Chapter 1043: Chapter 1043

Since there was no one left inside the enemy base, it was clear that Du You couldn’t afford to delay any longer. But not giving the enemy enough time wasn’t an option either.

So while Du You continued to move forward without slowing down, whenever he passed by a base, he would carefully inspect it in great detail, and then proceed to destroy the base afterward.

These bases, when it came time to rebuild Harry Asteroid, wouldn’t be kept anyway. Using such a method, Du You finally managed to stall for a few hours, giving the enemy ample time to fully assemble.

But the air defense circle wasn’t so lucky. The space weapons couldn’t reduce speed or change course; they could only move forward at a consistent speed. Xiaozi, with the Black Jade Griffin King and the Dark Dragon, simply waited in ambush, sparing any worries about the enemy not coming and saving energy effortlessly.

In these few hours, all the weapons on the defense circle had flown by once, getting shattered and destroyed one by one by the three flying creatures. In the end, not a single one was left capable of combat.

If the people from the Command Center hadn’t already evacuated and flown to the ground, they probably wouldn’t have had a chance to escape.

However, the three flying creatures didn’t descend; instead, they watched from the sky, ready to provide support at any moment. With their strength, it would be a piece of cake for each to defeat a fourth-tier warship in a solo fight.

At this moment, no warship or flying weapon dared to leave the group carelessly; they had all gathered within the main base’s vicinity. Through Xiaozi’s eyes, Du You directly looked at the base from outer space.

"Very good, they’ve all assembled, making it convenient for us to catch them all in one net," Du You remarked.

"Master, how strong is their combat capability?" Lin Yucha asked from the side.

Without hiding anything, Du You replied, "From what we can see, there are at least fifty warships that have reached the fourth tier. Their strength surpasses standard configurations. If we include the defensive cannons and other weapons, I’m afraid we wouldn’t stand a chance in a head-on battle."

By now, Du You realized the difficulty of this mission. Although his current progress gave him the potential to establish a territory and become a lord, Du You still didn’t dare to submit his claim yet.

If he were to rashly establish one now, the upcoming counterattack would definitely destroy his territory. Probably others felt the same, for if every asteroid harbored such power, it would be beyond their capability to handle.

No, Harry Asteroid, due to its proximity to the Star Ring Alliance, didn’t have much combat power on it. In other words, if one wanted to develop in a better location, the combat power on that planet would at least be several times stronger than this one.

This was indeed why no one had ever completed this mission and successfully established a territory before.

Speaking of which, in the Star Ring world, there were actually quite a number of territories established by Earth, quite a few in fact. But since Capital University hadn’t been part of the Star Ring world for very long, they didn’t have any territory of their own yet.

After some more time, Du You and his team finally arrived on the outskirts of the main base. By then, the base had been armed to the teeth like a hedgehog. Du You looked on from a distance, not daring to approach, as his strength was insufficient. If it weren’t for having a trump card in hand, Du You would never have provoked a base with such might.

"Photon Elf, it’s up to you now," a black, amorphous creature appeared beside Du You.

The Photon Elf nodded slightly, then split into countless doppelgängers, which all disappeared from sight. Whether they used optical stealth or simply turned into light and vanished was irrelevant now to Du You.

In less than five seconds, Du You received a message from the Photon Elf, indicating a successful infiltration.

Since becoming one of Du You’s summoned creatures, the Photon Elf’s ability to control the enemy had become limited; it could control only technological items of a level comparable to its own. However, within the scope of what it could control, the process became easier.

Currently, there were no electronic products on Harry Asteroid with a tier rating of five.

As a result, the Photon Elf and its doppelgängers easily invaded those warships and mechas.

"Have you spotted that guy yet? Have you confirmed his identity?" In the Command Center, many people gathered in a haze of smoke, endlessly puffing cigarettes to relieve the stress, which hung heavy in the air.

"Not yet, we have too little information. Your Excellency the Commander, should we strike first?"

"No, they might have laid a trap. Damn it, what are you doing, stop at once!"

Suddenly, everyone in the Command Center watched the skies in disbelief as the warships that were previously ready for battle started moving. Instead of attacking in Du You’s direction, they began to attack each other.

Energy blasts hit neighboring warships, some attacked the ground, and others targeted surrounding mechas. And some mechas, too, went berserk and started attacking other nearby targets. Newest update provıded by 𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹·𝗳𝗶𝗿𝗲·𝗻𝗲𝘁

Caught off guard, or rather, never anticipating an attack from their own side, the situation in the sky descended into chaos. In no time, various fragments and mechas fell from the sky, rendered useless.

"We’ve lost control; the warships aren’t responding," the crew on the warships were in a frenzy. But no matter what they did, their control systems seemed completely inert, useless.

Suddenly, on the ground, some hidden laser towers began to gather energy. "No good, the laser towers are out of control too!"

Right after one operator finished speaking, the lasers from the towers shot straight into the sky, piercing through three warships that were already heavily damaged from bombarding each other. Now they plummeted to the ground, exploding upon impact like massive bombs, turning a vast area below into a sea of fire.

"Cut off the control systems; units, switch to manual controls," the commander had just given the order when a voice screamed in terror, "It’s no use, all electronic items have been destroyed; we can’t control anything right now." In the midst of that declaration, the Photon Elf monitoring the situation unleashed its power.

The game was over, the control systems had to be destroyed. The battling warships ceased firing on each other, but their lights went out just the same. The base, too, became dark, as its power and energy systems lost all functionality.

The warships began to fall, heedless of what lay below as the entire base seemed to die, losing even a hint of vitality.