239: Chapter 239 This battle is quite intense!

[Lunar Base is facing a major crisis; Moon Rabbit Starship requests to break away from the fleet!]

Following Sister Li and the Tudigong Starship, which flew away from the Luan Bird in sequence, the Moon Rabbit Starship, representing the lunar forces, also took off from the deck and rallied toward Earth.

"It's over. Three large warships flew away all at once. If they all go to participate in the battle, how much combat power will be lost after it's over?"

General Wei's subordinates couldn't help but feel distressed.

Originally, there were only nine large warships on the Luan Bird, and now three had flown away.

By the time they return, at least one will likely be lost in battle, right?

For the Luan Bird, this meant a decrease in overall combat capability.

Building another large warship would consume a vast amount of resources.

Seeing the worried looks of many staff officers, General Wei instead waved his hand and said steadily.

"Our current position is relatively close to the Sun. If they want to rush back in time, it will take at least a day."

"With Sister Li applying for capture, they might get into a scuffle halfway. It's impossible for them to truly fight to the death."

General Wei shook his head gently.

Although the Tudigong Starship belongs to the Xinhuo Faction, Mai Gurong is dead after all. He didn't believe that Ye Shencai, the commander of the Tudigong Starship, was truly willing to fight to the death for Mai Gurong.

Ye Shencai's departure from the fleet this time was firstly to show her identity as part of the Xinhuo Faction, and secondly, perhaps just to declare her control over the Tudigong Starship.

The Moon Rabbit Starship was the same; from that Earth declaration, it could be seen that Zhao Yinhu of the Dragon Emblem had no determination to fight to the death.

As for Sister Li, it was controlled by Jiang Chen's daughter, so she naturally chose to side with Earth.

"From this Earth declaration, Mr. Jiang is sincerely seeking benefits for Earth, so I judge that he definitely doesn't want to start a planetary war. Therefore, Sister Li couldn't possibly want to perish together with the Tudigong Starship!"

General Wei looked at the three large warships flying away on the virtual projection and made an analysis.

Upon hearing General Wei's analysis, the staff officers immediately calmed down.

True!

Currently, the Mars Base's declaration of war is only a temporary provocation.

The core is Mai Guyao.

Once someone calms down, there will definitely be people at the Mars Base who back out.

Even!

On the surface, these three major warships flew away because Mars declared war on Earth.

But their real motives are very likely to be different.

"Continue tracking them."

General Wei looked at the virtual projection of the Solar System. It showed the Tudigong Starship in the lead, Sister Li chasing closely behind, and the Moon Rabbit Starship following sluggishly at the very back.

After observing for a while, everyone breathed a slight sigh of relief.

Because the distance between the three was always maintained at over twenty kilometers.

Obviously, no one wanted to crash into anyone else.

On the leading Tudigong Starship!

A female staff officer observed Sister Li chasing from behind and said to Ye Shencai, "Reporting, Commander Ye, Sister Li is chasing from behind. Commander Jiang Qiuzhi even sent a capture order she wrote herself!"

Ye Shencai glanced at the capture order, which was not only crude but also had typos. She said with a face of disdain, "She even wrote a typo."

"Uh, what should we do? Should we respond?"

the female staff officer asked.

Ye Shencai looked at Sister Li's speed, her eyes flickering as she said, "Ignore it. If she accelerates to catch up, we'll treat her to a 'big feast'."

"If she keeps this speed, we'll slow down near Venus."

Ye Shencai estimated that at the Tudigong Starship's current speed, it would arrive near Venus in five hours.

Beyond Venus is Earth.

It's definitely not possible to go any further.

If they go further, they might really encounter a planet-destroying war.

Mai Guyao wants to fight to the death, but she doesn't actually want to die.

So!

She planned to start slowing down near Venus.

To avoid actually flying back to Earth.

Meanwhile.

On Sister Li behind them.

A staff officer was also asking Commander Jiang Qiuzhi.

"Commander Jiang, why aren't we catching up?"

Qiu Zhi shook her head and analyzed, "Tudigong's current speed is not its maximum at all. This shows it has no intention of returning to Earth. We just need to follow behind."

"When we get near Venus, we'll catch up."

"By the way, call Ms. Aileen Marilou over. I need her poison bottles."

Her subordinates quickly found a little witch.

This little witch was already several hundred years old, but at this moment, she was still wearing a black pointed hat and black witch robes. She smiled and said to Commander Jiang Qiuzhi, "Commander Jiang, why have you summoned me?"

"Greatest Witch who has practiced magic potions for two hundred and fifty years, I need your Broomstick Formation."

Commander Jiang Qiuzhi said politely.

This Aileen Marilou was a witch her mother had left for her, and she had always been in this form.

But over the years, she had researched many magic potions on Sister Li, which were of great use.

Now was the time to put them to use.

"Don't worry, I guarantee the enemy will be satisfied!"

Aileen Marilou was quite confident in her poison bottles.

While the Tudigong Starship was traveling at a snail's pace in space.

