190: Chapter 190 The Entire City Flees

Third-floor expansion bay.

Shen Wanxing was already sitting in a pile of supply crates, nearly crying.

Hundreds of high-level supply crates were laid out before her.

There were labels stuck on the crates.

[Space Stabilizer: Pending opening.]

[Level 3 Map Ecological Resistance Materials: Pending opening.]

[High-Order Vehicle Core: Pending opening.]

Shen Wanxing extended a finger; she tapped once, and a golden light flashed.

She tapped twice, and a purple light flared.

By the end, she was completely numb.

"Chen Chen..."

"My hand is cramping."

Chen Chen sat nearby, flipping through the Teleportation Array calibration chart left behind by Shen Wanbing.

"Switch to your left hand."

Shen Wanxing raised her left hand, her eyes reddening with grievance.

"The left one is cramping too."

Blood Rose sat on a crate, laughing uncontrollably.

"Little Cat, this is the most valuable job in the entire city."

Shen Wanxing sniffled.

"I'd rather go to sleep."

Chen Chen finally looked up.

"Once we reach the Level 3 Map, I'll let you sleep for three days."

Shen Wanxing instantly raised her face.

"Really?"

"On the condition that you finish opening them."

She bit her lip and immediately tossed the blanket aside.

"Then you aren't allowed to go back on your word!"

Slap.

She slammed her palm onto the largest black-gold crate.

Boom!

A golden-purple beam of light pierced through the projection layer of the bay ceiling.

[Lucky Critical triggered: 100x multiplier.]

[Reward quality jump achieved.]

[Obtained: High-Level Space Stabilizer x 300.]

[Obtained: Level 3 Map Pressure-Resistant Life Support Membrane x 50.]

[Obtained: S-Rank Teleportation Array Buffer Core x 1.]

Shen Wanbing wasn't there; Mio took the data, her electronic pupils widening sharply.

"Buffer Core?"

"This thing can suppress the tearing probability of the Sea Scale when passing through the gate to below 12%!"

Shen Wanxing immediately straightened her back.

"Aren't I amazing?"

Chen Chen nodded.

"Continue."

Shen Wanxing's little face fell.

"Can't you give more than two words of praise?"

Su Xiaoqi poked her head in from the doorway.

"Go, Sister Wanxing! Once you finish opening them, I'll share a mouthful of Royal Phoenix Claw Soup with you."

Shen Wanxing almost cried out.

"I don't want to drink that!"

...

Industrial Zone.

Copper Hammer, shirtless, led dozens of engineering NPCs to weld the Ghost Fortress and the Sea Scale's traction modules into one.

A gnome Rune Blacksmith lay on the pipeline carving runes, cursing non-stop.

"Crazy, it's crazy."

"A 45-ton fortress towing a giant nuclear-powered battleship, and then dragging a Floating City on top of that."

"You call this a vehicle?"

Copper Hammer slammed his hammer down.

"Less talking. If the Lord says it can move, it moves."

Mio was nearby, staring at the weld seam.

"Be gentle!"

"That's the master control feedback line!"

Copper Hammer struck with his hammer again.

Mio screamed on the spot.

"I said be gentle!"

Copper Hammer didn't even look up.

"It's sturdy."

Mio was so angry she flew in front of Chen Chen.

"Control him!"

Chen Chen looked at the final structural diagram.

The Ghost Fortress served as the core traction anchor.

The Sea Scale served as the main propulsion and main battery platform.

The Floating City was mounted above, with twelve magnetic anchor pillars refolded into the bottom.

The whole structure was ridiculously ugly, but it was tough, large, and capable of fighting.

Chen Chen closed the diagram.

"As long as it can pass through the gate, it's fine."

Mio held back for a long time.

"Your aesthetics are completely dead."

...

There were ten hours left until the Gray-White Mechanical Holy Court finished re-positioning.

The SSS-Rank cross-boundary Teleportation Array began charging.

Three-colored light lit up from the bottom of the city, crawling along the hull of the Sea Scale and filling every energy pipeline.

The laborers in the bottom bay were fitted with positioning collars and escorted in batches to the outer decontamination zone.

The refugees who didn't cause trouble were assigned to the area covered by the ecological dome; although crowded, there was air and clean water.

Yi Chang issued orders continuously in front of the master control console.

"First batch, technical personnel enter the inner ring."

"Second batch, children and medical pods enter the middle layer."

"All laborers are to be locked in the outer layer."

Jiang Jiuyou coordinated firepower on the other side.

