Section 164 Hunter in the Darkness
The moment the cabin door of the captain's quarters closed behind Mu Fei, the room was suddenly plunged into utter darkness. Shouts of surprise rose one after another! However, the soundproofing of the cabin door was exceptionally effective; even someone as sensitive as Mu Fei, at such close range, didn't notice a thing!
The sudden darkness immediately threw the captain's quarters into panic!
In the darkness, Ye Zhong silently summoned his Guardian. Having grown accustomed to the Guardian's unique black-and-white vision, the three-dimensional pattern formed by countless tiny white lines before his eyes seemed perfectly natural. Moreover, he had already memorized everyone's position in the captain's quarters. Besides, there was also Shang's presence!
Ye Zhong's figure moved like a wisp of faint, ethereal smoke, yet no one could see him in the darkness.
Ye Zhong's terrifying strength, amplified by the Guardian, became even more fearsome. This also made Ye Zhong's speed astonishingly fast. Combined with the Guardian's precise scanning, Ye Zhong's efficiency was so high that even he was somewhat surprised!
The exclamations of the crowd seemed to be abruptly cut off simultaneously by a crisp sound of snapping bones!
Ye Zhong landed lightly in front of the cabin door. In that brief moment, Ye Zhong had struck sixteen times without a single miss, each time crushing a throat. Because Ye Zhong's speed was so extreme, the sounds of breaking bones were as密集 as one! Without the Guardian's amplification effect, Ye Zhong would never have been able to perform such a high-difficulty maneuver. But now, with the Guardian's power, Ye Zhong easily accomplished what was originally impossible.
The moment Ye Zhong landed, the cabin door slid open abruptly, the timing perfectly precise! Mu and Shang never wasted a single moment!
In fact, the moment Ye Zhong boarded the cosmic spacecraft, Shang had silently taken control of the entire vessel. Although this cosmic spacecraft far surpassed the Nassau, which Ye Zhong had ridden before, in terms of armor and power, its defense systems against intrusion were much weaker. As a result, Shang successfully hacked into it immediately, obtaining the highest control authority over the Grendel!
From that moment on, Ye Zhong had been waiting for an opportunity—a chance to deliver a fatal blow to the enemy and free himself from the Institute's control! What he feared most was Mu Fei. As for the other pilots, Ye Zhong believed that in such an environment, the Guardian was more advantageous than their mechas, especially with Shang's assistance!
The appearance of the Hei Jiao spacecraft, however, was entirely unexpected for Ye Zhong. But he quickly realized it was an excellent opportunity! Just as he felt he had made significant progress in wit and adaptability, a detailed combat plan was laid out before him. He finally understood one thing: Shang's inherently wicked nature made him more suitable than Mu for devising combat plans!
This plan was almost entirely composed of tactics like ambushes and disguises, which seemed naturally suited to Ye Zhong. Ye Zhong was a born hunter!
The entire plan could be described as sinister! Unexpectedly, the captain cooperated quite well. When he ordered the mutual communication signal to be sent, Shang instantly adjusted the combat plan accordingly! For Shang, who had already taken control of the Grendel's entire system, modifying the mutual communication signal was a simple task! And so, a provocative and insulting mutual communication signal was sent out by Shang!
The effect was outstanding! The commander of the Hei Jiao spacecraft was clearly enraged, though overconfidence in their strength likely played a part. After all, they had fifty Starflame mechas!
They never expected this unremarkable Grendel to possess such formidable combat power, ultimately leading to such a fierce and brutal battle! Neither Hei Jiao nor the Institute could emerge as the victor of this battle!
Shang's plan went even further! From the beginning, he calculated that Hei Jiao's forces would ultimately gain the upper hand, and Mu Fei would inevitably go to support them. The crucial point of the entire plan was the brief period after Mu Fei left the captain's quarters and before he reached the preparation bay.
At that moment, there were no combat personnel left in the captain's quarters. Utilizing the sudden darkness, Ye Zhong, controlling the Guardian, effortlessly slaughtered everyone in the captain's quarters, thus eliminating any worries from behind!
What Ye Zhong needed to do now was to intercept Mu Fei before he reached the preparation bay! Without entering the preparation bay, Mu Fei would not summon his mecha! Without the protection of his mecha, no matter how powerful a psionicist Mu Fei was, he stood no chance of survival against the Guardian!
"Attack the enemy at their weakest with your strongest state!" When Shang said this, his smugness made Ye Zhong strongly want to punch him!
Ye Zhong's slightly bent legs on the ground suddenly exerted force, propelling him like a golden arrow shooting fiercely through the just-opened cabin door!
Ye Zhong's leg strength was originally terrifyingly powerful, and after being amplified by the Guardian, it became even more fearsome! With a single step on the deck, Ye Zhong flew forward over ten meters, creating the illusion that he was covering more than ten meters in one stride!
Ye Zhong's attention was highly focused. Advancing at such speed within such narrow corridors, he dared not be the slightest bit careless!