Sister Li prepared to send out the Broomstick Formation to throw poison bottles.

On the Moon Rabbit Starship at the very back.

In the command room, Li Yuee was yawning. She had a facial mask on, and a dancing girl was projected in front of her.

She had already seen that Earth declaration; it was purely signed by Lord Dragon Emblem under pressure.

There was no intention of actually perishing together with Mars.

So after breaking away from the fleet, she sluggishly followed behind Sister Li.

Unless a real fight broke out ahead, she would only symbolically send out Flight Mecha.

Otherwise.

Watching girls dance was much more interesting.

As the three sailed slowly with their own hidden agendas,

The three interstellar warships finally arrived near Venus.

If they went any further, it would be Earth.

And according to news from Earth, Jiang Haipeng's Avian Flight Formation had intercepted the Starship near Mars.

This prevented the Starship from heading to Earth.

Jiang Haipeng's Avian Flight Formation was simply too massive. The airspace it occupied almost blocked the space logistics lines between Mars and Earth.

Currently, the Starship and Jiang Haipeng's Avian Flight Formation were in a standoff.

Only the Starship commanded by Mai Guyao was heading toward Earth because there was no obstruction.

"It's time to do something."

On Sister Li, Commander Jiang Qiuzhi saw that the Tudigong Starship had indeed started to slow down upon reaching Venus, so she stood up and began to issue orders.

"Broomstick Formation!"

"All units, move out! Throw all your most evil cockroach medicine poison bottles out there and show Tudigong what we're made of!"

Commander Jiang Qiuzhi shouted into the communicator.

"Flight Mecha!"

"Escort the Broomstick Formation!"

[Yes!]

The neat and loud voices of the witches came through the communicator.

Swish, swish, swish.

Over a hundred little witches, riding broomstick flyers, flew out one by one from Sister Li's opened hangar.

They were not yet Level 2 Lifeforms, so they wore protective shields around their bodies to provide oxygen and mitigate space hazards like UV rays.

Soon.

They flew near the Tudigong Starship.

And the Tudigong Starship had long since detected this group of small black dots.

At first, Ye Shencai's expression was grave, thinking Sister Li was for real and had even activated the Planet-Killer Cannon.

But upon closer look, it was actually a group of witches.

"It's that group of insane little witches again!"

A female staff officer, perhaps remembering a fear she was once dominated by, couldn't help but clutch her stomach, feeling a faint ache.

Ye Shencai's expression was also not very good. She once accidentally ingested a certain magic potion, and the feeling of having diarrhea without being able to pass gas became her nightmare for a long time.

"What should we do, Commander?"

the female staff officer asked through gritted teeth.

She wished she could activate the Planet-Killer Cannon.

Ye Shencai pondered for a moment and then said, "Fire the Century Fireworks!"

Century Fireworks?

The female staff officer was overjoyed upon hearing this.

She immediately issued the command.

Soon.

From within the Tudigong Starship, giant cylindrical firecrackers as thick as a person's embrace were launched.

Boom!

Crackle, pop.

Before the little witches could get close, they saw bursts of fireworks.

As the fireworks bloomed, the crackling sounds immediately filled their ears, making their scalps tingle.

"Sisters, charge!"

Aileen Marilou, riding her broomstick, accelerated forward.

She was the first to break through the firecracker barrier and then threw a bunch of poison bottles from her pocket onto the deck of the Tudigong Starship.

This was a poison bottle called Cockroach Magic Potion. It would cause extreme itching and had strong permeability, seeping through the deck in almost a second and dripping onto people, with explosive effects.

"Holy crap!"

"Brother, I'm itching to death."

"Sister, I'm itching to death too!"

Inside the Tudigong Starship, there was a chorus of wails.

[Damn it, bring out our largest 'Big Bang'!]

[Give Sister Li a New Year's greeting!]

Ye Shencai looked nervously at the ceiling, fearing a drop of magic potion would fall from somewhere, and roared into the communicator.

Crackle, pop.

Boom!

The three-ton 'Big Bang', an ultra-giant cylindrical firecracker, was fired. Over a dozen witches were blown away on the spot. The energy wave pushed them away from the Tudigong Starship, but they were quickly dragged away by the Flight Mecha.

The 'Big Bang' flew toward Sister Li.

"Hahaha, keep throwing the poison bottles!"

Seeing that many poison bottles had successfully been thrown onto the Tudigong, Commander Jiang Qiuzhi was overjoyed!

She estimated that Ye Shencai was fuming.

Just as she finished speaking,

There was a loud boom.

The 'Big Bang' exploded!

This firecracker was no ordinary firecracker; it had super-strong penetration, almost ignoring noise-canceling materials. Even across ten miles of space, it emitted a crackling sound that made one's scalp tingle.

A synthesized voice could faintly be heard within it.

[Sister Li, Tudigong is giving you an early New Year's greeting!]

The battle between the two sides immediately reached a fever pitch.

The Moon Rabbit Starship at the very back naturally detected Sister Li and the Tudigong Starship, which had suddenly stopped sailing ahead.

