As he flew out of the Herta Space Station, the Stellaron zipped past Bai Luan, a rapidly moving brown streak, an arrow of light rocketing towards Azure Star.
He had to stop it before it broke through the atmosphere...
The thrusters on his back spewed out ethereal blue flames, propelling Bai Luan rapidly closer to the Stellaron.
The Stellaron seemed to sense Bai Luan as well, and whispers, like murmurs, began to emerge in Bai Luan's ears.
Bai Luan had anticipated this and immediately activated his armor's shielding system.
In an instant, the whispers in his ears vanished.
A tiny Stellaron, trying to disturb my, Bai Luan's, Dao heart!?
Watching the Stellaron draw closer, Bai Luan reached out, attempting to directly grasp it!
The Stellaron also seemed to realize that the armor before it was completely unresponsive to its seductive whispers, so it immediately changed its strategy.
[Warning!]
A crimson alert suddenly blared from Bai Luan's armor control panel!
The Stellaron in front was marked, and a crimson countdown appeared.
[Target locked and charging detected!]
[Impact warning!]
[Impact in 34 seconds!]
"Charging?"
Bai Luan's brows furrowed, and his left arm shot out to block in front of him, his arm guard instantly deforming and reassembling in a precise nanometer flow, an ethereal blue energy field humming into existence, forming an illusory shield.
He simultaneously tightened his body, tensing every muscle, like a spring compressed to its limit, bracing for the unavoidable collision.
His speed, however, did not decrease; instead, it increased, constantly closing the distance between himself and the Stellaron!
[Impact warning!]
[3!]
[2!]
[1!]
The silent universe seemed to be torn open, and with the Stellaron as its origin, rings of destructive, visible shockwaves erupted with a roar, like giant waves solidifying the star sea, sweeping towards him silently with an momentum capable of crushing everything!
Watching the shockwave draw closer, Bai Luan's body also tensed up.
Soon, Bai Luan slammed directly into that wave! The force field shield on his arm immediately fluctuated violently!
The ethereal blue shield twisted and vibrated violently, emitting a groan of unbearable strain.
A strong sense of resistance and recoil continuously fed back from the front!
It was as if an invisible giant hand was holding him back, preventing him from taking another step forward!
But!
He could still hold on!
The destructive sea of waves was actually pushed back by this tiny figure, creating a shocking, stubborn dent!
The thrusters roared, continuously propelling Bai Luan forward!
[200 meters to target!]
Good!
Just like this, slowly push through!
Then grab the Stellaron itself, shove it into the containment bay behind him, and everything would be over!
Sorry, but for my leisurely daily life, you can't land on Azure Star!
[Warning! 3% of the mecha's structure has detached! Reason unknown! Speculated to be Stellaron influence out of control!]
Mecha detachment?
His attention had been entirely on the Stellaron just now; Bai Luan hadn't even noticed this!
He abruptly looked at his right arm, only to see the armor covering it, like a sand sculpture eroded by an invisible hourglass, particles of cold metallic light silently peeling away and dissipating, leaving visible traces of wear.
Besides stopping him, was this shockwave also slowly devouring his armor?
If he couldn't contain the Stellaron before his armor reached its critical limit, then he...
He would die in this starfield!
...
Bai Luan gritted his teeth, his right arm clenching tightly.
I'm going all out with you!
Driven by his will, the non-core components of the armor covering his entire body instantly disintegrated and dispersed!
All the stripped nanometer robots swarmed towards his feet like a hive of bees returning home.
In a flash, a disproportionately large, monstrously structured giant thruster covered his feet!
Although this meant his feet could no longer move, it didn't matter!
Feet were completely decorative in space!
As long as he could quickly approach that Stellaron, it was good!
The force field shield on his left arm hummed and deformed as the energy mode switched, and a high-speed rotating energy stream condensed at the front, forming an ethereal blue drill!
Bai Luan took a deep, final breath provided by the armor's internal circulation system, then resolutely cut off the life support system!
All the energy, without reservation, was poured into the giant beast at his feet and the sharp spear in his hand!
Taste this full power! Full speed! Full force! Invincible Great Drill!
Under the no-holds-barred energy injection, the Great Drill in Bai Luan's hand spun rapidly!
With the violent energy injection, the ethereal blue drill let out a shriek that tore through the void!
The invisible, destructive waves in front were churned and disintegrated by the high-speed rotating drill like fragile glass!
The shattered impact energy and the worn, peeled-off nanometer metal fragments, like silent fireworks, were scattered into the eternal darkness.
The enormous thruster at his feet spewed out a massive flame never seen before, propelling Bai Luan forward with an unreasonable, colossal force!
[Warning! Armor damage reached 6%... 8%... 12%!]
[Warning! Excessive armor damage in the space environment will cause irreversible consequences to the pilot!]
[125 meters to target! 73 meters! 41 meters! 22 meters!]
The drill in Bai Luan's hand gradually shattered and cracked during the continuous propulsion, until it finally disintegrated!
But it was enough!
Looking at the Stellaron within arm's reach, Bai Luan desperately stretched out his left hand forward, while his right hand reached for the containment bay behind him!
Finally, only a tiny distance remained between Bai Luan's hand and the Stellaron; one more reach forward, and he could touch the Stellaron itself!
Bai Luan activated the containment bay, its hatch sprang open, and his left hand reached for the Stellaron!
But this grab missed the Stellaron!
An invisible barrier blocked Bai Luan's way!
What's going on!?
This Stellaron can even shield itself!?
Bai Luan's left hand continuously punched, smashing against the barrier in front of him!
