Chapter 1650 - 529: We Are Ready to Fight to the Death
Chapter 1650: Chapter 529: We Are Ready to Fight to the Death
"General! Something’s wrong!"
General Ximu’s unease quickly expanded, feeling as if his heart skipped a beat.
Yet, he immediately maintained his composure and spoke in a hurried but steady tone.
"What’s going on?"
"The communication module! Something’s wrong with the communication module! We can’t contact the outside world except for the other warships within the fleet!"
Seeing the General unresponsive, the subordinate hastily added, thinking his description was too vague:
"All devices for remote Quantum Network connections are disconnected! Not just the flagship, but even the other warships as well!
Only the short-range communications within the fleet are still functioning. We... have been completely isolated..."
By the end, the subordinate’s voice was trembling, clearly indicating that this unexpected situation was far beyond control, eliciting genuine fear.
"How can this be? We just received information from the external network! Besides, aren’t the quantum communication modules supposed to be the same?"
Even in a Magic Civilization, though a Mage himself, General Ximu had to command the fleet and was somewhat familiar with machinery.
At least he knew that essentially all quantum communication modules were the same set of devices, even if they were really taken over, how could only half be damaged?
It’s as absurd as claiming to be proficient in physics but knowing nothing about mathematics.
Moreover, he had just arrived and seen external messages, learning that other places were also under attack, so how could everything suddenly break collectively?
At first, he thought it was his subordinate’s mistake, but then he suddenly paused, stopping himself from making any sound.
If it were warships attacked by the Insect Swarm, the possibility of the Insect Clan intentionally destroying the communication module, no matter how low, would have been understandable.
But for those warships that haven’t been attacked yet, how could their quantum communication modules be malfunctioning?
"Yes, even just now we could communicate normally, and no warnings appeared.
And because communications on warships had always been normal, we didn’t notice.
But when we tried sending messages, we found the modules suddenly were in a disconnected state!
Even with other warships, until we tried using them, we didn’t find the corresponding modules unresponsive.
Now, we can only use the fleet’s internal communications...
General? General?"
After explaining everything thoroughly, the subordinate noticed their General seemed to have been stunned into silence.
From what he learned from his subordinate, General Ximu became completely certain of his suspicion, connecting all the information.
Suddenly an unusual concealed ability launched an attack from the Insect Clan, sudden discovery of the Insect Swarm’s hidden strength exceeding intelligence, and special individuals appearing inside the Insect Clan...
And just as they attempted to contact the outside world and send out the intelligence, they "happened" to discover an abnormality in the quantum communication, and even completely lost contact with the outside world...
Piecing together all these abnormal pieces of intelligence, General Ximu came to a conclusion that even he found hard to believe.
It felt like he was a hunted prey, trapped in the deep calculations of some willful mind.
Though difficult to believe, the ones possibly capable and motivated to do this seemed to only be those Insect Clan he deemed mindless.
Suddenly showcasing extraordinary power, choosing the warship’s interior as the battlefield, and cutting off all messages.
This is a bid to destroy them utterly while concealing their power!
Although it’s unclear why these Insect Clan suddenly targeted them, he knew he must save himself.
"We must find a way, or these Insect Clan won’t spare me!
But since the Insect Clan have made their move, they surely have the confidence, we must prepare for the eventual failure..."
General Ximu’s eyes flickered, and in an instant, he had a series of thoughts, finally his gaze steadied, reestablishing his authoritative demeanor as a General.
"Continue to fully redeploy the Transcendents for reinforcements, prioritize addressing the flagship issues, if necessary completely destroy the relevant sections!
I will personally lend a hand!"
Leaving his final command, Ximu immediately unleashed the speed belonging to a Transcendent, rapidly traversing the open pathways of the ship’s corridors, in his hand appeared a Close Combat Staff crafted from metal.
His intent to charge for high-tier was due to possessing the strength at the Peak of Sixth Tier!
Moreover, though his Transcendent profession was a magician branch, it wasn’t the most common "Ninja Master" of Carli civilization, but a Close Combat Mage specially learned from outside the civilization!
As a more common and long-established Transcendent profession under the Starry Sky, it’s vastly different in battle prowess and application compared to his native civilization’s archaic Transcendent profession!
If not for the Close Combat Mage falling short in research and support abilities, he wouldn’t need to recruit a few weaker peers.
Even at that cost, his combat prowess far exceeded the norm, even against the hidden-strength Insect Clan!
In comparison, the Insect Swarm didn’t anticipate that as a fleet General, his Transcendent profession wasn’t a "Ninja Master," unsuspectedly strong in battle power!
His willingness to enter the fray stemmed from absolute confidence!
Ximu’s gaze locked onto the battlefield at the end of the corridor, watching those flying Insect Clan, a confident smile tugged at his lips.