"This won't work, we can't win with a head-on fight!"
"Those Shang People and their accomplices have already broken through our encirclement and are heading towards the Interstellar Airship!"
"What do we do?! We can't let them steal our Interstellar Airship!"
A captain narrowed his eyes, assessing the situation, and said, "I have an idea..."
As he spoke, he began sending messages to the five team leaders, including Chu Qingchen.
But after sending the messages, he waited for several minutes, and none of them responded.
Growing anxious, he directly used the Mecha's built-in communication system to connect with the communication system on the Interstellar Airship, shouting to Chu Qingchen and the others.
But there was no response, as if they had been captured, killed, or had run away...
But they were all high-level Gene Evolvers!
How could they be captured or killed so quickly?
If the first two scenarios were not true, then there was only one possibility: they had run away...
Thinking of this, the captain no longer hesitated. He explained his idea to the other captain, adding, "Since we can't contact First Lieutenant Chu and his companions, we have to do it ourselves."
The other captain immediately said, "This might be the only way to turn defeat into victory! I'll cover you while you return to the Airship!"
The captain who came up with the idea said, "I can't do it alone; I need to find four people to go back with me!"
They had five Interstellar Airships, and they didn't want to leave even one to these Shang People and their vicious accomplices.
The other captain said, "I'll find them for you!"
With that, he began calling out names through the Mecha's internal communication system.
He called out fifty names before he gathered four people.
Because out of those fifty names, only four were still alive.
A wave of bitterness washed over him.
But now was not the time for sentimentalism.
The captain with the idea, along with the four survivors, quickly returned to the vicinity of the Interstellar Airships.
At this moment, Shang People and Haidagong were already on Chu Qingchen's Interstellar Airship!
They were speaking in hushed tones of Sang He Language, scavenging for supplies throughout the Interstellar Airship.
Meanwhile, the Haidagong were frantically learning the Airship's operating functions.
Somehow, the Mechanical Intelligence on this Interstellar Airship had not been locked down, which was a stroke of luck for these Haidagong.
They quickly figured out how to operate the Mechanical Intelligence and began commanding it to pilot the Airship!
The captain and the four Marine Corps had just run back when they saw Chu Qingchen's Interstellar Airship taking off!
Then, they saw Shang People leaning out of the Airship's portholes, waving to their own people on the ground!
The captain exclaimed in surprise, "First Lieutenant Chu and the others, could they really have been captured?!"
"Not good! We need to get to the other four Interstellar Airships quickly!"
The captain led the four Marine Corps onto the Interstellar Airships before the other Shang People and their accomplices could.
Then, according to his instructions, these Starry Sky Marine Corps planted packages of high-energy explosives in the Interstellar Airships' engine rooms.
As soon as those Shang People dared to use these Interstellar Airships, they would detonate the bombs remotely!
As for how they would get back after the explosion, that was beyond the consideration of these Starry Sky Marine Corps.
The Shang People and Haidagong who had seized Chu Qingchen's Interstellar Airship had already flown it around in the sky, then flew back down and parked it in its original position.
Next, they operated the weapons on the Interstellar Airship, launching a fierce attack on the Starry Sky Marine Corps wearing Mecha.
The Starry Sky Marine Corps already had the disadvantage in weapons and numbers, and now their weapons were not only inferior but at a great disadvantage!
Because the weapons on the Interstellar Airship were only slightly inferior to the Space Ion Beam Cannon on the Starry Sky Cruiser.
Fighting these Starry Sky Marine Corps in Conventional Metal Mechas is like cutting melons and vegetables.
As long as they punch a hole in the Mecha, they can sit back and watch these Starry Sky Marine Corps die!
As a result, of the less than two thousand Starry Sky Marine Corps remaining, another fifteen hundred were killed, leaving only five hundred who continued to survive on the battlefield with their superb skills and rich combat experience.
However, they couldn't counterattack. They could only desperately dodge in the Marine Plant Forest, daring to fire a shot only when they found an opportunity.
The Shang People and Haidagong, seeing that the battle was almost over and their own people had seized all the Starry Sky Cruisers, were very excited.
They no longer pursued the Marine Corps, who had almost been scattered by them, and rushed directly to the bottom-level passage entrances of those Interstellar Airships.
These bottom-level passage entrances of the Airships were not closed, and remained as they were when the Marine Corps had just come out.
The Shang People and Haidagong's force of forty thousand was reduced by five thousand Starry Sky Marine Corps to twenty thousand.
The vast majority of those who died were Shang People, with only a little over a thousand Haidagong deaths.
In the remaining force, the Haidagong accounted for an absolute advantage.
There were only a little over a thousand Shang People left.
They were also indignant, feeling that they were being used as cannon fodder by the Haidagong.
These Shang People, in a fit of anger, loudly said to the Haidagong leaders, "You can't hide behind us anymore, our people are almost dead!"
"You have to contribute!"
