Chapter 2299 - 2300: The Pursuing Battleship! Second Update
Swish swish...
Gigantic columns of light pierced through the universe, causing numerous black holes to emerge.
These immense light columns were fired from a giant spaceship, targeting a small spaceship rapidly fleeing in front.
These were two super-modern weapons, or rather, spaceships.
However, these two ships appeared to be enemies, one chasing and one fleeing.
Inside the smaller spaceship ahead, a man was standing in the control cabin with a distressed expression, while several subordinates behind him looked anxious.
The fire from behind was too fierce; their spaceship could not withstand several attacks and would be overwhelmed, dooming everyone inside to death.
"General, they are catching up. Our energy source was heavily depleted before, making it difficult to counterattack. We can only evade for now," reported one of the warriors from behind.
"General, things aren’t looking good. If this continues, we’ll all die at their hands," the strategist beside the man said.
The man referred to as the General was named Sevilla, the General of this operation, and also the captain of the spaceship, the leader of everyone.
Listening to the bad news coming from below, even with different reports from subordinates, he was fully aware that the current situation was extremely perilous.
"Change direction," Sevilla suddenly said, pointing at a direction on the screen.
"General, this direction is very close to the Death Star Zone. If we rush in there, wouldn’t it be..." The strategist beside the General immediately advised against entering there.
However, Sevilla was unwavering and insisted, "Do as I say, march forward at full speed, head towards here as fast as possible."
"General, this is courting death," the strategist said puzzled.
Others also urged to change Sevilla’s mind.
Knowing that others did not understand his actions, Sevilla had to explain, "Given the current state of our spaceship, the chance of escape is almost zero. Even besides constantly retreating, soon, the enemy will catch up."
"As for why I insist on going there, it’s because there might be a slim chance of survival for us."
Hearing Sevilla’s words, those around him did not understand as the Death Star Zone was filled with death. How could there be any chance of survival there?
But with Sevilla speaking again, everyone stopped having opinions and stopped advising against it.
"Before our operation, I went to see the Prophet. The Prophet said that our operation is a nine-dead-one-alive scenario, and to seek that one life, we must head near the Death Star Zone."
Did the Prophet predict this?
Hearing Sevilla mention the Prophet, those around no longer spoke, for they all believed in the words of the Prophet with unwavering faith.
The Prophet was their god, their leader, and their spiritual pillar.
Since the Prophet predicted, it would certainly come true.
Immediately, the spaceship abruptly changed direction, crossing towards the distant Death Star Zone.
In the large spaceship behind, a short man sitting in a chair, staring at the screen, saw the enemy fleeing toward the Death Star Zone, and immediately sneered.
"Sevilla, I’ve let you escape many times before, but this time I won’t let you go. No matter where you flee, your only fate is death."
With that said, the short man ordered the chase to continue, determined to eliminate them no matter where they fled.
Boom boom boom.
During the chase, the large ship continuously bombarded ahead, causing Sevilla’s small spaceship to keep shaking, disturbing their actions.
"General, the tail was hit."
"Start repairs immediately."
"Yes."
"General, we only have one Energy Bullet left. Should we counterattack?"
Sevilla was silent for a moment, then said, "Keep it. If there is no slim chance of survival, we’ll use this last Energy Bullet to destroy the spaceship. We must never let the enemy capture us."
At this moment, everyone inside the spaceship had gambled away all their lives for a last sliver of hope, ready to die either by the enemy’s hands or their own.
Soon, the spaceship accelerated to lightspeed, making continuous space jumps, reaching near the Death Star Zone.
But as for the so-called survival, no one could see it, nor did they know what it was.
Everyone had no doubt, firmly believing in the words of the Prophet, but where exactly would this survival be?
The large spaceship closely followed, seeing the small spaceship in front sever its tail, the short man showed a pleased expression and ordered, "Fire another Energy Bullet to make them tremble in fear."
Straight afterward, the large spaceship’s firepower grew more intense, radiating a vast area, collapsing all the surrounding space.
"General, it’s not good, the spaceship is alarming, and we can’t withstand any more attacks," one subordinate said to Sevilla, speaking the dire reality at hand.
Everyone in the control cabin held their breath.
And without thoroughly approaching the Death Star Zone, the spaceship couldn’t withstand it anymore.
Once attacked again, the spaceship would collapse, and all would die along with it.
Sevilla took a deep breath and calmly said, "Count down. Start the self-destruct system."
No hope of survival in sight, the only option was to prepare for self-destruction now.
There would be endless torture if captured by the enemy.
The self-destruct system was about to activate, and the countdown began!
Ten!
Nine!
Eight!
The firepower from the large ship in the rear ramped up. Sevilla and others didn’t know when the next attack would come, but judging by the current level of attack, it was just a matter of breaths.
Everyone cherished these last few moments exceedingly while silently waiting for death to arrive.
The prompt had already counted down to five.
The short man in the large spaceship behind displayed a smug smile. Whether killing Sevilla or capturing him, he would achieve great merit.
At the same time, he ordered his subordinates to add another Energy Bullet.
Swish swish swish...
Dozens of light columns appeared in space, annihilating everything in their path, even more terrifying than black holes.
All inside the small spaceship held their breath, watching the fast-approaching attacks, seeming like there was no survival; perhaps the Prophet didn’t foresee this either.
All were readying themselves to face death.
But just then, a young warrior pointing at the screen said, "Look quickly, all their attacks have vanished."
Huh?
Vanished.
Swish swish, everyone focused their gaze. Could it really be a turning of tide?
Everyone’s heart fluttered.
Following, on the screen, a figure appeared before everyone’s eyes, standing between them and the large spaceship.
A human!
A rather frail figure, hair floating, rising without wind.
Seeing this scene, people beside Sevilla instantly shouted, "Thank the Prophet, our salvation is here, we’ve been saved!"
It goes without saying, this sudden figure must be that slim chance of survival prophesied by the Prophet.
From the depths of despair, people were instantly filled with the joy of being reborn.