"Dark Division convoy enters the right combat bay."

"City defense turrets will fold in thirty seconds."

"Qin Hongye, don't retract the sniper towers; withdraw them at the last second."

Qin Hongye's voice was steady.

"Received."

Bottom of the city.

The twelve magnetic anchor pillars slowly pulled out.

The entire sea-air composite fortress began to ascend.

Over a hundred thousand people felt the vibration under their feet simultaneously.

Some cried, some knelt, and some clutched the nutrient paste they had received tightly.

Iron Wall stood in front of the bottom bay broadcast console, shouting until his throat went hoarse.

"Hold on tight!"

"Whoever vomits, clean it up yourself!"

"Don't block the passageway for me!"

Su Xiaoqi sat on a sofa on the first floor, holding a bone-white finger, still gnawing on it in small bites.

Shen Wanxing was so tired she collapsed onto the blanket, her fingers trembling.

Blood Rose massaged her hand, laughing as she did so.

"Little Cat, once we reach the Level 3 Map, you'll get the top credit."

Shen Wanxing was listless.

"I want to sleep."

Chen Chen stood on the roof of the Ghost Fortress.

The sea-stabilizing needle was retracted in his left hand, and the Rift-Sky Gravity Ship-Slayer Blade was slung on his back.

The Teleportation Array had reached 70% activation.

Just at this moment.

The skyline suddenly split open.

A gray-white light trail pressed down from the edge of the sky.

Mio's scream exploded across the entire channel.

"It's not three days!"

"They attacked ahead of schedule!"

Shen Wanbing had just been helped to the command console; her face was still a sickly pale, her black hair disheveled, and she only had a coat over her shirt.

She forced herself to turn on the Radar.

"It's not the main fleet."

"It's a Tier 6 vanguard main cannon."

"Cross-spatial barrier lock."

Jiang Jiuyou looked up sharply.

"Range?"

Shen Wanbing reported the numbers quickly.

"Diameter exceeds 10,000 meters."

"Impact point, Teleportation Array core."

The next second.

A mechanical voice suppressed the entire Level 2 Map.

"Inferior holder."

"Hand over the Interstellar Fortress fragments."

"Hand over the sea-stabilizing needle."

"Hand over the Sea Scale core."

"Those who refuse will be dismantled."

Over a hundred thousand people in the city collapsed in droves.

Someone in the bottom bay cried out.

"Tier 6!"

"We're going to die!"

"The Teleportation Array hasn't finished opening yet!"

Iron Wall shot the ceiling, blasting it apart.

"Shut up!"

But his voice was drowned out by a second mechanical voice.

"Countdown."

"Ten."

The gray-white destruction beam began to form.

Nine.

Eight.

Jiang Jiuyou grabbed the fire control console.

"Chen Chen, the main cannon can block a portion, but it can't stop the full beam."

Shen Wanbing gritted her teeth.

"The Teleportation Array is still 18% short."

"It needs two minutes and twenty seconds."

Mio was so anxious her projection distorted.

"We can't hold for two minutes!"

Chen Chen raised the ship-slayer blade, its tip pointing toward the sky.

"Jiang Jiuyou."

"Full Firepower Overload."

Jiang Jiuyou didn't hesitate at all.

"Target?"

Chen Chen looked up, his voice echoing throughout the ship.

"Shove his cannon barrel back into his mother's womb."

Jiang Jiuyou's fingertips slammed down heavily.

[Mechanical Empress: Starport Resonance activated.]

[Firepower Overload initiated.]

The three main weapon wells of the Sea Scale flipped.

The Ghost Fortress's Void Annihilation Matrix preheated.

The city defense turrets popped out from their folded state.

Thousands of fire control lines converged into a net.

The gray-white mechanical voice continued the countdown.

"Three."

Jiang Jiuyou bit her tongue, forcing all cannon muzzles to align with the same trajectory.

"Full firepower."

"Aim up and fire."

Two.

Chen Chen threw out the sea-stabilizing needle with his left hand; the blue-gold giant pillar hovered above the Teleportation Array.

One.

The gray-white destruction beam descended.

Jiang Jiuyou screamed simultaneously.

"Fire!"

The sea-air composite behemoth's cannon muzzles lit up in unison.

The three-colored Teleportation Array exploded completely beneath their feet.

Chen Chen stood on the vehicle roof, facing the descending Tier 6 main cannon, and raised his hand to thrust the sea-stabilizing needle toward the sky.

Boom—

The entire city was swallowed by light.