Davis gave the communications officer orders over the shipwide channel, agreeing to an unconditional surrender.
At the same time, he glanced at the self-destruct countdown he had set earlier—there were still more than forty minutes left.
Davis also kept a close eye on the relative positions of the Sky Peng Horizontal and the Armored Cuirassier.
At last, shortly after he confirmed that the other side had received the Armored Cuirassier's decision to surrender unconditionally—
the door of cargo bay thirteen on the Armored Cuirassier moved into a position diagonally opposite the Sky Peng Horizontal.
"Go!"
At Davis's command,
the door of cargo bay thirteen on the Armored Cuirassier swung open. The specially designed high-speed escape craft, ready and waiting, fired its engines at full power!
Amid a bright blue contrail,
the craft carrying Davis, Old Hans, Leopard, and a few other trusted subordinates swiftly left the Armored Cuirassier.
In a very short time, it accelerated to a considerable speed.
Using the Armored Cuirassier's massive hull as cover, it seized the chance to avoid being ensnared by the Sky Peng Horizontal's "War Shackles."
And made its escape!
"Oh no!"
Liu Zhi cried out.
"Something's wrong!"
Xu Zhenzhi shouted.
"Don't let him get away!"
Wang Dong ordered decisively.
"Nice try! You think you can run?"
Shi Zunhou yelped as he worked the controls at lightning speed!
"Ape King Cleaves Heaven," activated. Target: "Lan Cang Qu"!
"Interminable Barrage," activated. Target: "Lan Cang Qu"!
He pressed the launch button!
The next instant,
an intangible ripple, effective only on the level of the mind, burst outward from the Sky Peng Horizontal in every direction!
Its range reached three light-seconds.
In the blink of an eye, it engulfed the nearby Armored Cuirassier and the escape craft, which had already opened up a distance of nearly one