Chapter 54: Forced Landing

Inside the Hangar of Battleship No. 133.

Su Ming and the others desperately controlled their mechs to stabilize themselves as the entire spaceship continuously vibrated violently, with red warning lights and piercing alarms blaring intermittently.

“What the hell is going on? It feels like the ship is sinking.”

Chen Tong couldn’t help but curse.

“It’s about to sink.”

Su Ming replied, his nerves taut.

“Su Ming, what do we do now?”

Zhao Ran naturally asked Su Ming. He didn’t even realize when he had come to rely on Su Ming as their backbone.

Su Ming frowned and said to Zhao Ran and the others,

“I don’t know what to do right now. For now, all we can do is wait until the spaceship can’t hold on anymore and is about to explode, then force our way out. But there’s a problem: our ironhead mechs aren’t like third-generation mechs that can fly freely in space; their thruster fuel is limited. So, at the very least, the ship needs to reach Di Yan Star’s atmosphere before we can hope to land on Di Yan Star after ejecting, otherwise, it’s a dead end.”

“The problem is, where exactly are we now? There are no viewing windows in this hangar, so we’re like blind people.”

Chen Tong said irritably.

“I can’t do anything either.”

Su Ming was also helpless. Although it was very uncomfortable, there was nothing he could do.

“I know where the ship is flying now.”

At this moment, Lin Chuyu suddenly spoke.

“Hmm? How do you know?”

Su Ming and the others looked at Lin Chuyu in surprise and asked.

“I have a friend in the command department, and he’s in the command room. I’m maintaining real-time contact with him using my mech.”

Lin Chuyu then explained.

“Then where is our spaceship flying now?”

Gu Meng and the others also gathered around and asked unceremoniously.

Lin Chuyu merely glanced at Gu Meng and the others. She didn’t intentionally withhold information because of their past grievances; instead, she spoke openly and generously.

“We are very lucky. Although those students in the command department have been trying to seize overall command, some students are still operating the ship. Therefore, we are not far from Di Yan Star’s near orbit.”

“That’s great!”

Zhao Ran and the others said, overjoyed.

“But…”

Just as everyone was overjoyed, Lin Chuyu suddenly uttered a “but,” making everyone’s hearts jump again.

“But what? Can’t you just say it all at once?”

Gu Meng said angrily.

Su Ming also looked at Lin Chuyu with a deep frown. He knew things wouldn’t be that simple.

Lin Chuyu continued.

“I don’t know how to explain it either. I’ll project the real-time image my friend transmitted to me for you to see.”

After she finished speaking, she immediately operated her mech’s projection device, and an image of the starry sky was projected before everyone.

“Oh my god!”

Everyone looked at the starry sky, at the defensive net composed of countless Mechanical Clan weapons, and the overwhelming attacks, and each of them felt a sense of despair.

“Damn it, with such terrifying military strength, how can we possibly break through?”

“It’s over, we’re going to get zero points this time.”

“I don’t want zero points, at least let me get twenty or thirty points.”

Su Ming also sighed. With such a terrifying defensive net, their battleship simply couldn’t tear through it.

Just then, Su Ming suddenly saw an extremely fast streak of light flash across the image.

His pupils constricted, and he looked closely. It seemed something had broken through the firepower and rushed past.

Before he could figure it out.

Boom~

At the center of the Mechanical Clan’s defensive net, a brilliant sun exploded, and the resulting shockwave swept across, obliterating all weapons in its path with destructive force.

The dazzling light made everyone unable to open their eyes; even the projection was a blinding white.

When the white light dissipated, the impregnable defensive net was instantly torn open with a huge gap.

“Beautiful!”

“There’s hope, charge!”

Chen Tong and the others shouted excitedly.

Inside the operations room, the students who had been in despair were also invigorated when they saw this scene.

“We’re saved!”

“Quick, full power, charge through!”

“Yes!”

At this moment, they temporarily put aside their differences and began operating the ship together.

The entire battleship immediately went to full power and charged towards the torn opening.

At the same time, the surviving ships around them also saw hope at this moment and accelerated towards the opening.

Su Ming and the others held their breath, suppressing their excitement, and watched the real-time projection.

“We’ve broken through and are entering Di Yan Star’s near orbit. We are expected to enter the atmosphere in 7 minutes and 23 seconds.”

Lin Chuyu continuously shared the latest information with everyone.

“Come on!”

“Just a little more. As long as we enter the atmosphere, we’ll succeed.”

Zhao Ran and the others were extremely excited, as victory was within reach.

At this time, looking at Di Yan Star from distant space, one could witness a truly spectacular sight: burning ships, like moths to a flame, rushing towards the dark red Di Yan Star.

Time passed second by second.

Su Ming and the others watched Di Yan Star getting closer and closer, their hearts in their throats. When the 7 minutes and 23 seconds countdown ended, the ship plunged into the atmosphere.

“Beautiful, we succeeded!”

“That’s great, we succeeded!”

Zhao Ran and the others cheered excitedly.

Su Ming, Lin Chuyu, and Gu Meng and the others all breathed a sigh of relief, their suspended hearts finally able to settle.

At this moment, pop-up notifications appeared on everyone’s operation interface.

“Notification: Ship No. 133 has entered the atmosphere.”

“Notification: Combat mission is being issued.”

“Mission One: Forced Landing at Manhawei Interstellar Military Airport (5 points).”

“Mission Two: Defend Manhawei Interstellar Military Airport (Main Mission).”

Su Ming looked at the issued combat missions, a hint of surprise in his eyes. Only 5 points for a forced landing at Manhawei Interstellar Military Airport?

“No way, this forced landing mission only gives 5 points?”

“That’s too little, how many missions do we need to complete to pass?”

“Exactly, which brain-dead person designed this? I feel like it’s already incredibly difficult for us to even make a forced landing.”

Everyone present complained incessantly as they looked at the updated missions.

Su Ming opened his mouth to ask Lin Chuyu.

“Chu Yu, is the ship flying towards Manhawei Interstellar Military Airport now?”

“Yes, the students in the command room are modifying the flight parameters. If there are no surprises, we should be able to see Manhawei Interstellar Military Airport once we pass through the atmosphere.”

Lin Chuyu said, looking at the feedback information.

“That’s good.”

Su Ming’s heart relaxed a little, and he continued to watch the shared projection.

At this moment, the rapidly descending battleship successfully broke through the atmosphere. Looking from afar, one could see a large, square Manhawei Interstellar Military Airport situated on the plain, very conspicuous.

Additionally, the massive Manhawei Base City was located to the right of Manhawei Interstellar Military Airport. “It’s the airport, we’ll be there soon.”

Zhao Ran said excitedly.