Skyfire Avenue - Chapter 662

Chapter 662

Chapter 662: Skyfire to the Rescue!

Xiao Han lifted his head and was surprised to discover a battleship sized ship hovering above the battlefield . A cadre of mecha suits tumbled from its cargo doors to join the fight . Their arrival stopped the alien menace dead in their tracks, like weeds before the scythe . Step by step they were pushed from the walls .

Su He was just as stunned . As he had been peering into the encroaching host of alien seagulls, there was a sudden roar that filled the air . A strange light swept by, and suddenly the purple was gone – nothing was left but clear blue sky .

More and more bulky silhouettes fell from the ship and into the alien force, coming to the university in its time of need .

Su He was a God-ranked pilot, and his eye was more discerning than Xiao Han’s . When he saw how these newcomer fought he gasped . Where did these soldiers come from? They were so strong, well equipped, and every one of them flickered with the power of Discipline . He looked on as their heavy artillery mowed the enemy down, working together to bring out the strengths in one another . The aliens were asking for death in their persistent charge .

Since when did the East have such a mighty mecha division, and made of exclusively Adepts? Could they be from An Lun? Su He vaguely recalled news An Lun was creating an Adept army .

“Professor Su?” His thoughts were interrupted by a two-headed dragon, hovering before him .

“Who are you? Bahamut?” The mecha was distinctive and hard to forget .

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“The same . I’m the commander of Star Division’s Third Brigade from Skyfire . We’re here to help – don’t worry, the situation here is handled . ” The Bartender smiled within the cockpit .

Majesty had almost overloaded its engines to get here as fast as it could . Moments after they arrived, the danger to Lyr University caught their attention . They rushed to the rescue, handily managing the alien force . Once Second Brigade’s long-distance mecha fighters hit the ground they cleared a safe zone around the school . The aliens couldn’t contend against the overwhelming firepower, much less Majesty in all its terrible glory .

Su He’s heart raced . “Star Division? From Skyfire? Are you all from the Avenue?”

“We are,” the Bartender confirmed . “Our commander is an old acquaintance of yours, we call him the Jewelry Master . You probably know who I mean . ”

Su He gaped in utter shock . All of a sudden Lan Jue was the commander of a crack mecha division? There wasn’t an enemy in all the universe that could face up to these soldiers!

Sounds of jubilation rang from within the university walls . The sudden arrival of these powerful saviors had pulled them from the brink of death .

A light shone from Bahamut’s chest, projecting a holographic image in the air between them . A familiar face; Lan Jue .

“Hello classmate . ”Lan Jue nodded in greeting .

“Lan Jue . Thank you, you and your soldiers . We wouldn’t have been able to hold on any longer . ” Su He was relieved and sincere .

Lan Jue went on . “The situation there has been stabilized . The rest of my team and I will be arriving soon to look for the mother, we call them progenitors . If you could, we ask you maintain command of the school and the people in it . ”

“Of course, leave it to me . ” Su He nodded .

Lan Jue smiled at him, and the hologram vanished .

Majesty’s superior engines had brought it here faster, but Lan Jue wouldn’t be left out of the fight . Zeus-1 was also tearing through space at top speed and closing in on Lyr .

Once Majesty arrived they were being fed a constant stream of logistic information . So far the alien invaders had taken control of more than one fourth of the planet . Their appearance had been explosively fast, too fast for anyone to react . Oceans of vital energy nourished the beasts to maturity almost right away, and was the reason for their vast numbers .

The aliens also seem to have had this planned . A number of creatures had been out in space, responsible for dealing with reinforcements . Majesty’s overwhelming firepower made short work of them . With the Accountant behind the fire controls the interstellar aliens didn’t stand a chance . Once the blockade was destroyed Majesty and other Eastern military vessels poured through to come to Lyr’s aid . Now that Star Division had arrived, the planet’s dire situation was under control .

“Brother, in a minute I’ll need your help finding the progenitor,” Lan Jue said, speaking through his communicator to Lan Qing’s battleship .

