Chapter 161.2 Unforeseen development
Editor: Jodi
In the distant starry expanse, among countless shimmering stars, eight emitted pulsing cyan lights, the lights flickering rhythmically, as if breathing, then suddenly, the cyan glow of one of the stars grew brighter and brighter, its cyan halo continuing to expand until it exploded, revealing the massive body of a zerg within it.
Then with a whoosh, a pair of translucent wings unfurled violently, an action that seemed like a signal, because countless red dots began to light up one by one in the darkness, the red lights growing more and more by the moment, forming what looked like a red sea of stars that one couldn’t see the end of. However if someone were to see this scene at this time, they would definitely recognize that these red river of stars that were packed densely together were countless zergs, and that each one of them was above level six.
The cyan zerg took flight swiftly, its front claws intersecting in the void, creating a distortion that opened a wormhole just large enough for it to enter, and diving headfirst, it flew through, then the red river of stars also followed suit slowly, entering the wormhole. Then the starry sky returned to silence after the last red light vanished. However this quiet didn’t last long as a second cyan star exploded into activity…
Almost at the same time, a black wormhole appeared quietly outside Planet H-33. It was small and so didn’t attract the attention of the planet’s defense forces immediately, and on the opposite side of the very same planet, was a massive aerial fortress that was hovering outside the atmosphere on which mechs and battleships were taking off and landing frequently.
A team of soldiers in dark uniforms disembarked from a battleship that had just landed, each with faces that were brimming with joy.
“Old Three, looking so happy, you must have k*lled a lot of zergs this time, right?” A soldier who had just come down from another small battleship asked with a smile.
“Not many, just ten level six zergs.” The person who was called Old Three laughed.
“Ten? Then you’ve earned a million today.”
“Zergs are being k*lled in such large numbers lately that the conversion rate for military merits is dropping. I’ll probably get around five to six hundred thousand, not a million.” Old Three sighed.
“That’s still not bad. I only managed to kill one level six zerg this time.”
“How come only one?”
“Don’t even mention it. I had just k*lled a zerg when the alarm of my mech went off, saying that there was a malfunction in the power system. With the high morale among the soldiers, the mech builders are overwhelmed with repairs. I don’t know how long it’ll take before my mech’s power system is fixed.”
“Same here, I came back this time for mech maintenance too. I submitted a request on the battleship and the result showed that it’ll be about a month’s wait.”
The two of them looked at each other, laughed bitterly and were just about to find a place to drink, when a piercing alarm suddenly sounded.
“Attention all soldiers, attention all soldiers. In the northern part of the planet, at coordinates 098, 997, 334, a spatial wormhole has been detected with a large number of zergs having already appeared. All soldiers, please proceed there to provide support.”
The broadcast echoed throughout the fortress, playing the urgent message repeatedly, and all ships and battleships in the port, whether they had just returned or were already in flight, were now redirecting towards the specified coordinates.
The two soldiers who had just been planning to go for drinks instinctively ran towards the port only to stop abruptly when they reached for their spatial buttons to summon their mechs.
Their mechs were damaged and needed to be repaired.
And it wasn’t just the two of them, as at this moment, over sixty percent of the mech warriors in the fortress were facing the same issue – all their mechs had varying degrees of damage, and the repair center at the base was already overwhelmed with a backlog of severely damaged and inoperable mechs.
In contrast, the zergs that were suddenly attacking were numerous and powerful, and particularly notable was the leading cyan zerg, a mutation they had never seen before. And as soon as it entered the atmosphere, it opened its mouth and let out a piercing hiss, a hiss that sent out a powerful mental shockwave that knocked all the mechs that were attempting to get close to it down, including a level seven mech.
The person in charge of this fortress base was Sima Kuang, a level eight mech warrior, and seeing that no mech could get close to the strange cyan zerg, called for reinforcements from other planets while informing them about the space wormhole that had appeared and at the same time, piloted his level eight mech out, wanting to disrupt the cyan zerg’s mental shockwave attack.
Sima Kuang’s mental energy level was at the A+ level, hence he wasn’t fazed by the zerg’s mental shockwave as he flew straight into the range of it, and in the distance, the cyan zerg, also noticing him, narrowed its cyan eyes and turned to fly towards him as well.
The two – one man, one zerg – closed the distance in the air rapidly, crossed paths in a flash, and then separated, causing the attack shockwave that had been launched in space to dissipate at the same time.
However just as everyone was cheering, thinking that Lieutenant General Sima had disrupted the mental shockwave, Planet H-33’s most powerful mech was suddenly split into two, revealing Sima Kuang’s dark figure.
“Puff!” A cyan tail circled around from behind and pierced through Sima Kuang’s body in one go.
And Sima Kuang, his eyes wide in disbelief, tried to touch the sharp tail that was protruding from his chest, but was unable to do it no matter how much strength he used.
Then the tail flicked once more and tracing a beautiful arc in the air, flung his body directly into its massive, serrated mouth.
Sima Kuang, Lieutenant General of the Sima Legion, a level eight mech warrior, dead.
And then there was another loud hiss from the cyan zerg and then an onslaught, as countless zergs descended from the sky onto Planet H-33.
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