Leaving aside how shocked the brothers were by their mission, the Silver Shuttles swiftly reached the airspace above the fleet.
Before they had any chance to think, the Silver Shuttles' restraints suddenly released, dropping the brothers toward the small fleet below like bombs.
"Aaaah!" Completely unprepared, the two screamed in midair as they plunged into free fall.
Just then, with a click, the small bulges on their backs suddenly deployed pairs of silver metal wings two meters long.
True to Nie Yun's style, the metal wings were utterly foolproof. The brothers felt a sharp tug all over, and before they even understood what was happening, they had regained stable flight.
Only then did the shaken brothers breathe a small sigh of relief.
Then they realized they were slowly circling above the fleet, while higher overhead, the two Silver Shuttles circled along with them.
"Whoa, cool! Lao Da, turns out the upgraded armor comes with a Jetpack!"
"Whew... good thing this gear is powerful enough. We still have a chance of completing the mission.
"That fleet below doesn't seem to have spotted us at all, and we're only a kilometer away. The boss's stealth technology is just ridiculous!
"Huh! Does this Jetpack work by tracking where we focus our eyes? That's amazing!"
The helmet visor's display provided brief instructions for using the flight wings.
Lao Da focused his gaze on Lao San nearby. The helmet's eye-tracking sensors recorded his pupil data, and faint jets of air shot from the ends of several struts in the metal wings, moving Lao Da toward Lao San.
The process was straightforward, and the two quickly got the hang of operating their Jetpacks.
"Lao Da, what do we do now?" Lao San asked miserably.
"What else can we do? Do we have any choice but to