Chapter 513: Chapter 288 The Beginning of the Mountain Collapse
As Wang Ji tumbled into the Biological Repair Chamber, a series of silent commands were continuously relayed upwards through the ship’s most hidden channels in the lower decks, some even running within the solid steel walls that had been cast and forged.
The pilots, who were in a panic trying to control the Transport Ship for takeoff, saw rows of commands suddenly appearing on the dozens of light screens in front of them, “The person with highest authority has initiated the data erasure procedure, this ship is facing an unknown threat, the procedure is irreversible and cannot be paused.”
“Star Map data erasure…”
“Black box data erasure…”
“Ship distribution data erasure…”
“Ship entering self-destruct countdown, 300 seconds, 299 seconds…”
“Escape Pods entering ‘Ghostly Dance’ homing mode, 42 Escape Pods launched simultaneously, accuracy rate set to 2.38%.”
Then all the light screens in the cockpit went dark.
At this silent moment in space, countless bursts of fire suddenly appeared beneath the ship from Meteorite Base, and then the thick armor on the bottom opened.
After the bursts of fire lit up, escape pods shaped like barracudas drilled into the vast universe.
Then, they suddenly exploded in all directions, their trajectories untraceable.
The three pilots exchanged glances, realizing there was only one situation that could explain this: their Transport Ship’s highest commanding officer—Mr. Wang Ji’s life was under threat!
“The time to serve the family loyally has come.”
The three men looked at each other, and unexpectedly, a layer of determination for death surfaced in their eyes.
Born and raised here, their families and their roots were with the Wang Family; if they betrayed the family’s interests, their own kin would ultimately suffer the hardships!
No matter who the enemy was, they could not allow them to find Mr. Wang Ji’s whereabouts!
“Boom!”
A massive explosion sounded at the entrance of the cockpit, amidst the spray of sparks, the heavy metal door was blasted open directly.
Then, before the dust had even dispersed, a few figures walked in.
Bang, bang, bang!
The pilots fired simultaneously, and the figure in the lead instantly burst into several blossoms of blood and fell to the ground.
“Does no one on this ship value their life, are they really not afraid of dying! For fuck’s sake, not a single one of them has cooperated with us up till now!”
With three crisp gunshots, the three pilots suddenly had bullet holes in their foreheads.
The bearded man emerged from the dust, cursing.
Next to him followed the silent Rodrick.
“You’re an old timer from Loki Heavy Industry, can you tell me what the hell is going on? The electromagnetic shield had clearly not deactivated, how did this ship launch so many escape pods! And towards 42 different directions, that old fox!! Dammit!”
“A crafty rabbit has three burrows,” Rodrick finally spoke four words.
“But that old guy should have been hit by me in the vein. With such hurried escape, definite surgical conditions wouldn’t have been possible; during such a long flight distance, whether he can survive is still in question.”
“But you’ve run away, yet your ship hasn’t, hehe.”
Thinking of this, the bearded man’s face wore a slight smile, which was truly a comforting thought.
“What’s next, the Extreme Special Soldier is in our hands,” Rodrick didn’t pick up on his comment, but as a Mechanical Master, he inquired about the matter he should.
“You familiarize yourself with the Extreme Special Soldier first, the plan will proceed as normal. We’ll keep an eye on Loki Heavy Industry’s branches at all times, as long as there are no anomalies, that indicates that old man Wang Ji has kicked the bucket. Even if there are, don’t worry, we will make internal arrangements for the Mecha Combat Tournament for you.”
The casually spoken words from the bearded man were enough to make anyone’s heart skip a beat.
Rodrick was silent and did not speak, neither objecting nor agreeing.
Looking at the Grand Chief Mechanical Master’s indifferent attitude, the bearded man snorted and ordered the person next to him:
“These useless pilots are dead, find someone to crack the onboard map, I want to see where Loki Heavy Industry’s real hidden base is.”
They had been searching for the Extreme Special Soldier, a mecha body suddenly produced by Loki Heavy Industry.
It was likely related to the application of Gravity Engines, and if there wasn’t some colossal secret behind it, they would hardly believe it themselves.
This planetary operation aimed to seize control of Loki Heavy Industry, for which their master had already expended countless financial and human resources.
As for how many powers were involved behind this incident, that was not something an ordinary executor like him could know.
All he knew was that under the crushing force of such immense power, any human effort was irresistible.
These self-proclaimed nobles at the pinnacle of civilization were never known to leave anything behind after devouring their prey.
Half a minute later, a programmer-looking person approached, and as he inserted his Light Computer connection segment into the main control console, a string of bright red countdown numbers flashed onto the Light Computer screen.
Then it scared him so much that he jumped up.
“Run for it! This warship is going to self-destruct!”
The bearded man and Rodrick looked over to see the bright red countdown display, “Ship entering self-destruction countdown, 210 seconds, 209 seconds…”
“Damn, run!” The bearded man shouted in alarm and took off running, reaching the docking bay in under a minute at full sprint.
Meanwhile, Rodrick yelled at the people nearby, “Is that mecha ready yet?”
“It’s being fitted.”
Another individual dressed as a maintenance engineer hastily replied, brandishing a communication tool.
“Tell them if they can’t pull it off in a minute, they’ll all die here! That Old Madman Wang Ji.”
The group ran back much faster than they had come, no need for any supervision—if they were slow, they’d just have to stay on this transport ship and wait to die.
“150 seconds, 149 seconds…”
The bearded man and others appeared at the lower docking bay, where the mecha was being loaded into the cargo hold.
“110 seconds…”
The bearded man and Rodrick stood in the cockpit of a small transport aircraft.
“Hurry up, start it up!”
“It needs to preheat the engine; otherwise, there’s a risk of damage.”
“Screw preheating, force start it!”
Without any further argument, the bearded man pulled the start lever down to the bottom.
A strong jet of air blasted out, the high temperature turning the entire docking bay red for a moment, then turned into a streak of light rushing out from their own ship at the Meteorite Base.
A minute later, a ball of fire exploded in the space.
Seeing that silent yet stunningly beautiful firework in space, the shaken bearded man collapsed on the ground, then mustered the strength to crawl into the cockpit.
When the isolation door closed, the bearded man took deep breaths.
That was too thrilling; what seemed like a sure thing at first turned sour when an old man, half-dead, made an escape, and then, to everyone’s surprise, the transport ship was detonated.
Feeling the cold metal wall behind his head, the bearded man twitched the corner of his mouth, took out a Sky Communication device, and pressed it.
Doo… Doo…
“Speak.”
Only one word was emitted from the Sky Communication, but it made the outrageously aggressive bearded man give a sheepish smile.
“Master, the task has been completed, though Wang Ji’s current status is unknown. The second prototype of the Extreme Special Soldier is in our possession; please instruct us on our next mission.”
The bearded man then reported the details of recent events meticulously.
After more than a minute of silence, finally, a voice came from the other end of the Sky Communication, “Whether it turns out to be a blessing or a curse, it’s not your concern. Three days before the Mech Contest, make your way to Blue Capital Star; I will handle the rest.”
The voice from the other end of the Sky Communication was as somber as a venomous snake.