The Haidagong, seeing that their goal had been achieved, were so happy that they ignored these Shang People and rushed directly into the other four Interstellar Airships.
The remaining eighteen thousand or so Haidagong each went to the four Interstellar Airships, with over four thousand on each, excitedly selecting the weapons inside and studying how to pilot the Airships.
Like Chu Qingchen's Interstellar Airship, the Mechanical Intelligence on these four Interstellar Airships was not locked down.
These Haidagong found some operating instructions from somewhere and began to command the Mechanical Intelligence.
Before long, these four Interstellar Airships also took off one after another, circling in the air and attempting to fly higher to dock with the Starry Sky Cruiser.
Just as these four Airships were halfway there, the Captain pressed the remote control.
*Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!* Explosions resounded across the land, and four mushroom cloud-like fireballs lit up in the sky.
The Captain and four Marine Corps had installed timed bombs on the four Interstellar Airships.
After these Shang People and their accomplices had all entered, they detonated them, finally killing most of the remaining Haidagong.
Only the Haidagong on Chu Qingchen's Interstellar Airship were left, only a few hundred.
A few Haidagong and Shang People who didn't make it in time saw that the situation was not good, quickly retreated, and reported the situation here to their superiors.
The Haidagong and Shang People on Chu Qingchen's Interstellar Airship also felt a burst of panic when they saw this scene.
They quickly ordered the Interstellar Airship's Mechanical Intelligence to ascend rapidly, wanting to seize the D499 Starry Sky Cruiser in the high altitude.
The surviving Marine Corps who saw this scene on the ground below felt a sense of despair.
If the Starry Sky Cruiser fell into the hands of the Shang People and their accomplices, not only would they all be finished, but even their homeland would probably be occupied! At this time, Squad Captain Fang Ping, in a moment of quick thinking, retrieved the battlefield situation recorded on the Mecha's camera. He found the Smart Bracelet number that Xia Chujian had left for all of them and sent it over.
He also attached a message saying that the purpose of the Shang People and Haidagong's sneak attack was to seize their Interstellar Airships and Starry Sky Cruisers, and then take the opportunity to break into the Beichen Empire and occupy a planet.
He didn't know if Xia Chujian could receive it, but he was treating a dead horse as if it were still alive.
He knew they had failed and would soon be wiped out.
But he also knew that if there was one person among this group of people on the mission who could turn the tide, it could only be Captain Xia Chujian! While sending the message to Xia Chujian, he also wanted to send it to Lin Xiaoxiao and Xu Teng of the nearby D235 ship and D337 ship, to inform them of the tragic situation here.
But he found that he didn't have their contact information, and didn't even know the other Interstellar Airships' communication channels, so he had to send another message to Xia Chujian, asking her to remind the teams led by Lin Xiaoxiao and Xu Teng.
The Interstellar Airship that Xia Chujian was on was also heading south overnight, towards the Equator.
Before long, Xia Chujian received a message from a Starry Sky Marine Corps named Fang Ping from Chu Qingchen's side.
When she saw the battlefield video, she was so surprised that she immediately forwarded it to Lin Xiaoxiao and Xu Teng.
Lin Xiaoxiao and Xu Teng immediately initiated the highest alert and wanted to set off to rescue them.
As a result, they also quickly discovered that a team of attackers had come to their side as well!
It was also the Shang People, and their strange, ferocious, and evil accomplices.
Xia Chujian did not hide anything at this point.
She immediately video-called Lin Xiaoxiao and Xu Teng.
She said, "Those humanoid monsters that attacked with the Shang People are called Haidagong. Their fatal weakness is the gills on their cheeks."
"So they wear helmets, but their helmets should just be Conventional Metal. Focus fire with Conventional Weapons should be able to penetrate them."
"My suggestion is not to save ammunition. Use as much as you can on the helmets covering the Haidagong's faces."
"The Haidagong won't die unless you hit their fatal weakness."
There was no need to say much about the Shang People. Like humans, they were flesh and blood, with no special advantages other than being resistant to nuclear radiation.
So as long as you aimed at vital spots like their heads or hearts, you would hit them every time.
Also, the Haidagong were not Alligator Dragons.
Daggers specially made from Alligator Dragon teeth were more suitable for killing Alligator Dragons, but the Haidagong's fatal weakness really was the most vulnerable part of their bodies.
Ordinary bullets and knives would work.
After Xia Chujian finished speaking, Lin Xiaoxiao and Xu Teng both said, "First Lieutenant Xia, we can't get there for the time being!"
Xia Chujian said in surprise, "What happened? Are you under attack too?!"
Lin Xiaoxiao said with a wry smile, "First Lieutenant Xia, you guessed it! We are indeed under attack! According to the initial radar scan, there should be 20,000 attackers on my side!"
"10,000 Shang People, and 10,000 of those Haidagong!"
She and Xu Teng only now realized that the humanoid monsters with seahorse-like heads were Haidagong.
