Chapter 430: Back to the Wall (1/2)

Chapter 430: Back to the Wall

Translator: EndlessFantasy TranslationEditor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Ye Chong spent most of his time watching the many, many battles that unfolded on the holographic screen on the starship. There were not many mechs and starships in the free space zone, hence there was not a lot of energy cells in storage. Ye Pang had already brought along all the energy cells from Serbe. Now, they could only watch as the war waged on.

The war was shockingly violent!

The Gateway's entrance was very narrow, a natural landscape for defense. That was why they were able to hold the line so far.

From the narrow entrance, swarms of the unknown lifeforms would emerge from time to time. They never came in large numbers, they never seemed to stop coming either. From the beginning, the number of unknown lifeforms that had emerged from the entrance had never diminished, showing no signs of exhaustion from the other side. This was a constant worry for everyone around, afraid of what would happen in the long run.

Their own forces were weakening as the days passed by. Heavy casualties would follow every time enemies were successfully terminated. However, no one backed down. Everyone knew that the narrow Gateway was the only reason they were still alive, and not consumed by the unknown lifeforms.

There was nothing else to do but fight on. Ye Yin looked terribly grim. He could not find a way out of their predicament.

Jenny Ye looked at Ye Yin's grim expression beneath his long hair, sympathizing his situation. She consoled him softly, ”Look at you, you look so gloomy that it's going to rain soon. Don't worry too much. Here, drink this.” She passed a thermos over to Ye Yin.

Ye Yin saw that it was Jenny, and his eyes flickered warmly. He agreed and took the thermos from Jenny, finishing all the soup in it.

Jenny Ye watched lovingly as Ye Yin drank his soup with concentration, but her heart ached for him. This man whom she loved, he was shouldering to much unwanted burden! Beneath his handsome but cold exterior was a heart that was only human.

”What're you thinking?” Ye Yin asked suddenly. Now that the soup was finished, he watched her closely.

Jenny blushed slightly. She pulled the thermos out of his hands and feigned nonchalance as she said, ”Nothing much. Yin, don't give yourself too much pressure! You're doing your best, no one will blame you.”

Ye Yin said nothing, only watching Jenny Ye quietly.

”What is it?” Jenny Ye saw that Ye Yin was in a faze. She shook her tiny hand before his eyes a few times, saying with mock anger, ”What are you thinking? How could your mind go wandering while talking to me?”

”Oh. I'm thinking, I will definitely bring you home! Definitely!” Ye Yin said this with unyielding resolution.

Anyone could see that the war was not favoring the Ye Family. Their combat forces continued to diminish. Almost every round of battle would end in deaths on their side. Seeing their own die before them continuously was a heavy blow to their morale. One could frequently hear people sobbing in the middle of the night. They were at their lowest point in spirit.

Nonetheless, the immediate problem presented to them was a practical one - energy cells! The free space zone did not have production factories for energy cells. Their energy cells were running out. Once they used them up, all the mechs and starships would turn into useless metal bulks, and the war would be over.

Dozens of unknown lifeforms emerged again from the Gateway's entrance.

The mechs that were guarding the entrance immediately went forward to fight them.

30 mechs formed a standard combat squad. Five mechs accelerated abruptly, leaving formation and heading towards the unknown lifeforms. When they were close enough, they suddenly split up and headed off into five different directions.

The creatures immediately pursued the five mechs like they were hunting their favourite prey, splitting off into five groups. The decoy mechs were all flown by the best mech pilots. They traced five beautiful arches across the starry sky like the stamen of a flower. Then, they each flew past a group of five mechs, and the creatures plunged straight into the surrounding formation of the five mechs.

The suspenseful close range battle began!

The strength of the Ye Family's mech pilots were thus fully demonstrated. Mechs and creatures rushed towards each other like medieval knights in a joust. When the moment of impact arrived, however, the mech pilots of the Ye Family could always execute the appropriate evasion moves and deliver the fatal blow to these unknown lifeforms.

However, the creatures were also terribly capable of retaliating. Despite bearing audience to similar fights for numerous times, Ye Chong still find them shocking. The creatures could move their heads deftly, and their strong teeth would always leave deep bite marks on mechs.

These creatures, which they had called crustalades, had very strong exoskeletons. The purplish black shell plates on them shone with a metallic glimmer. They had six pairs of wings. Their bodies were flat and short, measuring about three meters long. Their heads could move around flexibly, and their teeth were strong enough to bite through certain kinds of metal. The crustalades were very sensitive to metals. According to research, their hard armor plates had a high metal content. Hence, their armor plates were very strong, and well suited for self defense. Their shell plates would change, and even evolve significantly, according to the types of metal ingested.

Crustalades would fly up to Mach 12, about the same as the Ye Family's mechs in the main battle force. Since the creatures could also fly well, they were difficult opponents to fight against.

Now, most if not all of the creatures that came out of the Gateway entrance were this type of lifeform. The ones that Ye Chong and his group had encountered were never seen again.

The Ye Family's mechs lacked long range weapons, so they were forced to fight at close range.