Chapter 393 Power of the Experienced (2/2)
This time, the aircraft finally returned to the ground and flew at a low altitude. This desolated planet was almost completely empty. It had no forests and no signs of life, and it was filled with stones and mountains. The only good thing about it was that its terrain was vicious enough. The three aircrafts took the same approach—stall for as much time as possible by using the obstacles in the terrain.
Boom boom boom!
Hundreds of mini DarkStar hovering ships were in pursuit, firing green colored low-energy laser cannons from above, chasing after three spaceships, and creating clusters of dust on the ground. The sound of explosions was nonstop, and the spaceships' shields were flashing from the impact.
DarkStar wanted to capture them alive. They did not want to destroy the spaceships as it would destroy the Secret Message Bead that might be in the hands of one of them. So, they sent out mini hovering ships that were less than ten meters long. The mini laser cannons had very low power too, good for damaging yet not destroying. Using speed and mobility, they would force the mercenaries to give up their spaceships.
”Split up!”
The three spaceships dashed past a black and gray colored menacing mountain, then suddenly split up and escaped in three different directions. Green lasers hit the mountain. With a loud bang, its peak broke and rolled down its hill, stirring up a cloud of thick dust. The hovering ships split into three groups as well, chasing after the spaceships.
The Sky Ring spaceship that Han Xiao was on was being chased by about a hundred hovering ships. However, unluckily, the direction that they turned toward was a plain land without any obstacles.
”This is bad!” Their faces changed.
The pilot was covered in sweat, trying his best to control the spaceship and dodge the attacks. The dust created by the green lights was like a fountain. The spaceship was able to dodge some lasers, but it was getting hit more often than when the three spaceships were together. The shield was flashing rapidly.
”Warning! Warning! Sixty-seven percent energy left in shield! Energy level entered the yellow warning zone! Please refill in time!”
”Energy core close to overload! Please cool down in time!”
A string of warnings was announced, like a hammer hitting their hearts.
The pilot's face was pale.
Suddenly, they saw Han Xiao walk out of the crowd. He walked to the pilot's side, pressed on his shoulder, and said in a confident tone, ”Stand up, give me the seat.”
The face of all the mercenaries in the spaceship changed. Changing pilot during the fight, are you sure‽
Goa stared at Han Xiao and said, ”This concerns the life or death of everyone here, do you know what you're doing‽”
Han Xiao nodded and said, ”If he continues piloting, the chance of crashing is ninety-nine percent. If I do, it's only thirty-percent.”
”You!” The pilot was outraged.
Goa stared at Han Xiao for a full two seconds, then nodded and said, ”Okay, you do it.”
The Sky Ring mercenaries were shocked. Even though they knew Han Xiao's capabilities, piloting a spaceship was completely different from fighting. In such urgent situations, no one would be willing to entrust their fate to someone whose pilot skill was unknown.
”If we carry on this way, in less than an hour, our ship would crash. Let him try,” Goa explained.
Although the pilot knew that this was a fact, he was unwilling to let someone else control his fate. After the expression on his face changed several times, he finally gave the position to Han Xiao.
Han Xiao took over the pilot position immediately. This time, Goa walked to him and said in a very serious tone, ”Black Star, our lives are in your hands… You must—must—be careful about this.”
At this moment, the mercenaries could only place their hopes on Han Xiao. Quite a number of mercenaries actually knew how to pilot a spaceship, but no one was confident that they could do it better than the previous pilot, nor did they have the guts to take on this responsibility, worrying that their mistake might kill everyone. This was a very large amount of pressure, and no one dared do it. Now that Han Xiao had stepped forward at this crucial moment, they could only hope that he was dependable.
”Black Star, you know how to pilot spaceships‽” Herlous said with surprise.
”I know many things. Do you know me very well?”
Han Xiao adjusted the control panels casually and easily.
Piloting a spaceship is nothing; I used to pilot mechanical suits!
Like the difference between a passenger aircraft pilot and a fighter plane pilot, one requires safety and stability, and the other requires complexity. The difficulty of piloting a mechanical suit was much higher than a fighter plane.
Han Xiao was someone who had horned his pilot skills killing other players in the galactic battlefields! Even in the entire universe, he was a top-notch ace pilot!
They suddenly heard an announcement from the system.
”Adjustment complete. Shield output decreased to 20%…”
”Have you lost your mind‽” the pilot yelled uncontrollably.
Everyone was shocked. Han Xiao weakened the shield as soon as he took over. The spaceship's defensive capability was largely decreased. If they got hit by attacks like earlier, the body of the spaceship would be damaged.
Was that reminder all for nothing‽
Goa was filled with regret. Just as he was about to yell, another announcement sounded from the system.
”All energy is being directed into the engine… complete.”
Han Xiao turned his head back a little and gave the people behind him a reminder.
”Hold tight.”
The next moment, the sudden explosive recoil tore straight through the internal gravitational stabilization of the spaceship—everyone staggered and fell down in unison.
The yelling that was just about to come out of Goa's mouth fell right back down his throat!