In less than two minutes, Naza, diving at full speed toward the Martian surface, charged straight at the completely opened, utterly undefended nest entrance. Her shoulders shifted, and two shoulder cannons emerged in a rippling transformation like Transformers. Naza barely even looked at what was inside the opening before firing two beams of black-purple light into it.
There was no sound, no fire, and no explosion. The two purple-black beams effortlessly tore through everything blocking their path inside the entrance, piercing deep within and clearing the cleanest, most direct landing route.
Yet at this point, Naza did not continue controlling her unit deeper inside. After pressing the conspicuous button on the giant sphere, she operated the unit to shove the sphere straight down with force. At the same time, Naza's unit rapidly turned around. After a brief pause, the four massive thrusters on its back erupted with dazzling white light once more, propelling the unit out of the entrance and into the sky.
With a flick of her hand, the Sword Whip appeared. A swing opened a Space Rift in front of the unit, and propelled by the terrifying speed of its rear thrusters, it plunged directly into the rift the instant it appeared. The next moment, countless beams streaked toward the spot where Naza's unit had vanished.
The sphere Naza had discarded—the Dimension Devourer—formed a barrier like a curtain of light one second after leaving her unit's arm. Borrowing Mars's gravity and the thrust from Naza's unit, it rapidly descended deeper into the nest.
The moment Naza pressed that switch, everyone aboard the Watcher, Yuzes, Ingram, and the others simultaneously received a fifteen-second countdown.
"Everyone, return!" Jeffrey sprang from his chair. Once the order was transmitted to every unit, everyone abandoned the attack without hesitation and rushed at full