She removed her cape and wig.
Lan Jue walked over to the battleship's control panel. The disruptive current was retracted, and everything returned to normal.
He wasn't excited about the destruction of the Crimson Blood Pirates. Instead, his brows furrowed. He used a secret code to contact Zeus -1, which was still on the Crimson Star.
"Jewelry Master, did you succeed?
Don't worry, everything's fine on the surface.
Second Squad found the fifty-six Eastern women who had been held captive.
They've been rescued.
The other squads are chasing after the pirate mechas. "
Lan Jue's voice was low. "Accountant, pass on my orders. Tell everyone to return to Zeus-1. Take the ship to the skies and pick them up. Once they've left the Crimson Star, we'll rendezvous.
Hurry. "
This was the first time the Accountant had heard Lan Jue speak in such an urgent tone. His heart skipped a beat, but he didn't dare tarry. He passed on the orders one by one.
The squads that received their orders were confused. Didn't they say they had to wipe out all the pirates in one fell swoop?
Why were they suddenly retreating?
They'd taken control of the battle on the Crimson Star.
The pirates were powerless to fight back!
Their hearts were full of questions, but their month of training on An Lun had taught them what it meant to follow orders without fail. Despite their doubts, they hurried back to Zeus-1 to meet up with the others.
Zeus -1 rose to the skies under the Accountant's control.
Beams of light shot out, bringing the A.R.C. students and the rescued Eastern Alliance women to Zeus -1.
Zeus -1's interior wasn't large. With fifty more people, it felt even more cramped.
The A.R.C. students had to disarm their mechas before they could return.
It was a real waste of time.
Seats were given to the Eastern Alliance women.
Those who had survived the great calamity were all pretty girls. However, their eyes were currently filled with emptiness. Some of them were sobbing, while others were stupefied.
The A.R.C. students couldn't help but clench their fists as they watched.
It was obvious that they had been tortured by the pirates countless times in the past.
He looked at his compatriots.
They couldn't wait to rush out and kill again.
"Quick!" Lan Jue's urging voice sounded again.
The Accountant's voice was low. "Everyone's here. We're taking off, heading for you."
Sitting in front of the control screen, Lan Jue, who was controlling the battleship, had sweat all over her forehead.
He hadn't asked the Accountant to call everyone back for no reason.
Back when he was dealing with the pirates on the battleship, he had used a bit of his God King Transformation power. After all, if he wanted to end the battle in a short amount of time, he would need to expend a lot of energy.
But it was also at that moment.
The moment he used the power of the Nomological Laws, something happened.
A terrifying pressure that made it difficult for him to breathe appeared inexplicably.
He hadn't felt this sense of danger even when he was on Taihua. After all, although the battles on Taihua were dangerous, at least they were always within his control.
But just now, he felt a sense of danger that he could not control, and it was absolutely fatal.
It was the same feeling he'd felt once before, when Hera had fallen.
That was why he'd been so eager to order everyone to retreat.
Zeus -1, under the Accountant's control, rose into the air and headed in the direction of Lan Jue.
Lan Jue didn't bother to explain. She, too, had the battleship accelerate to the depths of the Shattered Starfields.
The two battleships, one in front and one behind, sped away from the Crimson Star.
"Jewelry Master, we're so crowded we're like boiled dumplings. Shouldn't you take some people with you?
I'm having trouble breathing. "The Accountant's voice was gloomy.
He was indeed depressed!
As far as he knew, the pirates of the Shattered Starfields were rich. The Crimson Star pirates were even more so. But they'd barely had time to collect their spoils before Lan Jue ordered them to retreat.
The students were fine, they didn't have the slightest interest in looting.
As they looked at the pitiful Eastern Alliance women, their eyes flashed with murderous intent.
Lan Jue didn't respond to the Accountant's question. Instead, she ordered him to push Zeus -1 to the limit.
Before long, Zeus -1 and the battleship were at lightspeed. They dodged asteroids as they sped through the Shattered Starfields.
The Accountant frowned. Wasn't this Jewelry Master being a little too cautious?
Nothing had happened!
According to the map, there were no other pirate clans in the vicinity of the Crimson Star.
