amaotonovel Chapter 1449 Finished Scolding?
Chapter 1449 Finished Scolding?
"Target locked... Surface resistance node... Eliminate!"
A cold, synthesized sound that has been amplified multiple times!
It seemed to resonate directly in the minds of all who witnessed it, emanating from a massive Hyena-class attack ship.
The next moment, hell descended.
Buzz...! Hiss hiss hiss!
Buzz...! Hiss hiss hiss!
There was no warning, no declaration of war.
As if receiving a unified command, the hyena fighter jets in the sky instantly spewed out countless dark blue high-energy particle beams from under their fuselages!
These beams were not intended for precision strikes, but rather, like giant plows, they brutally and destructively swept across all areas of the coastline below where there might be fortifications, radar stations, or troop concentrations!
The earth instantly vaporized and melted where the beam of light passed, sending up towering mushroom-shaped plumes of smoke and plasma fireballs!
The flashes from the explosions merged into one, illuminating the dim sky as if it were stained with blood.
boom! boom! boom!
Several Crack Claw-class assault ships opened fire simultaneously with their main guns!
The thick, dark red energy beams, like spears of divine punishment, slammed into several locations marked as dangerous or suspected command centers with the force of destruction!
The moment the energy beam touched the ground, there was no explosion, only terrifying annihilation!
A massive crater formed instantly, its edges composed of molten, red-glowing glassy material. The shockwave was like an invisible tsunami.
It tore apart and threw everything within a radius of several kilometers like pieces of paper!
At the same time, within the abyss-like hatches of the Leviathan-class landing ship, Pandora's box was opened.
Countless black dots cascaded down like a waterfall! They were tens of thousands of combat robots and ground vehicles of various shapes and sizes!
There is the "Ripper" assault mech, which is five meters tall, walks on all fours, runs like the wind, and carries a heavy energy cannon on its shoulder;
There are low-profile, flat, giant metal beetle-like scavenger sweepers equipped with rotating cannons and cutting arms.
There are "Shadow" reconnaissance drones that hover at low altitudes, move silently like ghosts, and project deadly laser nets.
Even more numerous were basic infantry units, surging forth like a black tide!
The "Hyena" infantrymen are covered in rough but thick black armor, wield pulse rifles, and have crimson eyes.
They were all pre-programmed killing machines, rapidly establishing landing zones on smoke-filled, lava-flowing beaches and scorched earth under the cover of fighter jets and naval guns.
The roar of steel, the shriek of energy, and the wailing of the earth instantly intertwined into a symphony of destruction, resounding across the skies above the Western Federation.
The once tranquil shores of Beihai were instantly transformed into a scorched, burning wasteland, flowing with lava and blood...
The shadows cast by the towering warplanes and colossal ships enveloped the land and the hearts of everyone who witnessed this scene through the Star Network Hub…
Everyone had confidence in these people before.
However, the apocalyptic scene before them brought everyone to the brink of despair…
East Asia, Tianji Academy Command Center.
A deathly silence…
The only sounds were the hum of the Starlink Hub operating at full power and the still chilling, filtered explosions and hissing of energy weapons emanating from the various battlefield scenes on the light screen…
Xiao Ce remained standing before the enormous star map, his back as straight as a solitary peak, though he tried to remain calm.
However, the scenes unfolding before his eyes still sent chills down Xiao Ce's spine...
His profound gaze pierced through the virtual light and shadow, through the vast expanse of space, and locked firmly on the western sky covered by war and steel.
Looking at the swarms of fighter jets like locusts, the giant ships like mountains, and the killing machines surging down like a tidal wave...
However, everyone around him was looking at Xiao Ce.
In their eyes, his face showed no expression, no fear, no anger, not even a ripple of emotion.
There was only one kind of extreme, cold focus. It was as if they wanted to imprint every detail of the enemy, the characteristics of every weapon, and every tactical maneuver into the depths of their soul.
All the staff in the lobby held their breath, their faces pale as they watched this scene, like something out of an apocalyptic movie, unfold before their very eyes.
The oppressive sense of despair was almost suffocating.
Just then, Xiao Ce slowly raised his hand, pointing to the western land marked in deep red on the light screen, which was being ravaged, and pointing to the cloud above!
The phantom image of the flagship "Roar of the Abyss" resembles a demon god.