Xu Teng also said, "What we scanned on our side is also 10,000 Shang People and 10,000 Haidagong!"
"I won't say more, we have to fight!"
Xia Chujian's mind raced, recalling the information she had gathered.
On this Senze Star, the total number of Shang People and Haidagong was about 100,000 each.
Previously, she had killed more than 12,000 Shang People and 10,000 Haidagong at the South Pole of Senze Star.
So there should be more than 80,000 Shang People left, and maybe 90,000 Haidagong.
As a result, Chu Qingchen's side was attacked by another 20,000 Shang People and 20,000 Haidagong.
Now, Lin Xiaoxiao and Xu Teng were each being attacked by 10,000 Shang People and 10,000 Haidagong.
In total, there were 50,000 Shang People and 50,000 Haidagong attacking.
Therefore, there should be more than 40,000 Shang People and 50,000 Haidagong left on the entire planet, watching them from the shadows.
And what about her side?
The 5,000 Starry Sky Marine Corps on Chu Qingchen's side might have already been wiped out.
Now there were only 5,000 each on Lin Xiaoxiao and Xu Teng's sides, and 5,000 on her side.
That added up to 15,000.
If they were commanded properly, their chances of winning against the 20,000 Shang People and 20,000 Haidagong attacking Lin Xiaoxiao and Xu Teng separately were not zero.
At least their chances were much higher than if they each faced 20,000 Shang People and 20,000 Haidagong alone.
In fact, the most crucial thing was that Xia Chujian had the Haidagong's nemesis—A Yuan! As long as she found an excuse to integrate Lin Xiaoxiao and Xu Teng's troops, and then released A Yuan!
They could quickly eliminate half of the enemy's strength.
If they killed all 20,000 Haidagong, then their 15,000 Starry Sky Marine Corps would be facing 20,000 Shang People rabble. Wouldn't that be a piece of cake? Xia Chujian became excited and was about to tell Lin Xiaoxiao and Xu Teng her plan when she noticed that the virtual display screen they were using for the call was fluctuating, and the signal seemed very unstable.
Without Xia Chujian saying anything, Seven Lù automatically helped her check the situation and stabilized the signal of the temporary base station.
At this time, while Xia Chujian was in a call with Lin Xiaoxiao and Xu Teng, Seven Lù could not directly talk to her.
Therefore, Seven Lù displayed a line of childish graffiti on her eyepiece display screen.
[Seven Lù]: Master, according to the footage from the Interstellar Airship surveillance cameras on Lin Xiaoxiao and Xu Teng's sides, the Shang People and Haidagong attacking there are directly targeting the Interstellar Airships.
Xia Chujian was very surprised and quickly asked Lin Xiaoxiao and Xu Teng, "Have your people not been sent out yet? What's the situation there?"
Lin Xiaoxiao's expression was grave as she said, "The weapons in the hands of the Shang People and the Haidagong look very sophisticated!"
Xia Chujian frowned.
Aren't the Shang People using Type 37 Rifles? she thought.
Those were standard issue weapons that the Beichen Galaxy countries had phased out. How could they be considered sophisticated? Seven Lù had already taken over the monitoring video from Lin Xiaoxiao's side and was playing it on her eyepiece display.
Xia Chujian was speechless when she saw it.
The Shang People who ambushed Lin Xiaoxiao this time weren't using those outdated Type 37 Rifles. Instead, they had weapons that looked quite advanced.
However, they weren't standard issue for their Beichen Empire either.
According to Seven Lù's explanation, these standard firearms were very similar to the submachine guns from the Ximanielli Federation! Moreover, they had been modified to perfectly suit the Shang People's physical conditions!
Many of them had more limbs and heads than normal humans, and those submachine guns, rifles, and even sniper rifles, were all adapted to their physiological characteristics.
This meant that if they really fought, even if they won, it would be a pyrrhic victory...
Seeing this, Xia Chujian didn't dare to release A Yuan directly.
A Yuan was the natural enemy of the Haidagong, but not of those firearms...
Looking at A Yuan's small frame, it wasn't like the Alligator Dragon, where bullets couldn't penetrate it.
What if a sniper bullet hit A Yuan? Would it die or not?
This was a newly hatched Starry Sky Yuan-chu! There was only one in the entire universe!
This meant that for A Yuan, there was no room for error.
Xia Chujian began to waver about the plan she had just come up with.
But at this moment, it was the battlefield, and her slightest hesitation could cause the opportunity to slip away.
Xia Chujian pursed her lips and immediately said, "We don't have enough troops and weapons to deal with them either. Let's retreat together!"
"Everyone, retreat back to the Starry Sky Cruiser outside the atmosphere and return immediately!"
At this point, the mission was no longer important. This was a trap!
Lin Xiaoxiao trusted her completely and immediately said, "I'll listen to First Lieutenant Xia! All Interstellar Airships, take off immediately!"
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