Free Web NovelChapter 799: Chapter 708: The Sinner
New Era Calendar ? Month ? Day.
As the New Nara City incident smoothly concluded, hidden threats in major cities were gradually eradicated, and the hands of time swiftly turned forward to once again reach a decisive battle.
High Tian’ai Battle.
Xu Xiaoyou stood at a height, overshadowed by a massive shadow; the knight-class cruiser Reitseira was heading to the battlefield, looking like a moving mountain from afar. Under the setting sun, its shadow appeared even more majestic and grand.
She had returned.
This is a war determining the fate of humanity.
This time, her preparations were more thorough than before; for this, she contacted major companies such as Life Daylight, Jiulong Military Navigation, Cosmic Heavy Industries, Huaxu Energy, assembling a troop representing humanity’s highest combat power; from frontline combat troops to logistical support teams, over five million soldiers would head to the main battlefield tonight to engage in a decisive battle with the Insect Race.
Joint military forces’ command room.
"In this war, our strategic goal is to capture all limbs of the Eight-Spider Nest Mother in High Tian’ai, and eliminate thirteen high-level Insect Race members stationed in the city, including Vashak and Agares."
As the battle’s Commander-in-Chief, Akitsu Yi detailed the operational focus to representatives of the joint forces.
"Breaking through High Tian’ai is the most crucial node of the counterattack campaign; it directly influences whether we can further advance to Yuyuan City and determine the subsequent direction of this war."
"Failure to accomplish any strategic goal will lay hidden dangers for the ensuing total attack; we have no way back, I hope everyone will not hold back, and assist with full strength."
Akitsu Yi took a deep breath, facing the media cameras, his stern expression slightly softened.
"Here, on behalf of the highest combined forces, I join all of you in this grand endeavor, wishing you a triumphant return!"
"Chang Shengli, Mu Rongguang!"
The man’s heroic face froze, his words echoing worldwide, above city after city.
At the same time, somewhere in the cruiser Reitseira’s dock, the tense pre-battle atmosphere spread, everyone hurriedly executing received orders. Large cranes lifted giant parts to be placed on the Titan’s massive arms.
"What are you doing here?"
Jian Liu came to Fei’s side, a screen appeared in front of him; it displayed detailed specifications about the Titan.
His repeated outstanding performance on the battlefield drew the attention of high-ranking military officials; Jian Liu was no longer an obscure high-ranking soldier, but the chief pilot of the ’Chrysalis Breaker’ Titan.
The Chrysalis Breaker model Titan first appeared forty-five years ago, jointly created by Jiulong Military Navigation and Huaxu Energy; even today, it continues to serve the military with outstanding performance, frequently appearing at the forefront of the battlefield.
Within the military, they often say, pairing a top-tier Titan with a top-tier pilot is as dazzling as those who reflect glory together.
"I should be asking you." Fei raised her eyebrows with a touch of annoyance.
On this ship, which was perpetually hot, the girl was wearing an orange work vest on her upper body, her immature body lines fully shown, while her lower body was wrapped in heavy work pants, steel-toed boots propped on the railing; she seemed less tender than usual, exuding a bit of wildness.
"At this moment, shouldn’t you be plugging in a few pipes to debug parameters inside your beloved Titan?"
"Oh, let me guess, you must have quarreled with Miss Chrysalis Breaker." Fei feigned surprise.
"So you thought of your girlfriend and came to her to seek comfort."
Jian Liu slightly embarrassed.
"It’s the engineering department, they are short-handed, asked me to come and lend a hand."
"This battleship has only been a few months from factory to battlefield, many systems are being debugged as it flies."
Fei didn’t continue to taunt the young man; she spread her hands.
"It’s hard to imagine such a behemoth, and its sewage system isn’t perfected; all that stuff is piled up in the sewage tank at the bottom of the elevator shaft."
Around them, silhouettes shifted, every soldier’s face was full of pre-battle tension and repression, yet the girl smiled, spread her hands, narrowed her eyes, leaned into the young man’s side.
"You know what I most want to say to those bugs right now, Xiaoliu?"
"What is it?" Jian Liu asked.
"They’re gonna be covered in crap hahaha!"
Fei laughed like a little madman.
Jian Liu helplessly watched the girl laugh until she leaned forward and back, gasping for air.
Finally, Fei leaned on his shoulder, her expression serene and calm.
"Go quickly, don’t mind me. I don’t want to say anything to you right now."
"When you return safely, I’ll have endless things to say to you."
"Hmm."
Jian Liu gave the girl a farewell hug, after a muted silence, they made their final parting.
Watching the young man put on his military cap and hurriedly run towards the Titan, Fei’s gaze was complicated.
If there was another world path without war, where people lived peacefully and happily; what would their lives be like?
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On a battlefield filled with yellow sand, a figure appeared, followed by countless fully armed soldiers; after months, Li Mingqing seemed like a different person, his handsome yet sinister face now full of wind and frost, rough hands like canyon cracks.
"Forgotten." the dark figure slowly said.
This figure bore a human shape, his appearance resembling Arabian descent. The black dense scales on his face and the sharp mandibles that collided left and right, these army ant characteristics allowed Li Mingqing to recognize him.
Agares, one of the high-level Insect Race, Solomon’s most capable subordinate.
"You are more capable than I imagined." Agares said.
"Gathering such a large-scale army in a few months, Solomon underestimated your abilities."
"Stop with the nonsense." Li Mingqing sneered, "I don’t have time to engage in verbal sparring with bugs."
"I only need to know, where is it."
"Life Staff has found its vessel." Agares said.
"Regrettably, we can’t approach it; she is very dangerous."
"You know, in the old Silver Era, there was a significantly long Cold War between ideologically different regimes." Li Mingqing said,
"Arms race, ideological infiltration, espionage storms, nuclear missile crisis, the button for world destruction was in the hands of a few."
"During that gray period, numerous space-based weapons were distributed; just one could flatten a city. Even though that era ended with Jiulong’s resurgence and North Wind Line’s alliance, those space stations still float like ghosts in space, some decommissioned, others operating at minimum power."
"And I, control the launch device of one such space-based weapon."
"I don’t need you to tell me how strong the enemy is; I only need an exact coordinate."
"Well, if I were to tell you." Agares’ expression remained unchanged.
"It has taken over the remains of a fallen sinner?"
"Fallen sinner?" Li Mingqing was stunned.
"Yes, a fallen sinner." Agares’ unusual tone sends chills down the back.
"She once reflected the world’s radiance."
