This place was the centermost location of the entire ship.
Whether this ship turned into a train, a Mech armor, or if the ship was facing imminent destruction, this place was equipped with a unique life-sustaining system that would guarantee the safety of its pilot at the highest degree.
——and it was quite narrow.
After securing Gu Qing Shan here, Su Xue Er could only sit on the floor.
“Why haven’t you come back yet?”
She anxiously whispered.
After waiting for a bit longer, Su Xue Er couldn’t help but glance at Gu Qing Shan again.
Gu Qing Shan still had his eyes closed, no reactions.
Su Xue Er sighed, feeling a bit more anxious in her heart.
Suddenly, the light on the control tower outside abruptly turned bright red, followed by a loud alarm.
[Attention please, 3000 life forms had been detected, brainwave signature confirmed to be similar]
[These life forms approaching rapidly]
[Initial assessment: Enemies]
[Estimated time of arrival: 5 minutes]
Su Xue Er instantly stood up, walked up to the dashboard outside and turned on the screen.
Numerous little dots appeared on the screen, displayed to be heading towards this base rapidly.
“Perform super-distance graph analysis of the targets”
[Running analysis]
[Analysis complete, the targets are confirmed to be Cultivation-type soldiers, brainwaves detected to contain hostility, 81.639% chance of them launching an attack against our side]
“Display the situation outside of the base” Su Xue Er ordered.
The scene on the screen changed.
Hazeden, Guyan, and Sha Qiang could be seen with their subordinates, stationed at various points outside the base.
The pixies were somewhere else entirely.
As they were currently souls, Su Xue Er could only see the glowing staves in their hands without actually understanding what the pixies were doing.
Su Xue Er turned on the ship’s radio system and quickly announced: “Attention please, the ship had just detected enemies approaching us, estimated time of arrival is 5 minutes!”
Sha Qiang loudly asked: 『 How many of them? 』
“3000 people!”
Hazeden, Guyan, and Sha Qiang exchanged glances.
“Seems like it’ll be a desperate fight” Hazeden commented.
Guyan also agreed: “Fortunately, I’m very experienced with this, our fire-type abilities are nothing but destructive”
Sha Qiang suggested: 『 What if I try to scare them off—– never mind, it’s 3000 people, I’ll probably not be able to scare them, so it’s best to retain the strength to fight 』
A few hundred flickering sprites of light flew over from the pixie’s side, displaying a line of text:
[We are currently using the Quipwood that Gu Qing Shan left behind to forge a Quipcraft Divine Artifact]
After they finished reading, this line of text changed again.
[So we won’t be able to help you with anything for now, and instead need your help to buy a bit more time]
The text changed again:
[But don’t feel dejected, the spell casting components we’ve accumulated after all these years can still be used one last time. This would have been our final trump card, now used to help you]
The sprites of light returned.
They then all gathered in the same place, forming the visage of the long-bearded old man.
The old man blew a long whistle that almost sounded like a long incantation:
“Bopidi bopido boo! Come and have afternoon tea!”
The void of space split open.
A gigantic black figure gently skidded through, silently flew over the base and hovered above it.
Everyone was stunned to see this.
The old man then said: “It will help you fight while we try to hasten the production of our Divine Artifact, please buy as much time as possible”
He then blinked a few times as the gigantic figure, then scattered back into countless sprites of light that returned to their forging.
『 This is… from the legends…』Sha Qiang looked at the gigantic figure, a bit uncertain.
“That’s right, it’s exactly that, the steed of the pixie’s Great Ancestor, I never thought I’d actually be able to see it” Guyan exclaimed in shock.
Hazeden stared closely at it for a long time before sighing: “The Magic Big Cuttlefish, a creature of legend, the consecration Deity of the pixies. So these pixies had been able to survive all this time within the secret passage thanks to having such means”
From the ship, Su Xue Er was staring carefully at the screen.
“Collect the data, begin assessment of strength, then make a comparison against the enemy”
[Understood]
Lines of data quickly scrolled through the screen at ridiculous speed and continued for almost a full minute.
