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It is a sad thing when a prophecy comes true. Jufeng had no words, just a simple thought that immediately brought disaster.
This situation was even more tragic.
"Clearly, I had foreseen it, yet I still fell into the trap he set. I have to admit, this person is truly formidable."
The general of the Zhongzheng Army was indeed strong. However, in the past, that strength had only been something spoken of in legends. Now, facing it directly, the perception of such power was overwhelming.
Ikeda Kenji's expression was unusually grave. In just a minute, Cao Ke would be approaching. The mechs capable of escaping were few, and only his battleship could leave.
This was all because Cao Ke had laid a net, and he had fallen into it.
Ikeda Kenji had never felt so useless as he did now.
Five and Politeness and the others had already left with the Mecha Squad from the Command Ship. Yet Jufeng remained unmoving.
After issuing his orders, Ikeda Kenji felt as if everything else was beyond his control. He looked at Jufeng, whose gaze was fixed outside the window, and said,
" Jufeng, you should get into a mech. That way, your chances of escaping will be greater; there might even be a chance for a turnaround."
Although the Command Ship could leave safely, Ikeda Kenji could not bear to let his Brothers die needlessly because of his own misjudgment. So despite how childish it seemed, he had already resolved in his heart to fight to the death for his Brothers' sake.
But Jufeng showed no intention of leaving.
Just moments ago it was fear; now it was… uncertainty.
"Ikeda, why do you think Cao Ke is hesitating?"
Jufeng found the situation peculiar and asked a question.
As the Local Disruption Network emerged, people were consumed by panic and emergency responses. However, Jufeng, trusting his companions, spent more time observing that local network.
"Hesitation?" Ikeda Kenji asked in surprise, not quite understanding what Jufeng meant. He then turned his gaze back to the star map, examining the network.
Then, Ikeda Kenji understood Jufeng's implication.
From the star map, although his Fleet was still at the center of the network, it had begun to drift and was no longer at the very center.
For an ordinary person, this might be attributed to an estimation error. But since Cao Ke was the one who set up this network, even if he wasn't a perfectionist, he wouldn't make such a mistake.
Thus, there could only be one explanation: when Cao Ke decided to activate that network, he hesitated.
But why? What caused his hesitation? Clearly, he should have had no doubts; their side had detected nothing amiss.
As Ikeda Kenji pondered these thoughts, he suddenly felt a glimmer of insight breaking through the fog.
"What do you think?"
Ikeda Kenji did not know Cao Ke as well as Jufeng did, so at this moment he could only place his hopes on Jufeng.
This reliance was not inaction but rather a complete trust in his brother.
Jufeng paused for a moment before saying, "I’ve been thinking about this just now, but I don’t have any clear conclusions. I can only rely on a faint intuition to speculate."
"People like us tend to be more sensitive to danger than others. Just like I felt uneasy earlier, I think he is also troubled by that same emotion."
The words of the streetlight were highly likely, and that possibility was the greatest. However, Ikeda Kenji still couldn't understand what exactly Cao Ke was anxious about.
During their conversation, Cao Ke's army had already arrived before them. Ikeda Kenji wished that Cao Ke's instincts were correct.
Yet, so far, the possibility of a miracle occurring seemed slim.
The screen of the Command Ship displayed the scene directly in front of the stationary Battleship. Ikeda Kenji wanted to share the tension of impending danger with his Brothers.
Cao Ke's army had formed ranks, and on each Battleship, lights were flickering.
That was a signal indicating that the Battleships were charging energy, preparing to fire Shells.
There was nothing more cruel in the world than this: watching the Shells being readied for launch towards oneself while being utterly powerless to save oneself.
It was like standing on a gallows, watching the Executioner raise the Steel Blade, ready to bring it down.
At that moment, everyone chose to close their eyes. Facing one's own death was something not everyone could bear.
Even though they were soldiers, being able to stand and die was already enough to show their iron will.
Ikeda Kenji, however, could not close his eyes because he wanted to remember this moment forever, etching the hatred into his bones and seeking revenge for his Brothers.
All the flickering had ceased; it was a sign that they had finished charging. It felt as if in the next moment, all the Shells would rain down like a meteor shower, obliterating the Hurricane Fleet.
Just as everyone awaited the arrival of death, a thunderous sound began to resonate.
There was no sound in space; Ikeda Kenji's mind instinctively filled in that sound as he watched the blooming Mushroom Cloud on the screen.
Soon, several Mushroom Clouds erupted one after another. However, they were not on the side of the Hurricane Army, but rather on the side of the Zhongzheng Army.
How could the side that was firing become the one that was hit?
Ikeda Kenji and Jufeng stood side by side at the window, a subtle smile of relief gracing their faces.
"We're saved now."
Cao Ke had been ready to issue the launch order, but before he could utter a word, the Command Ship suddenly shook violently.
Cao Ke's heart sank as he thought, "It has finally come."
He had been restless about today's trap design battle, but with everything set in motion, he had no choice but to act. He could only force himself to respond and adapt to whatever came next.
However, despite all his calculations, he had not anticipated that the unstable factor was not within the Hurricane Army but rather from outside.
Moments later, many other Battleships reported that they had come under attack.
Cao Ke switched the screen to another view. Against a backdrop of darkness and starlight, a massive army was approaching them.
The shells were fired from their direction; Cao Ke had dealt with them more than once before.
The Dragon Breaker Army, the most seasoned of the five Dragon Head Armies.
Although the current Dragon Breaker Army was roughly equal in strength to Cao Ke's Zhongzheng Army, Cao Ke still had other forces at his disposal, giving him an advantage in numbers.
But let’s not forget that right at the network blockade center, there was still a newly formed army intact. Their strength was substantial; if they regained their operational capacity in ten minutes, they would find themselves surrounded in a precarious situation.
Moreover, there were less than ten minutes remaining.
Taking all these factors into account, Cao Ke still had the strength to fight. However, he could not choose that path.
This was the Magellan Star System, not his battlefield. He could encounter enemies at any moment, and if he were to suffer significant injuries here, he might face catastrophic consequences later on.
Thus, he had no choice but to retreat.
A sense of melancholy washed over him, leaving him feeling desolate in an instant. Cao Ke decisively issued the order to withdraw.
The carefully laid trap he had set up was now destroyed due to the sudden intervention of the Dragon Breaker Army.
He truly did not know whether to be grateful for this sense of crisis or to resent it.
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