Witch Special

After a period of charging, Child Emperor's giant cannon's six metal prisms were completely covered in dazzling electric light. If you look with the naked eye, you can't tell the boundaries at all. Instead, they merged into one, becoming a tall pillar of light that was countless times brighter than the sun in the sky.

Immediately after Child Emperor tapped the keyboard vigorously, the light prism above his head emitted a piercing, high-frequency electrical sound. Amidst this humming sound, the gun barrel, which had accumulated a charge to its limit, finally found a way to vent.

A dazzling beam of bright white light gushed out from the reaction pool at the bottom of the barrel. When passing through the triple parallel magnetic field formed by the six surrounding magnetic tracks, it gained huge upward momentum and shot straight upward at a speed almost close to the speed of light.

Lin Zhenxi saw a long, thin beam of light connecting heaven and earth, flying directly to the end of the Liuli Altar's observation range. Although he couldn't see the beam of light outside the Liuli Altar, Lin Zhenxi was almost certain that the target of this beam of light was definitely the meteorite that was rapidly approaching the planet.

The relative speeds of celestial bodies are all extremely high, but no matter how fast they are, they can never exceed the speed of light. Therefore, in front of the laser beam moving at a speed close to the speed of light, the speed of the meteorite is no different from a turtle. Although Lin Zhenxi couldn't actually see the meteorite being bombarded through the glass altar, the screen at Child Emperor's side was ready-made. Lin Zhenxi could just look at the screen that simulated the actual image of the meteorite.

The beam of light flew out of the atmosphere and collided head-on with the meteorite in the blink of an eye. However, what Lin Zhenxi saw in the simulation was not the laser striking the meteorite, piercing or shattering it. Instead, the laser beam dispersed after impacting the meteorite, forming an inverted umbrella shape, like a net bag, enveloping the small half of the meteorite facing the planet.

Is this a laser or a water gun? Why does it feel a bit watery?

However, this thought only flashed through Lin Zhenxi's mind for a moment before disappearing. Lin Zhenxi knew that Child Emperor was humanity's last line of defense and that he would definitely not come to waste his efforts. Furthermore, looking at Child Emperor's calm and indifferent expression, it was clear that the situation before him was exactly as he had anticipated, and everything was proceeding according to plan.

Lin Zhenxi looked closely and soon discovered something different. Under the irradiation of this laser beam, which had almost no effect on the meteorite, the meteorite's speed was actually decreasing at a steady rate.

Because the screen was too small, if it weren't for the various data about the meteorite next to it, Lin Zhenxi really wouldn't be able to tell what the laser beam was used for just by looking at the screen.

According to the normal laws of physics, when a meteorite approaches a planet that has captured it but does not enter the atmosphere, its gravitational potential energy will be continuously converted into speed, causing the meteorite's speed to continue to increase.

Once entering the atmosphere, due to air resistance, the meteorite will rub violently with the air, rapidly heating up and reducing its flight speed.

If the meteorites are loose in texture and have a low melting point, they will disintegrate and catch fire during this process, and burn directly during the landing process without actually falling to the ground.

In any case, it is impossible for a meteorite to lose speed while diving towards a high-mass planet at high speed. The only possible reason for this is that the laser beam that Child Emperor is shooting at the meteorite is slowing it down.

The laser fired from the turret built by Child Emperor was not the kind with killing power. Instead, it exerted an opposite force on the meteorite, just like like magnets repelling each other. Relying on the large mass of the planet itself, it repelled the meteorite in turn.

What the hell is this... a reverse tractor beam? This technology is so far-fetched it's practically a rip-off for interstellar civilizations. It's even more outlandish than nuclear fusion. Could someone from a civilization just beginning space exploration have come up with this?

Because the Mage World itself was a world of advanced civilization with the ability to navigate other dimensions, Lin Zhenxi was no stranger to technologies that existed only in science fiction. However, precisely because of this, Lin Zhenxi understood more clearly how difficult it was to realize those technologies.

Just by understanding the design of the Heart of the Rising Sun, Lin Zhenxi felt dizzy and her sanity plummeted. Just like those profound magics that require a certain level of mystical understanding, those overly profound technologies also require knowledge that extends all the way back to the basics as a foundation.

If any piece of knowledge is missing, it's impossible to understand and reproduce that advanced technology. If Child Emperor and Metal Knight were able to create a tractor beam, then they should have long possessed the technical expertise to leave their home planet and explore the stars. Given their personalities, it's unlikely that only one plank would reach the sky, while the other planks forming the barrel remain at the level of surface civilization.

