Chapter 108: The Defender's Counterattack
"It's a gadget that Yuze brought. Fenghua seemed to appreciate Wen Dao's frightened expression, raised his wine glass, and slowly said the origin of Sombra. "You know Yuze, right? someone from the San Vano Empire, a guy who secretly causes trouble in the Dragon Territory. ”
"I know that the San Vano Empire is making trouble in the Dragon Territory, so his name is Yu Ze?" Wen Dao wrote down the name.
"Looks like he's going to have a head start. Knowing that you are a member of the Dragon Palace, you also know that the changes in the Dragon Territory are caused by you. Fenghua threw a mocking glance at Wendao. "Of course, he also predicted that sooner or later you would target Daedalus, so he discussed with me to suppress the activities of the Dragon Palace. Specifically, it is the one who gets rid of the pioneer of reform. ”
"You promised him?" Wen Dao couldn't help but ask.
"Don't get me wrong. I hate dragons, but I don't like sneaky guys either. Fenghua carved several wrinkles on the bridge of her nose. "Of course I rejected Yuze, warning him not to fight Daedalus's idea. The family left the black crystal, saying that they could help if necessary. ”
"Is that so......" Wen Dao looked at the pitch-black crystal in his hand with slightly complicated eyes. The intervention of the Empire was indeed an element he expected, and if Fenghua had used this black crystal containing terrifying energy during the previous war, the outcome of the battle would have been completely different.
"If it weren't for you, maybe I would. Fenghua looked at Wen Dao narrowly, and her words also made Wen Dao feel scared again.
"Well, anyway, thank you for telling me this. Wen Dao cautiously put away the black crystal and poured a glass of wine for Fenghua with gratitude. For Fenghua, who hates dragons, there is no need to say these things. And since she chose to say it at this moment, it means that she has indeed begun to accept the position of Wendao's ally.
"Don't think that you can breathe a sigh of relief if you get Daedalus, the nightmare of the dragon collar won't end if you don't solve Yuze. That guy likes to plot behind his back, so maybe he's planning an opportunity to kill us now......"
Fenghua snorted coldly and moved his gaze to the door of the tavern. At this moment, the noise of the streets outside has gradually subsided, and the operation of the Wolf Cavalry to occupy Daedalus seems to have achieved phased results. Wen Tao summoned the communication window and was about to contact Ma Qiuya to get a briefing, but he didn't expect the bronze beast face to suddenly pop out.
"Something happened?" Hector rarely took the initiative to jump out, and Wen Dao reacted subconsciously.
"The worker bee colony has detected a large energy response outside the star's death belt, and its energy progression is consistent with the 'abyss' that appeared in the Gurumbel orbit before. Hector's voice was tense.
The "abyss" mentioned by the old madman was the pitch-black giant ship that appeared in the orbit of Gurumbel when the Shura boy forcibly seized the Dark Furnace and destroyed the wolf cavalry station. And "Abyss" is a code name for easy identification.
"Yu Ze!?" Wen Dao immediately thought of the name. "What does he want to do?"
The starship's wreckage belt is a natural barrier, and Daedalus is located in the middle of this natural barrier, which is reasonably safe. It is understandable that it is difficult for the giant body of the Abyss Ship to move in the Star Death Belt, but what is the reason for Yu Ze, who has always been strange, to appear rashly this time?
For some reason, Wen Dao was inexplicably flustered.
At this time, I didn't know what to think, Fenghua crushed the wine glass and stood up with a changed face.
By the time Bundao wanted to say hello, the figure of the kimono beauty had disappeared from the tavern.
On the periphery of Daedalus, flames suddenly rose from the void, and the flames swelled into balls of flame, which then turned into firebirds.
The once-vanished Fire Phoenix reappeared, but perhaps due to the heavy damage it had suffered before, the Fire Phoenix's size and light were much dimmer than they had been at the beginning. Ignoring the surprised reactions of the surrounding ships, the Fire Phoenix cast an angry gaze on the square corner of the Abyssal Ship on the outside of the Star Death Belt.
She had guessed what Yuze was up to, but she was powerless to stop what was going on.
As if to prove her hunch, the Abyssal Ship slowly turned its course on the outer side of the Death Belt, thousands of kilometers away, and aimed its bow with its pitch-black ramming angle at the square corner of Deedalus.
The fixed abyssal ship shuddered sharply, and then a crack opened in its bow.
The gap gradually lengthens and widens, and then occupies the entire bow of the ship. It felt like a ferocious humpback whale, opening its bloody jaw, ready to devour the stars of the universe in one gulp. The Abyssal Ship's maw contained a pitch-black vortex that swirled and expanded, and its edges were extremely unstable.
The moment it touched the boundary, the Abyssal Ship shattered the whirlpool, and the pitch-black energy contained in the whirlpool immediately turned into directional radiation and gushed out forward.
In the vacuum, where there was no medium of transmission, everyone did hear the low roar that shook the eardrums.
The directed pitch-black radiation pierced the entire star's death belt in a few snaps of a finger. The wreckage of the starship, which was originally regarded as a natural barrier, was shattered by the radiation. After the radiation swept through the void, the entire star death belt was forcibly dug out of a tunnel tens of thousands of kilometers long, from beginning to end.