And with the Jewelry Master's strength, even if there were more pirates, he wouldn't be afraid.
Just as his heart was filled with chaotic emotions, a beautiful light suddenly shone through the porthole.
It was pure white, so intense that the entire interior of Zeus-1 was bathed in the same hue.
Whether it was the sobbing Eastern Alliance women, or the stone-faced students, everyone was drawn in by the light.
Through the window, they could see a beam of light, more than fifty kilometers in diameter, pass not far behind them. Its target was the Crimson Star.
The Crimson Star was struck by the beam of light, and it turned white.
The Accountant's mouth fell open, and the lollipop slipped from his mouth. He didn't even notice that a terrifying explosion had occurred.
Small as the Crimson Star was, it was still a planet!
Under the onslaught of that unknown attack, the Crimson Star exploded in a frenzy.
Where the white light passed, all the asteroids were vaporized. A fifty-kilometer-wide tunnel had opened in the middle of the asteroid belt. The Crimson Star's explosion had emptied the asteroid belt, and the shockwaves of the explosion had spread far and wide.
Even Zeus-1 and the battleship were shaking uncontrollably. Their shields were at their maximum capacity, but they were on the verge of collapsing.
The Accountant's face was white as a sheet, and all the complaints he'd had were gone.
How could the scene before their eyes be simply described with the word 'terrifying'?
The A.R.C. students' jaws dropped. This was the first time they'd seen something like this.
What in the world was that white light?
How could it be so terrifying?
A planet had actually been destroyed by its attack just like that, along with so many meteorite belts.
The Eastern Alliance women who'd been rescued had stopped crying. They couldn't even make a sound.
If these people hadn't brought them out of that place, they'd have been turned to ash along with the planet!
Lan Jue could finally take deep, deep breaths.
She wiped the sweat from her brow. The sense of danger had been lifted.
The A.R.C. students and the rescued women didn't know what that white light was, but how could Lan Jue and the Accountant not?
Even the Savage Goddess, Tan Lingyun, had guessed what it was.
To be able to produce such a terrifying attack power, it was clearly not a natural phenomenon in the universe. It was a supernatural attack with unparalleled destructive power.
There was only one weapon in the human world capable of such an attack – the main cannon of a Bastion ship!
The battleship's speed slowed, and it dropped behind Zeus -1. It used its own body to block more of the space-time turbulence.
Zeus -1 steadied, but the battleship behind them trembled even more violently.
In this vast universe, under this terrifying cosmic turbulence, human strength seemed so insignificant.
Even the strongest of Paragons couldn't survive an attack like that.
"Boss!" Xiu Xiu and Mika cried out in unison.
But there was nothing they could do.
The space-time turbulence behind them was growing stronger and stronger. If they could get through this, everything would be back to normal.
The students stared out the window. The battleship was nowhere to be seen, and on the screens they could see the battleship trembling behind them. Its shields looked like they were on the verge of shattering.
Ever since the start of the special training, the students of the special training class had been living in an abyss of suffering for the past two months.
Especially the first month. Lan Jue's needles and bioelectric stimulation were like living in hell.
How could they not hate their Demon Drillmaster?
Even after the A.R.C. training had taught them the benefits of the pain, they still didn't like the Demon Drillmaster.
In their hearts, they feared Lan Jue more than anything else. Even as they grew stronger, the only thing they felt for him was respect.
They didn't feel the slightest inclination to get close to her. After all, she was too scary.
But now, when they saw the battleship fall behind without hesitation, blocking Zeus-1's rear, all the hatred in their hearts vanished without a trace.
They were all young geniuses, and smart.
Even a God-ranked pilot wouldn't know how strong a newly acquired battleship was in such a short amount of time. What's more, they didn't know how strong the turbulence behind them would be.
However, he had stood behind them without any hesitation. They knew very well what this meant.
Their Drillmaster was more than just respect. He was like a strict father. Strict, but when it came to it, he was there to protect them.
Zhou Qianlin's hands were already clutching at Tang Mi. Her body trembled uncontrollably.
In Tang Mi's eyes, she was afraid. She quickly hugged her and stabilized her body.
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