34: Chapter 34 The Suppression of Fate!! Roland Saint Sylvester

"Hum—!"

The holographic screen in the flight simulation center suddenly zoomed in, focusing on the remaining fighter jets piloted by Chen Jingyi and Luo Lan.

A dark swarm of unmanned attack drones was released from the carrier fighter, while the main vessel quickly retreated into the cover of the asteroid belt. At the same time, several engineering drones, shielded by the attack drones, scattered out, emitting tiny specks of light amidst the silent asteroid cluster.

"Holy crap! Is this number of drones too exaggerated? It's so dense; do Hummingbird-class carrier fighters even have that many drones?"

"Look! Chen Jingyi's engineering drones are assembling. Another attack drone is ready."

"She's dismantling our crashed jets to assemble them! So realistic! But they're endless; how are we supposed to fight this? No wonder my dad says that in places with abundant resources, the Chen family is monstrous—even more terrifying than the Zerg Swarm!!"

The students' exclamations rose and fell, and they all stood on their tiptoes, staring at the big screen.

The drones were seen splitting into dozens of small squads, forming a three-dimensional encirclement from all directions—above, below, left, and right. The light of the particle cannons poured down like a rainstorm, and the ballistic trajectories were so dense that there was almost no gap at all.

The drones' attack was not a simple targeted strike but rather used array combinations to cover the current position of the Dawn fighter and multiple predicted paths within the next three seconds.

From a third-party perspective, this was simply an encirclement battle with no suspense. Luo Lan's fighter seemed trapped in a giant golden web, with absolutely no room to evade.

But the next second, everyone's exclamations stuck in their throats.

Facing the airtight attack, the maneuvers of Luo Lan's Dawn fighter were eerily heart-stopping, as if he had predicted Chen Jingyi's attacks, always appearing in positions that defied all predictions.

Clearly, Luo Lan had accelerated, predicting he would charge forward to break through, yet he performed a reversal and ran; the path ahead was blocked by gunfire, predicting he would turn or decelerate, yet he slipped through the very instant the firepower swept past; and when Chen Jingyi noticed this and covered the area against the prediction, Luo Lan's path aligned with normal maneuvering strategies again.

In short, frustrating! Frustrating! Extremely frustrating!

And also—he couldn't be hit! He couldn't be hit! He just couldn't be hit!

The watching students were almost coughing up blood; one could imagine how frustrated Chen Jingyi must feel now.

"What the hell! What is this? Is he using a wallhack?"

"I heard that such an eerie trait only exists with the Great Prophecy Art. Don't tell me Luo Lan knows the Great Prophecy Art!!!"

"If it were the Great Prophecy Art, people from the Holy Alliance would have already killed him. I remember during the entrance test, it was clearly stated that Luo Lan's family talent is the Heavenly Drive!"

"Everyone knows the Heavenly Drive; it's just an intelligent auxiliary AI plus full piloting mastery. How could it achieve this effect? It must be the Alliance's protective measures!"

The students watched, dumbfounded, rubbing their eyes, suspecting they were hallucinating. Luo Lan's fighter was seen weaving flexibly through the network of fire like a fish, perfectly avoiding the dense ballistic trajectories.

Not a single attack managed to hit him the entire time!

Just as the students were discussing, a sudden change occurred on the battlefield. Two brand-new carrier fighters were seen moving slowly behind an asteroid. The three carrier fighters linked up, the number of drone swarms doubled, the density of the firepower coverage upgraded again, and countless ballistic trajectories intertwined, forming an even more airtight net of fire.

"It's Chen Jingyi's [Daoyan Military Nexus] talent! She can actually assemble carriers on the spot!"

"Three carriers! This firepower is enough to flatten the asteroid belt!"

"Luo Lan surely can't dodge this time, right? Even with the best luck, he can't withstand such dense attacks!"

But Luo Lan's performance refreshed everyone's understanding once again.

Facing the doubled firepower blockade, his fighter remained calm and composed, handling it with ease, and even slowed down.

The sense of eeriness grew stronger! Prediction error! Prediction error! Still a prediction error!

