Edge of the Apocalypse

Chapter 304: Ambush

On the other side of the moon, the rainbow bridge floating in space is slowly spinning. Under the reflection of the cosmic light, the enormous metal components flowed with a silver luster. One magical energy starship after another was entering the Rainbow Bridge, waiting for the authority to activate the passageway.

Dawn had submitted an application to the Rainbow Bridge Space Station a week ago and successfully obtained the location of the shortcut. Under the pilot's control, the starship steadily slid into the designated passageway, waiting for the rainbow bridge to open the warp space at the designated coordinates.

In the cockpit of the starship, Alan sat on the bridge. From the captain's position, he could see the operating platform below.

"Whenever I see the Rainbow Bridge, I feel that it is incomparably spectacular." The newly added mercenary, Belmod, looked through the starship's projection window and used an external camera to project the exterior of the starship onto the armor in real time, allowing the people inside to see what was happening outside.

Roy, who was sitting next to him, was sleeping with his eyes closed. Not far away, Broy, who had an interstellar obstacle, nervously grabbed the handrails on both sides. In front of him, Vera drew the scene in the cockpit with black and white strokes on clean drawing paper. Strangely, Vera was painting with her eyes closed, as if she was looking at the entire space from another dimension.

Everyone was doing their own thing. Along with the passage of time, the space station of Rainbow Bridge issued an instruction, and the warp space officially opened!

As a result, Dawn and the surrounding space gradually twisted and stretched, eventually disappearing into the normal space.

"We will leave warp space in ten minutes." The pilot reported to Alan.

Alan nodded. He sat in the captain's seat and took out a pocket watch from his coat pocket. The pocket watch was a gift from Horn. It had been several years, but Horn wiped it until it was snow-white. Open your pocket watch. There's a picture inside. The photograph was yellow, and the person inside was Lanny from when she was a child. Alan silently looked at this photo. This pocket watch, this photo was extremely precious to Horn. However, he gave it to Allen, and the meaning behind it was self-evident.

"Mother " Alan whispered, "Please look at me in heaven. I won't disappoint you!"

Vera, who was drawing, suddenly stopped her brush strokes and even broke the tip of the charcoal pen with too much force. The young girl suddenly opened her eyes. There was only a gray patch of white in her eyes. Her gaze seemed to have crossed space and time and landed at a specific point. Then, her pitch-black pupils slid down from her sockets. Vera said anxiously, "Attack!"

Although her voice was soft, Alan could hear it clearly. He withdrew his pocket watch and asked, "What did you say?"

"Attack! Once we leave the warp space, we will be attacked immediately!"

Everyone in the cockpit was stunned. Adele said firmly, "That's impossible. The colonial star assigned by the Federation is in the Rudson Domain. This is a public domain that we developed with Adahua Planet. We have no enemies here, so we attacked something "

"I believe what I see." Vera said calmly, "So far, I haven't seen anything wrong."

"There are still five minutes left." The pilot reported the time.

Everyone looked at Allen. Allen's eyes lit up. He had already made a decision, "Go into battle. Open the weapon platform and defense system!"

Since the captain had given the order, the others naturally wouldn't object.

"Activate the shield!"

"High-energy cannon array on standby!"

"Quantum Lightning Battery, ammunition loading complete!"

"Shock Guide/Bomb, launch ready!"

After a series of operations, the Dawn completed its preparations. A layer of dark blue shield enveloped the hull and concealed it from view. As for all the weapons platforms on the ship, they were ready to fire at any time.

The pilot continued to count down, "There's still one minute until the exit "

"50 seconds."

"30 seconds."

"10 seconds "

"5 seconds "

"3!"

"2!"

"1!"

"Break away!"

The scene window in front of him suddenly lit up, and then the light dimmed down. In front of the starship was a starry universe. In the distance, nebulas of blue and violet light wrapped around each other stretched across indigo-colored outer space. Occasionally, one or two flame tails would pass by, leaving a clear trajectory in space.

"Look, there's no attack." Adele shook her head and said, "You're too sensitive "

At the end of his words, the hull of the ship suddenly shook. The pilot shouted, "We are under attack at the stern. The enemy is behind us!"

"How could it be?" Adele's expression flickered with surprise.

On the outer screen, a small window opened. It was the stern projection window of the starship. It wasn't hard to see that behind the Dawn, a small fleet of airships was flying in formation. The main cannon of the ship fired repeatedly, and the high-energy beam of light struck the shield of the Dawn, causing it to explode with flames. These airships didn't have any symbols, so they couldn't tell which faction they belonged to.

