243: Chapter 243 Defeat and Retirement

Having lost its Planet-Killer Cannon—that great weapon of mass destruction—and with Jiang Chen having successfully boarded, the Starship naturally posed no further threat.

Any other weapons landing on Jiang Chen were simply like an itch being scratched.

"Boom! X100!"

On the vast deck of the Starship, over a hundred combat mechs utilized cover to simultaneously fire a hundred ion energy beams at Jiang Chen, yet they couldn't even break through his Lightning Qi energy shield.

The Lightning Qi energy shield was merely the Lightning Qi elements that overflowed after Jiang Chen activated his Fusion Pill; the faint lightning covering his surroundings looked just like a thin ray of light.

However, despite being just such a ray of light, the energy beams fired simultaneously by over a hundred combat mechs failed to cause Jiang Chen even the slightest bit of damage.

The massive energy beams erupted with blinding light, yet Jiang Chen walked out from within, completely unscathed.

He walked forward, not even glancing at these mechs.

"Come to think of it, you should all be the Nth generation descendants of Tie Zhu."

"However, the fact that you would actually try to kill humans shows that your base protocols have been tampered with."

"Once I take down your commander, I will definitely drag you all back to the repair shop for maintenance one by one."

Jiang Chen casually pushed aside a heavy mech that rushed toward him. This mech weighed dozens of tons and tried to block Jiang Chen, but with a simple push, it flew straight off the deck, losing power and falling into deep space on the spot.

Swish. Accelerating, Jiang Chen bypassed these mechs and quickly charged into the interior of the Starship.

Inside the warship, he did not see Mai Guyao, but rather wave after wave of Gene Warriors surging toward him like a tide.

While dealing with these Gene Warriors, Jiang Chen dispersed his consciousness particles.

Although his consciousness particles could not cover outer space, they were sufficient to cover this warship.

Within a radius of ten miles, his consciousness particles could share the visual information of the surroundings directly into his brain.

Quickly! Inside the smoke-filled warship, Jiang Chen 'saw' Mai Guyao in the bottom hold, entering a small spaceship, preparing to launch and escape the Starship.

Given the obstruction of the Starship's thousands of crew members and the vastness of the ship's hull, it would not be a simple matter for Jiang Chen to find Mai Guyao.

By the time Jiang Chen realized Mai Guyao was no longer on the Starship, he would have already entered space.

This small spaceship was also coated with stealth materials, enough to disappear into space and make it impossible for Jiang Chen to find him.

It could be said that his wishful thinking was quite well-calculated.

Unfortunately, he had no idea that a Level 3 Lifeform's consciousness particles could cover a radius of ten miles.

Within that ten-mile radius of the three-dimensional world, everything in his mind was like it was transparent, completely ignoring the ship's hull.

"Trying to escape?" "I thought you had so much loyalty to the Starship." Jiang Chen sneered.

The one who shouted the loudest about "rather be shattered jade" was actually the first one preparing to flee.

On the contrary, it was these mechs and Gene Warriors who were executing orders to block him, Jiang Chen.

Jiang Chen did not waste too much time on these expendables, but headed straight for the command room.

Boom! The door to the command room was blasted open.

The staff officers were horrified, but it was to no avail; they collectively raised a button: "Dare to step forward, and we shall shatter like jade!"

Obviously, that was a button. It was enough to reduce everyone to dust.

Jiang Chen wasn't worried that this thing would cause him harm, but he still didn't want to destroy the Starship. He pointed at the virtual image in the command room: "Your Mr. Mai Guyao is already preparing to flee, and you are still here shouting about shattering like jade?"

"Fleeing? Impossible!" The staff officers in the command room refused to believe it.

Jiang Chen said: "In your lowest hold, number K9, isn't there a small spaceship with the code name Torch? If you pull up the trajectory of this spaceship, you will know; it is about to launch. The pilot is Mai Guyao!"

"Impossible, everyone don't listen to his bewitching words, we would rather be shattered jade..."

