novelaction Chapter 1440 Stealing a Home
Chapter 1440 Stealing a Home
The blue-white energy shield fluctuated violently, and the point of impact erupted with blinding light, like a supernova explosion, instantly dispersing and evaporating the surrounding dense ice mist! A terrifying shockwave swept across the ice surface, stirring up a blizzard!
Almost simultaneously with the artillery barrage, the steel torrent across the ice field was unleashed!
The Frost Giant mechs marched with heavy steps, their massive, thickly armored feet causing the ice to groan and tremble with each stomp. The roar of their engines merged into a single sound, like a collective charge of ancient behemoths!
Their heavy energy cannons on their shoulders fired first, thick, eerie blue beams tearing through space like paintbrushes of death, relentlessly bombarding the area where the main cannons were focused.
The physical impact of the energy beam and the railgun projectiles overlapped and compressed wildly on the shield's surface, attempting to tear apart the flowing energy structure.
Following closely behind the armored vehicles were exoskeleton infantrymen surging forward like a silver tide!
Using the powerful mobility provided by their armor, they leaped and rolled at high speed across the undulating ice plains, their energy rifles spewing out dense blue light spots like a deadly swarm of bees, spraying towards any potential firing positions beneath their shields.
The ice surface quickly became pitted and scorched under the trampling of countless footsteps and the burning of energy beams.
However, the terrifying defenses of the Wall of Creation were revealed in the next moment!
Right in the core area where the Federation forces were attacking most fiercely and the shields were fluctuating most violently, a sudden change occurred!
The originally soft blue-white light suddenly turned blazing white!
An overwhelming and terrifying energy, like a long-accumulated volcano, suddenly erupted from inside the shield!
It was no longer a simple obstruction, but a violent, indiscriminate backlash of energy!
boom...!!!
A pure white aura of destruction spread out in a perfect circle from the point of concentrated fire!
The speed is so fast that it exceeds the limits of visual perception!
First to bear the brunt are the "Frost Giant" mechs charging at the forefront, unleashing their full firepower!
Their thick composite armor appeared as fragile as thin ice under the scorching sun in the face of this pure white halo!
The energy halo swept across silently, and the mech was instantly engulfed!
There was no explosion, no flames, only a terrifying melting!
The hard alloy armor softened, flowed, and vaporized like a candle! The internal pipes and skeleton were exposed in a fraction of a second, then turned into molten iron and were instantly evaporated by the ultra-high temperature!
All that remained were a few pools of strangely shaped molten metal slag emitting blue smoke and wisps of acrid white smoke rising from the spot!
The speed at which the aura spread did not slow down at all, and it crashed hard into the infantry group that followed closely behind!
"what...!"
A heart-wrenching, inhuman scream erupted for a moment and then abruptly stopped!
Dozens of exoskeleton soldiers who rushed too fast were swept by the edge of the halo!
Their Frostwolf armor twisted and shattered like pieces of paper!
The flesh and blood inside were directly vaporized in that incomprehensible flow of high-temperature energy!
Not a single ash was left behind, only charred, bottomless holes and wisps of smoke on the ice surface!
Only a few soldiers, thrown by the blast wave and on the edge of the aura, were lucky enough to escape direct hits, but their armor was severely melted...
It crashed onto the ice like a broken piece of charcoal, making a dull thud. A piercing alarm blared wildly from within the tattered armor before being swallowed up by the icy winds of the frozen plain.
As the dazzling white light faded, a chilling vacuum of death appeared in the center of the battlefield.
A charred, deep pit; twisted, molten metal debris; scattered, charred remains of corpses, still emitting wisps of smoke...
The intense smell of ozone, molten metal, and burnt protein mixed together to create a suffocating, hellish atmosphere.
The surging tide seemed to have crashed into an invisible, burning wall of death, and was abruptly stopped!
"Hold the line! Provide cover! Keep the fire going! Suppress the shield energy nodes!"
Frank, his eyes bloodshot, roared into the communications channel, directing the follow-up troops to use the ice ridges and craters for cover and continue to pour fire at the shield in an attempt to suppress the terrifying counterattack energy.
But the Wall of Creation's counterattack seems to possess intelligence...
Every time the Federation forces attempted to concentrate their firepower on a single point, that blazing white aura would precisely erupt at that point, mercilessly reaping lives.
Tragic scenes of melting gold into iron and turning flesh into ash were constantly unfolding on the icy plains.
