217: Chapter 217 Vesta Arrives

Just as Gao Yuan was meeting the enemy.

At this time, the Triangular Crystal Creatures deep within the moon also emerged to cause trouble.

They began to devour each other.

They were preparing to pull off something big.

However, Gao Yuan had methods to deal with them.

The Superluminal Antimatter Particle Beams of the new-model mecha were ready; since the moon has no atmosphere, Gao Yuan ordered the attack to begin the moment they showed their faces.

Before these creatures could even fully form, Gao Yuan sent them on their way.

This time it was on the lunar surface, and Gao Yuan was well-prepared.

So, once those crystal shells were breached, Gao Yuan used his Protective Sphere to instantly wrap the creatures up.

Subsequently, these creatures were sent to the Academy of Sciences' biological research lab to begin being studied.

The battle in the airspace in front of the moon continued.

Exposed enemies were no longer so terrifying.

On Gao Yuan's side, not only were there numerous warships, but the fortress main cannons of the Moon Base could also be used.

The massive main cannon fired an Antimatter shell.

A giant hole with a radius of a hundred miles was cleared directly ahead.

Dozens of enemy warships were destroyed.

Unfortunately, the Microwave Array base on the lunar surface was destroyed by moonquakes and would be difficult to repair in a short time.

The fortress main cannons were much simpler to repair.

At this point, the fleet ahead had finished forming their array, and the Microwave Array began to sweep forward.

Soon, the enemy ships caught within it began to erupt in flames.

A few minutes later, they exploded one after another.

Those that didn't explode also lost their mobility.

Gao Yuan sent out the new-model mecha to tow these immobilized warships back to the moon to begin dismantling and research.

Now that the Future World could no longer be relied upon, Gao Yuan wanted to develop technology rapidly and could only rely on other civilizations to supplement it.

Having dealt with this wave of warships, the moon continued its flight toward Jupiter, its speed increasing.

Gao Yuan hadn't even thought about slowing down; the greater the speed, the better the impact effect would be.

After a month and a half of flight, the moon had reached the Martian sector.

At this point, a problem arose: the gravitational interaction between Mars and the moon caused the moon's direction to veer off, heading toward a collision with Mars.

The power of the Planetary Engines had been pushed to the limit, but the direction still hadn't been adjusted.

If the moon collided with Mars, the impact on Jupiter would be minimal.

This would cause Gao Yuan's plans to fall through.

So Gao Yuan had to make a decision now; by all appearances, it was too late to adjust.

The moon is a planet after all, and adjusting its angle is slow; however, the closer the distance, the stronger the gravity, making it even harder to adjust.

If the turn was not successful within three days, the opportunity to adjust direction would be lost forever.

Just as Gao Yuan was deploying all his resources to turn the moon, a turning point arrived.

A planet was actually moving toward them from ahead.

In the Future World, Gao Yuan had seen the event where Gao Qiu hollowed out Vesta and transformed it into a warship to crash into Mars and destroy the Development General Administration.

So, when the sensors showed that Vesta was ahead.

Mo Xiaobai understood that this was likely a counterattack from the Jovians; to stop him, they had modified Vesta in such a short time.

They were using Vesta to stop the moon.

Gao Yuan now had two plans: take control of Vesta and use it to hit Mars, pushing Mars aside so the moon would be pulled in by Jupiter's gravity.

Or have Vesta collide directly with the moon to push the moon toward Jupiter.

Regardless of the plan, he needed to control Vesta.

But at this moment, Vesta was crashing toward the moon; at this angle, it would only knock the moon back, and if the speed was high enough, it might even shatter the moon!

At this speed, the impact would occur in six hours at most.

Gao Yuan immediately ordered: "Aerospace Force Fourth and Fifth Battalions, Mecha First Battalion, set out for Vesta ahead; you must control Vesta within two hours!"

Immediately, two hundred warships and one hundred new-model mecha pounced toward Vesta.

When they were a hundred thousand kilometers from Vesta, the counterattack from Vesta began.

Tens of thousands of Laser Cannons began firing from Vesta.

Dense beams of light struck toward the Human Fleet.

The fleet immediately began to evade, and their formation instantly fell into chaos.

Watching this scene, Gao Yuan felt that his technological level was still too weak; what a pity there was no energy shield technology—if they had shields, they wouldn't need to evade Laser Cannons.

They dodged the first wave of attacks.

The Human Fleet continued to advance.

Hua Shen was the commander of the Fifth Battalion; after dodging the first wave of attacks, he immediately began to reorganize the formation.

Once organized, Hua Shen ordered: "Antimatter main cannons ready... Target Vesta, one hundred thousand kilometers ahead, fire in unison!"

Soon, a hundred Antimatter shells flew toward Vesta.

Countless miniature Swarm Fighters suddenly flew out from Vesta to begin intercepting the Antimatter shells.

Vesta was small and its interior had been hollowed out; if that many Antimatter shells hit, Vesta's shell would inevitably rupture.

Hundreds of millions of Swarm Fighters constantly crashed into the Antimatter shells.

However, the Antimatter shells had high-molecular carbon casings and strong internal magnetic fields! The explosions of those fighters could hardly destroy the casings of the Antimatter shells...

But there were too many fighters; if one wasn't enough, then a hundred, then a thousand...

Soon, an Antimatter shell's casing ruptured, its internal magnetic field became unbalanced, and an annihilation reaction began in the airspace.

Hua Shen initially thought the attack had failed.

But the next moment, he saw countless high-energy rays burst out in all directions; his own warships could dodge in advance, but Vesta was not so nimble.

Countless high-energy rays entered Vesta's surface; Hua Shen could even see the rocks on Vesta's surface beginning to melt into magma...

Under such circumstances, their Laser Cannon bases were surely destroyed.

Hua Shen's spirits lifted.

"Fire in unison again! Then prepare to advance..."

The Fourth Battalion also saw the success of the Fifth Battalion and immediately followed suit...

Soon, most of Vesta's surface was melted by the high-temperature rays, and the mecha battalion took this opportunity to land directly on Vesta, finding an entrance and preparing to enter the interior to seize control.

At that moment, robots began to emerge continuously from the magma; they held laser rifles and Electromagnetic Cannons and began to return fire at the mecha.

Seeing this scene...

Gao Yuan knew that he was not far from victory.

Those Jovian Creatures were like that; they always liked to turn all machinery into robots to attack at the last moment.

This also meant the opponent's cards were almost played out!

The mecha continued to slaughter those small robots...

But then, a huge crystalline creature suddenly emerged from underground, spinning and beginning to emit a special ray wave.

The mecha caught in the wave disintegrated on the spot...

Gao Yuan's face was grim; this trick again.

He had lost dozens of mecha, but soon, that crystalline object was destroyed by a Superluminal Antimatter Particle Beam.

By now, the enemies on Vesta had been cleared out.