Mecha Star Wars.

Chapter 1476: Trapped in a cocoon
"...You still haven't figured out a solution?" Thousand-Year-Old clenched its forepaws twice. "It's been days already?"

“It’s only been a few days…” Antonio spoke up for Lin Fan, “Lord Sui Sui, we’ve only been in Anniemo for a few days! Aside from the time we spent accompanying you to see plays, there’s not much time left…”

"We've only disassembled the external structure so far; we haven't had time to fully understand the principles behind the restrictions yet." Lin Fan reached out to stop Antonio and looked up to explain, "The Annie Demons have their own culture and unique way of thinking, which are different from the common practices of Perlan Star and Lan Star. I need some more time."

"Then let's just dismantle it." Chisui revealed the sharp claws beneath her paw pads.

"No!" Lin Fan shook his head. "This control ring is very hard; it can't be easily damaged by ordinary external forces..."

"Not even a thousand years old?" Antonio found the reflection on the thousand-year-old's claws strangely eerie.

"Perhaps, but the restraint ring has a self-destruct mechanism to prevent external damage. Once activated, it will explode if it is subjected to external force."

The neck is a vital central region, connecting the brain to the body's blood vessels, nerves, and bones.

If an explosion occurs at this location, the result is usually a bloody massacre, leaving no trace of the victim.

“Even with our physical condition, it’s hard to say whether we can survive, since our brains and hearts are nearby.” Lin Fan sighed. “Moreover, even if we don’t die, we’ll be severely injured and temporarily unable to move, so we probably won’t be able to escape. I don’t think there’s any need to gamble in the current situation.”

“Yes, yes, yes,” Antonio exclaimed in alarm, clutching his neck with both hands. “Your Highness, please be patient and wait a little longer. I’m sure Honey will be able to handle it soon. If all else fails, we can go back and find Adrian and ask him to untangle this thing. Wasn’t he at the auction just now? It should be easy to find him. Don’t rush things!”

"If Your Excellency doesn't object, we'll go find someone to lift the restriction ring now." Seeing that Qian Sui remained silent, only looking at the water sphere beneath his feet, Lin Fan assumed he had given his consent and turned to Lan Bingru.

"Bingru, you might have to work hard to infuse this friend with healing abilities later."

"Me?" Lan Bingru exclaimed in surprise, "But my ability..."

“I know.” Lin Fan nodded. “Your ability is not enough to completely replace the active potion, but this friend has probably been soaking in this potion for a long time. I’m worried that if it is suddenly removed from this environment and comes into contact with a large amount of healing power, it may have a stress reaction and cause irreversible consequences.”

"So I want you to first infiltrate it with a small amount of your special ability, so that its body can gradually adapt to the process of this new energy replacement..."

“I know!” Antonio raised his hand to answer. “It’s like switching your pet to a new, stronger-tasting food. You have to do it over several days, adding the new food little by little until it completely replaces the old food, so that your pet won’t be used to the new flavor and refuse to eat it.”

"..." Lin Fan was taken aback, not expecting it to be interpreted from this angle. "The general idea is correct."

"I understand." Knowing that she could also contribute, Lan Bingru's disheartened mood immediately lifted. "I will definitely do my best!"

As he spoke, he raised his hands, and the gurgling water flowed into the blue-green water sphere.

"Hey!" Lin Fan reached out to stop him, but it was too late.

"What's wrong?" Lan Bingru asked uneasily, trying to pull her hand away.

"No!" Lin Fan pressed down on her hand. "Now that we've started, it's best not to stop halfway through. In this situation, the worst thing is to keep going on and on. That's exactly what I wanted to remind you of, because things might not be peaceful later on, and I was thinking of finding a safe time to continue."

"I'm sorry." Lan Bingru's face flushed. "I... was too hasty."

She was eager to prove that she wasn't always a burden and could actually be of some help. But the result was the opposite...

"It's nothing." Lin Fan patted Lan Bingru's shoulder. "It's not a big deal. With such a big commotion outside, we probably wouldn't be able to find anyone even if we went out now. Let's deal with this first."

No sooner had the words been spoken than the sound of something breaking through the air came from the outer hall.

"Whoosh whoosh—"

Countless lights refracted and reflected off the crystal in the outer hall, instantly illuminating the dim palace once again.

The next instant, dozens of Beast Soul Mechs rushed in. Upon seeing the blue-green water sphere and the Burning World Beast within it, they all paused in their tracks.

"Intruder!"

"You killed the Burning Beast!"

"Damn heretics!!"

"They are human!"

"You have desecrated our divine beast!!" Amidst the cacophony of roars, the mechs' particle cannons instantly charged.

"No! Wait!" The mech next to him tried to stop him, but it was too late.

Although the launch direction was deviated, the red energy beam still shot straight toward the huge blue-green water sphere in front.

All the mech pilots tried to reach out and stop it, but they couldn't catch up with the energy at all. They could only watch helplessly as the red light was about to reach the water sphere that enveloped the Burning Beast, and despair spread with the red light...

"boom!"

A massive barrier unfolded in front of the water sphere, protecting the water sphere and Lin Fan and the other two within it.

The beam of energy was broken into countless fragments upon impact.

Just as the Beast Soul Mechs breathed a sigh of relief, the scattered light spots were bounced onto the surrounding crystal walls, and then reflected by the various crystal surfaces into new energy beams at different angles, scattering everywhere.

Apart from the Thousand-Year Barrier, which is an absolutely safe zone, all the other beast soul mechs were scrambling to avoid it.

"I *&%R^%^"

"Damn it! Who the hell is messing around!"

"Activate protection!"

"No! The Burning Beast!"

"The Burning Beast is doing fine! It should worry about itself first!"

……

Antonio crossed his arms and looked at the chaos outside, a far cry from the imposing mechs he had entered earlier, and laughed.

"Looks like the orc mechs aren't all that impressive after all. They made me a little nervous before."

"Thank you for your protection, Your Majesty." Lin Fan looked up.

Qian Sui gave a haughty snort.

The properties of crystal determine that it has very high energy focusing, refraction, and transmittance.

Crystal walls, crystal ceiling, crystal floor, crystal pillars, crystal carvings...

Everything in this palace is made of crystal and is extremely exquisite.

This results in a beam of light scattering and reflecting off different surfaces, dispersing into more than one beam of energy along its path.

Moreover, the energy beams scattered by the Thousand-Year Barrier were already broken into many fragments. After being blocked by the mechs' defenses and shifting angles, they bounced wildly, turning into a rain of light like scattered bullets…

In short, things are in complete chaos outside.

Before Lin Fan and the others could even make a move, the Beast Soul Mech had already exhausted itself.

Antonio looked at the shattered spiderwebs on the ground and the rooftops that had been cut away, revealing a corner of the sky above, and wondered how the planet Annie had developed into a level three civilization.

"Stop it all!"

The sharp and authoritative voice pierced through all the noise, like an icicle stabbing into everyone's eardrums.

A golden light emerged from behind the mecha, instantly capturing the still-ejecting beam of light, squeezing it into a ball, and then dissipating into the air.

"Yo~" Antonio whistled, "A formidable figure is about to appear!"

(End of this chapter)