Chapter 431: Chaos Itself (1/2)

Chapter 431: Chaos Itself

Translator: EndlessFantasy TranslationEditor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Ye Chong carefully inspected every part of Han Jia. The prelude of war was haunting the atmosphere within the ship. Being a cargo vessel, because of its lack of proper defense mechanism, it would be a gamble whether if they could even pass the pathway. All forces had already been sent to the frontline, so nobody would be saving them, only they could save themselves.

The plan was to blast off with maximum firepower at one point and zap through the pathway before things happened. That would be far riskier since a defenseless vessel like Darvill might be crashing into clusters of Crustalades in the course. But they had no other option. The forces of the three aristocrats were subsiding drastically, the families could no longer disperse their military forces to escort the vessels.

Meanwhile, the crew members of Darrell were rather relieved of having a super fighter in their ship since that would simply translate as a likelihood to survive.

The entrance to the pathway was a narrow one. So, the ships must travel in almost like a queue, where one tailed the other. If it was not Xue Lai's achievement in the battle before, this massive evacuation would never happen. Xue Lai clan was far ahead of the other aristocrats, they had already hit the center of the pathway, yet countless Crustalades raided them and they were helpless, eventually succumbed to requesting help.

It took about 5 days for the giant fleet consisted of the 3 aristocrats to travel through the entrance entirely. Darvill was currently at the core of the fleet and passed through the tiny gap on the third day of the course.

Unlike the tiny opening before, the interior of the pathway was rather spacious, so the fleet could finally breathe.

It felt like another world inside...

The leading ship of the fleet was on full fire, as shower of beams clashed densely with the opposite.

A war had already happened!

The fleet was traveling sluggishly, as Xue Lai clan and Xi Feng tribe had teamed up to fight back on full force. Beams of different colors slashed through the wave of aggressive Crustalades.

The happening ahead was transmitted to the hologram projections of all ships behind. It was a stunning visual which people would stumble upon.

And now they finally could understand the reason the squad of each family had fallen, as they recognized the seriousness of the attack.

Xue Lai clan and Xi Feng tribe shone on this stage, for they had great technologies specialized in ranged attacks. The lasers sliced through darkness like a meteor shower, as they seared the purplish dark cloud of Crustalades.

The joint attack of two families might be impeccable but the number of Crutalades was overwhelming, that a handful of them survived even under the dense net of fired beams. Of course, they would not last when they reached the second defense line, where the Ye family was standing. The mechs of Ye family wielded a pair of iron fists, shredding the remaining arthropods.

Han Jia was hovering near Darvill. He did not advance forward, since he knew the frontline had already become a slaughterhouse. An additional man or two would not change a thing.

Han Jia, the skeleton mech was invisible in most detection systems, so no other ships had actually noticed its existence in the dark.

Looking at the fireworks ahead, Ye Chong could not help but to sigh, as finding his strength insignificant in this galactic battle.

HNNNNGGGG!

Suddenly, a Crustalade flew by, seemingly unaware of Han Jia.

It was heading towards Darvill rapidly!

Ye Chong could even see its jaw flapping excitingly.

Wait, it did not come for me?

Ye Chong was confused, but somehow the insect ignored him in fact.

Wait... does that mean...

Ye Chong had an idea. He wanted to test something.

Han Jia remained static like a piece of meteorite in the space, anticipating the arriving arthropod.

500 meters.

The course of Crustalade unchanged.

300 meters.

Unchanged.

100 meters.

Unchanged?

Ye Chong's speculation was getting verified. The truth was revealing.

3 meters...

HHNNNNNNNGGG...

Han Jia was completely ignored. The daggers were drawn, the shadow danced, then the insect was bisected as it passed the unseen. Do-Kun stone was still the hardest. Thought Ye Chong as he looked at the sliced phylum.

The wave of Crustalades looked endless. There were simply too many of them that casualties started to be heard of mechs from both Xue Lai clan and Xi Feng tribe ahead.

The force was weakening. The Crustalades within the fleet were increasing as manically they pounced upon the giant spaceships.

Their jaws were destructive as the metallic armors of the ship were scrapped like polystyrene. One ship was rather unfortunate to have been raided by over hundreds Crustalades, a nightmarish scene it was. A spaceship's armor was dense by nature, but it would only be a matter of time till every layer was torn and a rupture would occur.

Ye Chong could not help the other ships as Darvill was also surrounded by a huge flock of Crustalades.

His test had proven the fact that Han Jia was undetected by these hungry pests. That would be perfect as Ye Chong would truly be an invisible hunter. It would be assassination all over again.

The pathway was getting chaotic. The fleet had ceased, the spaceships were trying to catch up with each other, yet covered by the gnawing insects. The space had already been flooded with pieces of shattered mech and carcasses.

Boom! One ship had blown up as the space suddenly turned bright. The fleet panicked as the ships started clogging the course.

Crustalades were innately small arthropods but the fact they fed on metals was simply a horror. A few spaceships exploded next.

And there Ye Chong was, feeling sentimental of his helpless insignificance again. The only he could do was to protect Darvill at all costs. He might be able to walk past those vicious insects undetected, but that did not mean he would be safe at all time.

?!

And there he almost got hit by one of the debris from the spaceship explosion. The debris was visibly 1 kilometer long, Ye Chong could be crushed just because of the momentum conserved.

The place was chaotic, could be almost the chaos itself, that Ye Chong spent most of his attention span on the incoming pieces.

...(Darvill's Main Control Room)...

The members were alarmed as they scurried in the room, from one control panel to another, even Ye Pang the unshakable one began shaking a little.

Who cares about that magic mech out there anymore! We have an invasion to handle!

People were trying to minimize crashes with the other spaceships as the course had been utterly disrupted. They were fully attentive because a slip of the finger, a careless mistake simple could have killed the entire crew.

Well Ye Chong was relatively calm as he took cover within the giant Darvill under the heavy debris shower.

Tick!