Chapter 1299: 421. Large but improper

“Beep—”

“Beep—”

“Beep—”

Whether the incoming enemy intended to board or not, the commander of the transport fleet had triggered the alarms on all the ships.

After three alarms, an adult male’s voice came from the broadcast:

“Suspicious mobile forces detected near the directed route, all units prepare for enemy engagement according to Emergency Plan BC-47. I repeat, suspicious mobile forces detected near the directed route…”

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The staff on the heavy transport ship shed their white jumpsuits in the armory and slipped into black body suits scattered with numerous tiny metal discs.

Mechanical arms descended from the ceiling, opened equipment storage cabinets on the walls, and began attaching components of power armor to the staff.

In no time, the entire ship’s staff had completed their armaments with the help of the mechanical arms.

They transformed into a squad of space marines, each clad in full power armor.

Armed with power armor and an Organic Extinction Ray Gun in hand, the staff were more than a match for any organic lifeform daring enough to board.

The Organic Extinction Ray Gun had its advantages.

It only harmed organic life forms and had no effect on metal creations.

When firing upon enemies, the rays would pass through their armor and directly affect their bodies.

This handy weapon was perfect for facing humans in a boarding battle.

Noland Lee had never seen the power of the Organic Extinction Ray Gun, but that didn’t stop him from devising a targeted plan.

He had covertly added several new spells to the “Magic Leap” spell list available to players.

These were shape-shifting spells that could temporarily transform players into non-organic entities, with ‘Mud Body’ being one of the more famous ones.

With these shape-shifting spells, players could be impervious to the Organic Extinction Ray Gun.

As for the power armor on the staff…

Well…

Noland Lee thought it was better to let the players figure out how to deal with that themselves; he didn’t need to worry too much.

Noland Lee withdrew his right hand from the wall and sensed the situation inside and outside the ship.

At the same time as the staff were arming themselves, Noland Lee had used mental magic and metal magic to make some minor modifications to all ships in the transport fleet.

He had installed small devices near each ship’s shield generator that could be triggered any time to cut off their power-supply lines.

With just a thought, he could cause the ships’ shields to lose power and briefly fail before emergency power kicked in.

This would help the players bypass the fleet’s shields.

Moreover, Noland Lee had installed similar switches by the cargo doors of each ship.

Once players broke through a ship’s shields, Noland Lee would issue them a side task, guiding them to forcibly open the doors from the outside.

With the shields gone and the external armor as ineffective as a certain defensive line, the fleet would inevitably fall prey to the players.

Of course, Noland Lee’s intervention might not be necessary.

Given the players’ intelligence and wit, they might just work Third-Ring Wizard spells in ways he never imagined.

Noland Lee checked his setup one more time, nodded in satisfaction, and then sensed a strong surge of energy whizzing past the ship. noveldrama

“Oh? The fleet commander sent out the accompanying Artificial Angels?”

Noland Lee closed his eyes and observed the battlefield with mental magic.

He saw twenty mountainous Artificial Angels transform into shooting stars, hurtling towards the player-filled landing pods.

As they flew, these Artificial Angels extended their hands, each holding a silvery white longsword.

Laser beams, five meters thick, shot out from the tips of their swords.

Upon detecting the Angels’ attack, the players immediately maneuvered their landing pods to perform an emergency avoidance action.

However, the laser beams fired by the Artificial Angels possessed automatic targeting capabilities.

They spiraled and turned in space, catching up with the evading landing pods.

“Bang bang bang—”

Several bright fireworks exploded in space, adding a faint blush to the dark green universe.

Noland Lee frowned slightly, realizing that the presence of the Artificial Angels posed the greatest threat to the players.

But there was good news.

Even though the landing pods were destroyed, the players were relatively unharmed.

The ‘Hurricane Shield’ provided by ‘Space Walking’ was enough to protect the players from the kinetic shock of the explosion.

Aside from a few unlucky ones directly hit by the laser rays, the rest of the players escaped the explosion within one second.

These surviving players, facing a smaller number of powerful Artificial Angels, adopted the wisest strategy.

They scattered, breaking up from a few hundred-strong main force into over a hundred smaller squads, converging on the transport fleet from various directions.

Noland Lee found this strange.

These players came from five Great Guilds, yet their behavior seemed as if they were following the commands of a single person.

Noland Lee himself had given the players no orders, so who was commanding the players from five different Great Guilds?

“Interesting, could there be someone in the Great Guilds specializing in space combat strategies?”

Noland Lee raised an eyebrow, intending to meet this player commander after the battle.

That said, Noland Lee didn’t believe that dividing their forces was conducive to the players breaking through the Artificial Angels’ blockade.