Chapter 327: Attack

“Lao Xi is ruthless, going for a heavy hit right off the bat.”

“A major domestic violence scene.”

“Probably calculated that they could block it.”

At the moment the blue laser dissipated, Chicha immediately controlled the spaceship to release a large amount of high-energy interference rays outward, forcibly breaking the radar lock of the enemy ship.

Then, the spaceship began high-speed maneuvers.

The wings pulled up, rolling sideways like a barrel for several circles, forcibly shifting hundreds of meters, urgently evading several subsequent lasers.

Throughout the process, the spaceship’s gravity self-balancing system continuously operated, keeping the gravity inside the cabin always perpendicularly anchored to the floor, so that everyone wouldn’t bump around like billiard balls due to the ship’s maneuvers.

Lin Zhen quickly ran to the pilot seat, looking at the control panel while asking Chicha:

“Can you see who the enemy is? Is it the Saints’ Hand Society?”

“The enemy’s spaceship is equipped with high-end stealth technology. We can’t observe them for now, and we don’t know their identity.”

Chicha’s voice was extremely serious as he continued to control the spaceship to dodge.

“But what’s certain is that they are not Star Bandits.”

“And with high probability, they have been watching us for a long time, even knowing our itinerary perfectly!”

Lin Zhen didn’t need an explanation for this; a glance at the control panel made him understand.

If the enemy were Star Bandits, who decided to rob them on a whim upon seeing their lone spaceship, then the only way they could have suddenly attacked them like this is if they had directly warped into the radar alert range of the ship.

But now, the jump node detector on the spaceship hasn’t been triggered, indicating that this unknown enemy didn’t warp here, but had been waiting for them at this place all along!

Of course, reasoning this way, it could also be said that these are Star Bandits specifically ambushing near the Stargate.

But the Stargate’s influence range is so large that the time cost alone to wait for a random encounter is immeasurably huge.

Even the most novice Star Bandits can calculate that cost!

And how could an ordinary person know his itinerary and his destination for this trip!

Tutor Xi Mu couldn’t be the leaker; otherwise, he wouldn’t have been able to live so peacefully at the Academy all these years.

So the enemy either has been continuously monitoring and tracking him, or they learned of his arrival from the Fifth Spaceport’s system. Only these two possibilities exist.

A force capable of this is definitely extraordinary, and they must have a great interest in him to invest such effort.

Then the answer seems quite obvious!

The Saints’ Hand Society!

Lin Zhen’s gaze instantly turned extremely grim.

“It’s them, it’s absolutely them!”

“Saints’ Hand Society?!!!”

Zi Jiu and the others exclaimed, suddenly all rushing over.

“Yes!”

Lin Zhen nodded, staring fixedly at the pitch-black space outside the dome window, as if he could see the people from the Saints’ Hand Society sneering at him from inside their ship.

“It seems the connection between Chatosi and the Saints’ Hand Society is deeper than we thought. The moment we headed toward Chatosi, they couldn’t resist ambushing us on the way!”

Lin Zhen knew that Dr. Forefinger had a deep interest in him, but he didn’t know that this interest had gradually turned into obsession as he grew, so he never considered that this might be an assassin sent by Dr. Forefinger.

“What paranoid triangle love? Hahaha.”

“Not really. Lao Zhen and Lao Xi are a couple; Dr. Forefinger is just a third party who barged in.”

“A wonderful misunderstanding.”

“Where is the wonder?”

“Whatever the enemy doesn’t want us to do, we’ll do it! Elder Chacha, full retreat!”

Lin Zhen waved his hand and gave the order.

Judging by the density of the attack, the number of enemy ships is small, only about one or two.

But since the Saints’ Hand Society confidently sent them to kill him, it means they have 100% confidence in them.

So he absolutely couldn’t be stubborn and directly clash with them.

“Okay!”

Chicha immediately responded to Lin Zhen’s command.

But from the moment the engagement began, he had already been controlling the spaceship to move away from the enemy at maximum speed.

Relying on his strong control over the ship, the Flying Harrier was like a dancing butterfly, quickly maneuvering through the enemy’s hail of bullets.

Not only did it dodge most of the subsequent attacks, but it also widened the distance between them significantly.

And as Lin Zhen and his crew were about to escape the enemy ship’s optimal attack range, they could use the gap in the attack to restart the warp drive (Conventional) and flee at full speed, then choose a chance to warp.

This unknown enemy who had been lying in ambush for so long also realized that relying solely on this ship’s firepower could not destroy Lin Zhen’s ship.

So they changed their strategy.

She handed the ship over to AI control and reached out to pick up the mask on the console.

Click.

She put on the flower mask, wore Colony Armor on the outside, and a Starforce Battlesuit inside, then walked toward the jet module in the middle of the ship.

Click.

The jet module’s hatch closed, air began to compress, and the entire compartment started to tremble.

“The hunt begins!”

Evil Beast’s lips curled up slightly.

The next second, she was ejected from the top of the spaceship.

Her sky-blue hair swayed slightly, her entire body wrapped in visible milky-white telekinesis, like a meteor dragging a white trail, she rushed at extreme speed toward the distant Flying Harrier.

To physically chase a moving spaceship in space, generally, even a four-star or five-star energy user couldn’t do it.

After all, even the most basic warp drive (Conventional), once activated, can increase the ship’s speed to one times the speed of light.

And for a star energy user to achieve lightspeed physically, even with a suitable speed-type supernatural power, is quite difficult.

Let alone a Three-star energy user like Evil Beast.

However, all of the above is based on the premise that the warp drive is already activated and the ship is moving!

And Lin Zhen and the others are truly novices in interstellar travel.

Because they needed to scan for possible jump nodes nearby, they directly shut down the Flying Harrier’s warp drive.

Now, to restart the engine and return to several times the speed of light to escape the enemy’s pursuit, they need a fairly long startup and linear acceleration time.

During this time, the ship can’t even use the curvature engine for sub-light travel; it can only use the most basic engine, and speed will plummet to dozens of times the speed of sound.

And this is Evil Beast’s opportunity!

She had her ship reduce the fire suppression on Lin Zhen and the others, giving them a window to start the warp drive.

Meanwhile, she used telekinesis to wrap her body, evading radar detection, and directly crossed space physically to hunt them down.

And with such careful planning, Lin Zhen and the others indeed let their guard down and began attempting to start the warp drive.

Or rather, they had no way to guard against it.

If they wanted to escape the relentless pursuit of the hidden enemy, they had to start the warp drive; otherwise, they could only rely on luck to see if they could encounter a jump node nearby.