Idle game leads to another world.

Chapter 738 Beam Rifle
The people of Alan Starlink are simple and honest, with much Texas heritage. There are quite a few civilian shuttles that follow the planetary defense team to beat up the pirates. In some star fields, there are even more civilian shuttles than the defense team's space fighters.

But when it comes to being conspicuous, the Manta is definitely on the list.

On the one hand, the Manta is an antique that was unearthed, and its appearance is a popular style thousands of years ago. It's like driving a tank at a luxury car party, which is of course more conspicuous than any luxury car.

On the other hand, the Manta's movement trajectory is too cool.

Air combat has never been a one-on-one fight between air knights. Since World War II, all aircraft taking off have adopted formation flight mode. No matter how many aircraft are in a formation, one person's energy and vision are limited. Having teammates to help watch the blind spots will make it much more convenient whether attacking or making maneuvers in advance.

Even a large number of civilian shuttles and even pirates know the benefits of flying in formation. Even if they are separated from their teammates, they will look for scattered teammates nearby and regroup.

As for the Manta, it was like "teammates only affect the speed at which I can draw my sword". Some lone space fighters or civilian shuttles tried to form a formation with the Manta, but they couldn't keep up with it.

The engine installed on the variable wing can achieve an effect similar to vector propulsion under the push of the rotating shaft. Although it is far less flexible than the direct vector propulsion of a space fighter, this design will crush other counterparts in terms of flexibility when used on a shuttle.

The pirate shuttle being chased by the Manta dived into the wreckage, hoping to use the cover to interfere with the radiation, but it was useless. The Manta was not fooled at all. It rolled and climbed, aiming its nose at the pirate shuttle in an inverted shooting position.

With a slight vibration and a subtle buzzing sound, the Corsair shuttle was overwhelmed by a barrage of machine gun shells, and the shield energy dropped rapidly.

At the critical moment, another pirate shuttle rushed out from the smoke of the explosion, and the ion beams on both sides of the body had begun to charge, as if the previous shuttle was just a fishing bait, and he would come out again to deliver a fatal blow.

Fang Lanyin could even see the "I got it!" expression on the face of the pirate in the cockpit of the shuttle across from her.

However, a striking pink beam of light pierced through the pirate shuttle from directly above, along with the previous shuttle whose shield was weakened by the machine gun.

The high temperature instantly melted the hull of the pirate shuttle, and the red metal jet like lava ignited the pipelines and detonated the fuel tank storing liquefied magic power.

Two orange flashes burst into large flames, licking the chassis of the Manta Ray. With the roar of the engine, the Manta Ray turned around and rushed to the next target without even looking at the burning wreckage.

"Be careful of the nuts coming loose! They are simply spot welded on!"

"I know, I'm already very light."

Fang Lanyin was a little worried about the temporary repair of the fuselage welding points, but Li Chengxi turned the joystick and the Manta dodged two ion beams in a posture comparable to turning around on the spot, obviously not caring whether the repaired parts would come loose.

The ion beam on the left was no longer usable, but Fang Lanyin welded the beam rifle onto it.

This one is more heavyweight.

The beam rifle appears to require pulling the trigger, but that is actually just to adapt to the Gundam's fingers, after all, beam weapons do not require physical activation of the primer.

Fang Lanyin disassembled the trigger and grip, then connected the controller that controlled the ion beam to the beam rifle, and finally welded the gun body directly to the left side of the body.

This thing is extremely powerful. Li Chengxi has tried to penetrate three shuttles with one shot, but he has never found its damage limit.

The only minor problem is that the beam rifle is welded to the body of the machine, so the original ion cannon's fire control cannot be used, which means that the beam will not fly along the crosshairs on the screen.

But it's not a big problem. After all, it is fixed and the trajectory is also fixed. If it doesn't fly according to the crosshairs, just fire two shots at random to test the trajectory. Blind shooting without looking at the crosshairs is a standard operation, which is very easy to learn.

What's even better is that this thing comes with its own magazine and does not need to consume the energy of the Manta itself. The number of rounds is just a little less at 20, but it is enough.