The apex of the tunnel was the Abyssal Ship, and Deedalus was close to the edge of the tunnel.
Perhaps the wreckage of the starship was distorting the direction of the radiation, or perhaps the Empire itself had not yet mastered that extraordinary energy. All in all, Daedalus narrowly escaped the first shelling, but also lost all barriers, naked in front of the Abyssal ship's guns.
The fire phoenix was stunned, she was originally more or less confident in her own strength, and she looked at the chiseled void next to her and was stunned. Since when did the San Vano Empire actually have the power that even the upper castes can't help but fear?
The feeling of seeking skin with a tiger made her shudder.
At this time, the figure of another person flashed in the void next to him. The vacuum, isolated by a matrix, was suspended outside of Daedalus, and he also saw the shocking passage through the tunnel, and the weak heart had not yet returned to a stable beat.
At this moment, half of the Wolf Cavalry Regiment and the Air Cavalry Regiment were gathered in Daedalus. If the previous bombardment is realized, the hole cards that the independent legion has managed to accumulate will be lost in one go.
In fact, Wen Dao didn't take into account You Ze's situation of taking advantage of the fire to rob, and also made various plans for the special geography of the Star Death Zone. However, I never thought that the empire would have the power to destroy the Star Death Belt itself.
"It's the 'Shadow Furnace'!"
It was the old madman who was the Imperial Military Division who reacted first. There are not many power sources that can output that level of energy in Suo Po Hai, and the Ghost Erosion Furnace that Luo Hou snatched from the wolf cavalry base before is undoubtedly the most realistic suspicion. In other words, the super weapon, which even the former San Vano Empire could not complete, was taken away by Yuze and put into practical use, and Daedalus became the initial target of his experiment.
Yu Ze's ghost card has the power to overturn the entire table, and the hole cards in Wendao's hand cannot deal with it, unless ......
"Send a signal to the Baixia Palace!
Wen Dao roared hurriedly. Just as Yu Ze has the San Vano Empire behind him, he also has a strong support called "Baixia Palace" behind him. Originally, for the sake of building a healthy order for the dragon leader, Wen Dao didn't want to rely too much on Baixia Palace, but at this time, he couldn't take care of his principles.
"It's too late in time! The second shot is coming soon!"
Hector's voice was also rarely flustered. Through the tunnel that pierced through the star's death belt, it was clear that the Abyssal Ship in the distance was fine-tuning its bow and aiming straight at Daedalus.
"Will you succeed!?"
Wen Tao gritted his teeth, and his right hand was thrust forward into a palm.
Wen Dao's fingers danced rapidly, and one matrix shield after another appeared in the void with the rhythm. The hexagonal matrix shields were connected to each other like a beehive, and under the astonished gaze of the fire phoenix next to them, hundreds of matrix shields instantly converged into an unprecedented layer of super giant matrix shields, protecting Daedalus behind him.
"What are you doing......
The fire phoenix next to him let out a surprised sigh. Fenghua is not unaware of Wendao's intentions. What short-circuited her mind was what Wendao was doing.
The Force Field Master is indeed the best defensive class, but that is limited to skirmishes. Sheltering an entire spatial city on its own is like an ant trying to protect a forest in a flood. Including the pitch-black radiation that pierced through the star's death belt before, Fenghua saw too many miracles in one day that he had not experienced in his previous half life.
At this time, the super giant matrix shield column in the void had already taken shape, but Wen Dao did not stop moving, but instead tapped his fingers faster, striving to build a second layer of shield columns behind the matrix shield column that had been formed. Matrix shields jumped out of the void one after another, and looking at the incredible scene, Hector let out a voice of sudden realization.
"It's a standard module!?"
The thousands of hexagonal matrix shields in the void contained the same amount of energy each. Wen Dao gave up the enhancement of the single matrix shield and instead used the number to pile up the unprecedented matrix shield column. The advantage of this is that the bar for control is greatly lowered, allowing him to get the most Matrix Shields in the shortest amount of time, but at the cost of keeping his mind at its tightest at all times.
The second layer of matrix shields was also formed in the void, and Wen Dao was constantly forming the third layer. The shield column took shape at several times the speed of the previous one, and the blood slowly flowing from the nasal cavity was unaware of Wen Dao.
"Look! What's that!?"
"Matrix Shield?
"Impossible! A shield of this size is already strategic!"
The people of Deedalus, whether smugglers or wolf cavalry, stared at the huge curtain of light that enveloped the trading post, and they all looked shocked and incomprehensible. In the distance, the Abyss Ship seemed to be aware of the strange changes that had occurred at the target, and regardless of the fact that the system had not yet cooled, it opened the muzzle again.
The terrifying pitch-black vortex took shape in its whale's mouth, and when the vortex shattered into pitch-black radiation and rushed out, Wen Dao did his best to create a total of more than twelve layers of matrix shields.
The first blow blasted through the Death Belt, and the second blast of pitch-black radiation pierced the unobstructed void and slammed straight into the Matrix Shield Column that guarded Daedalus.