And Bai Luan and the Stellaron had already arrived above Azure Star! Soon, they would enter Azure Star's atmosphere!
[Warning! Warning! Sustained impact, 30 seconds until armor disintegration!]
At this moment, Bai Luan's armor also began to falter; the no-holds-barred charge had pushed it to the brink of disintegration!
Module after module continuously lost functionality, leaving only the piercing countdown echoing in Bai Luan's ears.
The shielding module also failed at this moment, and those irritating whispers reappeared in Bai Luan's ears.
This time, the voice had no temptation, no conditions.
It simply let out a short, clear, contemptuous chuckle.
"Heh..."
The last breath he had deeply inhaled before shutting down the life support system had now reached its limit; a sense of suffocation was constantly forcing Bai Luan to breathe.
Heh.
Yet, the corners of Bai Luan's mouth curved into an equally cold arc.
Like a dying wolf, baring its final fangs.
I haven't lost yet.
I still have a trump card I haven't used.
"Aha!"
Bai Luan, with all his might, roared out this last sentence:
"I know you're watching! If you don't want to lose your fun later! Come out and help me!!!"
The moment these words left his mouth, Bai Luan clearly felt a gaze.
He didn't know where it came from!
But he could clearly feel it,
It was watching him!
What followed was a burst of laughter:
"Pfft! Hahahahahahaha! I didn't expect to be discovered! Something Akivili couldn't even do! You actually did it! Hahahaha!
It's not even as good as a mortal! Hahahaha! When did you find out? Oh, I forgot, you're dying!"
A blessing surged into Bai Luan's body, and though Bai Luan still wasn't breathing, he felt all physical discomfort suddenly vanish.
Moreover, power continuously surged within his body.
"Want to become an Emanator of Elation?"
He survived.
Bai Luan breathed a sigh of relief.
Then, without a moment's hesitation, using the power amplified by the Elation's blessing, he punched through the Stellaron's barrier, grabbed the Stellaron itself, violently threw it into the containment bay, and then closed it!
After doing all this, Bai Luan finally replied to the empty starfield:
"I'll consider it."
"Oh dear! Aha has truly lost face this time!"
The voice was filled with exaggerated annoyance, yet also carried a hint of excitement at discovering a new toy.
This God of Amusement, even if he truly agreed, he probably wouldn't grant him a blessing, or would only give him a title without power.
Facing Aha, one should choose the most amusing approach!
"By the way, this blessing has a time limit! As for when it ends, Aha doesn't know either!"
"6."
Bai Luan rolled his eyes at Aha, then rapidly flew towards the Herta Space Station.
Of course, this wasn't because Bai Luan was afraid Aha would take back the blessing; Bai Luan didn't believe Aha would let him die so easily.
Long-term fun versus one-time fun, Bai Luan felt Aha would make the right choice.
It was just that the containment bay in his hand could only hold the Stellaron for a maximum of three minutes, and it still needed to be transferred to a real containment facility.
On this matter, Bai Luan dared not be careless; due to armor damage, just flying back to the Herta Space Station took over two minutes.
Looking at the countdown on the containment bay, with only tens of seconds remaining, Bai Luan dared not delay for a second.
After flying into the Herta Space Station, he immediately cancelled the full armor configuration, then used the remaining nanometer robots to form a barely usable thruster, and rapidly flew towards the containment facility!
10 seconds left!
Bai Luan was so anxious he didn't even wait for the valves to open, directly smashing through them using the power of the Elation's blessing!
After breaking through two valves and undoing Herta's illusion.
Bai Luan finally...
Saw the time on the containment bay hit zero.
Damn it!
Solving these things in ten seconds was already impressive, wasn't it!?
Not everyone is the Flash!
Just as the Stellaron was about to break through the containment bay, Bai Luan expressionlessly pressed his pocket watch.
Then he looked at the Stellaron with a hint of disdain.
Time had indeed run out, but I can make the whole world pause for me for seven seconds!
Time-stopping pocket watch, kid!
Bai Luan opened the containment bay, looking at the Stellaron which had already charged its energy, ready to release a shockwave.
Without the pocket watch, he would probably have died from the shockwave.
It seemed luck was on his side this time.
Bai Luan placed the Stellaron into the containment facility, then ran to the control panel to activate the facility.
After all this, seven seconds had also passed.
Bai Luan let out a long sigh of relief.
It's finally over.
Now...
The hour hand on the pocket watch moved to the last moment, and time stop ended.
Just then, a sense of crisis suddenly struck, Bai Luan looked up in surprise, discovering that before the containment facility's field sealed the Stellaron, the Stellaron released one last shockwave!
And that shockwave headed straight for Bai Luan!
This shockwave completely caught Bai Luan off guard; he only had time to raise his arm to block!
The pocket watch in his hand collided with the shockwave.
The fragile pocket watch instantly shattered, and the time law sealed within it immediately went berserk, stirring up a temporal turbulence that, in the instant before Bai Luan was hit by the shockwave, sucked him in!
The residual shockwave hit the wall, creating a huge hole, but fortunately, it did not affect the normal operation of the facility.
The Stellaron was completely sealed and entered dormancy.
As for Bai Luan, no one knew where the temporal turbulence had taken him.
Half an hour later, Herta arrived at the chaotic scene, looking at the sealed Stellaron.
"This genius didn't look at her phone for half an hour, and you caused such a big mess, you're really something."
Herta turned her head, looking at the place where Bai Luan had disappeared.
"Dying here is too much of a pity.
This genius... must find a way to retrieve you."