The Earthlings and the Bakweans fell briefly silent. Then the former erupted in earthshaking cheers. If their morale before had been merely a +9 state of excitement, now it had become a +99 state of fanaticism. They didn't really understand what had happened, but they knew one thing: their invincible, unbeatable, all-powerful Officer Yu had struck, silently eliminating the enemy ship's strongest fighter.
As for the resistance aboard the ship, it collapsed like an avalanche, following the first fighter's smooth-as-silk demise.
Brigade Commander Zuo Wanhou once again roared an order for everyone to charge forward without hesitation, with no retreat.
Then, seemingly inspired by Yu Lian, the four-person team of psionicists sprang into action. Even the old colonel leading them, a man named Dian Yuan, burst with the vigor and infectious energy of a young man.
As for the Bakwean soldiers, they only wished their parents had given them two more pairs of wings so they could flee faster.
Then, being a people with steady emotions, they made a perfectly sensible decision: they dropped their weapons, crouched along both sides of the passage, and covered their heads and faces with their thick feathers.
Crouching with their heads covered was supposedly cute, but dozens or even hundreds of birdmen dropping their weapons and huddling like that to fill an entire corridor made for a rather spectacular sight.
Though it made them look utterly spineless, there were actually quite a few advantages to it.
At the very least, as they advanced, the Earthling assault troops no longer saw them as hostile targets to be killed. Some of the robots stopped and switched their lethal weapons to stun and paralysis settings. With a few soldiers' help, they began restraining the prisoners.
After all that, aside from a handful of unlucky souls who were