In the grotesque space-time tunnel, the white energy created by the torpedoes was like a flood. In front of the flood, two spaceships, one white and one red, were desperately fleeing like startled birds.
Xiao Ai's expression was very ugly. "The enemy has invaded our system and is progressing very quickly. I'll pilot the spaceship. Xin Jie, hurry up and stop the invasion."
Xin Jie immediately stood up and swapped places with Xiao Ai. He immediately brought up many screens and started operating. The red warning lights in the command center were already flashing together.
Ding Meng, Ling Xingqi, Ji Chenxue, and the others all hated themselves for not being able to help them. Right now was not the time for martial artists to compete, but for statisticians and hackers to display their skills.
The speed of Yelan's Peach Blossom Spaceship was clearly faster than the Divine Arrow Spaceship. The distance between the two spaceships gradually decreased. Little Rascal's expression became even uglier. "The main system is being disrupted. We can't send back signals normally."
Xin Jie gritted his teeth. "I'm doing my best!"
Xiao Ai adjusted her seat. "Switch to manual control!"
A set of light panels immediately popped out from under her seat. They were like molds of various sizes and colors. Xiao Ai's hand was already on the surface of these molds.
Ding Meng and Ling Xingqi both secretly sucked in a breath. They could be considered people with rich interstellar experience. They knew that manually flying in this kind of environment was extremely risky. If the Peach Blossom Spaceship behind them attacked at this moment, they would be done for.
However, what they feared would happen. Little Rascal was already giving the order. "High risk energy has locked onto us. Xiao Ai, prepare to dodge!"
In the tunnel, no less than 50 peach blossom cannonballs shot out from the front of the Peach Blossom Spaceship. They also came in the form of a rain of petals, evenly distributed around the Divine Arrow Spaceship. In the next second, everyone knew that the net formed by these cannonballs would fiercely shrink.
However, in the next instant, Xiao Ai's hand slightly twisted on the mold. A miracle happened. The Divine Arrow Spaceship flew up from the rain of petals. In the microsecond when all the cannonballs were about to close in, it squeezed through one of the few gaps.
In fact, this logic was very easy to understand. Previously, these cannonballs were able to repel the Nether Sphere Mothership because the mothership was too big to dodge. However, now that the Peach Blossom Spaceship's size had decreased, the cannonball's energy had decreased. This naturally gave the Divine Arrow Spaceship a chance. It was like catching a fish in a fishing net. As the fish, it was useless for the fish to charge around randomly. Only when the other party retracted the net would it have a chance to take advantage of the opening.
Ding Meng didn't even dare to breathe loudly as he watched. Xiao Ai had been with Xin Jie for a long time, so she had learned Xin Jie's ability to fly against the heavens.
The first round of attacks was ineffective, and the Peach Blossom Flying Ship did not follow up. It was probably shocked by Xiao Ai's move.
However, the distance between the two parties was still shrinking. It looked like the other party would catch up in at most ten minutes. Little Rascal decisively ordered, "Counterattack and slow it down!"
As soon as he said this, a series of light dots were released from behind the Divine Arrow Spaceship. They were like dandelion fragments floating in the tunnel. When the Peach Blossom Spaceship flew up, these light dots immediately transformed into a net made of white light. The shape of each net was irregular, and some were spinning, some were flipping, and some were even colliding with each other. The purpose of this blocking formation was to force the other party back into the vortex.
However, the pilot of the Peach Blossom Spaceship was also very skilled. If Xiao Ai's operation was like a fish in water, then the Night Phoenix pilot's skill was shocking. The Peach Blossom Spaceship did not slow down at all. It weaved left and right in the net of light, as if it was looking for a gap in the rain. It was like it was risking its life to advance through the rain of cannonballs. It was not even scratched at all …
Xiao Ai's eyes were also a little dazed. "Impressive!"
Little Rascal took a deep breath. "The main system still hasn't stopped it?"
Xin Jie's head was lowered as he busied himself. "It's very complicated. It'll take at least 20 minutes!"
Little Rascal said, "There's no time at all. Everyone, prepare to be hit!"
A bright spot of varying colors suddenly appeared at the tip of the Peach Blossom Spaceship's petals. Even the reconnaissance radar could not easily detect it. This bright spot was the energy-gathering battery. With a "bang", a multi-colored ray shot out. On the surface, it looked like a railgun, but railguns were continuous attacks. However, this ray was not continuous. It was completely like a javelin.
The most important thing was that it was very slow. Everyone knew that sometimes, the slower the speed, the more dangerous it was. This javelin flew halfway and with a "bang", it split into hundreds of short javelins and flew towards the Divine Arrow Spaceship like fairies scattering flowers. This situation was simply unavoidable.
Little Rascal decisively ordered, "Activate the splitting system!"
A rain of flowers fell from the sky. All the rays shot towards the rear of the Divine Arrow Spaceship. First, there was a violent explosion. From the screen, the tail of the Divine Arrow Spaceship was set ablaze. The Divine Arrow Spaceship had indeed been hit.