The number of casualties among the federal troops climbed rapidly on the cold screens of the command center, making the advance extremely difficult, with every step treading on the blood of their comrades and molten steel.
Xiao Ce frowned slightly upon witnessing this scene. He had anticipated that the Creation Base's trump card would be quite powerful, but he hadn't expected it to be this formidable...
Inside the core control room of the creation base, a massive holographic battlefield scene is displayed in exquisite detail.
Watching the Federation troops charge futilely before the shield like moths to a flame, constantly being devoured by the energy of the "Primordial Guardian," Xiao Dingshan's lips, etched with the wrinkles of time, finally curled into a cold, all-encompassing smile.
The communication screen in front of him lit up, switching directly to the battlefield public channel.
His aged yet metallic voice, filled with endless mockery, echoed clearly in the helmets of every Federation soldier, like the hiss of a venomous snake:
"Xiao Ce, do you see this? This is the difference in civilization! This is the consequence of trying to stop a chariot with your bare hands!"
The image shows the horrific molten zone at the front of the battlefield, with charred craters and twisted metal debris deliberately magnified.
"These things you brought... these tin cans and flesh and blood are nothing but scrap waiting to be recycled in the furnace before the creations of my Creation Base!"
His voice suddenly rose, carrying a condescending pity as he said, "Look behind you! Look at those soldiers who turned to ashes in the energy flow!"
Their blood should not have been shed in vain!
Your resistance will only hasten this planet's fate of being harvested; it is utterly meaningless!
"Put down your weapons, Xiao Ce! Surrender with your pathetic 'warriors'!"
At the very least, the Creation Council will grant human civilization... a dignified end!
Instead of turning into cosmic dust on this meaningless ice field, as we are now!
Every word was like a poisoned icicle, piercing the already taut nerves of the Federation Army.
The air on the battlefield seemed to freeze, with only the buzzing of energy weapons and the suppressed groans of the wounded remaining.
A sense of oppressive despair quietly spread through the steel torrent. The soldiers' knuckles turned white from gripping their weapons so tightly, and their eyes beneath their visors were filled with bloodshot anger, yet they were also terrified by the hellish death before them.
Xiao Ce stood behind an ice and rock bunker blasted open by an energy cannon, his cold gaze sweeping across the dead zone ahead, which reeked of burnt flesh, and over the bloodshot eyes of his soldiers, a mixture of anger and fear.
Every word Xiao Dingshan spoke was like a venomous snake, gnawing at morale. A direct assault would come at too high a price. Charging headlong into this wall would only result in utter destruction, leaving them bleeding to their last drop.
He abruptly closed his eyes, his mental perception, like invisible tentacles, instantly sinking into the cold, lifeless depths of the ice beneath his feet, piercing through the solid ice and the alloy fibers mixed within, sensing with all his might...
The faint yet clear resonance emanating from the core of the Star Network Hub!
Like the only lighthouse in the dark depths of the sea, it is helping him search for loopholes...
That's it!
He suddenly opened his eyes, which flashed with a cold light!
Xiao Ce instantly connected Frank and Morgana's encrypted communication and said to them, "Frank, Morgana! Listen up!"
"The offensive must not stop! Maintain the current firepower and keep bombarding! Keep Xiao Dingshan and his damn council's attention firmly pinned on the front!"
"what?"
Frank's voice was incredibly hoarse; he thought he had misheard...
"Your Highness! Brothers..."
"This is an order!"
Xiao Ce said decisively, "Use artillery! Use mechs! Use feints! Even if it's just piling up corpses! We must make them believe that we have no choice but to fight to the last man here! Draw all their defensive fire!"
He spoke extremely quickly, issuing cold and clear instructions:
"Furthermore, mobilize all the 'Dig Dragon' heavy drilling units that have been urgently allocated from our warships...!"
"Frank! From your personal guard and the Dragon Army's secret police, pick twenty of the most elite men! They must be the most skilled assassins in stealth, demolition, and hand-to-hand combat! Equip them with 'Shadow' submersible mechs and individual phase cutters! Assemble at my location within five minutes!"
"Your Highness, what are you going to do..." Frank's voice was filled with a sense of apprehension.
"Did they think the tortoise shell was impregnable?"
Xiao Ce's lips curled into an almost sinister smile, his gaze seemingly piercing through the thick ice and alloy, staring directly at the beating heart of the Creation Base!
"I'll go and rip its heart out! Xiao Dingshan, you want to see a frontal assault? Fine! I'll put on a show for you! I'll keep doing it until you die!"
