Chapter 493: Changes I (1/2)
Chapter 493: Changes I
Translator: EndlessFantasy TranslationEditor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Yang Ming [1] panted heavily, drawing air greedily into his lungs. His arms hung beside him, trembling, and his fingers were white from overexertion. Around him were a few young people lying around.
Yang Ming was not skilled enough to repair mechs, but he could still handle structures that were not overly complicated. He was still young by all standards, but still earned respect from his peers due to being a student of Harrell the Great. Besides, being young was the norm in the fleet. One could see young people in almost every major department.
Yang Ming had also proven himself. As the main person in charge of the ship's structural maintenance, his track record had been immaculate.
”Passage 9 is shut. Maintenance crew, please enter immediately.” Yang Ming heard the announcement. His hands stopped shaking.
”Folks, time to move out!” Yang Ming sounded hoarse. He went to his comrades and patted them on their shoulders.
The exhausted young people opened their tired eyes, and struggled to stand up.
Yang Ming noticed their fatigue. He was feeling overworked as well. The war was not over, however, and so they could not rest yet. There were eight of them in charge of the starship's structure. With no one to support them, experienced maintenance crew members became heavily relied upon. They must repair the damaged mechs as soon as possible. The battle at the frontline may not even be as vicious as they had it here.
Yang Ming and the crew entered Passage 9.
It was a mess inside. Bits and pieces of the red-tailed beasts were lying everywhere. The air was heavy with the scent of blood. This was not his first time seeing this, but Yang Ming still felt a wave of discomfort.
At the same time, he felt more encouraged every time he saw this. Even his comrades were proud of their battle results.
”Heh, another three! I counted them. We got 11 dead on our ship, it's a big win!”
”You're too easy to satisfy. Just 11? I say, we gotta get at least 20!”
”Dude! 20? What's so good with 20? Of course we gotta aim for 30!”
”Haha -”
Yang Ming managed a smile on his face as he continued working, going through the structure of the passageway. The red-tailed beasts were strong, and their desperate struggles before they died could easily damage the passageway. They needed to repair all the damaged parts so that the passageway could be reused.
Ye Chong sat in Haskel's control room. On the holographic screen, the red-tailed beasts came in waves towards their fleet. As the lead ship, Haskel was their main target.
Ye Chong watched with a calm expression. He was not at the frontline of their battle this time, which was unusual. Given the scale of the battle, one man's strength was insignificant. In this entire fleet, he was the only one capable of commanding! Xi Qing and Shu were good fighters, but still inexperienced in battles of this scale.
The three months of games played against Mu and Shang were immensely helpful. Ye Chong could now maintain a calm composure as he studied the bigger picture and gave orders to his men, almost like a veteran general.
Battles that resulted from encountering enemies had always been Mu's forte. He could unleash the full potential of their available resources. This was something that not even Shang could do, much less Ye Chong. Even so, Ye Chong learned from both Mu and Shang, and he had been trying to emulate Mu's methods. If he did not improve himself, how could he expect to hang on until the end of the battle?
Unfortunately, he was short of hands, and limited in options for their means of offense!
This group of red-tailed beasts were cunning, choosing to focus on the starships that were the furthest out. They would wait for the right time and single out a ship to focus their attacks on.
So far, Ye Chong had lost five starships.
This strategy looked familiar! Ye Chong thought back to this one time during his games, where Shang had used this strategy to devour him completely. Ye Chong remembered the battle clearly. He had watched his own soldiers slowly destroyed by his enemies, and the helpless feeling throughout was unbearable. However, what Ye Chong remembered most about that particular game was not his sense of helplessness, but how Mu had managed to defeat this particular strategy of Shang's!
Ever since then, Ye Chong felt that his perspectives had widened even further.
The explosion from one of his starship's illuminated his features. Ye Chong decided to make some changes to his plan.
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Arwa was donned in neat military attire as he stood up straightly before Xiao Wan. He looked calm, but his eyes betrayed the gratefulness he was feeling. The Young Miss was finally looking invigorated!