The First Evolution

The three of them had seen such shuttles in Coles. It had a very strong penetrating power that could even punch through the thick shell of a starship and deploy the Red Barracuda Star Pirates to engage in close-range battle.

One Red Star shuttle directly penetrated a bunker, and another one also penetrated the temporary headquarters. Thick smoke billowed out from these 2 vital locations.

Immediately afterward, a large number of hatches opened on the surface of the shuttles like a swordfish suddenly opened all its scales.

A lot of ordinary Red Barracuda Star Pirates jumped out of these hatches. Their strategic purpose was to wipe out all the advance team sent by the Star Consortium!

This situation became precarious for Fang Linyan and the others.

But at this moment, a buzzing sound suddenly came from the sky, which belonged to the unique engine roar of the Rhinoceros Beetle II. Then, a flare was launched, illuminating the entire battlefield.

3 strange-looking boxes were dropped from the shuttle. They were somewhat similar to big containers.

This was the latest technology developed by Star Consortium: high-speed orbital delivery system, also known as Steel Express Delivery!

These 3 “Steel Express Delivery” descended at an astonishing speed, but when they were about 10 meters away from the ground, their speed began to drop rapidly. They seemed to have fallen into a thick invisible barrier.

Finally, these things landed steadily on the soft ground, then 2 automatic machine gun turrets popped up from the top and started shooting.

These turrets were completely different from the [Machine Gun Turret] summoned by Fang Linyan before. They could only be described as machine cannon.

To be specific, it was very similar to the 2 heavy machine gun turrets in front of the Latvis captain’s room. The full name was the chain 120mm twin rapid-fire cannon, which could release a barrage of metal storm in an instant.

Under the suppressive fire of these 6 heavy machine cannons, the Red Barracuda Star Pirates’ offensive was immediately halted. The doors at both ends of the Steel Express Delivery had been opened, and a large number of federal soldiers rushed out.

These soldiers were well-trained. Like the Red Barracuda Star Pirates, they had powerful exoskeleton armor. The 2 sides engaged in a fierce and evenly matched battle.

Not only that, the temporary headquarters suddenly exploded violently. Explosives obviously had been planted earlier before. The shuttle that penetrated into it was submerged in the fire, thick smoke, and explosion.

Seeing this scene, Vulture said in shock,

“What is going on? Are we just bait all along?”

Goat said,

“Apparently so. These poor Red Barracuda Star Pirates are out of luck.”

Just as Goat finished speaking, several flames suddenly shot out from the darkness nearby, aiming at the Rhinoceros Beetle II that had just flown away.

This was obviously the backup plan of the Red Barracuda Star Pirates. The flames were the tail flames of the missiles they launched.

The Rhinoceros Beetle II tried its best to maneuver in mid-air and launch decoys to change the missile trajectory, and it seemed to be successful.

But the moment the missiles missed, a flash of lightning could be seen in the sky, illuminating the entire sky, then a huge aiming scope illusion appeared in the sky.

The aiming scope illusion operated quickly and firmly locked on the Rhinoceros Beetle II shuttle.

Next, a comet-like light shone in the space, then it swooped down. During the swoop, its tail was dragging dots of starlights, exuding a cruel beauty of death.

No matter how the Rhinoceros Beetle II maneuvered, it was inevitably hit by this cluster of light. Finally, it barely flew another few hundred meters with thick smoke and turned into a gorgeous explosion in the night sky.

Seeing this scene, Fang Linyan took a deep breath and said to Goat and Vulture,

“Did you see that?”

Goat and Vulture also nodded with shock, swallowed, and said,

“Yeah.”

The light cluster that finally shot down the Rhinoceros Beetle II just now didn’t belong to the technology of this world and must be an occult ability. In other words, it was the work of a colony hunter.

The colony hunter was only one level higher than the contractor, but the casual attack could deal such a devastating power. No wonder people were looking forward to it, but also feared it.

They didn’t know that this [Comet Strike] was quite rare even among colony hunters. This skill could be released in 2 modes: single or joint cast.

This [Comet Strike] that shot down the Rhinoceros Beetle II was joint cast.

One person must learn this ability, and the other 4 people will assist. After chanting for 20 seconds, it could be launched.

When activating, the caster needed to pay 10,000 common points and several casting materials.

After successful activation, the maximum MP value of 5 people would temporarily reduced by 50% for 1 hour.

Although this ability was powerful, using it on colony hunters/contractors was overkill. The skill introduction also specifically stated that in joint attack mode, the damage to space warriors was reduced by 3 times.

If coupled with the reduction of the PVP law, the power would be reduced by 400%! And the casting cost was huge.

The damage of a single person’s [Comet Strike] only required 3 seconds of chanting, and there was no negative attribute that reduced the damage to the space warriors by 3 times.

Therefore, under normal conditions, the contractor would almost never consider the joint attack mode.

However, once the Rhinoceros Beetle II was destroyed, the 2 sides were evenly matched again. Having just witnessed the attack of the colony hunter, Fang Linyan and the others certainly did not dare to draw attention. They just attacked from the sidelines.

The Red Barracuda Star Pirates originally planned to execute a classic ambush, but who knew that the enemy was prepared. If the battle continued, it would become a battle of attrition.

After failing to achieve the strategic goal, they left hastily.

Although this approach seems a bit anticlimactic, Fang Linyan only felt that the commander of Capsule Technology was really decisive.

This ambush had actually caused quite a lot of losses to the Star Consortium, so retreating now had the demeanor of a great general.

***

After experiencing this battle, all the workers spontaneously started working without being urged.

Only then did they truly realize the danger, so no one complained about the hardship anymore. Everyone knew that the sooner they repaired the base camp, the more protection their lives would have.

In addition, news of the attack here quickly spread to New Watchfort. They would dispatch materials and manpower too.

So despite the attack, the entire Area 323 camp was actually completed ahead of schedule, even an hour and a half earlier than planned!

Many people collapsed on the ground from exhaustion after finishing the work. After a while, they slowly dispersed to sleep.

At this moment, Stassen walked to Fang Linyan, pointed to the armored bunker, and said with a smile,

“Boy, you did a good job.”

Fang Linyan touched his head and laughed,

“Time was tight just now, otherwise I will use the X-shaped welding method. In this case, the durability of the bunker can be increased by another 8%.”

Stassen was surprised,

“You even know the X-shaped welding method?”

Fang Linyan smiled and said,

“Engineer Ivan taught me.”

Stassen nodded and said,

“No wonder, how long have you persisted under this drunkard?”

Fang Linyan said vaguely,

“Probably less than 10 days.”

He cleverly changed the concept here. 1 hour was less than 10 days too. It depended on how people interpreted it.

Stassen said,

“It’s rare to be able to persist under him for so long. Although this drunkard has a bad temper, as long as you are willing to learn sincerely, you can learn something useful. Go and take a rest. Your previous wave bevel welding has a little problem, so see me after you wake up.”

“Okay, okay.” Fang Linyan said hurriedly.

Fang Linyan slept for about 5 hours, and he was energized. Thanks to the enhanced passive ability he had obtained before. 1 hour of sleep was almost equal to 2 hours of sleep for others.

But Goat and Vulture could only get up rubbing their red eyes in envy.

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