Communications cut off.
About ten minutes later, behind the front lines, the thick layer of ice had been broken...
Twenty elite soldiers, enveloped in "Shadow" submersible mechs, moved like shadows blending into ink, closely following the golden-red figure leading the way...
Xiao Ce's "Sharp Edge" mecha was temporarily modified, covered with a special coating to absorb energy disturbances, and the light at the joints was deliberately suppressed to the darkest level...
The Star Network Mechanism murmured deep within Xiao Ce's consciousness, emitting invisible fluctuations.
This fluctuation is not an attack, but the most ingenious deception.
It simulates the natural geothermal pulsations and ocean current noise deep within the ice layer, and even perfectly replicates the background noise of the creation base's own detection signals.
So at this very moment, they were sailing on this vast ocean, completely unknown to anyone...
Inside the base, the sonar arrays, energy fluctuation scanners, and vital sign detectors—so sophisticated they could detect the heartbeat of a krill—were receiving only a "normal," lifeless stream of information from the icy sea...
They were completely unaware that a small team was silently approaching them from deep within...
"Stay close, keep your energy still, and synchronize your movements."
Xiao Ce's voice, transmitted through encrypted bone conduction, reached the ears of every team member, as calm as ice itself.
The massive ice drill unit spun rapidly at the front of the "Sharp Edge" mech's arms, its sharp alloy drill bit gnawing at the ice-rock alloy layer specially reinforced by the creation base, emitting a low hum that was filtered through layers of seawater and the mech's outer shell.
Ice shards and metal fragments were sucked into the collection sac on the back of the mech by a powerful stream of water, leaving no trace....
The target is getting closer!
The resonance of the Star Network Hub became increasingly clear. It was a protrusion deeply embedded in the outer edge of the main structure of the base, penetrating into the ice sheet.
According to energy flow analysis, this is one of the core energy relay and regulation nodes of the "Primordial Guardian" shield system, and also a potential weak point in the external defense.
"stop."
Xiao Ce's command was short and forceful.
The drill stopped, and the twenty dark figures remained still in the darkness like underwater reefs.
Above, there is a super ice layer up to 30 meters thick, mixed with high-strength alloy mesh!
Ahead was a huge alloy gate with faint energy patterns shimmering on it, the outer entrance to the control room.
"Shadow Team, clear the outer sentries. Silent."
Xiao Ce issued the order.
Four of the Dragon Soaring Guards, masters of stealth operations, darted out silently from both sides of "Sharp Edge" like arrows released from a bow.
The optical camouflage of the "Shadow" mechs was near perfect in the deep sea, and their movements were as light as ghosts, moving along the cold alloy gate edges.
On either side of the sluice gate, four fixed underwater automatic sentry gun emplacements floated silently, their dark blue scanning beams sweeping across the water ahead like searchlights.
The guards, like ink droplets blending into a stream of water, precisely positioned themselves within the gaps in the scanning beams.
A specially designed superconducting magnetic adsorption device allowed them to cling to the turret base like geckos.
There was no cold light, no sound.
Only a specially made ultra-high frequency oscillating dagger, capable of operating stably under high pressure in the deep sea, precisely and swiftly destroyed the core of the turret's energy pipeline and the interface of its main control chip, like a hot knife cutting into butter.
The four deadly weapons dimmed instantly, turning into scrap metal floating in the deep sea. The entire process was so fast that even the disturbance of the water currents was negligible.
"Gate access".
Xiao Ce maneuvered "Sharp Edge" to approach the gate control panel.
A tiny data probe, powered by the Starlink Hub, popped out from the mech's fingertip and silently pierced the panel interface.
The sophisticated encryption firewall proved as fragile as paper against the futuristic computing power of the StarNet hub. The probes released simulated command streams, deceiving the system's self-test program.
A few seconds later, the heavy alloy gate emitted an almost inaudible hydraulic pressure release sound and slid inward through a gap just wide enough for the mech to pass through.
Those elite soldiers behind him, witnessing Xiao Ce's actions, felt even greater admiration...
The icy seawater rushed into the decompression chamber behind the gate...
"Go! Hurry! Make the most of the time..." Xiao Ce shouted.
Twenty mechs surged into the decompression chamber like swimming fish in an instant.
The heavy inner gate slammed shut behind them, shutting out the seawater. Powerful pumps inside the cabin roared to life, and the water level dropped rapidly...