Capítulo 1017: Chapter 790: Preparing for Crash Landing!
“I won’t let go, even if you scream yourself hoarse.”
The voice in Mu Fan’s ear, Black, remarked with a mischievous laugh.
Mu Fan’s complexion turned exceedingly vivid; luckily the voice was confined to just his ears.
He quickly released the soft, delicate figure, lying on the ground in a big “X” shape.
Meanwhile, Yuexi… was sprawled on his chest, making him look like the aggrieved party in this scenario.
Her face reddened like blood about to drip, Yuexi shyly bit her lip as her hands pressed against Mu Fan’s chest, trying to rise. Beneath her soft palms was the solid, muscular feel of Mu Fan’s chest.
“Princess, Princess.”
“Ah…”
Two maidservants felt the spaceship stabilize and rushed in to check on the safety of their princess.
However, as soon as they reached the command cabin’s entrance, they saw…
Mu Fan lying on the ground with his arms open, and their princess propped up with a blush on his chest.
The two maidservants immediately covered their eyes, “Princess, we didn’t see anything.”
“So embarrassing.”
Yuexi’s little heart was pounding. Already flustered, seeing herself unexpectedly by her maidservants only made her arms go limp, unable to support herself. She murmured something softly before tightly closing her eyes and falling back into Mu Fan’s arms.
Thud.
The head with silky golden hair once again spread across his chest, and the sweetly fragrant young lady once more intimately touched Mu Fan, with a soft moan burying her face down like an ostrich, refusing to emerge.
“This isn’t my fault,” Black said faintly.
What kind of situation is this…
Mu Fan looked at the two maidservants behind him who were peeking through their fingers, and then at Yuexi in his arms who refused to lift her head, and directly encircled Yuexi with his arms.
The muscles on his back kicked into gear. Amid a soft call from the beauty in his arms, he used his elbow to prop himself up, suddenly exerting force to bounce off the ground.
“Ah~” As a gust of wind swept past her ear, Yuexi suddenly found herself standing.”
“Um, sorry.”
Mu Fan was now stammering in his speech.
Yuexi glanced at Mu Fan in a panic, her blushing face full of coyness. The pair of clear eyes met Mu Fan’s gaze.
Seeing Mu Fan’s awkward demeanor, she burst into laughter, only to realize she was still closely pressed to Mu Fan, hurriedly taking a step back afterward.
Finally, the two separated.
Yuexi tried her best to maintain the Duchess’s dignity, looking at her two maidservants, pretending to be calm as she said, “Just now Mu Fan was protecting me from falling; it wasn’t like what you imagined!”
“Princess, we didn’t see anything or think anything,” the two young maidservants hastily waved their hands, not noticing that Yuexi’s face turned even redder after hearing that.
“Yun’er, Yun! Both of you, hurry back!”
The Princess was finally about to fly into a rage from embarrassment.
Thus, the two seemingly newly adult maidservants rushed back to their seats, obediently securing themselves.
Only after the maidservants departed, in the empty command cabin, was there just Mu Fan and Yuexi…
The atmosphere became even more awkward.
“Um, thank you just now,” the Duchess said nonchalantly, but her lightly trembling eartip betrayed her. Already pale and translucent, her eartip was now nearly covered in red, exceptionally noticeable amidst her golden strands.
“It was as expected… I didn’t anticipate…”
Mu Fan gestured behind him; he hadn’t anticipated not falling.
Yuexi lifted her right index finger displaying her ring, blinking her eyes, “This ring is called the [Star Water Divine Tears]; it bears a blessing from the Wood God, possessing some powers akin to telekinesis and life force to protect me…”
Seeing Mu Fan attentively listening and recalling the moments just before, the Duchess hesitated, unable to continue, lowering her gaze to her toes with a voice like a whisper.
“Oh, I was too reckless,” Mu Fan promptly apologized.
“No, no, thank you for saving me.”
Yuexi responded immediately, raising her head.
This time their gazes met once again, momentarily dazed before both broke into laughter.
The awkward atmosphere inexplicably melted away.
“Three engine groups damaged, power descent by 25%, Mu Fan, you now need to enter manual mode for mechanical positioning. Those four devious ones have finally emerged; I need your coordination for tactical evasion.”
Black gave another prompt, Mu Fan scanned the light screen, “Yuexi, take a seat beside.”
“Okay.”
The future Duchess obediently responded; she went straight to the co-pilot seat, activating the safety fixation mode, then calmly and attentively watched Mu Fan’s steadfast profile.
At the moment, four streamlined, torpedo-shaped gunboats pierced through the clouds, gradually closing the distance with Moon Language.
“Sit to the main driver’s seat; do you see that blue R-marked frame? Press it and pull out the mechanical control lever.”
At this moment, Mu Fan quickly entered a fully focused state, following Black’s instructions by directly pulling out that control lever.
Meanwhile, the commanders of the four gunships quickly began their artillery blockade following brief communication.
“As expected, there’s no detaching from the Gardot Empire; Imperial military’s standard rectangular artillery formation, I’ll play along with you then… Mu Fan, the light screen countdown hits zero, lower the boost scale by 6 degrees, simultaneously press the red three keys,” Black’s voice rang out.
Mu Fan’s eyes intently watched the light screen, the timer precise to milliseconds allowed for ample anticipation.
Once three seconds passed, he sharply pulled back with his left arm, and his right hand’s three fingers precisely covered the control console.
In space, the ship had just stabilized from imbalance, yet at this moment, the engines burst into full power.
Though the three groups of damaged engines on the left side extinguished, the right-side engine nozzles simultaneously adjusted at a slight angle, tipping the entire hull.
Then amid the sudden engine burst, with this inclined posture utilizing vector thrust, it created an uncanny direct propulsion.
The rectangular artillery formation fell short instantly.
“The opposing captain is a madman, also a genius.”
Within the second gunship’s bridge among the four, a man sporting a brown beard sneered, “But ultimately, you’ll turn into a heap of debris.”
These four gunships mounted 124 Warrior-class mechas.
This was formidable power to the extreme!
The opposing engines were now operating in overload mode; maintaining pursuit behind the target would seize the opportunity once the engine groups overheated and fatigued.
Anticipated fierce artillery instead didn’t densely attack, only the angles became more cunning.
“Damn devious ones…”
Black cursed again.
“Mu Fan, evade, left adjustment 14.”
“7th engine boost.”
“Hawk roll.”
…
The tireless Black incessantly repeated strings of urgent commands.
Mu Fan with Ghost Energy already flowing through him, precisely and calmly coordinated with Black’s instructions.
Under those hands that had created countless miracles, Moon Language performed a dazzling space waltz amid the starry sky.
“The target approaches 1400 meters.”
“The target approaches 2790 meters.”
…
Any evasion would trigger varying degrees of speed reduction.
Therefore, the light screen incessantly flashed enemy and friendly distance prompts.
Yue Xi Jialanuo De, like this, under the cosmic stars’ illumination, quietly observed Mu Fan’s profile enveloped in the glow of battle, his eyelids calmly lifted and fell, his fingers like a tireless robot without a single error.
Blue streaks of light continuously grazed the ship’s hull, causing blooming fireworks to unfold before their eyes.
This was the coolest, most handsome profile she’d seen to date.
“Five minutes remain to the cruising destination, prepare for emergency landing!”
Suddenly, a cold system announcement echoed on the light screen.