Shadows of the Deep Space-Chapter 54 - Forced Landing

54: Chapter 54: Forced Landing

54 -54: Forced Landing

Inside the hangar of Battleship No.

133.

Su Ming and his group struggled to stabilize their Mech, as the entire spaceship shook violently.

Red warning lights flashed, and a piercing alarm sounded relentlessly.

“What the hell is going on?

It feels like the ship is going to sink.”

Chen Tong couldn’t help but curse.

“It’s about to sink.”

Su Ming responded tensely.

“Su Ming, what do we do now?”

Zhao Ran naturally turned to Su Ming, not even realizing when he had started to rely on him so much.

Su Ming knitted his brows and said to Zhao Ran and the others,

“I don’t know what to do either.

For now, the only thing we can do is wait for the spaceship to reach the point of explosion and then forcefully break out.

But there’s a problem—the Iron Head Mecha we have isn’t like the Third Generation Machines; it cannot fly freely in space because the fuel for the jet devices is limited.

So, at the very least, the ship must reach the atmosphere of Earth Flame Star before we can break away and have any hope of landing on Earth Flame Star; otherwise, we are simply on a path to death.”

“The problem is, where are we exactly now?

This hangar has no windows to look out of; we are practically blind.”

Chen Tong said irritably.

“I can’t help it either.”

Su Ming too felt helpless.

Although he was very uncomfortable, there was nothing he could do.

“I know where the ship is now.”

At this moment, Lin Chuyu suddenly spoke up.

“Huh?

How do you know?”

Su Ming and others looked at Lin Chuyu in surprise.

“I have a friend who is in command.

He is in the control room right now, and I’m maintaining real-time contact with him through my Mech.”

Lin Chuyu then explained.

“So, where has our spaceship flown to now?”

Gu Meng and others also gathered around and asked unceremoniously.

Lin Chuyu merely glanced at Gu Meng and the others.

She didn’t withhold information out of spite due to any past conflicts but said generously,

“We are very lucky.

Although those classmates in the command system have been struggling for command, a portion of the students are still operating.

Thus, we are not far from the low orbit of Earth Flame Star.”

“That’s great!”

Zhao Ran and the others said, overjoyed.

“But…”

Just as everyone was delighted, Lin Chuyu suddenly added a “but,” causing everyone’s hearts to tense up again.

“What do you mean ‘but’?

Can’t you just tell us everything at once?”

Gu Meng said irritably.

Su Ming also looked at Lin Chuyu with furrowed brows; he knew it wouldn’t be that simple.

Lin Chuyu continued,

“I don’t know how to say this, so I’ll just project the live feed image my friend sent me for you all to see.”

After finishing her words, she immediately controlled the projection device of her Mech, and an image of space appeared before everyone.

“My god!”

…

Everyone stared at the space, seeing countless armies of the Mechanical Clan forming a defensive network, and the overwhelming attacks coming their way left them somewhat despairing.

“Fuck, with such terrifying force, how could we possibly break through?”

“We’re done for, we’re going to score zero.”

“I don’t want to score zero, at least let me get twenty to thirty points.”

…

Su Ming sighed as well, such a terrifying defense network was impossible for their ship to tear through.

At that moment, Su Ming suddenly saw a streak of light flash across the image at an extremely fast speed.

His pupils contracted as he carefully looked, and it seemed like something had broken through the barrage and made it past.

Before he could figure out what it was,

Boom~

The center of the Mechanical Clan’s constructed defense network exploded into a brilliant sun, sending an explosive shockwave that tore through the surroundings, effortlessly annihilating all the weapons.

The dazzling light made it impossible for everyone to open their eyes, even the projection was just a white expanse.

Once the white light had dissipated, the impeccable defense net was instantly torn open by a gigantic breach.

“Beautiful!”

“There’s hope now, charge!”

Chen Tong and the others shouted excitedly.

Inside the control room, the despairing students, upon seeing this, were also greatly exhilarated.

“We’re saved!”

“Quick, full power, surge through!”

“Right!”

At this moment, they temporarily set aside their differences and took to controlling the ship.

The entire battleship was suddenly at full power, rushing towards the torn breach.

At the same time, the surviving ships around them also saw the hope and accelerated towards the breach.

Su Ming and the others held their breath, suppressing their excitement, as they watched the live images projected.

“We’ve made it through, we’re entering the near orbit of Earth Flame Star, and we expect to enter the atmosphere in 7 minutes and 23 seconds.”

Lin Chuyu continuously updated everyone with the latest situation.

“Come on!”

“Just a bit more, as long as we break into the atmosphere, we’ve succeeded.”

Zhao Ran and the others were extremely excited, as victory was within sight.

From the distant space looking towards Earth Flame Star, one could see a very shocking scene, ships burning with fierce flames, like moths to a flame, rushing towards the dark red Earth Flame Star.

Time passed by, second by second.

Su Ming and the others watched as the Earth Flame Star grew closer, their hearts rising to their throats, and when the 7 minute 23 second countdown ended, the ship plunged into the atmosphere.

“Beautiful, we made it!”

“Fantastic, we’ve succeeded!”

Zhao Ran and the others cheered excitedly.

Su Ming, Lin Chuyu, and Gu Meng all breathed a sigh of relief, finally able to let go of the suspense.

At this moment, everyone’s operation screens popped up with several notifications.

“Notice: Ship No.

133 has entered the atmosphere.”

“Notice: Combat tasks are being issued.”

“Task One: Emergency landing at Manhavi Interstellar Military Airport (5 minutes).”

“Task Two: Defend Manhavi Interstellar Military Airport (primary task).”

Su Ming looked at the issued combat tasks, his eyes revealing a hint of surprise, an emergency landing at Manhavi Interstellar Military Airport only for 5 points?

“No way, just 5 points for the emergency landing task?”

“That’s too little, how many tasks do we have to complete just to pass?”

“Exactly, who designed this?

I feel like just managing to land is already quite hard.”

Everyone present complained continuously while looking at the updated tasks.

Su Ming asked Lin Chuyu.

“Chuyu, is the ship now flying towards Manhavi Interstellar Airport?”

“Yes, the students in the command room are currently adjusting the flight parameters.

If everything goes well, we should see Manhavi Interstellar Airport once we pass through the atmosphere.”

Lin Chuyu reported while looking at the feedback information.

“That’s good.”

Su Ming felt slightly relieved and continued to watch the shared projections.

At this moment, the battleship, rapidly descending, successfully broke through the atmosphere, and from a distance, one could see a large, squarely shaped interstellar military airport sitting on the plains, very conspicuous.

Additionally, to the right of Manhavi Interstellar Airport lay the massive Manhavi Base City.

“It’s the airport, we’ll be there soon.”

Zhao Ran said excitedly.