43: The giant beasts on the battlefield

There was an incredibly handsome guy who tipped me for an extra update, so I decided to update one more chapter for him.

After learning that the Z25 Sentry Post was safe and sound, White Shark's spirits visibly shifted from sorrow to excitement.

Meanwhile, Xi Hai sat on the Bridge, staring listlessly out the window.

The scenery along the warp route was monotonous; there were no shining thousands of stars, nor silent black holes.

"Warp Drive Module cooling down."

Just before his patience ran out, a flash appeared before his eyes. The streaks of light finally transformed into a sky full of stars, and the slight ringing in his ears from the warp route vanished—the warp travel had ended!

"Whew—" Xi Hai had just exhaled the stagnant air trapped in his chest when a cold alarm suddenly blared on the Bridge: "Enemy Warships have locked onto our position!"

"Pfft! Cough, cough—" He choked on his own saliva. Someone was camping him!

Everything happened in the blink of an eye. Before the ships could react, attacks rained down—it was an ambush!

Alloy-forged warheads carrying immense kinetic energy ruthlessly pierced the Warship armor, scattering fragments like dust into the galaxy; torpedoes trailing long, thin exhaust flames expanded rapidly upon impact, exploding into artistic rings of waves.

"Our frigate has been destroyed!" "Our frigate has been destroyed!" In just one exchange, three FG300s were instantly destroyed, and the other ships also sustained varying degrees of damage.

"Unmanned ships, push forward!" "Deploy in defensive formation!"

At this moment, night lamp had finished collecting the battlefield data. Xi Hai quickly opened it, then gasped: the enemy had 39 Warships!

The number was twice as many as his own; among them, five were identified as cruisers!

What was going on? Who the hell would send five cruisers to camp him!

Watching another FG300 get blown in half, its internal gases leaking and fuel exploding, turning directly into a shining firework in the middle of the battlefield.

"Enemy identity identified!" "Identification code: Giant Stone Group patrol fleet."

"???" Fine, fine, it's that Da Wei Dai Er! Damn it, now I know who the enemy is!

I'll preserve myself for now, and next time I'll bring the fleet to crush them!

Xi Hai immediately commanded night lamp in his mind: "night lamp!" "Immediately deploy the 4 CAS066s from the folded space!" "Received." "Executing."

Afterward, Xi Hai turned to look at the Warship position diagram on the screen. He was shocked at what he saw! This warp travel had actually landed him right in the middle of someone else's fleet!

No wonder the fire was so dense from the start... Wait, in the middle? The middle! The distance between both sides' Warships was extremely small!

Watching the torpedo net on the radar getting closer and closer, he thought, No! It'll take a moment for the 066s to come out! This wave of torpedoes...

Xi Hai gritted his teeth, clenched his fist, and shouted the order: "All units!" "Unmanned ships, take the front!" "Bow facing the nearest Warship!" "Arrow formation, charge!" "We're ramming them!" "Use the enemy's Warship to block the torpedoes!"

"frigates, push forward!" "cruisers, increase distance!" "Watch out for enemy counterattacks!"

Orders were issued methodically from the "Rock". The moment the fleets met, the tense Giant Stone Group patrol fleet, like jackals that had been lying in wait for days, immediately pounced.

Deng Zhuo stood on the command platform, watching the dots on the radar disappear one by one. He frowned slightly. What was going on? The enemy's collapse was a bit slow, wasn't it? They were even organizing a counterattack? This wasn't the military level a newly registered company should have...

Suddenly, an anomaly appeared on the radar. The surrounded fleet formed an arrow shape and began charging toward a ZX-47 fast cruiser.

A desperate struggle? Deng Zhuo finally breathed a sigh of relief. At this rate, as long as they withstood this desperate counterattack, victory could be declared.

"Whew—" "It's basically over." With a sigh, Deng Zhuo suddenly seemed to think of something and instructed his assistant: "When confirming the results later, search for survivors as well." "Just the enemy Commander will do."

To be able to organize defense and counterattacks in such a desperate situation, and even get everyone to fight to the death! He became curious about the enemy Commander.

After giving the order, he thought for a moment and added: "Oh, right, have the communications ship reply to that order, saying we have basically defeated..."

Suddenly, the Radar Operator's panicked blaring interrupted Deng Zhuo: "A super-large unknown signal has appeared in the center of the battlefield!" "Size! Over 1000 meters!" "A battlecruiser!"

"Boom!!!!" "Boom————!!!!" "Clang————!!!!"

As the first leading FG300 slammed into the armor belt in front of it, Xi Hai's remaining 14 Warships collided one after another with this seven-hundred-meter cruiser.

The powerful thrust forced this poor ZX47 to flip over, turning its side armor toward the direction the torpedoes were flying—

"Boom!!" "Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom!!" A large number of torpedoes struck the cruiser, exploding into brilliant fireworks. On the other side, the thrust exerted by the 14 Warships exceeded the material's yield strength. The armor belt began to slowly bend inward, and the screeching and screaming from the metal deformation and tearing instantly reached everyone's ears.

"Target confirmed!" "Engaging." Just then, Xi Hai finally heard that heavenly sound—the four CAS066s began to intervene in the battlefield!

Dark space rifts were torn open, and the massive, silver-white hulls of the CAS066s slowly emerged, hovering over the battlefield.

Several beams of light from the star were blocked by those wide, thick hulls, casting a shadow over Xi Hai's flagship and bringing him a huge sense of security.

But for everyone else on the field, the feeling these giant ships brought them was very ominous—especially for Deng Zhuo, who had been holding victory in his hands just a second ago.

Those four giant ships just appeared there, and they were terrifyingly strong! No one said the enemy had a battlecruiser when we came here!!!

Just then, a heavy torpedo set to auto-targeting seemed to have caught the signal of one of the 066s and charged straight toward it...

"————" There is no sound in space, but the people on the battlefield had vision. That leaping arc of light tugged at the heartstrings of countless people.

When the arc of light dissipated, the silver-white armor was still shining, and those pitch-black muzzles—were already aimed at the enemy in front.

Instantly, a roar erupted in the Giant Stone Group patrol fleet's command channel: "All units, disperse!" "Retreat!"