His voice wasn't loud, yet it pierced through all the noise with a clear clarity, carrying a metallic quality that cut through all hesitation and shattered all despair, echoing in the deathly silent hall:
"Remember where they landed."
"Remember what they look like now."
"Then…"
"Get ready to welcome our guests."
"Star Network Hub, Global Defense System, Highest Readiness Status, Activated!"
"Objective: To get these interstellar hyenas..."
"Wait a moment! I'll be right there!"
East Asia, the core of the Celestial Mechanism Academy's Star Network Mechanism.
Xiao Ce watched as the hellish scene of the West unfolded silently on the giant light screen, the flames of the explosions like flowers blooming in hell, and the steel torrent of the Ripper mechs crushing the coastline that had been reduced to scorched earth.
Xiao Ce's figure froze before the star map, his deep gaze piercing through the barriers of space, as if he wanted to etch the destructive wave into his very bones.
He then said to Da Lei, "Have Night Owl and the others come along and go to the West with us."
Da Lei nodded, and a short while later, Night Owl and his team arrived.
They put on a control helmet together.
"Star Network Hub, highest authority, take over coordinates: 1.45°W, 50.85°N region: 'Fortress VII' heavy mech with identification code 'Fortress VII'."
Xiao Ce's voice was as cold as ice, devoid of any emotional fluctuation.
In an instant, they all passed through the global neural network of the Star Network Hub!
Xiao Ce and his group's consciousness, like an invisible lightning bolt, instantly traversed thousands of miles and forcibly cut into the control system of a heavy mech buried deep within a reinforced bunker on the outskirts of the Polaris factory.
One after another, the "Bastion" mechs, codenamed "Fortress VII", had their permissions overridden by the highest command in an instant. The mechs' massive steel bodies trembled slightly, and their engines emitted a deep, rumbling response as they started up on their own without any command.
Xiao Ce's "perspective" switched instantly.
They all left the equipment warehouse!
After they went outside, they saw the sky stained with an ominous dark red by the Hyena fighter jets hovering at low altitudes, and energy beams lashing the earth like the whip of death!
In the distance, the main factory building was being subjected to intense artillery fire, with thick smoke billowing up from it.
They piloted their mechs, taking heavy strides, skillfully dodging stray bullets and falling debris, rushing towards the last known command node coordinates of Morgana.
The mech's heavy armor made a dull thud as it struck the shockwave of the explosion, but it continued to advance steadfastly.
Soon, at the entrance to a partially collapsed alloy bunker!
Xiao Ce saw the familiar figure, Morgana.
Her fiery red hair was stained with soot, and there was a bloody mark on her cheek. She desperately directed the remaining guards to put up a final resistance from the fortifications.
Boudica and the others around her were also injured, but their eyes remained fierce.
"Morgana!" Xiao Ce's voice came through the mecha's loudspeaker, carrying an unusual calm that instantly drowned out the noise of the battlefield.
Morgana turned around abruptly and saw the self-propelled "Barrier" mech. A look of surprise flashed in her eyes, which then turned into ecstatic joy: "Your Highness?! You arrived so quickly?"
"It's me. The situation is clear. Execute Plan B: abandon the surface and move all personnel to the 'Deep Nest' underground fortress."
Preserving our strength and recording enemy movements are our top priorities. Hold on, I've already dispatched reinforcements from various locations.
Xiao Ce gave them a concise order.
"Understood, Your Highness!"
Without the slightest hesitation, Morgana immediately issued a retreat order in a hoarse voice.
With Xiao Ce's orders, this desperate force seemed to have found its backbone and began to move in an orderly manner to deeper underground bunkers.
Morgana was confirmed to be temporarily safe and the evacuation began.
After arriving at the safe area.
Xiao Ce then asked Morgana, "Where are Xiao Dingshan and the others?"
Morgana said to Xiao Ce, "Your Highness, they have been placed in a cage and are absolutely safe!"
"Take them to the interrogation room. I will interrogate them myself!" Xiao Ce's voice was unreadable.
Soon, in the underground of Lingas City, in a cold interrogation room filled with energy fields and signal jamming devices!
Four electronic cages, exuding an aura of despair and resentment, were placed in the room by a robotic arm.