The first layer of matrix shields, the moment they collided with the radiant energy, shattered like broken glass.
The second layer of matrix shield did not last a few milliseconds longer than its predecessor.
The third layer of matrix shield columns barely resisted a little.
The fourth layer of matrix shield column held for about 0.2 seconds.
…… It wasn't until the eleventh layer shattered that the Matrix Shield had bought Daedalus more than five seconds. However, the Abyssal Ship over there continued to spew ferocity, and the twelfth layer matrix shield column stiffened for a little and a half seconds before finally shattering.
It's just that the expected destruction has not yet come to pass.
The thirteenth layer of the matrix shield column blocked the pitch-black fierceness!
The advantage of using the registration module is that Wen Tao can no longer care about the matrix shield column after he does a good job, so before the twelve layers of matrix shield columns are broken, he urgently created the thirteenth layer matrix shield column.
This is such a tenacious spiritual power, even the fire phoenix next to him was shocked and speechless.
The Abyssal Ship in the distance let out a menacing roar, spewing Black Huang with all its might, and finally shattered the thirteenth layer of the matrix shield two seconds later.
However, the fourteenth layer of the matrix shield column had already been set up in the rear, and the fifteenth layer of the matrix shield column was also forming behind it at a speed beyond imagination. When Hei Huang finally submerged into the fifteenth layer of the matrix shield column, Wen Dao had already gone crazy and began to build the seventeenth layer of the matrix shield column.
Everyone could only stare blankly at the scene that was beyond words.
This victory or defeat is a contest between human consciousness and the enduring struggle of machinery, and it is the latter who is the first to cry out in despair. Continued to maintain a high power output, so that the Abyssal Ship's originally imperfect main gun was extremely overheated, and finally it exploded uncontrollably.
The lower bow of the ship broke off from its roots, and the humpback whale that had lost its jaws was greatly displaced from its original position in the explosion, and the pitch-black fluctuations that overflowed from the whirlpool turned into poisonous snakes that devoured the snake caller. Everywhere the pitch-black waves passed, the armor plates of the ship's hull detached, the defensive turret was lifted, and the pitch-black giant ship from the abyss was whipped by the furious energy and bruised all over its body.
The people of Daedalus, who were shocked by the surreal duel, only noticed the situation over there after a few breaths.
"Yes...... Do me a favor?"
Wen Tao gasped and looked at the fire phoenix. The previous overload had brought him to the limit of his mind and body, and now his hands had lost the strength to lift them, so he had to gesture with his chin. "Take me over there. ”
The fire phoenix stared at Wen Dao, and the green pupils seemed to be surging with quite passionate emotions, but they didn't say anything after all. He opened his mouth to bite into the matrix space, and flapped his wings and ran towards the Abyss Ship.
The upper species originally had the power to crisscross the sea of stars, and the tunnels blasted by the two Black Huang cannons turned the wreckage-strewn star belt into a high-speed path. When the Fire Phoenix arrived near the sky with Wen Dao, the once raging pitch-black fluctuations had just dissipated their power.
Witnessing the tragic situation of the abyss ship's open skin, Wen Dao couldn't help but gasp. On the other hand, although the Abyss Ship sensed an imminent threat, it was unable to take any countermeasures when all the outer turrets were blown away.
Despite being stripped of its claws and sharp teeth, the Abyssal Ship still seems to have the strength to struggle.
The four black hole engines in its tail let out a roar, driving the bruised hull of the ship to slowly turn, as if trying to escape beyond the star field. The Emerald Dragon Territory was originally at the junction of the Empire and the Federation, and as long as the Abyss Ship broke away from the current battle formation, it could easily return to the territory of the Empire.
Of course, this is a situation that Wendao will never allow.
That being said, it would be difficult to destroy this super-giant starship very quickly in normal times. But thanks to You Ze's two powerful and terrifying shells, Wen Dao came up with the idea of breaking it in one fell swoop.
“…… Hector, can you scan the location of the Furnace?"
Wen Dao asked. The bronze beast face that popped out of the void glanced at the Abyss Ship and projected its energy distribution map onto the window. Judging from the distribution map, at the rear point of the bow of the ship, a cloud of energy like a furnace is rising, and it is in an extremely unstable state.
"Do you really want to destroy it? it's a masterpiece that gathers the essence of the Empire's ship-building technique!"
The experience of being an imperial ship made the old madman quite reluctant, and Wen Tao pretended not to hear it. Although he has no selfish grudges against You Ze, from the position of the deacon of the Dragon Palace, he must not let the culprit who disturb the dragon leader leave freely.
Due to the previous bombardment, the state of the Pyroscope is like a balloon that has expanded to the limit, and a little stimulation will cause a chain explosion. And even at this point, he is unwilling to abandon the hull, which is called Yu Ze's obsession is really terrible.
Wen Dao looked down at his left wrist. At this moment, he was exhausted, but a thick dragon breath diffused from his wrist chakra, soothing the wounds in his body, and his tense mood slowly calmed down.
"What do you mean by asking me to do it?"
Feeling the sincerity of the dragon scale master, Wen Dao exhaled and raised his eyes to look at the Abyss Ship.