Chapter 446: Inevitable War! IV (2/2)
Ye Chong's expression was grim.
The first one to notice was Sang Pu. Soon, like a chain reaction, a second person noticed, then a third person … Gradually, everyone in the meeting room noticed Ye Chong's grim expression. The lively discussion in the meeting room quieted down until it was completely silent. Everyone looked to the young man. Even the slowest of them had figured out by then that the situation was not as optimistic as they thought.
If it were anyone else, they would have thought he was worrying for nothing. However, this was their young teacher, whom they had revered as a God … No one in the Sang Tribe would doubt him.
Ye Chong watched unblinkingly at the holographic screen, unaware of the stares he was receiving.
Everyone else looked to the holographic screen that he was watching. Shown on the screen was still a purple gas cloud. They stared at it for a long time, but did not notice anything amiss.
Just then, Ye Chong spoke, ”Pu.”
”Ah.” Sang Pu paused at the sudden call, but quickly responded, ”Sir …”
”Did you see any bodies coming out from the purple gas cloud?” Ye Chong asked a curious question.
Sang Pu looked like he was recalling every detail of the event before. He then looked up and replied firmly, ”No, Sir. I didn't see any bodies coming out.”
The exchange between Ye Chong and Sang Pu attracted the attention of everyone else in the meeting room.
Ye Chong took a glance at Sang Pu, and asked, ”Do you think there could be more unknown lifeforms in the purple gas cloud?”
”Inside the purple gas cloud?” Sang Pu was surprised, then the feeling turned to dread. ”Could there be more of those creatures in there?”
Sang Pu's question caused the mood in the meeting room to turn serious.
Right then, Ye Chong received incoming from Mu. ”Ye, be careful, the purple gas cloud's range has extended to where we placed our laser beam guns.”
Mu's words sent a jolt to shock to Ye Chong. He abruptly looked up. The massive purple gas cloud on the holographic screen had indeed reached the area where they had placed their beam guns. The laser beam guns disappeared one by one into the expanding purple gas cloud, like they were swallowed by the massive thing.
Ye Chong felt dead calm right now. He quickly identified the key factors in play.
”Mu, make a comparative analysis on the rate of expansion of the purple gas cloud, for before and after our attack.”
Mu's reply was swift. ”The rate of expansion had increased by 7.67 times after the attack.”
”As expected! It's absorbing energy!” Ye Chong muttered to himself.
The exchange between Ye Chong and Mu was unknown to Sang Pu and others. To them, it seemed that Ye Chong was only in deep thought.
”Send some men into the purple gas cloud to investigate what's inside,” Ye Chong said to Sang Pu.
Sang Pu nodded in understanding. He immediately opened his comms channel. ”Sang Mu, send 50 men into the purple gas cloud, investigate what's inside. Any discoveries should be transmitted live back to base. If signals are disrupted, record your findings, but you must bring the recordings back. Understood?” Ye Chong had left all the actual commanding of the Sang Tribe to Sang Pu. When it came to battles, Ye Chong had a natural instinct, but this did not imply that he would be an able commander. Hence, he had never interfered in the particulars of commanding their forces. This was a fact that he had understood early on. It was best to leave some things to the professionals.
On the holographic screen, Sang Mu nodded. ”Understood.”
The 50 Collision mechs made up their first combat wave.
From their first wave of Collision mechs that were flying around the edge of the purple gas cloud, 50 Collision mechs broke off from the group. They immediately formed five squads and plunged straight into the purple gas cloud.