Chapter 246 (2/2)

It was not the stars that were flying, it was the whole space turning upside down!

The stars rapidly faded from the sights of everyone onboard the station, as if the whole world was spinning about wildly. It was the very land that they stood on that was spiralling out of control. It did not take long for the elven mage to register what was going on and quickly ordered two of his personnel to go up to the dome hoop to see what was going on. (The cameras outside the wall had been destroyed by the explosion.) The two personnel quickly flew up to the top of the dome, and with quavering fear they reported.

“Part of the propulsion system is still intact! It’s now activated! It’s pushing the Dawnbreak Island away from the sun!”

“The island is rolling! All the other propulsion units are out of control!”

“It’s heading towards the Isle of Radiant Light!”

At the same time, the snow screen or static started forming over the shield that was close to completion, and it was growing rampantly. It seemed that something in the dome’s energy distribution system had gone wrong and the energies from the shield generator were being drained and diverted to the ruined propulsion systems!

“Inform the command tower,” the elven mage quickly ordered. “Turn on the propulsion on the opposite side! Decelerate the island! Set the artificial gravitation system to automatic. That will ease the tremors! And, we will need to figure out how to shut down that damned propulsion unit!”

“Command has responded!” the communications officer yelled. “Where to?”

The island, under its one-way propulsion, was quickly rolling away from the island chain. At this point, the propulsion unit had yet to reach its maximum output, and if they did not stabilise the island now, there was a risk of the island being overcome by massive earthquakes and disintegrating altogether.

The propulsion units on the other side of the island could potentially stave off the acceleration, but if the units were to accelerate in the same direction, there was a risk of it crashing against neighbouring islands. Conversely, pushing them in the opposite direction would make too strong, which may result in the artificial gravitation system overloading and tearing the island apart. This was the conundrum that the elven mage was in, either option would result in massive destruction and carnage.

He could not make the call.

“Her Majesty’s orders!” a communications offer suddenly yelled, “no harm is to come to other islands. Let the Dawnbreak Island roll in place!”

“But, this will result it its’ rapid disintegration!” The mage exclaimed.

“Her Majesty’s instructions! All gates into the Royal District have been opened. All elves are to evacuate to the Royal District! Even if the island comes apart the Royal District will survive! It has it’s own indepedent walls and shielding. It will be able to hold out until other islands come to the rescue. All emergency support teams are to only stay for 24 hours! After 24 hours, if the propulsion system cannot be shut down, or if it comes apart, all teams are to abandon post and evacuate!”

“We are abandoning Dawnbreak Island?!”

“This is Her Majesty’s orders! At least, we can preserve our lives and not affect other islands!”

The mage gritted his teeth as he looked at the raging inferno outside the walls. “This is the home of my ancestors… It can’t be helped! We need to shut down the propulsion system at all cost or our home will be done for!”

“The control system is offline! We are using the backup power source! If that gets cut, the whole dome will shutdown!”

“Then blow that bloody thing till kingdom come!” There were veins popping in the magister’s eyes. “What about our corvettes?! Bomb the bloody thing with a salvo or two! At most, we will have a damn crater to deal with, which is better than the whole island coming apart!”