Mu Fei suddenly stopped in his tracks. He faintly heard a whirring sound rapidly approaching from ahead! He stood alert, listening carefully. Such incredible speed! It should be at least six Hertz! Out in open space, six Hertz was fast but not alarming. But if something was moving at over six Hertz inside a spacecraft, that was truly terrifying!
Mu Fei's expression grew increasingly grave!
Suddenly, everything before Mu Fei's eyes went dark—all the lights in the corridor went out simultaneously!
Enemy attack!
He let out a fierce roar, his usually gentle eyes now sharp like unsheathed swords. He spun around abruptly, palms thrusting sideways, while his waist twisted unnaturally as if boneless, forcibly shifting him thirty centimeters horizontally!
What his hands touched was something icy cold—metal! What was this thing? Mu Fei was both shocked and angry! The intense air turbulence caused by the high speed scraped painfully against his face!
Mu Fei's hands stung fiercely. Although he had used clever force to deflect the unidentified flying object, his hands were still injured! If he hadn't applied his force skillfully just now, his hands might have been crippled! Moreover, he seemed to feel a sharp, wing-like protrusion on the object that narrowly grazed past his neck. The chilling coldness in that instant made all the hair on his body stand on end!
Everything was pitch black; he couldn't see a thing. Mu Fei stood ready, relying now only on his ears and intuition!
Had someone infiltrated the spacecraft?
Before he could think further, he felt another rush of wind pressing towards him, extremely alarming. A strong sense of danger surged from the depths of his heart. Almost instinctively, he suddenly dodged to the left! Simultaneously, his palms pressed downward虛按! No psionicist would ever doubt their intuition, and Mu Fei, being among the best, deeply trusted his own!
Another chilling coldness swept rapidly past his neck, missing by a hair's breadth! Mu Fei finally realized what this thing was that constantly threatened to behead him! With his rich experience, he immediately judged it must be a weapon like a dagger!
Before he could think more, Thump! His虛按 hands felt as if they had collided with a mecha charging at full speed head-on!
"Ah!" The intense pain made him unable to hold back a scream! Metal again! That was his only thought before the pain overwhelmed him! His forearms were exposed, revealing ghastly white bone amidst torn flesh! His hands seemed to offer no resistance to this upward attack because the opponent's strength was too immense! The attack accurately struck his abdomen!
A sharp pain in his abdomen made Mu Fei bend over involuntarily. His mind grew dizzy, suddenly losing the ability to think. In a dazed, confused state, Mu Fei, who had never suffered such a heavy blow before, actually felt a strange, inexplicable thrill!
But before he could emerge from this茫然, a cold sensation spread across his neck. He felt a warm liquid spray onto his legs, and the world before his eyes grew increasingly dark!
Bent over, Mu Fei collapsed to the ground, remaining in that posture.
What had struck him so heavily was Ye Zhong's right knee!
In the darkness, Ye Zhong couldn't help but feel greatly surprised. Mu Fei was indeed a formidable figure. Even at such a disadvantage, he could still react like that. If he didn't have the Guardian, he probably wouldn't be a match for this guy! Ye Zhong didn't believe he could have managed any countermeasure under such an assault himself!
The lights in the corridor suddenly all turned on! The entire corridor was brightly illuminated, with sealed doors closed at both ends!
Shang urged Ye Zhong, "Hurry,叶子! It seems those guys can't hold out much longer!"
Ye Zhong recalled the Guardian at top speed and quickly ran to Mu Fei's corpse. Mu Fei remained bent over in death, his arms a bloody mess. The fatal wound was a ten-centimeter-long cut on his neck. The blood hadn't coagulated yet and was gushing out furiously.
Ignoring the strong smell of blood, Ye Zhong squatted down and swiftly searched Mu Fei's body. Ye Zhong's movements were extremely fast. In less than twenty seconds, he had retrieved everything from Mu Fei's person!
A shuttle-shaped pendant hanging from a rope caught Ye Zhong's attention.
"Yes, that's it!叶子, quickly, to the preparation bay!" Shang said urgently. Time was of the essence.
Hearing this, Ye Zhong didn't bother examining the other items. He stuffed everything into his waist pack, clutching the pendant in his hand, and sprinted towards the preparation bay. So far, the entire plan had been quite successful! Ye Zhong was also full of confidence in the next phase of Shang's plan!
The preparation bay was where pilots made their final preparations before battle. It was a very large space where pilots could summon their mechas, enter the cockpits, and where many supply items were stored.
In the preparation bay, Ye Zhong held the shuttle-shaped pendant,摸索ed it slightly, and pressed gently on its top!
All mechas controlled by brainwave-activated space buttons shared one characteristic: once the user was determined to be brain dead, the previous data and information would automatically reset, and the mecha would revert to a blank, unassigned state!
Simultaneously, a pale blue mecha materialized before Ye Zhong!