Chapter 113: Encirclement
Summer Night squinted and carefully observed the "wall" not far away.
The moths were not densely packed, and the space between each one was about 20 meters wide. Since all the mothbeasts are on the same plane, the wall has no depth. Summer Night looked at it for a while, then turned to Yahab and said:
"Can we just rush over?"
Yaha shook her head slightly, "No. β
"Why?"
"You'll find out right away." After saying that, Yaha turned his head and gave the order, "Main gun, load a sounding projectile and fire it straight ahead." β
The loader loads, the turret turns, and soon the main gun fires again. A folded airbag was launched about a kilometer away, then quickly inflated, turning into an airship-shaped airbag.
At the tail of the airbag, a small magic circle lit up, and it seemed to be some kind of contract that could provide power. The airbag continued to glide forward for about a kilometer, and thenβ
It suddenly disappeared and never reappeared.
"Left full rudder! Turn the bow of the ship and head due south! Jahab immediately gave the order.
The helmsman quickly turned the rudder to the end, the bow of the ship began to turn, and the Moby Dick made a full semicircle in the sea of clouds.
At the same time, at the point where the probe air sac disappeared, more Shipplosses revealed their presence. Like the eastern ones, they are arranged in a thin wall, with the rightmost end of the wall joining the east wall to form a right-angled barrier.
"When they're lined up like this, anything that tries to get through them disappears, and the last time I saw a whale disappear like that."
Although Yaha's voice was calm, there was already a faint feeling that something bad had taken place on the summer night.
The ship quickly made a U-turn, remaining parallel to the eastern wall, heading due south, and nearing the end of the wall, Yahab again ordered a sounding air bag to be fired.
As expected, the airbag glides forward for a while before disappearing.
Another wall of Horse Chestnut beasts revealed. The walls in the north, east and south directions are spliced together to form a "concave" barrier.
Yaha had no choice but to order again: "The right rudder is full, turn to the west." β
Ten minutes have passed since the discovery of the first Shippyo. Although there was no fighting between the two sides, the atmosphere on board gradually became solemn.
Everyone realized that things were not going well.
Moments later, the Moby Dick fired another sounding airbag forward, and this time, the airbag glided far away and did not disappear, indicating that there was no wall of horse chestnut in this direction.
But no one rejoiced at this, because it was clear to everyone that in this direction, eight beluga whales were coming in a menacing pursuit.
"Report the distance and speed of the whale colony, second mate."
"There are less than 20 nautical miles left at a speed of 200 knots!"
If the two sides were in pursuit, it would be a little better for the whales to catch up with the Moby Dick, but for now, the two sides are facing each other.
Summer Night did a quick mental calculation, and it only took a few seconds to get the answer - it would take less than 3 minutes for the two sides to meet head-on.
And before that......
"The whales have launched whale breaths!"
The time to come has come.
"Which of the 1st to 4th Structural Divisions can still enter the 'Synchronous Enhancement'?" Ahab asked aloud.
Before he could reply in the microphone, Xiu on the side spoke first: "I'll enter...... Synchronous Hardening ...... ......."
"Are you okay?" Yahab asked, frowning.
"No problem, meow~" Xiu said.
Even in this tense time, she unconsciously brings "meow" at the end of her sentence.
"Okay."
Yaha wasted no time hesitating and agreed to Xiu's request. Then, she ordered:
"Right full rudder! Forward to the north! β
The bow of the ship turned again. Since the appearance of the Horse Chestnut, the Moby Dick has been like a beast trapped in a trap, rushing left and right, but never finding a chance to break through.
Now, Yaha is faced with an either-or choice:
Dead at the hands of the Buckleaves, or at the hands of Moby Dick Dick? Or is it ......
Neither?
The Moby Dick had finished turning and was heading straight for the Horse Leaf Wall to the north.
"How long does it take for whale breath to fall?" Ahab asked suddenly.
"Less than a minute."
Yaha frowned and thought for a while, then gave the order: "Reduce the speed of the ship to 150 knots!" β
"Huh?" The helmsman thought he had misheard.
"Slow down!"
"Yes!"
On a summer night watching from the sidelines, he suddenly understood Yaha's plan:
"Are you waiting for whale breath?"
"Yes." Yahab replied.
She was waiting for the whale's breath to fall, and the whale's breath was a range-of-range strike with the tracking ability, and as long as the time was stuck, the Moby Dick could rush towards the Shippin wall with the falling whale's breath.
If you're lucky enough and the whale's breath that lands near the ship kills enough Horse Chestnut, maybe there will be a gap in the wall, and the ship might just be able to get through it......
"It's too much luck to think of this way." Summer Night said mercilessly.
"Then what's the solution?! We can only gamble now! β
Jahab let out a grunt of exasperation.
But then, she heard Xia Ye say:
"Yes."
ββ¦β¦ Yes? β
She turned her head and saw the girl smiling at her:
"Didn't I say yes before? If I'm in big trouble, I'll help. After all, you've already said, 'Super invincible and cute Summer Night-sama, please help me~', and I can't let you say it in vain. β
"What else do you have to do?!" Ahab was amazed and delighted.
But then, she spread her hands on the summer night:
"Nope. I think your plan is pretty good, but it's too unreliable to count on the accidental injury of whale breath to kill the Shippyo. If you use naval guns, can you open the gap? β
Yaha shook his head: "No, the efficiency of the naval guns to fight the moth beasts is too low, if you use through bullets, you can only hit one at a time, and if you use time-delay shotguns, you can't kill them." β
"I guess so, so, it's up to Miss Ben to help you kill those Buckleaf Beasts."
"How to kill?"
"With the Feather of Thunder, you've seen it. Fly over, let the wings explode into lightning, smack, kill them all, and then let the ship rush over before they fill the gap. β
"And how are you coming back?"
"I have insurance."
Summer Night explained vaguely, and stopped looking at Yaha. She raised her hand, plucked her head off her neck, and threw it to Xiu.
"Take care of my head, I'll go back as soon as I go."
With that, she walked briskly outside the cab.
But before he could take a few steps, Yaha's wrist was grabbed. Because she had no head, she didn't bother to look back, but simply turned her back to Yaha and asked:
"What's wrong again?"
Yahab hesitated for a moment, then said, "Are you... It won't ......"
She suddenly didn't know how to express it.
But Summer Night had already guessed. Although she had no head, the girl's speech was not affected in the slightest, her voice was still as pleasant as usual, and her tone of tone did not change at all:
"Hey, hey, you don't think I'm going to die, do you? For the sake of her best friend and everyone on the ship, how could this witch do such a stupid thing while smiling silently in her heart, and finally heroically sacrificing herself to save everyone or something? Wowhahahaha β
Summer Night talked faster and faster, and in the end it was like a cannon, and when Yaha was stunned by her bombardment, she jerked hard, pulled her wrist out of Yaha's hand, ran out of the wheelhouse in a few steps, and jumped to the deck.
While her body was still in the air, she crushed the thunder feather, and a pair of crimson thunder and lightning wings appeared behind her waist. Immediately after, the girl turned into a bolt of light, flew out of the Debussota, and rushed towards the hundreds of Buckleaf Beasts blocking in front of her......
(End of chapter)