Interstellar Hunting Nation

Chapter 18: Light Energy Ship Cannon

Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations

From the moment the man-eating clan started throwing rocks until the fifth-stage man-eating clan martial artists successfully launched a sneak attack, it only took less than half an hour. In such a short period of time, such a huge reversal was really unimaginable.

Wu Chang was still staring at the cheering man-eating clan in a daze when a weak voice suddenly came from behind him. “Quick, go out immediately and snatch a land vehicle…”

He turned around, and saw that it was the dirty old man, Lion, who was talking. It turned out that he had already woken up after the explosion just now. The old man seemed to know what Wu Chang wanted to ask, and murmured, “I don’t care about this little shock wave. I’ve experienced much stronger shock waves than this before. I’ve long adapted to it.

“Now is not the time to chat. Hurry up and go out. Don’t let those man-eating clan members destroy the land vehicles. We need these vehicles to escape. There’s not much time left…”

Wu Chang exerted strength in his arms, and pushed the rocks away with all his might, but he did not forget to ask, “There’s not much time left? What’s going on?”

“Don’t ask, I don’t have time to explain.” After saying that, the old man patted the unconscious guys awake one by one. “Wake up, wake up quickly. If you want to die, don’t sleep…”

In a short while, Wu Chang created a gap that allowed people to enter and exit. When he crawled out, he discovered that more than 100 man-eating clan members had already rushed over from the surrounding 50 mu of rubble.

“Don’t bother about these man-eating clan members, they want to celebrate their victory. These savages won’t stop until they are busy for half a day.”

“Will they eat me?” Wu Chang asked carefully.

“How would I know? I know we’ll all die if you don’t grab the land vehicle.”

Wu Chang stopped talking. He looked at the increasing number of man-eating clan members around him, gritted his teeth, and ran straight to the place where a land vehicle had crashed.

The old man Lion’s analysis was right. The man-eating clan really had the habit of celebrating victory. This time, the man-eating clan had wiped out an entire squadron of soldiers, and it was already a considerable victory in the history of the man-eating clan’s war. Thousands of man-eating clan members emerged from the depths of the stone forest, screaming and gathering towards the battlefield.

Wu Chang braced himself and ran forward. Unexpectedly, although the man-eating clan members looked at him in surprise, none of them had any intention of attacking.

Under the watchful eyes of more than 1,000 mean-eaters, Wu Chang ran to the crash site. He had worked with Boss Pann on engineering machinery a few times, so he was no stranger to the operation of land vehicles. The only thing that was complicated was the weapon system on it.

Although the flustered Wu Chang started a land vehicle, he also opened the firing chamber of the Bee Swarm. When the 84 black holes revealed their true appearance, the 1,000 man-eating clan members on the ground went crazy.

The man-eating clan members were too familiar with the dense Bee Swarm formation. They had a natural fear of these densely packed firing chambers. Some of the man-eating clans subconsciously picked up rocks, looking like they were about to attack.

“Turn it off, press the orange button with the skull symbol. Are you trying to kill us?” Lion’s shout came from the ground. Wu Chang finally found the strange switch.

After the firing chamber was closed, the man-eating clan members on the ground finally calmed down.

There were a total of six members in the team, so they needed three intact land vehicles. Fortunately, the man-eating clan had placed all their anger on the soldiers just now. They were not interested in these metal fellows, so the team found three relatively intact vehicles.

“Start it up. Let’s hurry up and run to the south. The further, the better…” Lion did not explain to everyone. He led Boss Pann, and rushed south in the land vehicles.

The land vehicle looked a little like the motorcycle that Wu Chang was familiar with. It was just that the two wheels were replaced with an anti-gravity device. With this device, the land vehicle could float above the ground.

However, Wu Chang did not have any driving experience. He gave the seat in front to Aileen, and sat in the back. Aileen screamed, “F*ck, I’ve always dreamed of using a military land vehicle to race. I’ll have my fill today. Sit tight, kid. I’ll show you what speed is…”

Before she could finish his sentence, the land vehicle had already shot out like an arrow. If it weren’t for the fact that Wu Chang had a strong waist thanks to his mastery of the horse stance and that he quickly held the vehicle using his legs, he would have been thrown off by Aileen in no time.

In a short while, Aileen’s land vehicle was already next to Lion’s. Behind the two vehicles was Ground Mouse Parker, who was chasing closely with Bullhead. Bullhead seemed to be very depressed that they were left behind. He kept urging Ground Mouse Parker.

“Trash, hurry up. You don’t even know how to race. You can’t even eat hot sh*t…”

“Shut up. They took the good vehicles away. There’s something wrong with ours…”

“What do you mean something’s wrong? I think it’s just that your skill is crap.”

Wu Chang ignored the two people who were arguing behind him. He hugged Aileen’s waist, and asked Lion beside him, “Why are we running? What are we escaping from?”

Boss Pann, who was sitting behind Lion, tilted his head to avoid the wind that was pouring into his mouth. He shouted, “We’re dodging the cannons, dodging the attacks of the warships in the orbit…”

“What the hell is that? I can’t hear you clearly if you don’t speak louder…”

The land vehicle’s current speed was already at 100 kph, and the wind resistance was already very strong. It was difficult for him to even open its mouth and breathe, let alone speak. However, Boss Pann still shouted to help Wu Chang clear his doubts.

