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Chapter 638: Ambush at the Third Largest Spring
Chapter 638: Ambush at the Third Largest Spring
Lan Qi fixed his gaze on the screen, observing as Su Yu and his three companions were about to meet up with Chancellor Cao at 83° East Longitude and 29° North Latitude.
The three nearest springs to this location were the "1096th," "1097th," and "1102nd" springs, all of which were small springs.
"That's not right," Lan Qi muttered to himself, sensing something amiss.
If Su Yu and the others were meeting up, their most likely target should be a large spring. If they only wanted to capture small springs, there would be no need for them to gather together.
However, the location where Su Yu and the others were meeting was far from any large spring. Could it be that their target isn't a large spring at all?
"Whatever, it doesn't matter."
Regardless of the Blue Star cultivators' true target, Lan Qi's first priority was to instruct his subordinate expeditionary forces to set up defenses.
He quickly issued orders to the various springs on Blue Star: "Cao Cao and the four strongest Blue Star cultivators, including Su Yu, are currently converging. Please have all units prepare for defense!"
Upon receiving the order, the Skrull bases in the Himalayas immediately went on high alert.
In reality, they had already been on edge.
Each base had a display panel similar to Lan Qi's, showing the movements of the Blue Star cultivators. So, even before Lan Qi's order, many bases had already detected Su Yu and his companions converging.
Thus, they all entered the highest state of combat readiness without hesitation.
Just as Lan Qi's order was issued, he suddenly received a communication request from Janie.
Accepting the request, he heard Janie's solemn voice through the communication device:
"Lan Qi, I believe the Blue Star cultivators are most likely to attack the 0076 Large Base, and that is where your brother is stationed. Please arrange for immediate support!"
"What? 0076 Base?!" Lan Qi was taken aback.
However, he quickly understood why it was 0076 and not any other base.
...
This situation stemmed from the Skrull high-ranking defenders' deployment strategy:
There were 35 Skrull defenders of Seventh Rank or higher involved in the "Himalayan Defense," including 3 Eighth Rank and 32 Seventh Rank defenders.
The entire Skrull race had only 7 Eighth Rank and 81 Seventh Rank defenders. These 35 high-ranking defenders represented nearly half of the Skrull race's elite force.
These 35 defenders were divided into 7 teams. Each Eighth Rank god-tier defender led a team, and every 8 Seventh Rank legendary defenders formed another team.
These 7 teams continuously traversed through spatial rifts, interrupting the Blue Star cultivators' attacks on small springs. When Chancellor Cao and Su Yu's group encountered Skrull reinforcements, they would immediately retreat, thereby delaying the Blue Star cultivators' progress.
However, due to the 3-hour "cooldown" period for the spatial rifts, they couldn't interrupt the Blue Star cultivators indefinitely. As a result, 31 small springs were lost in a single night.
But now, there was a problem with the deployment of these 7 teams.
Currently, 4 out of the 5 large springs had a team stationed there. However, due to a scheduling issue, the team guarding the 0076 Large Base had been reassigned. Now, the base was left without any team.
If the Blue Star cultivators began attacking the 0076 Base, even if a team were dispatched immediately, it would be too late!
Of course, what shocked Lan Qi wasn't the imminent fall of the 0076 Base. It was just a large base; what was the big deal if it fell?
He still thought that the large base was too difficult to defend!
But the problem was, his beloved brother, Lan Bo, was right there in the base! If the Lanxing cultivators accidentally killed his brother, he simply couldn't bear to think about what would happen next.
Lan Qi quickly glanced at the screen, where Su Yu and his three companions had just met up with Chancellor Cao. They were about 360 kilometers away from Base 0076.
Lan Qi did a quick mental calculation—Su Yu and the others were flying at 3.3 Mach, or 4,000 kilometers per hour.
At this rate, they would arrive at his brother's location in just over five and a half minutes!
Thinking about this, he couldn't afford to hesitate any longer.
Lan Qi quickly used the communication device to call his brother, Lan Bo.
A few seconds later, the receiver crackled with a hoarse, rusty sound: "Hello, Lan Qi, cough, cough, what's up?"
Lan Bo had not been in a good state since he was caught with the empress in a compromising position. Recently, he had been subjected to inhumane treatment, with countless wounds of various sizes all over his body, and his throat had been slashed by sharp metal shards.
If it weren't for his family and Lan Qi, he would have likely been secretly executed by the emperor long ago.
Hearing his brother's voice, so different from before, Lan Qi's heart ached as if being cut by a knife.
But he quickly said, "Bro, I told you to stay in the spaceship that was about to take off. Are you still there?"
"Yep."
"Then listen to me, start the spaceship immediately, and return to the home planet as fast as you can!"
"But—"
"No buts! In five and a half minutes, the Lanxing people will be at your spring eye, and you'll die there!"
"But..." Lan Bo, dressed in tattered prison garb, looked up at the silver-white teleportation array in the sky and the figures within it, a bitter smile on his lips: "But the Lanxing people are already here. It's too late to run now."
"What do you mean?!"
Lan Qi quickly looked at the screen and noticed that the five light points had disappeared, now appearing right at Base 0076!
Lan Qi slumped in his chair, his mind blank.
He had overlooked the fact that Su Yu would use the teleportation array.
Indeed, for a surprise attack, what could be faster than teleportation?
Now that Su Yu and his four companions had arrived at Base 0076, and there was no way Lan Qi could send a team to rescue his brother. (Sending a team would just create a two-on-one situation, completely hopeless.)
So, he had no means to save his brother.
The scene shifted back to Lanxing.
Su Yu used the [Teleportation Array], instantly arriving with Chancellor Cao and the other three above Base 0076.
Base 0076 was located on the world's third-highest peak—Gancheng Zhangjia Peak—so the Lanxing people had given it the nickname "World Third," simple and memorable.
The plan to raid this large spring eye was formulated by Chancellor Cao.
He keenly noticed the Skrull's defense gaps, and with the help of Su Yu and his three companions, they could easily occupy this large spring eye without much effort.
Su Yu and his companions, of course, fully cooperated with Chancellor Cao's plan.
As for Su Yu using the teleportation array, it was mainly because the speed of the surprise attack had to be fast, leaving no time for the Skrulls to react.
Although carrying one peak Eighth-rank, two early Seventh-rank, and one Sixth-rank over 360 kilometers had drained 40% of his magical power, it didn't matter.
As long as they arrived, this spring eye would be easily occupied by Chancellor Cao and the others, without him needing to lift a finger.
(End of Chapter)
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