Inside the cage, Xiao Dingshan lay limp, the traces of dried bionic fluid on his body and the pain from the suppression of the cage's energy field making him appear even more withered.
Raymond was curled up, his eyes unfocused, his body trembling uncontrollably;
Evelyn remained empty, like a soulless sculpture;
Caesar's core indicator light continued to flash at the lowest frequency, like a candle flickering in the wind, seemingly about to go out...
The heavy alloy door of the interrogation room slid open silently, and Xiao Ce walked in.
He switched to a robot, carrying no weapons, but the oppressive feeling, as heavy as a mountain, instantly froze the air inside the cage.
He didn't look at them, but walked straight to the control panel at the end of the room, sat down, and brought up the live feed of the Western battlefield!
Enemy ships blotting out the sky, a raging torrent of steel, burning city ruins...
The visuals are silent, yet more impactful than any roar.
Just then, Xiao Dingshan, seemingly stimulated by the scene, suddenly raised his head, his cloudy eyes fixed on Xiao Ce, and a hoarse, morbidly excited laugh escaped his throat:
"Hahaha! Look! Xiao Ce! Did you see that?!"
The fleet! The mighty interstellar hyena fleet! They're here!
They really came! They're right outside!
Right above this land! I'll crush you wretched insects like ants!
Caesar's projection also fluctuated violently, his voice filled with excitement: "Detected... large-scale... fleet-level... energy fluctuation... arrival coordinates... match... Captain-Commander... fulfilling his promise... arrival... destruction... begin..."
Raymond was awakened by the loud laughter!
As if grasping at the last straw, she also screamed hysterically: "Yes! They've come to save us!"
Xiao Ce! You're finished! You're all finished!
The Captain will crush you like a bug! He'll blast you and your broken planet into cosmic dust!
Hahaha! You just wait! You just wait and see how we get rescued! And then watch how you die!
Even Evelyn, whose face had been completely blank, had a strange upward twitch at the corner of her mouth on her stiff, lifelike face, uttering a faint sound: "...The harvest...has begun...your...time...has come..."
Faced with this sudden, vicious clamor filled with malicious curses and arrogant provocations!
Xiao Ce remained with his back to them, his gaze calmly fixed on the scene of the western battlefield, and he let out a cold laugh.
How he wished that the captain was just as stupid...
However, it is clearly not like that!
Xiao Ce's silence and indifference were like a bucket of cold oil poured on the four people's burning, frenzied flames, only making their shouts even more intensified.
Xiao Dingshan slammed his fist against the inner wall of the cage with all his might, making a dull thud. Saliva mixed with the remaining bionic fluid dripped from the corner of his mouth.
"You little bastard! You're scared?! You don't dare turn back?! So what if you destroyed the creation base? So what if you captured us?"
Before the Captain-Commander's power, you and your laughable resistance are nothing but a pile of garbage! A pile of garbage waiting to be swept into the dustbin of history!
You're destined to be a loser! Always will be! Your mother is a..."
Foul language sprayed out like venom, viciously attacking Xiao Ce's background, abilities, and everything he cherished.
Caesar echoed in a cold, electronic voice, listing the data that Xiao Ce was destined to fail.
Raymond rambled on incoherently, repeating "I'm doomed" and "I'll be crushed to dust."
Evelyn stared intently at Xiao Ce's retreating figure with her empty eyes, silently radiating a curse.
They seemed to want to unleash all the humiliation, fear, and elation of being rescued that they had endured for the past year, burying themselves deep in the ice cave, into the most vicious words on Xiao Ce.
The interrogation room was filled with nauseating noise.
Time slipped away amidst the insults…
Finally, when Xiao Dingshan, overwhelmed with emotion and suffering from injuries, was coughing and unable to speak in complete sentences,
When Raymond's screams turned into meaningless sobs,
When Caesar's electronic sounds are reduced to intermittent noise,
The suffocating clamor gradually subsided when Evelyn restored that deathly silence.
All that remained were the low hum of the cage's energy field and the heavy breathing of the four people.
Only then did Xiao Ce slowly turn around.
His face remained expressionless, his eyes as calm as a bottomless, icy pool, as if the insults that would have enraged and driven an ordinary person to madness had never reached his ears.
His gaze swept indifferently over the four cages, as if sweeping over four lifeless objects.
"Are you done scolding?"