Sun Hang watched as P.F.D.A.'s cockpit canopy slowly closed. He waited until just before the airtight valve let out a "pssh" before asking, "Didn't they say P.F.D.A.'s speed could break through Chimera Seventeen's energy beam attacks?"
"Chimera Seventeen predicted First Squad's advance trajectory and swept its energy beams directly along that path. There was nowhere to evade..." Yang Qi said. "But we observed that the organ Chimera Seventeen used to fire the energy beams has already melted down. Before new attack organs grow back, launch Second Squad now!"
Mycelial components several sizes larger had been installed on this oversized unit. Sun Hang glanced at Crystal Princess, who was secured in a reclined position inside the cockpit, and gave her a thumbs-up. "Good luck."
The cockpit's soundproofing was excellent, so Crystal Princess could not hear Sun Hang at all. And when Yang Qi had just relayed the bad news about First Squad to Sun Hang, she had temporarily cut off communications between him and all the assault squads. Sun Hang had not had time to reconnect with them.
But Crystal Princess still guessed what Sun Hang had said from his lips. She gave him a thumbs-up as well and mouthed, "Don't worry. I've always been lucky!"
Seeing that she could read lips, Sun Hang's expression changed slightly.
That meant Crystal Princess had "heard" everything he and Yang Qi had said just now. Naturally, the news of First Squad's destruction could not be hidden from her.
Yet her expression did not change at all. She still wore that cheerful smile.
Watching Second Squad leave the deck, Sun Hang followed Song Yarong toward Third Squad's launch area with a blank expression.
And Garuda began moving once more.
Within fourteen minutes, all nine of the first squads had been launched—First, Fifth, and Eighth Squads