“Satellite warships revolve around the planet like satellites. They are the lowest-grade of space warships. They are purely used for defense in space. There are only two of them on Huang’e…”

“Ye Tian has lost an entire squadron of brothers, so he’ll definitely mobilize the cannons to take revenge. Of course, he doesn’t have the authority to command the space fleet, and the command of the satellite warships is in the hands of the governor…

“However, the loss of a squad today is too heavy. The governor will be furious. He definitely won’t refuse Ye Tian’s request. Just wait and see. Those thousands of man-eating clan members won’t survive…”

From Boss Pann’s explanation, Wu Chang learned that there were two satellite warships hovering above the thick volcanic clouds on Huang’e. This was the most powerful armed force on Huang’e. The Light Energy Ship Cannons on them could destroy half of Huang’e City or blow up the shell of an extinct volcano, turning it into an active volcano.

The power of the Light Energy Ship Cannon was limitless, but the cost was too high. The energy consumption of one shot alone reached 800 rainbow coins, not to mention replacing broken parts, maintenance, and so on. If the labor cost and assorted costs were added, then a shining energy cannon shell would consume at least 1,600 rainbow coins.

This price was already beyond the imagination of the miners. 160,000 gold coins was equivalent to 1,600 rainbow coins, which was also equivalent to 16 liquid silver coins. What? You’re asking me what liquid silver coins look like? F*ck, how would I know?

Liquid silver coins were a legendary currency on Huang’e. It was not something that ordinary miners could imagine. Even people like Boss Pann and Aardwolf Saywen might not have many of them.

War was indeed a machine that burned money. Whether it was Earth or this future world, a cannonball was equivalent to the lifetime salary of an ordinary worker.

“In this half an hour, we’ll run as far as we can. The further we go, the safer we’ll be…” As Boss Pann shouted, the group had already run nearly 30 kilometers. The scenery in the north was gradually blurring, and in the south, everyone could vaguely hear the sound of a tsunami.

At this moment, the light between heaven and earth suddenly trembled. The thick volcanic clouds in the sky that had not changed for thousands of years suddenly emitted a strange light. Although the light flashed, Lion knew what it meant.

No one knew what he was thinking, but he actually stopped the land vehicle at the top of a stone pillar. The old man looked at the sky in the north, and said softly, “There’s no need to run. Wu Chang, come here. You should see this miracle…”

The abnormality in the sky seemed to be playing along with Lion. The volcanic clouds in the north suddenly lit up, and in the blink of an eye, a huge hole appeared in the sky.

Wu Chang could not describe the size of the hole at all. Even from 30 kilometers away, people could still feel that the hole was shockingly huge. It could even envelop the entire Huang’e City.

Before Wu Chang could be surprised, a pillar of holy white light suddenly shot down from the sky. Perhaps it was because of the angle or distance, but the pillar of light pierced through the ground very slowly from space.

Wu Chang knew that the so-called slowness was just his misconception. The speed of light weapons was equivalent to the speed of light. In fact, the moment the clouds opened up, an explosion had already occurred on the ground.

In everyone’s eyes, the tall stone forest was like reeds that a violent wind swept through. The stone pillars that could only be encircled by four to five people instantly turned into dust in the air. A huge explosion crater with a diameter of 10 kilometers appeared in a circle. The shock wave destroyed everything in a 10-kilometer radius. Even the rocks were melted by the high temperature, and turned into the most common lava on Huang’e.

“Those man-eating clan members must have all died. When we left, there were already 2,000 of them…” For some reason, Wu Chang’s words actually carried a trace of sadness.

Before he could finish speaking, a strong wind blew over. It was the shock wave of an explosion that had crossed 30 kilometers. Although this force was no longer lethal, people could still feel the power contained in it.

After the strong wind passed, Lion suddenly said in a strange tone, “What did you say just now? Why do I feel that you seem to sympathize with the man-eating clan?”

“Really? Why didn’t I feel it?” Wu Chang quickly retorted.

At this moment, Boss Pann also said, “Something’s strange. Wu Chang, you’re definitely strange. When you opened the Bee Swarm’s firing chamber just now, those man-eating clans wanted to throw rocks at you…” Boss Pann paused for a moment.

“But I saw very clearly that those high-level man-eating clan warriors were stopping their clan members from moving on the ground. It was as if they were not worried that you would hurt them at all. It was as if they were deliberately protecting you…

“Wu Chang, are you really Ghost Wu Chang?”

Boss Pann’s words reminded everyone present. Even Bullhead and Parker, who didn’t have high brain capacity, realized that something was wrong. Ever since their team encountered the man-eating clan, they had been acting strangely.

“Not only did the man-eating clan not hurt us, but they also saved our lives, and even gave us food? Lion, don’t talk about livestock. They didn’t stop us when we were escaping, okay?” Aileen frowned, and said, “I’m afraid there’s only one reasonable explanation now. Wu Chang, you’re a Ghost Wu Chang…”

“Yes, you’re a Ghost Wu Chang,” the members of the team said in unison, making Wu Chang not know whether to laugh or cry.