A row of rockets attacked from the front left. The Manta rolled and spun downward to avoid the rockets. At the same time, it also saw a flying vehicle much larger than the shuttle, roughly equivalent to the level of a "boat" among ships and boats.

The nose of the aircraft was lifted slightly, and a rocket was fired from the right side of the aircraft, heading towards the aircraft. When the rocket exploded, the shield immediately appeared, but the metal jet tore a hole in the shield and hit the tail engine of the aircraft at an angle.

Although it didn't explode with a single shot, Li Chengxi didn't continue to pay attention to it. After all, the space fighter following behind would not let the pirates have an easy time.

Anyway, the opportunity was rare, so Li Chengxi put another high-energy rocket launcher into the screen and asked Fang Lanyin to weld it to the right side of the fuselage using the same method.

It also comes with its own magazine, with only eight rounds in total, which can be used interchangeably with the beam rifle to deal with different types of enemies.

Having said that, Li Chengxi had never expected that the creation of the priesthood would be realized in this way. According to the legend from Viola, Li Chengxi thought that the creation of the priesthood was the kind of being that could create a planet by itself.

Li Chengxi had tried this before, but when he stuffed the model into the screen, it only magnified proportionally and did not turn into a real Gundam. This was because he could not create something he did not understand out of thin air.

But with the help of the creative priesthood, it is possible to create something out of nothing by consuming only energy.

This is how beam rifles and high-energy rocket launchers came about. Li Chengxi had no idea about their internal structures, but that did not prevent them from becoming real models.

However, it is not possible to just stuff the machine in there. If you want to use the power of the creative priesthood, there may be other restrictions. For now, the focus is still on fighting. I will study it slowly when I have time.

Although the Manta's movement trajectory is very dramatic, it can be seen that it has a clear purpose.

That’s right, he was heading for the mobile aircraft carrier.

Using the last bit of machine gun shells to blast away the meteorite that was blocking the way, a huge shadow appeared in front of the shuttle. It was at least a hundred times larger than the shuttle. On the huge disc-shaped spacecraft, the blurry indicator lights and the airlock lights that kept opening and closing came into view.

But at the same time, the mobile aircraft carrier also discovered the Manta, a shuttle that was not one of theirs. For a moment, it seemed as if all the anti-aircraft guns opened fire at the same time, and a barrage of bullets came down.

"The mines are set to detonate on contact."

After Lan Yin said this to the other party, the Manta did not retreat this time, but flew head-on into the rain of bullets.

No matter how agile Li Chengxi is, the performance of the Manta is there. Facing the dense rain of bullets, it is still inevitable to be hit. From time to time, the prompt "shield energy reduction" will light up on the main control screen.

When it flew directly overhead, the Manta's bottom magazine opened, and four jet-propelled mines fell out of it, colliding head-on with the mobile carrier's shield, causing a large cloud of smoke.

The people on the bridge of the aircraft carrier were momentarily blinded by the flames of the explosion and could not see where the Manta had gone, but soon the entire aircraft carrier began to shake violently, and red alarm lights flashed back and forth on the bridge.

Having had the experience of using a shuttle to destroy a cruise ship, Li Chengxi now knows that the engine part of this type of large ship is the most vulnerable and the shield is also the weakest.

Normally, with the firepower of the shuttle, even if it hits the weakest part of the engine, it is impossible to penetrate the shield of the mobile aircraft carrier, which is much stronger than the shield of a cruiser.

But we have beam rifles.

There were no last few shots left, and from a distance the tail of the mobile aircraft carrier looked like it was pierced by several long pink needles, with the tail engine and hull structure twisted and deformed.

Losing its energy supply, most of the anti-aircraft guns instantly went silent. The Manta flew to the top bridge and fired the last three rockets.

The metal that made up the bridge had no resistance when facing 380mm rockets. Three rockets seemed to have flattened the bridge, and then the delayed fuse was triggered. The surging metal jet and explosion instantly destroyed the bridge, and the mobile aircraft carrier was rapidly disintegrated under the flames.

(End of this chapter)