Chapter 1531 - Bombing (2/2)

Hao Ren could almost guess the intentions of these war machines.

Sure enough, the six aircraft had flown straight toward the tentacle and began to drop bombs and fire at it. Fireballs rose before Hao Ren and his team heard explosions.

Of course, the tentacle would not sit still to be slaughtered. Hao Ren did not see how the First Born made the counterattack. He only saw three of the six aircraft suddenly hit an invisible wall and shattered in midair. And the remaining three aircraft responded immediately by pulling up at a nearly ninety-degree angle with astonishingly agility and speed while dropping the massive bomb hanging on the fuselage onto the tentacle on the ground.

A few seconds later, another aircraft hit the invisible energy barrier of the First Born and exploded in the air.

As the heavy-weight bomb fell, it released hundreds of glaring light balls followed by earth-shattering explosions and white-hot flashes.

It was not a conventional bomb. The moment the bomb hit the tentacle, a series of plasma ‘bubbles’ burst out, forming hundreds of light balls with a radius of up to 100 meters and high temperature that vaporized everything in the vicinity. After the light balls dissipated, hundreds of spherical pit were what was left on the ground.

The tentacle possessed some kind of energy field that protected it from the blasts, but it was still riddled with holes. Everything around the tentacle had been leveled to the ground.

The footage and images that the MDT had captured reminded Hao Ren of the clearing at the edge of the forest. It seemed that the patch of land had been bombed recently.

So, that explained it all.

After dropping the bombs, the remaining two aircraft did not attempt to stay in the battlefield but kept pulling up as they accelerated away as if they had achieved their mission objective.

The MDT floated up to Hao Ren. “Should I try to make contact?”

“Just track their signals.” Hao Ren shook his head. “Do not make contact rashly. It is hard to tell whether those in close contact with the First Born are immune to mental influence. Even if they are resisting, no one knows for sure if they are still sane. Extra caution is needed when dealing with this race. It is best to first talk to a few locals separately to assess the situation before coming up with a plan of contact.”

“Understood.” The MDT floated up and down. “Oh, I have intercepted their radio signals.”

“Oh, you do?” Hao Ren’s eyebrows arched. “Translate it and see what they are saying.”

“Translation in progress…” The MDT paused for a couple of seconds and quickly completed the decoding. “The radio content is as follows:

N-3 calling the Zenith. The bombing mission is completed. The hit rate is 72%.

This is Zenith. Roger that. Report the losses.

N-1, N-2, N-5, N-6 are down. N-4 sub-engine suffers damage. N-3’s side turrets are overloaded.

Return to base for repair and rearm to get ready for the next bombing mission.

Roger; performing climbing maneuver.”

Hao Ren blinked. “Is that all?”

“That’s all,” the MDT replied. “What else are you expecting? Have a rap session with the base? It is a typical radio communication during a mission.”

Hao Ren scratched his chin and said, “I know that. I was just expecting to hear more useful information. Now, we know at least that these aircraft are from a base called the Zenith.”