At first, she thought both sides had activated their Planet-Killer Cannons against each other.

But upon detection,

They were actually throwing poison bottles and giant firecrackers at each other.

"Commander, should we go up and fight too?"

A staff officer hesitantly asked Li Yuee.

Li Yuee asked back, "Fight what?"

"An interstellar war!"

the female staff officer blurted out. Standing tall with her legs together in her black uniform, she spoke very passionately.

Who says only boys can participate in interstellar wars?

We girls can participate too!

"What interstellar war? I don't see any."

Li Yuee looked out at the vast space. Where were the exploding planets, burning warships, thousands of high-energy ion cannons firing at once, or the world-destroying Planet-Killer Cannons?

She only saw people setting off fireworks.

The female staff officer said, "Look, near Venus ahead, isn't the first interstellar war in human history breaking out?"

Li Yuee: "So, the history books will write that the first interstellar war in human history consisted of Sister Li and Tudigong throwing poison bottles and giant firecrackers at each other?"

"Uh, does that not count? I feel it's still quite passionate. If we don't participate, we won't make it into the history books."

the female staff officer said.

Li Yuee tapped her on the head: "This is a fake interstellar war. We should start a real interstellar war, otherwise, what's the difference between me, Li Yuee, and those two women?"

*Gulp.*

"Commander, are we going to activate the Planet-Killer Cannon or the ion cannon?"

The female staff officer swallowed hard and asked nervously.

When it really came to an interstellar war, her palms still sweated a bit.

Li Yuee's face was solemn as she gravely pressed the launch button.

As a powerful commander skilled in technical, psychological, and linguistic attacks, Li Yuee had been collecting dirt on the top leaders of opposing factions for the past few years.

So,

With her "launch," she quickly sent a selfie of Ye Shencai after bathing to all the terminal receivers on the Tudigong Starship.

Virtual imaging, electronic screens, canvases, projections, and various other receivers all simultaneously displayed the sexy photo of Ye Shencai after her bath.

"Whoa!!!"

"What's going on!"

The members of the Tudigong warship, who were concentrating all their efforts on dealing with the group of little witches outside, suddenly found that their terminal displays were malfunctioning. They all went black and then displayed the beautiful photo of their own commander after bathing.

Although it was only the upper half, it still caused many people's noses to bleed.

Ye Shencai was just about to send out mecha to drive away the witches when she suddenly saw that her encrypted photo had been leaked.

In her shock, she was overcome with shame and anger.

Just then,

Li Yuee even sent her own voice message over.

[Stop fighting, stop fighting. Fighting like this shows a lack of professional spirit.]

"Li Yuee, I'll kill you!"

The technicians on the Tudigong Starship quickly counterattacked. Although they removed the photo, it had caused a huge psychological blow to Ye Shencai.

She roared into the communicator.

[Fire the 'Cosmic Collapse' at the Moon Rabbit Starship!]

Swish, swish, swish.

Ten-ton ultra-ultra-ultra-giant cylindrical firecrackers were thrown toward the Moon Rabbit Starship.

"Hahaha, Moon Rabbit Starship, well done!"

On Sister Li, Commander Jiang Qiuzhi also detected that hacking technology had invaded the Tudigong Starship, paralyzing it for thirty seconds. Although it was only thirty seconds, the witches successfully threw another wave of poison bottles, and she even intercepted those information fragments. Upon restoration, she saw that it was actually Ye Shencai's private photo, and she immediately laughed so hard she couldn't close her mouth.

She estimated that Ye Shencai was about to die of anger.

However,

At this time,

The Moon Rabbit Starship was besieged by the 'Cosmic Collapse'. Under the bombardment of this super firecracker, the Moon Rabbit Starship suffered a violent sonic attack, and some people's eardrums even bled.

Li Yuee quickly requested help from Commander Jiang Qiuzhi: [Sister Li, hurry up and destroy their 'Cosmic Collapse' launchers!]

[Don't panic! I'll take them out right away.]

Commander Jiang Qiuzhi was unhurried.

This made Li Yuee dissatisfied. I used my trump card, and you're not even helping.

So!

She pressed the launch button again.

She initiated another hacker attack, sending some information to all the information receivers on Sister Li.

"Holy crap, what is this!"

Everyone on Sister Li was also shocked because they suddenly found that their information receivers were full of their own commander's large face—drooling while sleeping, without makeup, and with messy hair.

Due to the angle, she looked incredibly ugly.

"Ah!!!!!"

"Li Yuee! I'll kill you!"

Soon.

Near Venus, a fierce confrontation broke out between the three human interstellar warships.

Meanwhile, on the Luan Bird still near the Sun, General Wei and the others also noticed that the three interstellar warships had all stopped near Venus.

With the dazzling bursts of light near Venus and the high-frequency, high-volume transmission of electromagnetic waves, sound waves, and encrypted information, General Wei's expression froze.

"This battle is a bit intense."

Had his prediction been wrong?

Did they really intend to perish together?