[Due to the lack of spell casting component, the Magic Big Cuttlefish did not completely manifest]
[Conducting comparison analysis with historical records]
[In its current incarnation, the Magic Big Cuttlefish only has 9.3% of its full power]
[Thus, the following conclusion has been drawn:]
[The enemy will completely destroy our side in 7 minutes and 19 seconds]
[Results: total casualty on our side]
Su Xue Er was stunned.
That’s the end.
[Indeed, that is the end]
An electronic voice suddenly resounded.
“WHO!?” Su Xue Er shouted.
She turned around, only to find that the voice was coming from Gu Qing Shan’s body.
Su Xue Er became tense and sternly questioned: “What exactly are you? Why are you inside Gu Qing Shan’s body?”
A silver cube slowly leaked out from Gu Qing Shan’s arm.
The electronic voice continued: [I am the Impartial Goddess’ Super Dimensional weapon, sent here to support his excellency Gu Qing Shan in combat]
Su Xue Er relaxed a bit.
Gu Qing Shan had already informed her about this thing, and Gu Qing Shan’s temporary facial alterations were also done by it.
Arcs of lightning were slowly diffusing from the silver cube, giving off a faint ‘zi zi’ noise.
The electronic voice told her: [Su Xue Er, I will now officially tell you: the results of this battle is certain, you must run away]
“Run away?” Su Xue Er doubtfully asked.
[Indeed, his excellency Gu Qing Shan will definitely not want you see you die here, as such I will now fulfil the responsibility of your protection in his stead]
The electronic voice continued: [The curse that enveloped the secret passage has already faded, I will now activate super-distance spatial warp to bring you away from danger]
Su Xue Er immediately asked: “Then what about Gu Qing Shan?”
The electronic voice paused before continuing: [Unfortunately, the amount of power that this device brought along will only allow for one final random spatial warp. His excellency Gu Qing Shan is currently in a state of death, so random spatial warp would put him in danger all the same. As such, the only chance will be reserved for you]
[Su Xue Er, you only need to worry about your own safety, his excellency Gu Qing Shan will continue to be protected inside the ship’s life-sustaining system until his soul returns]
Su Xue Er suddenly shook her head: “No, we have no idea what kind of power the enemy holds, I need to stay here to watch over him”
[You will be killed in action here] the electronic voice replied.
Su Xue Er turned to the screen and ordered: “Please calculate the chances of victory for both sides if I also participate in combat”
Data scrolled across the screen again before a notification came out:
[Calculations complete, if the Card user Su Xue Er participates in combat, this battle would still end in total casualty on our side as the result, but the duration of combat will be lengthened by 45 seconds]
Su Xue Er fell silent.
The silver cube once again spoke in its electronic voice: [Su Xue Er, you must leave this place right away, otherwise you will perish here]
Su Xue Er shook her head and replied: “I will definitely not leave Qing Shan here and flee by myself”
“Furthermore, these calculations were only done based on the power fluctuation of each life forms—— in a war, the most important thing besides power is tactics”
She then started operating the dashboard of the ship.
[Ambush tactic established]
[All systems will enter concealment mode, preparing to fire at their strongest output in an ambush attack]
The screen then issued a warning: [Attention: This ambush has been set up to overclock all firing systems in exchange for output, once the ambush is accomplished, all firing systems will enter cooldown]
“Do it!” Su Xue Er resolutely ordered.
[Understood]
Following Su Xue Er’s order, the entire ship slowly faded away from the outside of the base, no longer visible.
She had made the same choice as the Magic Big Cuttlefish.
Conceal.
Ambush.
Once that was done, Su Xue Er returned to the room where Gu Qing Shan was in.
She slowly stepped forward, stroking Gu Qing Shan’s face.
“Qing Shan, don’t worry, it’ll be sure to protect you”
Saying so, she sat down next to Gu Qing Shan, closed her eyes and started to mumble something.
——–she was reciting the martial scripture that Gu Qing Shan had taught her.
Gu Qing Shan said that by continuously reciting this martial scripture, one would constantly find a greater sense of understanding.
Su Xue Er believed that he wouldn’t deceive her.
Time slowly passed.
From the silent darkness, a loud, abruptly voice suddenly declared:
“Thieves and trespassers, those who offended the Heavenly King shall not exist in this world”
“Go, leave no one alive, kill them all!”
Boom———
A violent sound of explosion resounded.
The flare of war had been sparked!
