Shadows of the Deep Space
Chapter 155: Accepting the Challenge (First Update)

Chapter 155: Chapter 155: Accepting the Challenge (First Update)

Two hours later, inside the command center of the Dhumu.

Irelia watched the holographic screen with an increasingly serious expression, as there were less than five minutes left until the end of superluminal flight.

She took a deep breath and then issued an order.

"Sound the battle alert, notify everyone that in five minutes, superluminal flight will end!"

"Yes!"

Bilado immediately complied.

Instantly, alarms resonated in every section of the ship and red lights flashed.

The broadcast continuously repeated,

"Emergency notice: In five minutes, the Dhumu will end superluminal flight. All personnel, prepare for battle."

...

Su Ming and the others, discussing the Fading Campaign, instantly tensed, gripping the joystick tightly.

Inside the command center, Bilado also braced themselves, holding their breath as they stared at the countdown to superluminal flight on the display screen.

At the moment the countdown reached zero.

In the vast starry sky, ripples appeared from nowhere, and the Dhumu sailed directly out of the ripples.

The instant the mother ship appeared, a piercing alarm blared from the virtual operation screen.

"Warning, Kais biological reaction detected!"

...

The entire scanning screen suddenly filled with scattered red dots. frёeweɓηovel.coɱ

On the holographic operation screen, boxes popped up showing images of Chilami, composed of black cells, resembling jellyfish with long black tentacles, swiftly moving towards the transit country of Teboken.

In the distant depths of space, a grey planet was visible, thumb-sized due to its distance.

At this moment, inside the command center, one operator after another rapidly reported the situation.

"Commander, enemy spotted."

At this time, the Chilami moving forward also noticed the unwelcome guests, halted in place, and then turned around, congregating towards the Dhumu."

"Disregard them, they are just small fry. Immediately release the 3rd level battleship Wind Shadow and the 3rd level battleship Rock Shield."

Irelia issued the order decisively.

"Understood, opening the cargo hold..."

Bilado immediately operated.

Just then, a female operator, very tense, turned her head to report to Irelia.

"Commander, there’s trouble. We have detected a high-energy reaction, 13,000 kilometers ahead, a strong Kais biological reaction (note: the unique energy reaction of Chilami) has been detected."

"Calculate the figures!"

Irelia frowned and replied.

"The Kais biological value is 7207, identified as a Chilami aggregate."

...

Irelia immediately inquired.

"Estimated time of contact."

"8 minutes 32 seconds."

The operator quickly measured and estimated.

"Relay my order, Dhumu Mother Ship’s main cannon, Aggregation Beam Cannon begins charging. Load launch ports 1-5000 with CKS-01 long-range missiles."

Irelia immediately issued the command.

"Charging now, 2% complete..."

"Starting preload."

...

At this moment, a gap opened on the bow surface of the mother ship, a main cannon made of black metal, 100 meters in length, extended out, its interior starting to glow.

Inside the ship’s command center, Irelia immediately turned to face Begfin and Oliver.

"I need you two to take action now."

"No problem."

Begfin and Oliver then turned and left, heading towards hangar number 0 where the Generation IV Mecha were stored.

Irelia then activated the broadcast, issuing commands to all combat personnel.

"All combat personnel, heed this order: We are about to encounter the Chilami aggregate. All major exit channels are now open. All members, disembark immediately and prepare for battle."

With the issuance of the command.

Inside Hangar 1, one after another, the exit gates opened.

"GO, GO, exit in order," shouted Aqua, the senior sister, on the communication channel.

One by one, the senior students maneuvered their mechas toward the nearest exit gate.

When they reached the exit, they saw a row of yellow indicator lights at the bottom of the gate, which instantly turned green.

"Take off."

Aqua, the senior sister, was the first to step onto the exit path.

Hiss~

The whole mecha swiftly slid out.

"It’s finally starting; I’m really a bit nervous."

Angel and the others watched the seniors maneuvering one mecha after another into battle, also feeling very nervous.

"Don’t be nervous, just follow me," Su Ming told all the team members, then led everyone toward exit gate 17.

"Charge, charge, charge!"

Rhein and others excitedly operated their mechas to catch up.

Soon, Su Ming and his team arrived at the exit gate. Su Ming maneuvered his mecha onto it and then swiftly slid out through the exit.

This feeling excited Su Ming immensely.

Whoosh~

In just a few seconds, Su Ming and the others burst out of the mother ship and suddenly found themselves in the vast starry sky, surrounded everywhere by twinkling stars.

Inside the command room, operators continually reported the latest situations.

"Mechas have completed departure from Hangar 1!"

"Battleships have launched from Hangar 3!"

...

"Pass my command, all mobile units, form a grid formation in front of the ships. The periphery will be guarded by the battleships, with the mechas in the center," Irelia immediately issued the order.

"Understood!"

Many operators responded at once.

In the starry sky, just as Su Ming received the new command and was about to maneuver the mecha into formation,

Suddenly, two gray streaks of light broke away from the mother ship and rushed with extreme speed to the front of the many mechas.

Those were two twenty-seven-meter-tall mechas covered in dense gray patterns of metal armor, with concealed particle light cannons embedded in their arms and wielding two particle light swords, with two pairs of gray mechanical wings embedded on their backs.

"Wow, Gen IV Pure Mechanical Mecha·Shadow Slayer, so cool!"

Rhein and the others couldn’t help but exclaim.

At that moment, the voice of Begfin burst through everyone’s communication channel.

"Everyone, we’re about to face our first battle. The incoming enemy is strong; we must not take them lightly. However, the good news is that you can use the intelligent assistance system."

"Yes!"

Everyone promptly activated their intelligent assistance systems.

"Now, form into a grid formation."

Begfin then gave further instructions to everyone.

The juniors and sophomores maneuvered their mechas into an orderly formation, quickly forming grid squares.

However, the freshmen encountered problems while forming up.

Many mechas couldn’t align correctly, failing to form a neat grid and instead clustering together.

In the public communication channel, the anxious freshmen communicated with their peers around them.

"Zhang Wang, move a bit to the side!"

"Mendos, you’re too close to me."

...

At that moment, inside the City of Stars Arena.

Many spectators, watching the students of Imperial Court Academy forming up, burst into loud laughter.

"They can’t even form a formation properly, haha!"

"They’re even worse than me."

...

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