Xyrin Empire

Chapter 429: 429: Capturing Alive

Chapter 429: Chapter 429: Capturing Alive

The battle had already reached a fever pitch.

Sandora once said that space warfare was vast, involving high-speed maneuverable ships with tremendous firepower that usually keep their distance to avoid friendly fire. As war technology advanced, battlefields seemed to become “thinner,” but that was merely a façade. From a higher vantage point, surveying the entire battleground, you would find this world to be even more brutal and heart-wrenching than the primitive eras of bloody hand-to-hand combat.

When the scale of the battlefield was vast and you were engulfed in it, you would feel that the whole world was filled with flames and explosions. The bridge’s holographic projection relayed real-time scenes of external firefights; the intense flashes of exploding ships and the scattering innards of dying insectoids would make one dizzy, even giving me the illusion that the whole world would burn like this forever. Several girls from Academy City had gone from initial excitement to gradually feeling terror. Perhaps Lilina’s words still echoed:

“This is a battlefield, where every spark of flame represents the reaping of millions of lives.”

Now, they could almost imagine it.

Tears and Mikoto were clutching my arms on either side; I could feel the former’s body trembling clearly. It was said that rookie soldiers experiencing their first space battle would have such fears: you were surrounded by a violent sea of fire and death, every inch of space filled with deadly shells and beams time after time, and only a layer of armor and shield—hardly robust against gunfire—allowed you to survive and experience this fear. This feeling would grip your heart tightly, and no matter how thick the armor beside you was, it wouldn’t give you an ounce of security.

Of course, veterans would think of these things, too. Such fear never fades from the hearts of those who fight on battlefields; they’ve just learned to become numb to it.

Moreover, the tense atmosphere pervading the entire command center also put significant pressure on the girls experiencing it for the first time.

A few girls who grew up in Academy City—how calm could you expect them to be in the face of such a war?

“Seven billion, that’s a landmark figure.”

Lilina said with a mischievous grin, leaning in to whisper in a voice just loud enough for everyone to hear.

“What?” I didn’t understand her at once. This girl’s way of thinking was always unexpected. From a certain point of view, even Bai Jing Heizi would seem innocent compared to her.

Mikoto, Tears, and a few others on the other side, who were already scared stiff, shifted their attention, waiting for Lilina’s next words.

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