However, to be able to accurately grasp the coordinates of the Dawn's entry into the normal space, it was obvious that it was aimed at Alan's hunting squad.

"Counterattack!" Alan ordered.

The high-energy cannon array on the Dawn took the lead in attacking, streaks of azure lightning piercing through the star screen, launching a fierce counterattack at the enemy aircraft. The enemy airships made flexible evasive movements, but a few of them were still shelled by light, turning into huge balls of fire that lit up the surrounding space.

"Be careful, an unknown flying ship appears in front of us."

There was an asteroid in front of Dawn. Behind the asteroid, flying ships flew over. There were dozens of these combat units. They dispersed, preventing Dawn from concentrating its firepower to annihilate them. After the flying ship, a silver starship much larger than the Dawn appeared on its own. It continued to rise, pressing down on Allen and the others with an incomparably slow momentum.

This was a battleship!

Battleships were the backbone of the fleet. They were moving fortresses that could provide sufficient firepower to suppress the fleet. When needed, it can also be used as a temporary repair plant, allowing damaged combat units to quickly recover their combat capabilities.

It could be said that a fleet with battleships would be able to multiply their combat capabilities by several folds.

"I've really put in a lot of effort!" Alan gritted his teeth.

The Dawn was just a means of transportation for the hunting squadron to and from the stars. Although it had a certain amount of firepower, it was still incomparable to a battleship no matter what. Everyone took a deep breath when they saw this battleship.

At this time, the starship received a connection request from the ground communication center. Every starship had a communication terminal that matched it. Communications terminals are usually installed in the family's terrestrial communications center to ensure communication between the family and the starship. After Dawn made the connection request, Allen grabbed the communicator and said, "This is Dawn. We have been attacked unknowingly."

"Repeat, we're under attack!"

"Captain!" The pilot suddenly shouted, pointing out the window.

Alan raised his head. In the window, the other side's battleship raised its deck from the front of the hull and spat out a barrel filled with guns. It was the main quantum cannon of the starship, and the shield of the Dawn was still unable to withstand an attack of this level. Alan snorted and hurriedly said to the communicator, "The other party used the quantum cannon. We have to evade. Grandpa I will try my best to keep my promise."

Putting down the communicator, Allen stood up and shouted, "Prepare for warp speed!"

The pilot's expression changed and he said, "Captain, if we don't have the exact coordinates, we don't know what's on the other side of the exit. We'll get lost!"

"If we get lost, we still have a chance to find our way home. But if we don't go now, we will become cannon fodder!"

The cannon of the battleship had already lit up, and the radiance it emitted was like a small sun. Alan said resolutely, "Do as I say!"

"Yes!"

"Turn on the warp engine and enter the countdown."

"3, 2 "

"1!"

At the same time as Dawn entered warp space, the battleship's main quantum cannon also opened fire. A bright quantum beam of light surged through space like a torrent, brushing past the afterimage of Dawn's escape into space. The torrent continued into the distance until it disappeared from the other side of the screen, but Dawn had already disappeared from space.

Meanwhile, in Castle Ujal in Babylon, the Earth Communication Center was calling Dawn.

Hearing that the Dawn had been attacked, Horn and Hussein strode in. Horn said in a low voice, "What's going on? Why is the Dawn attacked?"

The director of the center wiped his sweat and said, "Master, the current situation is not clear. We only received a brief message from Young Master Allen and lost contact with the Dawn."

"Play the message." Helsing said on behalf of Horn.

A moment later, Allen's voice rang out in the communication center, " We're under attack! The other party used the quantum cannon, so we have to avoid it. Grandpa I will try my best to keep my promise."

After repeating it a few times, Horn's face turned solemn. He clenched his fists and said, "The quantum cannon! That means that the other party has at least used a battleship. To use a battleship just to deal with a junior like me, Beth Cod, is really a big deal."

"Master, could the coordinates have been tampered with?" Helsing said.

Horn shook his head. "The coordinates were taken by Alstair. There is no reason for anyone to do anything to them. It can only be said that someone took Allen's coordinates and set up an ambush there. Mr. Helsing, inform Alstair about this."

"Anna!" Horn shouted.

A slim figure came in from outside the gate. It was Blood Scorpion Anna.

Horn said with a gloomy expression, "Go notify the Dark Owl and have them find out the mastermind behind this matter."

"What is the level of operation?"

"S!" Horn's eyes shone brightly. "This is war, no matter who that person is. Since he wants war, how can Beth Cod be afraid of war? Find him and destroy him!"

Anna Ningsu nodded. She knew what Horn's words meant. At the same time, she had not seen Horn so angry for a long time.