Mecha Star Wars.

Chapter 1617 Facing the Enemy
Despite his eloquent words, Old Dupu had no idea how to escape the negative pressure and safely leave the rift.

This theory of spatial potential energy imbalance was discovered during research on teleportation space stations within the Nexus Ring.

The reason why opening the space channel would cause the space station to shift was that the Noah Research Department could not solve the problem in a short time. So, it was decided that Lin Fan would draw the teleportation array inside the space station, while they would be responsible for fixing the external coordinates of the space station and correcting the potential energy deviation.

The division of labor is clear, but this kind of space technology, which far exceeds Lanxing Technology's capabilities, cannot be easily cracked simply by seeing detailed information in advance.

During the months Lin Fan spent at Annemo, the entire research team on the ship never stopped working. But even now that they've left Sersorn, they still haven't come up with a feasible solution.

Scientific research is inherently a process of countless failures, trials and errors, and the accumulation of knowledge before success can be achieved; this is the norm.

Old Dupuy was initially quite calm, but now he was anxious and furious, frantically pulling at his sparse hair.

"Let me check! There must be a way!" He quickly opened the terminal and shared the task.

Despite the ship's violent rocking and the dizziness and lightheadedness they experienced, the researchers on the Noah quickly searched for relevant literature and data.

With multiple screens open simultaneously, countless search windows pop up rapidly, refresh, flashback, and a massive amount of space entries scroll across the screen at high speed.

But Lin Fan and Cen Fangyuan couldn't care less about that now.

The insect-like creatures were rapidly approaching, and Lin Fan could already see the tentacles of the foremost insect through the huge viewing window.

If this continues, even if a way to escape is found, they will be swept up by the massive swarm of insects and find it difficult to break free.

"Can the ship's guns fire to intercept?" Lin Fan asked.

"No!" the technician below shouted back. "The artillery fire cannot penetrate the energy shield! The turbulence intensity is currently too high. If we rashly break free from the shield, there is a very high probability that we will penetrate the ship's structure and cause irreversible damage."

The Noah had never shaken so violently before.

In the control room, subtle yet piercing mechanical impacts and rattling noises could be heard continuously, as if the entire ship was on the verge of disintegration and could fall apart at any moment.

The approaching insectoid beasts seemed to have long been accustomed to the rift environment, completely unaffected by any spatial disturbances. It looked like if they didn't intervene soon, they would be riding right onto the Noah's face.

Lin Fan abruptly unbuckled his seatbelt: "Anton, let's go!"

"I've been waiting for you to call me!" Antonio jumped up from his chair and rushed towards the door.

"Lin Jian!" Cen Fangyuan turned his head and gripped the handrail tightly. "Be extremely careful!"

"Don't worry!" Lin Fan looked at his pale face and smiled confidently. "It's been a long time since Xingchen has been out and about. This is the perfect opportunity for him to have some fun!"

Antonio turned around and complained to Cen Fangyuan, "Why didn't you tell me to be careful? You guys need to think of something quickly, we might not be able to hold out much longer..."

Lin Fan wrapped his arm around her neck, turning her around so she couldn't finish her sentence.

"Let's go!" Lin Fan grabbed Antonio and rushed out of the emergency exit, his clear voice landing steadily in the control room. "Don't worry!"

The hatch closed automatically. Cen Fangyuan turned his head and stared intently at the approaching insectoid beast on the large screen. He took a deep breath, suppressed the anxiety surging in his heart, and connected to the broadcast system. His voice was calm and solemn as he told the entire ship about the current predicament without any concealment:

"...At this critical juncture of life and death, I hope all colleagues will stand together in solidarity and overcome this crisis..."

Lin Fan and Antonio were running wildly through the empty passageway.

"Why does that sound so pessimistic?" Antonio kept talking as he ran, equipping himself with the communication module. "I've thought about dealing with these things before, but not now! This is the worst time; I feel really insecure. I don't know how long it will take them to find a solution. What if we can't hold out? It's not that I'm a coward, this situation is just a reality..."