Lan Qing nodded . His eyes burned with anticipation of the fight to come . “It’s been elusive, our scanners haven’t been able to get a lock on a location . This is a problem, damage to the planet is significant . How many habitable planets are there for us? When it comes to outright war we won’t have the resources to resist them . What’s your plan, A-Jue?”

“I still believe it’s best to evacuate the outlying planets, circle the wagons,” he replied . “At least that way we can protect them better and defend resource planets . The remainder we can leave to automated mining for the time being . Citizens can be brought into the heart of the Alliance and resettled temporarily on planets more conducive to life . At the same time we need to strengthen our position and prepare for defense . Ramp up military production and train more soldiers . Fixed defensive positions aren’t nearly as effective as mecha, so swelling our mecha numbers and dispatching them to every inhabited planet should also be a priority . This’ll give us the chance to respond immediately to any threat . ”

Lan Qing nodded . “None of the interior planets have what An Lun can offer . I’ll start dispatching units to administrative planets as soon as possible . Our military industry is working at its peak to produce weapons and outfit the defenders . We’re also equipping the interior planets with as many railguns as we can fit on them . If Lyr had had railgun installations the aliens wouldn’t have been able to blockade reinforcements . ”

Lan Jue displeased . All of their plans were passive and after the fact . They needed time to learn about their foe and how they fought – time they didn’t have .

Lan Jue narrowed his eyes . “Actually the best plan is to bring the fight to them . That’s the only way to ensure we exhaust and destroy their energy supply, which in turn should cause them to be less aggressive .  1 It’s impossible to say how much life was stolen from Lyr, and it may even be the aliens came to try and destroy the Tears of Neptune . I’ve already ordered Majesty to keep its scanners wide and responsive . We won’t let any alien escape . ”

“After we’re finished here I’ll run it up the chain, see if we can’t take the initiative,” Lan Qing said .

Lan Jue continued to think out loud . “If we do lead a preemptive strike it has to be small . The larger the force the harder it’d be to get out . Father said that there were aliens even stronger than me . I asked Jun Yongye about this, and he said the only creatures stronger than Jue Di were the immortals of old . Those immortal commanded power far beyond anything humans were capable of, so much so that the universe would outright reject something that devastating . Hence the immortals realms of the ancient days, because they couldn’t exist in the same space as everything else . If they attempted to leave their special reality the universe’s natural energies would obliterate them . You could say that immortals were forced to imprison themselves . Now the realm of immortals has ceased to exist the immortals have perished, too . There’s no more place for them to hide – and the stronger the immortal, the stronger the universe hits back . ”

“Did you ask for more detail from father? Where does he stand, could be somehow become an immortal himself?”

A wry grin split Lan Jue’s face . “I tried, but he didn’t answer . ”

Lan Qing’s voice was thoughtful . “There’s something wrong with him . He doesn’t want to tell us, so ask mother when you have an opportunity . She should know . ”

Lan Jue nodded in agreement .

Lyr came into view from the ship’s bridge . A sick violet hue hung over vast swaths of formerly fertile ocean, shocking to behold . It looked like a nasty bruise . The ship puncture the planet’s atmosphere and down toward the ocean surface .

The alien’s poison had infected the land as well as the sea . Unquestionable, the progenitor was hiding somewhere the ocean of contaminated water .

“Let’s get out there and find it . Keep Zeus-1 as support . ” Lan Jue said to Su Xiaosu .

“Aye aye!” She replied .

Lan Jue and the Driver exited the ship, entered their mechas and set out . Seated in Thor’s cockpit, the Jewelry Master felt a comfortable bond, like the sleek sapphire mecha was an extension of his own body . It was a sensation he’d begun to recognize only after absorbing the thunder essence . His Discipline merged seamlessly with the suit’s systems, and so his surprise Thor’s AI and body seemed to be influenced by the All-Heaven lightning . Like Lan Jue, the suit was somehow transformed by it .

As Thor flew through the air its body was surrounded by an undulating pale blue light . The energies released by the suit were gentle, but nonetheless were reflected by the surface of the ocean . A strange ocean, where even the waves had been silenced .