But in the next second, the Divine Arrow Spaceship split into hundreds of clones and spread out evenly in the tunnel. Previously, it had been fairies scattering flowers, but now it was a sky full of afterimages. It was impossible to tell which one was the real Divine Arrow Spaceship. This was the splitting system of the abnormally powerful Divine Light Technology.
Using this opportunity, the Divine Arrow Spaceship once again left the other party far behind.
The Peach Blossom Spaceship was probably shocked again. Its continuous attacks were actually ineffective. Now, it had to clean up these fake spaceships one by one. This was really a headache.
But at this moment, Xin Jie suddenly turned his head. His expression was extremely ugly. "There are still three more minutes before the other party completely invades our main system. Either we continue forward or split the system and leave?"
This was really a helpless move. The Peach Blossom Spaceship's performance was far superior to the Divine Arrow Spaceship's. Even an expert like Xin Jie could not stop the other party's invasion. Moreover, they had already used the splitting system once. The energy consumption was rather large.
Little Rascal was still silent, but Xiao Ai spoke again. "The other party's speed is far faster than ours!"
Looking at the screen again, with the Peach Blossom Spaceship as the center, a pink vortex had appeared around it. All of the fake spaceships were sucked in one after another. The Peach Blossom Spaceship's speed was not affected at all. It was still speeding straight towards the Divine Arrow Spaceship.
"Activate the splitting system. Everyone, begin to disperse and leave in batches. Activate the Divine Light Origin Protection System and force our way out of the tunnel." Little Rascal finally gave the order.
This time, the "splitting" was not to create fake bodies, but to split in the true sense of the word. The three sides of the three-pronged star were split, and the main body of the spaceship was split into two. In other words, it was split into six smaller Divine Arrow Spaceships. Each spaceship was covered with a sparkling protective cover. Then, they flew in all directions and forced their way through the chaotic cavern walls in the tunnel.
The purpose of doing this was naturally to avoid the flood of wormholes and the Peach Blossom Spaceship behind them. However, the consequences were extremely dangerous. The worst case scenario was that they would be attacked on the way out of the tunnel. The protective cover would be shot down, and the spaceship would not be able to withstand the attack of the cosmic storm and would be crushed into fine powder in the four-dimensional space.
Even if they were not attacked and successfully left the tunnel, the spaceship would be randomly teleported to an unknown region in the three-dimensional space. The shortest distance to this region was measured in units of tens of thousands of light years. The worst case scenario was to leave the Holy Splendor System and be teleported to the depths of outer space.
However, there was no other way. Right now, Little Rascal Elephant Meng Yan was in one group, Xin Jie Xiao Ai was in another group, Ling Xingqi An Ugly Woman was in one group, and Ding Meng Ji Chenxue was in one group. The remaining two spaceships would be used to attract the other party's attention.
Although the size of the Divine Arrow Spaceship was much smaller, its interior was more or less the same. They were all facilities in the form of flowing light, but the light was much dimmer.
Ding Meng and Ji Chenxue stood in front of the main control panel, staring at the screen. Right now, they could not do anything. Everything was flying according to the preset AI program. When the spaceship entered the tunnel wall, it felt as if it had sunk into a black ocean. If not for the fact that the entire spaceship was still trembling greatly, they would have thought that they had been teleported out.
Ji Chenxue looked at the progress bar on the screen. "It will take about ten minutes for the transmission to be sent out."
Ding Meng understood what she meant. If they were attacked in these ten minutes, even the gods would not be able to save them.
However, less than two minutes after the progress bar was read, the hall flashed with a warning red light again. A cloud of pink smoke appeared in the empty space.
What was going on?
Had they been locked on?
Ji Chenxue looked at the main control panel. "This is bad. A part of the main system was hacked. The spaceship we are on is precisely that part. The other party has already transmitted over."
When he turned his head again, he found that the cloud of pink smoke had actually turned into a humanoid form. The smoke slowly dissipated, revealing the appearance of a person.
This was a woman. She was wearing a luxurious Daoist robe, just like the clothes of the ancient human world. It gave off a sacred and solemn feeling. This woman was tall and had a gentle and beautiful face. She also had a heroic aura. However, the unique charm she exuded was the same as that of Ling Xingwen.
Could this be a martial artist from the Night Phoenix Empire?
The woman looked around. Finally, she raised her head and locked her gaze on Ding Meng.
"It really is this spaceship. Sir Vanguard's judgment was completely correct." A hint of joy appeared on the woman's face.
Ding Meng secretly activated the Origin and asked in a deep voice, "Who are you?"
"Alright, in your human language, I am Vanguard Mo Yan's subordinate, Ru Yu. You can call me General Ru Yu!" Ru Yu explained while smiling.
When she was not smiling, she was full of dignity. When she smiled, a circle of invisible ripples spread out. This aura had no offensive effect, but it made Ji Chenxue feel like he was bathing in a spring breeze. He had a good impression of this Night Phoenix General. However, Ding Meng's heart trembled. Many erotic scenes involuntarily appeared in his mind.
Sacas had once explained to him that the Night Phoenix Empire was mostly populated by beautiful women. Most of them cultivated seduction-type martial arts. Therefore, Night Phoenix martial artists were very lethal to many men.
Ding Meng forced himself to calm down. He took a deep breath and asked, "What do you want?"