Chapter 74: A Short Battle (2/2)
Everything seemed to proceed the same, as every time he had to evade the mechs that failed to detect the Cosmic Flare.
The blue-and-white mech’s speed did not change, flying at high speed towards Johansson. However, Johansson’s earlier maneuver a few meters to the side avoided the possibility of impact under normal circumstances!
The two mechs closed in, and the blue-and-white mech’s archaic lance seemed to have adjusted slightly in the mech’s grip, like an unintentional movement. Johansson was still focused on the photon processor’s scans.
As the distance between the two mechs reduced to less than a hundred meters, Johansson finally shifted his attention to the other mech. Of course, he was only preventing an accident from happening, however slight the chance was.
As he inadvertently scanned the approaching mech, Johansson suddenly had a little premonition, and felt that something was off. However, he could not make much out of it, only that it made him extremely uncomfortable, even though everything seemed to be normal!
The hundred-meter range took less than a second to cover for the mechs travelling beyond Mach 5.
The two mechs were about to pass by each other, seemingly without incident!
Abruptly, a chilling gleam closed in on Johansson. Almost simultaneously, the Cosmic Flare’s alarm for attacks roared to life! Johansson had his soul rocked to its core, as he reflexively lifted his left hand to block the attack with his plasma shield and retreated backwards at the same time!
Too fast!
That was Johansson’s only thought!
The Cosmic Flare’s plasma shield was only half lifted before the gleaming tip of the archaic lance breached past his mech’s left arm!
The Cosmic Flare was determinedly retreating, but switching the engines from the original floating mode to maximum speed required a finite time span. While the Cosmic Flare could still manage this quickly and negligibly under normal circumstances, the millisecond delay was fatal in the current encounter!
The dampened sound of a mech being punctured through was unfamiliar - the strong sense of splitting apart put Johansson’s mind to a halt, and immediately engulfed him completely in pain, almost suffocating him. Ironically, the pause in thought gave him a short window of extreme clarity!
A nimble figure flitted through his mind, getting clearer and clearer. He could not help but reach out with his bloody hands, wishing to embrace the figure that was all the dreams that he had worked hard for all this time! Fatigued gradually overcame him, as he coughed out blood from his mouth. His outreaching hands were getting heavier and heavier, and slowly, that unforgettable figure began to dissolve into a mist, as his vitality gradually dimmed, and vanished!
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At the base’s defense center, someone was seen running hastily towards it. Before he even cleared the security room, the person shouted with panic, ”Bad news, bad news, someone’s infiltrated the base …”
The defense center’s inhabitants exchanged looks amongst themselves, and began to laugh.
One of them, the leader, grinned. ”Old Li, that’s such a lame joke, someone infiltrated the base? Ha …”
Old Li continued anxiously, ”Eh, it’s for real this time, someone really infiltrated the base, even …”
Another one of them laughed, interrupting him, and spoke in a mocking tone, ”Oh, it’s for real this time!” He even emphasised on the ”this time” and, coupled with his silly expression, invited another round of laughter from the rest of his coworkers!
Old Li was blushing from his nerves. ”It’s true … It’s …”
One of the kinder members could not stand to see Old Li in such distress, and spoke up, ”Ah, Old Li, your joke really wasn’t top notch, you see, our security systems are doing fine, absolutely normal! If someone infiltrated the base, would it be so quiet on our side? Hoho, even if you don’t trust us, surely you trust the Ji family’s photon processor security system?”
The same person dragged Old Li by the arm, ready to send him out, and to get him out of his predicament.
Suddenly, a massive explosion was heard, and everyone froze!
Ye Chong satisfyingly watched as Johansson’s mech exploded right before his eyes. Under such circumstances, the probability of the mech’s pilot surviving was almost certainly zero!
With Johansson no more, and the base still ignorant of him, Ye Chong immediately thought of the red-and-silver mech at the lowest level of the basement!