo’s bracelet constantly popping notifications. Looking again at the wreckage scattered in the distant stars, she asked in surprise,

"What’s this?"

"These are war loot allocation tags. While we’re fighting, any resources and wreckage you bring down belong to you. Even if you don’t have time to collect them, they’re still yours and no one else can touch them. After the war’s over, everyone scavenges their own share."

Su Mo gave a brief explanation.

"That’s a good system. This way we can focus on fighting without worrying about who the spoils go to."

Qian Chengxue nodded in agreement.

"Exactly. But there’s a downside too—if we lose the war, then it all vanishes into thin air. Of course, that’s also a clever way to fire everyone up."

Su Mo couldn’t help letting out a sigh as he said this. It really was a well-laid scheme.