A staff officer suddenly shouted and was about to press the button, but a bolt of lightning suddenly flew over, and the terrifying high temperature vaporized the man instantly.

Jiang Chen looked at the group indifferently: "Believe it or not, you will know once you check. I do not kill the innocent indiscriminately, but whoever still wants to perish together can try and see whether your hand speed is faster, or my lightning is faster."

Everyone looked at each other, eyes filled with shock.

That vaporized staff officer was a Level 2 Lifeform; although his strength was weaker than Mai Guyao's, he shouldn't have been so pathetic that he couldn't even press the button, right?

A Level 3 Lifeform is truly terrifying.

"Check!" Jiang Chen roared at a stunned staff officer.

The man was so scared that his legs went weak. Under the suppression of Jiang Chen's powerful and scorching air currents, he could barely breathe.

He scrambled to enter the code on the virtual interface. Quickly, the trail of the 'Torch' spaceship was found.

It showed that it had already launched and left the Starship, but the distance was not too far, estimated to be no more than five kilometers.

Everyone's faces turned ugly. Obviously, they also knew whose spaceship this was.

However, the battle had only started less than a minute ago, and Mai Guyao had already launched the Torch spaceship, preparing to escape.

"Regardless of whether Mr. Mai Guyao is trying to escape, as staff officers of the Organization, since we have been defeated, we can only die in the starry sky!" Another staff officer was about to press the button.

A bolt of lightning landed on him, vaporizing him on the spot, leaving not even ashes.

Jiang Chen looked around at the crowd: "Dying in the starry sky, but not for the sake of humanity, makes such a death as light as a feather! Mai Guyao has already abandoned the ship and left; your faith was never righteous to begin with."

"Lay down your weapons, and I can let you retire safely." "Otherwise, you will be vaporized." Jiang Chen looked at the crowd.

Someone dropped the button. Then, more and more people put down their buttons.

At this moment, the Gene Warriors and mechs that had rushed to the door, seeing this scene, also stopped one after another.

"The commander has already fled, the Organization is now without a leader, do not make any more futile struggles, put down your weapons." A staff officer stepped forward and spoke to the crowd.

Seeing that some were unwilling, the staff officer shouted: "The phrase 'rather be shattered jade' was spoken by Mai Guyao, yet he was the first to board his Torch and flee! To continue fighting to the death now is just foolish."

"We are soldiers of the starry sky, not idiots." "Put down your weapons." "You are no match for a Level 3 Lifeform."

Bang, bang, bang. Weapons were thrown down one after another.

Seeing his subordinates laying down their weapons, the staff officer looked at Jiang Chen: "Alright, Mr. Jiang, we have surrendered, we are at your disposal."

"What is your name?" Jiang Chen asked him.

"Organization, designation, H9905! I am the fifth member of the Organization, having served in the Organization for exactly 48 years." The staff officer said.

In this amount of time, he had entered the warship almost as soon as the Organization began its service. Reaching the position of staff officer now naturally meant he had climbed up step by step.

But now, the commander had fled, and he had become a prisoner of war. Even if Jiang Chen spared his life today, he knew that his journey on the warship had ended.

"Very good! Nine-Nine-Zero-Five, I will now give you a chance to redeem yourself through meritorious service. Are you willing?" Jiang Chen looked at him.

"What?"

"Fire an ion torrent toward the northwest airspace of the Starship! Fire indiscriminately." Jiang Chen ordered.

This direction was the direction in which Mai Guyao had fled. Given the other party's speed, under the indiscriminate strike of the ion torrent, even without knowing the exact location, there was a high probability of a hit.

The 'Torch' was not a small fishing boat; the possibility of avoiding the ion torrent was extremely low!

Staff Officer Nine-Nine-Zero-Five was slightly stunned, but quickly understood what it meant.

As long as he shot Mai Guyao down, he could redeem himself and perhaps continue his service. But he frowned and chose to refuse: "Sorry, Mr. Jiang, I cannot do that. I choose defeat and retirement."