"Great Prophecy Art! It's definitely the Great Prophecy Art. If not, I'll wash my hair standing on my head!"

"Great Prophecy your grandpa's Great Prophecy Art. Have you ever even seen the Great Prophecy Art? Still going on about the Great Prophecy Art!"

"Is this our Yanlong Alliance's Heavenly Drive? Truly terrifying!"

The students' exclamations rose and fell. Luo Lan's fighter was seen avoiding attacks while constantly using the Ephemera Cannon array for precise shots, each one shooting down a drone.

Time ticked by, and this peak confrontation lasted for a full hour.

Inside the flight simulation center, everyone watched with bated breath, not daring to take a full breath. On the holographic screen, the originally dense drone swarm had suffered over 90% attrition, with only a few lingering on;

The energy of the three carrier fighters was on the verge of exhaustion, shield values had dropped below 10%, firepower output had weakened significantly, the once airtight net of fire had developed massive gaps, and the carrier's core energy chamber was completely exposed to Luo Lan's view.

Just then, Luo Lan's fighter suddenly accelerated, charging toward Chen Jingyi's main fighter. His speed was extreme, instantly breaking through the final line of drone defense, and at the very moment the carrier's main cannon was about to fire, he dived beneath the muzzle of the main cannon.

The Ephemera Cannon array fired simultaneously, and countless particle beams, like a golden waterfall, struck the carrier fighter's core energy chamber.

"Boom—!"

"Simulated unit destroyed. Eliminated."

The mechanical notification sound rang out; this peak confrontation, which had lasted for an hour, finally ended with Luo Lan's victory.

"He won! Big Brother Luo Lan is too awesome!"

"An hour of dogfighting, completely unscathed throughout; this operation is simply god-like!"

"Chen Jingyi is also very impressive, controlling three carriers and thousands of drones simultaneously. If she couldn't win even with that, it can only be said that Big Brother Luo Lan is too strong!"

The students gathered around Luo Lan's cockpit, their eyes filled with admiration.

On the other side, the door to Chen Jingyi's cockpit was slammed open with a "bang." Her eyes red, she stormed out, ran straight to Luo Lan, and just stared at him without saying a word.

Luo Lan had just stepped out of the cockpit. Looking at Chen Jingyi, he reached out and gently ruffled her hair, his tone flat yet carrying a hint of imperceptible comfort: "You performed well."

A simple sentence, yet it seemed to possess magic; Chen Jingyi's anger instantly dissipated by more than half. She looked up, meeting Luo Lan's indifferent yet serious eyes, but stubbornly turned her face away: "Next time, I will definitely beat you!"

"Okay." Luo Lan nodded gently, not saying anything more.

...Halftime break.

The naturally sociable Elia, using the excuse of asking for advice, pulled Chen Jingyi and Laya into a corner to whisper, managing to extract quite a bit of information.

Luo Lan St. Sylvester, a scion of a military family, a descendant of heroes from the Zerg Tide war.

Talent—Heavenly Drive. Full equipment mastery.

The old man in the ring he came with—an all-around auxiliary intelligent AI.

AI Nemesis—can calculate and pre-simulate flight trajectories and the movement paths of AI-based equipment. And it is processed with the assistance of the auxiliary AI.

It is the natural early-stage nemesis of Chen Jingyi's Daoyan Military Nexus talent. Daoyan Military Nexus can grant intelligence to equipment it touches or produces, thereby achieving the terrifying proliferation of "the Dao gives birth to one, one gives birth to two, two give birth to four," but in the end, it is still AI, and it is suppressed completely.

The two families are old friends; usually, in the early stages of sparring, those from Chen Jingyi's family would be suppressed. However, when dragged into the late game, once the controlled equipment exceeds 100, surpassing the processing capacity of the Heavenly Drive, they can reverse the situation and win.

But Luo Lan is different. Not to mention 100, this time she had thousands, yet she still couldn't win, and was still suppressed completely!!

"His talent must have a secret." Chen Jingyi clenched her fists; the usually stoic girl actually ignited with a burning fighting spirit at this moment: "I will definitely dig out your secret."