NieR: Whirlpool

"Mach 6! Its speed has reached Mach 6!"

Futaba exclaimed, her fingers running frantically over the control panel, trying to re-lock her target.

"This won't work. The drone can't lock onto us at all."

"Have to switch to manual operation."

Melba drew an orange arc in the air.

Wherever they passed, drones fell to the ground like pieces of cut paper.

It was moving so fast that the drone's automatic tracking system had no time to react.

The pair of sharp forelimbs danced in the air, and each strike could easily tear the metal shells of multiple drones.

"Damn it!"

154 cursed, the excitement in his eyes replaced by fear.

"It's taking advantage of speed!"

041 looked pale: "I knew it wouldn't be that simple... Melba's fighting awareness is too strong!"

Ye Feng frowned: "Adjust the strategy, give up the pursuit, and switch to area coverage attack."

The drone swarm quickly adjusted its formation and began to form an impenetrable net in the air.

However, Melba seemed to have seen through this tactic.

It suddenly climbed rapidly upwards, then turned at high altitude, and the orange lasers in its eyes swept continuously, clearing a path in an instant.

Then, it swooped down at an incredible speed, with its blade-like hands in front, like a human missile.

"It's going to crash into the fortress! Intercept it!" Ye Feng ordered sternly.

The drone swarm quickly gathered and tried to form a line of defense.

But Melba was too fast. It passed through the defense line like a flash of lightning, leaving only a string of destroyed drone wreckage.

At the last moment approaching the fortress's protective shield,

Melba stretched his legs forward, using all the kinetic energy of the dive, plus his own extraordinary strength,

Kick hard at the fortress's shield.

"boom!"

There was a deafening bang, and the entire fortress shook violently.

The alarms in the command room wailed shrilly and the red warning lights flashed wildly.

"The shield's energy has dropped by 60%!"

There was worry in Yotsuba's voice.

"One more attack like this and our defense system will collapse!"

Melba circled in the air, its beak making a triumphant cry, and the light in its eyes seemed to mock the powerlessness of mankind.

It adjusted its posture and prepared to dive again.

041's face was as pale as paper: "It's over, it's going to come again... We really can't stop it this time..."

However, at this critical moment, a calm and firm voice sounded:

"Activate planetary defense system, codename: 'Aurora Blade'."

Everyone turned to look at the source of the sound—Ye Feng was standing there.

His expression was eerily calm, and there was a fearless gleam in his eyes.

"But, General!" Blake said hurriedly.

"'Aurora Blade' has never been used in actual combat. We don't know—"

"There is no choice now." Ye Feng interrupted him, his voice calm and firm.

"Excuting an order."

Futaba took a deep breath and quickly entered a complex sequence of commands on the control panel:

"'Aurora Blade' system activated, aiming at target: Melba."

The top of the fortress slowly opened, and a huge energy concentrator rose from it.

It began to collect the surrounding energy, and the electric charges in the air were quickly attracted, forming blue-purple arcs.

In the center of the concentrator, a ball of dazzling white light continued to expand, and the energy fluctuations made people's hearts palpitate.

At the moment when Melba dived again, Ye Feng gave the order word by word:

"emission."

A beam of pure white energy burst out from the concentrator and shot towards Melba at the speed of light.

Melba sensed the danger and tried to change its flight path at the last moment, but the beam of light was too fast for it to completely avoid it.

The beam of light hit one of Melba's flanks.

The huge impact force caused it to lose balance in the air, and it let out a painful howl and fell far away.

"The target was hit, but not destroyed," Futaba reported. "It is falling."

There was silence in the command room and everyone breathed a sigh of relief, but they knew that this was just the beginning of the battle.

Ye Feng's eyes remained firm: "Repair the protection system and call in the D132 satellite strike group."

On the skyline,

A bright beam of light cut through the cloudy sky.

The D132 space-based satellite strike group quickly adjusted its angle in high orbit, and several energy beams simultaneously locked onto the falling Melba.

There was a cold light in Futaba's eyes. She raised her hand slightly and tapped lightly on the holographic console.

"emission."

moment,

Several thick blue-white beams of light descended from the sky.

Like the wrath of God, it accurately hit Melba as she was struggling to flap her wings again.

Light and heat exploded at the point of contact, forming a blinding white ball of light.

Melba let out a shrill howl.

As the energy continues to pour out,

Its body began to disintegrate in the heat.

Skin, muscles, and bones quickly vaporize under extremely high energy.

"boom--!"

With a deafening explosion, Melba turned into a ball of brilliant sparks in the air.

The fragments flew everywhere, flashing a metallic luster under the sunlight, and slowly fell to the ground.

There was silence in the command room, followed by a burst of cheers.

"The target has been eliminated!" There was a hint of excitement in Futaba's voice.

however,

Ye Feng's expression remained serious, his eyes fixed on the sky in the holographic projection.

He could feel it.

There, more enemies are approaching.

"Don't be happy too soon," he warned calmly, "the real battle has just begun."

041 stood aside, his face solemn: "General, these monsters... they all come from another dimension. Melba is just an appetizer. Look at what appeared in those cracks..."

Before he finished speaking, the Qibul people on the projection laughed shrilly:

"Ho ho ho... See? This is just the beginning! You defeated Melba, but this is far from enough! Our army is about to arrive, and your planet will become our hunting ground!"

Ye Feng's eyes were fixed on the Zibulan on the holographic projection.

It is currently sitting inside a large robot.

At the fingertips of the robot, there was a strange substance emitting black gas.

"Dimensional energy!?"

Ye Feng was shocked and realized the seriousness of the matter.

His brows were furrowed, and he was secretly thinking of a countermeasure in his mind.

"Small gray!"

"grown ups……"

The voice of the Guardian of the Timeline came from the phantom light, and his voice was full of fear.

"Call on dimensional energy to search for and seal off the space-time rifts."

"understand……"

Ye Feng seemed to have sensed something.

Looking up at the sky, I saw a crack in the void.

The hole radiates black dimensional energy.

Immediately afterwards, one figure after another jumped out from the crack.

041 opened his mouth in shock, his voice trembling: "Golzan!"

"Leqiubas!" another soldier also exclaimed, his face pale.

Obviously, he likes to watch anime.

"Super Gob!!"

"Eye Q!!" The soldiers' voices intertwined, and fear and anxiety spread in the air.

"Melba is so strong, then this..."

Behind these figures, a number of frigates, surrounded by a mothership, flew out from the cracks with great momentum and headed straight for the sky fortress.

Only 042 breathed a sigh of relief: "Fortunately, Melba has been eliminated..."

"Fuck!"

The breath of relief that had just been released was forced back up.

I saw another Melba rushing out from the crack.

"It's over!" 041 broke out in a cold sweat.