40: The posture of divine punishment, a dimensionality reduction attack!

Long Yuan's cruel and arrogant expression completely froze, shattered, and was then replaced by shock and absurdity.

His mind was blank.

This is unscientific!

This completely exceeded his understanding of the world's rules!

How could a ship fly?

...Natural Selection, captain's room.

"Wow—!"

Gu Nianqiu's small head popped out from Lin Mo's embrace. Her big eyes, which were full of tears just moments ago, were now wide and completely captivated by the scene outside the window.

She looked at the warships below, which had become like toy models, and her small mouth formed an "O" shape.

"Brother Mo... we're so amazing!"

Gu Zhixia was also completely stunned.

When Natural Selection truly ascended into the sky, looking down upon all the other ships, she felt immensely confident.

In this apocalyptic world, bound by the ocean, what did flight mean?

It meant absolute freedom!

It meant a dimension-reducing strike!

"Hold on tight."

Lin Mo's voice pulled the sisters back to reality from their shock.

He leaned back in the captain's chair, his expression completely calm, as if he had just done something ordinary.

His mental power was perfectly linked to the entire warship's fire control system.

His gaze locked onto the largest flagship below—flagship.

"Let's start with you."

Lin Mo's thought issued the command.

The next second, Natural Selection's bow, the energy beam module instantly charged.

A white pillar of light, hotter and more dazzling than the sun, tore through the air, carrying an aura of destruction, descending from the sky and precisely striking flagship's Bridge!

Just as the light pillar was about to hit!

Buzz—

A layer of light blue energy shield suddenly appeared on flagship's hull, like an inverted blue giant bowl, firmly protecting the entire ship.

Sizzle—!

The white pillar of light violently crashed onto the shield, erupting with a harsh sound of energy friction, scattering large arcs of electrical sparks!

Inside flagship's Bridge, a dazzling blue light flashed.

Long Yuan's pupils contracted sharply. A line of data popped up on the system panel in front of him.

[Combined Fleet Shield Value: 9900 / 10000]

"It... it blocked it!" Thunder Tiger shouted in surprise.

Long Yuan's face, however, remained extremely grim.

His proud S-Rank Talent had its shield value depleted in the very first engagement!

On Natural Selection.

Gu Zhixia looked at the sturdy shield below, her beautiful brows tightly furrowed.

"They also have an energy shield."

"Mm."

Lin Mo nodded, his expression still calm and unruffled.

He smiled and said, "Don't mind that iron turtle for now, let's go deal with the other small ships."

As soon as he finished speaking, Natural Selection, suspended in the air, moved silently like a ghost.

A huge shadow enveloped an A-rank sailboat on the fleet's flank—the a-class sailing ship.

The captain of the a-class sailing ship was a burly man with a scarred face. He had just been mocking Lin Mo's overestimation of his own abilities, but now he felt like an ant targeted by a prehistoric beast, a chill running from the soles of his feet straight to the top of his head.

"Fire!"

Lin Mo's thought was cold and merciless.

The energy beam at the bow lit up again!

This time, it was no longer a single shot, but continuous firing at a terrifying frequency of once per second!

Blazing white pillars of light, like death rays descending from the sky, formed a straight line, wildly pouring onto the deck of the a-class sailing ship!

[Dealt 100 damage to A-rank "a-class sailing ship", remaining durability 900 / 1000]

[Dealt 100 damage to A-rank "a-class sailing ship", remaining durability 800 / 1000]

[Dealt 100 damage to A-rank "a-class sailing ship", remaining durability 700 / 1000]

...Boom! Boom! Boom!

The deck of the a-class sailing ship was instantly pierced, wood splinters and flames flew, and the hull shook violently, as if it could fall apart at any moment.

"Help! Boss, help!"

The captain let out a pig-like shriek, scrambling to avoid the soul-chasing, life-taking beams.

Just as the a-class sailing ship's durability was about to drop below 100 points, on the verge of being completely sunk!

Buzz—

A layer of light blue shield abruptly appeared on the a-class sailing ship's hull!

Not just it, the entire Longxiang Fleet, over a dozen ships of varying sizes, all lit up with the same shield at the same time!

Lin Mo frowned.

The opponent's Talent was even more troublesome than he had imagined.

It was a fleet-wide shared shield.

On flagship's Bridge.

Long Yuan looked at the a-class sailing ship saved by the shield, his face ashen, but his eyes revealed a ruthless confidence.

"Boss, how long can our shield last?" Wang Ye asked anxiously from beside him.

Long Yuan snorted coldly.

"My mental power is enough to last until his energy runs out!"

"I refuse to believe that the energy of his one ship can compare to our entire fleet!"

Lin Mo continued to use the energy beam.

And switched weapon modules.

Tracking missile module, activated!

Whoosh! Whoosh!

Two missiles, trailing long plumes of smoke, roared out, drawing a graceful arc, and accurately slammed into another frigate below.

However, the missiles exploded with a roar the moment they hit the light blue shield, creating two huge fireballs.

The blue shield flickered once, then immediately returned to calm.

"What should we do? Lin Mo..."

A hint of worry was in Gu Zhixia's tone.

"We don't seem to be able to break this turtle shell."

"It's fine."

Lin Mo's voice was still calm and unhurried.

"Then we'll use lasers and missiles to wear them down."

He leaned back in his chair, a playful curve on his lips.

"At worst, if we can't beat them, we'll run away."

"When it comes to running, they'll never catch us in this lifetime."

After speaking, Natural Selection began its "performance" above the fleet, like a circling eagle, unhurriedly.

Energy beams and tracking missiles, as if free, launched indiscriminate saturation attacks on the fleet below.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Explosions were incessant.

Although the Longxiang Fleet's combined shield had a total durability of ten thousand points, under such high-intensity bombardment, the shield value was rapidly decreasing at a visible rate.

After only a few minutes, the shield's glow became flickering, with less than a thousand points remaining, clearly on the verge of being completely broken!

Long Yuan's face was so dark it could drip water.

"Boss! What should we do! We can't hit him at all!" Thunder Tiger was sweating profusely with anxiety.

"Who said we can't hit him?"

Long Yuan's teeth ground audibly, his sinister gaze locked firmly on the colossal object in the sky.

He walked to the gun position, personally controlling flagship's main cannon, slowly raising its dark muzzle and aiming it at the sky!

"Dragon Soul Armor-Piercing Shell! Shoot it down for me!"

Boom—!

A deafening roar!

A specially enchanted shell, trailing a spiral blue tail flame, at a speed far exceeding conventional shells, like a dragon soaring out to sea, tore through the air, whistling as it shot towards Natural Selection!

The shell's speed was incredibly fast, covering a distance of a hundred meters almost instantly.

Then, it violently crashed into Natural Selection's electromagnetic defense barrier.

[Under attack, Shield Value - 500, Remaining Durability 199500 / 200000]

Seeing this system prompt, Gu Zhixia was first stunned, then couldn't help but complain, "Is that all? Is this giving us a massage?"

Gu Nianqiu, who had been extremely nervous just moments ago, was now completely free of worry.

She still tightly held Lin Mo's arm with her small hand, looking at the fleet below, and echoed in a clear voice.

"Exactly! They're not that great either!"