"Anton!" Lin Fan looked earnestly at the chattering man as he opened the airlock door. "Thank you!"

Thank you for accompanying me all the way. Thank you for rushing out with me despite knowing the danger. Thank you for choosing to walk with me even though you were scared.

Antonio was interrupted by Lin Fan's sudden seriousness. He was stunned for a moment, then laughed: "Hey~ what's our relationship? Do you think I'd let you face this alone?"

The moment the airlock door closed, two mechs, one black and one white, covered the entire body. Their voices came through the mechs, sounding somewhat muffled.

"Control! Star and Apollo are ready. Please open the outer hatch of airlock xx!" "Control received. Five seconds countdown to opening the outer hatch of airlock xx! Five..."

"Honey, shall we have a contest?" Black Apollo stood by the hatch, turning to look at the stars. "Let's see who kills more, and Starry Sky will keep track!"

"Xinglan received!"

"Okay!" Lin Fan nodded.

"……one."

With a "whoosh," the hatch slid open completely.

"Please be careful!" Cen Fangyuan urged.

He wanted to tell them to come back if they couldn't hold on, instead of forcing themselves, but he was afraid it would be bad luck, so he could only purse his lips tightly and stare intently at the split-screen display of the two mechs.

The two figures, one in black and one in white, nimbly passed through the energy ring, leaving trails of energy afterburners as they rushed out.

Both Noah and Tiandu were products of the Nuwa civilization. Star and Apollo, who possessed the energy source of the World Tree, passed through the energy shield of the same origin without any hindrance, as if they held the key to the door.

As soon as it emerged, a violent gale swept in, and the turbulent currents tore at it from far beyond the protective barrier.

"Holy crap!" Apollo was caught off guard and almost got blown back into the shield.

The stars seemed to float, their fingers rapidly forming hand seals while simultaneously grabbing Apollo.

Apollo turned his head and saw a blue halo flash around the star, and the star stabilized.

"Have you learned the Wind-Fixing Spell?" Xingchen asked him.

"I've learned it!" Apollo exclaimed excitedly, pinching his hand together and muttering incantations as he quickly regained his balance.

"Hey!" he suddenly had a brilliant idea. "What do you think about casting a wind-stopping spell on the starship?"

"Are you sure?" Lin Fan gestured for him to look up.

The enormous starship resembled two colossal cities, stretching for hundreds of kilometers, vast as mountains. Star and Apollo stood on the outer side, barely the size of a hatch.

Encasing such a large volume with a wind-fixing spell is a difficult task just to imagine.

Antonio is definitely not a good fit.

Lin Fan hadn't tried it either. It might work, but putting aside the energy consumption for now, with such a large size, the spell would take time to form.

Those insects and beasts won't just stand by and watch.

If the stars are then bound by a curse, or weakened by excessive energy consumption, leaving only Apollo's mech to deal with hundreds or thousands of insectoid beasts is clearly not a wise approach.

"Trust them, let's launch a counterattack!" Xingchen charged towards the distant insect beasts first. "This is just the beginning. If it doesn't work, we can switch to a defensive strategy."

"Alright!" Apollo drew his broadsword from the back of his neck and gave chase with great momentum.

Watching a game through a projection is one thing, but facing the real scene presents a completely different kind of oppressive experience.

Hundreds of alien insects and beasts slithered through the vacuum, their dense swarms sending chills down one's spine.

Like heavy black clouds obscuring the starry sky, it arrived with a suffocating, destructive pressure.

Star and Apollo accelerated to their maximum speed, crashing heavily into the enemy horde, right at the front of the densest line of the insect swarm.

In an instant, the insects' shells shattered, juices splattered everywhere, and two large gaps were forcibly dented into the dense battle line.

The startled insectoid beast roared in fury, its hard shell trembling and spraying out corrosive venom. Countless sharp limbs, leaving hundreds of afterimages, converged from all directions, relentlessly crushing the two mechs.