Outer space, over two thousand kilometers above the ground.
The Covert-class frigate released William's private craft, allowing it to move freely.
Inside the cockpit;
William turned his head to look at the faintly glowing Earth 'below' him, then touched the cockpit screen, sighing:
"Serena, this is space out here, and Earth is beneath us. Technology truly changes everything.
No exaggeration, three years, when the company was just founded three years ago, I never imagined I'd be piloting a hundred-meter mech in space."
Serena covered her mouth and chuckled, "Boss, I wasn't even around three years ago."
"That's true." William also chuckled softly.
He paused, put away his smile, placed both hands on the control stick, and said in a deep voice, "Alright, prepare to activate the thrusters. There are still many drone targets and target ships waiting for us to destroy."
"Yes." Serena nodded, "Thrusters connecting to the fusion reactor…
Charging complete, Boss. Let's soar through the cosmos."
"Alright!"
William's lips curved slightly, then he maneuvered the mech to fly towards the 'dark starry sky,' gradually moving away from Earth behind him.
Immediately after.
A virtual screen appeared on the left side of the cockpit, displaying nearly a hundred red dots, with the closest one being four thousand kilometers away.
Serena also reminded William, "Boss, I've locked onto all the target drones."
Upon being reminded, William, while rapidly controlling the Divine Body, also took down the two Gauss repeating cannons from its waist.
Gripping them firmly.
He raised the two 'guns' in front of him and, using the Divine Body's ultra-long-range vision, aimed at the closest target drone.
Pulled the trigger.
Switched targets, pulled the trigger again.
In ten seconds, seventy spike rounds destroyed the corresponding number of target drones.
At this moment, William also experienced the thrill of a 'headshot hack,' as he wouldn't dare to use hacks in his previous life…
He was afraid of the HZC.
As for the remaining dozens of target drones, William planned to test the four floating cannons.
Due to the neural-linked system, simply having the thought to activate the floating cannons flash through his mind caused the four floating cannons on the left side of his back to instantly detach from the main body.
They unfolded into an arc, surrounding the Divine Body.
"Beep-beep-beep-!"
All remaining target drones were instantly locked on.
Whoosh! (x4)
The four floating cannons fired simultaneously.
Red 'laser beams' flashed by, and correspondingly, four targets disappeared from the screen.
Before long, the remaining targets were all destroyed by the floating cannons.
The floating cannons folded, automatically arranged themselves, and flew back to the left side of the Divine Body's back, then connected to the nuclear fusion reactor for recharging.
Of course, this test did not demonstrate the effect of the floating cannons' woven beam net, because drone-level 'enemies' posed no threat to the Divine Body.
.
"Phew~."
William in the cockpit lightly whistled, and after seeing the screen clear, he asked with a faint smile:
"Serena, there shouldn't have been only these target drones for this test, right? My two ship-slashing blades haven't even been put to use yet."
"Yes, Boss." Serena did not deny, "Actually, there's also a derelict colonial ship to be used as a target for destruction. I'm displaying it on the auxiliary screen now…"
As she said this, Serena, who had a faint smile on her face, suddenly froze.
"Boss!" Serena said anxiously, "The Third Fleet has detected a giant spaceship entering the solar system!"
!
Hearing this, William immediately ordered Serena, "Abort the test. Notify the Second Fleet to head to the Third Fleet's 'area,' and the First Fleet to remain on Mars.
Also…
Serena, notify the Covert Fleet to go to low Earth orbit, and have Blue Team return to the nearest Covert warship via Pelican."
"Yes, Boss… all orders have been given. What about us?" Serena asked.
"Notify Andre. Have his Containment Fleet send out an aircraft carrier for us to board." William said calmly.
"Yes!"
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Date: February 22, 2011.
Location: The 'area' within Saturn's gravitational pull.
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One could see the Second and Third Fleets, the Covert Fleet, and an aircraft carrier from the Containment Fleet all stationed in this area.
'Below' the thirty-seven warships were Saturn with its brilliant rings and satellites of varying sizes.
Among them was the Titan colony, with a population of six hundred thousand.
But the people on Titan did not know what was unfolding in the cosmic space not far from them.
The twenty-eight warships of the Second and Third Fleets were neatly arranged at the front, the Covert Fleet was behind, and the aircraft carrier William was on was in the middle.
As for the front of the combined fleet, it was a disc-shaped, super-gigantic spaceship with a diameter of about twenty-five kilometers, practically a magnified 'UFO.'
Its technology certainly did not come from Umbrella, nor was it a spaceship built by humans, but rather…
An alien flying saucer.
At this moment, William, Serena, and his private craft were located in the aircraft carrier's hangar.
Inside the cockpit;
William looked at the image displayed on the screen to his right. After recalling for a few seconds, he found the flying saucer increasingly familiar, very familiar indeed.
'City Destroyer?' he thought with slight surprise.
The title 'City Destroyer' or 'Destroyer' came from the giant flying saucer in "Independence Day."
Because it had no official name, it was called 'City Destroyer' by netizens.
William also realized that the abnormal phenomenon he was facing this time was the 'Harvesters' alien race from "Independence Day."
Immediately, he quickly said to the system in his mind: 'System, the Harvesters' spaceship has already arrived near Titan, why didn't you warn me?'
"Responding to host." The system, which had been silent for a long time, replied in William's ear:
"This system will only actively notify the host when an anomalous phenomenon with extreme threat appears, and will issue corresponding missions and rewards."
'Wait a minute… extreme threat? Huh?' William was somewhat stunned.
"Responding to host, given Umbrella's ability to overwhelmingly eliminate the Titan Protogenoi last time, this system has re-evaluated Umbrella's rating.
Therefore, the alien race from "Independence Day" is not considered an extremely threatening existence for Umbrella, so this system did not alert the host."
'This… fine.' William reluctantly accepted the system's explanation.
On second thought.
Putting aside the critically panned "Independence Day 2," the alien race in "Independence Day"'s only 'bright spot' should be their energy shield that emits a brilliant green light.
After losing their energy shields, their carrier-based aircraft fought on par with F/A-18s, a difficult and inseparable struggle.
The bottom of the flying saucer also had a stored laser weapon, and this weapon was also the flying saucer's fatal weakness.
Oh, right.
Besides the energy shield, the only other thing that could be intimidating was the size of their flying saucers.
A diameter of twenty-five kilometers could indeed blot out the sky on Earth.
They were even more intimidating than a paper tiger.
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