Shadows of the Deep Space

He held a knife and fork in both hands, eating the tender steak in large mouthfuls.

"Contan, another plate!"

"Lord Kup, the kitchen is working on it, please wait a moment."

Contan the lieutenant swallowed a mouthful of saliva and said.

"Damn it, make him hurry up. It's exasperating; in this godforsaken place, there's no entertainment, and eating is such a hassle."

Kup cursed irritably.

"Yes...."

Contan the lieutenant quickly responded.

At this moment, the scanning device suddenly issued a piercing alarm.

"Warning: high-energy reaction attack detected!"

Soon after, a holographic image popped up, revealing a dazzling red beam in the distant starry sky, directly striking the center of the Shell Tooth Fortress.

Boom!

The entire Shell Tooth Fortress exploded with a thunderous roar.

The operator reported in terror.

"Enemy attack!"

"Fortress number 2 has been destroyed."

...

"Who is the enemy?"

Kup stood up and asked angrily.

"Searching!"

"Enemy targets discovered, imaging in progress."

...

Shua!

A holographic image burst forth.

In the distant starry sky, a Level 5 Battleship appeared, and pitch-black mechas swarmed out from the battleship.

"General, the Federation's forces!"

"Damn it, what nerve! They dare attack me! Activate all defense weapons immediately and order Gevno to lead the troops to counterattack."

Kup shouted in anger.

"Yes!"

Contan the lieutenant quickly responded.

In the starry sky!

Norton Fortress's array of launch ports opened, dark interception cannons rotated.

As exit ports opened one by one.

Shua!

A towering forty-five-meter mecha, fully made of grayish-white metal, equipped with two plasma light cannons on its shoulders, four pairs of mechanical auxiliary light wings embedded at its back, wielding two white plasma light blades, with a sacred emblem engraved on its right chest, and painted with a Red Moon, a Black Moon, three Red Stars, and four Black Stars on its shoulders — the Fake V Generation Mecha·Light Hunter, leading a swarm of mechas rushed out.

They quickly arranged a defensive formation within the perimeter.

General Gevno looked at the incoming mechanical army and then cursed angrily in the public communication channel.

"Federation brats, today is your death day!"

"Such arrogant talk!"

At this moment, Mia, piloting the V Generation Mecha·Red Angel, flew out from the mecha crowd.

"Damn woman, it's you again!"

Seeing the Red Angel, Gevno instinctively manipulated his mecha to retreat and cursed angrily at the same time.

"It's me, come and meet your end!"

Mia manipulated Red Angel and sped towards the defensive line with the troops.

...

Inside the central control room of Norton Fortress.

The operator reported in terror.

"Red Angel, Lord Kup, it's Mia, that lunatic woman, attacking."

"Send distress signals for reinforcements quickly, unleash all weapons!"

Seeing Mia's mecha, Kup was terrified to the extreme and issued the command.

"Yes!"

Numerous operators quickly took action.

The result was that a second later, red alert boxes popped up one by one.

"Command has been issued."

"Initiating self-destruct sequence."

...

The numerous operators were dumbfounded by this scene.

Kup jumped up and cursed extremely angrily.

"Are you idiots? I told you to send for reinforcements; why are you initiating the self-destruct sequence?"

"We didn't do it."

The present operators responded in utmost terror.

At this time, a countdown appeared on the operating screen.

"10, 9...."

"Cancel it now!"

Kup screamed hysterically.

The operators hurriedly entered commands, and a white alert box popped up.

"Self-destruct sequence canceled successfully!"

"Phew!"

Kup and the others breathed a collective sigh of relief, truly as if they had just walked off the edge of the abyss.

But in the next second, another red alert box popped up.

"Load all launch ports, rotate interception cannons, lock onto all enemies."

The space station's weapons all opened, locking onto their own mechas.

"You...."

Kup saw this scene, and his eyes almost popped out.

Next moment!

Whoosh whoosh!

A dense barrage of missiles and beams erupted, instantly stunning the defensive mechanical army. Even the two remaining Shell Tooth Fortresses were covered by fire, and the surface energy barriers exploded into brilliant fireworks.

Gevno yelled in shock and anger.

"What the hell are you doing? You're firing inward!"

...

In the starry sky, Mia controlled Red Angel striking fiercely.

Gevno manipulated his mecha, raising both plasma light blades to block!

Bang!

The entire mecha was knocked flying backward.

Next, Rhein and others operated their mechas like a tidal wave rushing forth, colliding with Tianqi's mechanical army.

Both sides clashed fiercely!

At this point, Tianqi's defensive forces were akin to being encircled, not only having to withstand Rhein and the others but also enduring the barrage from the rear fortress.

Casualties were instantaneous and severe!

Desperate screams constantly echoed in the public communication channel.

"Ah!"

...

The entire battlefield situation quickly became one-sided.

Inside the central control room of Norton Fortress,

Kup saw this scene, and his whole body stiffened on the spot; then he reacted and roared.

"Quick, repair the system!"

"Yes."

The numerous operators, sweating profusely, continuously input commands, attempting to clear the virus and regain control of the fortress.

No matter how they tried, there was no effect.

"Commander, it's no use! We should escape quickly."

Contan the lieutenant said in panic to Kup, seeing this scene.

"Damn it, we're leaving!"

Seeing that the situation was completely out of control, Kup prepared to abandon the site and flee.

Clang!

The doors to the central control room suddenly locked automatically, and all mobility platforms halted.

Immediately, red alert boxes popped up sequentially.

"Activate obstruction gates in all internal areas of the fortress!"

"Shut down life support devices!"

"Disable internal gravity devices!"

...

The operators were utterly dumbfounded by these alerts.

They unwittingly looked at the surveillance images of various areas of the fortress.

Inside, the obstruction gates fell in succession, sealing off all regions.

The life support devices ceased operation, the internal air was evacuated, and those without exoskeleton armor or protective clothing clutched their throats painfully, dying in despair.

Instantly, the interior of the fortress turned into hell on earth.

Of course, those wearing exoskeleton armor and protective clothing were not much better off, merely lingering on.

They continuously attacked the obstruction gates, but to no avail.

"It's over!"

At this moment, Kup finally understood that he had long since become a caged bird.

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