84: The warships are gone? No problem, we can still fight!

(First extra chapter for donations, for the big boss da ♦ Huangqiu Tianzhi [1/2])

(In chronological order)

(Currently owe 11 chapters)

(I owe too many, I'm afraid I won't finish them by National Day)

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"They are going to ram us!"

Watching the small clusters flying rapidly on the screen, Xi Hai's pupils constricted; they were clearly a large number of Void Bugs clinging together!

No, that wasn't all; there were also a large number of plasma orbs mixed in. The dozen or so Shelling Bugs just now were deliberately distracting him!

"Attack source located!"

"It's behind the asteroid at the 9 o'clock direction, 98 bearing!"

"Close-in weapon systems are intercepting at full power!"

Rapid-fire cannons and pulse cannons instantly wove a dense web of fire. Most of the first wave of incoming bug clusters exploded in mid-air, turning into a pool of floating pus;

But the second and third waves followed closely behind. They flew straight through the fire web and slammed into the Warship along with the plasma shells responsible for breaking the armor, and then—they transformed into a surging Swarm.

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Consciousness had mostly recovered.

Gunnar moved slightly, only to find that the familiar gravity around him had disappeared.

He frowned. Wasn't he on the Warship?

A strong sense of dissonance forced him to open his eyes immediately, and then—he felt as if the sky had collapsed.

Where was there any internal structure of a Warship before his eyes? He was clearly floating in space right now!

Gunnar instantly broke out in a cold sweat.

He struggled for a moment, but other than flailing his limbs, his field of vision didn't change in the slightest.

He stopped helplessly.

"Is it ending right here? No!!!"

"Damn it, he had just found a boss for a super WAAAAAGH, and this boss had just promised to take them to do super WAAAAAGH things!"

"Right, is there anything on this super WAAAAAGH powered armor from the new boss that can help?"

Gunnar began to recall frantically—welding torch, Electromagnetic Rifle, combat knife...

"Wait, plasma thrusters! He remembered! This powered armor can fly on a planet's surface!"

Gunnar initiated the powered armor's self-check. Aside from some minor armor damage, there was nothing serious.

So, he directly activated the three main thrusters on his back— "WAAAAAAAGH!!!"

Then he experienced his first free flight in his life.

Suddenly, a black shadow appeared in his field of vision—that was the new boss's lancer destroyer!!!

Gunnar was stunned, then pleasantly surprised.

He hurriedly and clumsily began to control his posture, waving the steering thrusters on his limbs everywhere, directly starting to do backflips and spinning in place.

If life is the best teacher, then the will to survive is the most useful aid in the learning process.

Fearing that the black Warship would turn on its engines and just run away, Gunnar spent less than ten minutes getting the hang of operating the powered armor on his body.

A scorching red chain of bullets suddenly streaked across his vision. Had the battle started again?

He hurriedly turned his direction, preparing to fly towards the Warship, but just as he turned his head, a scene he would never forget appeared before his eyes—

Clusters of brown bugs, accompanied by eerie blue flashes, slammed hard into the side of the Warship above him—immediately, they scattered on the spot, turning into a surging Swarm.

He was stunned.

But the overwhelming bugs didn't seem to care whether he was stunned or not, because he saw a pitch-black hole blown into the side of the Warship, and a large number of crew members wearing blue powered armor like him were thrown out; he saw those bugs scrambling to surge into the Warship.

"Bzzt—" "They're in!"

A voice suddenly came through his headset, and Gunnar realized that he could seemingly hear.

Forget it! With his peripheral vision, he saw points of light already appearing at the rear of the Warship; it was about to engage its engines! If he didn't get there now, he really wouldn't make it!

Gunnar shielded his helmet with his hands, turned the output power of the thrusters behind him to the maximum, and rushed towards the lancer.

Soon, the Swarm noticed him—a small branch of bugs really couldn't squeeze into the Warship, so they separated from the main group to look for new targets, and the high-speed flying Gunnar was very conspicuous.

Watching the Swarm rushing towards him, Gunnar cursed silently that it was troublesome, unslung the Electromagnetic Rifle from his back, and fired a continuous burst of bullets directly.

Although these launched bugs had high toughness and hardness in their shells, they still followed classical mechanics. The moment the small bullets hit their shells at extremely high speeds, they naturally formed penetrations without any suspense.

Using three magazines, Gunnar finally explained a principle to these little bugs—that is, he didn't have extra time to play with them, and if they came to him, he could only "persuade them to leave," of course, physically.

However, after clearing this group of bugs, the ammunition for the electromagnetic gun was running low. Just in case, Gunnar drew the combat knife from his waist and held it horizontally in front of his eyes.

Bugs in the way? Chop! Fighting, exhilarating! "WAAAAAAAAAAGH!!!!"

He unleashed a roar full of fighting spirit—even if this roar couldn't be heard by the enemy—and kept accelerating toward the Warship.

Along the way, he slashed while flying; his body was already covered in yellow pus, and the combat knife was becoming more and more difficult to use; it must have been chipped.

Finally, only one hundred meters left!

After solving another bug blocking his way, Gunnar didn't throw its corpse away but grabbed it to shield his front, stabbed the combat knife firmly into it, held it tight, and then he adjusted his position and activated the engine's reverse thrust— "WAAAAAAGH!!!"

He and that bug slammed hard into the outer armor of that "lancer."

Under the huge impact, the bug instantly exploded into a cloud of yellow mist, and the overloaded combat knife finally broke into several pieces.

The only thing that Gunnar found miraculous was that, although he had slammed his feet onto the Warship's armor, the suspension system on his powered armor was actually fine—there wasn't even any impact damage!

There was no time to think about it. After turning on the magnetic adhesion function of his feet, he lifted his foot and walked towards the hatch, but unexpectedly, the walking mechanism of his left leg suddenly locked up for no reason. Gunnar, caught off guard, tripped and squatted down on the spot.

Was there still a problem?

Before he could figure it out, a force suddenly came from behind—a bug grazed past his back. If he hadn't squatted down, those sharp articulated limbs would have mercilessly cut him into pieces!

Adrenaline surged rapidly. Without caring about the palpitations of surviving a disaster, he stood up directly—at this time, for some reason, the walking mechanism returned to normal—he assumed a fighting stance, raised his fists, and stared closely at every move of the bug.

He saw it turn around, dive at him at high speed, and swing its huge articulated limb down rapidly— [ "Bang!" ] Then it suddenly exploded in mid-air, and Gunnar was caught off guard and got splattered in the face again.

Looking along the trajectory, it was a dark turret, and the barrel was still glowing red.

"Bzzt—" The headset sounded again. This time, it was an astonished voice: "Oh my god! Bro, who are you? So fierce? That is just too WAAAAAAAAAAGH!!!!!!"

Gunnar just politely waved at the turret and walked backward. He didn't know how to answer; he had to get back inside the Warship quickly!

But the voice continued: "Bro, although I don't know what super WAAAAAGH thing you still need to do, the Warship has already been occupied by the Swarm! Even the airlock is closed! I reckon you need to come back and change some equipment before going, right?"

Hearing this, Gunnar stopped his steps. The back? That hatch was very far away.

His gaze turned to a toolbox floating by his side, and a chainsaw slowly floated out.

He suddenly revealed a ferocious smile, turned on his microphone, and replied slowly— "Thanks for the reminder, but, your suggestion, I refuse."