This was completely abnormal. Whether it was this world or its natives, there were serious problems. All she could say was that this urgent mission the company had given her was truly worth four times its worth.

Could it be that the boss he needs to face in the end is not an ordinary world will, but a fallen star spirit, or even an ancient god... Will Saitama's fists really be of any use against such an indescribable great existence?

Lin Zhenxi suddenly felt a surge of anxiety about her future. A huge wave of uncertainty weighed on her heart. At that moment, she realized with overwhelming clarity that she had been so successful before that she had overlooked the dangers of the world.

In a world where even the company cannot detect intelligence, can she really break through so easily?

In other words, can she really return to the main world safely and alive with all her hands and feet intact?

After a shudder, Lin Zhenxi continued to focus on the meteorite's status data. There was no point in considering other trivial matters right now; the most pressing issue was the one in front of him.

Even with Saitama as a backup, Hayashi Maki still has to keep an eye on the status of the meteorite. He can't wait until the meteorite falls from the atmosphere and is visible to the naked eye before sending Saitama out, right?

The volume of the meteorite is almost as large as the main urban area of ​​City Z. Lin Zhenxi only hopes that Saitama can smash it into pieces as much as possible, but she never expected Saitama to do the nonsense of destroying the avenue with one punch as often written in fantasy novels.

Even a football-sized meteorite, if dropped from the sky, could create a crater several dozen meters across, and the resulting explosion could easily destroy an entire building. If that giant meteorite had exploded directly over City Z, City Z would likely have been wiped off the map.

City Z was the location of Lin Zhenxi's magic formation and magic tower. The tower was still in its early stages of construction and lacked the ability to be moved. The magic formation itself was in tatters; if the unfinished building that served as its foundation were blown up, Lin Zhenxi's magic formation and its contents would be buried in the rubble.

So if City Z were destroyed, everything Lin Zhenxi had painstakingly built in this world would be lost, and making a comeback would be impossible. Therefore, the best and most appropriate approach would be to shatter the meteorite outside the atmosphere, allowing the atmosphere to incinerate the small fragments, and allowing the world to witness a spectacular meteor shower.

Anyway, Saitama is ready, and the distance between the meteorite and the planet is about to be smaller than the diameter of the earth. Lin Zhenxi is ready to wait no longer. As long as the meteorite crosses that distance line, she will immediately launch Saitama into space!

However, it seemed that someone was more anxious than Lin Zhenxi. Just when Lin Zhenxi had already started the countdown, she suddenly saw something different.

On the screen displaying the meteorite simulation, a dense mass of tiny white dots appeared from the direction of the planet. These dots rose from the planet's surface, approaching the laser beams fired from the turrets one by one. Then, as if they had hitched a ride, their speed increased several times, crashing directly into the meteorite, which, despite being repelled by the tractor beam, continued to approach the planet at a tremendous speed.

what is this?

As soon as Lin Zhenxi's doubts arose in her heart, Child Emperor retrieved the images of these small white dots.

Hiss, it’s probably real-time imaging. This kid even has his own camera satellite in space.

The images showed missile warheads, each simply painted with a white primer. Lin Zhenxi couldn't tell their size due to a lack of contrast, but she could tell they were riding on the tractor beam, hurtling towards the meteorite at breakneck speed.

Soon, the first wave of missiles made direct contact with the meteorite. In the eternal cold silence of space, these warheads impacted the surface of the meteorite, exploding into round fireballs that looked like a multitude of small orange-red bubbles emerging from the bottom of the meteorite.

It feels... a little scratchy.

Although there were many missiles, and even gave Lin Zhenxi the feeling of a river flowing endlessly, the damage caused by the explosion of these missiles to targets of the size of meteorites cannot be said to be insignificant, but can only be said to be negligible.

In a world where every second is precious, Metal Knight and Child Emperor are teaming up to give Meteorite a scraping and mud massage. Lin Zhenxi couldn't understand why these two, arguably the smartest people in the world, would do this. Were they not in a hurry at all?

Anyway, judging from Child Emperor's eyes and expression, the current result did not exceed his expectations. But what exactly is their plan?

It was so frustrating! Lin Zhenxi didn't plan to just wait around like this anymore; she wanted to go and ask in person.