Chapter 454 (1/2)
The fleet of Aerymian elves stormed through the bubble zone. These elves from another world did not feel a thing about the defenses of this world. Although they were nervous and highly alert at departure as it was their first ever real ‘interstellar combat’ mission, soon they found the enemy’s ‘air force’ was not worthy their attention. Only a few griffin forces and strange flying soldiers tried to intercept them from afar, but were quickly smoked by their fleet, and simply not a threat.
If it were not for Aerymian spacecrafts did not possess the warp jump capability and had to follow a fixed route by going through the gateways between the bubble zones, things could be a lot easier.
Of course, one important reason why they were able to fly through the bubble without much resistence was because the bubble zone natives were caught by surprise and did not know how to react. When the fleet entered the atmosphere, it was something totally unheard of in this world. The natives did not even know what it was. Only until the Aerymian spacecrafts forced the teleport door open under the guidance of the Petrachelys, the natives started to realize that it was a group of ‘enemies’. By that time, the alien fleet had already disappeared before them. With a large group of aliens suddenly flew by, beside being flabbergasted, what else could one do?
Near the fourth gateway of Cadeceus, soldiers neatly lifted their heads gazing into heaven, all were at loss. An elderly commander was heard muttering to his lieutenant, “What the hell are those things?”
“I have no idea. Just receive message from Senjin Plane, those steel monsters have just zoomed past their sky… just passing by?”
Similar conversations can be heard at many gateways in many planes. Wherever the Aerymian elven fleet went, it left behind a trail of awe and wonder.
Meanwhile, at the wreckage site, the makever operation was almost completed. A large number of gravity regulators had been installed various key points both inside and outside the spacecraft wreckage, creating an anti-gravity field that enveloped the entire wreckage. At least three gravity regulators were installed in each effective range, so that even if one was damaged the wreckage would not fall from the sky. After all the engineers left the wreckage, Hao Ren tested activating the anti-gravity system. It worked perfectly—a space fortress patched in rivets, super glue, cast iron bolts, wire ropes, and iron hoops.
Hao Ren and the others stood on the tower of the outer city wall of Helcrown, looking at the huge wreckage from a distance. The wreckage was several times bigger than even Helcrown. But as spectacular as it was, the state of dilapidation was hard to ignore. Vivian held a small bat and tossed it in her hand as she whispered. “Why I have the feeling that his thing looks even more broken than before the repair?”
Hao Ren facepalmed, thinking of his unsightly ‘engineering masterpiece’. He was almost reluctant to admit that it was a project under his auspice, but he put a brave face on it and said, “It’s just an illusion… most of the gravity regulators are inside. What can you on the outside?”
Y’zaks scratched his head awkwardly. “In fact, we do have a more advanced installation technique, but due to time constraint, we couldn’t produce the necessary brackets for the the gravity regulators… we could only improvise.”
Truly patriotic, the demon king didn’t not let the opportunity pass without promoting his local industries despite the difficult times.
“Well, as long as the things not fall apart before the the wreckage arrives its destination, that would be okay,” Hao Ren put up a dry smile, “We couldn’t afford to let the gravity regulators to fall off, misalignment of a few gravity regulators could have triggered a chain reaction which would wipe out half of the power.”
“Is that what your bat for?” Lily’s mind always worked weirdly and differently. She had been eyeballing the bat in Vivian’s hands for a while but managing to resist her biting urge. “Honestly, I’m confused…”
Vivian looked down at the little bat and said, “I’m just bored, but it’s for the same reason you chase and bite your own tail. Is that what your tail for?”
Lily suddenly said in a serious tone of voice, “If tail isn’t for biting, then why should I keep it?”
Everyone around: “…..”