Chapter 124: The Spiral Echo of the Celestial Magnetic White Lotus (Thanks to Sugar Frost Lettuce for being the Alliance Hierarch~)_2
Just like that, one position after another was obliterated. In just half an hour, 80% of the bases occupied by Prin had been cleared, and the fleet of warplanes was getting closer and closer to the headquarters marked on the map.
The situation was becoming increasingly tense. As these 'Black Kite' warplanes gradually approached the skies over the western region, deep crimson 'comets' descended from space.
These 'comets' were landing capsules with diameters of several dozen meters. As they cut through the atmosphere with high temperature and tremors, they suddenly exploded, and then strange-looking aircraft dispersed in all directions.
From their appearance, these aircraft were composed of three oval-shaped cylinders, with a thicker middle section, and slightly thinner cylinders on the wings. On a closer look, the fronts of these cylinders were air intakes containing lotus-shaped spiral blades, which when fully spinning, displayed a snow-white lotus pattern, accompanied by faint electromagnetic flashes.
[Autonomous Unit — 'Lotus Magnetic Echo' warplane, beginning to receive enemy and ally data...]
[Data reception complete, setting mission targets...]
[Target confirmed: Vigorously rout the enemy warplanes at any cost to achieve the mission goal]
[Commencing data sharing, coordinating battles]
[Data statistics complete, currently 324 'Lotus Magnetic Echo' warplanes incorporated into the network, tuning resonance based on 'Nekritz Magnetic Equation', with combat intensifying...]
In the sky, these white Lotus Magnetic warplanes were neatly arrayed and hovering, fantastically majestic, like a giant white wall standing in the air. They flowed with dazzling electromagnetic flashes, forming pathways in the air, creating a white-blue electric network. Simultaneously, the lotus patterns on the contours of the warplanes grew increasingly radiant, and the discharge spikes at the top began to emit a bluish incandescent glow.
[All units fully charged, battle start!]
Like a slingshot, these snow-white Lotus Magnetic warplanes were instantly propelled, shooting through the sky like dense beams of white electric light towards far-off distances.
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On the other side, as members piloting 'Black Kite' warplanes approached the target airspace, alarms suddenly rang in their ears, followed by a series of tiny crimson dots rapidly appearing on the screen, each representing a bizarre white warplane.
"It's the enemy, shoot!"
Each captain gave the order, and then dark red lasers shot out from beneath the aircraft's belly, piercing through some nearby Lotus Magnetic warplanes. Just as the entourage rejoiced in discovering that these warplanes were not sturdy, the warplanes bearing the white lotus markings accelerated once again, breaking through the sound barrier, transforming into swift bolts of lightning in the sky.
Within seconds, these warplanes with white lotus patterns surged into the 'Black Kite' swarm. Streaks of snow-white electric light swept past, navigating through incredible agile trajectories. Their spiral-like courses made it hard for the 'Black Kite' warplanes' cannons to lock on, while their own strong magnetic forces tore at the flight paths of the 'Black Kite' warplanes, causing them to lose control. Moreover, under the powerful electromagnetic close-range interference, many components inside the 'Black Kite' warplanes began to malfunction and show errors.
Various explosions resounded in the sky—some from 'Black Kite' warplanes colliding and bursting into flames, others from pairs of 'Lotus Magnetic Echo' warplanes spiraling over a 'Black Kite' warplane like twins, their strong magnetic reflux twisting like a rope, ripping apart the components inside the 'Black Kite' with a sound like a series of popcorn bursts.
As the core product of the giant corporation, the 'Lotus Magnetic' series of Autonomous Units were far superior to the fight-like craftsmanship of these young pilots.
During aerial maneuvers, flight direction changes usually depend on the vector nozzles at the tail, but when deployed en masse, these Lotus Magnetic warplanes could utilize the magnetic pulls between each other, creating another form of agile redirection, even performing unique flight trajectories that other aircraft couldn't achieve.
Seeing their fellow 'Black Kite' warplanes crashing one by one, the leading personnel hurriedly ordered a forced landing. At this point, the 'Black Kite' warplanes in the sky began to decelerate and transform. Their central sections bent, and the two large thruster outlets on their tails turned into legs, the wings became cape-like back armor while the laser cannon beneath the belly was grasped in hand, and another large piece of armor turned into a shield.
The 'Black Kite' mecha, upon transformation, formed a hollow sphere in the air, with shields and laser guns uniformly facing outward. This move avoided the double-sided strangulation of the 'Lotus Magnetic' warplanes and gradually stabilized the frontline.
"Descend, don't fight them in the air!"
Through this brief skirmish, the highly tense captains gradually discovered the weaknesses of the 'Lotus Magnetic' warplanes. They were highly specialized Autonomous Units for aerial combat, and if they were to be held on the ground, these 'Lotus Magnetic' warplanes, lacking heavy weaponry, would find it difficult to inflict significant casualties.
The Lotus Magnetic warplanes, equipped with advanced AI, realized this as well, so as the 'Black Kite' mecha prepared to land, these 'Lotus Magnetic' warplanes swarmed towards the high sky.
From the ground, these 'Lotus Magnetic' warplanes formed perfectly concentric circles in the high sky, endlessly rotating. Viewed from the side in the air, these 'Lotus Magnetic' warplanes appeared to arrange into a ((())) pattern, like a white lotus emitting flickering electromagnetic light slowly blooming in the sky. Its extraordinary beauty also evoked a feeling of danger and fear.
Like a dazzling lotus seed, a brilliantly white Lotus Magnetic warplane slowly descended into the center of the 'White Lotus'. Its surface patterns had already been stimulated to the limit, and even wisps of blue smoke were rising from its exterior shell.