Chapter 427: Attack (2/2)
”What happened?” Ye Pang asked in a low voice.
”Captain, please … please look at this!” The monitoring officer put on a video feed on the largest holographic screen in the bridge.
On the holographic screen, against the dark background of outer space, a small swarm of unknown lifeforms were heading towards them.
Ye Chong had never seen them before. Each of them was like a sphere, enclosed with purplish black armor plates, with an eye on each plate. It was an eerie looking lifeform. The eight purplish black spheres flew in a straight line across the dark space at high speed.
Just then, the unknown lifeforms seemed to have noticed their starship as well. On the holographic screen, each sphere extended its body from its balled up state, revealing a long, flat body. The sides of the body were lined with horrific looking blades. On the head of each creature were two large feelers.
These lifeforms directed their course towards the ship.
Ye Pang suddenly frowned . ”Check their speed!”
”They're … They're at Mach 15!” The monitoring officer stuttered. Ye Pang's expression turned grim instantly. The rest of them were all still finding it hard to believe.
How fast was Mach 15? Shockingly, terrifyingly fast! In fact, there were hardly any mechs that could achieve this speed. Starships, on the other hand, fared much worse, especially one like their transport ship.
These unknown lifeforms were rapidly approaching their starship.
On the holographic screen, it was even possible for everyone to see the slight vibrations of the two feelers on the foreheads of these creatures.
”Could it be?” Ye Pang muttered to no one in particular.
The seven creatures stopped their approach about 20 kilometers away from Darvill, and began to circle around the ship.
Ye Pang could no longer keep his composure, looking even more grim. ”This is bad! They must be scouts of some kind!”
”What do we do?” Ye Luo was already panicking like mad.
”Sigh, we can do nothing. We have no combatants onboard this ship. All combatants were already deployed to assist Ye Yin. This ship is also not a warship. I can do nothing to them!” Ye Pang sounded profoundly helpless.
”Do we need them gone?” Ye Chong finally broke his silence.
Ye Pang took a glance at Ye Chong, and nodded. ”If they are scouts for a larger swarm of creatures, we'll be in big trouble if we don't get rid of them! The rest of the swarm might come down on us!”
”Alright! Then I'm heading out!”
Ye Chong took out Feng Su's dimension keystone from his bag and passed it Feng Su. He said to her with an undefiable voice, ”You're going with me.”
Feng Su accepted her dimension keystone and quietly agreed. She knew that the only ones with real battle experience on this ship were this cold, apathetic young man and herself. Guardian might be a powerful mech, but it could hardly travel in outer space.
Ye Pang felt a glimpse of hope, but felt worried as well. ”We don't know how dangerous these creatures are, you …”
”We're heading off to prepare ourselves.” Ye Chong cut him off and turned away to leave the bridge. Feng Su immediately followed him.
Rui Bing bit her lips, watching Ye Chong leave without stopping him. She understood that Guardian would only be a burden in outer space.
Ye Chong and Feng Su were weathered combatants, and they were quickly done with preparations.
”A Phoenix class mech!” Everyone in the bridge was surprised. No one imagined that such a fragile looking beauty would be one of the elites of their enemy, the Xi Feng Tribe! Ye Pang, however, looked like he had guessed as much.
When Han Jia appeared before them, everyone gasped again in admiration! Han Jia's beauty was a marvel to behold!
”Configure your comms!”
”Comms configured!”
”Begin mech assessment!”
”Mech assessment complete!”
”All the best. Prepare for launching. In five, four, three, two, one. Launch!”
Two hatches slid open.
As all eyes watched nervously on the holographic screen, two mechs with their engines ready dived into the vast outer space like two brilliant comets!